Attendance, Dress Code, Cirizenship

ATTENDANCE/ABSENCES

In order to fully benefit from the instructional program, students must be on time and in attendance daily. We want to encourage students to be at school daily and have several incentive programs in place to recognize students for good attendance.

By state law, “excused” absences include illness or injury, medical or dental/orthodontist appointment, and attendance at a funeral of an immediate family member. All other absences are “unexcused.”  Due to changes in state policies for attendance accounting, we prefer if you call the office to confirm all absences. When a student MUST be absent, please notify the school each day unless previous arrangements were made on the first contact.  If you cannot call the school, please send a note with the date of the absence and the reason for the absence when your child returns to school.  Absences must be cleared within 3 days.  If an absence is not cleared within 3 school days, the absence will be considered a truancy.  The school answering machine is on from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. daily.  Do not allow your child’s absences to remain unverified as this may result in a referral to the School Attendance Review Board (S.A.R.B.).

DRESS CODE BP 5132

School should be a safe, orderly environment where all students are able to learn academic and social skills.  While attending classes and participating in school approved and sponsored activities students should be clean, neatly groomed, and dressed appropriately for an academic learning environment.  Clothing, hair styles, and/or general appearance that are distracting or disruptive to the normal conduct of classes or activities, endanger the physical safety of students, or reflect gang behavior, are not acceptable.

It is the responsibility of parents to insure that their students are dressed and groomed appropriately for school.  It is the responsibility of the principal to determine whether apparel is in violation of the dress code.

Clothing not permitted at school:

• Tops with narrow straps or spaghetti straps (straps should be two inches wide), tops with large arm holes (jerseys), tops that have a low neckline.

• Ribbed undershirts (tank style), or racer-backed style.

• Any clothing that exposes underwear or bare midriffs (no belly buttons)

• Clothing, writing, symbols, jewelry, or tattoos that denote or promote violence, prejudice, hatred, gangs, sex, drugs, alcohol, or tobacco

• Hanging chains (no watch or wallet fobs)

• Steel-toed boots or shoes, no rubber shower shoes (flip-flops). 

Other clothing requirements:

For safety reasons shoes or sandals must be worn at all times.

K-5 students may wear sandals, but they must have a back strap across the heel.

Tennis Shoes should be worn during P.E.

6-8 students may wear flip flops that are substantial (not shower shoes)

Tennis Shoes should be worn during P.E.

Hats may not be worn inside any building on campus.  If a student is seen with a hat on inside a building it will be confiscated until the end of the day.