Parents at St. Thomas More School have a four part program to fulfill their Parent Participation Requirements.
First, each family is required to join the Parents' Club. St. Thomas More School continues to thrive through the involvement of parents with the school. Parents more easily become part of the school community when they are involved in school activities. Some parents become involved with certain activities and work on them for years. Some continue to work on activities even after their children have graduated. We always need help; we have so many activities. We encourage you to be involved. The first Parent Participation Requirement is to be a dues paying member of the Parents' Club. You must, as a minimum, pay the $30 annual Parents’ Club dues by the September 1st deadline, or, if late, the $50 annual dues.
Second, each family is required to contribute to the success of the fund raiser at the beginning of the school year. You now have two choices as to how you will fulfill this requirement. Your requirement for each child you have enrolled here is to either sell $100 worth of the fund raising item(s) selected by the school or you may just make a donation of $75 per child. If you choose the last option mentioned, your donation is due by June 1st, 2007.
Third, recognizing that the number of school events and activities seem to increase in number and size each year and knowing that many hands make light (lighter?) work, we have established a minimum participation requirement in school activities for each family. Families must work at least four hours in support of one or more activities specifically designated by the Parents' Club leadership. The Parents' Club will designate certain roles at specific activities when volunteers are needed. Credit toward fulfillment of this requirement will be issued by the Parents' Club for these assignments. From time to time, families wll be notified of these activities with specific roles for which volunteers are needed and clearly stating that the service in those designated roles will count toward fulfillment of this requirement. It must be understood that not all volunteers for a specific activity may always be accommodated at that time. However, volunteering alone, yet not being chosen to serve at a specific time, does not relieve a fulfillment of any portion of this requirement. There will be enough designated volunteer opportunities offered throughout the year so that all conscientious families will not encounter problems meeting the requirement. Near the end of the school year, families who have not fulfilled their participation requirement will be notified that they have been charged a participation fee. Click
to download the 2008-09 4 hour event selection form.
Fourth, the Building Fund Pledge Program has been established to help meet our cost of new construction. Through this program, we ask each family to examine their finances and to make an additional financial commitment to the school. Your support is crucial! In order to meet this requirement, you must respond to the Building Fund Committee. Many families have already pledged more over the course of the next few years. Some families have pledged less, too. Some families are unable to give angthing at all. The fourth and final portion of the Parent Participation Requirement is simple. It requires that each family respond, letting us know what, if anything, they will pledge to this fund.
