SCHOOL EXTENSION PROGRAM (SEP)
The School Extension Program (SEP) extends the care and education of students beyond the regularly scheduled school hours.
Program
PS/PK students are provided care from 12:00 - 2:30 p.m. daily. K-8 students are provided with snacks, reading/homework time, indoor and outdoor recreational activities, arts & crafts and cooking. There is a 60-minute mandatory homework time each day for students in grades 3-8. Grades 1-2 homework time is 30 minutes. Students are divided into groups according to grade.
Students must be picked up no later than 6:00 p.m.
SEP fee information
Parent Involvement
Parent Participation Points
This program is to encourage family involvement at Good Shepherd School, Pre-school through 8th grade. Each family is required to contribute to the welfare of the school with a minimum number of volunteer hours as follows:
| 35 hours |
Two parent families (In the case of divorce,
points will be split
between parents if both
are active in the
child’s life.) |
| 25 hours |
a)
Single parent
families |
| |
b)
Families with
students at
other schools that
require
participation hours |
| 20 hours |
Preschool/Pre-K Families with no students in the
K-8 Program |
Points can be accumulated in many ways: coaching sports teams, keeping the scorebook or the clock at basketball or volleyball games, driving on field trips, school maintenance, helping teachers in the classroom or at home, attending PC meetings, donating usable items needed by the school, providing refreshments for parties, participating in the fundraising activities during the year, donating new books to the library, participating in the SCRIP
program, etc.
Families who choose not to honor their contracted commitment are assessed a
$20.00 per hour charge. This money is tax-deductible and will be put into the general school fund. Parent Point hours/fees must be served/paid in full by May 15 of each calendar year.
Parent Participation Point forms can be obtained at school or from this web site. To retrieve the form here, please follow these steps:
- Make sure your computer has Adobe Acrobat or its freely available reader, which is required to view and print PDF files;
- Click here to open the Parent Participation Point form in Acrobat reader.
- Print the file.
The Parent Participation Point forms must be completed / returned regularly so that you can receive a quarterly statement reflecting the number of Involvement points accumulated. This is each parents' responsibility. Please do not depend on others to remember what you have done.
Every hour of service counts as one point. Exceptions are the following:
| Parent Committee Board membership (PC) |
15 per term |
| Principal's Advisory Council membership (PAC) |
15 per term |
| PC general meeting attendance |
2 per meeting |
| Field trip driving |
1 per hour, plus 2 for use of car |
| Field trip supervising |
1 per hour |
SCRIP Program
The SCRIP Program is an easy and consistent source of gaining revenue for the school. It is one of our major fund-raisers and we strongly recommend your use of the SCRIP Program. The program consists of buying gift certificates in various amounts for stores where you shop on a regular basis. It costs no extra money.
See a list of participating businesses.
Hot Lunch Program
Traditionally, the Parent Club sponsors a hot lunch program on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Lunches must be pre-ordered (an order form is sent home monthly). On other days, students bring a lunch from home. Students who arrive at school without lunch will be provided with a "basic" lunch from the school pantries. A charge of five dollars ( $5) will be added to your bill for this service. Healthy lunches are encouraged. Glass containers are discouraged. Please do not send your child to school with lunches that need to be cooked or heated as equipment for this service is not available. Likewise, provide plastic spoons and forks as necessary.
Tuition Rebate -
You
may reduce your tuition through
purchasing of SCRIP.
The percentage of rebate from
the SCRIP that your purchase will be
deducted from your tuition in the
following manner:
50% to tuition rebate and 50%
to Good Shepherd.
There is no cap on the amount
of rebate earned in this manner.
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