At St. Ignatius Catholic School, the growth of our students is a cooperative and collaborative effort by and among families, the school community and the church. Research shows that parental involvement is one of the top indicators of student success. Thank you for all the time and effort you dedicate to making St. Ignatius Catholic School a wonderful place for children to learn and grow. Our school would not be the same without the many hours that our parents donate to our program. 

Family Participation Program

At St. Ignatius Catholic School, the growth of our students is a cooperative and collaborative effort by and among families, the school community and the church. Each family (including employees of the Diocese of Boise) is required to contribute at least 25 hours of assistance per year to school events and activities, including 5 hours of involvement in at least one school or school foundation fundraising event (e.g., Jogathon, Fire Gala, Fall Festival). These hours may be completed by people other than parents (grandparents, aunts/uncles, siblings of high school age or older (with permission only), etc.) on a family’s behalf. 

Volunteer hours served at the parish will not count toward the St. Ignatius required hours.

It is each family’s responsibility to report volunteer hours as directed by the school. A fee of $25 per hour will be charged at the end of the school year for any hours not completed. 

Additional volunteer hours in excess of the annual requirement can be donated to families with a hardship or circumstance upon request of the volunteer. This request can be made to the Business Office. The school will determine eligible hours and to whom hours will be donated.

(Note that families of our Pre-K students (who do not also have a K-8 student) are invited but not required to complete 25 hours of assistance.)

We hope that we can make this experience rewarding for both your family and our community, and we seek to understand the unique gifts, talents and interests of each family to best match those abilities with the needs of our community.

All current volunteer opportunities can be found in the weekly communication that is emailed each Tuesday during the school year. You may also reach out to the HSA for opportunities at hsa@stignatiusmeridian.org. 

All volunteer hours must be recorded by parents in their family FACTS SIS account. You can enter your hours by logging into your FACTS SIS account, going to the “Family” tab, then “Family Home”. There you will see an option to add service hours under each parent’s portal with a description of the work completed. ALL HOURS MUST BE RECORDED BY PARENTS IN FACTS TO BE COUNTED. If a grandparent or other family member is completing time on your behalf, the parent must enter the time under their own name in FACTS and then add the name of the family member that actually completed those hours in the notes section. The school will use sign ups and volunteer lists to verify hours but parents must record all hours worked in FACTS. The benefit to this is that parents will always be able to go in and see their logged volunteer hours in real time.

Please remember that anyone who volunteers with students must have completed the Safe Environment training and have signed the St. Ignatius Volunteer Agreement.