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GENERAL INFORMATION

HOW PARENTS CAN HELP STUDENTS

Encourage habits of promptness, obedience, and respect for authority.  Encourage your child to share his experiences and possessions.  Give your child a feeling of security at home.  Make her a part of your home activities and have her accept the responsibility for home tasks suitable to her age.

Prepare your child for school by seeing that he has sufficient sleep, eats a good breakfast and wears suitable clothing.

Refrain from criticism of other children and teachers in the presence of your child.  Help him develop a positive attitude for school.  Avoid expressing opinions, which may result in your child forming prejudices.

Show interest in her welfare at school as well as at home.

Be prompt to answer and return to school any requested materials such as signed permission slips, information forms or notes.

Stress the importance of taking pride in all work.  Encourage the completion of all work neatly and check it over for mistakes.  Establish a routine of organizing school materials the night before so that nothing is left at home the next day.

Go over work papers that are sent home and help children realize that we all learn by our mistakes.

Encourage your children to read, and read to them.

Give them a place to study to assist the development of good study habits

LOST AND FOUND

A lost and found facility is located in the cafeteria.  Children and parents should check these locations whenever anything is lost at school.  Valuables such as jewelry and money, when found, will be secured in the main office.

We recommend that parents label or sew nametags on clothing items to facilitate identification.  Additionally, lunch boxes, satchels, purses, wallets, etc. should be marked with some form of student identification.

PARENT VOLUNTEERS

We welcome and encourage parent volunteer help.  Volunteers work with individual children and small groups in the classroom.   They also serve as classroom or office aides, help in the Media Center or do whatever is most helpful to the teacher and students.  Should you wish to assist us, please contact your child’s teacher, the media center or the office.  You can also contact the Red Cross or Family Services and let them know your availability.  All volunteers must report to the office on arrival at school to ‘clock’ in and receive a badge.

SCHOOL CLOSURES AND CANCELLATIONS

The Wing Commander may declare an emergency for reasons such as alerts, epidemics, inclement weather, bomb threats, demonstrations, or facility deficiencies that would endanger the health and safety of students and school personnel.  These situations may result in schools being closed and students being released early.  On such occasions, it is impossible for school personnel to personally notify all parents that children will be dismissed early.  Parents, therefore, must make arrangements for these eventualities and ensure their children have alternative places to go whenever there is no one home to meet them.

In cases of bad weather, the Wing Commander or a designated representative will coordinate school closure or delayed start times with the principal.  The decision to close school will normally be made prior to 0600 hours.

The following sources can provide information on school closures: 

            Base Information Line - (01480) 824636

            AFN TV – Commander’s hotline channel

            Radio Cambridgeshire - 102.6 MW, 96 FM (FM does not reach some villages)           

VISITORS AND GUESTS

Parents are welcome to visit our school.  All visitors must sign in at the main office where they must present an ID card and receive a badge.  If you wish to visit your child’s classroom, please arrange a time and date with the teacher.  This allows the teacher to tell the children about your visit, which tends to lessen the disruption to classroom routines.  Classroom instructional time cannot be used for parent/teacher conferences.  Any time during school hours a visitor/parent enters the school, he/she must first report to the office.

 

ALCONBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Parent Information Concerning Student Conduct

To the parents of _______________________________________, 

Your son/daughter was involved in inappropriate conduct while at school today, ______________ that infringed on his/her safety and/or the rights/safety of others.  The incident indicated below occurred:
 ____ in class  ______during lunch ____ during recess ______other.
 This is your child’s _______ referral. The action taken was:
 _____ Counseling by an administrator, _____loss of privileges, _____ other _______________________.

Please take time to discuss the incident with your child and communicate clearly to him/her your expectations for his/her behavior while at school.  Also, please sign this note to let us know that you have received the information and send it back to school with your child in the morning.

Thank you for your support and cooperation.        ___________________________________

                                                                                      Ora Flippen-Casper, Principal

INCIDENT DESCRIPTION

 ___Fighting/Play Fighting          ___Hitting, Pushing, Kicking     ___Insubordinate/Disrespectful

 ___Prohibited Item Possession ___Vulgarity                             ___Purposefully Disobeying Rules

 ___Abusive Behavior to Peers  ___Endangering Self/Others      ___Inappropriate Use of Computer

 ___Other ___________________________________________________________________________

 COMMENTS:

 _________________________________________              ___________________________          ____

Parent Signature (Please sign and return to school)                             Teacher’s Name                           Grade

 

  

TRI-BASE COMMUNITY/DoDDS DISCIPLINE POLICY

TABLE OF CONSEQUENCES

 

**Administrative Action may include, but is not limited to, the following:

Warning, Counseling Session, Detention, Parent Notification, Community or School Work Detail

 

CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT/GUARDIAN ON THE DAY (S) OF SUSPENSION.  This applies for all three suspension scenarios

lasting more than one day:

 

Shadowing – Parent accompanies student to all classes and remains throughout the day, including lunch.

Out of School – Parent accompanies and remains with student at Community Work Detail.

In School – Parent accompanies and remains with student in designated room at the school.  School assignments for the day are to be completed.

 

SCHOOL BUS - TABLE OF CONSEQUENCES (Revised 23 June 2006)

 

Note:

1 - All rule infractions are cumulative in most cases for the SY.  A series of minor infractions may result in serious consequences.

2 - All misconduct must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.  Depending upon severity, warnings, suspensions or expulsions may be deemed appropriate

     regardless of sequence or frequency of misconduct incidents.

3 - SLO to be informed when suspensions/expulsions from bus occur.

4 - Possession of weapons or prohibited items, controlled substances, alcohol or other serious incidents will be reported on DoDEA Form 4795 and may result in

     suspension or expulsion from school in addition to the loss of bus privileges.   

5 - Discipline of students with disabilities must be consistent with the provisions of Encl. 5 to DoDEA Reg. 205

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