Parent Participation Program (PPP)
The success of St. Thomas More Catholic School depends on a spirit of cooperation and shared sacrifice of time and talent among parents and school staff for the good of the students. There are many opportunities for our parents to volunteer service to the school or parish. To list a few, but not limited to, being a room parent, attending Home and School meetings, helping with the many Home and School activities, donating bags of candy (Halloween, Christmas, Easter), helping with class field trips or celebrations, baking or purchasing an item for parent teacher conferences, volunteering in the lunchroom (needed daily), donations for teacher appreciation week, donations for More Di Gras baskets, working concessions during sporting events, coaching teams for the sports club, working at or donating to the Parish Festival (in October), and many other opportunities. Opportunities for PPP hours will be listed in the Bengal News. TK-8 Dual parent families are required to contribute a minimum of 40 PPP service hours per school year and TK-8 Single parent families are required to contribute a minimum of 20 PPP hours per school year. Every $5.00 spent is equivalent to 1 PPP hour.
Parent Participation Hours are tracked on your FACTS Family Portal following these instructions:
- Factsmgt.com
- Family Login
- Family Portal
- Once logged in, click "Family"
- Service Hours
Log the date, hours and descriptions of service hours. For each hour not completed by the end of the school year a charge of $5.00 per hour will be assessed and payable by the last day of school. If a family cannot commit to this call to stewardship, a payment of $200.00 for dual parent family or $100.00 for a single parent family will be payable to OCSC. This fee is payable throughout the school year for families who will not be able to commit to volunteering. Unfulfilled hours will be billed the last week of May. PPP hours will be monitored by the school office and an update of your PPP hours will be noted at Parent Teacher Conferences.
All volunteers at the school must have successfully completed Safe Environment training and background check. Go to https://omaha.cmgconnect.org to log into your account to see if your Safe Environment certification is current. If not, register for a class and complete a background check.
