schoolsinformation

Becky Page, Principal	Neva Hammonds – Secretary
Carolyn King, Assistant Principal	– Receptionist
Sarah Mills, Counselor	Christy Rodriguez - Registrar
Mary Jo Gillam– Nurse

The safety of all children at Reaves Elementary is our number one priority. In order to provide a safe environment for all children, the following security measures will be in place.

All doors to the school will be locked throughout the day, except for the front doors of the school. All visitors must enter through the main entrance. Please sign in and out at the front office. Our school has acquired a system to help protect your children—it’s called V-soft. V-soft helps track visitors, students, faculty, and volunteers at our school, thus providing a safer more monitored environment for the students.

When visitors, volunteers, or parents come to pick up students, they will be asked to present a valid state issued ID for entering into the system. The system has the ability to provide alerts on people who may jeopardize the safety of the campus. We ask for your cooperation in presenting your valid Texas ID when checking in at the school. In addition to identification, you must be listed on the child’s emergency card to take a child from campus. Please make sure that all information on the emergency card is correct. If you need to make changes in the card, please see our receptionist/registrar for assistance.

All visitors must wear a visitor’s badge while in the building. The visitor’s badge should designate the date and the purpose for the visit (example: volunteer, visitor, PTO, etc.).

Please allow students to walk to classrooms independently in the mornings and to go to the designated areas for dismissal in the afternoons.

For your child’s protection, parents and visitors are not allowed to go to their child’s classroom to pick them up during or at the end of the day. All check-out is through the front office.

Students currently enrolled, the parents will have the option to go on-line to request transportation services. Physical stops, pick-up/drop off times, or student data is not available during this request process. This service will provide the user the opportunity to check yes or no for transportation services. It will take approximately three days to create a student bus stop and have it available on the “What Bus Do I Ride?” Students who do not properly submit the request or the request has not been properly processed by the registrar will have to board the bus at an established stop.

Parents must submit an alternate stop request form annually for service to an alternate stop. Alternate stops cannot be requested via the on-line service. Please see the registrar for assistance.

Anytime a student’s designated transportation is to be different, the parent must write a note informing the teacher/school of the change.

In order for the student to receive emergency transportation services to another stop, other than their regular stop, they must have a signed note from their parent or guardian stating the emergency. The request must be approved by a school administrator. Approval will only be granted in emergency situations. This note will be given to both drivers if the student is riding a different bus. The student will receive this service only if space is available on the bus. This process will help CISD maintain accountability of all students on the school buses.

All transportation changes need to be sent to your child’s teacher in writing. If an unavoidable change occurs before 9:30am for morning classes and 2:00, the front office must be notified in writing or by fax (936-709-5407). Notify the office to alert them of the fax transmission (936-709-5400).

Car riders: All car riders and day care van riders will enter the building through the doors at the front office entrance. For the safe flow of traffic, it is imperative that entering vehicles form one line. Drivers should proceed with caution when approaching the school to drop off children. For your child’s safety, children must get out of the car on the curbside. Please do not drop off students until 7:30 am. There is no supervision before 7:30 am.

Bus riders: We encourage you to take advantage of the bus service provided by the district. It provides consistency and helps with traffic. Please remember that students are only allowed to ride their assigned bus.

Afternoon Pre-Kindergarten students should be dropped off at the front entrance of the school between 10:45 and 12:05. PM Pre-Kindergarten begins promptly at 12:05. If your child eats lunch in the cafeteria they must arrive between 11:45 and 12:00.

If your child is not to be placed on a bus, please send a note to the classroom teacher indicating the alternative transportation.

Car Riders: Car riders will be picked up at the front of the building. Please remain in your car and wait for a school employee to assist your child. Please do not motion for your child to come to you.

Signs provided by the school must be displayed in the car’s front window. Signs will be available at “Meet the Teacher” and in the front office. The sign ensures that we are placing each child in the car of the person authorized to pick him/her up from school, and will help to speed up the car rider line. If you do not have a sign, please obtain one before entering the car rider line. Children will not be placed in a car without the appropriate sign.

Before pulling away, we want to make sure that every child is buckled in a seat belt. We want everyone to have a safe ride home.

Day Care: If your child is absent or not riding day care transportation, please notify the day care of the change. Day care drivers must account for all children before leaving the school.

Bus Riders: If a student is placed on the wrong bus, the driver will contact us and bring the child back to school. It may take a while for the bus to return, as the driver may complete the route. If the driver can figure out exactly where the child lives, the child will be taken back by the bus stop. Parents can help us by staying at home and calling us immediately when the child arrives. If the child is brought back to school, the school will contact the parents. After 4:00pm, any concerns regarding bus transportation should be directed to the North County Bus Barn.

We know that all of you share our concern about the safety of every child, and will help us to do what is necessary to assure that all children arrive home safely.

Take the time to visit the CISD website to sign up for Parent View-IT. Though this system you will have access to report card grades, attendance & discipline records, cafeteria accounts, and TAKS information. You will also have the opportunity to register for e-mail updates from the Principal.

Contacting your child’s teacher: Each parent will be asked to attend a parent conference in person before November 1, 2006. You may request a conference with your child’s teacher at any time throughout the school year. Each teacher has a conference time that coincides with the grade level fine arts time.

Homework Folder: Students will use the Homework Folder in an effort to foster organizational skills and responsibility. We ask that parents check their Homework Folder everyday to help ensure it is kept neat and organized, as well to look for communications from their child’s teacher and or school.

If your child has a transportation change, please send a separate note. Changes are retained by the teacher for documentation.

The Reaves newsletter will be sent home with the Tuesday folder on the first Tuesday of each month. Important dates are in the newsletter as well as the monthly calendar provided by the PTO.

Reaves students do not wear halter or spaghetti tops, flip flops, muscle shirts, or any shirts advertising alcohol, cigarettes, or with any suggestive sayings or pictures. Students’ midriffs should not be showing at any time. Blue jean cut-offs are also not appropriate dress. All shorts should be at finger length when the student rests his/her arms at their side. They also should not be too tight. Dresses also should be of appropriate length. Proper shoes make P.E. classes a safer experience for your child. Tennis shoes are recommended.

Reaves will issue electronic report cards every nine weeks. They will be sent home on the Friday following the end of each nine-week grading period.

Promotion policy: For students in grades 1-4 to be promoted from one grade level to the next, the students must attain 70% mastery in reading and language/writing and math and an overall average of 70 in all other subject areas. Students must be in attendance 90% of the total instructional days enrolled per year. Grading Guidelines will be provided by each teacher at Parent Information Night on August 24, 2006.

Reaves Elementary has a registered nurse assigned to its clinic Monday through Friday. In order to assist the classroom teacher and school nurse, each child must have a blue health information form completed and on file in the clinic.

Medication and Illness: Students are never allowed to bring medication to school. An adult must bring any medications to the school clinic.

Please refer to the Conroe ISD Student handbook for information and requirements relating to medication and the school clinic.

If your child is not covered by other accident insurance, you may wish to participate in this program since school related accidents are not covered under any other insurance program.

Items forgotten by your child should be delivered to the front office, labeled with your child’s name and teacher’s name. We will deliver articles to the classroom. Please work with your child to develop good habits of responsibility, being prepared every day, so forgotten items will not need to be delivered repeatedly.

Water bottles: First through fourth grade students are encouraged to bring water bottles to school. Water bottles should be labeled with child’s name and teacher’s name. Only water is allowed.

Attendance is officially recorded at 9:00 a.m. each day. Afternoon pre-kindergarten attendance is recorded at 1:00 P.M. If possible, routine medical appointments should be scheduled before or after this time period. A child enrolled in pre-kindergarten or kindergarten is subject to compulsory attendance laws and policies. Please plan to take family vacations during school holidays or long weekends. It is important that children remain in school until the close of each school day at 3:05 unless illness has caused a child to leave earlier.

A weekly or monthly-prepaid lunch plan may be purchased for your child. The price for student lunches is $2.00. A pin number/account number is provided for each student. Prepaying the lunches avoids the problem of forgetting or losing the lunch money. When prepaying your child’s account, please include the pin number on your check. Cafeteria account balances can be accessed through the student “View It” account. If you have questions regarding your child’s account, please contact the school cafeteria manager at 936-709-5400. Students are not allowed to charge meals; an alternate lunch will be provided.

A Free and Reduced Meal Program is provided for eligible students. Applications will be sent home with every student on the first day of school and are always available in the front office.

Strict confidentiality is observed with respect to students who participate in this program. They will receive the same type meal card that is provided for all students.

A CISD lunch menu for the year will be sent home with each student. It contains selections and prices. You may also obtain this information on the Reaves homepage.

Parents may bring cupcakes or cookies to be distributed, by the teacher, at the end of the lunchtime for birthdays. Please contact your child’s teacher prior to the special occasion to make arrangements. We ask that parents refrain from sending other items (balloons, flowers, candles, et cetera).

Classrooms may have two parties per year on the last day before the Winter Break and Valentine’s Day. They will be coordinated through the team leader, grade level coordinator and the room mothers. A third day may be designated by each grade level to serve FMNV(Foods with Minimal Nutritional Value). This will be coordinated through the team leader, grade level coordinator and the room mothers.

Each grade level will take one field trip, yearly. A permission slip will be sent home with each child to be signed by the parent or guardian. Children who do not return a signed permission slip will not be allowed to attend the field trip.

Parents may be asked to chaperone field trips. All chaperones are required to ride CISD school buses with the children to and from the outing. In addition, we ask that students ride the bus to and from the school, unless prior approval is received from the principal.

The Reaves' Library is open from 7:45 to 3:45 each school day. Students visit the library with their class during a scheduled time each week and are also encouraged to utilize the library, independently at designated times during the day.

All 1st through 4th grade parents are asked to sign a "Library Book Replacement Agreement" form. This form states that in the event your child loses a library book or returns any library material to the library, damaged beyond repair, the parents agree to pay the replacement cost.

Your child will no longer be allowed to continue checking out books until replacement costs have been paid in full OR arrangements have been made to set up payments through the library. A request for any replacement costs will be sent home with the student.

If you would like to donate a "Birthday Book" to the Reaves Elementary Library in your child's name, the cost will be $15.00. We have new books for selection or specific titles may be ordered at your request ( prices may vary, depending on your selection). A book plate will be placed inside the book. A presentation of the book donation will take place during our school's TV broadcast, honoring your child. Your child will be the first to check out the book to share with your family. It is a great birthday gift! The library book you donate will be enjoyed by many children for years to come.