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Policy for Religious Education & Youth Ministry

 

 

I. Regular Policy for Religious Education & Youth Ministry

St. Hedwig’s Church in the building 

           

 

   Introduction

I. Class Schedule

II. Registration 

III. Class Rules, Behavior and Safety

IV. Attendance

 

Policy for Religious Education

Introduction

Welcome to the religious education program at St. Hedwig’s Parish. The information within this policy is designed to help parents and guardians to be informed participants in their child’s faith formation process. Parents are the primary educators of their children. Our job is to employ tools and resources that we have available to us and help that education process along. In order to do that effectively, parents and guardians need to be aware of basic regulations and our expectations for participants in our program. 

Please take the time to become aware of the information included in this policy such as: registration, attendance, class rules and behavioral expectations, field trips, and activities.

We look forward to partnering with you in helping your child develop and maintain a loving relationship with Christ.

I. Class Schedule

Our class program is held on Thursday from 5:00pm to 6:00pm (grades 1-8).  Children are eligible to receive The Sacrament of First Holy Communion in the second grade, and the Sacrament of Confirmation in the eighth grade. 

 II. Registration

Tuition is the responsibility of the parents of our students and is due when registration takes place twice, usually at the end of catechetical year (April) for the following school year, and in September for the current school year.

Requirements for registration:

  1.   Age: 6-15 (under special circumstances such as: child is attending to first class in the public education, a 5 year old child can be registered)
  2.   Altar Servers: after First Communion.
  3.   A family with a difficult financial situation can register their child with discount        

    after submitting documentation of low income, and an interview with the Pastor.

  1. This program is unable to provide special education religious classes.
  2. Students who register for Sacramental classes need to submit an original Baptismal Certificate.
  3. Every student needs at least 2 years of religious education before receiving the Sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation.
  4. Transfers from another Catholic religious education program are acceptable. Please provide certificate from last religion class or other document.

III. Class rules, Behavior and Safety

  1.    Students should take care of bathroom needs prior to the start of classes.
  2.    Students are responsible for bringing the following to class each week: a pencil, a pocket folder, and a notebook. 
  1. For safety reasons, parents are responsible to drop off and pick up their children at the main entrance of the building of Religion Class. If you want your child be dismissed to an older sibling or a carpooling parent, or be allowed to return home by himself / herself, please provide us with written permission stating your request in advance.
  2. Cell phones or other electronic devices (games) can not be used during the program. If a child uses a cell phone or electronic game, the unit can be taken by catechist and returned to the parents after class. 
  3. For safety reasons, roller blades, heelys skate shoes, and scooters are absolutely not allowed in the facility. Students with this equipment may not be allowed in the classroom.
  1.     Chewing gum is not allowed. Those who have it in the mouth will have  additional homework and receive a notice to parents.

More detailed policy concerning rules in the class, behavior and safety will be provided in the St. Hedwig’s Church Guide and Program for Religious Education.

 

IV. Attendance

 

Our program is designed to run over the course of 25-27 weeks each school year. We expect that children will make every effort to be present for class in order to get the most out of their religious education learning experience. For that reason, we will accept up to 4 absences for the school year. Once a student exceeds that number of absences, a notice will be sent home to the parents to inform them of their child’s excessive absenteeism and instructions on how to avoid an incomplete status for the year. Typically, we do not count absences due to sickness as part of the “4” because it is understood that children often get ill in school and these absences are difficult to control. If your child is absent from the program due to illness, parents should send a note in with their child the following week, or make a phone call. 

 

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