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Customer story · Catholic college-preparatory school

Launching a custom AI Assistant for every class in 2 weeks, even mid-semester

Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School brought school-controlled AI to every class, from chemistry to theology, with each AI Assistant grounded in the school’s materials and guardrails.

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Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School

Location
Somers, NY
School type
Catholic, college-preparatory
Launched
Mid-spring semester
Rollout
Every class at once
to build a custom AI Assistant for every class
2 weeks
of students using their Assistants within 5 days of launch
60%+
of students using them by week 15
~80%

The story

  • The priorities

    Support teachers and give every student a consistent experience

    Kennedy Catholic launched Nectir AI in the spring as its first AI platform. Leadership wanted teachers to feel supported and every student to have the same high-quality experience.

  • The approach

    A school-branded “Gael Guide” in every class

    With hands-on support from the Nectir team, staff and faculty built Assistants to serve as tutors and branded them “Gael Guides,” after how students refer to themselves. They rolled out across every class at once, from core subjects to electives and theology.

  • The results

    Fast adoption, even mid-semester

    More than 60% of students used their Gael Guide within five days, growing to almost 80% within 15 weeks. Students most often use it to generate quizzes and practice tests and to get concepts explained further.

The same guardrails in every class

  • Ask guiding questions
  • Never give the answer
  • Promote independent thinking

Every Gael Guide follows these rules, so students get tutoring support, not shortcuts.

What students see

A tutor that knows their course and asks the next question instead of handing over the answer.
  • Generates quizzes and practice tests from class materials
  • Explains concepts further, step by step
  • Branded for the school, with a name students recognize
A Nectir AI Assistant answering a student’s question in a course chat

Launch in weeks, not terms.

In a 20-minute walkthrough, we’ll show you how Kennedy Catholic rolled out a Gael Guide for every class and build a sample AI Assistant for one of yours.

Questions? Reach out to Tim Gilbert at tim.gilbert@nectir.io.

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