St. Therese School

Thank you for your gift of volunteering your time at STS and the blessing of working with our children. If you have already completed all THREE required steps for serving as a volunteer, we thank you. If not, please read the following:

We believe that our school and related agencies must ensure a safe environment. All school volunteers, chaperones, and employees are included in this important Safe Environment Policy. In conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Diocese of Paterson requires all volunteers* and/or employees who have REGULAR contact with children, minors or vulnerable adults be approved to volunteer/work by completing ALL OF following steps, also found HERE:

• Complete an online background check (Fastrax)
• Read, understand and SIGN the Diocesan Pastoral Code of Conduct
• Attend the 3-hour Virtus® live-training program,“Protecting God’s Children”

The process to complete these requirements has been streamlined into one registration interface. *Before you begin, be sure you are using either a laptop or desktop computer, not a cell/smartphone. Once you start the process you must complete it; do not pause at any point or the system will time out.*
Visit www.virtusonline.org to begin the registration process and click “FIRST TIME REGISTRANT”.
Organization: Paterson-Child Protection (Diocese), Location: St. Therese School.
Any questions or concerns related to STS, please contact Suzanne in the STS Main Office at 973.584.0812 x102 or via EMAIL.
*If a family member with a different last name is registering with Virtus under St. Therese School, please email the main office with the name of the person registering so that their registration can be approved.