WELCOME!!
Dear Parents and Students,
It is a pleasure for me to welcome
all students, faculty and staff back to
The daily schedule, including
starting and ending times and the lunch schedule will be the same as last
year. Students will continue to have
P.E. with Mr. Correia daily, which will eliminate the morning recess.
Because of the enrollment decline
and for budgetary reasons, we will be combining grades one and two during
2004-05. Mrs. Thiry will teach the
combined class. Mrs. Emerson will
continue to teach third grade, and Mrs. Evans will teach fourth grade.
Ms. Spurbeck will be our reading
teacher and she will help Mrs. Schafer teach fifth grade. Mr. Walsh will also spend some time with the
fifth grade students, but most of his day will be in the Middle School.
Although we do not have a music
teacher assigned to our school, we will be offering opportunities for all
students to experience music instruction during the year. We will have at least one elementary school
musical and we will have a Christmas Program.
Details for our music offerings have not been finalized yet, but we will
inform you of our plans as they develop.
Kindergarten will be three days
per week (M-W-F) from the start of the school year until after Christmas
break. In January, Kindergarten will be
offered five days a week until the end of the school year.
Parental support and involvement
are always welcome. Parents working with
the faculty and staff of the school give us the best chance of providing every
child with the support he/she will need to be successful in school.
We have an excellent staff and
many quality programs at Coulee City Elementary. I am pleased to be here and am looking
forward to working with you and your children.
Please do not hesitate to call us anytime you have questions or
concerns.
Sincerely,
Edward Fisk, Principal
Coulee
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2004-2005
District Office: 632-8642
Dr.
Edward Fisk Superintendent
Mrs. Susan Miller BusinessManager/Admin.
Secretary
Dr.. Edward Fisk Principal
Mrs.
Kathy Jordan School Secretary
Mrs.
Ruth Dove Custodial
Mrs.
Janet Pate Head Cook
Mrs.
Karla Tucker Assistant Cook
Mrs.
Norma Charlton Kindergarten
Mrs.
Barbara Thiry First/Second
Grade
Mrs.
Sally Emerson Third Grade
Mrs.
Katie Evans Fourth Grade
Ms.
Tamara Spurbeck Reading Specialist/Fifth
Grade
Mrs.
Kelley Schafer Fifth Grade - Math
and Science
Mr.
Brandon Walsh Fifth Grade/Middle
School
Mrs.
Pamela Sharp Special Education
Mr.
Mike Correia Physical
Education
Mr.
Vern McClung Counselor
Mrs.
Kathy Sanderlin Librarian,
Paraprofessional
Mrs.
Denise Spurbeck Paraprofessional
Bus Garage: 632-5571 Transportation Hotline: 681-0090 (local call)
Mr.
Tom Crowder Transportation
Supervisor
ARRIVAL/DISMISSAL
Students are not to arrive at
school before 8:10 a.m. Students who
participate in the school breakfast program may enter the building at 8:00 AM
for breakfast. We do not have playground
supervision before that time. The first
bell allowing students into the building rings at 8:25 and classes begin at 8:31. School is dismissed at 2:55 p.m. PLEASE
observe the signs which close
ATTENDANCE
All children need to be in school
each day unless they are ill or a family emergency arises. Regular school attendance is vital to school
success and we ask that you reinforce this by getting your child to school
daily. Please remember that a written
note of explanation is required after a student has been absent in order for us
to excuse the absence. A note of explanation should also accompany your child
if he/she is tardy. (Perfect attendance
means that a child has been neither absent NOR tardy). Your child will need to check in with the
office when leaving early or returning to school after an absence.
ACCIDENTS AND ILLNESS
If your child becomes ill or is
seriously injured at school you will be notified. If you cannot be reached, the emergency
number you listed with the office will be called. Please
keep us informed of any changes in your phone number or emergency number!!!
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAM
Breakfast and lunch are offered
daily. Information about free and reduced lunches is available through our
school offices. Prices for elementary
student lunches are: lunch $1.50; adults $3.00; milk $.35, breakfast $1.00. We welcome parents who wish to join their child(ren) for lunch.
You may pay as you go through the lunch line, but please send a note or
call the school office before 9:00 a.m. to let us know you'll be coming so that
we can prepare enough extra meals. You may pay in advance for any number of
lunches and/or milk. An account is kept for each child and you will be notified
when your child's account runs out. NO
charges are allowed on milk.
DRESS
Student dress should promote
health and safety and should not be disruptive to the learning
environment. Swimsuit tops and tank tops
with spaghetti-type straps or oversized armholes are not to be worn to
school. Inappropriate sayings on
clothing or advertising of illegal products are not acceptable. During warm weather, shorts which are longer
than the extended reach of the student's hand are permissible as long as they
are not tight fitting or made of "Spandex". Hats are not to be worn inside the building. Gang-related wear is forbidden. Students not in compliance with the dress
code will be asked to change into appropriate clothes.
DISCIPLINE
STATEMENT
Teacher and administrative corrective action when dealing
with student discipline takes into account the student’s behavior record. Records are maintained on disciplinary actions
throughout each student’s years at
In our effort to develop responsible citizens and maintain an environment for learning, consistency from parents and staff in teaching students to follow school expectations is important. Please discuss with your child the need for good behavior and a good attitude. Consequences for students who choose not to follow school rules or procedures will be progressive and are intended to match the behavior. Depending upon the infraction, consequences could include:
-Warning
-Verbal correction or apology
-Conference with the teacher
-Conference with principal or counselor
-Action plan/discipline plan
-Time out in classroom or office
-Detention
-Parent contact
-Parent Conference
-Report to proper authorities (police, court, probation officer)
-In or out of school suspension
-Expulsion
-Other action appropriate to the infraction
**A
student suspended for any reason may not participate in any school-sponsored
activity during the suspension period.
MISCELLANEOUS
INFORMATION
The principal may deny any student the right to participate in a field trip if he believes the student is likely to behave inappropriately.
EXCEPTIONAL MISCONDUCT
Certain
behaviors are considered to have serious negative impact on the school climate
and order. These behaviors interfere to
such a degree that the student will be immediately referred to a building
administrator for appropriate consequences, which may include a referral to the
local law enforcement agency. The
following acts or omissions by a student while on school property (or in
reasonable proximity there to), or at any school-sponsored activity or event
off school property, are prohibited and shall constitute cause for discipline,
suspension, or expulsion by authorized school district authorities:
1. Fighting or assault: Hitting, kicking, or striking another individual.
2. Use or possession of tobacco or any other tobacco product.
3. Use or possession of drugs, alcohol or drug related paraphernalia. Possession of substances represented to be drugs, alcohol or tobacco will be treated as if it were “authentic”.
4. Theft or possession of stolen property; destruction of school/personal property, including vandalism
5. Use, threat or possession of explosives, fireworks or look alike products or related materials, including bomb threats or false fire alarms.
6. Possessing or displaying weapons or look alike weapons.
7. Harassment occurring on school grounds during the school day or off school grounds at a school activity:
A. Sexual harassment-sexual comments or advancements, oral or written or physical contact of a sexual nature which is unwelcome or uninvited and is directed by a student toward another
student, teacher or other person in prohibited.
B. Student harassment for reason of race, religion, ethnic origin, or physical, mental or sensory disability.
C. Other harassment is also prohibited and is defined as intimidating another person in a way that places that person n fear of harm to his/her person, or causes disruptive conduct.
8. Willful disobedience by refusing to follow reasonable directions of school personnel.
9. Foul language or vulgar gestures.
10. Failure to comply with the restricted/closed campus policies.
11. Written or verbal threats of violence on or off school grounds, possession of related materials, pictures
drawings depicting violence directed at individuals, groups of people or places.
12. Disruptive Dress: Wearing clothing that causes any disruption to the learning environment.
13. Truancy: Absence from school without parental permission.
14. Criminal Acts: Includes but not limited to false fire alarms, vandalism, intimidation.
15. Blackmail, Extortion, Coercion, Intimidation: Obtaining money, property, or favor by violence or threat of violence performed against persons; or forcing another to perform any act against his/her will by force or
by threat of force.
NOTICE TO
STUDENTS AND PARENTS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT
OF 1989:
The
POSSESSIONS OF
WEAPONS POLICY:
The
Coulee-Hartline Board of Directors possession of weapons policy “. . . declares
its intent not to tolerate possession of weapons by students on district
property or at district-sponsored events.”
“Students who possess a weapon or carry, exhibit, display or
draw any weapon or any item apparently capable of producing bodily harm in a
manner which, under the circumstances, manifests an intent
to intimidate another or warrants alarm for safety of others shall be subject
to discipline up to and including expulsion.”
“In
cases involving any student who is determined to have carried a firearm onto,
to have possessed a firearm on public school premises, public school-provided
transportation or areas of facilities being used exclusively by public schools,
shall be expelled from school for not less than one year under RCW
28A.600.010. The superintendent of the
school district may notify the expulsion of a student on a case by case basis.”
THREATS OF
VIOLENCE OR HARM POLICY:
In
accordance with state law, the district has enacted a policy that addresses the
issue of threats of violence or harm.
District policy states, in part:
“Students and school employees who are subjects of threats
of violence or harm shall be notified of the threats in a timely manner. Parents shall be included in notifications to
students who are subjects of threats of violence or harm. Timing and details of the notice will be as
extensive as permitted by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act, other legal limitations, and the circumstances.
Individual-directed threats of violence or harm are
communications that create fear of physical harm to specific individuals,
communicated directly or indirectly by any means.
Persons found to have made threats of violence or harm
against district property, students, employees, or others will be subject to
relevant district discipline policies and will be referred to appropriate
community agencies including law enforcement and mental health services. District staff shall work with in-district
and community-based professionals and services in all relevant disciplines to
address threats of violence or harm, those threatened and those making the
threats. Necessary information about the
person making the threat shall be communicated by the principal to teachers and
staff, including security personnel.
District procedures for the enforcement of this policy
require that threats be reported to law enforcement. In addition, district procedures for the
enforcement of this policy state: “When
considering the appropriate discipline for a student who has made a threat of
violence or harm, the student’s prior disciplinary records shall be taken into
account. Emergency expulsion shall be
considered, based on the credibility and significance of the threat”.
POLICY
- PROHIBITION OF HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION AND BULLYING
The
district is committed to a safe and civil educational environment for all
students, employees, volunteers and patrons, free from
harassment, intimidation or bullying.
“Harassment, intimidation or bullying” means any intentional written,
verbal, or physical act, including but not limited to one shown to be motivated
by any characteristic in RCW 9A.36.080(3), (race, color, religion, ancestry,
national origin, gender, sexual orientation or mental or physical disability),
or other distinguishing characteristics, when the intentional written, verbal
or physical act:
•Physically harms a student or
damages the student’s property; or
•Has the effect of substantially
interfering with a student’s education; or
•Is so severe, persistent, or pervasive that it creates an
intimidating or threatening educational environment; or
•Has the effect of substantially
disrupting the orderly operation of the school.
Nothing
in this section requires the affected student to actually possess a
characteristic that is a basis for the harassment, intimidation or
bullying. “Other distinguishing
characteristics” can include but are not limited to: physical appearance,
clothing or other apparel, socioeconomic status, gender identify, and martial
status. Harassment, intimidation or
bullying can take many forms including:
slurs, rumor, jokes, innuendoes, demeaning comments, drawings, cartoons,
pranks, gestures, physical attacks, threats, or other written, oral or physical
actions. “Intentional acts” refers to
the individual’s choice to engage in the act rather than the ultimate impact of
the action(s).
This policy is not intended to prohibit expression of religious,
philosophical, or political views, provided that the expression does not
substantially disrupt the educational environment. Many behaviors that do not rise to the level
of harassment, intimidation or bullying may still be prohibited by other
district policies or building, classroom, or program rules.
This
policy is a component of the district’s responsibility to create and maintain a
safe, civil, respectful and inclusive learning community and is to be
implemented in conjunction with comprehensive training of staff and volunteers,
including the education of students in partnership with families and
community. The policy is to be
implemented in conjunction with the Comprehensive Safe Schools Plan that
includes prevention, intervention, crisis response, recovery, and annual
review. Employees, in particular, are
expected to support the dignity and safety of all members of the school
community.
Depending
upon the frequency and severity of the conduct, intervention, counseling,
correction, discipline and/or referral to law enforcement will be used to
remediate the impact on the victim and the climate and change the behavior of
the perpetrator. This includes
appropriate intervention, restoration of a positive climate, and support for
victims and others impacted by the violation.
False reports or retaliation for harassment, intimidation or bullying
also constitute violations of this policy.
The superintendent is authorized to direct the development and implementation of procedures addressing the elements of this policy, consistent with the complaint and investigation components of procedure 8700, Sexual Harassment.
EARLY RELEASE OF A STUDENT
We encourage children to be in
attendance for the entire day. When it
is necessary for a child to miss part of a day, a parent must check with the
office in order for the student to be properly released. A note in advance will assist us to prepare
for your child's early release.
EMERGENCY CLOSURES
Occasionally school may be closed
because of weather or other emergencies.
Listen to radio 1490 AM (KEYG), 98.5 FM (KEY) or 560 AM (KPQ); or watch
television station KHQ (#6), KREM (#2), or KXLY (#4). NO ANNOUNCEMENT MEANS WE ARE OPERATING ON REGULAR SCHEDULE!! Please
be certain you keep emergency numbers updated in case an unscheduled early
dismissal becomes necessary. Instead of
calling the school, please call the transportation HOTLINE (681-0090) for updated information about school starting times, bus
routes, etc. This is a local call.
EXPECTATIONS
We
at
*Walk
and talk quietly in the halls
*Treat
each other and others' property with
courtesy,
safety and respect
*Keep
our school neat and clean
*Do
as requested by the adults of the school
FIRE DRILLS
Fire and emergency drills are
necessary to protect the safety of our students and staff and occur
occasionally throughout the year.
Specific directions for exiting the building are posted in each
classroom and are practiced through such drills.
INSURANCE
School insurance is available for
purchase to all students. A packet is
sent home at the beginning of each school year.
LOST AND FOUND
A Lost and Found is maintained in
the building by the front doors. Please
check it any time you are in the building or have your children look any time
items are missing. You can greatly help
in our efforts to return lost items by making certain all your child's
belongings are clearly marked with his/her name.
LIBRARY BOOKS
Students are responsible for all
books, including library books, issued during the school year. Any lost or damaged books must be paid
for. If a lost book is later found,
money paid will be refunded.
MEDICAL
According to state law, no
medicine, including over-the-counter medications may be administered by staff
without a doctor's written permission.
Students who must take medication at school need to have the appropriate
form signed by the physician and parent before medication can be brought to
school. It is important that you keep us
informed of ANY health
concerns regarding your child.
Vision and hearing screenings take
place at place at school each fall.
Scoliosis screening is also conducted annually. Parents are notified if a concern is noted
during screening. These screenings are
not intended to take the place of regular examinations performed by your
specialist or family physician.
Immunizations are required by the
state for all children attending school.
An immunization status form must be on file in our school before the
child's first day of attendance.
Screening for head lice is
conducted by the school nurse on a regular basis. Any student with live lice will be sent home
immediately and may return to school only after appropriate treatment has been
administered and the hair is nit-free.
Recurring cases will be reported to appropriate health agencies.
PERSONAL ITEMS
Students are not to bring
"Walkman", video games, remote control cars, or CD players to
school.
Money, with the exception of lunch
money, and other valuables should be left at home for safekeeping.
PROGRESS REPORTS
Report cards are given out three
times per year, at the end of each trimester.
Parent conferences are held in the fall and in the spring (November and
March).
RECESS
Since students go outside for
recess, please make certain they dress appropriately for weather
conditions. Students participate in
recess unless weather conditions are extreme.
During wet weather or winter months you might want to tuck an extra pair
of socks and/or pants into your child's backpack. Tennis shoes should be sent to school or worn
for physical education classes.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
PE, and Library are taught by specialists and are offered to
all students.
Our Title I Reading Workshop and
LAP programs offer assistance to students in need in the areas of reading and
math. Their classroom teachers recommend
children who need individual help for these programs.
We also offer Special Education
Services for qualifying students in the areas of speech therapy, physical
and/or occupational therapy and academics.
A counselor and nurse are available in our building one day per
week. If you have any special concerns
about your child, please contact your child's teacher or the office.
SUCCESS
Our teachers and staff are dedicated to
working with you and your child to make his or her educational experience the
best that it can be. We ask that you
maximize your child's opportunities for success by making certain that s/he
receives adequate rest each night and has proper nourishment each day. We solicit your support and encouragement and
always welcome your comments, suggestions and questions.
TELEPHONE AND MESSAGES
School telephones are used
primarily for business purposes.
Telephone use by students is limited.
Students are expected to make special arrangements before leaving home
in the morning. Parents can assist in
this regard by sending notes when there is a change in their child's normal
routine.
We prefer not to interrupt
classrooms and ask that if you need to get a message to your child that you
call or stop by the office. We will
deliver messages and items to appropriate classrooms at breaks in instructional
time, such as recess or lunch.
TRANSPORTATION
1.
The driver is in complete charge of the bus and passengers.
Passengers must obey the driver promptly
and willingly at all times.
2.
Passengers shall ride their regularly assigned bus at all times unless
Permission has been otherwise granted by
parents and/or guardian
and
school authorities.
3.
Passengers shall use appropriate language and level of noise in their
conversation.
4.
Passengers shall remain seated while the bus is in motion and until it
comes to a
complete stop.
5.
Passengers shall not transport potentially hazardous, illegal or
disruptive
materials, and/or equipment on a school bus.
6.
Passengers shall not deface bus or bus related property in any way.
Consequences will be administered
to students who fail to comply with the above expectations based upon the
frequency and/or severity of the infraction.
PLEASE SEND A NOTE WITH YOUR
CHILD IF THERE IS TO BE ANY CHANGE IN HIS/HER USUAL BUSING ARRANGEMENTS.
**Bicycle guidelines:
1.Bicycles must be walked on school grounds and while crossing
2.Bicycles must be parked in racks during school day
3.Use of locks and bicycle helmets are recommended
VOLUNTEERS
School volunteers are welcome and
appreciated in our classrooms as well as our Reading Workshop Program. We encourage you to become involved by
helping out in any way you can. Please
check with your child's teacher or call the Reading Workshop teachers to
schedule times and duties.