MONTVILLE TOWNSHIPPUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Elementary Schools’
STUDENT/PARENT HANDBOOK
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Montville Township Elementary Schools Cedar Hill School46 Pine Brook Road Towaco, NJ 07082 We believe that… · A good education empowers children to become critical thinkers and life-long learners maximizes individual potential, and provides the necessary skills to succeed in life. · A good education encourages students to take personal and civic responsibility. · Our children learn best when they are stimulated and challenged through teaching styles best suited to the individual. · Our children need to be motivated to learn and have excellent teachers in a safe, positive, and nurturing environment where they feel respected, understood, and valued. · Our children deserve a great education. · Children need to respect diversity and appreciate the world around them. · The role of the parents is to be positive role models providing a supportive and loving environment where values are instilled and personal responsibility are encouraged. · The role of parents is to be a partner in their children’s education. · Support and involvement from the community are vital to the success of education.
Policy No. 5200 ATTENDANCE The Board of Education requires that the pupils enrolled in the schools of this district attend school regularly in accordance with the laws of the state. The educational program offered by this district is predicated on the presence of the pupil and requires continuity of instruction and classroom participation. The regular contact of pupils with one another in the classroom and their participation in a well-planned instructional activity under the tutelage of a competent teacher are vital to this purpose. Attendance at school may be excused when the demonstrated mental or physical condition of the pupil is such as to interfere with learning or prevent attendance, or by the observance of the pupil’s religion on a day approved by the Board as a religious holiday, or by such circumstances as the Building Principal may determine constitute good cause. No pupil, staff member, or visitor may attend or visit school if he/she has an uncoverable and/or uncovered weeping skin lesion, whether or not the person has been screened for HIV. All other absences are unexcused. Pupils absent from school for any reason are responsible for the completion of assignments missed because of their absence. No pupil excused for a religious holiday shall be deprived of an award or eligibility to compete for an award or the opportunity to make up a test given on the religious holiday. Prolonged or repeated absences, excused or unexcused, from school or from class, deprive the pupil of the classroom experience deemed essential to learning and may result in retention at grade level. Unexcused absences from school or from classes within the school day constitute truancies and shall be subject to the disciplinary rules of the Board. Repeated truancies that interfere with efforts of this Board and its staff in the maintenance of good order and the continuity of classroom instruction may result in the suspension or expulsion of any pupil from the course of study during which absences have occurred or the suspension or expulsion from school of a pupil over sixteen years of age, in accordance with Policy Nos. 5610 and 5620. Before any such action is taken, every effort shall be made to identify the habitual truant, investigate the cause or causes of the pupil’s behavior, and consider the modification of the pupil’s educational program. The Superintendent shall calculate and monitor the average daily attendance rate for the district and for each school in the district. Whenever the average daily attendance rate is below ninety percent for the district or below eighty-five percent in any one school, the Superintendent shall develop and implement an attendance improvement plan. The attendance rate shall be calculated by dividing total pupil days present for all pupils by the total possible pupil days for all pupils and multiplying the result by one hundred.
N.J.S.A. 18A:36-14 et seq.; 18A:38-25 et seq. N.J.S.A. 34:2-21.1 et seq. N.J.A.C. 6:20-1.1 et seq.
Adopted: 15 February 2005 Policy No. 5410 PROMOTION AND RETENTION The Board of Education recognizes that each child develops and grows in a unique pattern and that pupils should be placed in the educational setting most appropriate to their social, physical, and educational needs. Each pupil enrolled in this district shall be moved forward in a continuous program of learning in harmony with his or her own development. Standards for pupil promotion shall be related to district goals and objectives and to the accomplishments of pupils. A pupil in grades kindergarten through eight will be promoted to the next succeeding grade level when he or she has completed the course requirements at the presently assigned grade; has achieved the instructional objectives set for the present grade; has demonstrated the proficiencies required for movement into the educational program of the next grade; and has demonstrated the degree of social, emotional, and physical maturation necessary for a successful learning experience in the next grade. A high school pupil will be promoted to the next grade when he or she has completed, in the current school year, twenty-five percent of the credits required for high school graduation. Promotion standards will be announced to parents and pupils at the beginning of each school year and course of study. Parents and pupils shall be regularly informed during the school year of the pupil’s progress toward meeting promotion standards. A teacher who determines that a pupil’s progress may not be sufficient to meet promotion standards shall notify the parent and the pupil and offer immediate consultation to the pupil’s parent. Every effort shall be made to remediate a pupil’s deficiencies before retention is recommended. The parent and, where appropriate, the pupil shall be notified of the possibility of the pupil’s retention at grade level in advance and, whenever feasible, by the end of the second marking period. School attendance shall be a factor in the determination of a pupil’s promotion or retention. Only extenuating circumstances should permit the promotion of such pupils who have been in attendance fewer than ninety percent of the days during the school year. Classroom teachers shall recommend to the Building Principal the promotion or retention of each pupil. Parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and adult pupils may appeal a promotion or retention decision to the Principal, whose decision shall be final. The Superintendent shall distribute this policy to all parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and all pupils in grades kindergarten through twelve at the beginning of each school year and shall invite their participation, along with the participation of teachers, in the development of revisions of the policy. N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.9 Adopted: 15 February 2005
Policy No. 5511 DRESS AND GROOMING All students are expected to dress appropriately at all times. Clothing and accessories should be neat, clean, inoffensive, safe and decent. Examples of inappropriate attire during school hours include, but are not limited to, hat and head scarves (unless worn for religious purposes), sunglasses (unless prescription with a note that indicates the sun glasses need to be worn inside the school), bare midriffs, clothing with obscene or profane language or that reference drugs, alcohol, tobacco, racism or violence, sandals, and outside garments and beach wear (plastic thongs, beach jackets, swim wear, etc.) Shorts are acceptable attire, but must be no shorter than mid-thigh length. Cut-off or frayed shorts and spandex (biker) shorts are not acceptable. The Building Principal shall be responsible for determining the appropriateness of student attire. If a student is determined to be in violation of the Board Policy and Regulation on Dress and Grooming, his/her parent/guardian will be called and the student will be sent home to change. If it is not feasible to send the student home, he/she will be kept in an alternative educational setting for the remainder of the school day. The student must report to the Principal at the beginning of the next school day for readmission. N.J.S.A. 18A:11-1, 18A:11-7, 18A:11-8, 18A:11-9. Adopted: 15 February 2005
Policy No. 5830 PUPIL FUND RAISING The Board of Education will limit the solicitation of funds by and from the pupils of this district in order to protect pupils from unnecessary pressures and the instructional program from disruption. “Pupil fund raising” means the solicitation and collection of money by pupils, on or off school premises, for any purpose associated directly or indirectly with the school district or under circumstances in which the solicitors are identified as pupils of this district. Pupils may solicit and collect money on behalf of approved school organizations, provided the fund raising has been approved by the Building Principal and/or designee. No fund raising activity involving door-to-door solicitation shall be permitted. Out-of-school solicitation of money for school organizations must be approved by the Building Principal. The Board prohibits any fund raising activity that includes incentive awarded to pupils through which the pupil may earn a prize or be given other remuneration for raising funds. Pupils may solicit and collect money on behalf of nonschool organizations, provided the fund raising has been approved by the Building Principal. No pupil will be permitted to solicit and collect money on school premises or at a school-sponsored event for the pupil’s own benefit. The Superintendent shall develop regulations regarding pupil fund raising that establish times and places in which pupil fund raising may be conducted and ensure adequate accounting of funds collected. The Building Principal shall distribute this policy and the Superintendent’s regulations to each recognized pupil organization. Adopted: 15 February 2005 Montville Twp. Elementary School Early Dismissal Form In the event that school must be closed for early dismissal and/or other emergencies, school closing information is available on the district web site at www.montville.net and announcements are made via television, radio, a telephone recording at each school, and local stores. You may also elect to receive a courtesy call from a parent volunteer. If you would like to receive a call, please fill out this form providing your contact information. If you do not wish to receive a courtesy call, you must indicate your preference below. One form must be filled out for each family. Please ensure that the information provided is accurate and that you notify the head room parent and the school office of any changes that may occur during the year. Note that all telephone numbers must include an area code.PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FORM IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE EMERGENCY CONTACT CARD
You may also designate an alternate contact who will be notified if a parent/guardian cannot be reached. The alternate contact should be LOCAL since he/she will have the responsibility to meet your child(ren) at the bus or pick your child(ren) up at school when school is closed early. In the event of an unscheduled early dismissal and I cannot be reached, the following people have my permission to pick up my child(ren) from of school. I have notified my alternate contact(s) of this designation.
My child(ren) ride the bus to school - YES or NO Bus # _______ My child(ren) attend(s) MEDLC - M T W TH F NOT AT ALL ___ In the event of an early dismissal and none of my contacts have been reached, I give permission for my child(ren) to be dismissed from school as usual and not sent to MEDLC. ___ I do not wish to receive a courtesy call in the event school is dismissed early. I understand that my child(ren) will be dismissed from school as usual. Parent/Guardian Signature __________________________ Date:__________________ For the safety of all of our students, Parents/Guardians are requested to make arrangements for their child(ren) in the event school is dismissed early. If neither a parent/guardian nor a designated alternate can be reached, your child(ren) will be directed to MEDLC and you will be billed. All children must be picked up from MEDLC by 2:55 pm, the end of the normal school day. MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS SPECIAL MEDICAL NEEDS FIELD TRIP REQUEST New Jersey State law specifies that only a Registered Nurse or a student’s parent may administer medication to a student while he/she is at school or on a school-sponsored field trip. Please be aware that there is a possibility that a Registered Nurse will not be available for this field trip. If your son/daughter takes any prescription medication on a daily or emergency basis (oral, inhaler, injectable, topical), please complete the following information and designate the option you prefer. This information applies to this field trip only. _____ OPTION 1 I will accompany my child on this field trip at my own expense and will administer the required medication.
_____ OPTION 2 I will call my child’s physician and obtain written permission to withhold the dose(s) of required medication during this field trip, or change the time of administration in order to accommodate the field trip schedule.
_____ OPTION 3 I am requesting the school’s assistance in delegating a CPR certified Montville staff member to administer my child’s Epi-Pen, if necessary. (NOTE: If benadryl or any other medication is prescribed with Epi-Pen, a delegate can not be assigned.)
_____ OPTION 4 I will provide (or have already provided to the school nurse) written permission from my child’s physician allowing him/her to self-administer an inhaler, Epi-Pen, or insulin, if needed. I understand that the medication must be provided by my child and will be appropriately labeled by the pharmacy.
_____ OPTION 5 I do not want my child to participate in this field trip. In the event I am unable to be reached, and my child, in your opinion, requires EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT during the time he/she is on this school-sponsored trip, I grant you permission to obtain any necessary transportation and medical care until I can be contacted. I hereby designate the teacher in charge as my agent, to act in my child’s best interests, and release him/her from any claim out of the physician’s actions. I also agree to pay for any professional medical services incurred which are not fully covered by insurance. Emergency Contacts: 1. _____________________________ Phone: ______________
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______________ Name of Student: _____________________________________
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