Classroom Procedures

Student Agendas
Students are required to keep an agenda which will contain various academic and behavioral information. Please review and sign your child's agenda on a nightly basis. Students must bring their agendas to school every day.

Home Folders
Each student will have a folder designated as the home folder. This folder will be used to carry information from school to home and vice versa. Please check and clean out your child's home folder on a nightly basis.

Homework
A weekly homework packet will be distributed at the beginning of every week. Students will keep completed homework in their home folder until Friday, when it must be turned in.

Breakfast/Lunch
Students who eat breakfast at school must do so before entering the classroom. Students who need to put money into their account may do so in the morning. However, I recommend setting up a meal pay account at Mealpay Plus.

Tardies
Students who enter the classroom after 8:00 am will be marked tardy. Exceptions will be made for late bus arrivals and those students with a breakfast pass. If a student is brought to school by a parent and is tardy, the student must be signed in at the office. Merely being on campus does not make a student present in my classroom.

Water Bottles
Students will have access to a water fountain in the classroom. Please do not send in a water bottle with your child.

Birthdays
Many of you enjoy celebrating your child's birthday. Unfortunately, birthday parties and/or treats are not allowed on campus. If you wish, you may choose to have lunch with your child at school that day. Also, if you wish to distribute birthday party invitations at school, all classmates must be invited. Otherwise, please set up an alternate means of distributing the invitations.

Having Lunch with Your Child
You are welcome to have lunch with your child any time you please. You may choose to have lunch with your child at the picnic tables or in the cafeteria. If you choose to have lunch with your child, please refrain from bringing in food from outside vendors such as McDonald's or Subway.

Volunteering on Campus
There will be several opportunities for you to volunteer this year at Westchase. Please remember to obtain a visitor's pass (sticker) each time you visit.

Signing Your Child Out Early
On days that you need to sign your child out early, please remember that you must do so from the office. Please do not come to the classroom to pick up your child. The office will notify me when your child is being signed out.