St. Francis Annual Report

Annual Report
Thank you to all 2012/2013 donors!
In-Kind and Corporate Donors:
2012/2013 An
1379 Family Sports Shop • ABC Home and Commercial Services • Ace Custom Tailors • Alamo Drafthouse • American Girl • Anderson's Coffee Company • Anna Buteau Photography • Apogee
• Arbor Car Wash & Lube Center • Art on 5th Gallery • Austin American Statesman • Austin Children's Museum • Austin Java • Austin Radiological Associates • Austin Steam Train
Association Austin Symphony • Austin Toros • Avant Salon Spa • Aviary • Back Home Furniture • Back Home with a Twist • Ballet Austin • Bark-n-Purr • Barton Creek Resort and
Spa • Barton Springs Nursery • Beauty Store Salon & Spa • Beehive • Bella Maui Boutique • Betty Lash • Bettysport •Bicycle Sport Shop • Bike Nation, Inc. • Birds Barbershop
• Bistro Mirabelle • Blackhawk Golf Club • Blanton Museum of Art • Blazer Tag Adventure Center • Blue Bell Creameries, L.P. •Blue Bonnet Cafe • Blue Dahlia Bistro
• Blue Elephant • Boat House Grill • BookPeople Literary Camps •Bradz Salons & Spa • Brick Oven Restaurant • Brilliant Sky Toys & Books •Cafe Monet • Cannoli
Joe's Gourmet Italian Feast • Capital Music Center • Capitol City Comedy Club • Capra and Cavelli • Captured Creations with Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers
• Carmelo's Ristorante Italiano • Ceramics Bayou • Cera-Mix Studios • Chair Massage by Kevin • Chez Nous • Chuy's • Coldtowne Theater • Collectic Home
• Colony Cellars Winery • Contigo • Cool River Cafe • Crown Jewels •Cynthia Bloom Collectible Jewelry • Cypress Grill Louisiana Cafe • Dart Bowl,
Family Sports, Inc. • Dave & Buster's • Deda Divine Fabulous Jewelry • Denise Donnelly Jewelry • Desert Dreams • Disneyland Resort • Dragon's Lair
Comics & Fantasy • Driftwood Estate Winery • Dripping Springs Vodka • Eastside Cafe • EcoClean Garment Care • Edible Arrangements • El Sol
Y La Luna • Elbe Body •Embassy Suites Austin Central • Embellish Nails & Boutique • Emily Morgan Hotel • Empower Yoga • Esther's Follies •
Extraordinaire • Famous Vodka • Fara Coffee • Faraday's Kitchen Store • Farmhouse Delivery • Firestone Complete Auto Care •Flat Creek Estate
• Fleur-de-Stone • Fonda San Miguel • Foreign & Domestic • Four Seasons Hotel Austin • Galaxy Café • Garner-Whorton Insurance • Garrido's
Restaurant • Gibson Bar • Gift of Serenity Massage • Go Dance • Goodie Two Shoes • Grape Creek Vineyards • Great Hills Country Club •
Groovy Automotive • Gruene Homestead Inn • Gruene River Inn • Haak Vineyards & Winery • Hair Shack • Halina Day Spa • Happy Salon
and Spa • Hat Creek Burger Co. • HEB #096 - Austin 04 • Hoover's Cooking • Houston Museum of Natural Science • Houston Zoo • Hudson's
on the Bend • Hut's Hamburgers / Frank & Angies • Hutson Clothing Co. • Inn Above Onion Creek • Inner Space Cavern • INNU Hair Salon
• Inwood Estates Vineyard • iPic Theaters • Izzy And Ash • Jack Allen's Kitchen • Jack Brown Cleaners • Jackson Ruiz • Jasper's • Jerry's
Artarama • Juany Cleaning Service • Kandle Kidswear • Kate Winternitz • Katoj • Keila Tyner Image Consulting • Kendra Scott • Kerbey
Lane Cafe • Kick Butt Coffee • Kidclips Salon • Kimber Modern Boutique Hotel • Kiss n Makeup • KLRU-Austin City Limits • Knead Knot
Stress • Kome Sushi Kitchen • Kyle, Cara and Alan Hudson • La Ceramique • La Madeleine • Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center • Landers
Premier Flooring • Law Office of Lucas C. Wilson • Le Cordon Blue Austin • Learning Express • Leighelena • Light Touch Aesthetics, PLLC
• Lighting Inc. • Linking Languages • Long Center for the Performing Arts • Lost Creek Country Club • Luxe Apothetique • Mad Science
• Maggiano's "Little Italy" • Magnolia Cafe • Main Event Entertainment • Make It Sweet • Margaret Webb Life Coaching • Master Gohring's
Tai Chi & Kung Fu • Maudie's Tex-Mex • McCormick & Schmick's • Melissa Borrell Design • Mercedes Benz of Austin • Metrodog • Michael
O'Brien • Midtown Groom & Board • Mikado Ryotei • Miles of Chocolate • Moonshine Patio Bar and Grill • MYO Massage • No BS Baking &
Preserving Company • Northwest Hills Liquor • Northwest Hills Pharmacy and Florist at Davenport • Omni Austin Hotel Downtown • Omni
Hotels • Oriental Rug Gallery • Outback Steakhouse • Outhouse Designs • Over the Rainbow • Paloma Blanca Mexican Cuisine • Pampered Pets •
Paramount and State Theatre• Parts and Labor • Perception Fitness • Perry's Restaurants •Peter Pan Mini-Golf • Pilates360 • Pleasant Hill Winery •
Powell, Ebert, and Smolik, P.C. • Powell & Tiller Dental Care • Pure Barre Austin • Quality Seafood Market • Rae Cosmetics • Rancho Ponte Vineyard
• Rebekah Vinyard Jewelry • Red's Porch • Republic Tequila • Resolution Gardens • River Haven Cabins • Rockin' 'R' River Rides • Romano's Macaroni
Grill • Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek • Round Rock Express • RunTex • Russell Korman • Russell's Bakery • Sail and Ski • Salon Intuitions • Sanctuary
gift boutique • Sarovar Indian Cuisine • Savvy Vodka • Schatzelein • Schlitterbahn • SegCity Segway Tours • Segway Nation, Inc. • Spa at the Lake • Spa Salute •
Spec's • Sport & Spine Associates • Spring Frost • Steiner Ranch Steakhouse • Stella Says Go • Studio Picea Jewelry • Sun & Ski Sports • Tanque Verde Ranch • Tecolote
Farm • Teo Espresso & Gelato • Terra Toys • Texas Hills Vineyard • Texas Paintball • Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin • Texas Rangers Baseball
Club • Texas Stars Hockey Club • The Austin Wine Merchant • The Bar Method • The Frisco • The Green Mesquite • The grove wine bar/kitchen • The Hair's Lair • The
Intergalactic Nemesis • The Salon @ Saks Fifth Avenue Arboretum Market • The Salt Lick • The Saxon Pub • The Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa • Thomas Saverio Salon & Spa
• Thunderbird Coffee • Tiffany & Co. • Tito's Vodka • Tomlinson's Feed and Pets • Treaty Oak Distilling • Trento • Truluck's • Turner Residential • Twisted A Fitness •
Two Saints Baking Co. and Cafe • Uchi and Uchiko • Uncle Billy's • Upper Crust bakery • Urban Betty Salon • Valentine's Too • Vanishing Texas River Cruise • Vintage
Villas • Violet Crown Cinema • Wanderland • Waterloo Ice House • Waterloo Records & Video • Westbank Dry Cleaning • Whole Earth Provision Company • Whole
Foods • Wilhelmina Development • William Chris Vineyards • Wink Restaurant & Wine Bar • Witte Museum • Woodrose Winery • Yoga Yoga
Our Mission
Excellence without
exclusivity.
What is St. Francis all about?
St. Francis School was founded in 1985
with a mission of providing excellence
in education without exclusivity in
admissions. The school now serves
360 students, from preschool to eighth
grade, from a variety of backgrounds
and learning abilities.
St. Francis School is an independent,
interdenominational school providing
high-quality education to children from
pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The
school is not affiliated with any church
or religious denomination or other
supporting organization.
St. Francis does not discriminate based
on religion, race, ethnicity, economics,
or academics. The target class size is
15 students in elementary and middle
school. Students come from 62 zipcodes
around Austin. By graduation, most
students test at least one full grade level
ahead of their actual grade.
Annual FUNdraisers
Board of Directors
Foremost among our fundraising activities is the Pinnacle Project—
the annual fund drive for St. Francis School, held each school year
from October through December. In the past, the Pinnacle Project has
funded items such as computers and school-wide Internet access, library improvements, a new playground, curriculum materials, and a
new middle school library.
Several other fundraising events are held each year. Students conduct a
magazine sale each fall to raise money for the athletic department.
The fall carnival AKA “The Howl,” a major volunteer effort of both
parents and students, is an annual fundraiser with booths, music, and
food for family fun. Book fairs, held both in the fall and spring, result
in cash and book donations for the elementary library. There is a Chili
Cook-Off and Garage Sale in the fall, and “Parents’ Night Out” evenings throughout the year that raises money for 8th graders traveling
to Italy over Spring Break. The annual 8th grade Italy trip is not only
fun, but an extensive learning opportunity for students. Finally the
Spring Gala, is a major source of funds, 2nd only to the Pinnacle Project—this event is traditionally dinner, drinks, music, and silent and
live auctions.
Fundraising activities at St. Francis are planned and implemented primarily by parent volunteers, and their success is a testament to the
dedication and commitment of our parents.
Esther Hajdar, President
Mary Marerro, Vice President
Sharon Doerre, Secretary
Barbara A. Porter, Ex-Oficio Head of School and Founder
Melanie Barnes
Eric Bear
Becky Bigler
Toby Collins
Anne Evans
Sally Keene
Douglas Laycock
Laura Peveto
David Porter
Scott Turner
Linda van Bavel
St. Francis School
2012/2013
Annual Report
Meet the Head of School
Barbara Porter occupies a special place in the
history and life of St. Francis School. She is
both Founder and Head of School, and it is
her vision of education and attention to each
student’s unique assets and needs that has
driven the excellence for which St. Francis has
become known.
Barbara is British-born, raised and educated in
the north of England near the Yorkshire/
Lancashire border. After graduating from the
Victoria School of Education of Manchester
University, she taught in London for a short
time before taking a teaching position in the
United States.
Prior to moving to Austin, Barbara spent time
teaching in private schools in Indianapolis, Indiana and Sacramento, California. She also
spent three years teaching English as a second
language in Zaragoza, Spain. Austin has been
her home for over twenty-five years. During
most of this time she has been the Head of
School at St. Francis.
Since living in Austin, Barbara has spent
a number of years volunteering for
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and Hospice Austin. She is a graduate of the Leadership Austin class of
2000. Currently, Barbara serves on the
Board of TAAPS (Texas Association of
Accredited Private Schools), and is the
TAAPS Commissioner of the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission.
She is a member of “Town & Gown”
and serves on the Board of Trustees for
St. David’s Foundation Community
Fund and St. David’s Community
Health Foundation Initiatives.
Letter from St. Francis Board President
“It takes a village to raise a child” is an African proverb that
is the embodiment of our St. Francis School community. Our
community of parents, grandparents, donors, and local businesses has created an educational environment in which
each SFS child can achieve individual excellence, appreciate
human diversity, and learn values which will last a lifetime.
Your actions, through financial contributions and the giving
of your time, are a tribute to your commitment to St. Francis. During the 2012-2013 academic year, over 96% of families made a pledge during the Pinnacle Project, our annual
fundraiser. The Howl, the Spring Gala, the Pinnacle Project,
book fairs, magazine sales, patronizing of partnering businesses and other fundraising events were successful in raising over $250,000.00 for school operations and important
initiatives. These initiatives included teacher training and
salary increases, curriculum enhancements, scholarships,
and the establishment of the Madeline Anderson Middle
School Library. Other fundraising activities, such as the Chilicook off, the Garage Sale and Parents’ Night Out, help support the 8th graders’ annual trip to Italy, the homeland of our
namesake.
The Board of Directors continues to fulfill its responsibilities
of supporting the mission of the school and ensuring that St.
Francis remains financially sound. To that end, administrative and overhead costs remain low so that more of the revenues generated can fund program and curriculum costs.
Tuition is still among the lowest of private schools in Austin.
As we look back over the year, there are many achievements
to be proud of at St. Francis School. As we look forward,
there are many more goals to achieve. And as a village, I
know we will continue to raise a better child. THANK YOU.
Best,
Esther Hajdar
St. Francis Board President
Financial Information
Revenue - $3,576,831.00
Expense - $3,022,105.00
2012/2013 Financial Information
Current Assets:
Cash
$398,073.67
Other Current Assets:
Acct. Receivables
$96,255.94
Non-Current Assets:
Fixed Assets
$4,853,492.02
Operating Reserve
$400,140.04
Endowment Acct
$335,133.58
Total Assets:
$6,083,095.25
Current Liabilities:
Acct. Pay
$4,982.16
Prepaid Tuition
$96,060.00
Current Long-Term Debt
$210,794.41
Non-Current Liabilities:
Long-Term Debt
$1,519,446.40
28 years of service: Here is what
you’ve helped us achieve
 Over 5,000 students served
 667 years of combined teaching experience
 Over $1,000,000 raised in a 2010 Capital Campaign for an upgraded and expanded campus
 Accreditation by the Texas Alliance of Accredited Private Schools
2012/2013 School Year
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Annual Operating Budget: $4,007,423
467 Donors
84 Volunteers
2013 Spring Enrollment: 377 students
Pre-K – K: 24 K-5th: 191 6th-8th: 162
50 Staff Members
SFS Student Diversity Breakdown
Ethnic Diversity
12% - African American
10% - Hispanic
9% - Asian
69% - Caucasian
45% - Female students
55% - Male students
3% - Same-sex parents
Financial Diversity
20% - Students on scholarship