• Only parents who have been cleared by St. Junipero Serra Catholic School according to Diocesan guidelines and respond in a timely manner to the request from the room parent will be able to be chaperones on field trips.  

• Chaperones are limited due to space on the buses and field trip venues. Per Diocesan policy, parents may not drive personal cars and join the field trip. 
   
• At Back to School Night each school year, teachers will give general information about the field trips planned for the year. This will not include specific dates if they are not available at that time.That evening, the room parents will give parents who have been cleared the opportunity to sign up to be considered to chaperone on the field trips. 
   
• Chaperone selection process: The room parents will remind parents who have been cleared for chaperoning, to submit their names to be considered to be a chaperone in the Sunday email reminder sent to parents on the Sunday three weeks prior to the field trip dates. The room parent will give all names submitted to the homeroom teachers by the Friday of that week. If there are too many names submitted for the number of chaperones needed on the trip, the names of the chaperones will be randomly chosen by drawing in front of the class and will be announced to the students. The students will not be told whose names were in the drawing since some parents may not be able to volunteer for the field trips and we don't want them to feel badly if their parents can't volunteer. If there are more parents who volunteer than are needed, parents will only be chosen for one field trip and their names will not be placed in additional drawings for the remaining field trips. The teachers will give the room parents the list of names chosen for each trip. The room parents will contact the parents and let them know that they have been chosen to be a chaperone on the field trips. The teacher and room parent will create a list of alternate parents who will be ready and are cleared in the event that a chosen chaperone must cancel.   

In order to stop the spread of contagious illnesses, it is vital that you do not send your child to school sick. Children taking prescribed medication must take a full round of the medication before they return to school. Our school policy states that students must be fever free (99.6 and above is considered a fever) for 24 hours and no longer contagious before returning to school. If your child has the stomach flu, they must stay home for 24 hours after the vomiting has stopped. Please make sure your child feels well enough to attend school.

Please remind your children of the following flu prevention guidelines:

If your child has been diagnosed with a contagious illness e.g. flu, strep throat, pink eye, please notify the Health Room as soon as possible. Children who have been hospitalized must have a doctor's note before they return to school. 

If the Health Room calls to report that your child is sick or injured, our policy states that you must pick your child up within 45 minutes of being called. If you are unable to pick your child up within the specified time frame, you will need to contact someone on your emergency form to pick up your child.

We have this policy in place not only for the health and safety of your children, but also for the well-being of our teachers and staff. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.