Colleen encourages her students to share their gifts through service. She models this by serving as a board member of the Indiantown Library Association. Marie Celeste Gatti, OP, ministers with a capable board of directors that is responsible for the fiscal viability of Hope Rural School. Faith, friends, and foundations would make up the deficit. These beliefs have not changed.
Tuition remains the same.
However, the accredited academic program has been expanded to include the Parent Outreach Program, an after school care program, and summer school. During the past 15 years, Sr. Marie Celeste has witnessed a reversal in her ministry. Rather than searching for funding sources and partnerships, individuals, groups, and foundations now seek to participate in the mission of Hope Rural School. Twenty-one years later, the board s beliefs have been confirmed.