The feasibility study focusing on the potential new Catholic high school for the lower Delaware and parts of Worcester, Wicomico, and Somerset counties in the Maryland area which is a part of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, continues to move forward with great energy.
A Catholic High School Task Force is working to keep the process on pace and provide leadership and expertise throughout the study. The most frequent question being asked is, what is the vision for this new school? What could/should it look like?
The proposed new Catholic high school would provide a vibrant and rigorous learning environment where the teachings, traditions and values of our Catholic faith will be experienced in all areas of school life. A strong and authentic Catholic identity will empower students to encounter, articulate and live the beliefs and life of the Catholic Church modeled by the life of Jesus Christ. This school community will provide a variety of experiences to develop the body, mind and spirit of each student as they become the person God intends them to be.
This new high school will reflect and serve the many parish communities and the varied cultural, social, economic and faith communities of lower Delaware, and Worcester, Wicomico, and Somerset counties in Maryland. Parents, families and local communities will be valued and invited to actively engage in the educational, formational, social and extracurricular life of the school and students.
As the Pastor of Saint Francis de Sales I am supportive of this initiative. I realize that after graduating from eighth grade here at SFdS our students end up in five or six different Schools. There is very little opportunity to enrich their fellowship with their school companions.
At the present time, community demographic statistics are being gathered and analyzed along with parish and Catholic school enrollment trends in the lower Delaware, and Worcester, Wicomico, and Somerset counties in Maryland. The goal of the data research is to provide a foundation for determining the strength of the student pool in areas from which the proposed school could draw enrollment and ensure sustainability for the future.
Additionally, the Consultants at Beacon and Salisbury University have prepared a market research survey for families in the study area to determine the interest in a new high school and its potential enrollment. Combined with a market research survey in October 2023, the data findings and results will demonstrate if this new school program is feasible. If there is sufficient interest and enrollment, this determination leads to the next phase,
which includes financial analysis for the proposed school, estimating costs, creating a funding model and establishing a timeline for next steps in the planning process.
I believe it is important that a new High School must be built on a solid foundation.
Yours in Christ,
Fr. Chris Labarge
Pastor of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Much Needed !!! More Churches too
As long as it is funded by the Catholic Church and Catholic parishioners it’s nobody else’s business what the cost is, who or what it affects or anything else.
A wonderful alternative to public schools! Build several of them!
are you as a parent prepared to spend $15K a year for your kid to attend? but at least your kid wont be indoctrinated in satans ways unless of course you follow poop franny and the trannies! maybe he could sign up the sisters of perpetual indulgence to run it!