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Absences: Regular attendance and promptness are important life skills. Please encourage these positive behaviors from your child. A child who is absent from school must present, upon return, a written excuse signed by the parent or physician. The note should explain the reason for the absence and the date. Excused absences are for sickness, death in the family, or certain religious holidays.
Tardy Policy: Students are expected to arrive at school by 8:50 a.m. Students will be marked tardy after the final bell rings and must first report to the office. Students who receive 5 tardies within a grading period will receive a letter from the principal. Two additional tardies within the same grading period will result in a referral to the Child Study Team. Nine (9) tardies in 1 grading period will result in an automatic referral to the Social Worker.
Honor Roll: Students in Grades 3–5 who receive no grade lower than a B in the academic subjects and also achieve all E or S grades for conduct, work habits, physical education, art, and music shall have their names entered on the Honor Roll.
Principal’s List: Students in Grades 3–5 who receive an A in all academic subjects and also achieve E or S grades for conduct, work habits, physical education, art, and music shall have their names entered on the Principal’s List.
Communication with Parents: A school newsletter is sent home the first Friday of each month. A copy of the newsletter will be placed on the school’s Web site. Read Maximo Elementary Newsletters here.
Borrowed Lunch Money: All lunch funds are handled by the cafeteria manager. No lunch money will be handled by the school office. The Cafeteria Manager will send a note home when a child’s lunch account is low. If a child has to borrow money, the balance must be paid the next day. Cash, checks, or money orders will be accepted by the Cafeteria Manager. Returned checks may result in an inability to pay by check in the future.
Inappropriate Items for Lunch: Soft drinks, fast-food items, cans with metal tabs, candy, gum, or snack bags larger than individual.
Prescription medications: must be delivered to school by the parent in the original container with a prescription label indicating the student’s name, the physician’s name, the name of the drug, the dosage, etc. Parents must sign an Administration of Medication form for each prescription medication administered at school. Telephone permission for “forgotten” morning medication is not allowed—written permission is required.
Over-the-counter medications: must also be delivered to school by the parent in the original container labeled with the student’s name. The parent and physician must sign an Administration of Medication form for each over-the-counter medication at school—including Tylenol, cough drops, cough syrup, etc.
Visitors: If you wish to visit the school or classroom, please contact the school at least 24 hours in advance. Upon your arrival you are required to sign in at the front office. This is our opportunity to greet you, give you a visitor’s ID tag, and explain our policies and procedures.
