Welcome
Hello students, alumni, families and friends!
The Development Department is constantly working on new and innovative ways to support Bishop Machebeuf High School. Our Core Team, development department and administrators are making great strides in the advancement of our mission by implementing our Strategic Plan for Development for 2009-2010. We are launching our Annual Fund and have wonderful opportunities for involvement through our special events.
This is truly an exciting time here at Machebeuf, and I invite you to become a part of our future here. We are building a legacy for generations of students to come, and we cannot do it without our entire community joining the mission. I invite each and every one of you to share your time, talent and treasure to keep our programs at BMHS the very best in Catholic Education!
In His Service,
Kimberly Jetton
Director of Development
303-344-0082 x 40
kjetton@machebeuf.org
Update- Strategic Plan for Development 2009-2010
Marketing and Communications
Complete:
• Create a communications head and committee of stakeholders that will oversee efforts, recruit additional volunteers, identify all possible print/web/ media outlets, and disseminate news to all outlets and schools/parishes in a timely manor.
• Speech Meet and continuing
Use the BMHS facility to host community events in order to build greater awareness of the school. This includes but is not limited to the Archdiocesan Art Show and partnering with CSAL to host the feeder school baseball playoffs at our home field.
In Progress
• Create a communications plan that enables BMHS news to quickly, accurately, and efficiently be shared both internally and externally.
• Expand the relationship between BMHS and Catholic feeder schools and parishes as well as other schools feeding into BMHS.
• Celebrate BMHS successes and communicate them to the community at large in both print and web.
Note: Will be on CNN and FX daily for 4 weeks
• Increase the presence of BMHS marketing materials at community events including but not limited to the Living the Catholic Faith Conference, Lowry neighborhood events, parishes and feeder schools.
• Increase the awareness of BMHS in the Lowry community. Increase the visibility of the school from the road. Look into flags for the light post in the parking lot and additional banners.
Enrollment, Recruitment, and Retention
Completed:
• Further develop the Student Ambassador program by defining roles, enhance training program, encourage regular visits to feeder schools and parishes.
• Refine the recruitment presentation
• Market the academic rigor of a Machebeuf education by using proof points and points of pride such as college placement results, percentages of students in honors and AP programs, and amount of scholarships awarded for college.
In Progress:
• Expand the Machebeuf Ambassador program to include parents and community stakeholders. Parent ambassadors will be assigned to each parish and feeder school and will spread the message about Machebeuf by word-of-mouth marketing.
• Stronger focus on retention by enhancing the freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior class experiences. Start up a mentorship program where seniors act as buddies to freshmen.
Fundraising, Annual Fund, and Special Events
Completed:
• Change the Machebeuf 500 to the Machebeuf 5k and hold it at Machebeuf
In Progress:
• Centralize all fundraising efforts to better meet the mission of the school and move from “candy sales to committed donors”
• Educate the Machebeuf community on the tuition gap and the true cost to educate
• Create a comprehensive Annual Fund Campaign that will run from September to June and will help “bridge the gap”. All constituencies will be asked and creative ways to seek alumni and parent support will be created.
• Increase attendees and auction item donations for the Buffalo Ball as well as provide experiential information (i.e. capture a year long montage of BMHS events since the last Buffalo Ball).
To Do:
• Create an Annual Report that will list donors and inform the public of usage of funds
• Identify grants in the community to apply for funds.
• Create a process for recognition and thank you for both donors and volunteers
• Create a planned giving program. (long term)
• Create a Stewardship Plan (long term)
Alumni
Completed:
• Enhance the Alumni Homecoming Tailgate by reaching out to more alumni to attend and advertising more in the newsletter and other outlets.
In Progress:
• Complete the Alumni Directory project
• Enhance the alumni records in the Raiser’s Edge database.
• Enhance the alumni section of the website to assist in building the alumni community. Include links to the Facebook page, newsletter archives, and alumni spotlights and news.
To Do:
• Recruit additional alums from each decade (and eventually each class) to serve as leaders in the Alumni Association and other alumni efforts
Athletics
Completed:
• Core Strength and Conditioning Program. Currently serves 80 to 90 participants using 24 Hr Fitness and our Weight Room.
• Assessment day for all athletes to complete the Combine Type Exercises.
In Progress:
• Create a three-year published strategic plan for athletics. that addresses the following points:
• Identify youth sport leagues, camps, and programs for recruitment
Current Parents and Parents of Alumni
Completed:
• Enhance new parent welcome packet and back to school night presentation to get more parents involved with the school.
In Progress:
• Create a better structure for parent volunteers that will fulfill the school’s needs and build better community amongst the parents.
• Facilitate parent community building by hosting parent socials.
Students
In Progress:
• Enhance student pride and spirit for the school by creating a student spirit club, providing spirit/pride items, and creating incentives for students to attend both athletic and non-athletic events at Machebeuf.
• Better prepare students for college by focusing on the value of leadership and stewardship.
Faculty Retention
Completed:
• Form Teacher-Retention task group.
• Conduct Faculty Retention survey
Database
In Progress:
• Create a process for keeping accurate information amongst the different databases.
• Grow the RE database to include recent alums and parents of alums that are in the Sycamore database.
