ROOSEVELT AVENUE SCHOOL - North Attleborough



ROOSEVELT AVENUE SCHOOL

2018-19

STUDENT/PARENT

HANDBOOK

The North Attleborough Public School District provides Equal Educational Opportunities without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, and disability.

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ROOSEVELT AVENUE SCHOOL

PARENT/STUDENT HANDBOOK

Table of Contents

Principal’s Welcome 1

Important Phone Numbers 2

Roosevelt Avenue Staff 3

School Times, Student Lockers 5

Clothing/Personal Belongings, School Environment, Emergency Cards,

Dismissals 6

Lunch and Recess 7

Parent Parking, Bicycles and Skateboards 8

Dogs/Animals, Library Rules, Textbooks, Money and Valuables,

School Pictures, Progress Reports, Report Cards, Conferences 9

Music, Art, Physical Education, Exit Doors, Dismissal Procedures 10

Visitors, Visitor’s Parking, Home-School Communication Process

Student Emergency Information Sheet, Posting of Class Lists 11

Birthday Celebrations, Cell Phones, MCAS, Snacks 12

ROOSEVELT AVENUE PARENT/STUDENT HANDBOOK

Dear Roosevelt Avenue Parents,

On behalf of the faculty, our parent organization, and myself, I welcome you to the Roosevelt Avenue School. We hope this booklet will serve as an introduction to our school.

Please read this booklet and keep it for future reference. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

We are all looking forward to meeting you and your child. Working together, we can make your child’s school experience a truly rewarding and pleasurable one.

Happy school year!

Sincerely,

Jeannine Magliocco

Principal

Roosevelt Avenue School

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IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS

Roosevelt Avenue School 508-643-2151

Director of Student Services 508-643-2160

Bus Company – Mrs. Doreen Morin, Manager 508-695-4195

Coordinator of Bus Transportation - Mrs. Michelle Hulme 508-643-2106

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION

Superintendent of Schools Mr. Scott Holcomb

Assistant Superintendent Mrs. Lori McEwen

Business Manager Mr. David Flynn

Director of Facilities and Grounds Mr. Kyle Kummer

Director of Student Services Mrs. Julieann Hoell

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

James McKenna, Chairperson

Kevin O’Donnell, Secretary

Ethan Hamilton

Kathryn Hobbs

Adam Scanlon

Carol Wagner

Talia Yourell

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ROOSEVELT AVENUE SCHOOL

FACULTY – 2018-19

KINDERGARTEN

Ms. Kelly Achin Kindergarten–full day program

Mrs. MaryAnne Carter Kindergarten-1/2 day program – Room 4

GRADE 1

Mrs. Paulette Murphy Room 2

Mrs. Pauline White Room 1

GRADE 2

Mrs. Andrea Engler Room 5

Mrs. Leslie Feid Room 3

GRADE 3

Mrs. Maureen Barry Room 12

Mrs. Jaime Saucier Room 11

GRADE 4

Miss Marianne Eagleston Room 8

Mrs. Renee Roberts Room 10

GRADE 5

Mrs. Marybeth Smith Room 7

Mrs. Elizabeth Schofield Room 9

SPECIAL EDUCATION STAF

Mrs. Joanne McGrath- Resource Room 6

Mrs. Sapna Colonna – Speech Room 6

READING/WRITING STAFF

Mrs. Karen Ross - Reading Reading Room

SPECIALIST

Ms. Andrea Bolton Library – P1

Mrs. Molly Curren English Language Learners

Mrs. Diane Desilets Occupational Therapy

Ms. Mollie Filmore Art

Mrs. Tammy Monahan Physical Education

Miss Megan Reed School Psychologist

Ms. Jameela Samma Physical Therapist

Mr. Paul Melicharek Physical Education

Ms. Valerie Smith Vocal Music

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Mrs. Holly Fritzsche

CAFETERIA STAFF

Mrs. Christine Choiniere – Manager

Ms. Donna Panagopoulos

CUSTODIAL STAFF

Mr. Don Tibbetts – Head Custodian

Mr. Keith LaRocque – Evening Custodian

INSTRUCTIONAL PARAPROFESSIONALS

Mrs. Pamela Cabral – Half-day Kindergarten

Mrs. Christine Hagerty – Full-day Kindergarten

Miss Ashley Reinhart - Resource Room

SCHOOL NURSE

Mrs. Lisa Mooney

*Please note that the Nurse’s Office is located next to the Principal’s Office.

PRINCIPAL

Mrs. Jeannine Magliocco

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1. SCHOOL TIMES

The official school day is 8:30-2:44. All classes begin at 8:30. It is very important that all children arrive by 8:20 so that attendance, lunch count, messages, and all other preliminary school business can be completed. IT IS STRONGLY SUGGESTED THAT ALL STUDENTS ARRIVE BY 8:15. For half-day kindergarten students, AM kindergarten times are 8:30-11:07. Please remember the kindergartners do not switch sessions at mid-year.

Please refer to the special notice regarding arrival and dismissal procedures attached to this handbook.

2. STUDENT LOCKERS

Effective September 2005, by order of the North Attleboro Fire Department, all students in the Intermediate Wing (grades 3-4-5) must use a locker to store their personal belongings during the school day.

Student lockers are located in the corridor immediately outside the classrooms. The lockers are 12” wide, 15” deep, and 5’ high. Each locker has a shelf and coat hooks.

Please consider the above dimensions when purchasing a backpack since it must be stored in the locker during the school day along with all other personal belongings.

Please review the following regarding the use of student lockers:

1. There are no locking mechanisms on elementary student lockers.

2. No valuable items may be stored in a student locker.

3. Neither Roosevelt Avenue School nor the North Attleboro Public Schools assumes any liability for theft or damage to any items left in a locker.

4. Homeroom teachers will assign the lockers to the students.

5. Each student is responsible for his/her locker’s cleanliness. No pictures, stickers, etc. of any kind will be allowed inside or adhered to any surface. Students will be expected to clean the lockers periodically. Students are also responsible for any damage.

6. Locker privileges may be restricted or taken away.

7. Administration may conduct locker searches as needed to ensure the safety of all students.

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3. CLOTHING, LUNCH BOXES, AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS

Please identify ALL clothing, lunch boxes, and personal belongings with your child’s name or initials. A “lost and found” bag is maintained. At the end of each school year, the unclaimed items are donated to charity.

4. SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT (Please see the Respective Culture Initiative on our website)

If you have any concerns regarding the safety or welfare of any child, please contact the Principal. Confidentiality will be respected.

5. EMERGENCY CARD AND STUDENT EMERGENCY INFORMATION SHEET

On the first day of school, your child will bring home 1 emergency card and a Student Emergency Information Sheet. Please make sure they are filled out completely and accurately. Please return them the next day. It is very important that we have a number where we can contact you in case of emergency. Please include those adults who may dismiss your child from school in your place. We cannot dismiss a child to any person not listed on his/her emergency card. The office should be informed of any changes to your emergency information.

Please be reminded that if you intend to leave your child with family members or friends overnight or longer, you must inform the school in writing with whom your child will be placed. Even if the caretaker is listed on the emergency card, it is unlikely that we would release the child to that person unless we are certain that we are following your wishes. The Principal will make such decisions on a case-by-case basis. Our only motivation is to assure the safety of your child.

6. DISMISSALS

FOR YOUR CHILD’S PROTECTION, THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES WILL BE FOLLOWED:

a. Please write a note informing us of the dismissal time. Call if there is a change in your child’s normal dismissal routine. Please DO NOT email. Your child will be dismissed only from the Main Office after the parent, guardian, or designated and properly identified individual signs him/her out.

Please do not become alarmed or irritated if the office staff asks you for identification. This will occur until we get to know you. If a neighbor or relative unfamiliar to us is sent to pick up your child, please inform the person of our dismissal procedures. In some cases, we’ll call the parent for verification.

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b. No child will be dismissed unless picked up by a parent at the Office. We are not permitted to allow children to walk home alone during school hours.

c. Children who leave school for medical/dental appointments and re-enter the same day must report to the Office before returning to their classrooms.

7. LUNCH

a. Your child may bring or buy his/her lunch. If your child brings his lunch, please make sure it is in a bag or box. Please do not send or allow your child to bring breakable drink containers. Milk can be purchased for $.50. Kindergarten milk is $.50.

b. Hot lunch may be purchased for $2.50. You may send in a check payable to North Attleborough Food Service for multiple lunches or put money in your child’s account on . A menu will be posted in your child’s classroom. A menu may also be obtained in the Office and viewed on our website.

c. Ice cream and snacks can be purchased for $1.00.

d. Grades KF-2 have lunch from 11:40 to 12:00. Grades 3-5 have lunch from 12:20 to 12:40. Students are required to finish their lunch before proceeding to the playground.

e. A “peanut/nut-free” table in the cafeteria is reserved for students with severe food allergies. Any special precautions or procedures will be shared in writing with all grade K-5 parents.

f. Applications for free/reduced lunch may be requested and will be processed anytime during the school year.

g. There is a $25.00 fee for checks returned to the Food Service Office due to insufficient funds.

8. RECESS POLICY

Our recess policy has been that the children go outside for recess unless the temperature and/or playground conditions do not permit it. Please see that your child is dressed properly. A winter coat, hat, gloves and boots, when necessary, are suggested. Slacks are suggested for the girls. Sneakers and rubber-soled shoes are suggested. Sandals, “flip-flops”, clogs, etc. are not conducive to running, jumping, etc.

If your child walks or you drive him/her to school, please plan the arrival as close to 8:15 as possible. Although a teacher is on duty at 8:05, please remember that the entrance bell does not ring until 8:20. Arriving at 8:15 will prevent anyone from being outside for the full fifteen-minute period.

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9. PARENT PARKING

a. At the close of school, please do not park in the loop so that the school buses can pick up the children safely. Please refer to the separate notice regarding parking and dismissal procedures.

b. Please adhere to the parking signs posted near the school and the No Parking areas in the loop itself. Please do not block our neighbors’ driveways. Also note that parking on the “non-school” side of Roosevelt Avenue is prohibited.

c. Please do not drive, under any circumstances, into the playground areas at the rear of the building or park in the driveways leading to them.

d. Please follow the flow of traffic. The loop is one-way.

10. BICYCLES, SKATEBOARDS, SCOOTERS, AND ROLLERBLADES

With parent permission, students in grades 4-5 may ride their bicycles to school from September to the first significant snowfall and from April to the close of school. After their Bike Safety Unit in late September/early October, third graders may also ride their bikes. Please provide a lock and chain so the bike can be secured to the bike racks located in the front of the building. Please inspect the condition of the bike and review safety and traffic rules with your child. For your child’s safety, please discourage your child from riding a skateboard, scooter or rollerblades to school. If you allow your child to use a skateboard or scooter, it must be noted that once the child is on school grounds, he/she must carry it and not ride it. Rollerblades are to be removed when the student reaches the school grounds. “Wheelies” are not permitted in the building. It is also strongly recommended that those students riding bicycles, skateboards, or rollerblades wear helmets. Please remember that, by law, helmets are required for children under 12 years of age.

Mini motorbikes will only be allowed on North Attleboro School Department property when operated by drivers who are 16 years of age or older and in possession of a valid driver’s license. Drivers who meet those criteria will be required to follow the rules of the road, such as staying off sidewalks and bicycle paths, driving on the proper side of the road, and using turn signals. A student who chooses to drive a mini motorbike to school will not be allowed to bring the vehicle into the school building.

Motorized skateboards and powerboards may not be operated on North Attleboro School Department property. A child who chooses to ride one of those vehicles to school must stop the vehicle prior to entering school property. The student may then carry the vehicle to the school, but the vehicle must remain outside of the school building. Upon dismissal from school, the student must then carry the vehicle until off school property.

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11. DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS

Please make every effort to keep your dog away from the school. If it is bothering the children, we will try to contact you. If we are forced to call the Dog Officer, we will in order to protect the safety of the children.

Arrangements to bring a pet to school for Show & Tell or other projects must be approved in advance by the teacher and principal in consultation with the school nurse.

12. LIBRARY RULES

Your child’s class will visit the school library, staffed by parent volunteers. Each week, he/she will be allowed to take out a book provided the previously borrowed book has been returned. Students will be expected to pay for any damaged or lost books.

13. TEXTBOOKS

If your child loses or damages a schoolbook, you will be asked to help reimburse the school to cover the cost of a replacement.

14. MONEY AND VALUABLES

Please discourage your child from bringing in large amounts of money or valuable toys or games. Items such as IPods or headsets, video games, cell phones, walkie-talkies, laser pointers, etc. are not allowed in school. If we become aware, we will not permit children to buy or trade personal items with other children. The school cannot be responsible for such valuable items.

15. SCHOOL PICTURES

A professional photography studio takes individual and class pictures. They are usually taken in the early fall and you will be notified in advance.

16. PROGRESS REPORTS, REPORT CARDS, AND CONFERENCES

a. Report cards are issued three times a year (December, March, and June). Progress notes or warning notices will be sent home halfway through the grading period to those children who warrant one.

b. Conferences will generally be held near report card time. Each teacher shall try to see each child’s parent/guardian at least once during the school year unless additional conferences are needed.

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c. In November, two afternoons and one evening will be reserved for parent conferences. In March, two afternoons will be reserved. The students will be dismissed early on those days.

d. Report cards are issued one week after the close of the grading period. Please refer to the school calendar for the specific dates. In June, report cards are issued on the last day of classes. Requests for early issuance of report cards due to vacation plans will NOT be honored.

If specific conditions are present, a parent may submit a written request to the teacher and principal one week prior to the end of the grading period.

Report cards will be issued to any absent students on the first day of their return to school. In June, report cards will be maintained in the office for 10 days and then mailed if not picked up by the student, parent, or guardian.

17. MUSIC, ART, AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Students at the elementary level participate in music, art, and physical education classes weekly. Please make sure your child wears sneakers on physical education days.

18. DOORS

All exit doors are locked during the school day. Entrance may be gained only by pressing the security buzzer at the front main entrance doors during school hours. Children disembarking from the school buses or from private vehicles must use the main entrance doors. All parents and visitors must enter through the main entrance doors and report to the office immediately upon arrival.

19. DISMISSAL PROCEDURES AFTER SCHOOL

Primary Wing – Grade K-2 walkers are dismissed via the rear exit doors near the Nurse’s Office at 2:39 p.m.

Intermediate Wing – Grade 3-5 walkers are dismissed via the rear exit doors near Rooms 7 and 8 at 2:39 p.m.

Bus Students – All bus students are dismissed via the front main doors at 2:44 p.m.

If you are picking up your child at dismissal and wish to wait in the building, please wait in the lobby or Office. Please do not wait outside your child’s classroom door.

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20. VISITORS

All visitors are to report to the Office and a member of the office staff will assist you. If a parent/guardian needs to see their child, deliver a message, drop off a forgotten item, etc., we’ll call for the child or deliver the item. Please do not go to your child’s classroom and interrupt the class.

21. VISITOR’S PARKING

There are two short-term parking spaces reserved for visitors directly in front of the school. Please use the spaces and do not park along the yellow curbing. If you plan to stay for more than a few minutes, please use the parking lot to the rear of the Intermediate Wing.

22. HOME-SCHOOL COMMUNICATION PROCESS

We ask you to check the “Electronic Backpack” on our school’s website for all school notices, RAPTG information, school system notices, and other town-related news. A pocket-type folder is used to transport class work home in most grade levels weekly and occasionally other notices or information. (Your child’s teacher will inform you whether work is sent home nightly or weekly.)

The system will be reviewed with you briefly at the school’s annual Open House. Please remember that “day before” reminders are not issued. You need to refer to the school calendar and look for information on Thursdays. Occasionally, information is issued on days other than Thursday, but this does not occur often.

23. STUDENT EMERGENCY INFORMATION SHEET

The Massachusetts Department of Education mandates that schools update their student information database/reporting system and supply a consistent set of student information statewide. Please locate, complete, sign and return this form to school by the end of the first week of school.

24. NOTIFICATION OF CLASS PLACEMENT

A letter will be mailed to each household in mid August notifying the student(s) of their classroom placement for the new school year.

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25. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

Birthday celebrations will be non-food events. (Please see the Wellness Policy Guidelines in the Appendix.)

Also, please do not send party invitations to school for distribution unless the ENTIRE CLASS will be invited. Class lists (names only) will be provided upon request.

26. CELL PHONES

Parents are asked to please refrain from using cell phones in or near the school’s instructional areas. Please use the cell phone’s inaudible ringer anytime you are visiting a classroom, attending a conference, etc. Please go to the lobby or step outside to make or receive emergency or very important calls. Students are not allowed to use cell phones, walkie-talkies, or other radio devices on school grounds.

27. MCAS

All students of the North Attleboro Public Schools participate in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System. Students from grade 3 to grade 10 are tested in specific subject areas. You may obtain information from the Department of Education’s website: doe.edu/mcas/cal.html. Information for specific grade levels is shared with parents as the school year progresses.

28. SNACKS

During mid-morning, the students are given an opportunity to have a snack. In grades K-2 in the primary wing, the students have snack time at their desks in their classrooms. In grades 3-5 in the intermediate wing, students have their snacks at 10:30. During an inside recess, the students have snacks at their desks. During an outside recess, the students may eat the snack only in a specific snack area and will not be able to play until they have finished their snack.

Consumption of food and drinks is not allowed on the playground (except for grades 3-5 snacks in the snack area) and especially during play. The students are not allowed to bring any food, snacks, or drinks from the cafeteria to eat or finish on the playground. On the grades 3-5 playground, leftover food or drink may be placed in lunch bags or lunchboxes that will be brought home at the end of the day.

There are several classrooms in the school that are designated as “No Food” areas. They are the Computer Center and Library.

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The grade 1-5 classroom teachers may provide more class-specific information regarding snack procedures at the annual Parent Open House in September. Our kindergarten teachers, Ms. Achin and Mrs. Carter, will provide kindergarten parents with information about snacks in the kindergarten classrooms. The following list represents our general suggestions:

1. Snacks should be of a small quantity that can be finished in a short amount of time. Large bags of snacks should not be brought into school.

2. Nutritious snacks are suggested.

3. Plastic bottles (no glass), please.

4. Snacks should not be shared.

5. Unfinished snacks should be disposed of or placed in the lunchbox to be brought home.

Please also note that there is an increasing possibility that a child with a severe allergy may be a member of your child’s class. It may be necessary to implement various snack precautions to help prevent serious health matters. The situations will be handled on a case-by-case basis and parents will be informed in writing of the special measures needed. If you have any questions, please contact our school nurse, Mrs. Mooney.

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