SERVICE HOUR COMMITMENT
Every family is required to meet the service hour commitment by either volunteering 30 or more hours or buying out of the program at $480 (funds added to a FACTS Agreement). All 30 hours must be completed by mid-May. Up to 5 hours worked after mid-May may be applied to the following school year's commitment. Hours not completed will be billed to school families at a rate of $16/hr. (See Parent-Student Handbook under “Other Information" re: Virtus training and fingerprinting requirements).
All service hours must be entered on your family's Gradelink account. You will need to enter the service date, number of hours, and activity. When volunteering at school, all families must sign-in on the list in front of the health office. This list is used to verify hours a family enters on Gradelink every month. Also, in case of emergencies, this tells us who is on campus.
If service hours are performed off campus for fundraising purposes, the hours entered on Gradelink must be approved by the fundraising chairperson or school administration.
There are numerous ways to earn service hours. Here are some of the ways you can help:
- Morning car-line supervision (½ hr)
- Cleaning lunch tables every morning (½-1 hr)
- Hot Lunch: organize and serve meals to students, daily (1 hr)
- Sunday afternoon yard clean-up, designated areas (2 hrs)
- Class projects for teachers, sorting or cutting at home, usually lower grades (hours vary)
- Jogathon: set-up, lap counter, water stations, lunch delivery, clean-up (hours vary)
- Charleston Wrap: preparing & distributing flyers, sorting & distributing prizes (5-7 hrs)
- Auction/Gala: set-up, admissions, raffle sales, bar sales, clean-up (hours vary)
- Room Parent, hours vary by the needs of the teacher throughout the year
- PTC Board member: attend monthly meetings and participate in fundraisers (30 hrs)
- Various opportunities during the year will be advertised in the weekly newsletter, as well
For the numerous families that exceed the 30-hour commitment each year, your service to the school is greatly appreciated!
FUNDRAISING COMMITMENT
Every family is required to participate in Fundraisers and earn a minimum of $425 in credits or buy-out of the program by adding $425 to a FACTS Agreement.
Each year, the parent-teacher council (PTC) helps oversee fundraisers to raise money for the school. These funds help cover operating costs for the school, which essentially contributes to controlling tuition costs. A percentage of return on each fundraiser is determined based on what the school earns. This percentage is used to calculate the credit a family will earn toward their Fundraising commitment. This is a list of planned fundraisers and how credit is earned toward the Fundraising commitment:
FUNDRAISER | % RETURN | CREDIT EARNED |
Restaurant Nights (Panda Express) | Online order using school code - must submit receipt | 28% | $100.00 spent=$28.00 credit |
See's Candies | Online purchase using school link - must email us the name of person ordering to receive credit | 25% | $10.00 spent=$2.50 credit |
Jog-a-thon | Pledges Lunch - must pre-order T-Shirt (extra) - must order separately | 75% 0%
0% | $100.00 spent=$75 credit $0 credit
$0 credit |
Auction at Back-to-School Dance | Winning bid on item | 60% | $100.00 spent=$60 credit |
Charleston Wrap | Online orders only | 40% | $100.00 spent=$10.00 credit |
Auction at Spring Gala Every family pays for two event tickets through their FACTS Agreement. These tickets don’t apply toward the fundraising commitment. | Extra Event Tickets Reserved Table Raffle Tickets Drink Wristband Winning bid on item Donations
| 50% 100% 0% 0% 60% 100% | $100 spent = $50 credit $100 spent = $100 credit
$0 credit $0 credit $100 spent = $60 credit $100 spent = $100 credit |
