August 18, 2017 School Updates
Dear St. Alphonsus Families,
This letter contains some gentle reminders about important expectations for the upcoming school year. Our main concern is to have the students safe and secure in school. Last year however, we saw a rise in tardy arrivals which impacts the student's stress levels. Walking into a classroom after classes have begun puts the child behind from the start.
Here is the information taken from our Parent Handbook:
Attendance Laws:
Wis. Stat. sec. 118.15 (1)(a) and Archdiocesan Policy 5112
A student is truant when absent without an acceptable excuse for all or part of one or more days during school time. Habitually truant is defined as being absent without an acceptable excuse all or part of 5 or more days in a school semester. 10 total for the year.
Truancy simply means that the child does not have a valid excuse for being tardy or absent. It does not refer to “playing hookie”.
Excusable absence:
1) illness of student 2) doctor/dentist appointment of student 3) court appointment. Parents may excuse their child from school
in writing prior to an
absence for up to 10 days per school year. More than 10 are deemed unexcused.
Unexcused absence
or tardy examples: family vacations, extra-curricular activities, car problems, oversleeping. A student who is tardy or released early is partially absent, as the law requires attendance for full periods and hours. Unless an excusable reason is given, the child is considered truant.
Unfortunately, children must rely on their parents to arrive at school on time. Please be aware of these guidelines in the future. Children need to arrive on time just as you need to be punctual at your jobs.
Student Absences
– Policy #10
For the safety of the children, parents must report all student absences to the School Office at 421-1760 by 8:00 a.m. on the day of the absence. For your convenience, our school phone will record your call. Any child who has a fever or has been vomiting or experiencing diarrhea should not return to school until 24 hours after that particular symptom is gone in order to avoid a relapse or spreading illness to others.
Also, please note the acceptable hair styles for boys and girls.-
Hair is expected to be neat, clean and non-distracting. Boys are expected to have hair trimmed above the collar.
Mohawks, fohawks, dyed hair stripes, brightly dyed hair of unnatural colors or other variations of distracting hair styles are not permitted.
The VBRD theme for this year is "Be The Light." The team will be rolling out universal behavior expectations that our students will be introduced to. As part of this, they will sign and agreement pledge.
Our Unity Shirts, designed by our current 8th grade, will be ready for purchase at Meet and Greet for $10.00. They will be worn for EACH Mass this year so the students will have many more opportunities to wear them.
All the staff is looking forward to greeting the students on Monday, August 28th from 3-7 PM.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Pat Wadzinski
Principal
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SCHOOL LUNCH REMINDER
Hot Lunch will not be served until Monday, September 18.
All students will need to bring a COLD LUNCH from August 30 - September 15.
Milk WILL be available for purchase.
The students will eat lunch in their classrooms. They will be supervised.
There will be a separate table in each classroom for students with allergies.
All desks will be cleaned by an adult
before and after
a child eats and has thrown away his/her lunch garbage.
For the safety of
ALL
our students peanut butter sandwiches, nuts and tree nuts
ARE NOT ALLOWED
as a precaution to our students during this lunch transition time. Thank you for your cooperation.
SCHOOL OFFICE STAFF AND HOURS
When you call or visit the school office, you will be greeted by our new office staff.
Ms. Taimi Parey (taimi@st-alphonsus.org) - ext. 801: 7:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Mrs. Deanna Foley (deanna@st-alphonsus.org) - ext. 800: 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Mrs. Gabriela Jaramillo (gabriela@st-alphonsus.org) - ext 808: Noon - 3:30 PM
Office Hours: August 4 – August 25:
9:30 am – 11:30 am and 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm.
Office Hours: August 28th for Meet and Greet:
Noon – 7:00 pm
Office Hours: School Year beginning August 29th - June 6, 2018:
7:15 am – 3:30 pm
DROP OFF PROCEDURE
The safety of our students is very important! Please review the drop off procedure by clicking the following link:
DROP OFF PROCEDURE. Please be courteous to other drivers in the parking lot while entering and exiting. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
ST. ALPHONSUS MORNING CARE
Morning Care will take place in the Fr. Alan Room. This room can be accessed via the school courtyard. There is a door on the right side of the courtyard that can be used to enter the Fr. Alan Room. It will have a sign,
MORNING CARE ENTRANCE, on it. Please enter the courtyard parking area using the Churchway driveway entrance.
The Parish asks that you avoid using the Loomis Road entrance because the area contains construction equipment, construction debris including nails, and workers that are in the final stages of building the Parish House.
Finally, the gate between the Parish Ministry Center and the courtyard will be closed.
Please visit the
Morning Care
page on the St. Alphonsus School website for more details on the St. Alphonsus Morning Care program.
ST. ALPHONSUS COUGAR CLUB
St. Alphonsus Cougar Club will be held in the Fr. Alan Room.
This room can be accessed via the school courtyard. There is a door on the right side of the courtyard that can be used to enter the Fr. Alan Room. It will have a sign, COUGAR CLUB ENTRANCE, on it. Please enter the courtyard parking area using the Churchway driveway entrance.
The Parish asks that you avoid using the Loomis Road entrance because the area contains construction equipment, construction debris including nails, and workers that are in the final stages of building the Parish House.
Finally, the gate between the Parish Ministry Center and the courtyard will be closed.
Please visit the
The Cougar Club
page on the St. Alphonsus School website for more details.
SCHOLASTIC REFLECTIONS: PICTURE DAY
Pictures taken of the 3K - 7th grade students will be used for picture orders, the yearbook, and school records
Pictures taken of the 8th grade students will be used for school records only. The 8th grade pictures for picture orders and the yearbook will be taken on Friday, January 5th.
