Parent Resources

Requirements for Employees and Volunteers

If you plan to be a Parish or School employee or volunteer who has contact with or access to children, you are required to complete the 5 Step VIRTUS: Protecting God’s Children Program PRIOR to beginning employment or volunteering. 

The Diocese of Cleveland’s December 2016 Policy for the Safety of Children in Matters Regarding Sexual Abuse requires that every Parish (Church or School) employee and every Parish volunteer 18 and older who has contact with or access to children is required to do the following:

1. Complete a volunteer application with 3 personal references with addresses. This application can be found here.
2. Attendance at a 3-hour “Protecting God’s Children” Training Workshop. Must be registered at www.virtusonline.org
3. Read and sign the acknowledgement form for the Diocese of Cleveland’s Policy for the Safety of Children in Matters of Sexual Abuse, Revised 2016.
4. Go to:  http://www.clevelandchildprotection.org
5. Choose “Resources” on the left side
6. Choose the link “Click to download the Policy for the Safety of Children in Matters of Sexual Abuse.
7. Read the Policy for the Safety of Children in Matters of Sexual Abuse
8. Read the Standards of Conduct for Ministry
9. You will sign the acceptance form for these two policies at your in-person training. This training will be scheduled by yourself in your VIRTUS account.
10. Contact the Sacred Heart of Jesus local VIRTUS Coordinator Kathie Buetow at (330) 749-2242.

Post VIRTUS Workshop Online Training

Within two weeks of attending the workshop, you will be sent a confirmation email. Follow the instructions in the email notification you will receive (click on the MY TRAINING tab after you log in to the www.virtusonline.org website successfully. Read the training bulletin carefully and answer the question at the end of the training bulletin. A correct answer registers that you have read the bulletin. You will be required to read 24 bulletins within two years. After that, training bulletins are not required but STRONGLY encouraged on a continuing education basis.

If you have any questions about this, please refer them to Kathie Buetow at (330) 749-2242.

This program was initiated by a group of volunteer school families working together to reduce personal tuition costs. The program is based on buying gift certificates from local and national vendors at a discount stated by the vendor.

Participants in the program pay full price for the certificates. The discount funds are held in an account until the end of the fiscal year when they are then paid to the church to reduce each family’s tuition bill for the upcoming school year. The fiscal year runs from February 1 to January 31 of the following year. There are nominal shipping and software fees, which are split among all families utilizing the program. You will receive an update of your earnings on the packing slip with each order placed.

Gift Certificate Program Enrollment Information
Gift Certificate Program Details and Instructions
Gift Certificate Pay online sign up Instructions

To order gift certificates, visit http://www.shopwithscrip.com/. You will need the Enrollment Code for Sacred Heart of Jesus School. This program is offered by GL Scrip. If you have any questions or concerns please contact our gift certificate coordinator –
Arze Witschey at (330) 334-3151

Sacred Heart School has a dress code which is described in detail in the Sacred Heart of Jesus School Student/Parent Handbook. Students and parents are provided with a current handbook at the beginning of each school year. Please refer to this handbook for specific listings of uniform options for your children.

Orders for Spirit Wear are collected several times throughout the school year. Flyers are sent home indicating the ordering dates. Please note: T-shirts can be worn as part of the gym uniform for grades 4-8. Sweatshirts and polos can be worn as part of the uniform for all grades.

We offer before and after care to our students. Details can be found by clicking here.

Transformation to Sacred Heart School is provided from the following school districts: Wadsworth City, Highland, and Cloverleaf. If you live in one of these districts and need busing for your child, please visit the websites below or call to contact the following districts:

Wadsworth City Schools (330) 335-1328
Highland City Schools (330) 239-1901
Cloverleaf City Schools (330) 948-2279

Good behavior is expected while riding the bus to and from school. Please read these rules to see what is expected from students while riding the bus.

We recognize that our current school families are often our biggest cheerleaders. To thank you for referring new students and families to Sacred Heart of Jesus School, we offer a Student Referral Program. Sacred Heart will award a $250 tuition credit to a current Sacred Heart family for each new student that is referred to, enrolls and attends Sacred Heart School. (Refer a family that enrolls two students and receive a $500 credit, three students and receive a $750 credit, etc.)

The referral program is for current Sacred Heart parents or guardians who are paying tuition for enrolled students (Kindergarten—through 8th grade).

Referred students must be enrolled at the beginning of a semester for the referring family to receive their distribution. (If a referred student begins mid-semester, the referral award distribution will begin during the second semester of enrollment.)

• Families who pay by automatic withdrawal or invoice will receive a credit to their account.
• Families who pay their tuition in full before the school year begins will receive an award check.

To participate in the New Student Referral Program, you must first fill out a Referral Program form. Forms are available in the school office. Referrals are only valid if the referral form is submitted before any contact from the new family is made.

Thank you for your ongoing support of Sacred Heart of Jesus School!

1st Grade (This work is not required, but provided as a resource for parents of students entering grade 1 in the fall).
Second Grade 
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Sixth Grade
Seventh Grade
Eighth Grade