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Inspire & Ignite 2025 Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan
Bold Move One
Our First Bold Move
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Remove Real and Perceived Barriers
At Regis Jesuit, we are committed to removing economic and cultural barriers to entry and retention and to building an excellent student body—where every student who desires a Jesuit education can reach their full potential, regardless of the cost of tuition or family background.
Our commitment to access and affordability extends to any deserving family who seeks a values-based, single-gender experience for their children’s high school years. It is especially important for families who have prioritized Catholic education during their children’s primary years.
Through these conscious efforts, we will build a truly excellent and inclusive community.
Goals
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Lose no qualified student (especially Catholic) based on financial or cultural barrier
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Grow endowment to $35M
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Reduce expense profile by $500K
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Publish a more cost-inclusive tuition model
Funding Initiatives
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Access & Affordability
- Ensure Tomorrow: Increase Endowment
- Impact Today: Sustain Annual Financial Aid
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Stories that Inspire
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A Family with and for Others
Kevin McNicholas taught his children to treat everyone with dignity, to give each person the attention and care that they would want for themselves. Mary McNicholas showed their children the importance of manners and creating a warm social environment for anyone who came to their door. The family built their Denver-based business on these values, forging deep connections with the people they employed and the people they partnered with, giving everyone the opportunity to create a better future for themselves.Read More
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The Tierney Brothers: Sacrifice, Spirit and Service
Long before Ryan ’20 Tierney (in red jacket on left) or his brother Matthew ’22 (in red jacket on right) were old enough to attend Regis Jesuit, the family had become deeply immersed in the idea. Through the summer swim team in Castle Pines, they knew Teddy ’15 and John ’17 Koerner, who went on to graduate from Pomona College and Columbia University respectively. And they knew about Jackson Fox ’13, another swimmer, who works as a consultant at Deloitte, after graduating from Notre Dame.Read More
Financially, Regis Jesuit was an ambitious choice for the Tierneys, but thanks to financial aid, their boys were able to dive right in. As student-athletes dedicated to serving others, they’ve made quite the splash.
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Mike Armistead '82: Listening, Learning and Giving Back
About a year ago, Mike Armistead ’82, a successful serial entrepreneur, posted a blog to the website for Respond Software, where, at the time, he was CEO and co-founder. The headline read: “In the startup world, listening is key.”Read MoreIt turns out that listening not only been the key to Armistead’s success in businesses, it also played an important part in his formation at Regis Jesuit, and at Stanford thereafter.
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Lidya Wolde '21: The Third Time's a Charm
Lidya Wolde ’21 arrived in Denver on July 17, 2017—her 14th birthday—after a long journey. Four hours from Ethiopia to Qatar, 13 more to New York, and finally, another four hours to Denver. Back then, Wolde boarded three flights before she reached her destination. So, it’s no surprise she had the resilience to persist until she finally found her home at Regis Jesuit—her third high school in as many years.Read More
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The Maguire-Gockel Scholarship: Honoring Regis Jesuit Icons and Supporting Access
Depending on the era, there are certain iconic memories that all Regis Jesuit students would have shared. A prime example is Fr. Edward Maguire, SJ, who served as Dean of Discipline between 1971-73. Any student who attended at the time can’t help but remember him.Read More
Fulfilling Our Promise
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Progress on this Bold Move
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Flourishing Endowment Growth
As of September 2024, the endowment was valued at $33.4M and continues to grow. -
Expanded Our Financial Aid Program
In 2020-21, our Financial Aid Program expanded to serve one in three students. We increased our investment in funding this critical program by 50% in 2021-22. For the 2024-25 school year, we have awarded more than $8 million in aid, the most of any private high school in Colorado. -
Significantly Reduced Expense Profile
Through the work of a special task force of faculty, staff and Board members, Regis Jesuit’s expense profile was reduced by $1.6M starting in FY2021 – more than three times the target goal. -
Inclusive Tuition Model Employed
Tuition now includes the cost of books, AP tests, common fees and a graphing calculator for all students. Members of the incoming class also receive a laptop computer as part of their tuition package. -
Administered Student Belonging and School Culture Survey
In the fall of 2021, administered a survey to all students on school culture and their sense of belonging as part of an effort to collect data on student attrition, retention and successful persistence.
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