Room Parent's Handbook

The primary role of Room Parents is to serve as a communication link and coordinating "body" between Parent's Club and faculty as well as the parents for each class.

While not all parents can, or wish to be, Room Parents, our parent body does depend on their Room Parents to inform them of events and recruit their assistance as necessary.

The goal of the Room Parent program is not to single out a handful of people from each class to perform all of the hospitality functions for each month, but to communicate these functions to all parents, to invite them to participate as they are able, and coordinate these activities to ensure coverage of the event.

The main responsibilities for Room Parents are as follows: Set up and initiate telephone tree, Parent's Club Meeting refreshments, Teacher's Appreciation Luncheons, Sunday Coffee Hour, Class Auction project, Christmas and end of year teacher's gifts, as well as organizing class special events and parties.

One person will remain as the Head Room Parent as the initial contact and to organize special events. The other Room Parents will be responsible for coordinating and organizing the other large events and projects as follows:

A Room Parent will be in charge of one of the following:

  1. Coordination of Class Auction Project.
  2. Coordinating Sunday Coffee Hour and Parents' Club Meeting refreshments.
  3. Coordinating Teacher Appreciation Luncheon and teachers' gifts.

The Head Room Parent will be responsible for setting up and initiating the telephone tree as well as organizing special events and classroom projects. A complete "job description" of the above responsibilities is included in the Room Parent Handbook.

There are a few classes that have extra duties such as: 3rd grade hosts the First Eucharist Reception Brunch for the 2nd Graders. 6th Grade hosts the Baccalaureate Mass Brunch for the 8th Grade graduating class and their parents. 7th Grade hosts the Graduation Reception after graduation.

If you are unable to fulfill your responsibilities for a particular event, it is still your responsibility to re-assign the duties to someone else as soon as possible to ensure consistent communication to the parent body of your class as well as to ensure that the particular event runs smoothly.