SCHOOL PACKAGE
| 1. | Principal check list | |
| 2. | Grade 8 teacher check list | |
| 3. | What Parents Need to Know | |
| 4. | Staff Duties | |
| 5. | Driving Directions | |
| Email: journey@ncdsb.com | |
| · Arrange for supervision for Day Time and Overnight | ||
| (suggested “shift change” Day 1: 4-7pm; 7-10pm; 10pm – overnight.) | ||
| · Daytime – ideally male and female | ||
| · Nighttime – imperative male and female supervision |
| · One staff for every 15 students. | ||
| · Overnight supervision: administration must ensure a minimum of one supervisor per occupied dorm room. |
| · Teachers hold primary responsibility for discipline | ||
| · One teacher (at least) to be present with students at all times, Journey staff will work with teachers to assure reasonable break times |
| · Invite school staff to Family Night Mass (5:30) | ||
| · Dinner to follow. Max seating for dinner – 120 including students |
| · Ensure that all students have a ride home after Family Night | ||
| · At least one staff member must remain with students being picked up after Family Night |
| o Snacks (prior to boarding bus) |
| o Assign students to dorm room and small group (see Forms Package) |
| o Have each student make placemat or tent card with their name for meal time |
| o # guests attending family night to be written in lower right corner |
| o Ensure that EVERY student has a ride home |
| o Casual dress for guests, school uniform dress code (blue and white) for students |
| o Guest numbers may need to be limited – max. seating capacity for dinner is 120 |
| · Dates and Times of Retreat –due dates for forms/ payment |
| · Cost - $50/ student |
| · Family Night - $14/ person for parent/guest |
| - | they will be taking their child home following dinner (approximately 7:15 pm) | |
| - | If they cannot attend, they must make alternative arrangements for their child. | |
| - | Family Night attire is casual but still appropriate for attending Mass, school uniform dress code (blue and white) for students | |
| · Pack – all necessary items…. Including appropriate outdoor wear. We go outside in all types of weather. |
| · Electronics – including cell phones are not allowed. |
| · Snacks – Everyone is asked to bring a healthy snack that will be shared with the entire class during scheduled snack times. |
| · Water Bottles – In the interest of the environment, ecological justice and responsible social ethics, we insist that students bring their own refillable water bottles. |
| · Students will be sent home for vandalism, violence, visiting other dorms, and excessive disrespectful behavior. Parents will be responsible for damages. |
| · All medications must be given to the Teacher to hold and administer. |
| 1. | PARTICIPATE with your students and assist with all sessions and activities! | |
| 2. | Set up and supervise Snack Times | |
| 3. | Assist and supervise at Meal Times. | |
| 4. | Supervise ‘free time’ in dorms and/or gym. | |
| 5. | Deal with discipline problems should they arise. | |
| 6. | Ensure that there are absolutely no snacks or gum in dorms. | |
| 10. | Chapel – This is a sacred space. No food or drink is | |
| 1. | Follow Queen Elizabeth Way toward Fort Erie | |
| 2. | Take exit #16 / Sodom Road south to Crystal Beach – go 3.4 Km. | |
| 3. | Drive past Zoo’s and Stevensville Nursery | |
| 4. | Sodom Rd. becomes (same RR-1) Stevensville Road, then Gorham Rd. – go .9km | |
| 5. | Continue into Ridgeway, Our Lady of Grace is just after Joe’s Value Mart | |
| 6. | Address: 243 Gorham Road, Ridgeway. | |
| 1. | Follow Provincial Highway 3 – go 39.6 Km | |
| 2. | Turn right onto Gorham Road / RR -116 – go .9 miles | |
| 3. | Continue into Ridgeway and Our Lady of Grace is just after Joe’s Value Mart | |
| 4. | Address: 243 Gorham Road Ridgeway | |
| 1. | Follow East Main Street – through tunnel | |
| 2. | Turn right onto Ridge Rd. Travel to Netherby Road turn left | |
| 3. | Take Netherby Road to Stevensville Road @ Snyder, turn right | |
| 4. | Travel along Stevensville Rd. (past Zoos, Stevensville Nursery). Stevensville Rd. becomes Gorham Rd. | |
| 5. | Continue into Ridgeway and Our Lady of Grace is just after Joe’s Value Mart | |