COMMUNICATIONS (cont.)

Communication is a two-way street. There is an important partnership between parents, students and the faculty, staff and administration at NDP. As a community of Saints, we must have an open and respectful dialogue to solve conflicts if they arise. To do so, we have set the following chains of communication to help resolve issues with reverence, respect and responsibility.

Academics Chain Of Communication

Should a concern arise in the classroom or with a student’s grades the following procedure should be followed:

To help students build self-advocacy skills, the first line of communication should always begin between the student and the teacher.

After the student has communicated with the teacher, then the parents can contact the teacher directly via email if necessary. Faculty information is available at ndpsaints.org/myndp/staff-directory.

If the issue remains unresolved, the parent should then communicate his/her concern with the department chair or student's counselor.

Parents should only contact the Assistant Principal of Learning Services if the chain of communication has been exhausted.

ATHLETICS/ACTIVITIES CHAIN OF COMMUNICATION

Should a concern arise during an athletic season, House or club event, the following procedure should be followed:

To help students and student-athletes build self-advocacy skills, the first line of communication should always begin between the student and the coach, Head of House or club moderator.

After the student has communicated with the coach, Head of House or moderator, then the parents can contact them directly via email if necessary.

If the issue remains unresolved, the parent should then communicate his/her concern with the Athletic Director or Coordinator of Student Activities or Coordinator of House and Retreats.

Parents should only contact the Principal if the chain of communication has been exhausted.

The following online tools are available to our parents and students in the parent and student portals on our website under the myNDP tab.

Teachers post course assignments, calendars, quizzes, tests, grades and comments.

Parents log-in by creating a parent observer account. School announcements are posted regularly in this system.

Our main database for student contact information. This is replacing PowerSchool.

Christian service opportunities are posted here. Students may sign up to volunteer on MobileServe to sign-up for service, record hours and monitor their service history.

Students will have a service supervisor sign off on the application on-site. The Coordinator for Christian Service accepts, denies and tracks Christian service.

Promotes career exploration. Provides personality assessment. Provides learning styles assessment. Students have lifetime access.

Parents can access to help their student(s). https://majorclarity.com/

Streamlines college search.

Keeps students informed and on track during the college application process. Makes scheduling college visits easy.

Keeps college applications deadlines top of mind.

Complimentary to and works in partnership with Scoir. Centralized source of trusted information for counselors/students/parents. Eliminates misinformation gathered from social media. Go-to guides for college topics: testing, essays, building college lists, etc. FAQs by topic.

Students and parents have their own accounts. https://www.collegeguidancenetwork.com