Indicator+3.12

__**Indicator 3.12 Catholic Identity**__
 * 1) **Priority is given to the integration of faith and culture (e.g., vision, curriculum activities, and disciplien practices)**
 * 2) **Prayer is a regular part of daily school life.**
 * 3) **The spiritual life of the school community is enhanced by opportunities for various forms of prayer and spirtual practice.**
 * 4) **Liturgy is available fo the school community on a regular basis.**
 * 5) **The school provides religious formation in Catholic beliefs, values, and traditions for all stakeholders (e.g., parents, students, board members, faculty and staff).**
 * 6) **Catholic social teaching is evident throughout the school program (e.g., curriculum, activities)**


 * Guardian Angels students receive religious instruction daily in a classroom setting and participate in Mass once a week [|Mass Schedule (2011 - 2012)]. The Living Rosary is a school tradition. The school encourages religious practices and devotions such as the annual May Crowning and the Stations of the Cross. The teachers of 2nd and 8th grades work with the students to prepare them for First Penance and First Holy Communion [|Sacraments]. Each teacher also prepares the students for the reception of the Sacrament of Penance twice a year. Students also participate and are assessed on the [|Circle of Grace] curriculum program developed by the Archdiocese of Omaha.**

Other examples of prayer and the spiritual life of the school community include:
 * Deanery Day - Catholic schools in the area of West Point meet for mass and get-acquainted games
 * Decade of the rosary is said by every class each day
 * Prayer before and after meals
 * Prayer at end of the day[[image:Gradae_4_3-3-11lockers.jpg width="258" height="206" align="right"]]
 * Reconciliation twice a year
 * Advent and lent prayers said each day
 * 6th grade has retreat in Schuyler
 * [|GACC 2011-2012 Mass Schedule] All students K-12, faculty and staff attend Mass once a week
 * Father comes in once a week
 * Religion pamphlets sent home monthly to parents
 * Teachers have religion workshop once a year
 * Thanksgiving food drive
 * Collect money for the poor or special projects during Lent
 * Teachers and students collect items for Family Fun Day baskets
 * Students take turns planning masses
 * [|Liturgy Leadership] Students serve as song leaders, lectors and servers at Mass.
 * Religion-based Christmas program[[file:CSW events.doc]][[file:Catholic_Schools_Week_2012_Events.pdf]]
 * Catholic Schools Week
 * Volunteers continue to play an important part in our school. Volunteers are honored during Catholic Schools Week.
 * [[file:Mass_collections.pdf]]

Over the years we have offered gestures of welcome to the CCD students who meet in our classrooms each week. We have hosted a assemblies for GA andSt. Paul’s. (The public grade school has moved and is too far away for easy access to our assemblies.) Guardian Angels hosts the Deanery Day celebration every three years with help from our parent organization and the students at Central Catholic. Our music teachers host two joint concerts for the bands at Christmas and spring time. St. Paul’s students and teachers join us for lunch. Mrs. Marlene Knobbe teaches Spanish to the St. Paul’s students one day a week. Several students from St. Paul's take band at GA.


 * __Other activities that students have participated in over the years include:__**
 * 1) Collected money for a family at Christmas time.
 * 2) Sang at the hospital and nursing home at Christmas time.
 * 3) Participated in Toys for Tots.
 * 4) Provided treats for Catholic Schools Week celebrations.

__**Central Catholic**__ Catholic School Identity Indicators
 * Central Catholic students attend Mass weekly as a student** **body. The liturgies are planned by the Peer Ministry Team**
 * and/or religion classes. Students serve as EMHCs, lectors,** **cantors, ushers, and servers.** **The Central Catholic student body celebrates the Sacrament of** **Reconciliation several times throughout the school year. Students are required to attend an annual class retreat which are sponsored by the school and normally held in the spring of the year.**
 * [|Life Teen] (Organization for grades 9-12; parish-based youth activities such as Life Teen Mass, monthly Life Nights, retreats, summer camps, local and national youth rallies, leadership conferences and various activities aimed at leading teens closer to Christ. St. Mary's Life Teen program is very active at Central Catholic and invites all students to participate.)
 * [|Edge](Organization for grades 6-8; activities include Life Teen Mass, Edge night, service projects, retreats)
 * [[file:Edge_Registration_Form_2011-2012.pdf]]
 * [[file:Edge_Parent_Volunteer_Form.pdf]]
 * [[file:Edge_Schedule_2011-2012_for_Parents.pdf]]
 * [|Mission Possible Peer Ministry] (Committee of students, four from each grade, chosen by their peers, to be leaders within the school who plan and facilitate service-related activities throughout the school year. Students are chosen as freshmen and remain on the committee all four years of high school. This group is responsible for planning weekly school Masses and raising donations for charities and organizations that assist the elderly, sick, poor, and disadvantaged.)[[image:http://www.ccbluejays.org/images/cheer%20clinic.jpg width="289" height="149" align="right"]]
 * Mission Possible ([|Denver Service Trip])
 * NCYC
 * TEC RETREAT- (Juniors and seniors are invited to a dynamic three-day retreat called TEC (Teens Encounter Christ). TEC is a high energy, youth-focused, spirit-directed faith experience offered by the Archdiocese of Omaha. Applications available online; www.archomaha.org
 * Steubenville conferences- []
 * Service Learning
 * Priority is given to the integration of faith and culture (e.g., vision, curriculum activities and discipline practices)
 * Prayer is a regular part of daily school life
 * The spiritual life of the school community is enhanced by opportunities for various forms of prayer and spiritual practice
 * Liturgy is available for the school community on a regular basis
 * The school provides religious formation in Catholic beliefs, values and traditions for all stakeholders (e.g. parents, students, board members, faculty and staff)
 * Catholic social teaching is evident throughout the school program (e.g. curriculum, activities)


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