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Holy Cross Catholic School

8101 W 95th Street, Overland Park, KS, 66212-0662 -

School Notes Overview:

Holy Cross Catholic School offers a fully licensed preschool and child care facility, a full-day kindergarten and an NCA and State of Kansas accredited elementary school grades K-8 ...

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School Overview:

	Holy Cross Catholic School
School Membership(s)	National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
Religious Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Grades Offered	Grades Prekindergarten - 8
Programs for Learning Differences	Yes
Learning Differences Supported	Reading & Math disabilites
Year Founded	1986
County	Johnson County, KS
Student Body
Total Students	380 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(KS) School Avg.
% Students of Color	13%	17%
Students by Grade
	Nursery - 52 students
	Pre-K - 24 students
	Kind - 44 students
	Grade 1 - 31 students
	Grade 2 - 32 students
	Grade 3 - 40 students
	Grade 4 - 38 students
	Grade 5 - 39 students
	Grade 6 - 46 students
	Grade 7 - 44 students
	Grade 8 - 42 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	22 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree	40%
Average Class Size	20
	This School	(KS) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:19	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	180 days	177 days
Hours in School Day for Students	7 hours	7 hours
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling
Tuition Notes	Tuition is based on the parish membership of the family and the number of students a family enrolls. Although the admissions deadline is stated as May 1, enrollment is accepted up until a class is considered full.
Head of School	Mary Jo Gates
Admissions Director	Anita Lemmon
Sport
Total Sports Offered	4
	Sports
	Basketball	Football
	Track and Field	Volley Ball

School Notes:

In alignment with the mission of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Schools, we strive to infuse our Catholic faith in every academic subject. In addition to our religious education curriculum we incorporate Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (a Montessori-based faith formation program)in PK-3rd grades, social justice initiates and service projects.
Holy Cross employs 28 teachers in the elementary school and 5 teachers in the early education center (preschool). Our staff qualifications include two full-time learning specialists, 50% of the staff with 15 or more years of teaching experience, 40% of the staff with Masters degrees, licensed couselor, school nurse, before and after care coordinator and a summer program coordinator.
Academic Excellence is a high priority for the faculty and staff and as a result our school has excelled receiving the 2007 Building Standard of Excellence award from the State of Kansas in reading, math and writing.
Additional programs include music, art, PE, technology instruction (wireless laptop technologhy), library, Spanish, and federal school lunch program.
Enrichment Activities include: Kindergarten bell choir, Battle of the Books, Mathletics, Science Olympiad, Quiz Bowl, grades 5-8 band, Jr. High bell and vocal choirs, grades 3-8 Parish CYO Sports (see sports listing).
Profile last updated: 03/28/2008

In the News:

City Union Mission holds Give 8, Ask 8 fundraising campaign (The Kansas City Star)
posted on March 6, 2009 at 05:19:17 am
Dan Carney is hoping the $8 will help again. Carney is an Overland Park police officer who 21 years ago gave $8 to Alfred Edmond, a motorcyclist who was out of gas. Edmond, who now lives in Arizona, recently found Carneys address among old papers and last month repaid him the $8 by cashiers check.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (66212)	School Zip (66212)	(KS) State Average
Population (Approximate)	33,578 people	2,687,946 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	46%	24%
Population Average Age	38 years old	35 years old
Average Household size	2.3 persons	2.4 persons
Median Household Income	$50,556	$43,908
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	5.8 rooms	5.7 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	40 years old	42 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	59% / 41%	67% / 33%