Social Studies 1-3 3, 2, 1 (Grade 2 - S, P, N also)

Social Studies 1-3 3, 2, 1 (Grade 2 - S, P, N also)

Handwriting 1-5 3, 2, 1

Music 1-5 3, 2, 1 and S, P, N

Art 1-5 3, 2, 1 and S, P, N

P.E. 1-5 3, 2, 1 and S, P, N

Conduct 1-5 S, P, N

Students in kindergarten receive grades of 3, 2, 1 (3 = Consistently and Independently Meets or Exceeds Standards; 2 = Ongoing Progress Towards Meeting Standards; 1 = Limited or No Progress Towards Meeting Standards) in the areas of academic, social, emotional, and physical development.

If a student receives a grade below 70, the grade should be represented on the report

card with the letter “F”. Teachers are expected to familiarize themselves with and to follow the grading procedures for students in grades 1 – 5.

TEXTBOOKS

Homeroom teachers will issue textbooks at the beginning of the school year and collect them at school closing. Please submit a copy of your textbook assignments to your grade level chair by Friday of the first full week of school.

1. 
   Label the book - - Write: The name of the student, the teacher's name, and the school year on the inside front cover of all issued books.
   

Once the student has been issued a textbook that student is responsible for that book. The teacher will write receipts for all lost books. Lost and damaged textbooks must be paid for promptly. Please encourage your students to search thoroughly before payment of a lost book.

Both field trips and guest speakers or demonstrations can be extremely useful educational tools. By their nature as something different from the ordinary classroom routine, these events arouse curiosity in students. The key to successful use of these resources is to channel that natural curiosity into significant learning experiences.

The procedures for engaging in these fieldtrips are listed below.

1. 
   School personnel will still be responsible for paying the per mile cost of transportation and the fees for the driver just as they have in the past.  In addition, any entrance fees, etc. must be paid by the school.  Traditionally, teachers have sent fieldtrip letters to parents explaining the trip and asking for donations to cover these costs along with a fieldtrip permission form.  NO CHILD CAN BE EXCLUDED FROM A FIELD TRIP DUE TO FAILURE TO PROVIDE A DONATION! All field trips should be approved by Mr. Forehand. He will help you enter the transportation information into TripTracker.
   

2. 
   Elementary teachers must choose a trip from the attached fieldtrip list (the same one we have been using all along).  If elementary teachers wish to provide a fieldtrip not on the attached list, approval must be sought through the school principal and Dr. Proctor.  No trip can be more than 80 miles round trip and must leave the respective school after the students’ school day starts and return by 2:00 PM.
   

3. 
   Teachers will use procedures established at the school level to enter the fieldtrip information into TripTracker to schedule the trip.  After this is done, the request will go through the transportation approval process. 
   

4. 
   When the fieldtrip is completed, an invoice will be generated by business office personnel and sent to school bookkeepers for payment.
   

Students are expected to be in attendance at school every day unless their absence meets the criteria for an excused absence as defined by Newton County Board of Education policy.

If a student arrives at any time after the homeroom tardy bell, he/she must obtain a tardy slip from the school office before he/she is admitted to the classroom. If a student reports to your class late, and does not have a tardy slip, he/she should be sent to the office to obtain one.

Teachers shall not release any student to leave the classroom or any other area to go home unless notified by the office to do so. If a parent or other adult comes to the classroom to pick up a student, please send the person to the office to obtain clearance to pick up the student. All students who leave before dismissal must be signed out in the office. You will be notified to send students to the office to go home after they have been signed out.

State standards require that a student be in attendance for at least half of the instructional day in order to be counted present at school. Students who check out early must be at school until at least 11:30 A.M. to be counted present. If they check in late, they must arrive by 11:30 or will be counted absent for the day. Students who leave school for an appointment and return to school afterwards must be in attendance (instructional time only) for a total of 3 hours to be counted present.

When a teacher is uncertain about a particular child’s partial absence, she should consult the student sign-in or sign-out record or check with the attendance secretary for the exact time.

STUDENT DISCIPLINE

Discipline of students is primarily a teacher responsibility. Teachers who clearly establish rules and are consistent, fair, and impartial in their enforcement usually have few serious discipline problems in their classrooms. However, most classes include at least one student who requires individual help with understanding class rules, school rules, and teacher expectations.

Any teacher who establishes a clear set of rules and logical consequences and then does not follow them consistently, or who belittles students with snide or sarcastic remarks or inappropriate actions loses the respect of his/her students, their parents, and other teachers. It is extremely difficult for an administrator to back a teacher who has been inconsistent, derogatory, or sarcastic to a child.

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