We Met the Challenge!
Let's Finish Strong! |
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Together we reached our goal to raise $200,000 for HALO 139 from September to December and unlocked an opportunity for an additional $100,000 from the Popolo family! This boost in funds allowed us to make several more payments to cover 50% of tuition for new students in their first two years. HALO needs about $190,000 by June 30, 2023 to finish our investment of $922,500 that will greatly enhance HALO pilot school revenue over the coming years. |
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More importantly, we successfully filled some of our Catholic school capacity without adding overhead with this pilot. Congratulations for your part in inviting new families to see for themselves that their student belongs and thrives in Catholic education. Now in the final semester of the HALO 139 pilot, we are beginning to analyze the results of this investment approach. Watch for more this spring! |
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Our Catholic schools offer small classes where kids learn and grow in a faith-filled environment. |
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Tuition Assistance:
Did You Know? |
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On behalf of the Dallas Diocesan Education Endowment Trust (Endowment Trust) and the Bishop’s Golf Invitational, The HALO Initiative provides services to allocate and distribute tuition assistance across Diocesan schools. These funds provide a tremendous advantage for families in our community who cannot afford tuition to attend Catholic school without support. Here are a few facts may want to know about how we are serving our community: |
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We receive more than 2,200 applications from eligible students and HALO is able to allocate awards for about 42% of those students. The Endowment Trust and Bishop's Golf Invitational funds provide support to nearly 1,000 - or 1 out of every 11 - students each year. Our Diocesan Catholic schools serve just over 10,000 students across our 29 Diocesan Catholic schools. With support beyond what is received from the Endowment Trust and Bishop’s Invitational, nearly half of students receive some support to attend. The chart below shows how the support has grown since both funds began in 2011, that it totals more than $2.1M for this 2022-2023 school year.
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If donors are interested in leaving a legacy gift for Catholic education year after year, learn more about the Endowment Trust at haloinitiative.org/endowmenttrust or contact Kelly Halaszyn at khalaszyn@cathdal.org. To learn more about the annual Bishop’s Invitational Golf Tournament in September and how it provides scholarships every year, visit bishopsgolf.org or contact Robin Trowbridge at rtrowbridge@cathdal.org. |
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Watch for other HALO projects coming in 2023 to help Catholic schools enjoy shared services, and to create easier, more integrated ways to support the Catholic school system, and more. |
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HALO is an independent public charity with a mission to work alongside the Catholic Schools Office, our school leaders, and the Dallas community to strengthen, grow the impact of, and provide broad-based access to our K-8 Catholic Schools. While we provide services such as tuition assistance across our Catholic Schools, HALO is best known for managing pilots that help us solve big challenges so that we can sustain our Catholic Schools for years and years to come. We believe Catholic education provides advantages for a child’s lifetime and we are pleased to partner with people all across the Dallas area to make this opportunity available for as many students as possible. |
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