FIELD TRIPS
Each class may take field trips as long as those trips are educationally beneficial. Field trips are a privilege and the classes go according to teacher discretion.
“Students on field trips must be properly supervised. All such trips must have the approval of the Principal. Purely recreational trips should be held outside of school time; they may be held during school time only with the permission of the Diocesan Superintendent. However, the graduating class of a school may have one recreational class outing during school time. Written permission of the parents or guardian must be obtained for each trip.” #6153
Parents must sign a copy of the school’s permission slip and cover the cost of the arrangements before a child may participate. Notes in place of the school’s permission slip will not be accepted. A copy of the school’s permission slip appears near the end of this handbook, should your child’s have been lost. It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to fill in the slip accurately. Efforts are made to keep the cost to a minimum. Such costs are determined from the number of students in the class; therefore refunds will only be given for absence from the trip due to illness or emergency. The teacher is the supervisor of the trips and is responsible for all decisions made. Parents who have gone through the Safe Environments Program are encouraged to be chaperones, the number limited to space available. St. John School uniforms or gym uniforms are to be worn on class trips. On the very rare occasion that the principal allows the students to dress up or dress down (for instance, when the class leaves in the morning and returns after 7 p.m.), the no uniform dress code as found in this handbook must be followed. A teacher may restrict a child from going on a field trip if he/she has not been completing schoolwork or has been continually misbehaving. In such a case the student will spend the day at school completing assignments left by the teacher.
“School sponsored overnight field trips for students in elementary and middle school grades are prohibited” (Diocesan policy 6153.1, revision 1).