Student Handbook - Blytheville Public Schools

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• Television advertisement • Radio advertisement (including interviews by local DJ’s) • Advertisement posters throughout the community • School Messenger System (Calls every parent or guardian in the school district with event information as well as information about student attendance or truancy) • The district website www.blythevillschools.com ■ Electronic Newsletters delivered via e-mail are available to parents and are signed up for on the school website www.blythevilleschools.com. ■ A quarterly State of the Schools Address will be given by the superintendent at various venues across the community such as churches, community centers and other places of community and parent interest. The purpose of the address is to communicate the current status of the schools to the parents and to provide parents and other community stakeholders an opportunity to ask questions, voice concerns or render praise. The Superintendent will write a monthly article in the local newspaper in order to communicate school events, issues, praises and needs to community stakeholders. Promoting and Supporting Responsible Parenting: Parents of students, at all grade levels, will be involved in a variety of roles such as volunteers, resource people, Odyssey of the Mind coaches, judges in writing projects, and various other activities. Recognize parental involvement through local media including feature articles and/or pictures. An annual reception will be held to recognize parental and community involvement. Provide opportunities to utilize existing parent centers both at the district and individual schools. Resources will be made available to parents such as books and magazines on effective ways to work with their children and responsible parenting. Building Parental Capacity: Each school within the district has as part of its parental involvement plan a written school parent compact outlining how parents, the staff, and students share in the responsibility of improved student academic achievement, and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership to help children achieve high standards. The plan includes: • Ways to assist parents in understanding content; how to monitor a child’s progress, standards, and academic assessments. • What materials and training are available to parents to help them work with their children to improve academically • Train teachers, principals, and other staff in the importance of effective communication and value the contributions of parents. • Ways to coordinate and integrate parent involvement programs and activities. • Information to be sent out in practical language that parents can understand. • Ways support will be provided for parental involvement activities that is reasonable and upon request. Each school within the district will explain (to the parents and to other community stakeholders) state content and achievement standards, state and local student assessments and how the district’s curriculum is aligned with the assessments and how parents can work with the district to improve their child’s academic achievement through various activities, such as but not limited to: • Evening Open Houses. • Math, Literacy, Social Studies and Science Family Nights (K-8). • First Things First-Parents of Charter and High School students attend the first day of class to meet teachers, hear academic and behavioral expectations. • Parent/Teacher conferences (district-wide). Each school will provide instruction to a parent on how to incorporate developmentally appropriate learning activities in the home environment. • Role play and demonstration by trained volunteers; • The use of and access to Department of Education website tools for parents; • Assistance with nutritional meal planning and preparation; and • Other strategies or curricula developed or acquired by the district for at home parental instruction approved by the Department of Education. Building Parent Volunteers: Establish procedures for each school to assure appropriate use of class time and promote the health and safety of the students. These procedures will be provided to the parent/guardian. Publish a volunteer resource book to be placed in each school including the parent surveys regarding parent’s special interests and times of availability. The school district will provide annual training for volunteers who assist in an instructional program for parents Each school in the district will form a Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO). Building Partnerships between the Home and School: Address the schools’ processes for resolving parental concerns. It is a goal of the Blytheville School District to be responsive to the community and to continuously improve the educational program offered in its schools. Provide parents the opportunity to voice concerns, needs and praises through a variety of means, including but not limited to: • Surveys • PTO • Involvement on school leadership and parental involvement teams • State of the Schools Address with the Superintendent • The School District will provide training on building effective partnerships with parents through a variety of means including, but not limited to: • Parent-Teacher Conferences • Positive Contacts • Strategies for involving parents A seminar will be conducted to inform the parents of high school students how to be involved with those decisions affecting course selections, career planning, and preparation for postsecondary opportunities. Collaborating with Community Stakeholders: Community Stakeholders will be invited to collaborate and be involved in the education of students in the school district. Such programs and activities include, but are not limited to: 34
• Adopt-a-School through local real-estate agencies. • Chamber Readers Program through Blytheville-Gosnell Area Chamber of Commerce. • Pastors on the Premises through Blytheville-Gosnell-Armorel Ministerial Alliance. • Mentoring and Improving Student Achievement through The Action Group. • Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports The Parental Involvement Committee includes Blytheville High School alumni for advice in school improvement. Schools will use the leaders of the Parent Teacher Organizations in appropriate decision making roles concerning the children and families. To ensure the continued improvement of the district’s parental/community involvement program, the district will conduct an annual review of its parental involvement policies to examine their effect on promoting higher student achievement. The review will be done by a committee consisting of parents and other community members, certified and classified staff and member(s) of the administration. Parties Parties and other occasions that involve serving food are limited to nine total events each year by state law. Foods brought for the following events cannot be homemade, but must be commercially produced under strict health precautions. These occasions are: 1. Halloween 2. Christmas 3. St. Valentine’s Day 4. Easter 5. Field Day 6. PTO/Wellness Day 7. After Achievement Testing 8. 100th day of school 9. One at the discretion of the principal PARENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING SNACKS FOR BIRTHDAYS OR OTHER OCCASIONS OTHER THAN THE SCHOOL WIDE EVENTS SET BY THE SCHOOL. PARENTS ARE ALLOWED TO BRING MEALS INTO THE CAFETERIA FOR THEIR CHILD ONLY. OTHER STUDENTS MAY NOT SIT WITH THE STUDENT OR CONSUME FOOD BROUGHT IN BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THEIR PARENT. Additional information for parents on wellness issues is available from the school office. Wellness Focus Blytheville Primary School has adopted a wellness policy that encourages students to live healthy lifestyles. As a part of this policy, students are given at least 30 minutes of physical activity each day, at least one hour of physical education activities each week. Food consumption at school is limited to what is served as part of a healthy and balanced meal. Blytheville Primary School’s Purpose: 1. To educate the whole child. 2. View each child individually, allowing him/her to experience success daily. 3. Direct the students through learning situations. 4. Strive constantly to motivate each student and evaluate his progress. 5. Help in every possible way to develop socially responsible students so they can become integral members of society. 6. Educate each child to his/her fullest capacity. 7. Develop mutual respect among staff and students by recognizing the dignity of the individual. 8. Provide for the students’ physical, intellectual, social and emotional growth. 9. Educate the students to become more aware of their own interests/abilities, through both the classroom teaching and extra-curricular activities. 10. Promote an awareness of the principles of right and wrong. 11. Provide meaningful suggestions for improvement. Registration Registration and Admission of New Students to Kindergarten- Students are required to get a physical within 90 days of school enrollment. Students 5 years old on or before August 1 who reside in the Blytheville School District for an average of no fewer than four (4) calendar days and nights per week with their parents, legal guardians, persons having legal, lawful control of the student under a court order, or persons standing in loco parentis for a primary purpose other than school attendance may enroll in Kindergarten. Parents must provide the student’s shot records, physical records, birth record (birth certificate, hospital certificate, statement from the local registrar or a county recorder certifying the child’s date of birth, attested baptismal certificate, passport, affidavit of the date and place of birth by the child’s parent or guardian, military ID, or previous school records), and two proofs of address, social security card, or if the parent or guardian requests the district will assign the child a nine digit number designated by the department of education. Proof of address is a rent or utility receipt showing the street address of the student’s residence. 35
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