Attention Parents of Students in Public Schools: If you are looking for an alternative education, please consider St. Catherine Catholic School of Highlands County. Space is available in all grades.

Registration for the 2012-2013 school year is now open. Please visit the School or call (863) 385-7300 to apply. Space is limited, please apply as soon as possible. There are only 9 spots left in Pre-K 4.

Tuition Payments
All families are required to pay through FACTS management. This company will automatically debit your account to pay for tuition. Please click the link below once you and the principal have met about the tuition agreement.

SCHOLARSHIP AND TUITION ASSISTANCE
Are you still undecided about the future education of your child? Do you know somebody that has a child between 3 years old to fifth grade and wants a solid education? Our Catholic School is open. We have been approved for scholarship funding.
Financial scholarships provide an opportunity to families who believe strongly in a Catholic education and are unable to cover the financial obligations of enrolling their child in the school. Our financial scholarship grants do not require repayment by the family. The family bears the primary responsibility for financing a child's education to the extent of their financial means.

Step Up For Students
You may now be elligable to apply for the Step Up For Students Scholarship! All students entering grades K through 5 are allowed to apply for the Step Up For Students Scholarship for the 2012-2013 school year. For more information, visit our website by clicking on the icon below, then visit the "How It Works" tab on the website. You can view the instructions on how to apply and discover what forms are needed to apply.
Step Up for Students provides K-12 scholarships for low-income school children. Students who qualify may receive up to $4,300 for private school tuition. For more information, visit stepupforstudents.org, call the Step Up for Students contact center (877-735-7837), or St. Catherine School (863-385-7300).

Facts Grant and Aid Assessment
St. Catherine Catholic School of Highlands County makes use of the services of Facts Grant and Aid Assessment to help evaluate requests for financial aid. This company does not supply St. Catherine School with money. It informs St. Catherine School of your financial status. Then St. Catherine School decides how much financial aid they can assist you with. Families seeking financial aid are asked to complete an application online at https://www.factstuitionaid.com/facts/gaindex.

SCHOOL BOARD
As defined in the Primer on Educational Governance in the Catholic Church, the Consultative School Board is established by the Pastor to assist him and the school Principal in the governance of the Catholic school. The administration of the Catholic School is clearly the responsibility of the school Principal working with and for the Pastor. The Pastor, as Chief Administrator of parish programs, retains some administrative responsibilities and delegates the remaining responsibilities to the school administrator.

The Consultative School Board is established to assist the Principal and ultimately the pastor by providing advice and council particularly in the following areas:

The Consultative School Board has no authority for formulating policies separate from the Pastor and Principal. The Consultative School Board does not have responsibility for determining the amount of parish funds in support of the school and has no responsibility with regard to school staff and personnel, students or curriculum.

The Finance Committee:
- Janice Lacson, Chair
- Christine Hatfield
- Alastair Ibraham
- Shelagh Byatt

Fundraising Committee:
- Christine Hatfield, Chair
- Tom Dettman
- Janice Lacson

Building and Grounds Committee:
- Norb Walz, Chair
- Deborah Fushetti
- Sheilagh Byatt
- Bill Manint
- Tom Dettman

Planning and Education Committee:
- Judy Nugent, Chair
- Alistair Ibraham
- Carol Biance

VOLUNTEER HOURS
Each family is asked to complete 50 volunteer hours of service to assist St. Catherine Catholic School of Highlands County. There will be many opportunities throughout the school year to meet these hours of service. If you are interested in volunteering with our students, you will need to be fingerprinted and complete the Safe Environment Training, for more information or to schedule a fingerprinting appointment please call St. Catherine Church at (863) 385-0049.

SCHOOL MASS
The Children's Mass is on Friday mornings at 8:00 AM when school is in session. Everyone is welcome to join us in celebrating the Mass.

UNIFORMS
Student dress code is available in the Handbook. For uniform items, contact Steve or Darla Thorne at Blue Ridge Mountain, (863) 214-7619.

FUNDRAISERS

Box Tops
Help St. Catherine Catholic School of Highlands County by clipping box tops from participating companies like General Mills and other companies. Please do not throw these clippings away! Just clip these labels and turn them in to the school office or drop them in the container in the vestibule of the Church. To learn more call the school at (863) 385-7300 or visit http://www.boxtopsforeducation.com.

Labels for Education
For more than 30 years, Labels for Education has been awarding free educational equipment to schools in exchange of proofs of purchase from the Campbell family of brands. It’s a fun, easy program where students, families and members of the community work together for a common goal. It is a program that helps schools obtains free educational merchandise. You can help by saving and forwarding proofs of purchase to St. Catherine Catholic School of Highlands County. St. Catherine Catholic School of Highlands County will redeem them for FREE merchandise such as computers, software, physical education equipment, musical instruments and library books from Campbell's Labels for Education. 

Drink Pouch Bridage
An easy way to help raise money for St. Catherine Catholic School and recycle is to collect aluminum drink pouches, like Capri Sun and Kool-Aid juice pouches. You may drop off the drink pouches at the St. Catherine School office. The drink pouches are then shipped to TerraCycle where they recycle the containers and use them to create a variety of products. The school will receive a minimum of 1 point per drink pouch which is equivalent to one cent per pouch. For more information contact St. Catherine School at (863) 385-0049 or visit http://www.terracycle.com/en-US/about-us.html.

CAMPAIGNS

Bricks Pave the Way:
Our major fundraiser “Bricks to pave the way” is an on going process. The bricks support St. Catherine Catholic School. Your support is greatly appreciated. Become a part of this event by buying a brick to celebrate a special event or person in your life. To purchase a brick call the school at (863) 385-7300

Bingo:
September - May Bingo is a steady flow of income for our school where a large group of people eat, relax and enjoy an evening out. Bingo is every Friday night in the Parish Hall. Doors open at 3:30 and games start at 5:45 PM. Please call Mike Flood at (863) 471-6381 with questions or to volunteer.

Team 50:
Team 50 is a group of parishioners dedicated to helping support St. Catherine Catholic School by pledging at least $50 every month. To join please call the Parish Office at (863) 385-0049.