Welcome

* The day your child returns to school, is the day a note explaining their absence is due.

* The note needs to be written on a piece of paper I can turn in to the office.

* Your child's excuse note needs to include your child's name, my name, date of absence, and reason for absence.

* For blank excuse notes you can print at home, click

Welcome to fifth grade! I look forward to a rewarding and challenging year, as well as the opportunity to get to know you and your child. If you have questions or concerns at any time during the school year, please feel free to leave me a voice mail message, write a note in your child's homework notebook, or email me.

* If your child is not riding the bus, a NO BUS note should be given to me.

* For blank No Bus notes you can print at home, click

* NO BUS notes may be used for dismissal needed before the end of the school day OR side-door dismissal at the end of the school day.

* If your child is absent from school, he or she is responsible for making up work missed.

* A "We Missed You" form will be prepared by me listing all missed assignments.

* It is strongly recommended to arrange to pick up your child's work or have it sent home

with a friend or sibling in our building. Please call me in the morning, before school, on the day of your child's absence, to let me know what would be most convenient.

* The number of days absent will equal the number of days allowed to make up work.

* Extensions for making up work will be given in emergency or unique circumstances.

* Your child is responsible for turning in the "We Missed You" form and all assignments missed.

If your child needs medication in school, a special form needs to be filled out and given to our school nurse along with your child's medication. Blank "medication in school" forms were included in the packet of information your child received on the first day of school. Additional blank "medication in school" forms are available from our school nurse.