OCS Families, As you may know, we have spent most of this year completing our self-study and preparing for the Site Accreditation visit. On Sunday, five administrators from the Diocese of Owensboro will arrive to begin our site visit. The purpose of the Ky NPSC Accreditation Process is designed for the improvement of student learning. It enables schools…
Leadership Message
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There are blessings in defeat!
By TOM LILLY: OCS President In nearly every form of competition, the representatives of the winning team always react the same way. The last out of the World Series and the last seconds on the clock of the Super Bowl look the same every single year for the winning team. From athletic competitions to band…
Summer Survey Results Help Guide OCS Efforts
There’s no perfect way to understand how we’re viewed by the families we serve. Last June OCS asked 740 households to respond to a survey that asked some basic questions about how well the school system was doing with the children entrusted to our care. Research shows that surveys can be reliable tools of communication.
August 2023 Education Council Meeting Minutes
Owensboro Catholic Schools August 29, 2023 – 5:30 – 6:25 PM VIDEO SLIDESHOW: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jf8HfTt2DIgBaoN_zdTzHuVWBucFKGim/view?usp=drive_link Minutes submitted by Maria Carr Voting Board Members In attendance: Fri Pat Reynolds Fr. John Thomas Amanda Millay Melanie Wallace Amy Hines Amanda Jerome Non-Voting members in attendance: David Kessler Tracy Conkright George Powell Jennifer Hall Natalie Hayden Chip…
We have been given control over our reaction!
It’s been five years since I sat in that first-floor conference room for the 8:30 Monday morning meeting at the Old National Bank building in downtown Louisville. In the summer of 2018, during a difficult time of discernment, I accepted a more challenging work mission with Owensboro Catholic Schools. I decided to leave a good…
The Plan – Mask Optional early in the New Year!
TOM LILLY – OCS President I am thankful this Thanksgiving for all of you who continue to support the actions and decisions of the Owensboro Catholic School System. We somehow manage to spend a lot more time on the things that unite our educational system than in our places of disagreement. It’s a witness to…
Hard Work and Cooperation Sincerely Appreciated
Our Hope is for a mask optional New Year! – Tom Lilly, OCS President There’s no doubt what the Owensboro Catholic School community is made of. The strain of operating schools during a pandemic continues to wear and tear on the heroic efforts going on in our classrooms. But parents’ faculty and staff continue to…
OCS COVID Optional ‘Test to Stay’ Program
Ethos Laboratories is offering free on-site COVID testing for asymptomatic students who are in “close contact” with someone who does NOT live in the same household. This is an optional alternative to the automatic mandatory 7- or 10-day home quarantine from a COVID exposure. Note—This program does not apply if the COVID positive individual is…
Academic Performance Improves During Pandemic
This year, as is custom, OCS students took the NWEA standardized tests during August and September. Despite the unusual circumstances created by the pandemic, academic achievement results show more than 80% of students at or above grade level and show greater growth collectively in this year than in the 4 previous years. Catholic Schools focus…
SCRIP and Central Office to be Closed – Friday, October 8
The OCS SCRIP office and Central Office will be closed on Friday, October 8.