The Family Service Hour Program is designed (1) to create a family atmosphere among Sacred Heart School families and (2) to maintain the school facilities and provide easy management of school activities.

To accomplish these two goals, each family will be required to provide 15 service hours of work to the school. Four hours may be completed by attending school meetings of the Parent Teacher Club and/or Athletic Booster Club. One service hour will be granted per meeting.

A family must present its work hour sheet at the meeting for validation.  During the years in which Trojan Day is scheduled, 3 additional service hours (total of 18 hours) are required of each family to be completed at the annual Trojan Day (applies to the years the event is scheduled).

 If a family does not meet the required number of work hours, that family will not be allowed to register its children for the next school year until it pays a fee of $50.00 per hour owed to the school. If the family of a Senior or 8^th grader does not meet the hour quota or pay the $50.00 per hour fee by the day of registration for the current school year, the student will not be allowed to take final examinations and/or participate in his/her graduation/promotional ceremonies.

The work cycle is for all families. The work cycle will run from the registration deadline to registration deadline. (designated by Sacred Heart School) Work hours must be received and approved before a child is registered for the following school year. The work hour sheets are to be submitted to the elementary or high school office of Sacred Heart School.

The procedure for turning in the work hour sheet is listed below.

1. Complete the sheet with the family and child(ren)’s names, family ID number, the date and project name.
2. Acquire validation of time worked. Only a project chairman can validate hours worked. HOURS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITH IMPROPER VALIDATION.
3. Validate all hours worked, even if there are more than the required hours. This allows Sacred Heart School to monitor the program.

• Only the immediate members of the family may get credit for the hours worked. The definition of immediate family is parents/guardians of the student, grandparents of the student and brothers and/or sisters of the student above 18 years of age who have graduated from high school.
• A family may exchange materials and/or other laborers for family work hours. A committee of volunteers appointed by the Sacred Heart Advisory Council will determine work hours earned in exchange for material and/or laborers supplied.
• Families are not allowed to work for other families, transfer hours to other families or carry over hours for the next year.
• Sacred Heart School will try to provide as much equipment and tools as needed for a project, but is not responsible for personal equipment or tools used by volunteers.
• Families that do not reenroll their children and do not fulfill the work hour requirements must pay any delinquent fees prior to seeking readmission to Sacred Heart School in the future.
• Beginning in the 2000 – 2001 school year, if a parent/guardian signs up to perform service hours, he/she must complete the hours. If he/she is unable to do so, he/she must notify the project chairman at least 24 hours in advance or find a substitute to complete his/her hours. If he/she does not work or find a substitute, he/she will be assessed extra hours on an hour-for-hour basis. If a substitute fills in, the substitute gains service hours for him/her, but the parent/guardian does not gain any service hours. By finding a substitute, the parent/guardian relieves him/herself of any penalty.

15 Parent Service Hours are required each year.
 The deadline to submit your hours is on January 31, 2025. This will no longer be collected at registration.
 Service Hour sheets must be brought to either the
 elementary or high school front office.
 If hours are not submitted by the deadline, a check for all unworked service hours must be paid. If you are past the January 31st deadline, a $50 late fee will be charged. 
 Unworked service hours are $50 an hour. 
 Registration will not be allowed to be sumbitted until          all debts are paid.

Parent Work Hour Opportunites are available for the following: 

• Elementary and High School Faculty Professional Development Meeting Food and Beverages        (Elem. 337-363-3445 or HS 337-363-1475) 
• Homecoming Alumni Brunch Hostesses and Food (337-363-8050 or on Parentsquare)
• Sport Concession Workers and Gate Workers (Coaches, Elem. 337-363-3445 or HS 337-363-1475)
• Basketball Turkey Tournament Hospitality Room Food, Concession Workers and Gate Workers    (Team Mom, HS 337-363-1475 or on Parentsquare)
• Cotillion (337-363-1475 or on Parentsquare)
• Stuffing and Sealing of Envelopes (337-363-1475 or 337-363-8050)
• SHS Foundation Event (337-363-8050 or on Parentsquare)
• PTC Events (Parentsquare) 
• Fall and Spring Fest (Must be Safe Environment Trained) (Parentsquare) 
• Cleaning of Table Cloths and Chair Covers (337-363-3445 or 337-363-1475)
• Volunteer Subs (Must be Safe Environment Trained) 
• Chaperones for any school function (Must be Safe Environment Trained)
• At Home Work Hours (337-363-8050, 337-363-1475 or 337-363-3445)
• Kleenex and Disinfectant Wipes (337-363-1475)
• Aftercare Supplies: Playdough, Football, Soccerball, Playground Ball, Sidewalk Chalk, etc.              (337-363-3445)