East Farms Elementary Vision Statement
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Pre-School and Kindergarten through 6th grade 2017-2018 East Farms STEAM Magnet Student and Parent Handbook East Farms Staff Kent Allen Fifth Grade [email protected] Deona Behrens Second Grade [email protected] Kari Brandenburg Kindergarten [email protected] Heather Britton First Grade [email protected] Jeanine Coghlan Speech Therapist [email protected] Dawn Cunningham Special Education [email protected] Susan DeLong Title I [email protected] Elisha Erickson Library [email protected] Alicia Ferguson Third Grade [email protected] Traci Fortune First Grade [email protected] Tammy Fuller Principal [email protected] Leigh Harless Fourth Grade [email protected] Amy Magill First Grade [email protected] Rachael Mason Kindergarten [email protected] Savannah Maxwell Counselor [email protected] Con Mealey Second Grade [email protected] Sue Morrison Physical Therapist [email protected] Jackie Palumbo Fifth Grade [email protected] Sami Perry Artist in Residence [email protected] Tessa Pratt Third Grade [email protected] Madison Quinn Sixth Grade [email protected] Deena Ransom Special Education [email protected] Sara Reidy Fourth Grade [email protected] Felicia Sage Sixth Grade [email protected] Lucien Saurette Music [email protected] Louise Schnagl Spec Ed Preschool [email protected] Kit Lane Orchestra [email protected] Katherine Schultz Special Education [email protected] Stefani Spilker Psychologist [email protected] Kelli Stockton Physical Education [email protected] Becky Szeleg ECEAP [email protected] Lara Tebo Occupational Therapist [email protected] Matt Thistle Band [email protected] Mindy Thompson Speech Therapist [email protected] Ashley Velasquez Kindergarten [email protected] Dani Wicks Fourth grade [email protected] Linda Wieber Third Grade [email protected] Shelli Wood DEAN of Students [email protected] Important Dates at East Farms STEAM for the 17-18 school year: August 2017 24th Meet and Greet: 5:30-6:30 30st First Day of 1st-6th grade, 9:00-3:30 31st-Sept 1st 6th graders go to Camp Lutherhaven for overnight/outdoor camp September 2017 4th No School Labor Day 5th First day of Kindergarten 12th First day of Preschool 13th World Character Day 21st Open House/Curriculum Night 6-7:15 pm October 2017 10th McTeacher Night at Liberty Lake McDonald’s, 5-7:00 pm 19th STEAM Day #1, 1-3:15 25th Individual Picture Day November 2017 9th Veteran’s Day Assembly, 10:00-11:00 am 10th No School to observe Veteran’s Day 14th Classroom Science Fair (teachers teach the scientific process, to prepare for Individual Science Fair) 15th-21st Early Release, 12:30 Conference Week NO LATE START, Book Fair all week 16th Evening Conferences, Book Fair and Turkey Bingo 22nd Early Release for Thanksgiving Break, 12:30 December 2017 1st Exhibition Day #1-PTA provides Breakfast from 8:30-9:15, Exhibitions start at 9:15 and runs until 10:00 18th NO LATE START 20th-January 2nd Winter Break January 2018 3rd First Day Back after the Winter Break 15th No School, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 26th Invention Convention-Individual Inventions Due February 2018 15th STEAM NIGHT: 5:30-7:30 19th-23rd-NO SCHOOL Presidents’ Day and Mid-Winter Break March 2018 8th STEAM Day #2, 1-3:15 pm 23rd Exhibition Day #2- PTA provides Breakfast from 8:30-9:15, Exhibitions start at 9:15 and runs until 10:00 23rd Kick Off Assembly for the COLOR RUN Fundraiser 26th-30th Early Release, 12:30 Conference Week, NO LATE START 29th Evening Conferences April 2018 2nd-6th Spring Break 13th Individual Science Fair Project Due. Your Teacher will send out paperwork for this project. May 2018 The Second Week of May will be our Annual Fundraiser-THE COLOR RUN. We will decide on the date depending on the weather! We are penciling in Friday, 5/11. 25th and 28th No School-Memorial Weekend June 2018 4th NO LATE START 5th STEAM Day #3, 1-3:15 pm 8th Exhibition Day #3- PTA provides Breakfast from 8:30-9:15, Exhibitions start at 9:15 and runs until 10:00 11th NO LATE START 11th Variety Show Rehearsal 12:45 pm 12th 9:30-11:00 Awards Assembly, 12:45-3:15 Variety Show 13th Field Day: All Day 15th Last Day of School, 9:00-10:30 am Daily Information Address & Telephone Number It is very important that the school be kept informed of any changes to the home address and/or telephone number or emergency telephone numbers. It is important that we know where a parent or guardian can be reached. Please provide at least two other emergency phone numbers on your child’s registration form in the event of an emergency and we are unable to contact you at home or at work. Student Safety Students are instructed in appropriate procedures and behavior during all drills beginning on the first day of school. Over the course of the year we will have fire drills, lockdown drills, earthquake drills as well as how to shelter in place and relocate with families in case of an emergency. Our school is part of the Washington State Rapid Responder system. Later in this handbook, you will find additional information (Parent Emergency Procedures) about how we will handle a specific emergency. Arrival Time For the safety and supervision of children, we request that parents help reinforce the following arrival times at school: Bus Students: Arrive as per bus schedule Students eating breakfast: K-6th grade: arrive after 8:40 a.m. Students should not arrive before 8:40 for breakfast. Students not eating breakfast: Arrive after 8:45 a.m. There is no supervision on the playground until 8:45 a.m. The YMCA Program is available at Otis Orchards if you should need to leave your child earlier than 8:45. Students in the OTIS Y program will bus to East Farms. The number to contact is 777-YMCA. Before school, K-6 walkers and bus students go straight out to the playground area. Students having breakfast should line up at the kitchen serving area. Daily Schedule: K-6th Grade School Office 7:30-4:00 Breakfast Served from 8:40-9:00 Non-Breakfast Students Arrive 8:45 School Begins 9:00 sharp (miss school, miss out!) Dismissal 3:30 Picking up your children after school It is our intent to create a safe place for your children to be dropped off and picked up. Please note the following: Students being picked up by parents or guardians should be picked up at the west parking lot. Please pull up to the curb to wait for your child. Children will be escorted to their car. Due to traffic concerns, no child should step off of the curb without an adult. Staff will be in the parking lot at 3:30 to assist your child in getting into your car and directing traffic for a quick and safe student pick-up. Please note: Cars need to enter the parking lot at the west entrance and proceed along the outside edges to the side door. You will then be directed to exit the parking lot at the east entrance. For safety reasons, please do not drop your child off so that they are required to cross the street in front or behind your vehicle. There will be no vehicle parking in the bus zone (front of the building) due to bus arrivals throughout the day. Visitors and staff may park in the west parking lot or along the street in the front of the building. Picking children up at any other location will jeopardize their safety and the safety of others. Changing Transportation Home or Destination after School (Please read this carefully) Each time we call a room to tell them a child’s plans have changed we interrupt student learning. We ask that you keep these interruptions to a minimum. For the safety of your children, the teacher needs to be notified by a parent when a child’s transportation or destination after school has changed. Please state your wishes about who is responsible to pick up your child via a note to the teacher. Please do not call our school office to set up after school arrangements (such as a change in pick-up procedures) as each call to the classroom disrupts student learning. Children will not be allowed to call you at home or at work when they come to the office with a classmate at the end of the day and say they are supposed to go to their friend’s home. Please help us reinforce this with your child. Transportation – Transportation phone number: 241-5901 Rules and regulations for students riding buses are included in the first day of school packet. These rules are prepared by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction with the advice of the Washington State Patrol and apply to all public school buses in the State of Washington. Questions about regulations, rules, stops or routes should be addressed to the transportation department. The rules for student bus passengers include the following: 1. Students shall obey the bus driver or other transportation personnel. 2. Safe behavior is required at all stops and during loading and unloading. 3. Be orderly while loading and unloading. Board and exit only at assigned stops. 4. Damaging public or private property may result in suspension of bus privileges. 5. Elementary students sit in assigned seats at all times. All body parts remain inside the bus at all times. Keep hands and feet to yourselves. Classroom behavior expectations apply to bus riders. 6. Rider’s personal belongings must be out of the aisle and off the back shelf.