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OLPH Parish
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Principal's Corner
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Parent
Involvement Program
(“PIP”)
is a
program designed to
involve our parents in
daily school activities.
Every family is required
to volunteer their time
at school at a minimum
of 8 hours per child;
families with two
children = 16 hours,
three or more children
are required= 20 hours
maximum per year.
All hours must be
completed by the end of
the school year.
For those unable to
meet the yearly
requirement, PIP hours
may be exchanged for a
$10.00 per hour cash
donation payable to the
OLPH Annual Fund. A
$150.00 maximum
assessment will be
charged per family.
However, it is not
our desire to turn the
PIP program into another
fundraising activity.
Family participation not
only helps to make the
cost of Catholic
education more
equitable, but allows
more of our community to
participate in our
mission of “Academic
Excellence in the Sacred
Tradition”. Research
shows that when parents
are involved schools
improve and student
performance increases.
Please keep in mind
it is not our desire to
turn the PIP program
into another fundraising
activity. Your family’s
participation makes the
cost of Catholic
education equitable and
allows more of our
community to participate
in our mission of
“Academic Excellence in
the Sacred Tradition”.
A list of activities
that qualify as service
for the PIP program is
available in the
registration packet,
from the teachers, as
well as on and is also
available online at
www.myolph.com.
Also your child’s
teacher is an excellent
source of information.
Make plans to meet with
your teacher at an open
house or a
parent-teacher
conference to see how
you can help.
Other opportunities:
§
Become a member
of the School
Committee’s
sub-committees
such as finance,
facilities,
curriculum, and
technology.
§
Offer services
that are not
currently
available to the
school.
§
Share your field
of expertise as
enrichment to
students: Career
day or aptitude
workshop
§
Supervise or
judge contests,
science fairs,
art contests
etc.
§
Chaperone field
trips and &
activities such
as dances, field
days, etc.:
during the day,
at night, and
weekends.
§
Attend Home and
School Committee
meetings—1 PIP
hour earned for
each parent
attending. Get
involved with a
fund raising
event such as
the OLPH Ram
Run,
OktoberfestOctoberfest,
or other fund
raising
activities.
§ Join
the school
Booster Club:
Help out with
The OLPH Rams
Golf classic and
with other
sporting events
§
Assist the
Athletic
director by
volunteering
time to work in
the concession
stands, collect
gate money, be a
score keeper and
help maintain
the facility.
§ Bake
or cook for a
bake sale, or
help plan and
cater special
events like
Teacher
appreciation
week and
Catholic Schools
week.
§ Help
plan and execute
dances,
graduation, or
first communion
receptions.
§
Mentor or tutor
students during
school or after
school, as a
class room
helper or take
things home to
work on. (Virtus
training
required for
on-campus
activities)
§
Volunteer time
in the teacher
work room making
copies and
preparing tests
and other
projects
requiring
collating and
assembly.
§ Work
as library
assistant
helping to
shelve books.
§
Volunteer in the
First Aid Room
between 10 and 2
pm. (Virtus
training
required)
§
Watch the Friday
fanfare for the
P.I.P Corner:
Announcements
for needed help
from our
teachers. This
is a prime
opportunity to
help when it is
most needed.
§ Help
the Director of
Development
tally PIP hours.
§
Organize a group
of parents to
work on the
school grounds
to help with
landscaping,
pruning bushes,
planting and
maintaining
flower gardens
etc.
A word about Virtus:
What is Virtus
training, and why does
the Diocese of Knoxville
require it before I can
help with some in-school
projects?
The word Virtus
derives from Latin and
means valor, moral
strength, excellence,
and worth. The Virtus
programs assist the
Church in being a safe
haven for children and a
messenger for preventing
child sexual abuse
within the Church and
society in general.*
Virtus training is
available on an ongoing
basis throughout the
Diocese of Knoxville.
The 3 hour course
entitled “Protecting
God’s Children” is
offered in seminar
format, and schedules
are posted regularly in
the East Tennessee
Catholic. More
information about Virtus
training can be found on
the Diocesan website
www.dioceseofknoxville.org
, and
www.virtus.org.
* Source:
www.virtus.org |
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