Pine Haven Elementary

PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY

MISSION STATEMENT

Pine Haven Elementary believes in the importance of family, community and in the education of every child. Our mission is to partner with parents to provide a safe and orderly environment with high expectations for learning, achievement and character development for all students.

VISION STATEMENT

Learning Styles

The voice of every child is heard as teachers strive to nurture each one based on the individual needs and unique abilities of the student.

Learning Community

Bauxite’s small town pride is made evident in the commitment between school, parents, students and the community to bring resources together for the benefit of all.

Lifelong Learners

Teachers lay the stepping-stones that encourage learning and a lifelong quest for knowledge.

Achievement

Through problem solving and standards based learning, students will progress from year to year through a selection of relevant high performance standards that will prepare them to reach their academic and career goals.

Safety

A ‘safe-haven’ is provided for students to learn and grow in a rigorous academic environment that supports the mental and physical well-being of all students.

Citizenship

Ethical and social growth is emphasized in a school-wide effort to develop character through compassion, honesty, attitude, responsibility, acceptance, courage, trust and encouragement, and respect.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MISSION STATEMENT
Bauxite School History and Timeline
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
ADMISSIONS
ATTENDANCE
ACADEMICS
CONDUCT, DISCIPLINE & CONSEQUENCES
HEALTH ISSUES
TRANSPORTATION
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
2017-2018 CALENDAR
Pine Haven Alma Mater

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Academics…………………………………………………11
Admissions………………………………………………....7
Alternative Learning Environment (ALE)………………...41
Alma Mater………………………………………………..64
Attendance/Absences……………………………………....8
Bad Weather Policy & Closing Announcements………….42
Birthdays…………………………………………………..50
Bullying…………………………………………………....24
Buses………………………………………………………40
Cafeteria & Lunch Money…………………………………42
Calendar…………………………………………………...62
Cell Phone Possession & Use……………………………...25
Child Abuse Reporting…………………………………….39
Civil Rights & Regulations………………………………..42
Classroom Treats…………………………………………..50
Communicable Diseases…………………………………..36
Computer Use Policy……………………………………...44
Conduct, Discipline & Consequences……………………..21
Contact with Students at School…………………………...44
Corporal Punishment………………………………………33
Detention…………………………………………………..33
Dress Code & Appearance………………………………...23
Drugs & Alcohol…………………………………………..26
Due Process………………………………………………..32
Entrance Requirements……………………………………..5
Emergency Drills………………………………………….46
Equal Education Opportunities……………………………46
Expulsions…………………………………………………35
Extracurricular Activities………………………………….47
Field Trips…………………………………………………47
Floral Deliveries…………………………………………...47
Fundraisers………………………………………………...47
Grading……………………………………………………11 / Head Lice Policy…………………………………………..37
Health Issues………………………………………………36
History and Timeline……………………………………….4
Homeless Students………………………………………...47
Home Schooling…………………………………………...49
Homework Policy…………………………………………11
Immunizations……………………………………………..36
In School Suspension……………………………………...34
Make-up Work…………………………………………….11
Medications………………………………………………..37
Mission & Vision Statement……………………………...... 1
Parent Teacher Conferences……………………………….11
Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)……………………….52
Parental Involvement Plan………………………………...50
Parties, Birthdays & Classroom Treats……………………50
Permanent Records……………………………………...... 50
Pine Haven Creed………………………………………....61
Pledge of Allegiance………………………………………51
Privacy of Records………………………………………...51
Report Cards………………………………………………11
School Choice……………………………………………..52
School Closings…………………………………………....41
School Hours………………………………………………..8
Special Education…………………………………………..55
Student Acceleration……………………………………….55
Students designated as foster children……………………..58
Student Promotion & Retention……………………………56
Student Transfers…………………………………………...59
Suspension……………………………………………….…34
Tardiness………………………………………………….....8
Transportation……………………………………………...40
Video Surveillance…………………………………………29
Weapons & Dangerous Instruments………………………..27

Bauxite School History and Timeline

The development of schools in Bauxite corresponds directly to the development of the mining industry. The first school was a small two-room building located south of the old ALCOA office. It became a two-year high school in 1911, a three-year high school in 1913, and a four-year high school in 1921. Progress of the school can be traced by noting the increase in teaching staff by addition of buildings, by consolidation, and by advancement in rating. The teaching staff in 1923 was fourteen: it increased to forty-three in 1980.

Consolidation increased the areas of the school district to 87 square miles. Tull, Shaw, Mt. Olive consolidated in March, 1949, but elementary wing-schools were maintained for several years. Slidell School consolidated with Bauxite in July 1949. Rating of the school was improved throughout the years. Bauxite was classified as a B school until 1924; as an A school from 1924 to 1950, received accreditation from the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges on March 24, 1950.

Addition of buildings occurred in the following order:

oHigh Administration Building, 1936

oPine Haven Elementary School, 1943

oWoodland School for Negroes, 1943

oIndustrial Arts Building, 1947

oRucker Gymnasium, 1949

oPine Haven Cafeteria, Auditorium, Classrooms, 1954

oBand Room and High School Cafeteria 1956

oScience Building 1968

oNew Pine Haven Elementary School Grades 1-6, 1985

oHigh School Home Economics and Library, 1985

oBHS Auditorium renovations, 1991

oPine Haven Classroom Addition, 1991

oBHS Classroom renovations, 1994 and 1995

oWilliam R. Browning Cafetorium, Pine Haven Campus, 1996

oHigh School Cafeteria and Central Office Complex, 1996

oHigh School Classroom Renovations

oRenovation of high school office and other rooms, 1997

oFour new classrooms were completed, 1999

oBaseball and softball fields were constructed in the spring of 1999

oFred Dawson Gym was dedicated in December 2000

oFire destroyed the High School Building on January 5, 2001

oConstruction began on new high school building in the spring of 2001

oNew High School Building was completed for the fall of 2002.

oPine Haven Media Center, 2003

oAir conditioning was added to the Dawson Gymnasium in the spring of 2004

oImprovements to the stadium over the summer of 2004 included a new concession stand, more seats on the visitor’s side and the addition of a band shell.

oCompletion of the Physical Education Facility-Spring 2006

oAddition of two classrooms to the 7th grade Building, 2007

oAddition of 4 new classrooms at Pine Haven, 2007

oPine Haven Gymnasium, 2007

oRenovation of former Home Ec/two story classrooms to become Central Office, 2013

oOpening of Miner Academy Conversion Charter School, 2013

oPine Haven New Elementary Phase I and II, 2015

oPine Haven Building B torn down, Dec. 2015

oPine Haven New Elementary Phase III and New Parking Lot, 2016

oArtificial Turf added to “The Pit”, 2016

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

To enroll in a school in the District, the child must be a resident of the District as defined in District policy (4.1—RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS), meet the criteria outlined in policy 4.40—HOMELESS STUDENTS or in policy 4.52—STUDENTS WHO ARE FOSTER CHILDREN, be accepted as a transfer student under the provisions of policy 4.4, or participate under a school choice option and submit the required paperwork as required by the choice option.

Students may enter kindergarten if they will attain the age of five (5) on or before August 1 of the year in which they are seeking initial enrollment. Any student who has been enrolled in a state-accredited or state-approved kindergarten program in another state for at least sixty (60) days, who will become five (5) years old during the year in which he/she is enrolled in kindergarten, and who meets the basic residency requirement for school attendance may be enrolled in kindergarten upon written request to the District.

Any child who will be six (6) years of age on or before October 1 of the school year of enrollment and who has not completed a state-accredited kindergarten program shall be evaluated by the district and may be placed in the first grade if the results of the evaluation justify placement in the first grade and the child’s parent or legal guardian agrees with placement in the first grade; otherwise the child shall be placed in kindergarten.

Any child may enter first grade in a District school if the child will attain the age of six (6) years during the school year in which the child is seeking enrollment and the child has successfully completed a kindergarten program in a public school in Arkansas.

Any child who has been enrolled in the first grade in a state-accredited or state-approved elementary school in another state for a period of at least sixty (60) days, who will become age six (6) years during the school year in which he/she is enrolled in grade one (1), and who meets the basic residency requirements for school attendance may be enrolled in the first grade.

Students who move into the District from an accredited school shall be assigned to the same grade as they were attending in their previous school (mid-year transfers) or as they would have been assigned in their previous school. Private school students shall be evaluated by the District to determine their appropriate grade placement. Home School students enrolling or re-enrolling as a public school student shall be placed in accordance with policy 4.6 -HOME SCHOOLING.

The district shall make no attempt to ascertain the immigration status, legal or illegal, of any student or his/her parent or legal guardian presenting for enrollment.1

Prior to the child’s admission to a District school:2

1. The parent, guardian, or other responsible person shall furnish the child’s social security number, or if they request, the district will assign the child a nine (9) digit number designated by the department of education.

1. The parent, guardian, or other responsible person shall provide the district with one (1) of the following documents indicating the child’s age:

1. A birth certificate; A statement by the local registrar or a county recorder

certifying the child’s date of birth;

1. An attested baptismal certificate;
2. A passport; An affidavit of the date and place of birth by the child’s parent

or guardian;

1. United States military identification; or
2. Previous school records.

1. The parent, guardian, or other responsible person shall indicate on school registration forms whether the child has been expelled from school in any other school district or is a party to an expulsion proceeding. The Board of Education reserves the right, after a hearing before the Board, not to allow any person who has been expelled from another school district to enroll as a student until the time of the person's expulsion has expired. 3

1. In accordance with Policy 4.57—IMMUNIZATIONS, The child shall be age appropriately immunized or have an exemption issued by the Arkansas Department of Health.

Uniformed Services Member's Children

For the purposes of this policy:

"Active duty54 members of the uniformed services" includes members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. Section 1209 and 1211;

"Uniformed services"54 meansthe Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard as well as the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Services; "Veteran" means: a person who served in the uniformed services and who was discharged or released there from under conditions other than dishonorable.

●“Eligible child” means the children of:

oactive duty members of the uniformed services;

omembers or veterans of the uniformed services who are severely injured and medically discharged or retired for a period of one (1) year aftermedical discharge or retirement; and

omembers of the uniformed services who die on active duty or as a result of injuries sustained on active duty for a period of one (1) year after death.

An eligible child as defined in this policy shall:

1. be allowed to continue his/her enrollment at the grade level commensurate with his/her grade level he/she was in at the time of transition from his/her previous school, regardless of age;
2. be eligible for enrollment in the next highest grade level, regardless of age if the student has satisfactorily completed the prerequisite grade level in his/her previous school;
3. enter the District's school on the validated level from his/her previous accredited school when transferring into the District after the start of the school year;
4. be enrolled in courses and programs the same as or similar to the ones the student was enrolled in his/her previous school to the extent that space is available. This does not prohibit the District from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement and continued enrollment of the student in the courses/and/or programs;
5. be provided services comparable to those the student with disabilities received in his/her previous school based on his/her previous Individualized Education Program (IEP). This does not preclude the District school from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement of the student;
6. make reasonable accommodations and modifications to address the needs of an incoming student with disabilities, subject to an existing 504 or Title II Plan, necessary to provide the student with equal access to education. This does not preclude the District school from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement of the student;
7. be enrolled by an individual who has been given the special power of attorney for the student's guardianship. The individual shall have the power to take all other actions requiring parental participation and/or consent;
8. be eligible to continue attending District schools if he/she has been placed under the legal guardianship of a noncustodial parent living outside the district by a custodial parent on active military duty.

Children whose parent or legal guardian relocates within the state due to mobilization, deployment, or available military housing while on active duty in or serving in the reserve component of a branch of the United States Armed forces or National Guard may continue attending school in the school district the children were attending prior to the relocation or attend school in the school district where the children have relocated. A child may complete all remaining school years at the enrolled school district regardless of mobilization, deployment, or military status of the parent or guardian.

Notes:1 The US Supreme Court has held that public schools may not use immigration status as a criterion for admitting and educating students.

2 A.C.A § 9-28-113 requires schools to “immediately” enroll foster children whether or not they produce “required clothing or required records” noted in #2 and #4. ASBA does not believe this means schools are required to admit students currently under expulsion from their previous school. See policies 4.4 and 4.5.

3 The student cannot be enrolled until the board gives the student a hearing to determine whether to enroll the student. Therefore, a prompt hearing is recommended.

4A.C.A. § 6-4-302 defines both "uniformed services" and "active duty." Consult the statute to determine if the student wishing to enroll in your district qualifies under the act's definitions.

Cross References:4.1—RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS

4.4—STUDENT TRANSFERS

4.5—SCHOOL CHOICE

4.6 - HOME SCHOOLING

4.34—COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND PARASITES

4.40—HOMELESS STUDENTS

Legal References:A.C.A. § 6-4-302

A.C.A. § 6-18-201 (c)

A.C.A. § 6-15-504

A.C.A. § 6-18-207

A.C.A. § 6-18-208

A.C.A. § 6-18-510

A.C.A. § 6-18-702

A.C.A. § 9-28-113

Plyler v Doe 457 US 202,221 (1982)

Date Adopted: September 28, 1998

Last Revised:February 23, 2015

ADMISSIONS

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

1. Proof of Age – Presented at registration. A child must be five (5) on or before August 1st,according to Act 570 of 1999. Act 1230 of 1997 states that a child shall not be admitted to any public school of the state of Arkansas until the parent, guardian, or some other person responsible for the child has presented the proper school authorities with one (1) of the following documents indicating the child’s age:

●A birth certificate

●A statement by the local registrar or a county recorder certifying the child’s date of birth.

●An attested baptism certificate

●A passport

●An affidavit of the date and place of birth by the child’s parent or guardian

●Previous school records.

●Military Identification

1. Proof of Residence – Established by the school board. If you presently have children enrolled in Bauxite School, you have already met this requirement. If this is the first time for you to have children enrolled in school, one of the following is required:

●Current rent receipt or utility bill

●Statement signed by owner that you have rented a dwelling

●A statement from the tax assessor that you own a home or mobile home

The second requirement is a real estate tax receipt for the current year. Act 663 of1999 states that any person who knowingly gives a false residential address for purpose of public school enrollment is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).

Proof of residence is not required if the child, (Student(s) who are Foster Children) is accepted as a transfer student under the provisions of school board policy 4.1-4.4, participates under a school choice option and submits the required paperwork as required by the choice option.

A student that was previously enrolled in the district who is placed under the legal guardianship of a noncustodial parent living outside the district by a custodial parent on active military duty may continue to attend district schools.

A foster child who was previously enrolled in a District school and who has had a change in placement to a residence outside the District, may continue to remain enrolled in his/her current school unless the presiding court rules otherwise.

Under instances prescribed in A.C.A. § 6-18-203, a child or ward of an employee of the district or of the education coop to which the district belongs may enroll in the district even though the employee and his/her child or ward reside outside the district.

A child who was enrolled in and attended a state-approved pre-kindergarten program for children four (4) years of age for a minimum of one hundred (100) days during the 2010-2011 school year is eligible to enroll in kindergarten for the 2011-2012 school year if the child will be at least 5 years of age no later than August 1 of the 2011-2012 school year.

1. Social Security Number - Act 363 of 1993 mandated that no child will be admitted to any public school without an official copy of the child’s Social Security number. If there is an objection to using the Social Security number on school records, a nine-digit number will be assigned by school officials.
2. Shot Records – All student immunizations are to be in compliance with the State of Arkansas and Arkansas Board of Education requirements. Please contact the school nurse if you have questions. Any student will be excluded from school if they have not complied with this immunization law within thirty (30) days of enrollment. An exemption is possible on an annual basis for religious reasons from the Arkansas Department of Health. A child enrolling in a district school and living in the household of a person on active military duty has 30 days to receive his/her initial required immunizations and 12 months to be up to date on the required immunizations for the student’s age. A student enrolled in the District who has an immunization exemption may be removed from school during an outbreak of the disease for which the student is not vaccinated at the discretion of the Arkansas Department of Health. The student may not return to the school until the outbreak as been resolved and the student’s return is approved by the Arkansas Department of Health.
3. Physical Assessment – Beginning with the 1994-95 school year all enrollingkindergarten students shall be evaluated with the Early, Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) or its equivalent. Any pupil may be excused from the examination on presentation of a physical assessment form from a physician. Physical assessment forms may be obtained from the school office or the school nurse. (AR Code Ann. 6-18-701)

1. Related Health Information - All pertinent information concerning the child’s health record should be furnished to school authorities such as immediate teacher, principal, or school nurse. This includes the health information given at registration, records furnished by the family physician and information provided on emergency call cards.
2. Students Expelled– Students expelled or under expulsion procedures from any other school district shall not be enrolled in the Bauxite School District unless enrollment is granted following a hearing by the Bauxite School Board. The student’s parent, guardian or other responsible person shall indicate on school registration forms whether the child has been expelled or is under expulsion proceedings from school in any other school district or is a party to an expulsion proceeding. (Act 472 & Act 574 of 1995)

Legal Reference: A.C.A. § 6-18-201 (c)