Hello SVDP Community,

Hoping you had a relaxing and restful Thanksgiving. Now we are in the season of Advent, full of expectation and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Christ.

Please join us for the all student Mass on Wednesday, December 8 at 9:15AM and our Christmas prayer service on Friday, December 17 at 12:00 Noon.

We are so excited to host our traditional Nativity Concert on Wednesday, December 15, 2021.

Don't rush to get a seat; buy the front row pew instead.

• Bidding begins December 7 at 8:00AM through December 13 at 8:00PM.
  
• Two pews are available.
• Top two bidders will pay the second highest bid.

Proceeds will be given to Saint Vincent de Paul Church in support of their Christmas Ministry.

Link to bid is below. To bid you will need to create an account by clicking sign up.

Winning bidders will be notified on the morning of December 14th.

To volunteer at any SVDP activity, you must have the following:

1. Submit Livescan Fingerprinting (see attached form below) - Find a local business that can submit your fingerprints through the Livescan screening process. If you have already done this for previous SVDP volunteer requirements, you do not need to do it again. We will receive your fingerprinting clearance through your Virtus account (see #2). Please note that if you have done Livescan fingerprinting for other volunteer or professional requirements, you must still complete specifically for SVDP.
2. Complete Protecting God's Children training module on Virtus - If you have never done this, create an account at www.virtusonline.org and take the course "Protecting God's Children." If you previously completed the training, make sure your three-year certification is still valid. Existing certification can be checked by logging in to your existing Virtus account at www.virtusonline.org.
3. Proof of COVID vaccination must be emailed to volunteer@svdpsf.com.

Once you've completed all three of these requirements, your SchoolSpeak profile will be updated with a green check-mark (like the one above). When entering campus to volunteer, please use your phone to show your SchoolSpeak profile to the front office for admission. Sign-in as a visitor at the front desk and proceed to your volunteer assignment. Remember to sign out too.

All parents are encouraged to complete these requirements now, but they must be completed 24 hours prior to volunteering. Without your green-checked profile, we cannot welcome you to volunteer.

We are currently looking for volunteers in the following roles:

• ChoiceLunch - We need eight volunteers - two for each day of the week (Tuesday - Friday) to assist in distributing ChoiceLunch to our students. Volunteers must commit to the same day each and every week through Trimester 2 (February 25). Staff will fill in when shift volunteers are not available. Information on how to sign up will be distributed soon.
• K-2 Read Aloud - Parent volunteers will be solicited by the teachers, who will provide more class-specific information.
• Field Trips - Parent volunteers will be solicited by the teachers organizing class-specific field trips.
• Kindergarten Lunch Duty (beginning in January) - Look for more information from the K Team.