The mission of St. Patrick Catholic School is to be an affordable school of choice with high academic and character standards.
We’re so excited to share that our Foundation for the Future Campaign is underway — and our overall goal is $400,000! This vital effort helps provide tuition assistance, classroom resources, daily essentials, and a strong, faith-based education for our students.
We are kicking-off this initiative with a Matching Gift Challenge. Thanks to a $200,000 matching gift from St. Katharine Drexel Parish, every donation made by June 15th will be doubled! That means your gift goes twice as far in supporting our students and school community.
Help us reach this important milestone and continue the mission of St. Patrick Catholic School!
No gift is too small, and every dollar brings us closer to our $400,000 goal.
Why do you call St. Pat’s a “micro-school?”
In comparison to other schools, we are intentionally small with “right-sized” classes. The average classroom in K-5 has eight students. Families love the individual attention each student gets and teachers love building close relationships with students and their families. Parent-Teacher Partnership is a hallmark of our school culture: regular and proactive communication with parents and teachers.
What do you mean that St. Pat’s is a diocesan school as opposed to a parish school?
St. Pat’s is a diocesan school and is proud of that identity and its relationships with other Springfield Catholic schools. We have a scholarship program for young alumni to continue their Catholic education at Little Flower School, and we have several alumni currently at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School. Without a parish to support us, our mission continues financially because of our community of donors who believe in our work of affordable Christian education serving a majority non-Catholic Black and Bi-racial families.