Student Support Services

Food

All students stay for lunch. Students in grades Kindergarten through sixth grade eat in the parish center. Students in seventh and eighth grade eat in their classrooms. Students bring their lunch and may purchase snacks and drinks in the parish center. The parish center is supervised by a faculty member, a lunch coordinator and volunteer parents.

Health

Care given in school is limited to first aid at the time of accidents and illnesses until parents can be reached to take a child home, to the doctor, or to the hospital . Emergency cards are kept for each student.

The school nurse, provided by haverford Township, is on duty Tuesday and Thursday, from 9:00 am to 2:45 pm. The nurses office is in the school building and supplies all of the needs for first aid, or support until appropriate medical help can arrive.

Physical examinations are required when a child enters school and in the sixth grade. They can be given in school or by a private physician.

Vision is checked yearly; growth screening every other year. Hearing is checked in Kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade and sixth grade. Reports are sent home when a child is found deficient in an area. The school program provides examination by a dental hygienist, dental health education for the students as well as referrals for all pupils in grades 1 to 4.

Guidance

Under Act 89 of 1975 the state legislature in Harrisburg allocates funds for providing auxiliary services to nonpublic schools throughout the county intermediate units. The Delaware County Intermediate Unit provides short term counseling. The counselor is scheduled one full day a week at the school.

Remedial

Under Act 89 of 1975 the state legislature in Harrisburg allocates funds for providing auxiliary services to nonpublic schools throughout the county intermediate units. The Delaware County Intermediate Unit provides diagnostic testing, remedial reading, speech and language services, and psychological testing.

Transportation

Walkers

A small percentage of students are walkers. These students are from the neighborhood surrounding the school. There is a school zone light system and a crossing guard..

School- Sponsored Transportation

The majority of our students take advantage of township busing.
Haverford, Lower Merion, Marple/Newtown and Radnor school
districts provide transportation for our students. In order to initiate
service a form is submitted from the school. The mailing of the form
should be followed up by a phone call from the parent to the district
in which the students resides. Busing is provided at public expense.

Public Transportation

Students do not use public transportation.

Parent -Sponsored Transportation

Many of our students are driven to school by parents. There are a few
organized car pools within neighborhoods. Most students are being driven less than 5 miles.

Field Trips

Written permission is required for children to participate in an educational field trip. The permission slip will specify the type of transportation the students will be using on the trip. The school uses busses from designated bus companies.

On trips where parents are asked to drive, parents are required to be
aware of the Archdiocesan Policy that in the case of an accident, the driver's insurance company assumes primary liability. Parents will be asked the number of rear seat belts they have and will be assigned only that number of children to transport.