Who are we?

    Marian Educational Outreach, formally Marian Day School, has been in existence for over 50 years as the only self contained Special Education program in the Evansville Catholic Diocese.

    In 2006 Marian Educational Outreach (MEO) was providing direct services to 43 students with special needs from throughout the Diocese at St. Theresa Catholic School.

    MEO employed three special education teachers, two teaching assistants, one office assistant and a Director. The enrollment was over capacity and there were students on a waiting list.

    A 2005 study identified over 1,000 students in the Diocesan schools who needed additional academic support. This study led to the restructuring of the program in 2006.

    In the fall of 2006 the Catholic students who were formally enrolled in MEO were successfully integrated into six parish schools. Today, MEO is a funding organization designed to assist the 28 schools in the Diocese to provide professional development for teachers and to develop programming to more effectively serve the ever increasing student population with diverse learning needs.

New Structure

MEO is now structured as a funding agency to enable Evansville Catholic Diocesan Schools to provide professional development experiences for their teachers and to provide additional special education programming for all their students with unique learning needs.
More students can stay in their own home parish school.

New Direction

MEO strives to provide on-site funding to all of the 28 Evansville Catholic Diocesan Schools for special education initiatives to better serve an increasing diverse population of students.
More students can attend school Mass in their home parish church.

New Mission

Marian Educational Outreach is a ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Evansville committed to providing opportunities for students with unique learning needs to reach their highest potential while remaining in the Catholic school system.

The new structure, direction and mission define the future benefits in the life of a child with unique learning needs through our schools and churches.