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PTO Information Following are the names and phone numbers of the Executive Board of the Rock Branch elementary PTO. Please feel free to contact any one of them if you have any ideas or suggestions or have an issue you would like to discuss. President: Debbie Mobley 755-5259 Vice President: Sandy Donalson 755-8743 Secretary: Sarah Collins 720-6970 Homeroom Chair: Ashley Lewis 881-4067 TARDIES Any student entering class after 7:30 is considered tardy and must report to the main office for a tardy slip. The parent of a tardy student is to bring the student into the school to sign them in. Students are expected to be in class on time each and every day.
1. All absences must be verified by a written excuse from parent or doctor. Without a written excuse your child's absence will be listed as unexcused. Parents are allotted six written excuses for absences. After you have written six excuses all other parent notes are "parent note unexcused". | 2. Excused absences include the following: illness/injury verified by a medical excuse; death in the immediate family (limited to three days per death); legal or religious obligation; failure of bus to run (note from bus driver or parent required); or approved school activities. 3. After acquiring five unexcused absences you will be notified in writing from the school. After ten or more unexcused absences you will receive a legal notice from the Board of possible consequences. 4. Upon the fifteenth unexcused absence, a petition may be filed with the Circuit Court against the parent or guardian for neglect. 5. Habitual tardiness and early departures will be considered an attendance problem. 6. Missing more than one hour of instructional time is considered ˝ day absence. 7. A student accompanied by a parent or guardian must report to the office when arriving late. |
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If your child must be dismissed early for an appointment, you will need to come to the office to sign him/her out. They will be called for and released from the office. This is done for the safety of your child. PLEASE NOTE: If any person other than the parent or guardian is to pick up the child, the school must have this name on the emergency card on file in the office or a statement from the parent specifying the necessary information.
Anytime a student needs to go home with a friend, ride a different bus, or change his/her routine in any way; he/she must bring a signed permission note from home.
RBE’s parent involvement policy focuses on several main ideas: Communicating: Providing information to the parents about the programs and daily work being completed. This includes the use of school and classroom newsletters, notes, planners, phone calls, and emails. The staff believes that effective communications from school-to-home and home-to-school are essential in assisting the child to have the best educational experience. Volunteering: The administrative PTO board has done an excellent job in coordinating with the staff at RBE to support the programs and students. They have been able to assist in providing homeroom moms, copiers, cafeteria assistance, library assistance, campus clean-up crews, fundraising for many indoor and outdoor projects, and field trip assistants when required. RBE relies heavily on the support of its community. Decision Making: Utilizing the PTO as a guiding body the parents have been instrumental in assisting the school in making several advances in the past several years: The development of the AR library, playground-with the legal issues of a Pre-K program being addressed, school and grounds safety. Collaboration with the Community: The PTO has been instrumental in working with area business, men’s shelter in Cross Lanes, and local associations such as the midget league programs to coordinate many of the changes which have been occurring at RBE over the past several years. The 2008-2009 school year plan is to continue to focus on these areas, but to expand the program to include some Parenting Skills and Learning at Home. The program will center on several key components utilizing the following timeline: September-Parent training on how to access the school web page and utilize its features focusing on the activities section, newsletters-school and classroom, general school information, email addresses, schoolnotes.com, and the link to the new reading series where information and stories being read can be accessed on line. This session should assist parents in helping their child on homework and other curriculum-related activities and decisions. October-Parents will be invited and encouraged to attend the parent teacher conferences and at the same time visit the book fair which will be set-up in the gym. During the conferences teachers will do WESTEST talks with the parents on grades 4 and 5. Grades k-3 will explain the reading program including discussions on guided reading, AR, and Dibels. The conference will provide necessary communication between home and school while the book fair will promote the reading program. The Title I staff will also provide assistance and general information to parensts and students in grades 4 and 5 who wish to participate in the Social Studies Fair. This session will include general questions and answers to help facilitate the start of the projects. January-Parents and students will be encouraged to attend an evening of fun. The students will attend a movie night which will feature cartoons and four movies (grade appropriate), while the parents attend two evening sessions to assist them in developing skills to work with their child. The sessions will be ” Study Skills” and there will be a follow-up session for students and parents involved in the Social Studies Fair. Instructional materials will be purchased for those attending. Each session will be about thirty minutes in length with a short break between sessions. April-RBE will host its annual reading fun night with beach party as this year's theme. Students will be divided into grade appropriate levels. The evening will be done in connection with the spring book fair which will be set-up in the cafeteria. The focus areas of the evening will be parenting, learning at home and communicating. May-RBE will organize three orientation programs to be held on the same evening. The programs will be designed for the 5th graders going to PMS, incoming kindergarten students, and incoming Pre-K students. The goal is to assist our families with these crucial transitional periods so they feel more comfortable with the school and its surrounds and can then focus more on education at home.
Students are expected to conform to the following student code of conduct: Attend school faithfully, complete assignments on time, and work to their full potential.
Behave in a manner that does not disrupt classroom learning or the operation of the school.
Obey teachers, principals, and others in authority.
Refrain from aggressive or threatening behavior toward fellow students, teachers, or others.
Refrain from the possession or use of weapons, illegal drugs, alcohol, or tobacco products.
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