John Elcesser welcomes in 2021 with the Statehouse Express season 2! This is the first episode of the official start of session and there is so much to look forward to these next few months. Come take a listen!

FACTS Educational Solutions has graciously coordinated our January PD Thursday webinar, “Social Emotional Learning: Making Critical Connections with Students During the COVID Pandemic.” Join us for this webcast featuring Dr. Greg Wolcott, Director of the Learner FIRST Center for Social Emotional Learning on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 4:00 PM EST / 3:00 PM CST. So much has […]

John Elcesser welcomes you back aboard the Statehouse Express for season 2! This first episode is precursor to the 2021 legislative session to start in January. We hope you’ll come along for the ride!

The Heartland International Film Festival in Indianapolis has announced Generation Growth, a documentary film focused on health and educational outcomes in low-income areas across America, has been selected for ‘Documentary Features’ and is a nominee for the ‘Indiana Spotlight Award’ for its upcoming film festival from October 8 – 18, 2020. Generation Growth takes a […]

This summer seems to be providing more questions for school leaders than answers. While a lot of people have lost their jobs or have been furloughed, studies show that a lot of donors are still giving. So, how can you adjust your fundraising strategy to meet your school’s needs during this time? We’re bringing our […]

It was Mr. Fred Rogers who famously said that when he was younger and saw, “scary things in the news,” his mother would say, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” For the past three years, Holy Angels Catholic School, in downtown Indianapolis, has teamed up with Christ the King Catholic School, […]

A lot of schools started implementing e-learning days over the past few years mainly to deal with a bad weather day here and there, never knowing they’d have to use them for three months straight due to a pandemic. We reached out to our INPEA member schools to see how they’ve been coping with their […]

John Elcesser breaks down what happened at the Statehouse during the ninth week of the Indiana legislative session and addresses bills that could affect our non-public schools. One more week to go!

John Elcesser breaks down what happened at the Statehouse during the eighth week of the Indiana legislative session and addresses bills that could affect our non-public schools. Almost to the finish line of this session!

John Elcesser breaks down what happened at the Statehouse during the seventh week of the Indiana legislative session and addresses bills that could affect our non-public schools. Only a couple weeks left to go!

John Elcesser breaks down what happened at the Statehouse during the sixth week of the Indiana legislative session and addresses bills that could affect our non-public schools. With less than a month left to go in this session, we still have a lot to do!

John Elcesser breaks down what happened at the Statehouse during the fifth week of the Indiana legislative session and addresses bills that could affect our non-public schools. With about a month left to go in this session, there’s still A LOT to keep our eyes on!

Welcome to the fifth episode of the Statehouse Express! In this episode of our podcast, John Elcesser talks about the fourth week of the 2020 legislative session here in Indiana and runs through the bills and activity that could potentially affect non-public schools. He also touches on some of the fun events hosted in Indianapolis […]

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Statehouse Express! In this episode of our new podcast, John Elcesser talks about the third week of the 2020 legislative session here in Indiana and runs through the bills and activity that could potentially affect non-public schools.

Welcome to the third episode of the Statehouse Express! In this episode of our new podcast, John Elcesser talks about the second week of the 2020 legislative session here in Indiana and runs through the bills and activity that could potentially affect non-public schools.

Welcome to the second episode of the Statehouse Express! In this episode of our new podcast, John Elcesser talks about the first week of the 2020 legislative session here in Indiana and run through the bills and activity that could potentially affect non-public schools.

We’ve started a podcast! Here’s just another way we’re going to communicate with you during the legislative session to keep you informed, engaged and ready to support our non-public schools. Episode 1 is a brief intro into the content of our podcast and what you can expect. Take a listen and let us know what […]

This article originally published on Bishop Noll Institute’s website. Bishop Noll secured its place as a leader in STEM on November 8 when it unveiled its $1.45 million STREAM Lab. During the grand opening event, administrators, faculty, staff and friends of Bishop Noll explored the new spaces where current and future Warriors will study science, […]

This year’s Indiana Non-Public Administrator’s Conference (INPAC) was a record breaking success in more ways than one! We surpassed the number of attendees and sponsors from several years past, and were told my many that this was the best INPAC they’d ever attended. We welcomed about 370 people to the Renaissance North Hotel in Carmel […]

Here at INPEA, we work hard to make sure non-public schools are taken into consideration in the state legislature. But what we’re probably best known for around the state is for our high quality professional development. Every other year, we focus that professional development on non-public school administrators, specifically. This year is no different! We’re […]

When Ernestina Cabral’s son, Alfredo, was old enough to start kindergarten, she enrolled him in their local public school in inner city South Bend, not giving it a second thought. “I didn’t have much money, so it wasn’t like I had any other option than the school down the road,” Cabral said. “But when Alfredo […]

This post originally appeared in The Criterion on March 29, 2019. John Elcesser was a school superintendent in West Virginia on the day that changed everything. He doesn’t recall locked doors in his school facilities prior to April 20, 1999, and he certainly never dreamed of the need for active shooter drills. But the Columbine High […]

“We can accomplish more together than we can apart.” It’s a slogan we use at Indiana Non-Public Education Association (INPEA) and something our executive director, John Elcesser, frequently proclaims. It’s why we were founded and how we’ve been able to help non-public schools come together to advocate for themselves around the state. A small group […]

This originally appeared as a “Letter to the Editor” in the Sunday edition of the Indianapolis Star. St. Roch Catholic School is an INPEA member school. — I am a single mother of three whose children attend St. Roch Catholic School on state vouchers (known as the Indiana Choice Scholarship program). I am troubled by […]

Indiana Non-Public Education Association is excited to announce the hiring of Julian T. Peebles as part-time Director of Advancement. During the last 25 years, Julian has served as president and CEO of two excellent non-public schools, Cathedral High School in Indianapolis (where he graduated and subsequently sent his own kids to school), and Cardinal Spellman […]

The 2018 Indiana Non-Public Educator’s Conference was one for the books! We welcomed 2,000 people (more than we’ve had in years!) to the Indianapolis Convention Center on October 29 and 30 to two AMAZING keynoters (Rick Wormeli and George Couros), a packed schedule, inspiring speakers and engaging vendors. Here are some of the fun moments […]

Our biennial Indiana Non-Public Educators Conference is quickly approaching us this fall! Although most of you are registered already, I’m sure, we’ve put together a list of features and sessions below that we recommend you make a priority at this year’s conference. If you haven’t registered yet, what are you waiting for? Sign up online and […]

Every spring, Bishop Chatard High School hosts its New Play Festival, an event where students can submit plays they have written, around ten minutes long, to be featured along with five or six others chosen for the event. This past spring, Tommy Hartley, a senior at the time, enthusiastically submitted “Four Puzzles”, a play he […]

The following includes John Elcesser’s remarks at the NCEA Convention in April while accepting the Leonard F. DeFiore Parental Choice Advocate Award. If you know anything about school choice, you know its success is not contingent upon just one person or even a handful of people. It’s driven by a movement. I was blessed to […]

The Indiana Department of Homeland Security has opened up the Secured School Safety Grant Program for 2019 grant applications. The Secured School Safety Grant program supports schools by providing matching grants to school corporations, accredited non-public schools, charter schools or a coalition of school corporations and/or charter schools. Secured School Safety Grant funds can be used […]