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| 1. | Students are required to complete a minimum of one-hundred (100) hours of service through the Faith Alive program prior to graduation. |
| 2. | Transfer students, after consultation with the Faith Alive Program Director, will have the number of required hours reduced. Exchange students are exempt from the Faith Alive requirement. |
| 3. | Students are not required to complete 25 hours per year. The 100 hours may be completed over the four years as best suits the student and his or her family. Students are encouraged to begin Faith Alive early in their career at Schlarman High School to avoid a last-minute struggle to complete the graduation requirement. |
| 4. | Projects can be completed during the summer and/or school year. |
| 5. | Incoming students and freshmen may begin the Faith Alive program during the summer proceeding their freshmen year only after attending a program orientation in the spring prior to their Freshmen year. |
| 6. | Students may not receive monetary compensation for any service projects. This includes money, gifts, tuition remission from the parish or any other compensation |
| 7. | Generally, Faith Alive projects are not completed for family members. The Faith Alive program asks students to broaden their concept of neighbor to include those outside of friends and family. (Exceptions can be made for some projects via a written request and approval of the Faith Alive Committee.) |
| 8. | Generally, a project supervisor should not be a family member of the student involved in the project. A project supervisor should be a responsible adult capable of adequately supervising a minor. |
| 9. | Parents must be involved in selecting suitable projects and should monitor the project to ensure that the student is well supervised. |
| 10. | The Faith Alive Program Director's primary responsibilities include the following: maintaining accurate records of each students status in the Faith Alive program; educating, motivating, and supporting students involved in the Faith Alive program; promoting and advertising the names of agencies that provide service opportunities; and acting as a resource person for students, parents and organizations requesting information on the Faith Alive program. It is not the responsibility for the Faith Alive Program Director to directly connect agencies with students or students with agencies. |
| 11. | The Faith Alive Committee meets twice each month to review and approve projects requests for Agency Projects, Schlarman High School Projects and award credit for Spontaneous Projects. |
| 12. | When a student completes the required 100 hours and all necessary forms, his or her parents will receive written notification. Student final transcripts will recognize Faith Alive Program completion. |
| 13. | Students who complete at least 150 hours or more with excellent evaluations by supervisors will receive special recognition at their Senior Honors Assembly. |
| 14. | Any junior that has not yet begun a Faith Alive project by the end of that academic year will be notified that a project must be started by September 1 of the Senior year or the Faith Alive Director will select a Gold Category project for that student from a list of available projects. Completion of that project becomes the highest priority after academic concerns |
| 15. | All disputes will be handled according to Schlarman High School due process procedures. |
| 16. | Even though supervisors are responsible for keeping an accurate record of student service hours and reporting them to the Faith Alive Program Director on the Verification Form, students are also required to keep a record of hours served. |
| 17. | Long-Term Projects (now called Gold Projects) contracted prior to June 1, 2002, must be completed according to the contract previously submitted. This is to say, Gold-Projects may not be reclassified as Spontaneous Projects. |