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Safety

Safety Training for Volunteers

To be a volunteer, in accordance with the Office of Youth Protection at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Archdiocese of Seattle, any time a parent or other volunteer works, or volunteers, in any capacity in connection with the church, parish or school —no matter how infrequently this occurs—safe environment training is required, in addition to undergoing a background check. Thus, the parent who serves even once during the year must complete the full Safe Environment requirements. Until this has been completed that parent must not be allowed to volunteer at the school or parish, with our children.

In order to volunteer at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School, you will need to set up a Virtus account, sign up for a Protecting God’s Children class, fill out a background check, and sign off on the Required Documents. To do that, go to Virtus and click on Registration. You will be walked through the process. The initial class is a 3 hour on-site class and you must sign up in advance.

Instructions to setting up a Virtus account

For additional assistance or questions regarding the Safe Environment Program please contact Terri Feutz at 253-564-5185 ext. 3062 or tfeutz@stcharlesb.org.

Circle of Grace

The Archdiocese of Seattle has announced a new safety program for our children in the classroom. This new program – called Circle of Grace, is aimed from Kindergarten through 8th grade, with lessons in each classroom.

An overview of the program and parent resources can be found below.