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Welcome Back to Maplewood

MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
618 -332 - 3709
Mrs. Victoria L. White, Principal
Mr. Anson Mitchell, Assistant Principal
2009-2010
First day of school is Tuesday, August 18th from 9:00 – 11:30. No breakfast or lunch served.
First full day of school is Wednesday, August 19, 2009.
School Hours for Students – 9:00 – 3:15.
TEACHER : GRADE:
ALL STUDENTS MUST PAY A REQUIRED STUDENT FEE OF $20.00 FOR THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR.
1. BUS RIDERS:
# Put a nametag with address, phone number, teacher’s name and bus number on kindergarten and first grade students during the first week of the school year.
2. STUDENTS WHO WALK TO SCHOOL:
# Put a nametag with address, phone number, and teacher’s name on kindergarten and first grade students during the first week of the school year.
# Students who walk to school need to enter the building through the front doors.
# Plan to arrive no earlier than 9:00. (Unless students are eating breakfast – see breakfast program)
3. PARENT PICK-UPS:
# Please pick-up and drop off your child before and after school at the parking lot located in the front yard of the school.
# You will not be able to park in the street.
# It is not allowed for you to go to your child’s classroom to pick up your child. All walkers will be dismissed through the front doors of the school. Students that are picked up by a car are released at the end of the walkway. For safety concerns, students are not allowed to walk among cars in the parking lot unsupervised.
4. LUNCH AND MILK:
# The cost of a hot lunch with milk is $1.25 for all grade levels. Reduced lunch is 40 cents.
# Students may bring a lunch and purchase a carton of milk at a cost of 40 cents. There is no free milk if your child brings his/her lunch to school. Lunch money can be sent each day or prepaid weekly.
# Glass bottles, carbonated drinks, and candy are not allowed in the cafeteria during the lunch hours.
5. BREAKFAST PROGRAM:
# Breakfast will be served each morning. Breakfast costs 65 cents. Reduced breakfast is 30 cents. There is no charge for breakfast for students who receive a free lunch.
# Students who walk to school must report to school from 8:45 – 9:00 a.m. to eat breakfast. Walkers are to come to the large front cafeteria doors. Students arriving after 9:00 will not be allowed to eat breakfast, and will wait by the main entrance. Bus riders will eat lunch as soon as they enter the building.
6. MEDICATION AT SCHOOL:
# We encourage parents to administer prescription drugs to children at home immediately before and/or after school. If your child needs to receive medication during the school day, please fill out the required medication form. No medication of any type can be given at school until this form is received.
7. TARDY POLICY:
# It is very important that all students arrive to school on time and stays until the end of the day. When a student is tardy, the person who brings the student to school should report to the office with the student. A child is counted tardy if he or she arrives late or leaves early.
# If your child is more than 30 minutes late for school or leaves school 30 minutes early, s/he is counted as being absent for half of a day.
8. PARENT TEACHER COMMUNICATORS:
# Each child receives a colored parent-teacher communicator. This is to be returned on a daily basis. A lost folder can be purchased for $1.00.
# If you need to speak to your child’s teacher, please call to make an appointment. We cannot stop classroom instruction for parent meetings. Each teacher has one break per day. Please call to see when your child’s teacher is available.
9. PICTURE DAY:
# Fall pictures must be purchased on a prepaid basis only. Uniforms are not required on this day. However, the school dress code still applies.
10. UNIFORM POLICY:
# School uniforms are mandatory for students. It is district policy that male students cannot wear earrings.
11. ABSENCES:
# If your child is going to be absent, please call the school office. If you do not call the school office, state law requires us to call your home. If no one is reached, the absence is unexcused.
12. HEALTH CONCERNS:
# At times we encounter students who have childhood illnesses, such as chicken pox, measles, ringworm, mumps, pink eye, impetigo, and head lice. If your child has an illness like one of the above, he / she will not be allowed to return to school until a note is provided by a physician. Please do not send your child to school if they have a fever, diarrhea, vomiting, or a rash.
13. SPECIAL NOTE FOR PARENTS OF KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS:
# Kindergarten students must have an original birth certificate, a physical examination (less than one year old) signed and dated by a physician, two computer generated proofs of residence, (one of which may be an occupancy permit), and must be five years old on or before September 1st. All requirements must be met in order to enroll. Enrollment must be done at the Board of Education’s central registrar.
14. SCHOOL INSURANCE:
# School insurance will be available and applications with prices will be sent home shortly after the beginning of school.