Guided by Faith, Growing Together

At Erie Catholic Schools, our mission is to form students in faith, knowledge, and character, in partnership with the families who entrust their children to us. Our Parent/Guardian and Student Handbook and our Preschool Program Handbook are meant to serve as a companion on the journey, outlining the values, expectations, and daily practices that help us live out our shared calling as a Christ-centered community.

Inside, you will find guidance on school routines, policies, communication, safety, and practical tools that support the deeper goal of creating a nurturing, faith-filled environment where children can grow into the people God created them to be. We invite you to prayerfully review these handbooks and keep them as a resource throughout the year.

Together, as families and schools united in Christ, we ensure that every child is surrounded with faith, love, and the support they need to flourish.

Erie Catholic School System has implemented NWEA Map Growth as the system's standardized testing, as of the 2021-22 school year. Below you will find an overview of the assessment and examples of how your teachers utilize your child's score in the areas of reading, language usage, science and mathematics. 

Dignity, Simplicity, Community, & Readiness

At Erie Catholic, our dress code supports dignity, simplicity, community, and readiness for learning. A shared uniform helps students begin each day with a sense of belonging and 

reflects values central to Catholic education: respect for self and others, stewardship, modesty, and pride in being part of our larger community. Families play an important role in helping students begin each day in dress code. We ask parents and guardians to review uniform and dress expectations with their child and ensure students leave home dressed in approved attire. The full dress code policy is available below.

Please see the list of clearances for volunteers.

Our first priority remains the safety of our children. The additional safeguards required of ALL Volunteers are required by the state and the Diocese to help screen out any potential risk to our children. Erie Catholic is also concerned about the protection of the volunteers themselves as well as having a heightened awareness of the legal responsibilities of the School System. Having a single tier and set of clearances for ALL volunteers ensures that ALL volunteers can help in ALL capacities and avoids any misunderstanding. Therefore, Erie Catholic now requires registering and obtaining the clearances as a Regular Volunteer to help in our schools regardless of frequency.

Yes. Chaperones are considered regular volunteers and must have all documentation necessary for that classification. 

If the parent is attending mass, no. 

However, if the parent will be taking on a role of supervision with the students, then yes, clearances would be required.

See the list of clearances. 

The driver must: 

• Be at least 21 years old
• Complete the Regular Volunteer Clearances
• Complete the diocesan Volunteer Driving Information Sheet. 

Additionally, if it is an official school function—parents must have their own child in the vehicle with other children OR they must have another adult in the vehicle when none of the children are their own. (This is not the same as a coach driving school van to competitions.)

School visitors are non-recurring visitors that are never to be unaccompanied in the school building or classroom or during a school event; school personnel must always be present. Some examples are Service Workers, Assembly Presenters, Classroom Guest Presenter, Classroom Guest reader and Parents or Guardians sharing a Birthday Lunch with their child. Visitors should never be in a position of care, supervision, guidance or control of children.