Program Information
Time: Saturdays (9am-10:30am) Location: SMM School Building (Unless otherwise noted on class schedule below) PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Rosemary Hart TEACHING TOUCHING SAFETY: The job of ensuring children’s safety is a challenging undertaking. The prevention of child sexual abuse requires we give our children the tools they need to overcome the advances of someone who intends to do them harm. The Teaching Touching Safety program (TTS) is designed to assist parents and teachers in this important task. Saturday Faith Formation students will receive lessons 3 & 4 of this training on: February 25, 2017 (9-10am) in Hegarty Hall TEACHING TOUCHING SAFETY: The job of ensuring children’s safety is a challenging undertaking. The prevention of child sexual abuse requires we give our children the tools they need to overcome the advances of someone who intends to do them harm. The Teaching Touching Safety program (TTS) is designed to assist parents and teachers in this important task. Saturday Faith Formation students will receive lessons 5 & 6 of this training on: February 25, 2017 @ 9:00-10am in Hegarty Hall PARENT FORMATION: As part of our movement towards Whole Community Catechists, St. Margaret Mary RE has implemented a parent component for all of our youth faith formation programs. What does this mean? Now, instead of just your children receiving faith formation, you, too, will meet with other parents and share faith, grow in knowledge of church traditions and values and, most importantly, foster community. The parent faith formation requirement is simple--Attendance at any 5 events (See Parent Formation Page for More Information). Two events will be offered during the students classes on: November 21, 2015 - Advent Family Retreat @ 9am in Hegarty Hall. February 20, 2016 - Lenten Family Retreat @ 9am in Hegarty Hall. ARRIVAL / DISMISSAL: Children should arrive no more than 10 minutes before class begins and remain no longer than 15 minutes after class ends. No child should enter the classroom unless the teacher is present. No students will be allowed in after 9:10am. Children must be WALKED to their designated classroom in the SMM School building. Parents must sign their child into their classroom. NO DROP-OFFS. For pick up parents must park and pick-up their children from the designated classroom and sign them out. NO EXCEPTIONS! CLASS TYPES FR (1st Reconciliation Year) - 1st Year Students Grades 1-6 FC (1st Communion Year) - 2nd Year Students Grades 3-6 SACRAMENT PARENT MEETINGS: 1st Reconciliation Parent Meeting (FRC) 1st Holy Communion Parent Meeting (FC & FRC) Monday, February 1, 2016 - Hegarty Hall (7-8pm) or Sunday, February 7, 2016—St. Joseph Hall (8:30-9:30am) 1st Reconciliation Parent Meeting (FR) Monday, February 29, 2016 - Hegarty Hall (7-8pm) or Sunday, March 6, 2016—St. Joseph Hall (8:30-9:30am) We ask our parents to attend mandatory parent meetings to help prepare our youth for the sacraments of Reconciliation and 1st Holy Communion. These meetings will be offered twice per sacrament. A $10 fee will be charged to those parents that require a third meeting date. Saturday RE Newsletters
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Class ScheduleSeptember
19 First Class & Parent Orientation—Hegarty Hall 26 Class October 4 Teaching Touching Safety—Hegarty Hall 11 Class 18 Class 25 Class 31 Class November 2 (Mon) 1st Reconciliation Parent Meeting (FRC) Hegarty Hall (7-8pm) 7 Class 8 (Sun) Reconciliation Makeup Parent Meeting (FRC) St. Joseph (8:30-9:30am) 14 Class 21 Family Advent Retreat - Hegarty Hall 28 No Class - Thanksgiving December 5 Class 12 Class 19 Class 28 No Class - Christmas Holiday January 2 No Class - Christmas Holiday 9 Class 16 No Class (MLK Holiday) 23 Class 30 No Class (SMM School Open House) February 1 (Mon) 1st Holy Communion Parent Meeting (FRC & FC) - Hegarty Hall (7-8pm) 6 Class 7 (Sun) 1st Holy Communion Parent Meeting (FRC & FC) - St. Joseph (8:30-9:30am) 13 No Class (Presidents Holiday) 20 Family Lenten Retreat - Hegarty Hall 27 No Class (RE Congress) 29 (Mon) 1st Rec Parent Meeting (FR) Hegarty Hall (7-8pm) March 5 Class 6 (Sun) 1st Rec Parent Meeting (FR) St. Joseph (8:30-9:30am) 12 Class 19 Class 26 NO CLASS - Easter April 2 Class 9 Class 16 Class 23 Class (FR & CE) 1st Communion Retreat (FRC & FC) Hegarty Hall (8-10:30am) 30 1st Reconciliation Retreat (FR) Hegarty Hall (9-10:30am) Saturday RE Documents2016-17 Faith Formation Parent Handbook
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