• Attendance:

  • All students must be in attendance 160 days,  except for extenuating circumstances. 

  • Students are considered tardy after 8:30 a.m.

  • Parents and guardians must accompany students to the office and sign the check-in sheet when checking students in late.  Students are not to be let out of the vehicle and sent to the office alone, and they are not to be sent directly to the classroom without parents/guardians first checking in at the office.

  • Students checking out must be signed out in the office by the parent/guardian, or anyone listed on the "check-out authorization" form. This form must be signed by parent/guardian, and kept on file in the office.

• Arrival - Morning: 7:45 A.M.

• Lunch Schedule:  11:15-1:15 P.M.

• Afternoon Dismissal: 3:30 P.M.

• Discipline Policies: PBS

• Dress Code:

  • Student Dress Code:

  • school colors - blue and gold

  • Students will not be allowed to wear jackets and coats in the classrooms.

• Emergency Procedures:

  • Fire drills:  

    • One long continuous horn. This signals that all occupants are to evacuate the building immediately, using appropriate routes.  The horn will stop once the buildings are clear.  Three short bells signal that it is safe to return to the building.

  • Civil Defense (Duck and Cover):

    • Warning signal:  Two short bells

    • Used against tornadoes, hurricanes, boiler explosions with no fire, other hazards, or enemy attacks.

    • Students will move to the hall immediately outside their classroom, and position themselves against the wall.

    • If students are out on the school ground, they are instructed to lie flat on the ground, face down, with interlocked fingers protecting the base of their skull.

• Good Behavior 

  • D. F. Huddle Good Behavior Ribbon

  • Attend a "Good Behavior " Party

   

• Homework Policy:

  • Much has been said and written for and against home assignments.  Rapides Parish generally adheres to the policy of assigning some homework to their pupils with the understanding that pupils know what is assigned, they have been taught how to do the assigned tasks, and reasonable time frames are observed.  This policy is advantageous because home assignments accomplish the following:
    -Supplement school work.
    -Help children develop good study habits.
    -Help in organizing what has been learned in school.
    -Stimulate pupil growth.  

  • Keeping in mind that the student spends seven (7) hours per day in school, and approximately one additional hour traveling to and from school, a reasonable time frame shall be established for home assignments.  The following time frames shall be the maximum spent on home assignments:
    -grades K-3    45 minutes
    -grades 4-5    60 minutes

• Illness:

  • If your child becomes ill at school, we must have the number of a contact person who will be available to carry him/her home.  Please supply your child's teacher  with appropriate emergency numbers by filling out the "check out authorization" forms.

• Internet Use:

  • No student work, images of students, or student names are to be posted to school or district websites without written parent or guardian authorization.  

  • This authorization must be obtained by parent or guardian completion of the Authorization Form for Photo and Student Work Inclusion on the Rapides Parish School Board Website. 

  • The completed form must be kept on file at the student's home school.  

  • Use of student photos, schoolwork, or names must conform to the permissions indicated on the Authorization Form.  

  • In no case shall a student's full name be used on district or school websites.  Only first names may be used  and those only with the approval of the parent/guardian on the Authorization Form.  

  • Names are never to be used in conjunction with student images or photographs.  Names may only be use to identify student schoolwork or other recognition.  

  • Other than the student information listed on the Authorization Form, no student information that could be used in any way to locate or place a student should be used on the district or school website.

• Parent-Teacher Conferences:

• PTO: President-Christina Hayward

• Visitors:

  • We ask all visitors to stop by the office and sign the visitation sheet. 

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