STUDENT HANDBOOK
2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR
School Colors: Orange and
Black
Mascot: Brave
WELCOME
2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR
School Colors: Orange and
Black
Mascot: Brave
WELCOME
The DeBusk Elementary School teachers and staff welcome you to our school. We encourage parents to make frequent contact with their child’s teacher through phone calls, notes, e-mail, conferences, our Internet web site (http://pages.xtn.net/~debusk), etc. We hope to work with you to make this a wonderful school year for your children.
Vision: Success for All in an Exemplary School
Mission Statement: Our mission at DeBusk Elementary School, with an active support from parents and community, is to provide each student with the opportunity to successfully meet lifelong educational challenges and become productive members of society.
ATTENDANCE
DeBusk School emphasizes using instructional time productively. Our intent is to clearly establish teaching and learning tasks as the priority activity. Furthermore, in order to benefit from the strong emphasis on instruction, students must be punctual and attend class regularly. Please review the attendance policy below.
Absences shall be classified as either excused or unexcused, as determined by the principal or his designee. Excused absences shall include:
Your child(ren) must be at school by 8:00 a.m. and leave no earlier than 3:00 p.m. unless given permission by school authorities. Otherwise, time will accumulate into unexcused days of absences.
School personnel cannot accept phone calls alone for absences. The student must bring a written excuse to school personnel.
Please call the office each morning your child is absent.
SCHOOL HOURS
The school day for students is 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Monday – Thursday. Students will be dismissed at 2:45 p.m. on Fridays. Kindergarten will be dismissed at 12:15 p.m. every second and fourth Friday. Students are to be picked up by 3:20 p.m., all students left here after 3:20 will go to E.S.P.
ARRIVAL AT SCHOOL
For their safety and well-being, students should not
arrive
before 7:15 a.m., as there will be no adult supervision until this
time.
Upon arrival, the students should go directly to the gymnasium or to
the
cafeteria if they choose to eat breakfast. Upon completion of
breakfast,
the students in the cafeteria go directly to the gymnasium and remain
there
until dismissed to class. All students who arrive before the
first
bus must sit in the cafeteria until the first bus arrives.
EXTENDED SCHOOL PROGRAM (ESP)
An extended school program is provided for students in grades K-6 at a reasonable cost. The regular afternoon program runs from 3:00 – 6:00 every school day. There is an early afternoon program that runs from 3:00 – 4:00 every school day at a reduced fee. On the second and fourth Fridays, ESP is provided for kindergarten’s early dismissal. Student’s must be pre-registered before attending this program. ESP may be available on days when school is not in session, please check with the ESP coordinator.
GRADE CODE
| A = 93 – 100 |
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S = Satisfactory
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| B = 85 – 92 |
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U = Unsatisfactory
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DEBUSK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DISCIPLINE POLICY
The Greene County Board of Education believes that the school community, including students, parents, teachers, administration, and the Board, must work together to provide a safe, supportive environment that promotes teaching and learning. Parties shall engage in collaborative efforts that instill a sense of self discipline in students and that protect the rights of individual students. Students must be taught to respect the person and rights of others and should be courteous and cooperative with school staff and other students.
The Greene County School Board has approved a discipline procedure for all elementary schools. It focuses on Levels I-V based upon severity:
Level I Behaviors
Minor student misbehaviors which impede orderly
classroom
procedures or interfere with the orderly operation of the school;
usually
handled by an individual staff member, but sometimes require the
intervention
of other support personnel. (Examples – classroom or school
disturbances,
aggressive behavior, classroom tardiness, cheating and lying,
non-defiant
failure to do assignments or carry-out directions, harassment)
Level II Behaviors
Misbehaviors whose frequency or seriousness tends to
disrupt the learning climate of the school; do not represent a direct
threat
to the health and safety of others but are serious enough to require
corrective
action on the part of administrative personnel; usually result from the
continuation of Level I misbehaviors. (Examples – School
tardiness,
school or class truancy, using forged notes or excuses, disruptive
school
or classroom behavior, uncooperative behavior, abusive language,
inappropriate
gestures, possessing pocket knife, possessing over-the-counter drugs,
using
or possessing fireworks, leaving class/campus without permission,
possessing
tobacco, possessing cellular phone/paging device, continued Level I
behaviors)
Level III Behaviors
Acts directed against persons or property but whose
consequences
do not seriously endanger the health or safety of others in the school;
often result from the continuation of Level II misbehaviors.
(Examples
– Fighting, vandalism, stealing, threats to others, severe abusive
language,
serious harassment, distributing over-the-counter drugs, other acts of
aggression, continued Level II misbehaviors)
Level IV Behaviors
Acts which result in violence to another’s person or
property or which pose a threat to the safety of others in the school;
may be criminal and require administrative actions which result in the
immediate removal of the student from school, the intervention of law
enforcement
authorities and action by the school board. (Examples – Death
threat,
extortion, vandalism, theft, possession/sale of stolen property, arson,
serious harassment, other acts of violence, unmodified Level III
behaviors)
Level V Behaviors
Acts of zero tolerance, including, but not limited to,
unlawfully furnishing/selling/possessing unauthorized substances,
possession
of a gun or dangerous weapon with intent to harm (one year expulsion,
which
may only be modified by the director of schools and determined on a
case-by-case
basis) and assault/battery.
