Service Hours & Commitments

Family Service Hours and Fundraising Commitments

In order to achieve the St. Mary's School mission and to keep tuition as low as possible, every family contributes through fund raising and service hours to subsidize the cost of tuition for each student.

This is a shared commitment among 1) our St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, which subsidizes the school through collections, 2) our teachers, who sacrifice a large percentage of potential earnings in order to serve at a Catholic school, and 3) our parents, who pay tuition to partially fund the operations of the school.  As we are a private school, we do not receive state, local, or federal tax funds to supplement our programs.

Thus, we rely on one another to financially maintain our exemplary academic and extracurriculur offerings.  This is a shared responsibility that requires us all to work vigorously to fundraise and to play key roles in service to our school.  In addition to other procedures, our parents can maintain record of service and fundraising in an easy program called Trackitforward

HOW DO I OFFER HOURS OF SERVICE?
Fall Fest (Sign in/out at event)

• Working at the game booths
• Working at the concession stands
• Set up and clean up
• Assisting with the auction
• Assisting with events such as the silent auction, raffle, and indoor games
• Assisting with parking
• Donating items for the auctions or other events (Turn in receipts for credit.)
• Donating money for the Fall Fest expenses (Turn in money to office for credit and obtain receipt.)

Spring Gala

• Working on a committee 
• Set up and clean up
• Donating items to the auction or other events (Turn in receipts for credit, class baskets do not count toward fundraising dollars.)
• Donating money for the Spring Gala expenses (Turn in money to office for credit and obtain receipt.)

Community Service

• Assisting with activities for kids and guests
• Assisting with transportation, supervision, setup and clean up

Athletic Events

• Assisting with concessions
• Assisting with game duties

Catholic Schools Week (Sign in/out at event.)

• Assisting with Open House and the Book Fair
• Assisting with Parent and Grandparent luncheons
• Assisting with the Teacher Luncheons
• Assisting with the student’s Special Event
• Providing food items for the concession stand (Turn in receipts for credit.)
• Working in the concession stand (Sign in/out at event.)
• Assisting with games such as calling lines, keeping books, keeping the time clock, and referring

Field Days

• Assisting at Thorndale Field Day  (Sign in/out at event)
• Assisting at St. Mary’s Field Day  (Sign in/out at event)

Program Coordinator (Turn in recorded hours to office.)

• Box Tops for Education
• Ink cartridge recycling

Field Trip Chaperone

• One trip may be counted each year. (Turn in recorded hours to office.)

*Meetings attended and time spent selling tickets/memberships will not be applied to service hours.