Parent Info
Family involvement is extremely important at Bethlehem Lutheran School. We believe parents who are brought into their children's education produce better students.
Parent Service Program
- Use your God-given gifts and talents to further his kingdom.
- Provide assistance to the school, coupled with monetary savings.
- Assist the Christian Parent-Teacher League (CPTL).
- Foster relationships between the school’s teachers and staff.
- Utilize community, parent, and family resources to enrich the school program.
- Support and encourage parents, teachers, staff and students.
- Each family with children in K-8 will be required to contribute 10 hours per family.
- The program will run from May 1st of each year and ends April 15th of the following year.
- Any services hours not completed by the end of the program year will be billed to the family’s FACTS account and the proceeds will go to Bethlehem Lutheran School.
- The hourly billing rate will be $15 per hour. In lieu of working the hours, you can choose to pay.
- You may pay the balance of your hours at any time during the school year.
- To find out how many hours you have currently worked, go to FACTS Family Portal. Under “family” your service hours will be post. In most cases the hours are listed under the mother’s name.
- Any Balance Due must be paid by May 1st to avoid your FACTS account being billed. Any payment collected through FACTS will go directly to Bethlehem Lutheran School. (In other words, if you choose to make a payment, please make it to the BLS).
- Hours are recorded on a PSP form or FACTS are rounded to the nearest quarter hour. Forms may be found in the office.
- Hours may be earned by parents and guardians, grandparents or other designated family members.
- Students enrolled at Bethlehem Lutheran School are not eligible to earn PSP hours.
- Service hours cannot be combined with another organization’s required volunteer/service hours.
- For example, if a family member is a student who attends Sierra Lutheran High School (SLHS), and the student is required to complete service hours, the student must either complete the hours for SLHS, or for Bethlehem. A person cannot “double-dip” the hours.
- The CPTL and the PSP coordinator will notify families at the beginning and throughout the school year of opportunities to earn hours.
- If you have suggestions as to how to use your gifts that are not listed, please contact Mrs. Winkelman.
Classroom Supply Lists
Updated July 2024
We, the staff, at Bethlehem Lutheran School are always trying to improve our school and provide resources for our families. This past March the staff attended a conference in Livermore, CA, and the featured speaker was Chris McKenna, the founder of Protect Young Eyes (PYE). The website is a fantastic resource for all to help deal with screen time and the ever changing world of technology. You will find free resources to help you with deciding how to handle devices like tablets, cell phones, and computers with children in your home. Please take a some time and explore this site and make sure to read Chris McKenna’s story. We think you will find it helpful in navigating technology and how best to implement in your household. Thank you for your time and we hope this helps in understanding the world of technology in the lives of our children. Click the photo or the link above for more information.