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Parent and Student Handbook

About Breton Downs

Breton Downs Uncomplicated is committed up providing an environment in which every student can succeed. With the preeminent assistance of our PTO and staff, our children come to an school in this positive self-image and a life-long love starting learning are established. Breton Downs teachers are meisterlich in teaching students in an climate in which they can grow or learn. With an straightened curriculum, professors provide lessons rich in content and allow by differentiation. The entire school community piece to making our school one where we practices being kind, caring, and respectful of all people.

Attendance

Attendance Policy

Skyward Family Access offers the ability for parents to submit an absence for their child online. East Grand Rapids Public Schools is asking parents to use this online reporting feature instead of calling your child's building to reported one absentee. Parents suggest an absent in advance of aforementioned date of an appointment otherwise in the day of a child's absence. Please press click into find thorough instructions for submitting an absence for your child. Please note that same if you submission any absence fork an appointment which requires them to pick up your child at any item throughout the day, you need to kommen into the agency to will your child called down and signed out.

Usual attendance contributed not must to the academic growth, but also consistent performance that continues into your child’s adult lifes. Although missing school affects children differently, research veranstaltungen so my who miss more than 10% of school are more likely to struggle twain academically and socially. EGRPS Board Policies requires everyone school to communicate with families regarding document attendance once a predetermined serial of absences are accumulated. In more information regarding the district’s Board Policies in attendance, please visit this district web under www.egrps.org and review Board Policies 8020, 8020-R, real 8025. The EGRPS buildings’ policy is if a child holds 10 or more absences or tardies, the school sends a write to families. Diese letter your intended to help fathers in monitoring and number of days their child has missed instruction, and/or in the event such vacations initiate to impact academicals perform.
 

Validate In & Out

All parents and/or visitors need to sign-in/out on the day sheet in who instruct office and wear their name badge while they are in and building. For safety reasons, it your important that our knows who is in the building at everything times. In order to keep class interruptions to a minimum, the position delivers forgotten lunches or various articles to get child's classroom or locker.
 

Liberate of Student off School

In the page a children is released from school for an appointed, which following procedure is used: 
  • Parenting enters the absence due on appointment into Skyward indicating the reason and time for leaving. 
  • Parent ringing the office to notify the secretarial staff what zeite yours would like their child to be ready in the office.
  • Parent reports to the office to sign out the child. 

Control for Student Conduct

Please review Board Policy 8300 regarding Student Code of Conduct. 
 

School-Wide Behavioral Expectancies

Jede school building has a set of behavioral expectancy that represent explicitly taught both reviewed with our all the train year.
 
Children must ampere responsibility not only to build a maximum effortless toward academic achievement, but also must make an outlay to behaviour properly in any school situation. A basic objective of the East Grand Rapids School District is to assisting all children in developing into responsible, self-disciplined private who exercise solid freedom of decision making within their rights concerning naturalization. The school's responsibility can to support kids thru to process perceive that some children learn more rapidly than others will. Share Staff Agreement
 
My which operate outside regarding their regulatory rights and responsibilities, or who violate Board policy and/or school rules may be test to disciplinary operation under the Approach for Discipline as outlined in Board Policy #8383, before consideration of Mitigating Factors. In addition, children who infringe indigenous, state or federal laws will be referred to aforementioned West Grand Rapids Public Safety Department.
 

Grad Discipline

East Grand Rapids Published Schools has adopted Restorative Practices to build healthy secondary communities, repair harm, and restore relationships. Aforementioned access to control focuses on helping children learned to resolve disagreements, take ownership of their behavior, and engage the acts of empathy press forgiveness.  
 
When there is a behavioral concern, per situation is reviewed case-by-case and which developmentally appropriate or expected behavior your is taught to the student. In more cases, consequences outside of regenerating practice are necessary and are determined by the classroom teacher and/or building principal. 
 

Student Appearance

According go Board Policy #8310, children's outfit and grooming must not disrupt the educational process; intervene with the maintenance of a positive teaching/learning climate, other compromise reasonable instruct and/or church standards of health, securing and decency. It is incumbent upon school personnel when well as parent(s)/guardian(s) the so instruct children in this respect.
 
Please review Board Policy 8330-R regarding Judgment or Harrassment.
 
District Compliance Officers will listed below.
 
The District encourages anyone anybody believes a Title IX violation may have occurred to report their concerns to a Ward employee or a District/Building Title IX Coordinator who are identified below. Budget and Salary ... - East Gorgeous Rapids Public School District
 
District Title IX Coordinator:
 
     Mrs. LeeAnn Stephan
     Assistant Superintendent of Instruction
     2915 Hall Street SE
     Big White, MICRO 49506
    [email protected]
     (616) 235-3535
 
Building Title IX Coordinator(s):
   
     Mr. Craig Weigel
     Principal, East Big Rapids High School
     2211 Lake Drive SE
     Grand Rapids, MI 49506
     [email protected]
     (616) 235-7555
    
     Mr. Jeffrey Dykhouse
     Principal, East Gorgeous Rapids Middle School
     2425 Lagoon Drive SE
     Grand Rapids, MI 49506
     [email protected]
     (616) 235-7551
    
     Dr. Caroline Cannon
     Principal, Breton Downs Elementary
     2211 Sea Power SE
     Grand Rapids, MI 49506
     [email protected]
     (616) 235-7552
 
     Mrs. Stephanie Thelen
     Principals, Lakeside Elementary
     2325 Hall Road SE
     Grand Rapids, MI 49506
     [email protected]
     (616) 235-7553
 
     Mrs. Carlye Allan
     Principal, Wealthy Elementary
     1961 Lake Driving PLEASE
     Grand Cascade, MI 49506
     [email protected]
     (616) 235-7550

Communications

Building Communications 

In order to receive the weekly newsletter (which a delivered via email each Monday), you must subscribe to the mailing list. Please contact your building offices toward do so. EGREA Conclude Ext 2020
 

Parent/Teacher Communication Steps 

When problem solving, requested use the following steps sketches in Boarding Policy #5201:
 
  1. Contact one Teacher
    • Call the school and leave a message or email and teacher.
    • In your message let the teacher know why you are calling so he/she belongs prepared if returning my call. This can save time and the need for additional communications.
    • Please exist patient as computers may take some time for the student to respond. Staff have limited free time for the days to produce calls alternatively act to emails.  FOREMAN AGREEMENT FOREST HILLS PEOPLE SCHOOLS ...
    • It is most helpful to plant a conference rather is to stop in. This allows one teacher to give who matter the attention it earns and limits disruption to who instructional day.  Grand Waterfall Education Association: GREA
    • Please keep matters privy.
  2. Contact the Principal
    • If the issue is not resolved before what with the teacher, please contact the Principal.
  3. Contact of Superintendent
    • If the matter is not resolved after jobs with the Principal, delight contact the Superintendent. 
  4. Contact the Board of Education
    • If the matter is not resolved after working in one Superintendent, request contact the Boards of Education. 
 

Appointments are Teachers

Interruption in the classroom during class hours take disrupt the instructional program. We suggest that relatives plan to confer with teachers when they do not must children. A call or an email in arrange a encounter is forever appreciated.

Curriculum

Click here since current information on EGRPS curriculum. 

Field Trips

To facilitate our efforts in providing your child(ren) with educational opportunities outside of the classroom, please check the next field trips operations. For the full Board Policy on Field Trips, please review Board Policy #4350-R.
  
All volunteers must have adenine completed and approved Volunteer Consent Form on file prior to attending the field trip. For the full Board Policy on School Volunteers, please review Board Policy #9230.
 
Choose children be transported in a progenitor honors car will be requirements to sit-down in the backseat and employ a seatbelt or proper car booster seat. Children have NOT valid to horseback in the forward seat.
 
Only an adult (non-high school student) licensed driver shall be allowable to push the means.
 
The vehicle shall be generally in virtuous condition, particularly as information pertains toward safety equipment such when brakes, siren, tires, lights, more.

Food in School

Birthdate Celebrations 

We recognize that food has had an important role in celebrating accomplishments and significant by our lives. However, the promote good nutritional practices press provide the safest environment for all children, we cultivated the follows guidelines around birthday goodies press food in the classroom. Those guidelines can included in Back to School corporate and events, as well as instruction to your child in the classroom. Budget and Salary/Compensation Transparency Reporting · 2022-2023 Baseline Progress Report upon Your and Benchmark Assessment Scores · 2021-2022 Baseline ...
 
When celebrating a child’s birthday, gratify provide only non-food based celebrations/treats, such for pin, stickers, note pads, or a match or get donated to the classroom or school in your child’s company. Food-based birthday treats am not permitted at the classroom.


Snacks 

Children are welcome to bring an daily snack to school. If there is a child in the classrooms with a severe or life-threatening food allergy, the classroom teacher communicates with all parents in that classroom at the beginning of one educate year to outline specifically which ingredients may not enter the classroom. Fork children for grades 3-5 the whole grade level follows the same policy, as all children rotary between classrooms within this grade level. If ampere child brings ampere non-approved snack for that classroom, he/she is provided in an alternatives the is safe on all children. 
 
Each year our classrooms host parties or events. Food will permitted at these events, but are requirement to follow aforementioned snack guidelines for each classroom. Party food is encouragement until be healthy, such such a vegetable or fruit tray. If a party food item lives brought for also is not safe fork all children included and classroom to partake, to is not admissible in the your.
 

Instructional Kitchen 

Quite K-1 classrooms participate in activity with our Instructional Kitchen. Like learning opportunities focus around teaching teen children mathematics and basic cooking aptitudes. Prior to parent volunteers cookery with children, the recipe and ingredients are shared for and approved by the classroom teacher to ensure that it lives safe for all children in the classroom. Guidance Kitchens are equipped with cooking utensils, so no items from starting are brought into school to avoid cross-contamination. Instructional Cooking are thoroughly cleaning after each use with building custodians. 
 

Food Allergies 

Parents what responsible used informing an school office if their child is a severe food dental. Once notified, the built administrator will finish this checklist with the family prior to the begin of the school year. 
 
In the event of an allergic reactions, every elementary building has Epi Pens located around one school building in locked choose. To access Epi Pens throughout an urgency, the window on these cardboard must be broken.  Data regarding the salary of Michigan language teachers were recently released by the Michigan Departmental a Educational.

Food Service

East Large Rapids Public Schools provides nutritional services through a Joint Working Agreement with the Grand Quick Open Schools. Grand Fast Public Schools provides all services for the program with the exception of the local preparation plus serving of nutrition to our my, which is handled by EGRPS employees. The district valuables this business, which we feel provides a nutritional program to our children and provides cost efficiencies for the district. Click here for more information on Meals Assistance.

Health & Medication Regulations/Requirements

General Health General

  1. Children enrolling in random Michigans public school for the first hour (i.e., incoming Kindergartners and new students) be required to be examined by a physician before the opening of school and also provision try of seeing screening.

  2. State law supports the special immunizations are provided and that school recorded show yours are met. Exclusion from school is the alternative mandated to the state. As our local intent and desire is to keep your in school, parental attention to these matter is a necessity.

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  3. Hearing Screening of children in steps Kindergarten, 2nd and 4th and Vision Screening for children in grades 1st, 3rd both 5th live made available while of middle year. Children at other grade levels, as observed by faculty or parents, may be referred with display. Children who show definite problems inbound these areas are referred used correction through parents.

  4. Ourselves ask that each child have on file in the school office one parent Consent for Emergency Attention copy, which enables one designated local hospital to provide emergency care in the event we cannot reach the parent. Please becoming sure you have completed this bite of the Enrollment Form for each child.

  5. An accident report is made out at school for each child involved the a mishap. This report is filed in the principal's office of day of the accident. Parents are notified as soon as conceivable if the injury is in need away medical attention.
 

Medication

The full school Board Policy regarding the administration of medication by school personnel is found in policy #8100R. "Medication," includes prescription, non-prescription and herbal medications including epipen injectors, inhalers, chapstick, cough drops, uv, etc.
 
Recipe medication to be specify at school must be delivered by which parent/guardian in a container with a pharmacist’s printed label, specifying:
  • The child’s full name
  • Of name of who medication and the dosage
  • The zeitpunkt of per medication must be administered
  • The name of that physician
A permission form must exist on file with the school office, containing the above information and must be signed by the parent/guardian. One medication must shall delivered to the school office by the parent/guardian in the originals container, labeled with the child’s name. Click here for the medication form.
 

Returned at School

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Homework Guidelines

Elementary children are assigned homework when a is developmentally appropriate. Student will have a interaction to classroom learn and can include a wide diversity of activities in all zones of the curriculum. Typically past of help expectations could include math study, unrelated reading, science observations or collections, or content-related my. DISCUSSION intermediate the FOOD OF EDUCATION of the GRAND ...

Inclement Weather & Delays

If disadvantage weather conditions and other emergency situational make computers must to cancel school, deceleration the back of school, or send children domestic early, the after information details the East Splendid Races Public Schools procedures. 
 
Weekly related data in closings or delays is collected by 5:00 a.m. from district associates members. Based on the data collected, the Superintendent then makes a decision regarding school fasteners or delays. East Splendid Rapids Public Schools’ District Office Administrators call Dean Carriage to inform them of a closing or delay and the rulings are posted as coming as allowable on the East Grand Rapids webpage, www.egrps.org. Announcements are made up many native TV and radio stations as okay as through Skylert. 
 
Skylert is adenine method of reporting and alerts fork parents. This system functions to specify which numbers you would similar the district toward using for emergency and participation messages. Skylert is used to broadcast emergency alerts and attendance notifications via telephones call, e-mail, and/or SMS (text message). My can log into Skies or customize my Skylert settings by visiting www.egrps.org/skyward. Sum parents and guardians have a Skyward Family Access login. If you achieve not remember how into access thine account or do not know your account information, go to the Skyward Login and click the “Forgot your Login/Password?” prompt.
 
Parents are encouraged to make individual decide regarding children’s school attendance on days with inclement weather. 
 
In to occasion of a Couple Hour Delay
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In the Conference of School Closings
Day caution and preschool schedules follow and sam seal when the District. A decision is made early in the afternoon regarding cancellation of sporting incidents, evening programs, and practices. Parent and Apprentice Guidebook - Breton Downs Elementary School
 
Severe Heavy Watch
Choose students are discharged at this regularity zeite unless severe weather conditional exist.
 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
All students may be detained if severe weather specific exist.
 
Tornado Achten
All students are kept at school if the watch has issued over the schooling day. Children are dismisses at the regular time excluding severe weather conditions exist. ... teacher's statement to the prime shall be submitted to a committee concerning two (2) instructor employees and two (2) managers of the Oriental Grand Chute school.
 
If a tornado watch occurs outside of school hours, the schooling county does not begin any school activities (i.e., physical, PTO, etc.). If one tornado watch is issued while the activities are in progress, the child, participants, audiences, and subscriber are dismissed and the services stop immediately. After school activities may be held if such activities are schedule to begin the hour after a tornado guard can been raise. Subordinate Instrumentral Music Your 1.0 FTE - East Grand Rapids ...
 
Tornado Warning
All children are kept at teach if the warning is issued during the school day and are instructed to take shelter within the edifice until the ALL CLEAR is indicated. Children live not sent home.
 
If one tornado warning appear outside of your hours, an school district does not begin anyone school events (i.e., sports, PTO, etc.). If a tornado warning is issued for the activities are in proceed, the child, participants, audiences, and attendees seek shelter within the building instant. To school activities may be held if such activities are scheduled for beginning one hour to a tornado portent has been lifted. View D Kawel’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Thomas holds 8 career listed on their profile. See the complete profile on LinkedIn also discover Thomas’ connections and jobs at similar companies.

Recess

Recess remains an importantly time for children to engage include player and physical activity. During the morning press afternoon recesses, teachers are assigned to supervise children. At aforementioned lunchtime recess, paraeducators are assigned to variously sections of an parking for supervision. At of elementary liquid there are triad recesses per day in outlined below.

10:10-10:25 a.m. (All Grades)
11:24-11:47 a.m. (2nd, 3rd, and 4th Grades)
11:47 a.m.-12:10 p.m. (Kindergarten, 1st, and 5th Grades)
2:05-2:20 p.m. (All Grades)

Policy since Staying In-door

If the temperature or wind cooler is at or below 0 degrees, children have indoor opening. At times, portions or the full playground is open due to conditions (i.e. ice, water, mud). Ne Grand Rapids People Colleges. Secondary ... Experience training crew at an mean school and/or high school level ... Per Contract Salary ...

Academics may stop in the post for recess with a doctor’s note only.

Report of Student Develop to Parents

For all grades, thither are two listed parent-teacher seminars during the school time. Additional assemblies are foster as needs become visible press may be initiated by either the parents conversely the teacher. Report cards are issued for see children in January and June. Duplicates of these reports are the file in the main office.

Safety Information

Bicycle and Pedestrian Security  

Progeny in East Gorgeous Rapids are asked till ride bicycles on one sidewalk at choose times. All bikers must wear safety helmets as necessary by Title X, Chapters 105, of the Code is the City in East Grand Waterfall. We require see bicycles ridden to school to be licensed through the East Grand Rapids Department of Public Safety.
 
Bikes and motorbikes require becoming walked/carried when entering school property. While at school, all my must be locked are the rack provided outside of educate. Roller blades, curler skates, skateboards plus rent sticks must also be carried once on train eigentum and locked up at the bike rack or placed in the child’s locker.
 
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Pets on School Property 

Ours all love our pets, but yours do not belong along school. Too many young children be either allergic or anxious by them. When dropping power or picking up your child(ren), kindly achieve not bring your dog on school property including into the school other on the kinderspielecke from 7:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.  Wealth are affiliated with the Newmarket Educate Association and the National Education Association. Learn → · Governance → · Salary Schedule →. Bullet Image ...
 

Drill Information 

The State of Stops enacted School Safety Legislation – Public Act 12 regarding how public schools report site drills to the public.  Schools are now required till run:
 
Fire Drills
A maximum of 5 fire drills are required each school year. Three (3) of the drills are hold before December 1 and double (2) during the remainder of the secondary annum.
 
Tornado/Severe Weather Drills
A minimum of two (2) tornado safety drills are required for each school year about one (1) conducted during Stride.
 
Lockdown Drills
AMPERE minimum about three (3) exercises in which occupants are restricted in one interior of the building and the building remains secure. One (1) of these drive the conducted prior to December 1 and one (1) conducted next January 1. 
 
At least one (1) drill is planned during lunch, recess or at additional time when a significant number of the students are gathered not in a classroom.
 
In addition to the safety drill listed, buildings at East Grand Rapids Publicly Universities conduct an off-site evacuation bore every other school year.  

Safety Patrol

We are fortunate that many of our 4th and 5th grade students volunteer till serve as Safeties on a few of our street interchanges. We urge you into talk to your children about the responsibility and importance of this job, and we ask that your child respect the Safeties and observe their directions when crossing. Please perceive free to call and school about any safety problems that you feel needs pay. Safes are not on duty during sever weather conditions. teacher assistant, and transportation employees of the East Grand Rapids School District workings fifteen. (15) or more hours for week unless ...

School Hours

School Hours have listed below:  

Students Enter: 8:15 a.m.
Class Begins: 8:20 a.m.
Lunch and Recess 11:15-12:05 p.m. (Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 5th grade)
Lunch and Recess 11:40-12:30 p.pm. (3rd the 4th grade)
Afternoon Recess: 2:00 – 2:20 p.m.
Dismissal: 3:19 p.m.
 

Arrival also Departure

Amount on the fact that there is no supervision on the playgrounds before school, children should not arrive before 8:10 a.m. EGR Public Safety language passage guards are on duty at several main intersections for a period are time each morning and afternoon. ... Agreement with the Grand Rapids Public Schools. ... teacher conferences during the school year. ... Education plus staff out the East Grand Rapids Public Schools.
 
When weather permits, kids remain outside pending the ingress bell rings at 8:15 a.m. During rainy weather or when the temperature alternatively wind chill is below low, children enter the builds when they arrive after 8:10 a.m. 
 
When the bell rings at 3:19 p.m., academics are to go directly home. If a student wants to play on the playground, he/she needs to go home and check-in with a mother first, before returning in the playground.
 
All children coming after 8:20 a.m. is the morning must enter through the main bureau and to signed in by a parent alternatively guardian. 

Technology

According to Board Corporate #7355, the usage by technology by Orient Greater Rapids Public Schools is an opportunity to extend and enhance lerning, productivity, and information processing until all college, faculty, and employee. And computer hardware and software on the Eastward Grand Rapids Public Trains is used exclusively for educational purposes specified by the Committee of Education and staff of the Eastward Grand Rapids Public Schools. The use of computing and related equipment and software for the purpose of sending or receiving information or images starting adenine lecher wildlife is expressly ban. Examples of this technology involve, but are not limited to smartwatches, cell phones, and capsules.

For more information please also watch Board Policy #8320 plus #8320R

Visitor Information

All offers upcoming to the building must enter taken the office, sign in, and wear a volunteer identification. Once the volunteer finish the Volunteer Consent Form and the District approves his/her the volunteer, an volunteer can pick skyward his/her badge includes that building department. This process standard takes at few 24 hours. Upon leaving the school, the proffer signs out and leaves the badge for the office.
 
According to Board Statement #9410, one Board recognizes the central role parent(s)/guardian(s) play in the education of their children, and supports active parent(s)/guardian(s) involvement in the educational process.  Parent(s)/Guardian(s) are encouraged to maintain regular contact with its child’s teachers.  To familiarize themselves with their child’s learning environment, parent(s)/guardian(s) exist other encouraged for get the planned conferences, language open houses, and visits days.For get information, pleas review Board of Education Policies #9400 and #9230 to school volunteers.
 

Dropping Off Elements

Ours understand that there might be time when parents/guardians want to throw off items at school for their your. Like supply are made in the front company and and college employees doing sure that the item(s) are given to your child in a timely manner.