CCD Schedule for 2015/2016
AUGUST
30
Family Meeting and 1st Class
SEPTEMBER
13
2nd Class
20
3rd Class
27
4th Class
OCTOBER
4
5th class
11
NO CLASS - FALL BREAK
18
6th class
25
7th class
NOVEMBER
1
8th class
8
9th class
12
Parent Meeting-First Reconciliation 7PM
15
10th Class
22
11th class
29
NO CLASS – THANKSGIVING BREAK
DECEMBER
5
First Reconciliation Retreat
6
12th Class
10
Combined Parish Penance Service at
OLGH – 7pm
First Reconciliation 2nd grade
13
13th class
20
NO CLASS – CHRISTMAS BREAK
27
NO CLASS - CHRISTMAS BREAK
JANUARY
3
14th Class
10
15th class – ACRE 5th grade
17
16th Class– ACRE 5th and 8th grades
24
17th class
31
NO CLASS – CATECHIST RETREAT
FEBRUARY
7
18th class
10
Ash Wednesday
14
19th Class
21
20th Class
28
21st Class
MARCH
3
Combined Parish Penance Service
at St.Henry – 7pm
6
22nd Class
10
Parent Meeting-1st Communion 7pm
13
23rd Class
20
24th Class
27
NO CLASS - Easter Sunday
APRIL
3
25th Class
10
26th class
16
First Communion Retreat
17
27th Class
24
28th Class
First Communion – 11:00 Mass
[2nd grade – no class]
MAY
1
29th class - Last Class for the year
Our Lady of Good Hope
CCD
Sunday Morning Religious Education
For Children
Parent Handbook
Grades Pre-K – 8
2015 - 2016
WELCOME
Welcome to Our Lady of Good Hope’s
Parish Religious Education Program
We hope that your child[ren] will profit spiritually through the religion classes that we offer on
Sunday mornings. This handbook contains information concerning details of our parish religious
education program for those children who attend public schools [and those from Catholic schools
who would like to join us] from Pre-Kindergarten through the 8th grade.
Classes are held each Sunday morning during the school year from 9:45 – 10:45. [refer to the
calendar in this booklet for holiday closings]
Please remember that attendance at religious education classes does not fulfill the obligation to
worship the Lord at Holy Mass on Sundays. We teachers intend to help you as parents by formal
classroom instruction, but keep in mind that you are the primary religious educators of your
children.
CATECHISTS and AIDES
2015/2016
Pre-kindergarten
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Sixth Grade
Seventh Grade
Eighth Grade
Cindy Shephard
aide
Tiffany Best
aide
Therese Steiner
Lori Robinson and Dawn Jackson
Annette Reule
Tonya Broerman
Rich Dillow
Tayler Finsel
David Moodie
Martin McGinley
Paula Morningstar
Kaci Jackson
STAFF ASSISTANT
Charlotte McGinley
COORDINATOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Mrs. Teresa Stanley
866-1432
tstanleyolgh@sbcglobal.net or tcstan@aol.com
Weekday office hours
9:00am-4:00pm
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
OUR LADY OF GOOD HOPE
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
Members of Our Lady of Good Hope Parish are a family united by our belief in the Blessed Trinity. We
are guided by the Holy Catholic Church in Rome and inspired by Mary, our Patroness of Hope. All that we
are and do comes from this faith and inspiration.
As a Catholic, Christian family we strive to nourish all our members through daily celebration of the Word
and the Eucharist. We reach out to the community with warmth, selflessness, education and prayer so
that all may experience new heights in spirituality, faith, truth and love. We warmly and openly welcome
all who seek to deepen their faith in Jesus Christ.
CATECHETICAL PHILOSOPHY
Catechesis is necessary both for the maturation of the faith of Christians to “attain to the unity of faith
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature personhood, to the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ”; it is also aimed at making them prepared to make a defense to anyone who calls them
to account for the hope that is in them. [John Paul II’s Catechesis in our Time]
MISSION STATEMENT
To help people to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God,
so that by believing they might have life in his name.
To educate and instruct people in the life of Christ.
To build up the body of Christ.
PROGRAM FEE
To assist with the costs involved in our religious Education program, parents are asked to pay the following
fee to the parish. You may submit your fee with the registration form or turn it in at the CCD desk any
Sunday. If you are unable to pay the fee at this time please contact the pastor or CRE to make other
arrangements.
For 1 child
$30.00 / $40 after 8/23
For 2 children
$50.00/ $60 after 8/23
For 3 or more children
$70.00/ $80 after 8/23
Make checks payable to “Our Lady of Good Hope”.
CANCELLATIONS
If classes have to be canceled due to weather or for any other reason, notice will be given on TV channel 7
and on WHIO radio. An e-mail message will also be sent out to all families who have provided an updated
e-mail address.
CLASSROOM VISITORS
Parents are welcome at any time to visit the classroom and to observe a class.
A child may bring a friend to visit a class but it is advisable to let the catechist know in advance when that
will occur.
COMMUNICATION
Parents are encouraged to introduced themselves to their child’s
catechist. Parents should contact the catechist to discuss any matter of concern to them. The catechist
will communicate the child’s progress to the parents during the year.
Parents should advise the Coordinator of Religious Education of any changes in the information provided on
the registration form. They should also discuss attendance problems with the CRE.
The CRE needs to be informed by the custodial parent of the rights of the non-custodial parent.
Family communications [newsletters etc.] will be sent home with the youngest member of the family.
FIELD TRIPS
Catechists will communicate the time, place, mode of transportation and purpose of the field trip to
parents prior to the trip.
Parents must sign a permission form which releases the parish and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati from
liability before their child can participate in the field trip.
ADMISSION POLICY
The Catechetical process is for registered parishioners of Our Lady of Good Hope. Please contact the
parish office to register in the parish at 866-1432 or fill out a registration form found in the vestibule of
church. There is no discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin or handicapping condition.
ATTENDANCE POLICIES
Regular attendance helps foster continued growth in the life of Christ. Parents should advise the
Coordinator of Religious Education if there will be a prolonged absence of a child or if attendance will not
be on a weekly basis.
Once a child misses three consecutive weeks or a pattern of irregular attendance has been detected,
without the Coordinator of Religious Education being advised of the reasons for the absences, the CRE will
contact the parents to discuss the situation.
Attendance at Religious Education classes does not fulfill the obligation of Sunday Mass attendance.
Attendance records will be kept by the classroom catechist and given to the CRE. Parents can request
review of their child’s attendance records by contacting the CRE.
ARCHDIOCESE DECREE ON
CHILD PROTECTION
To comply with the Archdiocese Decree on Child Protection, all volunteers and employees of the Faith
Formation program at Our Lady of Good Hope, have attended a VIRTUS Awareness Session and have had a
background check through SELECTION.com.
PLACE AND TIME OF CATECHISIS
Grades Pre-K – 8
Sunday mornings
9:45 – 10:45
in the Bishop Leibold School Building
Children are expected to be in their classroom and ready to begin class by 9:45am. Parents or the
responsible party should not bring the children to the school building before 9:30am. The children should
be picked up promptly after classes are over and no later than 11:00am.
Children in grades Pre-K – 3 must be accompanied to and from class by their parent, older sibling or other
adult responsible for them. Catechists of those grades will be required to have the students remain in the
classroom until the party responsible for them arrives. If someone other than the parent, grandparent or
older sibling is picking up a child we need written permission from the parent.
MEDICAL INFORMATION
Medical information contained on the registration form has been passed on to the child’s catechist.
Changes in this information should be reported promptly.
The administration of any drug [prescription or over the counter] by the CRE or any staff person of the
faith formation process, without the order of a physician and the permission of the parent, is prohibited
by law.
SAFETY PROCEDURES
Children in grades Pre-K – 3 should be supervised at all times in the school and in the church parking lot.
All students should not run in the church parking lot because of the danger of being hit by a vehicle.
Parents and students should abide by arrival/dismissal procedures at all times. Parents of 4th grade and
up may drop off and pick up their child (children) by driving up to the Third Street side of the school
building if they wish.
Students will not be left unattended whether in or outside the school building while waiting for the party
responsible for them.
In the event of an accident, illness or emergency the Coordinator of Religious Education will make efforts
to contact the parents or the person designated on the registration form. No injured or ill child will be
left unattended. 911 will be called if the injury, illness or emergency warrants it.
The parish faith formation process will follow fire and tornado procedures in effect for the west campus
of Bishop Leibold School. The catechists will explain these procedures semi-annually to the students.
MEDICAL RELEASE FORM
An Archdiocesan medical release form must be turned in with each registration form and that information
kept on file with the CRE.
DISCIPLINE
Parents are encouraged to review with their children the student’s code of conduct and the classroom
code of conduct contained in this handbook. They are asked to reinforce with their children the
importance of observing those rules.
STUDENTS CODE OF CONDUCT
Students have the responsibility to obey the following rules of behavior:
1. Respect others in speech and in action, keeping hands feet and objects to yourself.
Inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated.
2. Respect school property and the private property of others.
3. Respect school projects on display in public areas by not touching them or disturbing them in any way.
4. Follow the directions of those in charge of monitoring students’ safety and conduct.
5. Donuts and drinks are to be consumed only in the Parish Center.
6. Observe the following safety rules:
a. No playing on the steps in or outside of the school building.
b. No running in the hallways.
7. Chewing of gum is not permitted on the school grounds or in the school building.
8. Cigarettes, tobacco, alcohol, drugs [including simulated drugs], guns, knives, other weapons of any
description and explosives are not to be on parish property.
CLASSROOM CODE OF CONDUCT
Students have the responsibility to obey the following rules of behavior in their classroom:
1. Respect the catechist and classmates in speech and actions, keeping hands, feet and objects to
yourself. Inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated.
2. Follow the directions and classroom rules of the catechist.
3. Actively participate in classroom activities.
4. Do not disturb anything in the classroom or in individual desks.
5. Assist the catechist in putting the classroom in order after class is over.
6. Ask permission of the catechist to leave the classroom.
DISMISSAL OF STUDENTS
Any student may be dismissed from the faith formation process for just cause, which shall include, but
not be limited to, the following:
1. Violation of the codes of conduct in this handbook.
2. Unacceptable and inappropriate conduct.
3. Incorrigibility.
4. Persistent, unexplainable, irregular attendance.
5. Menace to the morale of the faith formation process.