Home & School
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The Home & School Association is the liaison between
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The Home & School Association is governed by a board of elected parent volunteers and includes at-large members supporting a variety of Home & School functions. Meetings are held once monthly, and all parents are invited to attend. In addition, we bring in guest speakers several times a year to discuss issues affecting our school and our children. Past topics have included topics such as internet safety and deep dives into extracurricular curriculum.
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St. Dennis Home & School Association
Fundraisers-
Scrip/RaiseRight
Families are required to participate in Scrip, a gift card program that kicks back a percentage of each purchase back to the school while also providing a deduction on tuition costs. A true win-win that ultimately costs you nothing!
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Magazine Sale
In September, we hold our annual magazine sale. Students sell magazine subscriptions, food items and other goods to raise money for the school. Students with the highest sales are awarded special gifts at our annual Prize Fest.
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Trivia Knight
Teams of adults compete in a challenging game, held in early March in the school gym. Raffles, a silent auction, food and drinks make this a can’t-miss event. And don’t forget, there’s a prize for the best costume, too!
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St. Dennis Home & School Association
Events & ActivitiesSt. Dennis School is known for its many traditions that bring our students and families together for enrichment and fun.
Funds raised by the Home & School Association support the following events:
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Equipment, Service and Support
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In addition to our annual events, Home & School supports many efforts that help make our school stronger. In the past, our grant program has contributed to school counselor fees, teacher pin money, Forensics, spelling bee, safety patrol, bus fees for field trips, computers, iPads, carpeting, gym floor resurfacing, books, musical instruments, school assemblies, and building and environmental upgrades.
If you have an idea of how Home & School can further benefit St. Dennis School, its students, teachers and/or families, please submit your proposal to the Home & School Grant Coordinator.
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How to be an Active Part of Your Child’s Parochial School Education
Our school runs on volunteers. The extra hours put in by parents and teachers make St. Dennis School our school. When you volunteer, you don’t just give back. You give to yourself—and your child. Become an active part of your child’s formative years by helping to make a difference at our school. Interested in volunteering? Please contact [email protected].
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Home & School Board Representatives
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Board Members
Home & School board members are elected annually in May. Board members are expected to attend all meeting and participate in Home & School sponsored events. If you are interested in joining the board, please contact the current president or the school principal.
Carol Jacques, President
Krista Loye & Scott Rice, Vice Presidents
Brian Bell, Treasurer
Vacant, Treasurer ElectRachel Autin, Secretary
Beth Eggleston, Secretary Elect
Tara Stevens, Volunteer Coordinator
Kendra Kennedy, Volunteer Coordinator Elect -
At-Large Board Members
Home & School board members are elected annually in May. Board members are expected to attend all meeting and participate in Home & School sponsored events. If you are interested in joining the board, please contact the current president or the school principal.
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Parish Liaison - Vacant
Enhance the relationship with the parish by increasing communication between the parish and school and looking for new ways to collaborate, including but not limited to service projects and supporting social events.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate Donut Sunday once per month with parish contact and Home & School Volunteer Coordinator
- Propose to Home & School board new ideas for collaboration (events, service project, etc)
- Make contact with appropriate parish staff, teachers/school staff, and volunteers to make new ideas happen.
- Create list of contacts in Parish for different things (donuts, other events, finance)
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Website Coordinator - Alex Melo
Update the website as requested by the Home & School Board or Principal and facilitate upgrades or other requests to the vendor as necessary.
Responsibilities:
- Update website as requested by Home & School Board
- Create list/pages/information that can be updated by this position, and what content needs to be updated by Stephan & Brady (design firm)
- Work with website vendor to learn stats about website- most visited page, etc
- Manage requests to vendor for upgrades/content coordinator can’t update
- Draft instructions for updating to be shared with next person for this position
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Giving Tree Coordinator - Rebecca Hogan
Develop and host the Giving Tree program which will ask parishioners to fund small budget requests that come from teachers to Home & School, several times a year.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate with board to identify giving tree requests
- Create re-usable giving tree display
- Select dates to present giving tree at masses (2-3/year) and arrange logistics with parish contacts
- Write instructions on how to coordinate this project for future use
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Teacher Liaison - Megan Reischel
Serve as the point of contact between teachers and Home & School in order to increase communication and gain timely feedback on important issues.
Responsibilities:
- Remind teachers/staff of Home & School meeting dates and time, invite them
- Share feedback (good, bad, etc) with Home & School from teachers/staff as a group when appropriate
- Provide insight from teachers/staff on events that are teachers/staff heavy: field trips, Catholic Schools Week, etc
- Forward all Home & School communications to teachers/staff
- Provide delivery service for birthday and anniversary cards from Home & School to teachers/staff
- Assist in answering questions/logistics for Home & School that involve teachers/rooms (ex: childcare for meetings)
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