Event Information for Parents
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| If you have any concerns about your students,
please contact our Program Directors: |
- Sr. High - Jason Roeder, (408) 867-1000 x235
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- Jr. High - Matthew Bleckley, (408) 867-1000 x236
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- To schedule an appointment with Pastor Tim Galleher,
call (408) 867-1000 x234
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- For questions about events/camps, making reservations,
please call our Ministry Assistant, Melinda Chase, (408)
867-3041
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- Or you may email any one of us @ "first name@saratogafederated.org"
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Trip & Offsite Activity Guidelines for
Parents
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| ALL students are required to have a Medical
Information Sheet on file. We ask you keep us posted of any
changes in your insurance or doctors. We need to know about
special medications, health or allergy issues. This is
"confidential" information. |
- All
"off-campus" events require a signed permission
slip.
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- Drivers: In order to
protect Saratoga Federated Church and Student Ministries,
our high school students are NOT allowed to drive for
off-site activities. If parents wish to have an older
sister/brother drive a younger sibling, please make
special arrangements, in advance of the event, through our
staff. We ask that parents write a note and give it to
their student, which we will keep on file.
Parents will assume full liability for this choice.
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- Activity Space: We cannot
guarantee space at an offsite activity for your child if
they have NOT made ADVANCE reservations through our office
(Melinda). We need time to plan for transportation, meals
and purchasing food. This is VERY important to us.
Exceptions: Special outings for Small Groups, or
"student hang-time" with our staff.
"On-campus" activities are open!
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- Arrival Times: We set
times and ask that students be on time. As long as we have
staff on duty, it is not necessary for parents to stay
around and wait until we leave. We estimate a minimum of
30 minutes after arrival time before we leave for camps.
It is often longer, depending upon packing time,
complexity of the trip & timeliness of students.
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- Payment Delivery: PLEASE
TURN payments & permission slips into our Student
Ministry office, and NOT the Program Directors on
Wednesdays or Sundays. It is VERY helpful if you mail
these in advance of the activities.
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- Checks Written to: ALL
checks are to be written to Saratoga Federated Church with
your student's name/activity written in the notation area.
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- How to Make Payments: Every
event/camp has a separate budget and is handled
individually. Therefore, please write one check for each
event. If you have two students attending the same event,
you may pay for both of them with one check. If you have
two students attending two events, that requires two
checks!
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- Deposits: Regarding camps
and the Mexico AMOR Trip. These camps require large
financial commitments from our church. Therefore, these
deposits are non-refundable. If your child has to cancel,
possibly another student could take your child's place or
you could offer it as a scholarship gift to another
student.
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Hope this clarifies how we work.
Your Student Ministry Staff
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Student Ministry Hotline
(408) 867-3041
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Fax
(408) 867-3346
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Administrator
(408) 867-3041 |
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Pastor or Students and Children
(408) 867-1000 x234 |
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Associate Pastor, High School Ministries
(408) 867-1000 x235
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Jr. High Coordinator
(408) 867-1000 x236
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