3^rd-6th Grade 1^st yr. Sacramental Preparation
Congratulations and Welcome!
These next two years are such an important two years for your child. We are excited to partner with you to help prepare their hearts and minds to live as Christ has called us to. You have the wonderful opportunity to explain and demonstrate God’s way of life.

What is required this year?
Student Requirements -25 Total Explore Four Credits  
18 Class attendance credits-​​​​​​   7 Explore Four Credits from the Service, Faith Practice & Social Pillars

Parent Expectations Catholic Refresher Course Required
Parent(s) are required to attend the monthly Catholic Refresher class that is offered during your child’s class time. One week the class will be offered in Spanish and the following week in English. We want to encourage both parents/guardians to attend if possible. We want to empower you as the main and most influential teacher in your child’s life to help you and them live your faith. We are blessed to help guide and walk alongside you and your family.
Parents, you will be put into a Catholic Refresher flocknote group, so be looking for those flocknotes. 

May 1st 2023 -May 1st 2024
18 Class Attendance Credits are required.

A minimum of 15 class credits in person and a maximum of 3 make-up classes. 1 Spring class will be a home lesson.  Students receive credit for the in-person class by attending class and do not need to turn in anything if they were present.

CatholicBrain- every student will need to sign-up for CatholicBrain. It is a Catholic Kids website. It has tons of resources, games, and videos. Many of our lessons use videos from the CatholicBrain website. Parents will receive an email with login instructions.Please feel free to use it on your own.

7 Explore Four Event/Activities between May 1st 2023-May 1st 2024

There are 3 Explore Four Categories: Service, Faith Practice, and Social. (see Chart) Students need 1 from Service, 1 from Faith Practice, and 1 from Social to complete the year. An Online Reflection Form needs to be completed to receive the Explore Four Credit. The Link to this form can be found on the Explore Four Webpage, your weekly flocknotes, or the direct link below. Direct Link:

Lesson Schedule & Details with Instructions Click Here

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• 17 of the lessons will be from the Faith Fusion book you were given.

• 1^st Lesson is the Welcome, Virtus lessons, and Introduction.

• We will be following the Our Catholic Faith book and completing chapters in book order except for a few exceptions. Please see the outline for the lesson schedule.  Do not panic when you see the number of pages there are to complete. The book is bilingual, so the pages double. 

• • • 8 lessons: 1^st semester thru December

    • 10 Lessons: 2^nd Semester thru May

Materials for Class

• Faith Fusion textbook
  Yellow Folder

Every student will receive a Faith Fusion textbook and a folder that they are expected to bring to every class.

Folders

Students will be taking home the “With My Family” page from the Chapter/Lesson covered in class each week in their folders.  We encourage students and parents to take 10 mins that week and go over the page together. We also want to encourage families to use the prayer in the “Praying Together” portion and pray it daily until the next class. It is vital to start those daily faith habits with your child.
Folders will also have copies of prayers and other important papers in them. Please check after each class.