Welcome to Our School

1. Welcome to Our School Daniel Boone Area School District

2. HomeSchoolCommunity Working together to educate all children with respect and understanding

3. School District Office Location Daniel Boone Area School District Matthew Brooke Building – Suite 200 321 N. Furnace St. Box 490 Birdsboro, PA 19508 Telephone: 610-582-6140 FAX: 610-582-0059

4. School Contact Information Please see your building handbook for: • Contacting the principal, teacher, school nurse, or guidance counselor • Reporting your child absent • Transportation Office

5. School Registration • We will help you register your child or children • Please bring these papers to the School Secretary: Immunization records Social Security Cards for you and your children Birth Certificate Proof of Residency Home Language Survey Previous School Records

6. Papers and Documents to be completed for school district registration are: • Home and Work telephone Numbers • Emergency Telephone Numbers (family and friends’ telephone numbers) • Transportation Information Form • Free and Reduced Meal Form (if applicable) • Health Information Form (your family doctor signs this form) • Student Technology Permission Form • Insurance Information Form • Home Language Survey

7. Papers from School to Home • English Language Proficiency Test Results • Bus Information • School Calendar • Monthly Newsletters • Permission Slips for field trips and special occasions • Report Cards

8. School Calendar • Early Dismissal: School hours and Bus times • Holidays: Dates • Special Events: Times and Dates • PTA Meetings: Times and Dates

9. School Security Policy • All Visitors sign the visiting book in school office • Security Guards and local Police are in school only for the protection of your children and the school staff. School Rules: • No Violence • No Drugs • No Alcohol

10. Bullying and Discipline Policy • No Bullying or Teasing Bully: a person who pushes, yells, steals, and scares you with words or actions Teasing: when a person says things that are not nice to another person

11. What to do about bullying and teasing? • Student says “Stop it!” to bully. • Student tells a teacher, guidance counselor, principal or adult. • Student tells you, the parents, what happened. • Parents will call the school to talk about the problem.

12. Discipline Policy • In-class discipline • Detention (with telephone call to parents) • Suspension = no school for many days • Expelled = out of school permanently

13. Attendance Policy and Procedures • School starts at: 7:30 Middle and High School 8:30 All elementary schools • Students must be in class OR report to the office • Late Arrival Procedure • Sick day call-in Procedure • Excuse Notes within 3 days of absence • Homework missed Policy

14. Transportation to School Bus • Schedule Paper • Phone number of Transportation • Policy for Behavior on Bus Car Riders • Coming and Going Places, Times Car Drivers • Parking Information • Visitor Parking Information

15. ESL Services • English as a Second Language Program • Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing Skills • Small group of ESL students learn together • All ESL Teachers are Program Specialists • Progress Reports are given to parents • ESL Student Monitoring Program • ESL teachers monitor students after they complete the ESL program • Teachers help with problems or questions

16. Parent Volunteers All Parents are Welcome in the Classroom • Go to Office • Sign your name in visitor book • Wear a volunteer sticker at all times • Go to the classroom Thank you for volunteering your time

17. Breakfast and Lunch • Eating together as a family is a wonderful time. • The Breakfast Program is planned only for the school children to start their day at school. • We Welcome you to sit with your children at Lunch Time as a family.

18. Lunch • Price for lunch • Pay procedure: • Check from home • Pin Number • Special Food Needs • Religious foods • Medical needs

19. School Supplies From School: • School books • Paper From Home: • Backpack • Pencils • Binders Lost and Found located in school office

20. Personal Belongings • Backpacks, coats, clothing and binders should have students names written on them • Lockers are assigned to each student. DO NOT BRING TO SCHOOL • Expensive jewelry • CD players, radios, tape, recorders, electronic games • Sharp objects like knives, scissors, or cutters

21. Student Dress Code Dress Code Guideline All students must wear shirts, pants/skirt and shoes at all times. See Handbook. Physical Education Classes require a change of clothes. This is done in locker rooms.

22. Fundraisers • Fund = money • Raise = to pile up high, to gather a lot of money Each year the families of our school sell products. The money goes to school activities for Fun and Education: • Book Fair • Science Fair • Field Trips • Family Nights

23. Parent-Teacher Organization • Parents • Teachers • School Principal and Staff This group meets to talk about school activities for Fun and Education: • Book Fair • Science Fair • Fundraisers • Field Trips • Family Nights

24. Extracurricular Activities Music • Band • Chorus • Jazz Band Sports • Football • Baseball • Wrestling • Soccer • Field Hockey • Softball • Basketball Clubs • Chess • Photography • Drama

25. Library • Students may borrow a book and return it after 2 weeks • Lunch pins are students’ IDs • No Books returned, no books borrowed • Lost books policy

26. Home-School Communication • Papers in student backpacks • Sign and return papers • Keep at home papers • Tuesday Folders • Letters by Mail • Telephone calls • E-mail • Visits to the school

27. Home-School Problems • Call the teacher • Call the principal • Call the Guidance Counselor

28. Credits “Welcome to our School” Presentation was created for Berks County Intermediate Unit 14 By Eugenia F. Krimmel, M.Ed. Educational Consultant EFKrimmel@hotmail .com BCIU 14, 2004