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| Frequently
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| Attendance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What time does school start? | 8:45 AM, however students may enter the building at 8:35 AM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What time does school end? | 3:45 PM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What should I do if my child is going to be absent? | Call the office first thing in the morning (8:00-8:30 AM). Please call the office, rather than calling the teacher. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What should I do if my child is going to be late? | Call the office first thing in the morning (8:00-8:30). Please call the office, rather than calling the teacher. When you drop off the student, come to the office to sign the student in. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What should I do if I need to pick up my child before 3:45? | Have your child bring a note to the office in the morning. When you pick the student up, come to the office to sign the student out. We will call the student from the class. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| What time is lunch? | See schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May parents and grandparents come to eat with their children? | Yes. Please call the office by 9:45 AM so the kitchen can be prepared. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How much is a student lunch? | $1.85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How much is an adult guest lunch? | $2.75 (child guest is $2.10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How much is just a carton of milk? | $.35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Communication | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| When is a good time to contact my child's teacher? (teacher plan time) | See schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Can I send flowers or balloons to my child at school? | It is permissible, but students are not allowed to take on the bus any of the following items: balloons, glass objects (vases, etc.) or any items large enough to block the driver's view or bus aisle. Therefore, you must come to pick up the item. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Infinite Campus - We have switched to a new gradebook system. If you did not receive a Portal Activation Key letter at Back to School Night on Aug. 30, please contact your child's teacher. If you would like an additional sign-in for parents/guardians in separate households, please e-mail Mrs. Bruce. Grading Scale:
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| USD 437 Board of Education Minutes - Click here to read the agendas and minutes from the Board of Education meetings. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MP3 Advice What's the Download? - Super explanations of the issues with downloading music from the Internet and copying CD's to the MP3 format. Created by the Recording Academy (GRAMMY Awards). Legal MP3 Sites - A list of legal sites to download MP3 music files sponsored by the Recording Industry Association of America. There are also links to good information on this site. Music Rules - A site from LearningWorks and RIAA with great explanations and handouts to help you understand copyright associated with music. |
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| Preparing for a Parent-Teacher Conference - A nice article from DiscoverySchool to help you come prepared for a conference about your child. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scholastic's Site for Families - Great advice, ideas, and activities to explore as a family. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Help your child with Reading Fluency - Reading fluency is one of the skills we are working on for our School Improvement Plan. Learn how you can help your child improve. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Helping children with learning difficulties - This site gives tips and ideas for working with all kinds of learning difficulties including LD, ADHD, Dyslexia, emotional difficulties, etc. |
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| Helping your Child Learn Math - Ideas for helping children practice their math skills at home. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KidsHealth.org - A great site covering topics such as health, emotions, positive parenting, etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent Soup - Another site with multiple parenting topics. Answers to your parenting questions! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Department of Education - This is the parent section of the USDE. Interesting articles and more. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Family Fun: Parties - Planning a birthday party? This site has great ideas. This link takes you directly to the parties section, but be sure to check out other sections of the site. ChildFun Family Website - There are lots of ads on this one, but you can find good party ideas. Scroll down to the bottom of the page whre it says "Complete Themes List." Click on a holiday for ideas. Party Games Ideas - A selection of games for families, as well as holiday games. DLTK's Holiday Crafts and Activities - Click on the holiday name to link to craft ideas. |
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| Get NetWise - Advice to parents on keeping children safe on the Internet, as well as advice on preventing computer viruses and spam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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