Security is our primary concern and priority.  All school and parish employees are identified by an official OLA photo ID badge.  Visitors to the school, including parents or other family members, must check in at the school office to sign-in and sign-out of the Visitor Log and to receive a Visitor Badge.  Anyone not identified by an official visitor badge will be questioned and required to check in at the school office or leave, however brief the visit or its purpose. 

Siblings of OLA children, other children who are not of school age and children who attend other schools are not allowed on campus during the school day unless accompanied by a parent at all times and with the express permission of the Principal or Pastor.  During the school day, parents/guardians who need to collect the children before dismissal must do so from the school office.  

All employees AND all volunteers in the classroom or chaperoning trips and events of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish and School must 

• be fingerprinted by OLA or at a parish or school site by the Los Angeles Archdiocese Livescan: https://lacatholics.org/fingerprinting/  
• have completed the VIRTUS training and be able to provide verification of attendance of all mandated training, AND 
• have signed the “Guidelines for Adults Interacting with Minors at Parish or Parish School Activities or Events" 

See: https://handbook.la-archdiocese.org/ 

​​Third party vendors and their employees at schools are generally required by the State of California to have a criminal clearance through fingerprinting or otherwise, before they commence activities at the school.  At Our Lady of the Assumption, Claremont, third party vendors and their employees, including school photographers, who interact with the children must provide written confirmation that they have criminal clearance through fingerprinting before they commence activities at the school.

Safeguard the Children Program (VIRTUS) Training

In 2004, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles mandated that all schools and parishes in the Archdiocese introduce a “Safeguard the Children" program with the express mission of preventing the abuse of children.  All ministries at Our Lady of the Assumption, including School, Faith Formation, Youth Ministry and all weekend activities, are required to follow this mandate. Starting in June 2007, all parishes and schools were required to submit information for an Archdiocesan-wide audit of this mandate, and each year since then.  As well as a “Safeguard the Children" committee at each parish which oversees parish compliance, training programs for adults have been developed by the company “VIRTUS," and have been adopted throughout the Archdiocese.  Further information is available at www.virtus.org.

The two-part training program is mandated for all volunteers and all employees.  An initial three-hour training class is required, called “Protecting God's Children".  This class is offered at the start of each school year, and again through the year as necessary.  After four years, all employees and volunteers must attend a further one-and-one-half hour recertification class, called “Keeping the Promise Alive."  The training for this is also offered each year. 

All employees and volunteers in the classroom and/or chaperoning field trips and school activities must have completed all appropriate training sessions “Protecting God's Children" and “Keeping the Promise Alive" as directed by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and be able to produce the certificate of attendance.    

All volunteers and parents who work with the children in school or offsite must also have fingerprint Livescan background clearance.  Fingerprinting is available through the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at various parish and school sites throughout the year including OLA.  (Alternatively, if a nearby session is not available, parents preferring to expedite their fingerprint clearance the Livescan forms may be picked up at the school office.  However, a charge of $70.00 will be collected by the school office.)

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