OUR LADY OF GRACE SCHOOL - Our Lady of Grace Catholic School

outreach to the parish. Be sure to stock up on gift cards for those summer birthdays, weddings,
barbeques, vacations, and dinners out.
LIVESCAN POLICY: According to our Safe Environment Policy, all adults working with our children in
any capacity must be livescanned through the diocese. Most of our continuing families have been
livescanned. If you have not or if you are new to the school, a mobile livescanning service will be in
Moloney Center on Saturday, August 18, from 10-1 p.m. Forms will be available on site. The cost
will be approximately $50, and payment may be made by check, cash, or money order. Bring your
driver’s license for identification purposes.
CHURCH SUPPORT/MASS ATTENDANCE: If you are a registered parishioner and were granted the
supporting parishioner tuition plan, you should already be giving your church support in your
Sunday envelopes. The expectation is at least $500 per year. Monsignor Gallagher’s expectation
and your contractual obligation is that you would attend Sunday Mass, as is our obligation as
Catholics, and that you would do so at Our Lady of Grace Church. It is expected that, as a minimum,
you use your Sunday envelope each week and that you should do so at least 75% of the year. (This
allows for sickness, vacations, Mass elsewhere on family occasions, etc.) One envelope each week is
expected. If you write a monthly check for church support, be sure to place the other three weeks
of empty envelopes in the collection basket on each of those Sundays. Please, no bundling, mailing,
or dropping off at the rectory or school office. Please heed the reminder that the first condition of
enrollment is that parents and their children must fulfill the Sunday obligation on a regular basis
throughout the year. The work within the school ten months of the year to impress upon your
children the importance of prayer and worship is affirmed only with your involvement and
attendance throughout the year.
In the words of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: On Sundays and other holy days of
obligation, the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass. Participation in the communal
celebration of the Sunday Eucharist is a testimony of belonging and of being faithful to Christ and
to his Church. (#2180 & 2182)
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY: In accordance with diocesan policy, Our Lady of Grace School,
mindful of our mission to be witness to the love of Christ for all, admits students of any race, color,
and national and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally
accorded or made available to students at the school. Our Lady of Grace School does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex, or disability in
the administration of educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and
athletic and other school-administered programs.
Likewise, Our Lady of Grace School does not discriminate against any applicant for employment on
the basis of sex, handicap, race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin.
FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL: Classes (Grades 1-8) will begin on Monday, August 27, at 8:10 a.m. (First
bell is at 8:05) and dismissal will be at 12:00 noon. The time schedule for the first two days of
school will be:
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