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ROSE
UNION STUDENT
HANDBOOK
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Attendance &
Tardies
Please
call the school office by 10:00 a.m. if your child is ill.
Students should stay home if they have fever and until they
have been fever- free for 24 hours. Please try to schedule
appointments outside of the instructional day. Attendance
is correlated to student success and hands-on learning is
difficult to replicate with take home papers. Students
arriving after 8:45 need to check in through the office.
Students are subject to compulsory school attendance and
truancy laws as required by the statutes of the State of
Oklahoma and the regulations of the State Board of
Education. Deer Creek School Board Attendance Policy
requires students to be in attendance 89% of the school year
to be eligible for promotion.
Car Rider Procedures for
Arrival/Dismissal
Please
help us keep all students safe by following these
procedures.
Morning Arrival:
Parents who wish to drop off
their children must enter using the middle entrance located
on 220th. After entering, cars will make a
SINGLE line, facing east, in the front loop where cars will
unload four at a time and students will enter the front
doors. All cars will exit using the east exit onto 220th.
Students will report to the gym upon arrival. The bus loop
on the west side of the building is reserved for buses and
day care providers only.
Afternoon Dismissal:
Afternoon car riders will be
dismissed from their classrooms to sit in lines by grade
level in front of the building. Parents will make a SINGLE
line and show their student’s color-coded name in the front
windshield. Duty teachers will call student names and load
four cars at a time. Students will not be allowed to cross
in front of traffic to find parents in parked cars.
Students must remain seated until the duty teachers call
their name. Students who fail to follow safety procedures
will be asked to wait in the office until a parent parks and
goes into the office to get their student.
Dress Code
Deer Creek’s policy on student
dress is as follows:
1.
Students will be
fully clothed and well groomed.
2.
All students
shall wear footwear at all times.
3.
Headgear, such
as hats, caps, bandannas, sunglasses and stocking caps are
not to be worn at school.
4.
No halter tops,
bare midriffs, off-the-shoulder tops, tube tops, spaghetti
straps, backless or partial backless garments, tank tops,
exposed underwear, outer garments that look like underwear,
muscle shirts and mesh shirts w/o a t-shirt underneath.
5.
Apparel that is
too tight, too loose, too sheer, too short, too revealing
including tops, mini-skirts, short shorts, skirts w slits,
and low-cut clothes including attire that exposes the chest
is prohibited.
Homework Policy
Teachers allow extra time for
students to complete work after an absence, so generally it
is not necessary to get homework if the child is absent only
a few days. However, if you do want homework collected
please follow our policy:
1. Wait until the child has been absent two consecutive
days.
2.
Call before
10:00 the day you want homework collected.
3.
Teachers will
collect the homework and have it in the office between
3:00-3:30.
4.
It is important
not to interrupt the instructional day, so please do not
request homework before the school day is over or go
directly to the class.
5.
Requests for
homework after 10:00 will be available the following day.
Parents may need to take a
child out of school for a family trip. We discourage this
as classroom discussions and learning activities cannot be
made up by simply doing the assigned homework. Teachers are
not able to prepare lessons in advance for individual
students who may be out because of family trips. Students
may take work that is routine each week. They will be
expected to make up other work when they return. All
students who are absent will have the same number of days to
make up work as they were out. For example, if they were
out five days, they will have five school days to complete
any assignments.
Library Media Center
All students may check out
library books as needed. They may be exchanged as
frequently as the student wishes, leaving class at the
teacher’s direction. Lost and damaged items will be
assessed at replacement prices.
Lost & Found
Please label all lunch boxes,
backpacks and clothing with your child’s name. Items will
be gathered and kept in the “lost & found” box.
Unclaimed items will be
donated to charity at the end of each semester.
Lunch
School lunches can be
purchased for $2.00 per day, $10.00 per week or $90.00
for a 9-week period. Parents are always invited to have lunch with
their student at any time. Please notify the office 24
hours in advance to let the cafeteria know you will be coming. Adult
prices are $2.50.
Lunch times are as follows:
1st grade - 11:20
2nd grade - 11:00
3rd grade - 12:10
4th grade - 12:30
5th grade - 12:50
Parents are welcome to have
lunch with their child. You and your child can eat together
in the cafeteria or in the lobby. However, only your child
can eat with you in the lobby; friends will eat in the
cafeteria. Parents who bring “special lunches” to their
children are asked to provide it for their student only.
Students can only be checked out for lunch by their parent
or a designated relative.
Medication
Students who must receive
medication while at school are required to have a signed
permission slip in the office. Medications are locked in
the office and administered there. Medications must be in
original pharmacy container labeled with specific
directions.
Money
When sending money to school
with your child, please send it in a sealed envelope labeled
with the student’s name, grade, teacher as well as what the
money is for.
Safety/Security
All school doors remain locked
during the school day with the exception of the west front
door entrance. All school visitors are required to identify
themselves by checking in through the computerized system in
the office and receiving a visitor badge. Security cameras
also maintain a record of school visitors. Every effort is
made to protect your child at school. Your support of
safety procedures will also help. Your child should know
your address, phone number, and the name and phone number of
the sitter, relative or someone we can contact. Discuss
with your child what to do if you are late in picking
him/her up or cannot be home when he/she arrives. Caution
your child not to leave school and certainly not to leave or
ride with strangers. To protect your child, they will be
called from the office when being checked out early, and
ONLY to adults you have listed on the enrollment form.
School Behavior
Expectations
Students will recite the
“character pledge” each morning in Rose Union Rendezvous.
Behavior expectations are to “live the character pledge”.
Student behavior expectations
focus on being respectful of self and others without
interfering with the learning of others.
“Respect, responsibility and
citizenship too
They bring out the best in me
and you.
Trustworthiness and being fair
Help to show others that we
really care.
We all know what’s right,
We all know what’s good.
We will do the things we know
we should.”
Students who make behavior
choices that interfere with the learning of others, or the
teacher’s ability to teach will receive a reasonable
consequence such as working in the office or loss of
privileges. Time does not allow for us to contact the
parent of every child who receives a consequence for
inappropriate behavior, but will be contacted if the offense
occurs again. Consequences are determined by the severity
of the behavior, as well as the child’s age and level of
development.
School Hours
School begins at 8:45. Adult
supervision begins at 8:30. Arriving students report to
their designated area in the gym where they visit quietly or
read a book until “Rose Union Rendezvous” begins. Afternoon
dismissal is at 3:45. Parents needing childcare can contact
Latchkey, who provides on-site childcare @ 236-2069.
Severe Weather
School closing due to severe
weather will be announced on the local television stations
in the morning prior to school. In the event of a tornado
threat, students will be moved to the Rose Union cafeteria,
which is a FEMA approved storm shelter.
Telephones
Office phones are available to
students for emergency use only. Please make arrangements
for after school plans and social events prior to the school
day.
Toys
Students are not allowed to
bring toys, gadgets, electronic games or anything that may
cause a classroom disruption. Toy water play guns and
knives are prohibited from school as part of the Dangerous
Weapons policy. “Heelie” skate shoes are not appropriate
for school.
Visitors
Parents are always welcome at
school; however, all persons entering the school for
personal or business purposes must sign in at the office and
put on a nametag. If you need to confer with a teacher,
please call ahead for an appointment. Dropping by the
classroom interrupts valuable instructional time. Please
leave lunch money, lunches, papers, books, etc., at the
office so classes are not disturbed.
***All Deer Creek School Board
Policies are available in their entirety at central
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