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Get the Scoop on IMS

Get the Scoop on IMS. Thursday October 13, 2011 6:30 IMS Library. Agenda. The Nuts and Bolts of the Office Attendance ASB Secretary Principal’s Secretary Vice Principal Principal Registrar Counselors Nurse. Agenda (cont’d). Frequently Asked Questions

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  1. Get the Scoopon IMS Thursday October 13, 2011 6:30 IMS Library

  2. Agenda • The Nuts and Bolts of the Office • Attendance • ASB Secretary • Principal’s Secretary • Vice Principal • Principal • Registrar • Counselors • Nurse

  3. Agenda (cont’d) • Frequently Asked Questions • The Scoop about lunch, the bus, activities etc. • Your Questions

  4. Kevin West, Attendance Secretary

  5. The Front Office Staff • Kevin West, attendance secretary, parents’ main contact in the front office • Sick • Tardy • Early dismissal • Forgotten items • Message to your student

  6. Absences • Call the school at 837-6800 and press 1. Leave the child’s first and last name, grade and the reason for the absence. • Send a note in with your child upon their return.

  7. Pre-arranged Absences • Get form from office or download one from website • Form must be signed by ALL teachers • Submit at least a week in advance • Teachers are not contracted to provide work for absences in advance

  8. Early Dismissal • Send a note in with your student that morning. • Mr. West will give them a slip to show their teacher at the assigned time that excuses them from class. • You must come in and sign your student out.

  9. Tardies • Every child needs to check in with the front office if they arrive late in the morning. • If you are bringing your child late to school, call ahead or if you are a few minutes late, come in with your child.

  10. Forgotten Items • School encourages natural consequences for forgotten lunches, homework etc. • Items will be delivered by Kevin West • Kids can use their cell phones after school outside the front doors so you can leave them a message about a change of plans for pick up.

  11. Julie Morgan, Bookkeeper

  12. Bookkeeper • Julie Morgan • Fines and fees • Located in the office directly across the counter on left hand side. • Reminder: If a student loses a textbook, it must be paid for before a new one will be given.

  13. Registrar, Joni Apman

  14. Registrar • Registrar: Joni Apman • Change address, phone number or emergency contact information (837-6818) • Withdraw student from IMS

  15. Counselors, Anna Maria Austin & Amy Lorang Anna Maria Austin Amy Lorang

  16. Counselors What We Do...Individual Student Planning • Help students with their academic, career and personal/social development • Registration and Scheduling • 504 Caseload Managers • Guidance Team Meeting Member/Facilitator Responsive Services • Crisis Counseling • Small Group Intervention and Counseling • Student Mediations • Referrals to School and/or Community Resources (VOICE, Angel Program...)

  17. Scoop from the Counselors • Check your students planner every night. • Make sure they have written down all assignments. • If not, check teacher’s website or call homework hotline. • If no homework, have them write down what they learned in class. • This helps them learn/remember what they have to do and plan ahead. • Student can check completed homework and cross out homework turned in to teacher.

  18. More counseling scoop • Each weekend monitor child organizing binder and backpack. • They need to learn to put all papers in correct place so they can find them. • Take out unneeded papers but keep all assignments for the year!

  19. And more scoop from the Counselors • Encourage kids to be pro-active in communicating with their teachers on their own. • Ask questions during class, after class or through email. • Encourage kids to speak up about harassment. If they don’t feel safe confronting the bully or comforting the victim, report to an adult.

  20. And finally… • Create and clearly communicate about boundaries that are non-negotiable around personal safety, education and respect for self and others. • Give your child several options/choices within each to support their growing need for autonomy. • Need to learn to make good decisions through practice. • Keep your sense of humor! 

  21. Anisa Hickey, School Nurse

  22. School Nurse • If a student has asthma and self carries an inhaler the parents need to fill out two forms and have the doc sign and return to me. • 2) If a student has a severe allergy and uses an epi-pen we need and allergy plan on file and an epi-pen in the office. • Moms of girls: send a “kit” to school with girls in case they need it. Always someone in nurses’s office.

  23. SandieSchertzl, Principal’s Secretary

  24. Principal’s Secretary • SandieSchertzl • Contact Sandy if you would like to speak to or meet with Seth or Corinne • Handles building scheduling as well.

  25. Vice-Principal, Seth Adams

  26. Vice-Principal • Seth Adams • Handles discipline • Oversees clubs and sports

  27. Scoop from the VP • Infractions • Part of progressive discipline • Receive infractions for anything from running in the hall to talking on cell phone. • Consequences build on one another • 1-5 = lunch duty • 6-10 = lunch detention • 16-20 = two after school detentions • 21+ = meeting with administrator

  28. More scoop from the VP • Bullying and Harassment • Zero tolerance for bullying and harassment • How does he handle it? It depends. • School encourages students and families to report any incident. All will be investigated. • Can parents learn the consequences for other students? • No, this is a privacy issue.

  29. And even more scoop from the VP • Is attendance taken at clubs and sporting practices? • Yes and it is expected by coaches that kids attend. • Are parents informed if kids are not at practice/clubs but were at school. • No! Be sure you are talking to your kids.

  30. Clubs and Sports Clubs Sports

  31. Principal, Corinne de Rosa

  32. Principal • Corinne de Rosa • Coffee with Corinne • First Thursday of the month at 10 a.m.

  33. Principal’s Reminders… • No kids on campus before 7:20 • No supervision. Kids are kept off campus and standing in the rain.

  34. More Reminders… • Please pick kids up promptly after school and events • Kids not in clubs or sports must be off campus immediately. • Please be on time to pick up from events. Staff are not paid to stay late. • Community Center has an after school program with a minimal charge if you need it.

  35. More reminders from the Principal • Use the Sea-Tac model in the parking lot. • Inside drive through lane • Drive in circle until you see an opening. • Pull in.

  36. Finally…. • Shorts, skirts and dresses must be below mid-thigh not to the fingertips of the student.

  37. Student Recognition • Most Valuable Panther (MVP) • One positive trait each month. Nominated by a teacher or administrator • Certificate, name in Panther Press and on wall plus a sundae one day at lunch.

  38. Student Recognition • Pawsitive Action Award • Kid “caught in the act” of: kindness, excellent effort, exceptional work, positive attitude, helping others. • “anti-infraction”: kids called down to the office for certificate and a paws pin.

  39. More Scoop on IMS • Lunch • Busses • After school activities • Library • Cell Phones

  40. Your Questions? • Q & A

  41. Thank you for coming! Get The Scoop on IMS

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