Medicine at School

• Giving medicine is the responsibility of a parent or guardian. 
• Medicine that needs to be given 3 times daily is to be administered at home before and after school unless otherwise directed by the doctor.
• Medicine to be taken while at school MUST have a doctor’s order form attached. If non-prescription or over the counter medication is given the “Non-prescription” form MUST be filled out, signed and returned with the medication.
• Any medication to be taken at school MUST be taken to the office.
• ALL PRESCRIBED AND OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATION MUST BE SENT TO SCHOOL IN ITS ORIGINAL LABELED CONTAINER.

Late Arrivals

Students must be in class by 7:30am.  Classroom instruction begins promptly at 7:30.  Students must be in class, seated and ready for instruction to begin at 7:30.  If students are not in class when the tardy bell rings at 7:30am, they will need to report to the office and obtain a class admittance slip. If your child is late, please provide a note explaining the reason. Students who are tardy will make up lost instruction time during recess. After 4 tardies, students will be assigned detention.

VISITORS

All visitors, parents and guardians must sign in at the office.  This is for your child’s safety.  Please do not go to your child’s classroom unless you have first signed in and then been instructed to do so by the office staff.  Visitors who would like to have lunch with their child are asked to notify the school before 8:15am.

Attendance Policy

All students will attend school each day that school is in session.  Any student who is absent must provide a written excuse to the school within 3 days for the absence.  If not, the absence will be considered unexcused.  The following are considered excused absences:

• Illness or injury verified by a physician’s excuse
  
• Medical/dental appointment verified by physician’s excuse
  
• Illness or injury verified by parent: Illness verified by parent can not exceed 3 days in a row.  Only 5 parent notes per semester can be accepted as excused absences.  After 5 parent excuses, absences will be considered unexcused.
  
• Death in immediate family (limited to 3 consecutive days)
  
• Compliance with religious holidays
  
• Disaster in the home or community
  
• Failure of bus to run
  
• Legal obligations with court verification
  

 
Any student who has 5 unexcused absences will be notified in writing by the principal with a copy sent to the attendance officer. If a student reaches 10 unexcused absences, the attendance officer may file a complaint with Magistrate Court or the Department of Health and Human Resources.

Promotion Policy

Kindergarten
Satisfactory performance on 80% of concepts on the report card and meet the following standards:

• Math=identify 20 of 20 numbers and count to 50.
• Reading=identify 23 of 26 capital and lowercase letters and 23 of 26 sounds.

 
First and Second Grade
Satisfactory performance (80%) passage of core subject areas which include:

• 1st Grade=English Language Arts and Math.
• 2nd Grade=English Language Arts and Math.
• Students must achieve Mastery in Reading and Math.

 
Third, Fourth and Fifth Grade
Students must pass English Language Arts and Math as well as Science and Social Studies.