Protecting God’ s Children: Parents / guardians who work directly with students are required to complete Virtus Training( Protecting God’ s Children) and complete a background check.
Volunteer Hours:
• Volunteer hours count towards the family obligation if the activity directly benefits Brother Rice High School. Approved activities include Parent Club and / or Advancement Department-sponsored events, sports activities, and extra-curricular activities. If there are any questions about whether an activity qualifies, please contact Julie Nelson at 248.833.2294, before performing the volunteer hours. Families will find many opportunities to fulfill service hours at school events that will be communicated throughout the school year.
• Athletic-Related Hours: A maximum of five( 5) service hours may be counted for supporting an athletic team, club, or extracurricular.
• Cash Donation: For families unable to give their time, donations of $ 100 may be made to Brother Rice High School.
• In-Kind Donation: For those families unable to give up their time, donations of food and / or beverages for events will be considered as volunteer time.
* Auction donations do not count towards parent volunteer hours.*
Reporting / Reviewing Parent Service Hours: Parent / guardians are responsible for recording their service hours on the Parent Service Hour form located on the Brother Rice Website. Please email the completed form to Julie Nelson at nelson @ brrice. edu. To review your parent volunteer hours accumulated during the year, log into PowerSchool and click on Parent Service Hours.
Statement of Consent As a student at Brother Rice High School, there will be schoolsponsored events that take students away from school property, and students will be under the supervision of the designated school-sponsored chaperone( s) on the stated dates. In return for students allowed participation, parent( s)/ guardian( s) agree on behalf of themselves and their student to waive, hold harmless, and release Brother Rice High School and any affiliated organization, their employees, directors, agents, representatives, and / or volunteers from any and all claims, liability, or damages arising directly or indirectly from the parent( s)’/ guardians( s)’ student’ s participation in the event. This does not apply to claims of gross negligence and does not apply to the extent of commercial insurance coverage for any claim.
CHILD PROTECTION POLICIES
On May 4, 1990, the Board of Directors of Brother Rice examined, adopted, and promulgated two policies regarding“ Child Protection” and“ Child Abuse and Neglect”. The first policy concerns itself with any faculty and / or staff person alleged to be involved in the abuse of a child in school either emotionally, sexually, or physically. The second policy deals with a faculty and / or staff person suspecting“ Child Abuse and Neglect” by either a parent or guardian. State Law of Michigan mandates reporting incidents of both abuses. The full and entire document is available to each family upon written request made to the Principal.
MEDIA CONSENT
Brother Rice High School showcases a myriad of talents, accomplishments, and achievements of its students within the internal publications, external marketing pieces, on the school’ s website, and through social media as well as opportunities in local media outlets via press releases.
If parents / guardians wish to prohibit all contact their son has in and with the media, they must contact the Dean of Student Formation. Otherwise, the school will presume that parents / guardians permit their son, his picture, and / or his work to be used in the media under the school’ s supervision. However, the school has control over the media only in the publications it produces and in photographs and official Brother Rice press releases where members of the media request permission to be on campus. In other situations, such as off-campus events, the school will not normally be able to prevent student contact with the media.
Students representing Brother Rice or identified as students from Brother Rice High School should not be interviewed by any member of the media without consent from the principal and from their parents / guardians. Students may not say or do anything recorded, printed, or broadcast by the media that may be harmful or scandalous to the Brother Rice community or to any member of the community.
Consequences for violation of this may be a warning, detention, Saturday detention, suspension up to and including expulsion, or any other consequence deemed fitting for the severity of the offense.
SURVEILLANCE CAMERA POLICY
The administration of Brother Rice High School has great concern for the safety of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors on school property. To better provide a safe and healthy environment, surveillance cameras are used. Areas under surveillance, including school buses, may be recorded at all times. Video surveillance is viewed as being useful in enhancing the safety of students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Protecting school property against theft or vandalism and aiding in the identification of intruders and of persons breaking the law. Only individuals authorized by the administration or designee may view surveillance video. In addition, discipline measures for information derived from video surveillance may result in a conference, detention, suspension, expulsion, and parent / guardian and / or law enforcement notification, depending on the nature and severity of the situation.
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