Wear your visitor badge.

ALL visitors on campus, except at drop-off and pick-up, need to wear a yellow visitor’s badge.  Please sign in at the office and wear your badge.  It helps us identify who is on campus and keeps your child safe!

Be considerate with use of your cell phone on campus.

If you’re volunteering, please keep your phone on silent.  If you must answer a call, do so outside the classroom and out of earshot of other children.  Children really want our undivided attention, and a cell phone is a distraction for both you and our students.

Parent-Teacher Communication

What parents can EXPECT

• Parent communications responded to within 48 hours excluding weekends and holidays
• Requests for appointments responded to or scheduled within 1 week
• Parent to be notified immediately about single serious issue or as needed for ongoing problem.

Contact your child’s teacher about:

• Changes in family situation (divorce, new baby, move)
• Medical issues that arise or change
• Illness lasting longer than 3 days
• Safety issues, change in behavior at home
• Send a note re:  family emergencies, sleepless nights, appointments
• Ongoing and pervasive problems/concerns at school or home
• When you can’t keep a scheduled appointment

• Questions or concerns about homework assignments.

Ways to Communicate With Your Child’s Teacher:

• Make an appointment when you need to see the teacher. Teachers are preparing for class in the morning; please don’t arrive unannounced for a conference or even to say, “Do you just have a minute?”  There’s no such thing as just a minute, and every child, including yours, suffers when the teacher loses preparation time. Contact your child’s teacher as they have asked you to, whether it’s by phone, email, or via a note. When teachers arrive to pick up the class from the playground, they are setting the tone for behavior and instruction for the day. It is not a good time for informal conferencing/discussion about homework or other concerns
• Speak respectfully to and about your child’s teacher especially in the presence of your child/children.
• When there are concerns about your child address all questions and concerns to your child’s teacher prior to discussion of these matters with other parents, faculty, and staff.

Ways to help your child grow in responsibility and independence:

• Encourage your child to talk to the teacher about problems with homework or other issues at school.  If necessary, send an email or note to the teacher to make them aware. Have your child write a note to the teacher explaining why homework may not have been completed, then both of you sign the note.
• Teach your child responsibility for his/her own backpack and belongings by allowing your child to carry them to and from school.
• Students are accountable for homework, instruments, library books, and other instructional materials.  Please assist your child/children to develop a plan to pack their required materials the night before. Do not bring these items to school after school has begun for the day.
• Leave your child at the drop-off line; the teacher will take him/her into the classroom.  When you walk along, it can interfere with the line, and could send the message that you’re not comfortable leaving your child at school
• At the end of the day, wait for your child at the entrance of the school.

To increase mutual respect, remember:

• We’re all on the same team-your child’s support team
• Take chats off campus after drop-off so teachers and students can begin learning when the bell rings.
• Use age appropriate language around children on campus and at the curb when you drop them off.
• The views of all stakeholders will be heard and respected.
• Teachers have their own families and lives; respect their privacy.