Registration Notes

Earlier this week a brochure was sent via the mail to all OCS families detailing Registration and other important upcoming dates related to the beginning of the new school year. Additional copies are available at Central Office. Registration will take place on Wednesday, July 21st in the Small Gym at OCHS from 12:00 to 6:00 PM. All families are required to attend Registration.
If you are unable to attend, please contact the OCS Central Office or email Karen Gross at karen.gross@owensborocatholic.org

· Registration Forms: Over the past several years, we have worked diligently to simplify our need for the information provided in the many forms we ask you to complete as a part of the registration process. Again this year, I would like to point out a revision in the process that we think will make your registration process, and ours, much easier. Instead of asking you to re-complete Form A for each enrolled child, we will hand you a student profile sheet with the information captured in INow. We will ask you to review the information, including emergency contact information, make necessary revisions and additions, and give it back to us so that all information can be appropriately updated. All other forms are available on the OCS Website at www.owensborocatholic.org/forms  so they can be completed prior to Registration.
· FACTS Payment Plans: There are still families who informed us on their Pre-Registration Form that they would be meeting their tuition obligation via payments through FACTS and have not set-up their new FACTS account. We will have computers available at Registration so that this required action can be accomplished. I encourage all families needing to set-up this important account to do so prior to Registration. You can access the FACTS website at www.owensborocatholic.org/admissions  The OCS Tuition Policy states that all families are expected to meet their tuition obligation by one of these options: Full Payment at the time of Registration (less a 3% discount) or Monthly, Quarterly, or Semi-Annual Payments via FACTS. If there are issues that need to be discussed, I suggest that we meet prior to Registration. Contact me at 852.8028 or ken.rasp@owensborocatholic.org
· Families Paying in Full: I remind that the OCS Business Office is open every day prior to Registration from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. In order to simplify your registration experience, I encourage you visit us prior to Registration in order to make this payment.

· Families with Outstanding Balances: OCS Tuition Policy requires that prior to registration all outstanding balances are settled or a suitable plan be in place. I encourage all with a balance to make the appropriate payment prior to Registration. If you will have difficulty making the payment, a meeting with either me or a member of the OCS Business Office Staff is required. Please call Central Office at 686-8896 to schedule a time to meet. It will be easier and certainly more confidential to have this important conversation prior to Registration. Once the outstanding balance is current, the report cards for 2009-2010 will be released.
· Parish Vouchers: There are a few families who have not turned in a Parish Voucher. It is imperative that the voucher be submitted at or prior to Registration.
· Safe Environment: All adult volunteers in the Diocese of Owensboro who work with children (including all OCS employees and volunteers) are required to complete the on-line Safe Environment Training and a Background check every 5 years. Molly Thompson, the Coordinator of the Diocesan Office of Safe Environment, will be available in the small gym. Please stop by and check on your status.