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Role
of Volunteers
Volunteers are a valuable resource to Catholic schools. They assist in the
classroom, supervise lunchroom activities, work in the school offices and
libraries, monitor school playgrounds, tutor students, serve as chaperones and
coaches, clean grounds and facilities, provide skilled labor and help to
organize projects and raise funds. The Catholic schools deeply appreciate
the efforts of these generous individuals, who give so freely of their precious
time and talents to benefit our educational communities. If you are interested in volunteering for the Catholic Schools Office, please
call us at 831-8173. If you would like
to volunteer at a specific school, please contact them directly -- see the
directory for contact information.
Catholic School
Alumni Association
The
Catholic Schools Office coordinates the activities of a Catholic School
Alumni Association in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Membership is open to
anyone who ever attended a Catholic school, whether in New Mexico or elsewhere,
including those who were taught by religious in New Mexico before the Dixon
case prohibited them from teaching in public schools.
These
individuals are helping Catholic schools to accomplish their core mission — to
develop a student’s intellectual, physical, moral and spiritual
potential — by contributing their time, talents and treasure to this important
work. If you would like more information about the Alumni Association or
an application form, please contact the CSO at
505-831-8173 or
cso@archdiocesantafe.org.
Role of the
Archdiocesan School Advisory Council (SAC)
The Archdiocesan SAC is an advisory
body whose purpose is to advise the superintendent, promote Catholic education
and serve as an appellate board. Voting members are one representative
from each of the archdiocesan schools' SAC, while non-voting members are
representatives of Catholic Center ministries, clerics and principals. The voting members are recommended by the school pastors and appointed
by the archbishop to staggered three-year terms.
The Archdiocesan SAC is directly accountable
to the superintendent, acts in an advisory capacity, and is only empowered
to act as a body. Individual members may not act alone or seek to influence
policy outside their stated mission. No member is authorized to speak on
behalf of the Catholic Schools Office. The Archdiocesan SAC is governed
by a constitution and by-laws which are approved and signed by the archbishop,
the superintendent of schools and the current chairperson of the Council.
Local School
Advisory Council (SAC)
Each school's SAC is a body representative
of the school's parent community and called to work closely with the pastor,
the principal, the superintendent and the Archdiocesan SAC in a spirit
of cooperation and interdependence for the purpose of supporting quality
Catholic education. The SAC shares in the responsibility of proclaiming,
in word and deed, the message revealed by God of building a community of
faith and giving service to God and one another.
The SAC is directly accountable
to the principal and is only empowered to act in an advisory capacity and
as a body. Individual members may not act alone or seek to influence policy
outside their stated mission. No member is authorized to speak on behalf
of the local school, the Catholic Schools Office or the archdiocese. Each
local Council's constitution and by-laws must be approved and signed by
the pastor, principal, current chairperson of the Council, superintendent
of schools, and the current chairperson of the Archdiocesan SAC. Copies
of the minutes of each official meeting are sent to the Catholic Schools
Office.
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