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McKinley Elementary School
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Absences Parents should notify the school by telephone when his/her child will be absent. Please call the school at 598*3018 to report your child's absence. Tardiness It is important that children be in school on time every day. Children arriving after the bell much report to the office to get a tardy slip. Parents who know their child will be late should call the office at 259-3870 to avoid their child being marke absent. Early Dismissal Requests For children needing to be dismissed early, a note to his/her teacher is required. Parents must sign children out before leaving school and upon their return.
Emergency Forms. Emergency Forms should be updated wherever there is a change. Please be sure to notify the office immediately of any changes to home address or phone numbers. It is extremely important that we have correct work numbers for parents. In an emergency, parents will be notified first. However, if parents cannot be reached, we must have at least two local, available relatives or friends to contact in case of illness or emergency. Children are released only to parents or adults listed on the emergency forms. Classroom Visitations. Parents and other visitors are always welcome at McKinley. All visitors are required to sign in at the office and get a “visitor's badge” as soon as they come on campus. Parents wishing to observe the instructional program may make an appointment for a classroom visitation by calling the teacher.
Traffic Safety and Supervision.
Neighborhood Courtesy. Please be considerate of our neighbors. Unattended cars should not be left blocking driveways when walking your child to school or when picking your child up. Do not leave your car unattended. <b.Crossing Guard. The Burlingame Police Department provides a crossing guard at arrival and dismissal times on the corner of Oak Grove and El Camino Real. Please be sure to instruct your child to cross El Camino Real at the crosswalk.
McKinley Elementary School does not have a school nurse. If your child complains of feeling ill in the morning, please keep him/her home until they are well. If your child becomes ill at school, you will be called to pick him/her up. Illness. No student should be sent to school too sick to function all day in the classroom. Never send a child who has a fever. Students must be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school. Students who have had the stomach flu should remain at home for 24 hours before returning to school. There is no school nurse. Our school secretary will attend to all sick children. Students who become sick at school will be sent home after proper notification. Communicable Diseases. When a child contracts a communicable disease, everyone in the classroom will be notified by a letter home. It will include a list of symptoms to watch for, incubation period and treatment information. If your child contracts a communicable disease, please inform the school. The child may not attend school until 24 hours after treatment has started if the child has any of the following diagnoses from a health provider: strep throat, scarlet fever or other strep infections, measles, ringworm, German measles, mumps, whooping cough, conjunctivitis (pink eye), impetigo. If a child has chicken pox, they may not attend school until all sores have a scab, usually 6 days. Lice. If your child complains of an itchy scalp, check for head lice. If your child has lice, please contact the school immediately. Nits, or eggs, are easier to spot than lice. Eggs attach themselves firmly to hair shafts near the skin. Lice are spread by close contact or using the hat, comb, or brush of an infected person. To treat, use an over-the –counter anti-lice shampoo. Back comb hair with a fine-tooth comb to remove all nits. Vacuum your child’s room. Soak combs and brushes for an hour in solution containing anti-lice shampoo. Wash your child's sheets, blankets, pillowcases, and any clothing worn in the last 72 hours in hot water. Items that cannot be washed should be placed in an airtight plastic bag for three weeks. The Burlingame School District has a Nit Free policy. You will be called to pick up your child if lice are detected. If a child has lice, all nits must be removed before the child return to school. Medication. Medication must be stored and administered only in the school office. Written parental consent and detailed instructions are required. Medication must be in the original bottle and labeled with the student’s name. Students are not allowed to keep medicine with them in their classroom, including inhalers for asthma.
For convenience, a district form is available in the office for parent's use. A doctor's authorization is required before any medication may be given. Clothing. At McKinley School, we take pride in our image and in the positive learning environment we offer. Students are expected to dress in a way that shows pride in their appearance and which acknowledges that school is a place to work and learn. Students should save sandals and halter tops for after-school and summer play. Footwear should allow for safe participation in Physical Education and on the playground. Please NO flip-flops. T-shirts with inappropriate slogans can be offensive and are considered inappropriate. Lost and Found. All children’s clothing, lunch boxes, etc. should be clearly labeled with the child’s first and last name. Anything left outside the regular classrooms is taken to the lost and found rack located in the Lower Hall. All lost and found items are given to charity during the winter and summer vacation periods. Students and parents should check periodically for lost items. Prohibited Items. Gum, skateboards, hellies, skates, rollerblades, razors, iPods, Gameboys, radios, CD players, or other electronic devices, Giga pets, pocketknives, matches, sharp implements, and other potentially disruptive and/or dangerous items are not permitted at school. Toys, games and trading cards should not be brought to school unless they are to be used for an activity inside the classroom under the direction of a teacher. Items taken away from students by faculty members may be reclaimed at the end of the day in the office depending on the item(s) confiscated.
Bicycles. Children in grades 3-5 may ride bikes to school provided they:
Phone Use. Students may use the school phone to call home for lunch. Teachers may have students call home for forgotten books or assignments. Students may not use the phone to make play plans for after school. Student cell phones: students need to keep phones turned off during school; parents need to register their student’s cell phone in the office; McKinley is not responsible for any lost or stolen cell phones here on campus. Additionally, no video or picture phones are allowed on campus. Homework. A child’s education does not start and stop with the opening and closing of the school day. The Board of Trustees believes in homework assignments that are designed to be realistic, useful, enjoyable, and directed towards the achievement of educational goals. In addition to these goals, children should be encouraged to explore all avenues of thought and imagination. Learning outside school, beyond the parameters of academic curriculum, is valuable. Family Homework should reinforce academic topics, encourage areas of individual interest, and prepare the students for the future. Research indicates homework at the Kindergarten through fifth grade levels should help students achieve certain emotional and behavioral skills. These skills include responsibility, autonomy, perseverance, time management, initiative, self-reliance, and resourcefulness. Parent involvement is essential. Parents should offer consistent collaboration, encouragement, and support. The parent’s role is of participant and consultant. Homework in the elementary grades (K-5) can provide the foundation for children to learn how to manage their time and work, carrying over into their academic future. Homework is a stepping-stone toward emancipation. Managed properly by teachers and parents homework empowers, affirms, fulfills, and enables the child’s capacity for competence, self-reliance, and responsibility. Suggested times for Student Homework, including nightly reading for grades: K-2 0-30 minutes 3-5 0-45 minutes
Whenever homework crowds out social experiences, outdoor recreation, and creative activities, and whenever it usurps time devoted to sleep, it is not meeting the basic needs of children. The communication between teacher, parent and child is an important part of a successful school experience. Any concerns regarding your child’s homework, or the length of time your family is spending on homework, should be conveyed to the teacher.
Yearbooks. The McKinley Yearbook is a perfect way for your child to remember their years in elementary school. The book has class and individual student pictures. It also contains pages of pictures of students participating in activities at school throughout the entire year.
It is very important that every child have a nutritious lunch at school each day. Glass bottles are not allowed at school. Drinks should be in thermoses, juice boxes or cans. Students are not allowed off campus at lunchtime unless signed out in the office by a parent. Chartwells Lunch Program. Chartwells lunch program will begin on Wednesday, August 30, 2006. The price of lunch per day is $3.50. Those students on the Federal Reduced Lunch program will pay 40 cents. The program works on a "debit card" system which uses an individual student PIN number. All returning students will use their number assigned from last year. If your child is new to school or has forgotten his/her PIN number your child's teacher has a list of PIN numbers for their class. We encourage parents to send (prepay) as much money as they can for future purchases. The money will be credited to your student's account. When you student purchases lunch, the amount spent will be deducted from the student's account balance. No change will be given to student; the change will be entered into their accounts. Please send money, checks payable to Chartwells or cash to school in a sealed envelope to the school office. Please be sure you have printed your child's name, and PIN number on the envelope and bring this money to the school office. When a student's balance gets low, ($9.00) we will stamp the student's hand. We hope this will act as a reminder that the student's lunch account balance is low and money needs to be sent to school. Lunch from Home. All lunch bags/boxes brought from home should be clearly marked with the student's name and room number. Students should not leave lunches unattended in the yard. Please note that lunches brought in late should be left in the office where the students can pick them up at noon. We ask that no glass containers or carbonated beverages be brought to school.
As parents or guardians, you should be aware of the plans we have made at our school in the event of a serious natural disaster.
During a Disaster.
Disaster Kits.
Telephone/Communications.
Dismissal.
Picking up your child.
Additional Disaster Information.
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