The Raleigh County Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies:
Director of Pupil Services
Title IX and Title II Officer
105 Adair Street
Beckley, WV 25801
304-256-4500
IMPORTANT HOLLYWOOD INFORMATION
PHONE NUMBER
(304) 256-4590
FAX NUMBER
(304) 256-4579
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.edline.net/pages/Hollywood_Elementary_School
MORNING DROP OFF
7:30 AM
TARDY BELL
8:05 AM
WALKERS/PARENT PICK UP DISMISSAL
2:55 PM
FIRST BUS
3:10 PM
FINAL DISMISSAL
3:20
AGENDAS
We believe that maintaining communication between the teacher and the parent is a very important requirement for students’ success in school. In order to accomplish this, we have required each student to use an agenda. We have found this to be very effective since students write down their assignments in the agenda booklets and take them home each day. The teacher can also write notes to parents and parents can write notes to teachers to maintain this two-way communication. This booklet should be the first thing you ask your child about when you discuss their day. We hope this will be helpful to you as a way to follow your child’s progress.
SCHOOL SCHEDULE
Classes begin at 8:05 a.m. Students will have the opportunity to eat breakfast before the first class begins. Students who walk to school or are brought by parents should not arrive before 7:30 a.m. Teachers are not on duty to supervise students before this time. Students who walk home or are picked up by parents will be dismissed at 3:00 p.m. Bus dismissals begin around 3:10 p.m.
VISITORS PASS
We are asking each visitor to our school to sign in at the office and write their name on a stick-on badge to wear while they are in the building. We are doing this for the safety of all students and employees of Hollywood Elementary. If you plan on visiting the school, you will be asked to exchange a picture ID in the office for a visitor’s pass. Your picture ID will be returned to you upon your exit.
DISMISSAL
We will begin dismissing students at 2:55 p.m. If you wish to pick your child up from school please use the assigned parent pick-up number and procedures to expedite the dismissal process. All students not riding a bus MUST be picked up before 3:20 p.m. If it is a necessity to pick your child up before the dismissal time, please sign your child out in the office. In the interest of student safety and an orderly and timely dismissal we ask that students not be signed out after 2:50 p.m. Dismissal is a hectic time for all staff \at Hollywood Elementary.
STUDENTS GOING HOME WITH OTHER STUDENTS
Students will be permitted to go home with other students only if parents of both students send written permission forms. The students must present these notes to the office in the morning (to allow time for the approval process). Students riding a bus other their regular bus must also bring a parent note stating this (also to the office in the morning for approval).
ABSENCES
If your child arrives after 8:00 a.m. you MUST walk your child into the school and sign them in.
If your child is absent, you MUST provide the school with a written excuse within 48 hours of the students return.
· Students are allowed TEN unexcused absences each year
· Parents may submit FIVE parent notes each semester
· Parent notes must be on a separate sheet of paper. DO NOT write these excuses in your child’s agenda.
· Always submit doctor notes to school when your child returns from an illness
· Students exceeding the above guidelines will be reported to the Raleigh County Schools Attendance Director
· Participation in any school incentive activity may be dependent on a student’s number of tardies, early dismissal and/or absences.
· Perfect attendance status may be jeopardized if tardy/early dismissal guidelines are not followed
TARDIES/EARLY DISMISSALS
Students arriving after 8:05 a.m. will be counted tardy. Students are marked tardy if they are not in their classroom and ready for instuction to begin at 8:05 a.m. If your child is tardy or signed out early, you MUST provide the school with a written excuse within 48 hours of the students return. Student dismissal begins at 2:55. Any student signing out before that time is considered an early dismissal.
· Parents may submit FIVE parent notes each semester for tardies and/or early dismissals
· Parent notes must be on a separate sheet of paper. DO NOT write these excuses in your child’s agenda
· Always submit doctor notes to school when your child returns from an illness
· Participation in any school incentive activity may be dependent on a student’s number of tardies, early dismissal and/or absences
· Perfect attendance status may be jeopardized if tardy/early dismissal guidelines are not followed
MEDICATION
We must comply with the county medication policy that requires all medication be accompanied by a medication administration form (available in the school office) that has been completed by a doctor in order to administer medications at school. A copy of the Raleigh County Schools Medication Administration and Storage Policy can be found on the Raleigh county Schools webpage.
ILLNESS AT SCHOOL
If a student becomes ill at school, we will call home immediately. If we do not get an answer, we will call the emergency numbers on our form. For your child’s welfare, please be accurate with this information and make sure updated information is provided in a timely manner.
ACCIDENT REPORTS
If your child is injured while at school an accident report has to be completed. Accident reports have to be filled out. All accident reports are collected by Raleigh County Schools Safety Director.
MONEY AND VALUABLES
Students should not bring large amounts of money or valuables to school. The school is NOT responsible for electronic games, cell phones, music players, etc…. If any staff member, for any reason, confiscates a student’s cell phone at school it will be held in the office and will only be released to the students’ parent.
REPORT CARDS
The grading scale will be as follows:
A 93-100 Excellent (Exceptional Progress)
B 85- 92 Above Average (Good Progress)
C 75-84 Average (Fair Progress)
D 65-74 Unsatisfactory (Minimum Progress but passing)
F 0-64 Failure
Report cards will be distributed at the end of every grading period. This allows you to monitor your child’s progress. We also send mid-term reports home with your child. Parents can also monitor their child’s progress by visiting Engrade regularly. The school will provide each parent and student a login.
PRINCIPAL’S LIST/HONOR ROLL
Students will be recognized each grading period based on his/her academic success. Students receiving all “A’s” will earn the title “Principal’s List”. Students receiving all “A’s and B’s” will earn the title “Honor Roll”. These students as well as students who have “Perfect Attendance” for the grading period will be recognized.
SPORTS
Students in grades three, four, and five will be eligible to try out for our basketball, volleyball, or cheerleading teams. If a child makes one of the sports teams, he/she must maintain a 2.0 GPA and a C in conduct. Parents must provide a copy of the birth certificate and an up-to-date physical examination for their child.
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES
Parents can request a conference at any time during the child’s teacher’s planning period.
PLANNING PERIODS
Pre-K / 10:25 – 11:10K / 1:25 – 2:10
1st / 2:10 – 2:55
2nd / 12:40 – 1:25
3rd / 9:40 – 10:25
4th / 8:10 – 8:55
5th / 8:55 – 9:40
SUPPLIES AND TEXTBOOKS
The school District provides SUPPLIES and TEXTBOOKS. Textbooks are lent to the students for the school year. Parents are responsible for damage or lost books. ALL NEEDED SCHOOL SUPPLIES WILL BE PROVIDED FREE TO STUDENTS.
HOMEWORK
Homework or study at home represents an important part of the teaching learning process. This work is assigned to reinforce the teaching in the classes that day, it gives students practice and it allows the parents an opportunity to monitor their child’s progress thus helping to catch any difficulty that may occur early before a major problem exists.
School achievement is highly related to the students’ belief that education is valuable to them and that they accurately appraise their own strength to reach their performance goals. It appears that performance goals are heavily influenced by parents who ask their children about schoolwork performed better than children who do not talk with their parents about schoolwork.
Please refer to the Raleigh County Schools website for the complete copy of the homework policy.
MAKEUP WORK REQUEST
When your child is absent for multiple days you may request makeup work to be prepared by the classroom teacher. However, you must allow 24 hours notice in order for materials to be organized in an appropriate manner.
SAFE SCHOOLS ACT
West Virginia’s Safe Schools Act prohibits such things as fighting, truancy, weapons, drugs and alcohol, and profanity at school. Some violations could result in a one-year expulsion from school. Please discuss this with your child and call the school if you need additional information.
SCHOOL CRISIS PLAN
West Virginia State Code 18-9F-9 requires each county board to keep a current crisis plan for each school on file. Upon request, a redacted copy of a school crisis response plan shall be made available for inspection by the public with any information removed that is necessary for compliance with the necessary safeguards. Each school shall annually send notice home to all parents and/or guardians of students at the school alerting the parents and/or guardians to the existence of the plan and the ability to review a redacted copy at the offices of the county board. This posting in the student/parent handbook constitutes that notice. Any member of the public that wishes to see the redacted copy of any Raleigh County Public School’s Crisis Plan may visit the Raleigh County Board of Education, Superintendent Office, at 105 Adair Street Beckley, West Virginia or arrange an appointment to view the redacted document by calling 304-256-4500.
GUM
Students are not permitted to chew gum in our school.
DELIVERIES
Deliveries for students such as candy and flowers are not permitted.
LUNCH/BREAKFAST
We will be serving the regular county lunch menu and offering salads daily. Students may select from either the county menu or the salad. In order to fulfill the U.S. Department of Agriculture requirements for a class A lunch, each student must take at least three (3) items, with a salad counting as one (1).
We will be serving Grab n Go breakfast this year. If your child wants extra milk or brings a lunch from home and wants milk, they will be charged. Extra milk costs 25 cents ($ .25). Please Have Correct Change for Milk Daily. One milk is included with a hot lunch and breakfast. Following is a list of prices:
Adult Lunch $4.00 Adult Breakfast $3.00 Extra Milk $ .25
Free/Reduced Lunch Forms are sent home with every student. If you do not wish to apply, please mark it with an “X”, sign and return to the school. If you did not receive an application, they are available upon request at the school office. Please fill this out immediately and return it to the school or mail it to the Food Service Department.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Ave. SW; Washington DC 20250-9410, or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD).
PARENTS EATING LUNCH WITH STUDENTS
Parents and grandparents are welcome to eat lunch at school with their children. Please notify the school by 8:45 a.m. if you plan to eat so our cooks can prepare for the extra lunches.
LUNCH TIMES
Pre-K / 11:30 – 12:00K / 11:10 – 11:40
1st / 11:20 – 11:50
2nd / 11:15 – 11:45
3rd / 11:40 – 12:10
4th / 11:45 – 12:15
5th / 11:50 – 12:20
STUDENT DRESS AND APPEARANCE
While we recognize that choice of attire and grooming are matters of personal taste and are subject to fashion and current fads, nevertheless, Raleigh County Schools expects that pupils will come to school clothed and groomed in a manner dictated by good taste. Schools should contribute to the cultural development of students.
The education of students in Raleigh County should take place basically in a formal and structured atmosphere. Therefore, choice of attire and grooming should be on a formal basis. Any article of clothing, hairstyle or make-up, which is determined, by the teachers and principal to be disruptive to school property, or hazardous to the health and safety of the students, shall not be allowed.
The following shall be considered and is not limited to inappropriate dress and appearance for students attending Hollywood Elementary:
· Spaghetti Straps
· Pajama pants
· Midriff or overly exposure of any other part of the body
· Caps or hats in school building and classrooms
· Sunglasses inside the building, unless a medical permit is on file
· Shorts and/or skirts, may not be worn that are shorter than mid-thigh (Grades 4-5)
· Appropriate dress and appearance will be recognized and encouraged for all students attending pre-kindergarten through grade three
NOTE: THE PRINCIPAL OR DESIGNEE WILL MAKE DISCRETIONARY DECISIONS.
NON-COMPLIANCE WITH DRESS AND APPEARANCE
1. School staff and administration will take appropriate steps to correct and control these situations.
2. Students wearing inappropriate accessories shall remove or turn item inside out upon request. These accessories will be returned upon request by the parent at the end of the school day.
3. Should student fail to conform to the dress and appearance guidelines the school administration will conduct conference with parent(s), guardian(s) and student.