Archdiocese of Baltimore
St. Stephen School in Kingsville, Maryland

Parent Volunteering

Parent Volunteering

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is committed to providing quality, healthy ministry for all persons, particularly for our children and youth.

All volunteers are required to complete VIRTUS screening and training.

Volunteer Opportunities

If you are a member of St. Stephen Parish or someone who lives nearby and you wish to volunteer, welcome! Please contact one of our volunteer coordinators for more information. (Find the HSA member information here) 

Service Hour Program

Each family in  prek4 (full time) – grade 8 will be required to work twenty hours of service during the School year.  Each family in prek3 and prek4 (half day) will be required to work ten hours of service during the school year. Family members eligible to log service hours  include parents/guardians, older brothers and sisters, grandparents, and aunts and uncles. Friends of the family who do not have children in the school may also work for the benefit of a given family. The students who attend St. Stephen School cannot receive credit for service.  Instead of physical hours, we will also accept approved donations for school-wide and/or HSA sponsored events up to 10 hours  (full time prek-4 through grade 8) or 5 hours (prek3 and part time prek4). One hour of approved donations is equivalent to approximately $20 in items. No credit hours are given for attending a field trip, attending or in sending in items for class parties, attending Father’s Club meetings, parish activities, parish sponsored athletics, and/or sending in extra classroom supplies. 

Service hours may not be transferred to another family. Each family is responsible for accumulating its own hours. Hours for service may not be carried over from year to year. The Service Hour Program year begins June 1st and ends May 31st.   Parents must accumulate their hours and turn in their documentation showing their hours served by May 31st. Any hours not served and submitted by this date will be billed at $20/hour for the unearned hours. Families will be notified by early June if they have not accumulated the required hours.  Families will record hours worked on the Track it Forward online platform. Each family can only have one account on Track it Forward.  It is the responsibility of each family to accurately record hours served.

 If the Service Hour Program requirements have not been met by the end of the program year (either twenty hours accumulated or monies paid for unearned hours), report cards and/or diplomas will be withheld from those families (not meeting the requirement). Special circumstances in which a family is unable to participate in the program will be reviewed.  Requests for exemption should be submitted in writing to the Home/School Association’s Executive Committee for review as soon as possible. For any volunteer related questions, please contact the Volunteer Coordinators from the Executive Board.

Using Track it Forward is easy – here’s how:

 

NOTE: Please create ONE account per household and share among volunteers. If this is not possible, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator. Voila! You’re done! All volunteers logging hours for your household (spouses, grandparents, etc.), will log hours under this account.

 

Download the Mobile App (You must register on the website prior to signing into the app) Using your mobile device, download the free Track it Forward mobile app from either the App Store or Google Play.

  1. Enter your username and password.
  2. Log Hours
  3. Log in to the website or open the mobile app.
  4. Click Log Hours.
  5. Complete all fields.
  6. Please add information in the Notes field to help clarify the service submitted (e.g. classroom in which lunch duty was served, nature of event volunteer activity, etc.)
  7. Click Submit Time. You’re done!

Home/School Association

Parents are expected to become members, to attend meetings regularly, and to support the association’s activities. The Service Hour Program is a unique opportunity for our school families to become involved in the enhancement of our school community. Parent involvement not only helps to make schools better, but it also helps raise student achievement. Funds raised through the Home/School Association’s fundraisers will help defray costs for services needed throughout the school. All monies generated through fundraisers will be handled by the Home/School Association to ensure proper distribution. 

The Home/School Association’s Executive Committee will establish guidelines and administer the program. The Volunteer Coordinator(s) will manage the implementation of the program. Any questions or concerns should be addressed to the Home/School Association’s Executive Committee. Each family with children enrolled in the school, in grades Pre-K3 through eighth, is required to participate in the program.

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