HOW TO RECEIVE CREDIT

FOR MISSED CCE LESSONS

COMPLETED AT HOME

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It is our expectation that in choosing the weekly CCE program that you are

committed to having your child attend classes to learn about the faith and deepen

their relationship with God through Jesus Christ on a regular and consistent basis.

While we understand that the unexpected or occasional absence may occur due to

illness, family emergency or a last minute scheduling conflict, it is our expectation

that your child will miss no more than five (5) classes during the formation year

(i.e. from September into May). Any absences beyond this without express notice

to the RE Staff may result in the child being dropped from the program for that

formation year and/or being delayed in establishing eligibility for First Sacraments

preparation.

In order to receive credit for classes missed in the weekly program, we offer students

the opportunity to make up a limited number of lesson chapters at home with their

parents/guardians. The number of lessons made up at home may not exceed five

(5) in any given program year and are each due within three (3) class sessions of

the corresponding class absence. These chapter materials should be reviewed at

home, the on-line chapter assessments located on our publisher’s (OSV) website

completed, and copies of the on-line reviews turned in to your child’s catechist,

in order to receive full credit for the missed classes/lessons.

If circumstances are such that your child will exceed the number of allowable

make-ups (i.e. a permanent scheduling change has been encountered – please keep in

mind that seasonal schedule changes for sports practices will not be given priority),

please contact the RE Office as soon as possible so that other arrangements can

be made. This may include changing to another CCE session (space permitting) or

transferring to the Home Study program. Please note that no students will be offered

the option of transferring to the Home Study CCE program after its annual admission

deadline of January 31st.

If your child needs to submit make up work, please take the following steps:

1. Obtain from your child’s catechist the chapter materials from their

classroom textbook corresponding to the relevant absence date. The

weekly Lesson Schedule can be found on the parish website at

http://stlaurence.org/the-catechist under DOCUMENTS to the right.

2. Go to on the publisher’s website: http://www.aliveinchrist.osv.com/family

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3. In the green task bar, click on IN THE HOME where you will gain access to

the Home Session Plans. Choose the lesson plan you need by selecting your

child’s grade and then designating the chapter to be completed.

4. Download the appropriate Home Session Plan from the OSV website which

will be your guide or lesson plan for the chapter. It will easily walk you

through teaching the make-up material to your child.

5. Once the material has been covered, your child will need to complete the

corresponding on-line chapter assessment and turn it in to his/her

catechist in order to receive credit for the work. In the same green task bar

that the lesson plans were accessed, click on SEND EASSESSMENT.

6. If your child hasn’t completed an on-line chapter assessment previously,

you will be prompted to Register with the publisher by creating a user

name and password of your own choosing on the OSV website. Click on

‘Register now!’ and follow the prompts. For subsequent visits, simply log in

using your chosen credentials. Please note: Be sure to write down and keep

your credentials in a safe place for future use as we do not manage this

website!

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To Sign-In or Register:

To Register and Create a User Account with OSV:

7. Once you have logged in, follow the prompts on the next three screens by

selecting the Grade, Unit and Chapter that your child would like your child

to complete an assessment for.

8. Enter the Home Study CCE program email address of homestudy@stlaurence.org,

making sure that the “Email results to logged in user” box is CHECKED as

displayed below. Clicking this box ensures that YOU will automatically

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receive a copy of your child’s results for each chapter completed (which

you will need to turn in). Click Submit.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The Home Study CCE email is NOT a monitored

email address. Assessment results are only being forwarded there to ensure

that YOU as the parent/guardian receive a copy of the quiz results. It is up to

YOU to make copies of any chapter assessments completed at home by

your child and turn them in to your child’s Catechist in order to receive

desired credit for the class absence.

9. Click on Take the eAssessment

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Enter your child’s first/last names and ‘Class’ designation (i.e. 1A, 2J,

3S, etc.) or Catechist’s last name and select START.

10. Have your child complete the assessment Questions at their own pace.

Once finished with the last question, they will receive the notification below

indicating that the test results have been submitted. Remember! A copy of

these test results will be automatically forwarded to the personal email

account that you utilized to set up your OSV user account.

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11. Go to your personal email used to establish the OSV user account and save

and/or print out the chapter assessment results for your child. (See Sample

Attached). Be sure to turn in any completed chapter assessments to your

child’s Catechist within three class sessions of their absence in order to

receive credit for the missed classes.

If you have any questions and/or concerns while accessing the on-line chapter

reviews at OSV, please feel free to contact either:

Joan at jhastreiter@stlaurence.org or

Molly at mzimmer@stlaurence.org