PHOTO RELEASE FORM - 2026 VBS
This form allows you to consent to certain items regarding your child’s enrollment at St.
Matthew Lutheran Church & Early Childhood Center VBS, including a release of photographs.
While attending VBS, your child will be photographed and video-recorded by a variety of
people and in a variety of situations. This form is intended to both notify you of these activities
and to request any necessary permission.
Parents, students, staff, media, the public and others are permitted and authorized to
photograph and/or video-record certain events/activities. Anyone in attendance at such an event
shall have no reasonable expectation of privacy. St. Matthew Lutheran Early Childhood Center
may use photographs and/or video of anyone present at such an event on any of the media
sponsored by St. Matthew Lutheran Early Childhood Center, including, but not limited to:
newsletters, website, Facebook, etc. St. Matthew Lutheran Early Childhood Center is not
responsible for how others may use any such recordings they may make. No consent is needed
from parents/guardians and no additional notice will be provided by St. Matthew. Any student
(or student’s parent) who objects to being photographed or video-recorded, upon timely written
request, may be excused from participation in any such event.
Please select below: I Grant or I Do Not Grant:
my permission for St. Matthew Lutheran Church & Early Childhood Center to photograph
and/or video-record or publish (or release to media) my child’s name in connection with the
publication of any photograph or video of my child. I understand that, if I do not grant my
permission, my child may be excused from participation in any such event. I understand that a
written request must be submitted to the office in a timely manner to ensure my child will be
excused from the participation in an eventParent Permission *