DISCIPLINE PLAN

          I have compiled the following list of classroom rules:

           l.  Raise your hand if you want to speak.

          2. Listen when others are speaking.

          3. Keep hands and feet to yourself.

          4. Use inside voices.

          5. Put things back where they belong.

          6. Walk quietly in line.

          7. Wait your turn.

           The consequences for breaking these rules are as follows:

           l. First offense-warning. 

           2. Second offense, card is moved from star to smiley face.

           3. Third offense-time out (4 minutes).  Card is moved from smiley face to straight face.

           4. Fourth offense-lose a privilege.  Card is moved from straight face to frown face.

           Please look for the behavior chart inside your child’s folder that will come home every day.  Please initial behavior grade and return the folder the next day.  The key is as follows:

           Star stamp-excellent day

          Smiley face-good day

          Straight face-not so good day

          Frown face-needs improvement-unsatisfactory

           At the end of the week, those children who have a star stamp for every day of the week will receive a small reward.

          A child’s card will be pulled automatically, without a warning, for any action which injures or might possibly injury the child or another child, any talking or playing during Prayer, any backtalking or disrespect towards an adult, or any extremely mean words towards another.

 BOOKBAG AND FOLDER

           Your child’s vinyl folder will be sent home every day.  Please check your child’s folder every day for a behavior grade and any important papers that are sent home.  The behavior grade should be initialed on a daily basis.  Please remove any papers, excluding the behavior calendar, daily.  Those pieces of work that need to be returned will say so on the top of the pages.  All others are yours to keep.  Please clean out your child’s folder each day.  YOUR CHILD NEEDS TO BRING THE BOOK BAG AND FOLDER TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY!

 CLASSROOM NEWS BULLETIN

           Every week, (usually on Monday), I will send home a letter containing information about classroom procedures and activities for the week.  The letter will also contain information about special events and field trips.  This letter will be sent home in your child’s folder.  Any bulletins from the office will also be placed in this folder.  A special silver folder from the office is sent home every Friday and is returned on Monday.

 PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!

          The parent-teacher conference provides for two-way communication.  It helps both the parent and teacher arrive at a better understanding of the child’s strengths, needs, and progress (academically, socially, emotionally, and physically).  If you desire a conference, please contact the school or send a note in your child’s folder and a conference time will be scheduled.  The first 9 weeks conferences are mandatory for all kindergarten parents.

TOYS AND CANDY

          In general, children are NOT to bring toys to school except for those cases in which the toy is part of instruction (such as for Show and Tell, a unit on toys, etc.)  I will notify you of such special events in my newsletter.  Candy is allowed only at parties.  Gum is not permitted. 

ATTENDANCE

          At all levels, regular attendance is necessary if the child is to make optimal progress.  A child who has symptoms of illness should not be sent to school where they may expose the class or endanger their own health.  Regardless of the cause of absence, a written explanation would be appreciated.  Please send this explanation to school the day your child returns.  Please read the handbook regarding school regulation towards tardies.

NOTES FROM HOME

          Often it is necessary to send a note to school to notify me of changes in transportation, early check-out, reasons why your child may behave differently, or just to ask me a question.  Children sometime forget to give these notes to me, or they are misplaced somewhere at the bottom of the book bag.  Please make certain that all notes are placed in your child’s folder. 

I do NOT check book bags!  I will answer all notes that day, and also place these notes in your child’s folder.  I cannot check e-mail messages until the end of the day, as all my time is spent with the children during the school day.

          Please keep these policies in a special place for later reference.