Elementary
Student Handbook
2005-2006
16438 CR 294
903-859-4650
903-859-3683 Fax
ARP I.S.D. STUDENT HANDBOOK
RECOGNITION SLIP
“I understand and consent to the responsibilities
outlined in the District’s Student Code of Conduct. I also understand and agree that my child
shall be held accountable for the behavior and consequences outlined in the
Student Code of Conduct at school and at school-sponsored and school-related
misconduct, regardless of time or location.
I understand that any student who violates the Student Code of Conduct
shall be subject to disciplinary action.
_______________________________ ___________________
Signature of Parent/Guardian Date
_______________________________
Student Name
Arp Elementary Field Trip Permission Slip
Instead of signing a permission slip for each
individual field trip, we are providing, for your convenience, a general
permission slip. By signing this form you
are giving your permission for your child to attend all school-related
activities this school year. Your
child’s teacher will keep this on file.
If, in the future you do not wish your child to attend a particular
event, you may contact us by phone at 859-4650, by letter, or by email (huse@arp.sprnet.org).
Acknowledgment of Responsibility/Permission to Travel
I, __________________________________________ (parent/legal guardian),
agree to allow my child, _______________________________________ (student’s
name) to attend the school-sponsored trip
__________________________________________________________________________________________.
I understand that while student safety is a high priority for
Parent/Legal Guardian Signature
______________________________________________________________
Date_________________________
Medical Information
My son/daughter/ward has been
determined to have the following allergies _________________________.
He/she requires medication for the
treatment of _________________________________________________.
____________________________________________________________________________
(Name of Parent/Guardian)
____________________________________________________________________________
(Home Phone) (Work Phone) (Cell
Phone)
Alternate person if parent cannot be reached and
phone numbers
___________________________________________________________________________
NOTICE TO PARENTS: DIRECTORY INFORMATION
Certain information about District students is considered directory information and will be released to anyone who follows the procedures for requesting the information unless the parent or guardian objects to the release of the directory information about the student. If you do not want Arp ISD to disclose directory information from your child's education records without your prior written consent, you must notify the District in writing within ten school days of the child’s first day of instruction for this school year. Arp Elementary has designated the following information as directory information: student's name, address, telephone listing, photograph, honors and awards received, date and place of birth, dates of attendance, & grade level." To be in compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the District will release to military recruiters and institutions of higher education, upon request, the name, address, and telephone listing of your child, unless you direct the District not to release this information without prior written consent, as indicated below.
The District [may/may not] release my child’s name, address, and telephone and institutions of higher education upon their request, without my prior written consent.
Except as noted below (under EXCEPTIONS),
I direct the District not to release to any third party the following
information without my prior written consent.
I have marked through the items I do not want released.
1. Name
2. Address
3. Telephone
listing
4. Date
and place of birth
5. Photograph
6. Dates
of attendance
7. Grade
level
8. Honors
and awards received in school
EXCEPTIONS
For limited school-sponsored purposes
(student recognition activities, yearbook or student newspaper, printed
programs for extracurricular activities, news releases to local media), the
District has my permission to release the following information. I have marked through the items I do not want
released.
1. Name
2. Address
3. Telephone
listing
4. Date
and place of birth
6. Photograph
7. Grade
level
8. Honors
and awards received in school
Print name of
student:
Signature of
student:
Signature of
parent:
Date:
Tigervision Arp ISD
Release
Form
Dear Parent/Guardian,
The faculty and administration at Arp ISD are
proud to continue our affiliation with Classic Cable Company which allows our
students the opportunity to air school events over our Community Access
Channel, TIGERVISION. Arp students are
also involved in creating Web Pages for the district Web site and many of these
pages include classroom pictures or special materials created by students in
the Arp schools. As a result of the
excellent work done by Arp students, news teams, and magazines may also request
interviews on occasion. Any video, Web
page, publication or project created by our students or staff will comply with
the following Posting & Publishing Policies. The Arp ISD Posting Policies require that we
present our students, community, faculty, and stakeholders as successful and
motivated in academics and athletics. All productions and publications
for Web, CD, Video, newspapers, magazines, yearbook, or any media will:
- Promote successful students and educational practices
- Provide educational and technical awareness to
parents, community, faculty, students, and all stakeholders
- Allow students the opportunity to develop ethical and
technical expertise in the fields of communications, broadcasting, and
telecommunications
- Provide a learner-centered environment for:
- demonstration of
SCANS competencies,
- character-building
skills
- research and
information skills,
- use of
hardware components,
- software
programs,
- digital and analog video systems,
- media
input, output, & storage devices,
- and
contributors to the electronic community
- Provide a forum for the ethical exchange of knowledge
and educational objectives
- Allow students & teachers to gain recognition for
successful practices.
- Allow area students to gain recognition for successful
practices.
As parent/ guardian, your
approval is needed in order to utilize your child’s likeness, materials, or
project on district media (video, Web page, CD ROM, newsletters, etc.). If you have any concerns, please feel free to
contact
My child,
___________________________________ may NOT be video taped
for TIGERVISION programs or involved in district media events.
__________________________________ _____________________________
Parent/Guardian Signature Date
Technology Acceptable Use Policy Guidelines for Arp ISD
OVERVIEW OF DISTRICT
TECHNOLOGY INFUSION GOALS:
1. To meet the challenge of preparing all
students in Arp Independent School District (ISD) for a technologically
challenging future by complying with Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
guidelines as set forth by the Texas Legislature.
2. To better inform and utilize parents,
community, and business leaders in the area of technology implementation. This goal includes a biannual school board
presentation on Strategic Technology Planning.
3. Allow technologies to
be implemented K-12 in a sequentially valid plan that apportions equipment from
simple to complex through the grade levels (i.e. Kindergarten should not
utilize equipment more advanced than the high school campus.) This policy will require reapportionment
and/or migration of equipment at reasonable and predictable intervals.
4. To allow students K-12 to become more and
more responsible for the use, care, and maintenance of equipment as they mature
through the grades. Elementary students
will be taught basic care of input and output devices. Junior high students will learn the computer
system components and proper care of each.
High school students will be taught to manage, maintain, and upgrade
software and hardware.
5. To more profusely Integrate technology tools
in the curriculum as students move through the grade levels. New technologies, new techniques, and new
skills will accompany each grade level in a logical, sequential,
technology-infused curriculum, beginning in Kindergarten with keyboarding
skills.
6. To commit Arp ISD in providing all students
the most effective, current and real-world technologies so that all students
may gain valuable, relevant, and marketable skills.
7. To utilize technology in the district to
meet student instructional needs and District administrative needs. Planning for technology will be driven by
instructional objectives, student needs in achievement, curricular and
instructional strategies, and administrative assessments for
effectiveness. Hardware will never drive
the Technology Plan.
8. Inter-connectivity will be the priority of
the Technology Plan. The ability to
share resources, information, and ideas are important assets a school district
can offer, second only to character development through a nurturing, caring
spirit.
STANDARDS:
Arp ISD maintains high
standards of ethical and acceptable use of all technology for educational
purposes. To accomplish these standards
the following policies will be followed:
FACULTY & STUDENT
TRAINING
All technology will be
utilized for educational purposes (i.e. games without educational objectives
are not permitted at anytime and
may result in the loss of privileges to technology.) If there will not be an independent
assessment over the software content, do not use in the educational
environment. If games are used for
educational objectives, those objectives and the selected game must be
documented in the lesson plans.
Failure to document use or
failure to use technology for ethical and educational purposes will result in
the reassignment or relocation of technology (microscopes, calculators,
computers, TVs, video equipment, etc.)
STUDENT SAFETY ISSUES
Maintaining student safety must be a priority for all. Safety issues involve the following: (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!)
Students’ last
names, phone numbers, addresses, or other personal information will not be
utilized over any network without express permission from the student and the
parent. Please help all your students
understand how important it is for them to remain anonymous over the Internet. This is exactly the same precaution we use
when a stranger calls our home.
Students should
not join any group of activities on the Internet that has not been recommended
to them through the Texas Education Network or another legitimate educational
resource.
Students need to
be informed that networks run “log” programs.
Administrators of networks can track anyone’s activity on their
network. Threats, such as to the
President, can and will be tracked. Arp
ISD’s network has such a “log” program.
Tracking of student and faculty activity is possible, if it becomes
necessary. Please inform students that
it is illegal to threaten, stalk, and send lewd content or abuse through
e-mail. Recently a judge in
Students should
be encouraged to report any unethical behavior that they encounter while using
any network, whether in e-mail or at any Internet site. The FBI is actively seeking to help schools
by the arrest and prosecution of those who participate in illegal activity on
the Internet.
ETHICAL USE POLICY:
In compliance with the
state of
Ethical Use of technologies
refers to the utilization of resources, either hardware or software, in such a
way as to maintain trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring,
and citizenship -- the six pillars of ethical character. The application of which relies on each
individual to:
DO NO HARM,
DO GOOD,
PREVENT HARM, and
UNDO HARM.
COMPUTER MAINTENANCE:
The following practices
have been found to reduce maintenance costs. All district equipment will be
used following these guidelines.
DO NOT:
¨
Turn on a
computer without using a surge protector (one per machine)
¨
Turn off
computer while in Microsoft Windows
¨
Keep computer on
if it is covered -- the heat buildup is dangerous!
¨
Save personal
files on the hard drive – Do use network folders to store personal data.
¨
DO NOT LOAD any
program files in your computer's root directory. Contact a technology coordinator before you
attempt to load any software on your machine!
¨
Load any
shareware program or other software not purchased by the district. Viruses are transmitted without this
precaution.
¨
Bump a computer
or "jar" it, move it or the table it is sitting on while it is
running. Keep printers off the same
table as your computer. Movement of
your computer may cause hard drive failure.
¨
Set other
electronic equipment near your computer (phones, stereos, radios, coffee cup
warmers, etc.)
¨
Plug other
electronic appliances into your surge protector. This causes small surges that eventually can
damage your computer.
¨
Unplug your
computer while it is running. Use the surge protector switch to turn off your
computer before you unplug the surge protector from the wall.
¨
Do not allow
students to bring diskettes in and out of your classroom unless you wish to be
responsible for virus scanning and screening the diskettes.
¨
Allow students to
utilize the Internet while unattended -- for ANY reason!
¨
Allow students
to perform administrative tasks on your computer (i.e. add programs, delete
programs, perform upgrades or maintenance, unless accompanied by a maintenance
request form from your campus technology coordinator.)
DO:
¨
Use a surge
protector switch to turn on or off your computer system.
¨
Keep dust and
liquids away from your computer