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SCHOOL GENERAL INFORMATION Dear Students and Parents, Welcome to Field Elementary School. Our entire staff is looking forward to another year with successful educational experiences for everyone. As partners in education, we encourage your full participation in your child’s learning by supporting our after-school reading program and helping with homework. Parents are encouraged to become involved in our school by volunteering in classrooms. Visitors and volunteers need to sign in with the school office whenever they visit the school. Our school doors open at 7:30 a.m. We encourage students to arrive later because supervision of the hallways and students begins at 7:45 a.m. The beginning bell rings at 8:05 a.m. School dismisses at 3:00 p.m. for bus students and 3:08 p.m. for walkers and those being picked up. Together in education, Paula Grozinger SPECIAL FEATURES AT FIELD SCHOOL
CHILLICOTHE R-II MISSION STATEMENT The Chillicothe R-II District’s mission is to provide a comprehensive educational program encompassing pre-kindergarten through grade 12 and post-secondary education, meeting the needs of each student to insure each student is ready to begin and succeed in school and graduate with the skills necessary to continue with his or her ambition. FIELD SCHOOL MISSION AND GOAL STATEMENT Field School professional educators and staff will ensure high levels of learning for all children. We accept, as our mission and goal, the responsibility to help each student attain his or her highest learning potential. We propose to accomplish our mission by: • Setting standards of basis instructional skills required of all students Our emphasis will be on student success and doing what is best for the student. We feel TEAMWORK IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS. We would ask that parents and students do the following: • Get to know the school WHAT WILL YOU FIND AT FIELD?
RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. To learn and let others learn. We agree not to interfere with another person’s right to learn. 2. To be responsible for our own actions and behavior. We agree to complete our schoolwork and homework, keep track of personal belongings and school supplies, and remember to bring books and homework back to school. 3. To be courteous to each other at all times and to treat each other with respect. We agree not to use obscene language or gestures, interrupt or ignore others, wear hats in the building, call others names, be disrespectful to school personnel, or use another person’s property without permission. Gum chewing is not allowed. 4. To be safe and follow the school rules. We will not fight or roughhouse, run in the building, throw hard objects (rocks, snowballs, baseballs, etc.), bring toy guns, knives, or dangerous objects to school. Tackling and wrestling are not allowed at school. Roller-skating, in-line skating, skateboarding, and bicycling are not allowed on school grounds. No pushing, walking, or running up or down the slide. No willfully causing bodily harm to another. No leaving the campus during school hours. No golf balls, hard balls, superballs, tennis balls, or racquetballs are allowed. No metal or wooden bats are allowed at school. No electronic games, remote controlled toys, CD players, Walkmans, headphones, tape decks, or pagers, etc. are allowed. Individual teachers may choose to prohibit toys from being brought to their classrooms. 5. To respect the rights and property of the school. We will not dirty bathrooms, throw food, litter, steal, destroy school property, or write on/mark/deface furniture or walls. Students will use playground equipment appropriately. CONSEQUENCES Behavior is maintained by both positive and negative consequences. Rewards and recognition will be given to those students who follow the school rules and demonstrate appropriate behavior. Discipline is the student’s ability to accept responsibility for his/her behavior. Negative consequences for infractions of school rules may include a time-out, loss of recess privileges, writing a mediation essay, clean-up detail, payment for damaged items, an apology, detention, in-school suspension, or out-of-school suspension. the Policies and Regulations as defined by the Board of Education of the Chillicothe R-II School District. HEALTH The school has the responsibility for the health and welfare of all students. School district policy mandates that students with a contagious disease or those suspected of having a contagious disease are excluded from school as outlined in the State’s health standards practices. School personnel can request a doctor’s excuse prior to the readmittance of a student to school if there is suspicion of a communicable disease. Please make sure that you leave a local phone number for our file in case of emergency. The school nurse or school personnel will attend to minor scrapes and bruises, but students will be sent home if:
Before returning a child to school, the child should be FREE OF TEMPERATURE FOR 24 HOURS without fever-reducing medication. MEDICATIONS IN SCHOOL PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION: All medications must come in the original container. The medication label must include: Student Name If the medication is to be given at home and school, please ask the pharmacy for a second labeled bottle that can stay at the school. All long term (10 days or more) and emergency medications must have a medication authorization completed by the physician and parent/guardian. The form is to be completed and returned to the school nurse. Forms are available in the school office. Short term medications (10 days or less) such as antibiotics must have the parent section of the medication authorization completed. The prescription label will be considered an equivalent of the physician’s written order. The school will not give a 3 a day antibiotic at school. Please give before school, after, and at bedtime. NON-PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION All over-the-counter medications, with the exception of Tylenol, must have a medication authorization form completed by the physician and parent/guardian. These must also come in the original container. Tylenol will be given at school on an as needed basis if the parent/guardian has given permission on the back of the health history form. The school will stock Children’s Tylenol for minor pain and fever. Inhalers will be kept in the office. Thank you for your cooperation in assisting your child achieve a healthy school year. HEAD LICE Head lice is a recurring health problem. The school will send home students infested with head lice with specific instructions, which must be followed before readmittance of the student is allowed. Parents must return to school with the child the following day in order that the nurse can recheck the head. Parents are advised to contact the school if they find head lice on their child. All information will be handled in strict confidence. ILLNESS AND RECESS We feel it is important for the students to spend time outside each day to get fresh air and run off energy. They are then better able to concentrate in the classroom. However, if you feel your child needs to remain inside because of illness, we will allow them to do so for a short period of time. After an extended time , we will require a medical excuse from your doctor. If the wind chill is below 20 degrees, the children do not go outside. Medical Emergencies The following is a list of medical emergencies which might occur with a student in the classroom. This is not intended to be a substitute for the school nurse, but rather to help you recognize certain problems and be able to handle them in an emergency situation until help can be obtained. Try to make the student as comfortable as possible, be calm and reassuring. Send a student to the office to report the emergency and to get help. ASTHMA ATTACK-each asthmatic acts differently. It is especially important to be calm and reassuring as apprehension is a common feeling. When a person is suffering an asthma attack, his breathing is usually labored and accompanied by wheezing and squeaking sounds. Frequent coughing is likely. The child can breathe more easily if he is in a sitting position. Encourage him to breathe deeply and drink sips of water. Keep him quiet and reassure him. Inhalers will be kept in the nurse’s office. SEIZURE-Little can be done to shorten the length of time of a seizure. Preventing the child from hurting himself is vitally important. DO NOT ATTEMPT to restrain the person, except to prevent injury from nearby objects. Ease to the floor and loosen clothing. Move objects that he might strike such as desks, chairs, etc. After the child relaxes, turn him on his side. It is not necessary to insert a mouth gag, and one should never place a finger in the mouth or try to force open the clenched jaw. BEE STING-Determine type of insect if possible. Remove the stinger if visible. (Use scraping motion-avoid squeezing stinger sac.) Apply cold pack. Observe for allergic reaction – 20 minutes. Check health card for history of allergy to stings. If allergic, notify parents. NOSEBLEED-Have child sit with upper body tilted slightly forward. Pinch the bridge of the nose firmly. Note the time-most bleeding should stop within 5 minutes. Parents should be notified and child should refrain from blowing his nose, and from physical activity. CHOKING-HEIMLACH MANEUVER-Stand behind victim and wrap arms around his waist, making a fist with one hand while grabbing it with the other. Place fist against victim’s abdomen slightly above the naval and below the rib cage. Press fist into the abdomen with a quick upward thrust. Repeat if necessary. Field School Third Grade Supply List Grade 3 1 - School Box (Cigar Size only) This is a general list for all third graders. Your teacher will have a list with her request on it when she sends you her letter in August. Field School Second Grade Supplies List 1 Backpack NO BIG CHIEF TABLETS PLEASE Grading Scale
IDEAS FOR HELPING YOUR CHILD Parents, you can do your part to improve homework and help your child when you: • Cooperate with the school to make homework effective Children will improve their study habits by observing and following these concepts: • Be sure you understand each assignment EXPECTATIONS OF STUDENTS
ACADEMIC ATTENDANCE POLICY I. Attendance Policy Principles A. The Chillicothe R-II Board of Education finds that regular school and classroom attendance is key to satisfactory achievement within the school district’s curriculum and that attendance has an independent academic value which examinations or other evaluations do not fully measure. Consistent attendance by all students also has a profound positive effect on the district’s resources, which in turn affects the quality of instruction and student achievement district-wide. B. Students who are ill and unable to come to school, need to contact the school by 9:00 a.m. If this is not done, then the school will attempt to contact you. Mike Lewis, our school Resource Officer, is often contacted to make home visits on students who are absent and cannot be reached. If absences become frequent and habitual, then proper authorities will be notified. C. Parents of students who are absent will be notified when the child reaches 5 days per quarter of absences. Each quarter, the class with the best attendance in second grade and third grade are rewarded with an attendance party. D. Tardies: After 5 tardies, the principal will contact the parent with a tardy letter; after 10 tardies, the School Resource Officer will contact the parent. E. When students are absent, it is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to contact the school to verify the student’s absence. If the parent does not contact the school, the principal or representative will attempt to notify the parent of the student’s absence. F. It is important to the Chillicothe community that all of our children attend school regularly. Your understanding and assistance with this request is appreciated very much. Together, we can help all of the youngsters in Chillicothe reach his/her greatest potential. TELEPHONES Students should ask to use the telephone only in case of an emergency The classroom teacher must grant permission. Arrangements for after-school activities should be made before coming to school. Parents should call in the event of a change in their child’s normal routine. Students will not be permitted to call home for homework, which they forgot to bring to school. Parents are encouraged to call their child’s teacher at a time when classes are not in session. CHANGE OF ADDRESS/PHONE SCHOOL DRESS Proper dress at all times is encouraged. We encourage students to look neat in their dress. Caps and hats should not be worn in the building. Writing on T-shirts and caps should be non-distracting, non-suggestive and must be acceptable for school. Please make sure your child is sufficiently dressed for outside recess in cold weather. No head kerchiefs are allowed in the school building. No roller shoes or heely’s may be worn. Shoes appropriate for safety and comfort should be worn. SNOW DAY PROCEDURES The Bad Weather Policy for the Chillicothe Public Schools states that the Superintendent of Schools is responsible for the announcement of school dismissal because of bad weather. This announcement will be made on KCHI, KMZU, and KTTN radio at approximately 6:00 a.m. on the mornings that school is to be dismissed. In the event of inclement weather during the day that necessitates the early dismissal of school, announcements will be made over the same radio stations. CLASSROOM RULES The bottom line is: It is never okay to be disruptive or hurtful. DISCIPLINE POLICY The staff of Field School believes that every student knows how to behave and that all students are entitled to the best education we have to offer. Our goal is that each child develop self-discipline. Teachers need time to teach and students need time to learn. To insure this teaching - learning time, rules and consequences are made for the welfare and benefit of all students. SCHOOL EXPECTATIONS 1. Students are expected to use line basics. School is not the place for Discmans, cell phones, iPods, or other electronic devices. If they are brought to school, they will be collected and a parent will have to pick them up. THREATS When a student makes a threat to another student or staff member 1st Offense 2nd Offense 3rd Offense 4th Offense ASSAULT ACTS OF VIOLENCE: Students shall not commit any act which in its commission is violent. An act of school violence is the exertion of physical force by a student with the intent to do physical injury to another person or that creates substantial risk of death, disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any part of the body. Assault of a teacher of staff may result in immediate suspension from school. Trying to seriously injure another student may result in immediate suspension from school. When a child assaults another child (kicking, hitting, biting..) and there was no serious injury, the following Assault Plan will be followed. 1st Assault 2nd Assault 3rd Assault 4th Assault 5th Assault STEALING 1st Offense 2nd Offense 3rd Assault 4th Assault 5th Assault LUNCHROOM RULES 1. Students must follow directions. RECESS RULES 1. Follow directions PLAYGROUND RULES 1. No tag on playground equipment RIDING THE BUS Riding the bus is a privilege extended to students and can be removed at any time for disruptive and unsatisfactory conduct. All students being transported are under the authority of the bus driver and must obey his/her requests. Students riding the bus are to go directly from the bus to the building each morning and after school. Students are to board the bus without leaving the school property. Bus transportation is provided for students living more than one mile from school. Specific bus regulations will be issued each year to bus students. No balloons, live animals or reptiles are allowed on the buses. VISITING THE SCHOOL We invite you to visit your child’s room and school to get acquainted with your teacher. 1. All visitors, including parents, must report to the office and receive a visitors pass to wear. CHECK-IN Please check in with the school secretary or someone in the office when you enter the building. SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM Breakfast and lunch are served in our school’s cafeteria every day for a nominal fee. Lunch prices are $1.35 and breakfast is $.75. Reduced lunches are $.40, and reduced breakfast is $.30. You may pay daily or ahead by the week or month for both breakfast and lunch. Enclosed are applications for free and reduced priced meals that are to be filled out and returned to the school office the first day. You are encouraged to apply if you fall within the guidelines that will accompany the application. Cost is kept down by complete participation of students. A well balanced meal is provided. Our menus are sent home monthly, so you will be able to know what will be served for breakfast and lunch. Occasionally, these menus have to be changed because of late deliveries or snow day; however, most of them are served as listed. Lunchroom expectations are posted in the multipurpose room. The lunchroom supervisor is in charge of the lunchroom and students are to follow the directions of that person. Students are expected to follow the following rules at lunch. 1. Talk in a quiet voice |
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