Advancement Strategy: Memphis
Advancement Appeal to
Individuals Provides Jubilee
Schools with Support for
1,500 Students
“It’s a rare moment
when your simple
gesture could
transform someone’s
life. This is one of
those moments.”
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So begins an appeal by the
Jubilee Schools of the Diocese
of Memphis, Tennessee to
encourage donations from
individuals. One of those
moments brings to a personal
level the real need for a
partnership where individuals
offer a hand up, not a handout
to the economically challenged
families of Memphis. A strong
development appeal has
resulted in nine Jubilee Schools
being able to offer an excellent
education to over 1,500
students each year.
In 1999, Bishop J. Terry
Steib announced that several
previously closed urban schools
would reopen as Jubilee Schools
and serve children living in
impoverished neighborhoods
of Memphis. The schools were
named in honor of the Jubilee
Year 2000, a year designated to
focus upon mercy for the poor.
The Jubliee model is
recognized nationally
for combining the best
of traditional schooling
with current best teaching
practices to deliver a solid
pre-K through high school
education. Students are also
formed spiritually and morally.
When it’s time to go out into
the world, they are equipped
to give back to others.
Jubilee Schools provide
the means, structure, and
discipline necessary for
academic success from an
early age. Family involvement
is a strategic key. Parents
sign a pledge vowing to do
what it takes to succeed, from
attending church regularly
as a family, to completing
homework, to understanding
their roles in society—
sacrifices are required. All
families pay something; but
scholarships close the gap
and make it possible for many
children to attend a Jubilee
school.
The appeal made to
Jubilee donors promises an
investment in success by
making a real, flesh-and-blood
difference in the life of a needy
child. Miracles are happening
in Memphis, where boys and
girls are becoming educated,
employable, responsible
citizens; and Smart Tuition is
delighted to be of service to
the nine Jubilee Schools and
their families.
“I wouldn’t be able to afford it by myself,
and the donors should be praised and
thanked.”
~ Jebee Harvey, Jubilee School parent.
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