Cafeteria Services

Students bring their lunch daily and eat in classrooms supervised by teachers. Each Tuesday the Home School Association sponsors a hot lunch for students. Parent volunteers coordinate this service.

Health

Vision, hearing and scoliosis screenings are provided to all students. First Aid provisions follow Harford County School Health Guidelines and First Aid Procedures, Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from the Maryland State Department of Education, Harford County School Health Department Procedures, Archdiocese of Baltimore Regulations and Guidelines for Elementary School. Our health room is staffed by trained personnel and volunteers during school hours. The health room contains a bed, appropriate locked medicine cabinets, adequate supplies for first aid and chronic diseases and conditions, health information pamphlets for students, adequate communication to offices.

Media Center

The media center is open to students and faculty for book exchange and for use as an information center throughout the school day. Students may exchange books or visit the media center for research or study during regularly scheduled period or at other times with teacher permission.

Home School Association

St. Joan of Arc School Home and School Association was founded to promote cooperation and communication among parents, faculty and administrative staff. Successful interaction serves to foster and enhance the spiritual, mental social and physical education of all students. The functions of the H.S.A. are to be of service to our children, school, parish, and community; to provide information through a newsletter; and to raise funds to help enhance our student's educational environment.

General meetings are held periodically throughout the year. As the occasion and interest level of the parents warrant, speakers are scheduled. Social and service events are planned for the families during the academic year.

Professionally, the H.S.A. is a member of the National Forum of Catholic Parent Organizations and the National Catholic Education Association.

All elementary school families are encouraged to join the Home and School Association.

Transportation

Approximately 5% of our student population are walkers. Students who walk home have the protection of a crossing guard as they cross streets near our school.

The large majority of our parents (approximately 95%) drive their children to and from school.

Although there are no formally organized car pools, parents make individual arrangements to share transportation with other families. Our school does not provide bus services to students for transportation to and from school nor do they use public transportation.

Chartered buses are used for all school sponsored field trips.

Before and After School Care

St. Joan of Arc School offers an Before and After School Care (ASC) program for students. Before School Care begins at 7:00am and After School Care begins at 2:55 PM and ends at 6:00 PM. This program is open to all students on a daily or as needed basis. An hourly fee is charged for this supervised program which includes homework help, outdoor play, study hall and quiet games.