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Pearl City Schools Aug/Sept 2017 Newsletter Dear Parents/Guardians and Pearl City Community Members: As the summer comes to its conclusion, I hope that everyone had a chance to do the things that they enjoy the most. As we prepare for the beginning of a new school year, school staff has been preparing for the arrival of students on Friday, August 18. Students will be in attendance from 8:00 am – 1:45 pm on the first day. The success of your children in school is based on the creation of a partnership between the family and the school. As we provide the foundation for learning, we ask for your continued help and commitment, as parental involvement is critical in the learning process. We encourage you to become actively involved with your children’s education. This shared partnership will provide the best learning environment for our children. It has always been our goal and continues to be our goal to maintain effective communication with parents/guardians and other members of our community. With this goal in mind, one effective tool is our newsletter. To help reduce costs, we continue to develop a database of emails so that you can receive an electronic copy of the newsletter each month. To be added to this database, please email Beth Schneider at [email protected] and simply request to have your email added to our database. If you do not have access to a computer or would still like to receive a hard copy, we will gladly send you one monthly. Please call the district office at 815-443-2715 to be added to this list as well. We have been transitioning to a new website this summer. This transition did cause our website to be down for a period of time in July. We encourage you to visit the new website at http://www.pcwolves.net as it is updated daily. It is our goal to make communication a priority and invite the Pearl City community for additional suggestions. If at any time you have any questions/concerns regarding our school please contact the school at 815-443-2715. In addition, the school will have a school app. The app will be made live in September. Watch for further information for access in the coming month. The State of Illinois finally passed a budget. We are encouraged as we anticipate that we will receive all funding promised by the State for the upcoming school year. We will continue to monitor the multitude of other bills that result from the passage of the budget and the affect they will have on our school. The next big hurdle will be the passage of a new school funding formula, which is an evidence based model providing funding fairly to schools throughout the State. If you ever have questions regarding State funding, please feel free to call me. As we begin the 2017-18 school year, I would like to introduce and ask that you welcome Jody Pauley as our new fifth grade teacher. Other changes in staff include Katie Werhane moving to 1st grade as we only have one kindergarten class, Allison Brouhard moved to 3rd grade, and Kim Lorig moved to 6th grade. I hope you enjoy the remainder of your summer and look forward to seeing the students later this month. Sincerely, Tim Thill, Superintendent 1 NOTICE – MEDICAID S. Summit, Pearl City, IL 61062 ASBESTOS REIMBURSEMENT: 815/443-2715 MANAGEMENT Medicaid reimbursement is a source of federal funds BOARD MEMBERSHIP: PLAN: Chad Bremmer, President approved by Congress to help In 1986 Congress school districts maintain and Amy Lieb, Vice-President passed the Asbestos Hazard imporve special education Nikki Keltner, Secretary Emergency Response Act services. Therapy and Wayne Crackenberger (AHERA). This law requires all diagnostic services provided to Scott Johnson schools to be inspected and to your child (you), if applicable are Nicole Sheffey identify asbestos containing partially reimburseable. Unless Doug Visel building materials. The law you object in writing, (LEA) will claim Medicaid/Kid Care Board meetings are regularly further requires the scheduled on the third development of a Management reimbursement for services provided. These claims will Wednesday of each month at Plan, based upon the findings of 6:30 p.m. Special meetings the inspection. Since the have no impact on your ability to development of our receive Medicaid funding either may be called when Management Plan the Pearl City now or any time in the future. If necessay with 24-hour District has removed all of the you do not object to this release notification. potentially friable asbestos of information related to (primarily boiler, tank, and pipe Medicaid claims for your child SCHOOL EMERGENCY insulation). Any remaining (you), do nothing. Thank you PROCEDURES: asbestos may be located in floor for your attention to this notice. Procedures are outlined and are tile, mastic, and perhaps plaster. given “dry runs” within the To keep our management plan NOTICE OF school system regularly up-to-date the building is DISCIPLINARY concerning fire and violent reinspected every three years REGULATION: weather while school is in and suspect floor tile and other It is the policy of the Pearl City session. building materials are checked Schools not to use corporal In the event an early dismissal by Pearl City School every six punishment. Reasonable is called without prior notice, a months. A copy of the physical force necessary when report of this will be made by Management Plan is on file in a student refuses a directive by radio. the school office, 100 S. school personnel to report to the Stations that have indicated Summit, Pearl City and may be office, leave or go to an area is their cooperation in these reviewed during normal not defined as coporal emergencies are: business hours. punishment. Any force WFPS – 92.1 FM necessary for self protection is WFRL – 1570 AM TO ALL DISTRICT excluded from this provision. WXXQ – 98.5 FM PARENTS: Punishment in cases of WCCI-100.3 FM The Pearl City Schools give misconduct could be one of the The closing of school, due to extra help to pupils who have many other reasonable any emergency, will be trouble with their school work. punishments used in this district announced by these same We give different screening including suspension from stations. tests to find these pupils. These school. tests help us find problems in SCHOOL COMMUNITY the areas of vision, hearing, VOCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: speech, and school EDUCATION: achievement. When a pupil is Vocational education found to be having trouble, opportunities will be offered to special services will be offered. Pearl City District students These services are given only without regard to race, color, after a meeting with the parents. national origin, sex, or handicap. At this meeting, school staff will Additional information or help The Parent-Teacher fully explain your child’s difficulty regarding this policy may be Organization is the oldest active and give the special help only if obtained from the official school-community you approve. Superintendent of Schools, 100 organization at this time. There are no dues, and every family in the Pearl City School District is 2 considered a member of the exception should be made unexcused absences and they organization. The first meeting to this rule is necessary receive a “0” for the classes date of the year is September before any deviation is they miss. th 25 . Meetings will be listed on made. Call the office and the school calendar. The talk with the Athletic Boosters have been an superintendent or principal active organization in the Pearl and the supervisor of the SCHOOL ACCIDENT City District for many years. activity. PROCEDURE: They provide moneys each year 5. Any students wishing to In the event of an injury to an for athletic purchases that would ride a different bus to and individual, or an accident otherwise be financially from school must have a occurring during the school day, impossible for the district. written request from the following steps will be taken. Meeting dates will be parents approved by an 1. The adult present at the announced. Any school district administrator to ride a time, be a teacher or resident is welcome and different bus. supervisor, will tend to the encouraged to attend. student initially. The PUPIL ABSENCES: school nurse will be PARENT VISITS: contacted immediately if PARENTS OF ALL Elementary and junior high the teacher/supervisor parents are encouraged to visit STUDENTS SHOULD CALL deems it necessary and school. Please call in advance THE SCHOOL DISTRICT the nurse will attend to the and let the teacher know. Also OFFICE IF A CHILD WILL student as soon as plan to stay for lunch and eat in BE ABSENT. possible. In the event that the cafeteria. Nutritious meals Absence from school should the school nurse is out of are served every day school is obviously be held to a minimum. the building at the time in session. A written excuse explaining the she/he is needed, an reason for absence is necessary administrator will be upon returning to school. sought to attend to the Students returning to school student. after absences of over three 2. In a situation of a serious days due to illness should bring injury, an administrator will a note from the doctor to the be sought in addition to school office. It has been the the school nurse to: policy of the Pearl City Schools A. Help the nurse to give excused absences to with caregiving. students for the purpose of B. Help make an BUS REGULATIONS: working at home during the assessment of the 1.