Ketchum Elementary School
Leslie
Janis, Principal
Loretta
Lancaster, Secretary Lori Moss, Counselor
Phone
(918) 782-9543
Fax
(918) 782-3241
404
North
Ketchum,
Oklahoma
74349
Faculty and Staff
PRE-K
JoAnne Smoke, Teacher
Jennifer Zagar, Teacher
KINDERGARTEN
Brenda Beisley, Teacher
Brenda Fink, Teacher
Jennifer Pool, Teacber
FIRST GRADE
Rebeka Vaughn, Teacher
Shalon Sharpe, Teacher
Jennifer Merritt, Teacher
SECOND GRADE
June Breedlove, Teacher
Amber Banker, Teacher
Brooke Smith, Teacher
THIRD GRADE
Kim Byrd, Teacher
Andrea Frost, Teacher
Marlo Lee, Teacher
FOURTH GRADE And FIFTH GRADE
Teresa Clifton, Teacher
Terry Reed, Teacher
Melanie Sanders, Teacher
Robin Steed, Teacher
Susie Weeks, Teacher
Tawnya Cornish, Teacher
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Summer Falling, Teacher
MUSIC & ART
Bonny Taylor, Teacher
SPECIAL SERVICES
JoAnne Curry, Title I
Amy Weaver, Librarian
Trish Willyard, Speech/Language Pathologist
Marsha Thomasson, Special Education Teacher
AIDES
Pamela Hunt, Title I
Robyn Porter, Cherokee Nation Family Advocate
Karen Swartz, Pre-K
Lanie Allen, Pre-K
Sharon Brown, Kindergarten
CUSTODIANS
Tomi Tubbs
CAFETERIA
Carol Kearns, Child Nutrition Coordinator
Camilla Herndon, Head Cook
Diane Owens, Cafeteria Staff
Brenda Grafenstein, Cafeteria Staff
Cindy Faubion, Health Care Coordinator
Mona Newcomb, District Liaison
School Calendar 2008 – 2009
August 11 Teachers Report/Prof. Day
August 12 Open House (12:00-5:00)
August 13 First Day of Classes
August 27 Rodeo Parade/Professional Day (No School)
September 1 Labor Day Holiday (No School)
October 10 First Quarter Ends
October 13 Beginning of 2nd Quarter
October 14 Parent/Teacher Conferences (4:00-7:00)
October 15 Parent/Teacher Conferences (9:00-12:00)
October
16
Fall Break/Professional Day
October 17 Fall Break
November 26, 27, & 28 Thanksgiving
December 19 Second Quarter Ends/First Semester Ends
December 22- January 2 Winter Break
January 5 Beginning of 3rd Quarter
January 19 Snow Day
February 16 President’s Day/Professional Day
March 6 Third Quarter Ends
March 9 Beginning of 4th Quarter
March 10 Parent/Teacher Conference (4:00-7:00 pm)
March 12 Parent/Teacher Conferences (9:00 to Noon)
March 13 Teacher OEA Zone Meeting/Professional Day No School
March 16-20 Spring Break
April 10 No School (Snow Day)
May 20 Last Day of Classes
May 21 Teacher Checkout
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Supply
List 2008-2009
Pre-
School
·
Backpack with zipper closure (regular size) Girls- 1 pkg,
paper plates
·
2 LG. cloth zipper pencil bags w/3metal rings Boys-
1 box of quart size zipper bags
·
2 Plastic pocket folders
·
2 70-page spiral notebooks
·
= Label only these items
2 boxes Kleenex
2 rolls paper towels
1 pkgs. Baby wipes
1 pkg colored typing paper
1-4oz bottle Elmer’s glue
2 pkgs. Twist up crayons
4 glue sticks
1 pkg. Construction paper
$5 for art projects and other supplies
Optional
:
Gallon
Zipper Bags
Pl
Small paper plates
Play-doh
Small paper plates
Kindergarten
2
boxes tissue 8
Glue sticks
1 pkg.
Of colored typing paper 1
box band-aids
Or
construction paper 1
Backpack*
20
No.2 wood pencils 2
boxes crayons*
1 Fiskars blunt tip scissors* 2
zipper pencil bags*
1 set
water paints* 1
small plastic school box*
2 Red
& Blue plastic pocket folders w/brads*
1 set
washable markers*
* = Please label these supplies
with your child’s name
Optional:
Clorox Wipes
1st
Grade
1
zipper pencil bag with 3 metal rings 1
composition notebook
1 zipper
pencil bag –student choice 1
roll paper towels
2-1”
3-ring binders 1
box tissue
2-3-hole
vinyl (plastic) pocket folders 1
box Band-Aids
6 glue
sticks 25
pencil top erasers
1
plastic school box
4
boxes of crayons -24 count
Optional:
1 pkg.
washable wide markers AA
Batteries
1 Fiskars scissors Clorox
Wipes
40 No.
2 wood pencils
6 big
pink erasers
Girls:
1 pkg loose-leaf construction paper
Boys: 1 pkg. bright typing paper
2ND
Grade
1 pkg.
wide-ruled loose paper 2
big pink erasers
4 pkgs.NO. 2 wood pencils (10ct.) 3 folders w/brads
2
pkgs. Pencil top erasers 2
red ink pens
1
ruler (wood) with inches and cent. 3
rolls paper towels
4 glue
sticks
Clorox
Wipes
1 Fiskars scissors
Optional:
4 box
tissue 1
box markers
Colored
pencils & 1 box crayons (24ct.) 1
pencil box/bag
Girls:
1 pkg. construction paper 1
pkg. colored typing paper
Boys:
1 pkg. bright typing paper
Art:
Large
Ziploc bag & folder Clorox Wipe
Please do not label supplies with child’s name
3rd
Grade
Girls:
1 pkg. Bright colored copy paper $5
for class projects
Boys: 1 pkg. construction paper 2 cloth pencil
bags with 3 rings (zipper)
2 RED
folders with brads 1
ruler with inches and centimeters
Girls:
1 box tissue 4
pkgs. #2 Wood pencils (10 ct.)
Boys:
1 roll of paper towels 1
box of multiplication flash cards (0-12
1 pair
of scissors
1 pkg.
sticky notes
1
composition book
2
pkgs. Colored pencils Art:
2
highlighters Small
sketch pad
1
personal pencil sharpener (not battery operated) Folder
1
clear supply box Paint
shirt in a Ziploc bag
2
boxes of crayons labeled
w/name
2
bottles of glue
50
pencil top erasers
2
containers Clorox wipes
Please do
not label supplies!
3 glue
sticks
1
spiral notebook
2-1” 3-ring binders
4th
& 5TH Grades
4 pkg.
No 2 Wood pencils
5 blue
or black pens
1 pkg.
colored pencils
1 box
markers
5 red
pens
1 pair
scissors
3
pkgs. Pencil top erasers
1
pencil pouch
3 boxes
tissue
6
perforated spiral notebooks (wide ruled)
2
yellow high-light markers
1
bottle Elmer’s glue
5
pkgs. Loose –Leaf notebook paper (wide ruled)
1 red
plastic pocket folder with brads
1
orange folder with pockets
1
trapper keeper or large binder
7
plastic, solid colored pocket folders with no brads to fit in large trapper or
binder (do not label folders)
Art:
Small
sketch pad Paint
Shirt in a ziploc bag labeled w/name
Folder
As
the school year progresses, it is possible that your student may need
additional supplies. We will let you
know.
Thank
you!
ELEMENTARY HANDBOOK
2008-2009
BOARD OF EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
Wilson Jones – President Rick Pool – Superintendent
Geoff Monical – Vice President Leslie Janis – Elementary Principal
Mark Evans – Clerk Joe Gramlich – Middle School Principal
Jenny Spielmann – Member Kate Creekmore-Knoten – High School Principal
Dandy Risman – Member
ATTENDANCE
Oklahoma State Law provides that all eligible children must attend school. Each student who is absent from the building any period of the school day must report to the office as soon as he/she returns to school. On the 9th absence in any subject, the student will fail that subject. Notifications will be sent home after the 4th & 8th absence in one semester. This letter will include a list of the absences and the documented reasons for the student not attending class(es). On the 9th absence per semester in any class(es), the student will receive an F. Three tardies count as one absence. Students who are sick, have doctor's appointments, etc., are considered absent since they are not in school. In order to receive an excused absence, an official notification from a medical clinic or doctor must be turned in to the office. Parents should send a note of explanation for any other type of absence with the child when he/she returns to school so the office can document it. ALL absences are counted against students who are not in school, unless they are representing the school in an activity. A parent has the opportunity to request to appear before a committee of the student’s teachers, principal, and superintendent to discuss absences at the end of each semester. A school representative will check absences and send the names of those students with excessive absences/tardies to the appropriate county district attorney’s office.
TARDY/LEAVING SCHOOL EARLY
Students are not permitted to leave campus unless accompanied by a parent/guardian and then they must be checked out through the school office. The office will then excuse the student from class over the intercom system or write a tardy slip if they are just arriving. Three tardies or early dismissals equal one absence. This will count as one of the eight days mentioned in the attendance policy. Any student who is frequently late or checking out early can be disciplined at the discretion of the principal. Students on buses arriving late will not be counted tardy.
BELL
Breakfast: 8:05 – 8:25
1st Hour: 8:30 – 9:20
2nd Hour: 9:25 – 10:15
3rd Hour: 10:20 – 11:10
4th Hour: 11:15 – 12:05 OR 11:45 – 12:35 (Staggered Lunches)
5th Hour: 12:40 – 1:30
6th Hour: 1:35 – 2:25
7th Hour: 2:30 – 3:20
MAKE-UP WORK
Make up work is expected for all absences. The student is also responsible for the daily work and the deadlines that coincide with the make-up work. If a student is absent, it is the STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY to check with each teacher upon his/her return regarding work missed. Assignments can be gathered before an absence if a parent calls by 10:00 a.m. in order to give the office time to collect work from the teacher(s). This work can be picked up at 2:00 or later. If a parent calls after 10:00 a.m., they can pick the work up the next day. A student will have one day to make up work missed for each day of absence. In cases of suspensions, work missed must be turned in upon returning to school. Any work turned in late will receive partial credit and any work not made up by the end of a two-week period will receive a zero.
INCLEMENT WEATHER
School closing due to inclement weather will be announced over the following radio and T.V. stations:
Radio
KITO –
Vinita
T.V. Channel 2 -
KGND –
Ketchum
Channel 6 -
KGVE –
Grove
Channel 8 -
Parents are urged to work out a standard procedure for their child to follow if school closes early and to make sure they thoroughly understand the plan. It is nearly impossible for all children to call their parent during such a time. Parents are asked to give the school emergency instructions and phone numbers for this type of situation.
USE OF TELEPHONE
The office telephone is to be used for business or emergency calls only. Students and teachers will not be called to the telephone during class period unless it is an emergency. Messages will be taken by the office and delivered to students or teachers before they leave school. Students are not allowed to use any school telephone without permission from a teacher or administrator. Parents are encouraged to call teachers during their planning period, before school, or after school to visit about a student.
PARENTS/VISITORS
All parents and/or visitors are required to report to the office when coming to school for any purpose. Students are not permitted to have student visitors in classes. If, for any reason, you must pick up your student before scheduled dismissal time, you must check the student out in the school office. Parents should report immediately all changes in home telephone numbers, home addresses, and names and telephone numbers of persons to be contacted if a student is ill or hurt.
SECURITY
All doors will be unlocked at 8:05 and locked at 4:00 p.m. daily, with the exception being the entrance to the Principal’s office. No student should be in the building before or after school hours on school days except under the direct supervision of a teacher or other school employee. This includes the gymnasium and other out buildings.
EMERGENCY DRILLS
During each semester, the school will conduct emergency procedure drills, which include fire, tornado and building lockdowns. The principal will file a written statement of date, time, and type of drill conducted.
MEDICATION
It is the policy of Ketchum Elementary School to distribute
medicine only when a physician or parent feels that it is necessary during
school hours, written permission must be given in order for the school to
distribute medication. Prescription medicines need to be sent in the
original container with the student’s name on it, with directions stating when
to give medicine and the dosage, along with written permission. Ketchum
Elementary DOES NOT provide over-the-counter medicines such as Children’s
Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Tums, Topical Neosporin,
OFFICE RECORDS
Items needed to enroll in Ketchum Elementary School include a state registered birth certificate, up-to-date immunization record, proof of residency (water bill, electric bill), Social Security Number, Enrollment form; and if applicable, a Sooner Care card and CDIB Indian card.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
The parent or legal guardian of any student shall be notified if a teacher or an administrator becomes aware of a contagious health problem such as head lice, scabies, smallpox, hepatitis A, etc. A child with a contagious health problem will not be allowed to attend school until a health official has determined that the child is no longer contagious. If efforts to resolve the problem through consultation with the parents are not successful, the administrator will consider referring the matter to the Department of Human Services or the District Attorney’s Office.
PARASITES
Any child afflicted with fleas or lice shall be prohibited from attending school until a health official has determined that the child is bug free. This includes fleas, brown nits, white nits, and live bugs. Absences from school will NOT be considered valid excuses and will count against the student’s attendance record.
When a child is suspected of having bugs, school personnel will check the child. If the child does have bugs, the siblings of the child will also be checked. There may also be times that the entire class or entire school may be checked. Upon determination, the parent or guardian shall immediately be called to come and get the child. The child WILL NOT be readmitted to school without a Health Professional’s release form stating the child IS COMPLETELY FREE AND CLEAR OF ALL FLEAS, LICE AND NITS. Also, the child will not be allowed to attend an extracurricular activity such as basketball games, cheerleading, dances, parties, field trips, etc…
In order to be readmitted to school, the parent must bring the child to the office with the Heath Professional’s release form. The child MAY NOT RIDE THE BUS TO SCHOOL until they have been readmitted. If a student has recurring problems, the office personnel may contact the Department of Human Services or The District Attorney’s Office.
TRANSPORTATION AND BUS SAFETY
Ketchum Schools is striving to take the best care of our students to and from school every day. The school asks that you please arrange a daily routine for your child so he/she will know what to expect on a daily basis. We cannot stress to parents the importance of this structure for children. It is requested that your child bring a note from home to the teacher each time the after school routine is different. If you must call to let us know of a change in schedule, we make announcements for these changes at 3:00 daily. We cannot guarantee that a message will be delivered if we are notified after 2:55. We understand that emergencies do arise, but it is very important that the school be contacted immediately to avoid any confusion on transportation. Remember: Riding a school bus is a privilege and that privilege may be revoked for not abiding by the bus rider rules. Rules are listed at the end of the handbook. Disciplinary action for misconduct on the school bus will be taken.
CAFETERIA
Breakfast and lunch is provided at the school cafeteria for the benefit of all students. The cafeteria will begin serving breakfast at 8:05 and the lunches will be served on a staggered schedule starting at 11:00. Pop is NOT allowed in the cafeteria. Students are encouraged to behave respectfully at the lunch table. We encourage proper table manners, inside voices and responsibility in food choices and cleanliness.
Lunch prices will be examined annually and our lunch records are balanced daily, weekly, and monthly. Extra milk and juice cartons may be purchased in the cafeteria. Breakfast and lunch money can be pre-paid into a child’s meal account, which is the preferred method. A monthly menu will be sent home showing the amount that will need to be pre-paid for the month. Any student with an outstanding balance will have a notice sent home. Please do not allow your student’s charges to accumulate. The charge limit for a student is $20.00. Accounts over the charge limit will result in an alternative lunch. This lunch will consist of a milk and peanut butter crackers. Lunches from home are permissible.
Students whose families meet State Department guidelines may receive free or reduced school lunches. For additional information contact your building principal’s office.
REPORT CARDS
Report cards are issued following the end of each nine-week period. The semester grade is recorded on the permanent record. Parents should not hesitate to phone or visit the school in case of unsatisfactory work on the part of any student.
GRADES
Grades shall be recorded as follows: A, B, C, D, F, N, S, U, and I for grades 2 – 5. Any incomplete work not turned in within 2 weeks after the close of the semester becomes an F.
A = 90% - 100% D = 60% - 69% S = Satisfactory M = Modified
B = 80% - 89% F = 59% and below U = Unsatisfactory N = Not at Grade Level
C = 70% - 79% I = Incomplete
HONOR ROLL
Students having straight A’s on their grade card for all four 9-week periods will be on the Superintendent’s Honor Roll. Students with A’s and B’s on their report card for all four 9-week periods will be on the Principal’s Honor Roll.
RETENTION POLICY
Whenever a teacher or teachers recommend that a student be retrained at the present grade level or not passed in a course, the parent or guardian, if dissatisfied with the recommendation, may appeal the decision by complying with the district’s appeal process. The decision of the board of education shall be final. The parent may prepare a written statement to be placed in and become a part of the permanent record of the student stating the reason(s) for disagreeing with the decision of the board. An option would be to allow students failing a grade to attend summer school at their own expense and upon satisfactory completion of the prescribed courses, be promoted.
PROFICIENCY BASED TESTING
The state has mandated that students have the opportunity to be promoted or receive credit for classes through taking proficiency tests. A student who can pass a proficiency tests with 90% can be promoted or receive credit. The tests are comprehensive and extremely difficult. Individual tests may only be taken once per testing period.
STUDENT ELIGIBILITY
Ketchum Elementary 3rd, 4th & 5th grade students are allowed to try out for academic bowl team and attend track meets. 5th grade students are also able to enroll in a basketball class. To be eligible to participate in an activity, the student must be in attendance at school at least half a day on the day of the activity, he/she must maintain passing grades, and he/she cannot have exceeded the allowed semester absences. Grades will be turned in weekly and a record kept in the office. The first time a student receives an F in any subject, he/she will be put on probation for one week and be allowed to participate while working to bring up the grade. However, if a student is turned in to the office with a failing grade a second consecutive week, he/she will not be allowed to participate in the ballgame(s) that week. It does not matter whether the failing grade is in the same subject. Also, any student that receives two failing grades in any two core subjects on a semester grade, will be ineligible for the first six weeks of the following semester. At the end of this six-week period, the student cannot have an F in any subject in order to be deemed eligible to participate. Once all grades are passing, the student will again be allowed to participate. This policy will follow the OSSAA guidelines used at the middle school & high school.
AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING
Beginning in September and ending in April, tutoring will be offered Monday through Thursday of each week from 3:30 – 4:30. Teacher recommended middle school & high school students will tutor elementary students and will be supervised by certified teachers. Parents will be responsible for transportation of their student. If a parent is repeatedly late in picking up a student from tutoring, the student can be removed from the program.
STATE MANDATED TESTING
All students may be administered a full battery of standardized achievement tests in the spring of each school year. The school may choose to test additional classes and students. Results will be shared with parents. Individual testing of a student will be performed when a teacher or parent recommends it and when written parent/guardian permission is obtained.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM POLICY
CLASSROOM PARTIES
Elementary class parties will be up to the teacher’s discretion and all arrangements should be made through each classroom teacher. Celebrations may be held for events such as: Birthday Parties, Fall Parties, Christmas Parties, Valentine's Day Parties, Easter Parties, and End of Year Parties.
FIELD TRIPS OR OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS
Field trips are a reward as well as a learning experience, therefore; students may lose the privilege of attending such trips if they have received multiple discipline notices, have incomplete work, have been suspended at anytime during the school year, have in excess of 8 absences during a semester or any other record of irresponsibility. To participate in an activity during or after school hours, a student must be present in classes the day of the event. Students at school sponsored off-campus events shall be governed by school district rules and regulations and are subject to the authority of school district officials. School aged siblings will not allowed to skip their own class(es) to attend other grade level field trips.
FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS
Any financial obligations incurred during the school year must be satisfied before enrolling for the following school year or before school records will be forwarded to another district. These would include: lunch charges, overdue library fines, lost or damaged textbook fines, lost school uniform, or equipment damage.
DESKS AND LOCKERS
Each student will be assigned a desk or locker for the keeping of books, supplies, and clothing. Each student is responsible for his/her desk or locker and must keep them clean inside and outside. Desks and lockers are considered school property; therefore, school officials may make searches at any time.
CELL PHONES AND OTHER WIRELESS COMMUNICTION DEVICES
A student may possess a wireless communications device. It will be the responsibility of the student to insure that the cell phone or pager is turned off, not on silent or vibrate during the school hours, which are defined as a.m. bus pick-up until p.m. bus drop off. Students who do not follow the policy will be subject to disciplinary action and will be required to leave their cell phone at home.
DRESS CODE
Students of
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICY
Each teacher will provide students with a copy of classroom rules at the beginning of each school year. These rules will list the sequence of consequences the teacher intends to follow. Parents will also receive a copy of these classroom standards. Some forms of discipline the teacher might impose, depending on age appropriateness, include: missing snack, missing playtime or recess, missing PE, time out, detention, missing a school activity such as assemblies, parties, or field trips, or being sent to the principal’s office for in-school suspension, out of school suspension, or corporal punishment.
In case of severe misbehavior, the class hierarchy or discipline procedure levels no longer apply and no warning is required. The student will immediately be sent to the principal. The student can receive detention, in-school suspension, out of school suspension, corporal punishment, or referral to other social agencies. The principal will only give corporal punishment with verbal or written permission from the parent or guardian.
ELEMENTARY OFFICE DISCIPLINE PROCEDURE
The general office procedure will apply to all infractions, unless the principal’s judgment determines the situation requires more or less discipline. The principal is allowed to make adjustments in the discipline policy to fit individual student/school needs. The discipline points are accumulative throughout the school year and parents/guardians will be notified of office visits.
DETENTIONS AND SUSPENSIONS
When a student receives detention, it becomes the responsibility of the student and parent/guardian to provide transportation to and from home. Detention will be held every day at noon, or before or after school in the elementary office. Students must report to detention on time and have pencil, paper, and work. Students must serve detention on the assigned day. If a student is absent from school on the assigned day, they will make it up on the day they return. If a student is not absent from school and misses detention or is late for detention, the missed detention time will be doubled.
Days missed for in-school suspension are not counted toward total absences and work should be completed and turned in to the teacher that afternoon. Days missed for out of school suspension are counted toward total absences, but work should still be completed and turned in to the teacher upon return. Length of suspension will be determined by the administration.
In disciplining handicapped children, the disciplinarian will determine if the behavioral infraction is caused by the handicap and will take disciplinary action appropriate in consideration of the specific handicap(s). If the behavior is unrelated to the child's handicap he/she will be treated the same as any other student subject to the same rules and requirements.
DISRESPECT TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND STUDENTS
Profanity, obscene or vulgar language, insulting and abusive language will not be tolerated in the classroom, on the school premises, school bus, or school sponsored events toward either staff or other students. Open defiance of school personnel will not be permitted or tolerated in the classroom, on the school premises, school bus, or school sponsored events. A student will not be allowed to interfere with the teaching-learning process of the classroom.
DISTRACTING ITEMS AND DANGEROUS WEAPONS
Students are instructed to bring to school only those articles, which they need to use in school. Pupils are not to bring articles to school, however harmless, that might distract them or others from their schoolwork. Some examples include: Headphones, c.d. players, pagers, cell phones, toy weapons, water guns, fireworks, cap pistols, etc. Exceptions can be made for students who can show documentation of a medical necessity for any electronic devices.
No dangerous weapons will be permitted
on school grounds or any school sponsored function. This includes guns,
knives, laser lights or other lethal instruments or any item, which might be
used as a lethal weapon. No one may use any article as a weapon to
threaten or injure another person. Ketchum Schools will define weapon or
firearm according to the laws of
Any student in this school district who uses or possess a weapon/firearm at school, at any school-sponsored event, or on school property including school transportation or school-sponsored transportation will be removed from school for not less than one full calendar year.
PHYSICAL THREATS, EXTORTION, OR VIOLENCE TO PERSONS IN SCHOOL
OR AT SCHOOL SPONSORED FUNCTIONS
There is a basic right to attend school without being subjected to threat of injury or being intimidated in any fashion. Incidents of assault, battery, extortion, or severe verbal intimidation are not acceptable at school or school-sponsored functions. Any student, who interferes with, intimidates, harasses, or injures an employee or student of the Ketchum Public Schools, may be expelled from the school for the remainder of the semester (and possibly the following semester). A conference will be held with the employee, student, parents, and administrator when the student asks for re-admission to school. At this time, the administration will make the decision as to whether the student will be re-admitted.
DRUG, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, ALCOHOL POLICY
These consequences will be imposed independently of court action. In the event a student is suspended from school for chemical problems, the administration may require evidence that he/she has completed or is currently undergoing acceptable rehabilitation treatment before allowing the student to return to school.
Pupils shall not have any reasonable expectations of privacy toward school administrators or teachers in the contents of a school locker, desk, or other school property. School administrators may search student’s personal belongings, such as purses, gym bags, and etc when there is reasonable cause. School personnel shall have access to school lockers, desks, and other school property in order to properly supervise the welfare of pupils. School lockers, desks, and other areas of school facilities may be opened and examined by school officials at any time and no reason shall be necessary for such search.
OTHER GENERAL STUDENT RULES
1) Keep your hands and feet to yourself.
2) Ladies & Gentlemen should remove hats when inside the school building.
3) Gum, sunflower seeds, and tobacco products are not allowed at school or on buses or field trips.
4) Toys, trading cards and electronics are not allowed at school or on buses or field trips.
5) No trading or selling of items between students is allowed.
6) Students should bring only the money they need to school. Extra money could be lost or stolen.
7) Bicycles ridden to school must be parked upon arrival and must stay parked until the buses leave.
8) Students should use good manners by using words like, "Please", "Thank-you", "Excuse Me", etc.
9) Students should practice honesty. No lying or cheating.
10) Students should treat others, as they would like to be treated.
11) Students should play fair and abstain from name-calling.
12) Students must maintain a clean work area in the classroom.
13) Students should bring a note from parents to be excused from p.e. or recess due to an illness or injury.
14) Observe library rules and be quiet while in the library.
15) Take care of school property and equipment. Do not mark on walls, furniture or books.
16) Always stay with your group or class and in your assigned school area.
17) Students must get permission for a restroom break during class time.
18) Restrooms are not a place to play. Students must help keep restrooms safe and clean.
19) Students may not leave the playground without the teacher’s permission.
20) If a student is unsure of a rule, it is his\her responsibility to ask a teacher or a staff member.
SPECIFIC PLAYGROUND RULES
-Take turns on equipment.
-Never throw objects such as sticks, rocks, dirt, etc.
-Do not go backwards, walk up & down the slide, or jump off of the slide.
-Do not play tackle or play contact sports of any kind.
-Do not climb on fences or go outside of fences.
-Do not play tag on the playground equipment.
-Do not jump out of the swings
-No standing or walking across the top of the monkey bars.
-Respect trees and shrubbery.
-Do not ride on the back of another student.
-Kicking, grabbing, tackling, wrestling, biting, scratching, and spitting are absolutely forbidden. Even if you think you are playing!
BUS AND TRANSPORTATION RULES
1) Board the bus in an orderly manner.
2) Remain seated at all times.
3) Keep arms, hands, head, and all other body parts inside the bus.
4) Do not throw anything out of the bus windows.
5) Do not throw anything inside the bus.
6) Do not block the bus aisle.
7) Do not curse or use provocative words or gestures.
8) Do not shout or make loud noises.
9) Do not bring objects that are prohibited at school onto the bus. Items include: aerosol cans, umbrellas, balloons, lighters, lasers, cameras, cell phones, knives, guns….
10) Keep hands, feet, & all objects to self.
11) No pushing, tripping or fighting on the bus.
12) No eating, drinking, smoking, or littering on the bus.
13) If the driver uses assigned seating, students must occupy that seat.
14) Students should be on time at their designated bus stop.
15) Classroom conduct must be observed while on the bus.
16) Cell phone use is not permitted on the bus.
17) Do not destroy any part of the school bus.
18) Remember the driver is the authority on the bus; he/she should be obeyed at all times.
19) Notify the bus driver of any additional friends riding the bus on a given day.
BUS DISCIPLINE STEPS
1st Step: Bus driver handles the problem. (warning)
2nd Step: Discipline form to the office to be sent home for parent signature.
3rd Step: Student will be removed from the bus for 1 week.
4th Step: Student will be removed from the bus for 1 month.
5th Step: Student will be removed from the bus for remainder of year.
BUS ROUTES AND
DRIVERS
Bus