Tuition is due on the first of each month and past due on the 15th of the month. If a family is late in paying their tuition, a statement will be sent. After 60 days, a letter will be sent advising the family that the children will be removed from the school at the end of the Quarter unless payment for tuition and late fees is received in full to cover the time period involved. Payments may be made in ten (10) or twelve (12) month increments, annually or semi-annually. The tuition rates are:

Parishioners:
$2,260.00 per year for one child
Additional $200.00 per child added to the tuition

Non-Parishioners:
$2,940.00 per year for one child
$3,360.00 two children
Additional $ 375.00 per child added to the tuition for two children

Registration Fees: 
Registration fees cover textbooks, library, computer and other instructional materials and are to be paid by final registration in August each year.

$250.00 per year for one child
$325.00 per year for two or more children

All fees must be paid before grade cards and/or transcripts will be released. Fees include: lunch money, registration fees, fund raising obligations, Preschool tuition and School tuition.

Eighth Grade Graduates - all fees listed above must be paid in full, by day of graduation or diploma will be held along with grade card, records and transcripts.

Please keep your receipts for registration fees and your canceled checks for tuition payments. These are your proof of payment.

Late Fees:

On accounts 30 days past due, a $5.00 late fee will be added.
On accounts 60 days past due, a $10.00 late fee will be added.

RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE
Knowing that satisfied parents are the best advertisement a school can have, Bishop Hogan School has a recruitment incentive program. Any parent who successfully recruits another family for Bishop Hogan will receive a $500.00 credit on their tuition. This is cumulative - a family could conceivably have all their tuition paid for the year. No credits will be given for families recruited above the value of the tuition.

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1. Children of parishioners;

2. Children from families new to the parish who were enrolled in another Catholic school at their previous residence;

3. Children from families registered in other Catholic parishes;

4. Other children, including children from non-Catholic families:
   a. Children from families with other children already enrolled;
   b. First child now reaching school age;
   c. Children registered on an approved waiting list.

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PARENTS AS EDUCATORS

The primary responsibility for the education of children belongs to the parents. Though shared with the Preschool and the School, the parents' responsibility remains paramount. The greatest single factor in building a child's intellectual, emotional, spiritual and moral attitudes is the example parents provide in the home.

Some parent responsibilities are:

• To attend Sunday Mass and contribute to Parish support through your envelopes.

• To provide proper diet and balance of sleep and exercise.

• To provide areas for home study and to encourage conscientious completion of assignments.

• To insist that your child obey the regulations and principals of good behavior/manners.

• To encourage the development of your child's individual talents and interests.

• To build religious traditions and family prayer into your lifestyle.

• To keep the Preschool and School informed as to special needs of your child and to read carefully all communications sent home from school.

• To attend PTO meetings, take advantage of conference times and to request additional times as needed.

• To read and support the regulations of this handbook, sign and return Admission Agreement form (blue sheet) to the school office.

• To keep current with all school payments.

To make sure the child arrives to school on time and is prepared for class.

DIOCESE OF KANSAS CITY-ST. JOSEPH PARENT-TEACHER COVENANT

Because our school strives to be a faith community, parent cooperation and good parents-teacher relations are essential. As members of a faith community, our first instinct is to assume that all of us, teachers, administrators, parents, guardians, and other caregivers, have the child’s best interest at heart.

While the Preschool and the Elementary School are excellent in many ways, no one within our community is perfect and problems and misunderstandings will occur. When a problem or disagreement arises, we will make every effort to contact you to clarify the situation. Parents, guardians and family members who experience problems, or who are confused with some matter regarding your child's educational experience, are asked to show similar respect by: a) striving first to learn the reason behind a policy; b) inquiring about the teacher’s or school’s understanding or decision before judging or forming an opinion. Those who are not satisfied with what they have learned are asked to approach the administration to investigate the matter. In this way, positive resolutions can be reached.

Parents and guardians are asked to follow these guidelines for expressing concern over our Preschool and Elementary School matter:

1. If the problem involves routine procedures such as homework, class assignments, classroom or playground behavior or student-to-student problems, then the parent is asked to contact the teacher first. The best way to do this is usually through a phone call to the Preschool or the Elementary School where a message will be given to the teacher to return your call. For a variety of reasons, parents should not attempt to bring up a difficult or serious matter in front of other students while the teacher is on duty during the regular school day.

2. If the problem is more serious, the parent or guardian should inform the principal in writing or with a phone call. Only signed notes or callers who identify themselves will be taken seriously. Due to school and parish responsibilities the principal may not be available immediately; therefore, patience in setting appointments or in expecting a return phone call is requested. Since concern for you child is uppermost in all our minds, we will make every effort to accommodate you and your concerns. We simply ask that you understand that many children and other parents may also be requiring our immediate attention at the time.

3. All staff members of the Early Learning and the Elementary School promise prompt attention to problems, privacy in discussing matters, professional courtesy and respect when problems are presented, and a sincere effort to resolve problems in a Christian manner. That is, we promise to approach problems and misunderstandings in a manner that expresses genuine concern for the welfare of your child spiritually, psychologically, academically, and physically and also the welfare of his or her fellow classmates.

4. With this in mind, parents and guardians are expected to show the same concern and respect for the staff of the Early Learning and Elementary School, as well as other children and families in our community. The following behaviors, therefore, are unacceptable within our community: we will not tolerate assaults or harassment of a staff member, student, parent, guardian or family member. Nor will we tolerate intimidating or verbally abusing any member of the community - in person or in writing.

5. Commission of any of the above acts on part of a staff member will lead to appropriate disciplinary actions. Likewise, misconduct on part of a parent, guardian or family member may lead to a warning or one of the following actions: a) limiting or refusing permission to enter or use school grounds or facilities; b) asking that someone other than the person exhibiting poor behavior represent the child's interest on school matters; c) refusing to allow the child to re-register, and, in extreme cases, initiating procedures to ask the family to withdraw the child from the school.

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MURALS
The mural at the North Entrance of the Preschool building is shown below. There are many more wall murals that have been painted over the summer to give the building a fresh, new look for the children. These are also pictured below! Stop by and take a look.

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NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
The Bishop Hogan Memorial Preschool and Elementary School admits students of any sex, race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or make available to students at school. It does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national and ethnic origin and disabling condition (if reasonable accommodations on the part of the school, the disabled person could be accommodated) in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies and athletic and other school-administered programs. The Equal Opportunity Coordinator for Bishop Hogan Memorial School is the School Board President.

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ATTENDANCE
Bishop Hogan Elementary School day begins at 8:00 a.m. and closes at 3:00 p.m. Students who walk to and from school should not be present before 7:50 a.m. and should leave promptly after dismissal. Students arriving between 7:35 and 7:50 will go to the school gym. Students arriving before 7:35 must go to the Academy Building. Students not picked up by 3:10 will be sent over to the Academy Building and It is vitally important that students are supervised while on school grounds during school hours. This is a Diocesan policy and it will be strictly enforced.

The 2011-2012 Bishop Hogan Preschool and Elementary school year shall consist of 182 days of instruction.

Any time the child must leave the school grounds for appointments, etc. the teacher MUST be notified in advance.

It is required that any parent or guardian taking a child out of the Preschool or Elementary School before the end of the school day will sign the child out at the office.

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TARDY POLICY

Students who arrive in the classroom after 8:00 a.m. will be recorded tardy.

• When a student arrives tardy, the student and parent must sign in at the office and state the reason he/she was tardy.

• When five (5) tardies are recorded the child’s parents will receive a letter.

• When eight (8) tardies occur in one quarter, the student will have an In-School Suspension for 1 day. The parents will be notified in writing when the student will serve the In-School Suspension.

• After the In-School Suspension is served for the eight (8) tardies, every fourth tardy will result in a 1 day In-School Suspension.

• The tardy count begins at the beginning of each quarter.

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PRESCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE

Preschool and Pre-K 4/5: The ratio of staff to children is 16 to 1 (with aid). In this area, children are completely toilet trained, begin more structured age appropriate learning activities, giving time for lots of social interaction with peers and teacher. We stress individuality, creativity, positive self esteem, problem solving, good communication skills, enhancing their physical development along with preparing a strong foundation for their next step, Kindergarten. Children MUST BE completely toilet trained.

Bishop Hogan Preschool - January 2012 - Three days a week (Tues., Wed., and Thurs.) - 8-11. No lunch will be provided. Fee: $90.00 a month. Call 660-646-0705 to register. Teaching instructions will be given by a teacher whose expertise is in the area of Early Childhood Care and Education.

After-School Care: 3:00-5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday

Care givers are required to leave at 5:00 no exceptions. Parents will be charged an additional $15.00 fee every 15 minutes the children not picked up by 5:00 p.m.

We will be closed for normal school holidays. Parents will not be charged for these dates. (In the event that any of these holidays fall on the weekend, they will be observed either the Friday before the holiday or the Monday after the holiday.)

During the holidays listed above, if the total number of children needing care falls below 10, then the Preschool and After School will be closed. Parents will be notified in advance.

The Preschool and after school care are required by the state to provide outdoor activities for all children. Be sure your child is dressed appropriately for the days weather. It is a must that children have jackets or coats for cool days for these outdoor activities.

The Preschool will have rest times as required by the State for all children up to and including five years of age. There are NO exceptions to this rule. A labeled blanket and SMALL pillow must be provided for rest times. These must be taken home each Friday and laundered.

Change of clothing to be left at the preschool in their cubby compartment.

Standard size back-pack, large enough for a notebook or reading book to fit in. This will be used to transport children's work and important messages from the preschool. This must be brought each time your child comes to the preschool.

Small pillow and blanket for quiet/rest time (required for all ages). These are to be taken home each Friday to be laundered.

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EARLY DISMISSAL
Schools will dismiss at 12:15 p.m. for early outs and for monthly in-service meetings. The dates and times will be listed on the annual school calendar, monthly calendar, school website, Eagle's Nest and Church Bulletin.

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VACATION POLICY
Vacation during the school term is discouraged. The principal and teacher are to be notified if such vacation is planned. Assignments must be completed and given to the teacher at the end of the duly allotted time, which is one day for every day missed. Tests must also be made up during this time period.

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WEATHER DISMISSALS
Notification of early dismissal due to weather conditions will be reported on KCTV 5, KCHI, 98.5 FM or 1010 AM. If you turned in the Message Alert Form, you will receive an email and/or text. Please note: our snow days do not always coincide with public schools. Please listen to announcements regarding Bishop Hogan.

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ILLNESS POLICY
The following is the Illness Policy for the Preschool and Elementary School:

• If your child gets a fever while at the Preschool or Elementary School, a staff member will call the parent and the child is to be picked up within an hour from the call. There are NO exceptions to this policy. A fever is considered to be 100.6ºC. We will not give a fever reducer because this may mask other symptoms the child may have. A signed parental form for Tylenol or children's Motrin medication will be required. All medication is to be provided by parent in the original packaging.

• Children must have had their antibiotic or prescribed medication for one full day before returning to the preschool, or elementary school.

• If a child has vomited or has had diarrhea the evening before, your child must be at home for one full day.

• Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye) - Child must be away from the Preschool or Elementary School for three (3) days or more with medication depending on the severity of the Pink Eye. The reason for this policy is that the children are in close proximity to one another and we are not able to adequately monitor the personal contact between children.

• Lice - children's hair must be treated to kill live lice.

• Rashes, insect bites and other symptoms may cause concern for the child or staff. If such things arise the staff may call the parents/guardians to notify you to take your child to your physician for appropriate treatment.

Parents are to notify by telephone the Preschool or Elementary School when their child is ill. Parents will be asked what symptoms their child is experiencing. When an illness is over five (5) days, we will need a doctor's release for the child to return to Preschool or Elementary School. All other absences, trips, etc., parents are to notify in advance the Preschool or Elementary School teacher, director and/or principal.

Medication - The Preschool or Elementary School will not have any over the counter medication. The only medication to be dispensed must be in the original container and accompanied by a Medication Alert Sheet provided by the pharmacy. Over the counter medication will be dispensed according to a doctor's prescription. You must fill out a Medication Authorization form. The parents are to deliver this medicine in person to the Preschool or Elementary School offices and fill out a medication authorization form.

Accidents - Emergency information cards are to be completed at the beginning of each school year. In case of an accident, a child will receive care. In case of a serious injury an ambulance will be called. Parents/guardians will be notified.

Health Requirements and Physicals - It is recommended all beginning of the school year. Health and immunization records will be checked to insure the immunization requirements set forth by the State of Missouri are met. The parents of any child not in compliance with the law will be notified. Children will not be allowed to enter the Preschool or the Elementary School until he/she is in compliance.

Physical examinations are required of all 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students participating in the athletic program. The Livingston County Health Office offers free summer sports physicals to all students going into 7th grade and above.

The school personnel will report to the Missouri Division of Family Services any suspected abuse or neglect of a child.

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