Our Lady of Perpetual Help School - Chattanooga TN

Parent Involvement Program (“PIP”) is a program designed to involve our parents in daily school activities. Every family is required to volunteer their time at school at a minimum of 8 hours per child; families with two children = 16 hours, three or more children are required= 20 hours maximum per year. All hours must be completed by the end of the school year.

For those unable to meet the yearly requirement, PIP hours may be exchanged for a $10.00 per hour cash donation payable to the OLPH Annual Fund. A $150.00 maximum assessment will be charged per family.

However, it is not our desire to turn the PIP program into another fund raising activity. Family participation not only helps to make the cost of Catholic education more equitable, but allows more of our community to participate in our mission of “Academic Excellence in the Sacred Tradition”. Research shows that when parents are involved schools improve and student performance increases.

Please keep in mind it is not our desire to turn the PIP program into another fund raising activity. Your family’s participation makes the cost of Catholic education equitable and allows more of our community to participate in our mission of “Academic Excellence in the Sacred Tradition”.

A list of activities that qualify as service for the PIP program is available in the registration packet, from the teachers, as well as on and is also available online at www.myolph.com. Also your child’s teacher is an excellent source of information. Make plans to meet with your teacher at an open house or a parent-teacher conference to see how you can help.

Other opportunities:

Become a member of the School Committee’s sub-committees such as finance, facilities, curriculum, and technology.
Offer services that are not currently available to the school.
Share your field of expertise as enrichment to students: Career day or aptitude workshop
Supervise or judge contests, science fairs, art contests etc.
Chaperone field trips and & activities such as dances, field days, etc.: during the day, at night, and weekends.
Attend Home and School Committee meetings—1 PIP hour earned for each parent attending. Get involved with a fund raising event such as the OLPH Ram Run, OktoberfestOctoberfest, or other fund raising activities.
Join the school Booster Club: Help out with The OLPH Rams Golf classic and with other sporting events
Assist the Athletic director by volunteering time to work in the concession stands, collect gate money, be a score keeper and help maintain the facility.
Bake or cook for a bake sale, or help plan and cater special events like Teacher appreciation week and Catholic Schools week.
Help plan and execute dances, graduation, or first communion receptions.
Mentor or tutor students during school or after school, as a class room helper or take things home to work on. (Virtus training required for on-campus activities)
Volunteer time in the teacher work room making copies and preparing tests and other projects requiring collating and assembly.
Work as library assistant helping to shelve books.
Volunteer in the First Aid Room between 10 and 2 pm. (Virtus training required)
Watch the Friday fanfare for the P.I.P Corner: Announcements for needed help from our teachers. This is a prime opportunity to help when it is most needed.
Help the Director of Development tally PIP hours.
Organize a group of parents to work on the school grounds to help with landscaping, pruning bushes, planting and maintaining flower gardens etc.

A word about Virtus:

What is Virtus training, and why does the Diocese of Knoxville require it before I can help with some in-school projects?

The word Virtus derives from Latin and means valor, moral strength, excellence, and worth. The Virtus programs assist the Church in being a safe haven for children and a messenger for preventing child sexual abuse within the Church and society in general.*

Virtus training is available on an ongoing basis throughout the Diocese of Knoxville. The 3 hour course entitled “Protecting God’s Children” is offered in seminar format, and schedules are posted regularly in the East Tennessee Catholic. More information about Virtus training can be found on the Diocesan website www.dioceseofknoxville.org, and www.virtus.org.

*Source: www.virtus.org

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