Field Trips

Field trips for the upcoming school year are in the planning stages! Sign ups will be sent to your email address prior to each event. Before attending a field trip, please read and become familiar with the  CRECHE Field Trip Policy below. Please do not attend a field trip if you or your children are ill. 

Field Trip Policy

Who Can Attend

Field trips are generally scheduled on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month during the school year.  Since field trips are a benefit of CRECHE membership, field trip invitations cannot be shared with other homeschool groups or non-members. Parents may bring adult relatives to help chaperone their children; however, children of non-members should not be brought on field trips. Exceptions to this rule can be made, if approved by the field trip coordinator, and for field trips to public places that do not require a fee or an R.S.V.P. (e.g., a park).

Refund Policy

Money pre-paid for a field trip cannot be refunded by CRECHE. If CRECHE has guaranteed a certain number of attendees to a field trip venue and a member is unable to attend the event but has an “attending” R.S.V.P., said member will still be responsible for paying the attendance fees unless the member changes the R.S.V.P. to “not attending”, prior to the advertised deadline. As with all CRECHE events, if CRECHE members are sick they should not attend, even if they do have an “attending” R.S.V.P. For general guidelines in maintaining the health of our members at events, please read the CRECHE Sick Policy on our Policies & Expectations page.

Chaperones

On occasion, CRECHE children may attend a field trip without a parent; however, specific arrangements must be made in advance to have the child chaperoned by a relative (e.g., grandparent) or another CRECHE member. A chaperone arrangement between two CRECHE parents must be reported to the field trip coordinator and the parents must exchange emergency contact information. All parents acting as chaperones of children other than their own must have completed Protecting God’s Children and other forms that are required by the Rockford Diocese.

Permission Slips

At times, a field trip (or other CRECHE event) may require a permission slip to be submitted before a child may attend. This is typically for events involving older children and the parent is not required to stay because of the nature of the event. In these instances, CRECHE will provide 2 or more chaperones with PGC certification. No exceptions will be made allowing a child to attend without a permission slip.

How to Schedule an Event

New ideas are welcome. If you have an idea or would like to organize a field trip, please contact a board member. This will prevent duplication of efforts or scheduling conflicts. On-your-own field trip opportunities can be made available to other members through group messaging; however, it should be made evident that these are not CRECHE-sponsored field trips by indicating “On-Your-Own” in the subject line of the email announcement. This is an issue of insurance coverage. Opportunities that conflict with already scheduled CRECHE events cannot be advertised through CRECHE group messaging. Please check for conflicts with the Field Trip Coordinator and CRECHE Board of Directors.