three different counties. This program is expanding each year. The school also hosts a number of volunteer groups who come to eastern Kentucky in order to repair and paint houses, build wheelchair ramps and complete other projects as needed. These volunteers are usually housed at The Oddfellows Youth Camp in Prestonsburg, at which Mrs. Collins serves as the volunteer caretaker. But perhaps the most telling facet of the Outreach Program is the number of parishes and volunteers wanting to work with the School from around the country. Numerous parishes contact Mrs. Collins to coordinate donations for both the School's students as well as the people of the surrounding area, or to coordinate the services of those volunteers who travel to the area and work hard on projects that benefit the people served by the Program. Such services include providing food, clothing, assistance to burn-out victims, school supplies, Christmas presents, household items to needy families, and the operation of a Summer Emergency Home Repair Project. Volunteer groups usually spend a week working on various Outreach projects. The Mission Statement of The Piarist School is that "The Piarist School provides a college preparatory education, involving the development of an educational community which includes parents, teachers, students, and members of the local community as co-workers in promoting the physical, intellectual, and spiritual growth of the students. The School is not just a place for the conveyance of subject matter to objects to be educated, but is one where the creativity needed for continuous renewal of society thrives and where formal and in-formal education are so integrated that the School becomes a center for social and cultural activities." Athletics Due in large part to the efforts of the School's first Athletic Director Theresa Kelly, who taught French at the School and was a two-time Three Rivers Conference Cross-Country Coach of the Year, The Piarist School has been able to augment its academic educational opportunities with athletic ones. Over the years, the School has fielded a golf team, a cross country team, a softball team, and a dance team. The School currently offers high school and middle school girls volleyball and high school boys and girls basketball. The School's first league conference championship was winning the 2001 Three Rivers Conference in golf under coach Kenneth Rose. The School's fifth athletic director was Greg Friend, and he expanded the School's athletic program to include girls volleyball.