All Saints Catholic School 2020 Annual Report Final

ALL SAINTS
2019-2020
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020

OUR MISSION
LETTER FROM
PRINCIPAL
All Saints Catholic School is committed to providing an education that
2019-2020
strives to enable students to love God and supports the development
of body, mind, spirit and service to others.
Dear Friends,
The school year of 2019-2020 was a year like no other and now as we are several
months into our new school year, I can reflect on last year and all that unfolded.
I am pleased to be able to share with the community some of the “Good News”
that was part of the 2019-2020 school year. Through the generous support of
our donors and grants, several important program and facility improvements
were funded.
Our school strives to offer its students a strong academic program that is
integrated with the Gospel Values. Historically, our students have demonstrated
a high level of religious and academic performance further enhanced by the
opportunities they receive to practice the traditions of our faith and serve others.
We count on and are grateful to our faculty and staff for the exceptional work they
do with our students. In their ministry, they provide witness to help the students
grow in their academic and spiritual journeys.
In 2019, our school opened “The Learning Academy at All Saints”. The Learning Academy is an academic
program specifically for students who have been identified (through formal educational testing) with a
diagnosed mild or moderate learning disability, have an IEP and need special education services.
The classroom is staffed with a full-time, certified special education teacher who is assisted by a full-time
paraprofessional. With the integration of technology into the curriculum continuing, and our commitment
to enhance student learning, the school purchased a set of iPads as well as applied for and received a
grant from Foundations in Education to create additional learning centers in the classrooms.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
The philosophy of All Saints Catholic School flows from
the school’s position in the Roman Catholic Church. The
School perceives its serious obligation to provide a
Christian and intellectually stimulating environment in
which the students are guided to develop their highest
potential.
We believe that each member of our school community
is a unique person whose abilities and gifts, given by
God, are to be recognized and developed.
Our curriculum is centered around our faith. Each day
begins with prayer and religious instruction and each
child has the opportunity to live out their faith through
participation in prayer services, monthly class masses in
our chapel, as well as school-wide mass celebration.
SCHOOL
ADVISORY BOARD
2019-2020
SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD
Kathleen Berard
Mary Gordan
Bruce Gall
Wally Hurd
Janet Mitchell (HSA Representative)
Ryan Musco
Maureen Ornousky
Kathleen Rohr
Yuriy Strus
Denise Vuoso (Chairperson
Cover photo courtesy of Victoria Lee Photography
There were numerous improvements made during the past year. Additional security cameras were installed
on the outside perimeter of the building for added security. The school also purchased thirty more two-way
radios so the entire staff would have one in case of emergency. To comply with state requirements, the school
completed a full load pressure test on the elevator. The canopies of the trees were raised to improve the
site-line to the street. The existing double doors in the rear of the building and in the playground were
repaired as well as the door on the walk-in freezer in the kitchen. Other repairs include the landing, railings
and stairs on the north side of the building along with the curbing in the back parking lot.
Providing financial assistance to families who desire a Catholic education is part of our mission. Thank you
to all those individuals and foundations who continue to make a Catholic education possible by providing
scholarship money to students who would not be able to attend our school otherwise.
Thank you to all of our donors who continue to offer their generous support to make a difference in the lives
of our students. We are grateful to your commitment to our school. You are modeling our mission statement
and helping us to prepare our students to practice their faith and make a difference throughout their lives. We
can look back with confidence knowing the 2019-2020 school year, in spite of all the challenges put before us,
was successful in many ways.
On behalf of the All Saints Catholic School faculty, staff, and especially the students, I offer my heartfelt thanks
and our deepest gratitude. God Bless you!
Sincerely in Christ,
Linda Dunn
Principal
30 Years of ASCS

30th ANNIVERSARY
We began our 30th year
with hope for the future and
celebration of all of our past
accomplishments. To make
it even more special, this year
one of our graduates Hannah
Haywood, was the daughter
of Jeff Haywood, who was in
our first graduating class at
All Saints Catholic School.
WHO WE ARE
AVERAGE
RETENTION
424
STUDENTS
AVERAGE
STUDENTS
PER GRADE
40
2020 GRADUATED 51 STUDENTS
“I am happy that the community started by Sister Catherine and Sister Sally continues to flourish
at All Saints. There is a strong sense of family throughout the dedicated group of teachers and
staff who have given Hannah an excellent academic foundation. Equally as important, All
Saints has taught her the importance of living Catholic values and has helped her grow into a
well-rounded person with good morals and a strong sense of social responsibility.”
- Jeff Haywood, ASCS ‘91
100
STUDENTS
RECEIVING AID
LAST YEAR AWARDED
$355K
IN SCHOLARSHIPS
AND GRANTS

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR AT ASCS
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
All Saints First
School in Diocese
to Launch Special
Education Program
Opening of New
Makerspace and
Innovation Center
Launch of New After
School Sports Programs
Community Outreach
Sponsoring SoNo
Half Marathon
Fall Festival
Month of Service
Discover Catholic Schools
Thanksgiving Food Drive
ASCS Students Perform
at New SoNo Mall;
Christmas Concert
Toys for Tots Collection
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
Catholic Schools Week
26 Acts of Kindness
100 Days of School
Cheers and Beers Gala
Distance Learning Begins
Distance Learning
ASCS Giving Tent
Distance Learning
Virtual Special Angels Day
Field Day
K Graduation
8th Grade Graduation

DISTANCE LEARNING
HOME SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
THE STORY OF MARCH 2020
Overnight our teachers learned to pivot.
Teachers created daily synchronous and asynchronous learning and invented innovative ways
to conduct literacy circles, maintain math groups, social studies, and other core subjects with
meaningful enhancement from our specialist content areas.
Equipping all faculty with necessary technology, support, and coaching in Zoom, combined
with an already existing infrastructure of Google Classroom, allowed us to maintain our
academic excellence while upholding our feeling of a tight-knit community.
Science became an opportunity for students to conduct experiments with at-home supplies,
and art transitioned to projects with sketching and painting along with fun crafts to keep
students’ creativity piqued.
Keeping our bodies fit and moving, coaches Zoomed live PE, and we even were able to hold a
field day with outdoor activities thanks to the efforts of our PE teacher and Athletic Director.
The Home School Association is comprised of current parents who run and oversee the school’s
fundraisers and “fun-raisers”. The primary roles of this Board are to implement fundraising
activities to meet the financial obligations, and to encourage camaraderie among faculty,
parents and students. Involved parents are a key part of the mix at All Saints Catholic School.
Always generous and involved at every level, we are able to raise significant funding to help
defray ever-increasing operating costs.
ASCS HOME SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
2019-2020 FUNDRAISING
Shopping Extravaganza
Cash Raffle
Gala/Backyard BBQ
$23,840
13,715
20,232
FUN-RAISERS:
Pumpkin Festival
Halloween Dance
Mr. Frosty’s Fundraiser
Restaurant Nights
Family Photoshoot Fundraiser
Breakfast with Santa/Polar Express
Guys and Dolls Dance
Birthday Club
Ornaments
Christmas Wreath Sales
TOTAL REVENUE
5,902
3,571
63
1,858
685
2,124
2,420
68
86
318
$74,886
2019-2020
BOARD
MEMBERS
President: Janet Mitchell
Vice President: Yeire Singewald
Treasurer: Janet Bran
James Cahn
Beth DiIorio
Karen Guerrero
Leanne O’Hara
Bozena Witczak

ANGEL FUND
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
As our most important philanthropic effort, we ask that everyone's first - and best - gift to the school be one to the Annual
Fund. Contributions to the campaign represent a belief in our mission and an investment in our students. The campaign is
truly a collective effort, and every gift – no matter the size – is valued. Participation of many donors, at all levels, makes it
possible for us to reach our goals.
WHERE DOES MY ANNUAL FUND CONTRIBUTION GO?
Gifts to the campaign fund curricular initiatives across the grade levels,
tuition assistance for our students in need, technology enhancements in
our classrooms, and maintenance of our beautiful campus.
WHAT'S
YOUR
REASON
TYPES OF GIFTS
Gifts of Cash, Check, or Credit Card
Gifts of Stock
Gifts of Other Assets
Gifts In Kind
Matching Gifts
Honor or Memorial Gifts
Planned Gifts
GIVING TUESDAY
In December 2019, we broke the record for most gifts received in 24 hours.
Participating in Giving Tuesday, our families, alumni and friends donated
over $10,000 in one day.
YOUR SUPPORT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
2019-2020 New Initiatives
• Hired a full-time certified Special Education teacher for the Learning Academy at All Saints.
• New set of iPads and Chromebooks for classroom personalized learning programs.
• Security improvements including the installation of additional security cameras on the outside perimeter of the building.
• Purchase of thirty more two-way radios so the entire staff would have one in case of emergency.
• To comply with state requirements, the school completed a full load pressure test on the elevator.
• Exterior landscaping including raising the canopies of the trees to improve the site-line to the street.
• The existing double doors in the rear of the building and in the playground were repaired as well as the door on the
walk-in freezer in the kitchen.
• Other repairs include the landing, railings and stairs on the north side of the building along with the curbing in the
back parking lot.

DONORS TO THE 2019-2020 ANNUAL FUND
FRIEND ($1-$99)
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Adcock
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Agoglia +
Ms. Alexandra Aguero
Mrs. Anna Akyuz
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bartlett
Mr. and Mrs. William Bateman
Mrs. Maurya Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Buturla
Ms. Valerie Byrnes
Mrs. Colleen Cahn
Mrs. Sara Calise
Ms. Megan Callahan
Mrs. Eileen Carolan +
Mr. Joseph Cassata
Ms. Michele Cihal
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Colistra
Mrs. Virginia Collabella
Ms. Alexa Connors //
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Connors ^*
Ms. Taylor Connors //
Mrs. Roseann Corrente
Ms. Catherine Costanzo
Mrs. Carolyn Coutant
Ms. Beth Cuthbertson
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffry D'Andrea ^
Ms. Margaret D'Andrea //
Mr. Edward Danielsen
Mr. Richard Darling //
Mr and Mrs. Richard DeLallo //
Mrs. Gail DeMent
Mrs. Juliana Dixon
Mrs. Linda Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Edwards, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Erway //
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Esposito +
Mr. and Mrs. James Fahey ^*
Ms. Margaret Farrington
Mr. Adam Fielding
Mrs. Holly Fielding
Mr. Kevin Fitzpatrick
Mr. and Mrs. William Fornshell ^
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Franze
Mrs. Lori Galdenzi
Ms. Jane Gebhardt
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gerace
Ms. Chanda Goodwin
Ms. Sarah Goodwin
Mrs. Mary Gordan
Mr. Edward Grady
Ms. Jill Graham
Mrs. Theresa Graham +
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Green
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Grippo +
Mr. Jorge Guerrer
Mr. Gabriel Gurgitano and Ms. Dana Vizzari
Mr. and Mrs. Xavier Guzman *
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hagerty ^
Mrs. Patricia Hauptman
Mrs. Brittany Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hladikova
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Iannazzo ^
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Inzitari ^
Ms. Elizabeth Iovinelli ^
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jarboe
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Jeandin
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Karakasis
Ms. Carolyn Keating
Mrs. Cristina Kibbey
Mr. Michael King
Ms. Tatiana Kmetz
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kovatch
Mr. Michael Krauer
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kuhn
Ms. Natalie LaBella //
Mr. and Mrs. Richard LaBella
Ms. Theresa LaBella //
Mr. and Mrs. Brad LaBranche
Ms. Rosemary Lamie
Mrs. Leslie Lombardi
Mr. and Mrs. Nigel Lucas ^**
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Madga
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Marini ^
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Martins
Mr. Gennaro Mascolo
Ms. Patricia McCormack ^
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Melchionne
Mr. and Mrs. Erick Mendez
Mr. John Mezzacappa
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Milo ^
Mr. Luis Rojas and Ms. Luisa Moreno
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Morin +
Mrs. Beverly Mulkerin +
Mr. Ryan Musco
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Northrop
Ms. Norma Nunez-Castro
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher O'Connor ^
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen O'Hara ^*
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Oliver
Ms. Mollie O'Neill //
Mr. and Mrs. John O'Sullivan *
Mrs. Margaret Perez
Mrs. Melissa Petropoulos
Mr. James Pickering
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pignataro
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Pollak
Mr. Dan Powers and Ms. Alice Hurley ^
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pullo
Mrs. Alicia Rivera
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Rohr ^
Ms. Andriy Shpylchyn
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Singewald
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Singewald ^
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Small
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Smith ^
Mr. Jack Smith //
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Spagnuolo
Mrs. Elizabeth Spezzano
Mr. and Mrs. James Stapleton ^
Ms. Elizabeth Silvera Strasser
Mrs. Barbara Thompson
Sister Lorraine Tiani
Mrs. Regina Trimboli +
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walsh ^
Mrs. Joan Walsh *
Mrs. Edyta Wielgos
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wilberg
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wood *
Mrs. Suzanne Woolard
Mrs. Vjollca Zefi ^
ALL SAINTS BLUE ($100-$124)
Mr. and Mrs. Arias
Ms. Immacula Bercy
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Blank +
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Buttling ^
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Debes ^
Mr. and Mrs. Joe DiIorio
Mr. and Mrs. John DiScala
Mrs. Michele DiScala +
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dolan
Mr. Robert Englander +
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Fuller
Mr. Philip Hahn
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Harris
Ms. Debra Keating
Mrs. Clare Kunz
Mr. Jacob Lemus and Ms. Joselyn Arias
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lilly
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Maroney
Ms. Kembry Mora
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moriarty +
Mrs. Jean Nichols +
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen O'Hara
Ms. Andrea Russo
Mrs. Ann Salvino
Mr. Javier and Andres Suarez-Espinosa
Mr. Rahul Suri
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Switter
Mrs. Jeanette Wallace
ALL SAINTS WHITE ($125-$249)
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Amato
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Badaracco
Mrs. Claire Bartoli +
Ms. Kathleen Berard +
Mr and Mrs. Zoltan Bona
Ms. Leslie Brennan +
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Corry ^*
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Devine ^
Ms. Elie Elriachi
Mr. and Mrs. Grzegorz Fryc
Ms. Pamela Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. William McGurn +
Ms. Brenda Renzulli ^
Mr. and Mrs. Sean Royce
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vuoso ^
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wrinn ^
ALL SAINTS BRONZE
($250-$499)
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark ^
Mrs. Marita Conron +
Mr. Warren Costikyan and
Ms. Deirdre Ryan ^
Mr. and Mrs. George DeLeon
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Fogelson
Mr. Richard Gretsch
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Hinh
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kopnicky
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Newcombe *
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ornousky ^*
Mrs. Gina Schlitt
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Stewart
ALL SAINTS SILVER
($500-$999)
Ms. Kelly Cain
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Maroney +
Mr. and Mrs. David Mattera ^
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Mitchell ^**
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Rawson ^*
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Simoes
Mr. Michael Varco
Mr. Donald Weisen **
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Witczak
ALL SAINTS GOLD
($1,000-$1999)
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Murawski
Robert Riordan
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tarczali
PATRON ($2,000-$4999)
F. Gerard McGrath Foundation +
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Fitzgerald ^
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher LaCroix ^**
SAINT ($5,000-$9999)
2019-2020
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew White ^
ORGANIZATIONS
AND CORPORATIONS
Diageo North America
Exxon Mobil Educational Alliance
Goldman Sachs
IBM International Foundation
Lockheed Martin
Morgan Stanley
Norwalk Catholic Club
Norwalk Firefighters Association
Pepsico
Pfizer
Rvago America
Thomson Reuters
TOTAL
RAISED:
$35,358
* Donors who have given for 5
or more consecutive years
**Donors who have given for 10
or more consecutive years
^ Parents of alumni
+ Grandparents
// Alumni

CLASS OF 2020
OUR ANNUAL “CLAP-OUT” FOR 8TH GRADERS TURNED INTO A CAR PARADE. STAFF AND
FACULTY CHEERED ON THE CLASS OF 2020 AS THEY PARADED THROUGH CAMPUS.

ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL
139 West Rocks Road, Norwalk, Connecticut 06851
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