The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has been proud to partner with the Notre Dame Alliance for Catholic Education (NDAA) for five years. This partnership promotes an educational framework and model that has been beneficial to the development of students and teachers in the Mother Theodore Catholic Academies (MTCA). This year, having been under the wing of NDAA’s leadership for five years, Holy Cross Catholic School will take the skills that they have learned and will continue to operate solely as an MTCA school. We are proud of the work accomplished by Holy Cross Catholic School and their desire to continue to serve children with the greatest need. They will continue to support the MTCA mission of serving all students in our center city, proclaiming the joy of the gospel while meeting the educational needs in our center city communities.

Recently, Central Catholic School and Jacob Weisenbach, Assistant Principal, were recognized as the Community Partner of the Year by the University of Indianapolis Center for Service Learning & Community Engagement. The RightFit program welcomes UIndy students to Central Catholic to serve as tutors and activity instructors both during and after the school day. Congratulations to Mr. Weisenbach and Central Catholic on this wonderful recognition.  

Congratulations to the Holy Angels Pre-K program on joining Central Catholic in becoming a Level 4 Paths to QUALITY provider. Paths to QUALITY is Indiana’s child care quality rating and improvement system. As a Level 4 provider the Holy Angels Pre-K program meets all health and safety, learning environment and planned curriculum standards and is nationally accredited. 

The Office of Catholic Schools is excited to introduce Kelly England as the new principal of St. Philip Neri. Kelly has spent 25 years in education at the Archdiocese of Indianapolis as both a teacher and a principal. For the past four years, Kelly served as the Assistant Principal at St. Philip Neri. As much as she loved being an assistant principal, Kelly heard God calling her back to the principal role, so there is continuity of leadership at the school. She can't wait to help St. Philip Neri return to normal this year so the scholars can grow as readers and writers.