EARLY DATES TO NOTE:
- September 5 – Labor Day – No School
- Room Parent meeting – September 7 at 2:00 p.m. in Library
- School Pictures – September 19
SCHOOL HOURS:
8:45 A.M. Playground supervision begins
9:00 First Bell
10:45-11:00 Recess-Grades 3 & 4
11:00-11:15 Recess-Grades 5 & 6
11:30-12:10 Lunch-Grades 1 & 2
11:45-12:30 Lunch-Grade 3
12:00-12:40 Lunch-Grade 4
12:15-12:55 Lunch-Grade 5
12:30-1:10 Lunch-Grade 6
1:30-1:45 Recess-Grades 1 & 2
3:00 School Dismissal
9:00-11:40 A.M. Kindergarten
12:20-3:00 P.M. Kindergarten
SCHOOL FEES: All students (grades K-6) are asked to pay a fee of $10.00 (make checks out to Edgemont School) to provide for assemblies and enrichment activities. Please return these fees to the school by Friday, September 2nd, in the envelope provided for your convenience. Please do not include lunch money or any other fees in this check.
PTO party fees will be requested at a later date. Please make a separate check for lunch money.
STUDENT BEHAVIOR GUIDELINES:
1. Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
2. Remain in assigned area.
3. Complete all work assigned.
4. Use common sense- if you think there is a chance you might get hurt or hurt someone else, "Don't do it!"
5. Use only kind words towards others. No "put down statements" will be allowed (making fun of a person's name, appearance, or abilities).
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE: Students should not arrive at school before 8:45 a.m. There is no supervision on the playground before that time. Students are asked to clear the playground after school and check in at home before returning to the school to play.
BICYCLES: Students riding bikes to school should walk their bikes as soon as they are on school property.. Bike racks are available on the playground area. Students are encouraged to wear helmets and to use locks on their bikes.
CELL PHONES BROUGHT FROM HOME: It has been increasingly common for parents to send cell phones to school with their students as a safety measure. This allows parents the ability to communicate with their child if the need arises. If a student brings a cell phone to school, they are not to be used during school hours and are to remain turned off. Parents always have the ability to contact their student through the school phone if an emergency arises. Students can still utilize the school phone during school hours to call parents if an emergency arises. The school assumes no responsibility for lost, damaged, or stolen cell phones.
DISCIPLINE POLICY: Edgemont Elementary has developed a school wide discipline policy. Follow the link to view it in its entirety. Each teacher will review the policy with his or her class several times early in the year. Please take time to review it and discuss it with your child. Thanks for your support.
DRESS CODE: Wearing appropriate clothing to school is important for quality learning. The following are some guidelines:
1. Shoes must be worn at all times.
2. Students may wear shorts that are modest and appropriate. Tank tops and bare midriffs are inappropriate attire for school.
3. Items with offensive, violent, or drug related pictures or slogans will not be permitted. Items advertising alcoholic beverages or tobacco products will not be permitted.
4. No hats, bandannas, hoods, or sunglasses are allowed to be worn inside the school.
EAGLE EXTRA: Many important papers will be brought home to you from your children throughout the school year. The Eagle Extra, our school newsletter, will be sent home weekly on Thursday. Teachers will also communicate through the use of folders, notebooks, assignment journals, etc. Please pay close attention to school communication.
ELECTRONIC GADGETS: Students are not allowed to bring radios, tape players, CD players, head phones, electronic games, pagers, and other electronic devices to school. These items will be taken and kept in the front office.
EMERGENCY NUMBERS OR ADDRESS CHANGES: Please notify the school office as soon as possible of any changes to the address or phone numbers for either you, you work, or your child's emergency contacts. This will assure us being able to contact the right person should there be an emergency concerning you child.
HOMEWORK: Our district policy suggests maximum times for children to be doing homework. Kindergarteners and first graders should be doing 15-20 minutes per night, 2nd and 3rd graders between 20-30 minutes per night, 4th and 5th graders 40 minutes per night, and 6th graders between 40-60 minutes per night. Students and their families may want to work more that that. If your child is spending too much time on homework, please consult the teacher.
ILLNESS: We encourage children to be in school as much as possible in order to maximize learning. When illnesses do occur, please call the school (525-7618) before 9:30 a.m. to notify us that your child will be staying home. When the child returns, please send a note to the teacher.
INCLEMENT WEATHER: According to District policy, students will remain indoors when the temperature is zero degrees wind chill. There will be times when the temperature is marginally in that range, and we may use an abbreviated schedule at lunch because the length of time students are outdoors is also a factor. This policy also pertains to before school times. If a student has been seriously ill and needs to remain indoors during recess, please send a note to school. A student will need a doctor's note to be excused from recess for more than three days.
LIBRARY POLICY: The library will be open for use during the hours school is in session. The students in kindergarten and first grade may check out one book at a time. Students in grades 2-6 may check out two books at a time. A book is due one week from the say it is checked out. There will be a three day grace period during which a book may be returned without a fine. A fine of 5 cents a day will be charged for each over due book retroactive from the day the book was due. A student may bring in a canned food item to pay the fine for overdue books. The collected cans will be donated to the food bank. A student may not check out another book from the library if he or she has an overdue book or an outstanding fine. Once the overdue book is returned or the fine paid, library privileges will be restored. If a book is reported lost, it will be tagged as such and a student may continue checking out books while they look for the lost book. If after three months or at the end of the school year, the book had not been found, the book must be then paid for by the student.
LUNCH:Hot lunches are $2.00 for students. Milk is 40¢ a day. Adult lunches are $3.25 a day. Please send checks made out to School District 91 Hot Lunch on a weekly or monthly basis. Please enclose the correct amount of money for the lunches ordered as this year no change will be given to the children as per district policy.
Please do not combine lunch money with money for other activities in the school as Mrs. Cecil will not be able to cash the checks and make distributions. Put your check in a sealed envelope labeled with your child’s name, teacher, and the amount of money enclosed.
Students are welcome to go home for lunch, if desired. Students not going home are to remain on campus during lunch. If students leave the campus during lunch time for reasons other than going to their home, they need to check out at the office. A student’s parents must write a permission note if he/she will be leaving with someone other than a parent.
Parents are always welcome have lunch at school with their Edgemont student. Please call the office before 9:15 to order lunches or send a note with your child.
Free and reduced price lunch applications are available in the parent information board next to the office at any time during the year.
Those students who are servers in the lunchroom will receive free lunch for their services. The lunch earned must be eaten the day of the student’s service. Their hot lunch will be ordered in the usual manner with the rest of the students first thing in the morning.
MEDICINE AT SCHOOL:If medication of any kind must be given at school, you will need to have the physician complete the form, “Physician’s and Parent’s Request for the Administration of Medication During School Hours by School Personnel” and submit the form to the office. The medication must be brought to school in its original pharmaceutical container labeled with the student’s name. Antibiotics should be administered at home whenever possible.
Medication must be delivered to the school by a parent or guardian.
Do not send any medicine in your child’s lunch box or back pack. No medication will be given without a written order from the doctor, including aspirin, Tylenol, cough syrup, etc.
PARTIES FOR TEACHERS:The Edgemont staff has adopted the policy of not having students plan and carry out parties for teachers. If a student wants to recognize a teacher, one suggestion would be for the student to make a card.
PHONE USE AT SCHOOL:School phones are for official school business. Students will not be allowed to use them to make arrangements for after school play times. Those arrangements should be made before coming or after getting home from school. Please communicate after school plans and transportation with your children before they leave for school in the morning. In cases where it is necessary for you to get a message to your child, please call the office and the message will be forwarded to your child at the earliest convenience. Only emergency phone calls will be forwarded to teachers during class time so as not to disrupt the education of the other students.
PTO:Edgemont has a very active PTO organization; we welcome and encourage participation from all of our parents. This year’s president is Elaine Lewis. She will be sending home PTO information soon after school starts. PTO party fees will be requested at that time. Should you have PTO questions, please feel free to call Elaine at 523-1798. PTO meetings will be held the first Wednesday of each month at 2:00 PM in the Edgemont library.(PTO link)
READING: Reading at home, individually or with someone, is strongly encouraged. Students should find the time that works best for them and establish the habit of reading consistently. In general, 30-60 minutes of sustained reading time can greatly enhance all academic learning.
SCHOOL CLOSURE: The superintendent will determine snow closures. This information will be announced on the morning radio and TV stations and district website. Please do not call the school.
SKATEBOARDS AND ROLLERBLADES: Skateboards and rollerblades are safety concerns and are not allowed at school.
STUDENT PICK UP AND DROP OFF:Students may walk, ride the bus where assigned, ride bicycles, or have parents drive them to school. Bicycle racks are located around the building. Bicycle locks should be used by students riding their bikes to school.
The drop off area and pick up area for students who ride to and from school with parents and daycare is located on 21st Street. Parents are responsible to notify their day care of this policy. Please do not drop off or pick up on Azalea Street.
Students who misbehave while riding the bus will be issued a citation by the bus driver. Chronic or severe discipline problems while riding the bus will result in a loss of privilege to ride the bus for a specified time.
TREATS: Home made treats are not allowed by directive from the District 7 Health Department. Commercially purchased items can be handed out to the class, but teachers prefer this to be done at the end of the school day. In an effort to alleviate hurt feelings, please do not send birthday party invitations to school for distribution.
VISITORS: Parents and other adults are always welcome to visit our school. Please stop in the office and obtain a visitor's pass before visiting other areas on the building. Students form other schools and young people who are not enrolled in our school are not allowed to visit their friends or attend school.
