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Our Lady of the Valley Parish Religious Education Registration Form 2024-2025
Registration for the 2024-25 religious education year is now open. We are enrolling students ingrades PK-9. Sacrament preparation for both First Communion and Confirmation is built into
our religious education program. Students in grades 10-12 who have not yet been confirmed
are welcome to join our Confirmation class. Confirmed students in grades 10-12 are welcome tocontinue participating in religious education program events and receiving learning materials.
Please include all of the children you are enrolling in religious education this year on one form
(one form per family, rather than per child).
Once complete, you may submit this form by scanning and emailing it tosadakierski.olv@gmail.com, or by mailing/dropping it off to the parish office at 33 Adams
Street, Easthampton, MA 01027.
If you are not already a member of the parish, and would like to be, you may access the parish
registration form on the OLV website: https://olveasthampton.org/forms-fliers/
Please contact Katie Sadakierski, Director of Religious Education, with any questions. Thankyou, and God bless you!
Please complete the table below with contact information for eachparent/guardian/primary caregiver of the child you are enrolling this year.
First & Last Name ofParent/GuardianRelationshipto Child

Email Address

Phone
Number

Mailing Address

How many children are you enrolling in religious education this year? ________________In the table below, please fill out information for each child (name, grade, etc.), andplease note if they are making a sacrament this year (check the box for Confirmation orFirst Communion). Confirmation is typically made in Grade 9, and First Communion istypically made in Grade 2.
First & Last Name of Child

Sex(M/F)

AgeGradeMaking
Confirmationin May 2025
(Y or N)

Making First
Communionin May 2025
(Y or N)→

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Please complete the table below with baptismal information for each child you areenrolling in religious education this year.
Name of Child

Name of Catholic Church
Where Child was Baptized

Location of Church
Where Child Was
Baptized (City andState)

Year of Child’s
Baptism

If your child(ren) is/are making their Confirmation this year, please complete the tablebelow with their First Communion information. If your child is in Grades 9-12 and needs
to make both the sacraments of Confirmation and First Communion this year, pleaseindicate this on the line below.
Name of Child

Name of Catholic Church
Where Child Received
First Holy Communion

Location of Church
Where Child Received
First HolyCommunion (City andState)

Year of Child’sFirst HolyCommunion

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My child is in grades 9-12 and needs to make both the sacraments of First Communion
and Confirmation this year (check line if yes; leave blank if no): ______________________
Please indicate whether anyone in your family has allergies, specifying the type ofallergy, along with the level of severity. Please let us know how we may accommodate.
Name of Child/Family
MemberType of Allergy

Level of Severity (i.e.
severe airborne foodallergy)

Accommodation
Requested

If your child(ren) has/have special learning needs, please let us know how we may
accommodate by writing additional comments on the lines below, and/or by checking
off accommodations we may make to support your child.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Tutoring/additional support from catechists
 Student mentor/arranging learning pods Individualized faith formation plan Social stories/narratives Low sensory input area
To help defray costs of sacrament preparation materials, we ask that if you have a childmaking a sacrament this year (First Communion or Confirmation), that you submit apayment of $25 with your registration form. If you are in financial need, please indicatethat you would like a fee waiver, and we will apply one to your registration. A family
discount of $15 is available if you have more than one child being enrolled in sacrament
preparation programs this year. Please check off the boxes below to indicate how you➔4will complete the fee payment. If your child is not making their First Communion orConfirmation this year, please leave the following section blank.
Sacrament preparation (Confirmation or First Communion) program fee: Payment via cash 
Sacrament preparation (“) program fee: Payment via check made out to the parish 
Sacrament preparation (“) program fee: Family discount 
Sacrament preparation (“) program fee: Apply fee waiver 
Total payment: ___________________
Optional: Please indicate whether you would prefer to receive print learning materials oronline materials for your child(ren). There is not an additional cost to receive the core
print lesson book for the year.
 Print learning materials (books and prayer cards)
 Online learning materials (digital downloads)
Optional: Please indicate whether you would like to receive additional lesson & prayer
books on special topics (for an added cost) to supplement the yearly lesson book of corecontent. Please also calculate the total payment and indicate whether you will pay bycash or check.
 Yes, the prayer compendium: collection of prayers and guides to Catholic devotions forfamilies ($5)
 Yes, the “Journey to the Sacraments with the Saints” book(s) on the sacraments of the Church($5)
 Yes, the “Parts of the Mass” book on the order of the Mass ($5)
 Total payment (via check): ____________
 Total payment (via cash): _____________
Optional: Please indicate whether you would like to assist as a volunteer with ourreligious education program this year.
 Yes, as a catechist/assistant for grades PK-2
 Yes, as a catechist/assistant for grades 3-6
 Yes, as a catechist/assistant for grades 7-9
 Yes, as a catechist/assistant for any grade range
 Yes, as a volunteer for events/special programs in religious education