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P.R.E.P. Policies


PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

To make P.R.E.P. a success for your child, religious education must come first in the home. It is vital to your child's faith development that Mass is attended each week.


Parents will be expected to review each lesson with their child and return the appropriate worksheets that have been assigned.
For the sacraments of RECONCILIATION and EUCHARIST, parents are required to attend all parent meetings held for that sacrament. Parent meetings will be announced.

CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR

Occasionally there is a student who disrupts a class by his/her behavior. None of our teachers should have to cope with disruptive behavior. It is not fair to them nor to the rest of the class who are there to learn. Such behavior will be addressed through the cooperative efforts of the teacher, staff and parents. Together, hopefully, we will be able to work out any problems that might arise.

SACRAMENTAL INFORMATION

One full year of religious education instruction is required prior to receiving the sacrament of Eucharist, Penance and Confirmation. BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATES ARE REQUIRED FOR EUCHARIST AND CONFIRMATION.

FIRST EUCHARIST:   (Communion)  Grade 2
RECONCILIATION:   (Confession) Grade 4
CONFIRMATION:      Level I      grade 9
Level II     grade 10-12

ATTENDANCE

The total number of classes has been reduced to accommodate family, school, and holiday schedules. Regular attendance is therefore vital and important. Teachers or staff will notify a family if a child exceeds three absences.

MATERIALS NEEDED

Grades 5 thru 8 are required to have a Bible. The Good News Bible is available at a cost of $12.00.

 


Arrival Procedures

Primary (Pre-K - 4th grade) — Parents are required to park and then walk their children to the classroom.

Intermediate - (5th - 8th grade) — Student Drop-off is located off the back parking lot at the metal canopy between EC I and the Conference Room building. Parents are always welcome to walk their children to the classroom.

Dismissal Procedures

All students, Pre-K through Grade 8, are to be picked up at the classroom!

A parent or guardian (grandparent, carpool, neighbor...) will need to sign each student out of the classroom at the end of class. Intermediate students will no longer be released to the parking lot for dismissal.

Parents are asked to wait in the courtyard until the bell has been rung for dismissal. An open classroom door will indicate the teacher is ready for the students to be signed out.

Please notify the teacher (note, email) if you will need to pick up your child early. Parents picking up early are asked to please check in at the Resource Room before proceeding to the classrooms.

 

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