Absences, Illness and Insurance

Admission and Transfer

Arrival, Dismissal and Before School

Athletics

Birthday Treats and Party Invitations

Discipline and Detention

Dress Code and Student Conduct

Tuition and Fees

Field Trips

Grading Honor Roll and Homework

Graduation Requirements

Inclement Weather

Lockers

Parental Responsibility and Brown Envelopes

Physical Exams

Lunch and Playground Rules

School Philosophy

Student Relations

Supplies

Tardiness

Telephone

Transportation

Visiting the School

Parents should phone the school regarding an absence by 8:30 A.M. on the day of the absence. A written excuse is required upon the student's return to the school. If your child must leave school during the day because of a doctor's appointment, please send a note on or before the day of the appointment to the homeroom teacher. We discourage visits to the doctor during the school time but realize that there is sometimes no other alternative. Please come to the office, and we'll call for your child.

To be marked present for the morning, a student must be present for a minimum of 1 hour and 40 minutes between 8:05 A.M. and 11:30 A.M. To be marked present for the afternoon, a student must be in school for a minimum of 1 hour and 20 minutes between 12:10 P.M. and 2:45 P.M.

In planning vacations, we urge you to consult the school calendar and to take your vacation during a time when school is not in session. Vacations during the school year are discouraged.

If you must take your vacation during the school year, we urge that it be an educational trip. Since it is extremely difficult to give advance work for more than a couple of days, it will be given at the discretion of the teacher.

Make-up work must be of a high quality in order to be counted. Tests that are missed must be made up no later than the second day after returning to school from vacation.

If a student becomes ill during the school day, the parents will be contacted. When it is necessary that the pupil go home, he or she may be picked up at the school office.

Should a child be injured, first aid may be administered by school personnel. Parents will be notified and appropriate action taken. The school is not, however, allowed to dispense internal medicine without parental permission. If a student must receive medication at school, please send a note and the medicine to the principal. Forms are sent to parents in the first brown envelope concerning the administration of medication by school personnel or by students.

Emergency cards are kept on file at the school. If a minor accident takes place (example: scrape or cut) and sending the pupil home is not necessary, school personnel will make an effort to contact the parent at the earliest possible convenience.

If your child contacts a communicable disease, please let the school know immediately so that precautions may be taken. If your child can't participate in gym or outdoor recess because of medical reasons, he/she will need to have an excuse on file in our office.

Student accident insurance is available through our school. The company, Lawrence E. Smith & Associates, Inc. has a school time plan, a 24-hour plan, and a 24-hour dental plan. All programs are excellent and highly recommended. Checks should be made to Kidguard.

Those participating in sports are required to carry insurance or to sign a waiver. This insurance would satisfy requirements.