Fifteen (15) service hours are required per family per school year.
Service hours are any that directly benefit Catholic of Pointe Coupee.
If a family chooses not to participate, there will be a financial obligation of $500 due and payable together with tuition for the upcoming academic school year. Parent Service Hour Forms are due on March 31st of each year. If we do not receive your completed parent service hour form by March 31, 2025, and/or less than 15 hours of service are performed you will be billed for the unperformed service hours. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Service hours may be completed by any non-student family member or designee. Students cannot perform
parent service hours.
The service hour program runs from April 1 – March 31st.
Parents can earn service hours for the 2024/25 school year from April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025.
Service hours may not be sold, transferred, or carried over to the following year.
Service Hours will only be counted if submitted on the approved Service Hour Form via website submission, email ([email protected]), mail, delivered to the Business Office (405 Louisiana St.), or sent to school with your child. Please keep a copy for your own records. If you send your form with your student, please know there is a risk that it may not reach the office. Please note that sign-in sheets do not replace Parent Service Hour Forms.
EXEMPTION: Due to the large number of volunteer hours worked by those serving in the following roles, they will not be required to list all Service Hours but must complete the Exemption section of the Service Hour Form and submit to the Business Office before March 31st. (Exemptions apply to: School Board members, Home & School President and VP, Green Hornet Club President and VP, and approved volunteer athletic coaches).
Service opportunities will be emailed and texted periodically to you.
NEW Chaperoning Elementary field trips does not count toward your service hour requirement.
The only field trip that counts toward service hours is Beta Club Convention (if held).
These approved field trips have a MAXIMUM OF 10 HOURS that can count toward Parent Service Hours. In addition, only one family member may receive service hours for these particular field trips.
Transporting your student to and from school activities will not count toward Parent Service Hours unless you have been asked by the school to be an official driver for students to a particular event.