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Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Elementary School > chapter-6-CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS > section-6-02-School Field Trips and Excursions

FIELD TRIPS

Educational field trips are a regular part of the instructional program. They should not be viewed as "free days" on which students may be absent from school. A school permission form MUST be completed by a parent/guardian before a student can participate in a field trip. Telephone calls or

hand written notes will not be accepted in lieu of proper forms. Students who fail to submit the proper form will not be allowed to participate in the field trip. Parents that are chaperones on field trips MUST be fingerprinted through the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and MUST have attended a VIRTUS class and received a certificate of attendance. There may be a cost for students and parents to attend some field trips.

Schools may plan field trips for one of more days including overnight field trips. Schools, at their option, may decide not to offer overnight field trips. All field trips, whether day or overnight must comply with the following requirements:

Prior permission of the principal
Preparation, follow-up, and specific educational goals for students.
Signed and dated Student and Youth Activity Permission Forms and Emergency Medical Authorizations from parents.
All Permission and Authorization Forms must be in the possession of the supervising teacher/principal/adult during the trip
All participants should have appropriate identification and travel documents
Chaperoness will be appointed by classroom teachers. All volunteers chosen for field trips MUST be Virtus-trained and Fingerprinted with clearance.
All archdiocesan policies on safe environment must be followed.
For trips outside the 100-mile radius of the school, guidelines must include consideration of the ability of parents to incur cost, the financial impact of the trip on other school fundraising activities and class work missed by students
State law requires that a first aid kit be immediately available to the supervising adult on all excursions and field trips. First aid kits must be carried in all vehicles transporting students to school sponsored activities. Student emergency information must be immediately available to the supervising adult. At least one adult chaperone shall be in possession of a cell phone. A snake bite kit must be included in any area where there may be poisonous snakes.

Fingerprinting and Virtus instructions: Anyone working with minors must be cleared to do so.

Please note the following:

In order to volunteer at St. Elizabeth School, you will need to provide proof of Fingerprinting AND current VIRTUS certification.
Locations for ADLA Fingerprinting may be referenced on their website:

https://lacatholics.org/fingerprinting/

VIRTUS certification/re-certification information can be found at virtusonline.org. St. Elizabeth is part of the "San Gabriel" region.
Once completed, please provide the school office with copies of your certificates so we can have these documents on file.

We appreciate our volunteers at St. Elizabeth School. Thank you for being an important part of our community.

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