ROSLAND ELEMENTARY PARENT HANDBOOK 2015-2016

“Grounded in the Past…Soaring to the Future”

Rosland Elementary School 52350 Yaeger Way PO Box 3360 La Pine, OR 97739 Phone: (541) 355-8100 Fax: (541) 355-8110

Rochelle Williams, Principal

PLEASE KEEP THIS IN A CONVENIENT PLACE FOR REFERENCE THROUGHOUT TABL THE SCHOOL YEAR.

Last updated 8/11/15 WELCOME TO ROSLAND ELEMENTARY!

MISSION

Our mission is to educate, guide and nurture all students along their journey to become thriving citizens of our future.

VISION

To accomplish our mission we will strive to become: • A place where children are valued, supported, encouraged and safe • An environment dedicated to teaching so that children master the Core Academic Skills at each grade level • A community where individual talents and gifts are recognized and fostered • A place where the behavioral focus is on cooperation and positive behavioral support • A staff that is part of a collaborative support learning community focused on student learning • The hub of the community where partnerships are developed between the school, families and the community

Rosland Elementary has established the following expectations for students everywhere at school:

BE SAFE Follow school and classroom rules.

BE RESPONSIBLE Come to school ready to learn; hold high expectations for yourself; complete assignments; contribute positively to your school and community.

BE RESPECTFUL Demonstrate through words and actions mutual respect to students, staff, parents, and community members, respect individual differences, cultures and ethnic backgrounds.

2 Parent Involvement Policy Parents are their children’s first and most important teachers. Research tells us that parent involvement makes a big difference. When schools welcome families, establish personal relationships among families and staff, help parents understand how the system works, and encourages family-staff collaboration to improve student achievement, students do better in school and the school gets stronger!

Our school is committed to being fully family-friendly and to work as partners with our families to help all of our students achieve at high levels. Our school encourages families to be: • Teachers of their children at home • Supporters of our school and of public education • Advocates for their own and other children, and • Decision makers in school policy and practice

Parent Involvement Plan In order for Rosland Elementary to be fully family-friendly, we will 1. Create and maintain a welcoming environment for all families and community members. a. Friendly signs to help them feel welcome and how to get around the building b. Standards of welcoming behavior that apply to all staff c. Visitors will be greeted politely and can get information easily d. A comfortable environment for parents to meet with staff and collect resources and educational information for use at home e. Clear policies in parent handbook 2. Create and maintain connections between the school community and broader community to support student learning. a. Information for students and families on community health, culture, recreation, social support, and other programs and services b. FAN and FACT service information c. Business partnerships with local agencies (Deschutes Public Library, Park and Rec., Chamber of Commerce, etc.) d. Grants and Foundation work for support of school programs e. School building used after school hours for community groups f. Parent and community bulletin board and reader board 3. Educate families and provide needed resources for supporting their children’s learning. a. Parent workshops b. Information in newsletters

3 c. Kiosk shows tips that change frequently d. Display work around the building for visitors to understand the purpose of the work and the standards it is to meet e. Parent teacher conferences f. Open House 4. Ensure family members have the opportunity for meaningful involvement in the school. a. Volunteer jobs for family members to help in an area that is convenient and comfortable b. SMART reading – Start Making a Reader Today c. Field trip participation for approved volunteers d. Notification of family events 5. Leadership includes families on all decision-making and advisory committees and ensures training for such as areas as policy, curriculum, budget, school reform initiatives, and safety. a. Active PTA b. Site Council c. Key parents to advise on school programs and activities d. School survey e. Suggestion box 6. Involve parents and students in setting student goals and preparing the student for post-secondary education and careers. a. College day event each year b. Provide additional information on careers c. Film high school graduation for use during discussions d. Blue and Gold Day 7. Use a variety of tools on a regular basis to facilitate two-way communication among stakeholders. a. Suggestion box b. Coffee with the principal c. Popcorn with the principal d. Open door

Parents, teachers, support staff, and community members developed this policy. In preparing this policy, they: 1. Talked with families, staff, and community members and reviewed parent and staff surveys to identify what was important to school stakeholders. 2. Drafted this policy and distributed it for comment 3. Revised the policy using the comments gathered during the review process, and then presented it to the staff and site council for adoption. This policy will be reviewed annually. It will be updated or revised as needed.

4 NUMBERS TO KNOW Please do not hesitate to contact the school with any questions or concerns. Here are some important numbers to know: Rochelle Williams, Principal 541-355-8100 Leslie Reif, Family and Student Support Coordinator 541-355-8100 Karen Kromer-Foster, Office Manager 541-355-8101 Susie Prentice, Secretary & Attendance 541-355-8100 Deana Presley, La Pine Transportation 541-355-5750 Jim Boen, Director, South County Schools 541-355-8101

SCHOOL HOURS The morning bell rings at 8:45 a.m. School starts promptly at 9:00 a.m.

K - 5th Grades 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Office Hours 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

ARRIVAL TIME: Students should not arrive before 8:30 a.m., as there is no supervision prior to 8:30 a.m. Breakfast is served in the classroom from 8:45 – 8:55.

DEPARTURE TIME: Students taking the bus will leave between 3:30 and 3:35 p.m. If you are picking up your child from school, please do so by 3:40 p.m. There is no supervision after that time. Students who do not ride a bus will be dismissed to the front of the building. If you are meeting your child, please park in a designated parking space, and meet your child inside the front entrance.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT WEDNESDAYS/EARLY DISMISSAL: The Bend-La Pine School District has dedicated Wednesday afternoons to staff development and students will be released early. School Improvement Wednesdays will start September 16th and will be every Wednesday until the end of the year. Release time is 2:00 pm on these Wednesdays. There will be two Wednesdays that we release at noon for teachers to prepare for conferences. These dates are October 21st and February 24th.

5 INCLEMENT WEATHER AND EMERGENCY CLOSURES The Bend-La Pine School District will communicate any closures or delays through local media outlets as soon as possible, usually before 6:00 a.m. The district has a dedicated message line that you can call for updated information on delays or closures. Please call 541-323-SNOW (7669) and not the school if you have a question about weather related school delays or closures. Parents should listen to the radio or check the local television station for news about school delays or closures. If no announcements about the Bend-La Pine Schools are made, schools are open! Please do not call the school to see if classes are canceled or delayed; we only have a couple of incoming lines and limited staff in the morning.

Bend-La Pine Schools Website: www.bend.k12.or.us or call 541-323-SNOW

Text Messaging System: Go to this website http://connect.bend.k12.or.us to register and sign up for text message alerts. This new option provides parents and students immediate and reliable information in the event of school closures or delays due to icy weather conditions

Radio Stations KICE – 940 AM KTWS – 98.3 FM KLTW – 95.7 KBND – 1110 AM KMGX – 100.7 FM KMTK – 99.7 FM KXIX – 94.1 FM KLRR – 101.7 FM KSJJ – 102.9 FM KWLZ – 96.5 FM KWPK – 104.1 KNLR – 97.5 FM KQAK – 105.7 FM

Television: KTVZ-TV channel 21 or channel 5 on cable Bend Cable information on channel 4 Good Morning Central Oregon on cable channel 11 KOHD – Cable channel 9

6 ATTENDANCE for more than ten days will be dropped Regular attendance in school is essential from enrollment on the eleventh day. for a quality education. Developing the The State of Oregon recognizes the habit of going to school regularly is important role of attendance in students’ critical to do well in school, college, and success in school by including it as an on the job. We encourage students to be integral part of every school’s yearly present every day. Daily attendance will Oregon Department of Education Report help them feel more closely associated Card rating. with their classmates and will dramatically improve their educational 96% and above = exceptional progress. The time missed from class 94% - 95.9% = strong results in loss of valuable educational 90.1% - 93.9% = satisfactory experiences. 90% and below = chronic absenteeism

When Can Your Child Miss School? Both excused and unexcused absences Your child’s absence may be excused are recorded in a student’s official if he/she: attendance record, which affects our *Is sick – but if the illness lasts three or state report card rating. A written more days, you may want to take him/her to excuse from a parent is needed when the doctor or call the school nurse to obtain your child returns to school after an a medical excuse. absence. If your child is absent more *Is needed because of a family emergency. than two days and must have work sent If possible, please call the school and let the home, please give the teacher 24 hours office know how long you expect to have notice to get it ready. Students are your child out of school. expected to make up missed *If your child is suspended or expelled. assignments.

Your child will not be excused for Remember, much of the learning that missing school: goes on in the classroom cannot be *To go shopping or get a haircut. duplicated at home. *Because he/she slept in. *Because he/she does not want to go to school. Please feel free to contact our Family *Because he/she has a problem at school. and Support Coordinator to discuss We want to help – please contact the teacher absenteeism issues. or principal. These are just a few of the reasons that If Your Child Is Sick will cause your student’s absence to be By school district policy, a child who unexcused. has had a fever or has been throwing up should stay home at least one day. If the State of Oregon law authorizes the office staff calls to let you know your school, not the parent, to determine child is sick and needs to go home, which absences may be excused. If a please make arrangements to be here or student is gone three or more days a send someone within 20 minutes. doctor’s note may be required. The State Children who are not well enough to of Oregon requires that any student gone participate in all school activities should be kept at home. A doctor’s note is

Last updated 8/11/15 required if a child is to be excused from receive supplemental small group PE and other regular activities such as instruction, we check their progress recess. frequently. We use “decision rules” to If your child is sick you may call the La look at the student’s progress and decide Pine School Based Health Center for an if the child needs to have a different kind appointment or for information. Their of supplemental instruction. The first number is 541-536-0400 step is to provide small group interventions for a student. If, after a Immunizations period of instruction, there is still Oregon Law requires all students concern, we will plan an individualized in public school to show evidence intervention. of compliance with immunization requirements by the district SET Team Student Effectiveness Team (SET) is a exclusion date (November for multidisciplinary team of supported kindergarten students and February education specialists, the school st th for 1 – 5 ). If you want a evaluator, classroom teacher, and an nonmedical exception for your administrative representative that child, complete the required online evaluates a student who may need education module and turn in the additional instructional services, beyond the EBISS Team, to reach his/her full certification prior to these potential. exclusion dates. Supported Education Student Support Teams Our Supported Education team is a EBISS Team (Effective Behavioral multi-disciplinary team, which addresses and Instructional Support System) the needs of our children who qualify for EBISS is a multidisciplinary team of supported education services. The team teachers, administrators, and specialists includes a SpEd and/or academic who meet with classroom teachers to specialist, nurses, educational assistant share ideas about how to best meet the and an evaluator. The team works with needs of all students. Rosland the parents to develop appropriate IEPs Elementary is committed to ensuring (Individual Education Plans). each child makes significant academic progress. To do this, we continuously Speech and Language review information that tells us how Speech and language assistance is each child is progressing. Grade level provided to students who have specific teams and support staff review all speech and language needs, stipulated by students’ progress in the area of reading the IEP. Referrals for this program are and math three times a year using short made by teacher and parent concerns. assessments. The teams use the data to decide which students are doing well in the core classroom instruction, which students may need supplemental intervention in addition to their core classroom instruction. When students

8 Title I Parents may request information Title I is a federally funded program, regarding the professional qualifications which employs a reading specialist and of their student’s classroom teacher. If several educational assistants for you would like this information, contact additional support in reading and math at the principal and you will receive Rosland Elementary. Because Rosland information on their baccalaureate Elementary is a ‘school-wide’ Title I degree, academic major and any school, all students are able to benefit. graduate degrees or certifications and the type of Oregon teaching license held by your child’s teacher. If you child is also Regulation EBCB-AR. This will include serviced by a paraprofessional 11 fire drills during the school year, two (educational assistant) you may also in September and one each month for inquire about their qualifications. October - June and at least two earthquake drills throughout the school TAG (Talented and Gifted) year. Students will follow the direction This service is for students in grades K-5 of their teachers and evacuate the based on qualifying behavioral, learning buildings swiftly and silently in a single and/or performance information, or a file line nationally standardized mental ability test, and/or checklist. Lockdown Drills We are required to do two lockdown Kindergarten drills during the school year. Parents will Kindergarten is the beginning of a be notified of the drills in the school child’s formal entrance to school. newsletter prior to the actual drill. In the Kindergarteners learn essential event of a real lockdown, we will work foundational skills of reading, writing, together with law enforcement. Teachers and math. Additionally, your child learns will lock classroom doors and close the social behaviors for success in the blinds. Teachers will review lockdown classroom setting they will use for years procedures with students. to come. Kindergarten standards are higher than ever before. Consistent Emergency Closure attendance is the best way for children In the event of an emergency such as a to establish the routine of school. If your power outage or loss of water, it may be child is showing a particular fear about necessary to send students home early. school, please be open with your child’s Should school need to be closed during teacher. This will help the teacher know the day after students have been picked how to quickly help your child conquer up and transported, the closure will be his/her fear. communicated through the various media and parents will be notified. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Students will not be transported home without parent notification and contact, Fire and Earthquake Drills per Administration Regulation EBCD- Students will have at least 30 minutes of AR, Emergency Closures. fire and earthquake danger and drills each month of school per Administrative

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POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT At Rosland Elementary we use a school-wide system known as PBS (Positive Behavior Support). Our goal and our three school-wide rules are for students to Be Safe, Be Respectful, and Be Responsible. The chart shown below describes the expected behaviors in the many areas of our school. During the year, we will be discussing and reviewing ways to make Rosland Elementary a great place to work, learn and have fun. The Rosland staff will develop and maintain a productive school where positive behaviors are recognized and supported. Teachers will spend time at the beginning of the year teaching students our expectations. They will also review the matrix periodically throughout the year. We believe that having consistent school-wide rules will help students know and follow expectations that will create a safe and secure learning environment. Please take time to go over these expectations with your child(ren).

Be Safe Be Respectful Be Responsible Arrival • Use sidewalks. • Use kind words and • Arrive on time and • Walk at all times. actions. go to a supervised • Follow adult directions. area. Stay in supervised areas. • • Touch others property • Use front and back with permission only. entrances only. • Keep hands, feet and objects to yourself. All • Walk at all times. • Respect property, yours • Go directly to common • Keep hands and feet to and others. where you need to areas, halls yourself. • Keep hands off the walls. be. Keep to the right in passing Walk quietly at all times. • You must have a and • • areas. • Be respectful of artwork. pass to go to the passing • Walk facing forward. office, restroom, areas library or study hall. • Stay in supervised areas.

Restrooms • Keep water in the sink and • Respect other’s privacy. • Use inside voices. off the floor. • Use inside voices. • Go quickly. • Keep toilet paper in the • Wait quietly on the • Inform adults of toilet. Waiting Wall for your vandalism, spills or • Put paper towels in garbage turn. problems. cans. • Keep the restroom clean. • Keep feet on the floor. • Don’t take pens, pencils, • Wash your hands with soap. or other items in with you. Dismissal • After being dismissed from • Follow common courtesy • Walk safely. – walker class, walk directly to rules. • Stay on sidewalk or predetermined destination. off the roadway. • Follow safe pedestrian traffic rules. Dismissal • Walk at all times. • Use your inside voice. • Follow all rules. – bus rider • Keep hands and feet to • Get along with your • Be on time. yourself. neighbor. • Wait only in • Follow adult directions. assigned areas. • Go directly to the bus when your bus is called.

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• AM – Unload from cars • Follow adult • Walk to cars. Positive Behavior Support, continued in front parking lot of supervisor’s • Students wait the school. directions. for adult to • Walk on the sidewalk. dismiss

• PM – Stay inside the them. Dismissal – car rider front until your ride picks you up. • PM – Parents, park in designated parking only. Dismissal – bike rider • Wear a helmet. • Be a smart • Ride • Walk your bike off bike rider. responsibly school grounds. following bike safety rules. physical injury or death under the No Tolerance Policy circumstances in which it is used, attempted to Our school is a safe place for your children and be used or threatened to be used. we work hard to make sure you feel comfortable sending your children to school each day. Bend-La Pine Schools is a member of the Safe Sometimes children bring things to school that Schools Alliance (SSA) and follows SSA and law do not belong at school. This may include a enforcement protocols when handling pocketknife that was left in a backpack after a violations. Consistent with Oregon law, a camping trip, a water gun, or a bullet collected student who brings a weapon into a school while hunting. It is very important that these environment, or at any time is in possession of a items do not make their way to school. The weapon in a school environment, shall be Bend-La Pine Schools have a zero-tolerance expelled for a minimum of one year, is policy regarding students possessing, prohibited from enrolling in any other Oregon concealing, or using weapons or look-alikes on school during the period of expulsion, and may school grounds or at school activities. The lose the opportunity of having a driver’s permit consequences for students possessing, or license until the age of 21. School concealing, or using a weapon can result in environment includes all school campuses, all expulsion for a calendar year and a referral to School District vehicles, and all school law enforcement, even in elementary school. activities whether or not on school property.” Please help us ensure these items do not come to school, including outside the school day. Even Bullying with no intention to harm, having these items at We are committed to providing a safe learning school or on school grounds could result in the environment and will not tolerate bullying or required consequences. Please ask your child to harassment of any kind. Incidents of bullying or share knowledge of any unsafe item at school to harassment can be reported to the Principal or an adult so that we may take appropriate action. Student and Family Involvement Coordinator. The following is an excerpt from the district’s While this is a very serious topic, it is important handbook: to clearly define bullying as opposed to general “Oregon law defines a no tolerance policy conflict that may occur at school. Bullying is toward weapons in the school environment. aggressive behavior that involves an imbalance This includes destructive devices, replicas of of power or strength that is generally repeated weapons, and any item used as a weapon. over time. Conflict is friction/hostility among Weapons include all types of firearms plus any two or more people such as a disagreement or weapon, device, instrument, material or fight. We work to reduce conflict as much as substance that is capable of causing serious possible and work with students on problem

11 solving and conflict resolution skills. We also Student Technology Use Guidelines implement a Bully Prevention and Awareness Bend-La Pine Schools provides students with program, which empowers students to practice access to technology resources for educational skills for these types of situations. use. Technology resources include computer equipment and programs, telecommunication Toys at School devices and services, Internet access, smart Students are to leave their personal toys, game boards, projection equipment, iPads etc. Any cards, electronics, etc. at home. Such items are a computing or electronic device or Internet distraction in the classroom and may be lost, connection used on school district premises, damaged or stolen. The school is NOT even if personally owned, is subject to the RESPONSIBLE for lost, stolen, damaged or following: broken personal items. Any personal items When using technology resources, the student brought to school will be confiscated and the should: parent will be notified to pick them up from the • Keep password and personal information office. private to prevent unauthorized use. • Use computer equipment appropriately, Cell Phones for school-related purposes only. We believe that there is no need for elementary • Navigate to Internet sites that are children to have access to cell phones during the relevant to the topic being researched school day. Therefore, students who bring and are school-related and teacher phones for safety reasons when walking home authorized. from the bus top must keep them in their • Communicate with others via email or backpacks and turned off until they reach their social network services only when doing bus stop. This includes walking out to the bus so is relevant to, or part of, the from school. Any cell phone that is out, or rings classroom activity and authorized by the during the day will be taken from the child and teacher. the parent will be called to come pick it up. If • Inform a teacher if District computer you feel your child must have a cell phone for settings or equipment have been altered. safety reasons, please make sure your child • Follow copyright laws and restrictions knows it is to be kept off and in the backpack and always cite research sources when and not shown to others. If you need to make using information from the Internet. changes to your child’s after school plans, • Keep food and drink away from please contact the office instead of your child’s computers and electronic devices. cell phone. We will get the message to your • Take care to avoid damaging/modifying student and your student’s teacher. technology tools (e.g., computers, projectors, document cameras, smart boards, printers, phones, fax, etc.).

• Avoid wasting resources (i.e., printing unnecessary information).

• Use technology tools with teacher/staff

supervision.

Students may not use technology resources,

including those that are personally owned, for:

Personal mail, gaming, or social • networking services not related to

completion of a classroom assignment.

• Accessing sites or services blocked by the District, even if doing so on a personally owned device or connection. 12 • Accessing inappropriate sites (if Acceptable Use Agreement and had an accessed by mistake, inform teacher orientation session with the school. Students immediately). will receive permission to transport the iPad • Capturing passwords or login home after the student has met all digital information from others or using any citizenship requirements. This privilege can be device or technology to intercept or revoked at any time during the school year if modify electronic communications or expectations are not met. The iPad’s use and files. care is the responsibility of the student and it • Downloading copyrighted software and will need to be returned in the same condition it programs, graphics, music, etc. without is checked out, including the charger. The proper license or payment. student will receive the same iPad the following • Commercial/business purposes. year that they are enrolled at Rosland. Any fees • Cyber bullying, illegal or malicious to repair or replace an iPad will be charged to purposes. the student. Insurance is recommended and available through the school office. • Disclosing contact or personal information about other students. • Accessing other student or staff’s Library files/data without permission. Classes visit the library once a week for 30 • Publicly posting or reviewing publicly minutes. Kindergarten students check out one posted information that defames or book that usually stays in their classroom, while degrades other students or staff or that other students may check out two books, which might reasonably be considered can be taken home. All book are checked out for offensive by another student or staff two weeks. Students are responsible for what member. Leave such sites immediately. they check out. Parents are responsible for any • Intentionally modifying or disrupting lost or damaged books checked out by their any District service or communication children. including web services, telephone and calling services, and student grade Music records. Students in kindergarten through fifth grades Violations: The information contained in this will receive music instruction each week. Please handbook is expected behavior regarding the read the school newsletters for more information appropriate use of technology. Violations may about concert performances. result in disciplinary action up to and including expulsion. In situations where violations of state Physical Education and/or federal laws pertaining to the use of the Children in kindergarten through fifth grades computer and other telecommunications devices participate in PE each week. This class revolves or services occur, the appropriate enforcement around activities, skills and games that will help agencies will be contacted and offenses will be our children in physical and social development. prosecuted as a felony. Because your child needs to be safe, we ask that each child have a separate pair of non-marking Digital Conversion athletic shoes to be worn for PE. The term digital conversion refers to the transformation of instruction from a paper-based Pick Up and Drop Off Procedures world to a primarily digital world, in which Parents who transport their children need to every student in grades 3-12 and every teacher bring them to school after 8:30 a.m. Parents has access to a personal computing device and picking up children after school should arrive by the Internet anytime/anywhere. IPads will be 3:40 p.m. Students who are not riding the bus checked out to 3rd – 5th grade students, after the are to be dropped off in front of the school and student and parent have completed the picked up inside at the main entrance of school. 13

Visitors and Volunteers Contacting Your Child During School We love to have parents and family visit at Hours Rosland Elementary. You are welcome to visit Our goal is to keep classroom interruptions to a your child’s classroom or have lunch with your minimum. During class time, calls will not be child. If you visit or volunteer at school, you put through to teachers unless it is an must sign in at the office and get a pass. If you emergency. Please call the office or send a note come to visit other than to eat lunch or with your child in the morning to let the teacher volunteer, you need to prearrange the visit the know about daycare instructions, bus changes, day before and it will be for no longer than 30 after-school arrangements and any other minutes (this includes going out to recess with changes from the normal routine. Parent contact your child). must be made in order for regular after school plans to be changed. You may call the office Volunteers must complete a ‘Volunteer (before 3:00 p.m. if possible, please) with Background Check’ Application on line before changes to after school plans, and a message volunteering at school or chaperoning a field will be delivered to your child before buses are trip. (https://volunteer.bend.k12.or.us/) called. For our student’s safety, we do not Volunteer applications need to be renewed allow parents to meet their child at the every two years. Volunteering needs to be classroom at the end of the day and request prearranged with the classroom teacher. The parents wait at the entrance for their child. amount of time you volunteer in the classroom is at the discretion of the teacher. Younger Student Dress siblings may not accompany a parent who is Let’s dress for success! Students’ clothing, volunteering at school or is a chaperone on a jewelry or hairstyles and/or color should not field trip. create a disruption to the learning environment at school. Hats and hoods will be for outside Student Information use only and on special ‘hat days’. Clothing and Please keep your address and all home and work jewelry cannot display or refer to drugs, phone numbers up-to-date, including emergency including alcohol and cigarettes, or contain bad contacts and daycare provider phone numbers language or motifs. We recommend that by stopping by the main office. Your emergency children wear sturdy shoes for safety reasons. contacts are the only people we may contact if No open toed shoes, such as flip-flops or high your child is ill and they are also the only ones heels are allowed. Shorts/dresses must be long who may pick up your child from school. enough to be touched by fingers when arms are extended straight down. Halter tops or tops Custody Issues with less than two-inch shoulder straps are not Please keep us informed about custody orders, appropriate for school. Bare midriffs are not restraining orders, etc. These are kept in a permitted. For winter weather conditions, we confidential file. We must have copies of any recommend that students have snow pants, legal documents on file that affect your child’s boots, coats, hats and gloves. Please dress your custody and safety. child appropriately for the cold winter weather. If you need assistance with winter clothing, Checking Your Child Out of School please contact our FAN advocate, Janet Sicora, If you need to check your child out of school at 541-355-8117. early, you must come to the office and sign him/her out. The office staff will call down to the classroom and get your child for you. We cannot call your child to the office prior to your arrival. 14

School Snow Rules Homework Policy Please review the following snow rules with Homework can be a valuable tool to help your son and/or daughter. enhance student learning when used 1. Students may not throw, kick or toss appropriately. There are four types of snow or ice. homework: 2. Students not wearing snow boots, snow a. Memorization of basic rules so skills pants and snow coats must remain on the become rote. playground BLACKTOP. The blacktop b. Increase in skill speed; used for is defined as any surface that is black in improving students’ ability to apply these color and composed of asphalt. skills in more complex problem solving. 3. Any student wearing snow boots, snow c. Deepening understanding of a concept, pants and a snow coat may do the providing students time to read further, following activities: elaborating on a new idea and expanding • Roll around in the snow and have safe their understanding. fun. d. Preparation for the following day’s • Slide down snow hills or mounds on learning, such as an advance organizer or their bottom, feet first. cue to increase readiness for new • Make snow angels. information. • Create snowballs of various sizes, snow At Rosland Elementary every child is to forts or any structure they choose made read or be read to at least 15 minutes of snow. every night. Teachers may give additional regular assignments. Teachers The purpose of these rules is to keep students will outline expectations for at home dry and safe. Appropriate outside gear keeps practice and reading in their newsletters people dry. No snow or ice flying through the and at conferences. Parents are air keeps people safe. encouraged to provide a quiet study area, Outside Recess: Only if the temperature (with give assistance when necessary, and be wind chill) is 15 degrees or below, will students positive and praise often. Please talk to be permitted to stay inside. your child’s teacher if you have any questions or concerns about homework.

Medications at School Medications may be administered at school if Food Products for the Classroom they are medically necessary to keep your child Research shows that children who regularly eat in school. All medications must come to healthy do better in school, are more inclined to school with a parent, and the parent must be physically healthy, have fewer weight complete the paperwork in order for any problems as adults and have a more positive medication to be given to the child. Please do social and emotional outlook on life. We care not send medications to school with your about your children and, like you, want them to child. Prescription medication must come to be at the absolute best. Please remember this school in the original bottle with the correct when packing lunches from home, as soda pop, dosage noted on the bottle. Over-the-counter candy, and excessive amounts of chips, etc. are medication may also be given, but it must be in not encouraged. Also, when it is your child’s the original package, age appropriate and birthday, please consider a healthy alternative to accompanied by the proper school paperwork cupcakes such as a fruit/veggie tray, peanut signed by the parent. Children MAY NOT self- butter and crackers, cheese sticks, yogurt, etc. or medicate. The only exception to this is inhalers even a non-edible party favor instead. Your for students with asthma. child’s teacher can give you some ideas if you need them. Food products for classroom

15 functions must be prepared by a licensed Please plan to pay for meals at lunchtime to production kitchen or bakery and should be prevent the nutrition services employees having brought to school in sealed containers. Foods to locate you at a later time to collect these may not be prepared at home and brought to charges. We have envelopes in the front office classroom functions. if you would like to get one when you sign in at the office. Lost and Found Lost and found items are located in a bin in Rosland is also the recipient of a grant that front of the cafeteria. Please look for lost items provides fresh fruit and vegetables for an there first. To check the lost and found bin, afternoon snack. please sign in at the office and get a visitor pass. All items left in the lost and found bin are given Is Something Wrong at School? to a non-local charity at winter break and at It is not uncommon for parents to learn that their summer break. There is also a lost in found in child is having problems at school. Maybe it is the main office for non-clothing items. It is a problem on the playground, a problem with recommended that your child’s name be marked another child or a group of children, or a in coats and other clothing items. misunderstanding with a teacher or other employee. These things can and will happen. Busing Issues We recommend you follow the steps below The district’s transportation department handles when there is a problem: all problems or questions regarding buses. This • If it is serious (life threatening, involves includes problems at bus stops. Please call 541- weapons, drugs or a legal issue), 355-5750 for assistance. immediately contact the Principal or the Family and Community Support School Breakfast and Lunch Coordinator through the office. Universal breakfast and lunch are served to all Otherwise, please report as follows: students at no charge under the Community • Contact your child’s teacher. Start here Eligibility Provision (CEP) program through the and see if you can come up with a plan National School Lunch. You do not need to fill of action. out an application to qualify. Breakfast will be • If that is not successful, contact the served every morning from 8:45am to 8:55 am. Principal or Family and Community Lunch is served for grades K-2 is at 11:30 am Support Coordinator if you believe the and grades 3-5 at 12:05 pm. You are welcome to problem is not being addressed at other join your student for lunch. The charge for an levels. adult meal is $3.50 and a sibling lunch is $2.25.

16 Rosland Elementary Major Dates 2015-16 Please make your appointments and travel plans to reduce the number of missed school days.

September 9 First day of school grades 1-5 First day for KG - last names A-G September 10 First day for KG - last names H-Z September 11 All KG attend school

September 16 School Improvement Wednesdays start – 2pm release

October 21 Release at noon – conference preparation for teachers October 29-30 Parent/Teacher Conferences – November 11 Veterans’ Day – No School November 23-27 Thanksgiving Break – No School December 21 – January 1 Winter Break – No School January 4 School Resumes January 18 Martin Luther King Holiday – No School February 5 End of Semester – No school February 15 Presidents’ Day – No School February 24 Release at noon – conference preparation for teachers March 3 – 4 Parent/Teacher Conferences – No School March 21-25 Spring Break – No School May 30 Memorial Day – No School June 8 Last School Improvement Wednesday June 15 Regular school day (3:30 pm release) June 16 Last Day of School

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