Student Handbook 2018-2019

CHECK-IN PROCEDURE All students checking in late to school must report to the Main Office immediately upon arrival to campus to obtain an Admit Slip. Students must be signed in by a parent/guardian or provide a doctor’s note or a signed note from a parent/guardian, with a valid phone number. CHECK-OUT PROCEDURE Students checking out must bring a note, signed by a parent or guardian and with a valid phone number, to the Bus Room or the Main Office that morning before 8:20 a.m. These notes will be verified by a call to the parents or guardians. Checkouts will not be allowed unless notes can be verified. Parents, guardians, or designees who wish to pick up a child at the school, must report to the main office to sign the student out. No designee or emergency contact will be allowed to check students out of school without parent contact to the school . Check-out procedures apply to all students, regardless of age . Students will not be allowed to check out for lunch. BUS NOTES Students requesting bus notes must bring a note, signed by a parent or guardian and with a valid phone number, to the Bus Room or Main Office that morning. All bus notes must include the correct bus number(s). All bus notes will be verified by a call to parents or guardians. Additionally a student’s destination will not be changed once that student is All visitors must report directly to the Main Office and obtain a visitor’s pass to be worn while on school grounds. These passes must be turned in to the office upon signing out. Any items brought to students (i.e., gym clothes, shoes, money) will be kept in the Main Office and students will be allowed to pick these items up between classes. In cases of emergencies, messages will be delivered through the Main Office. Frequent disruptions to class time interfere seriously with the students’ instructional time and the operation of the school. Students are not allowed to have visitors with them during the school day. No visitors are allowed to eat with students in the cafeteria. Visitors are not permitted to bring food to students for lunch or at any time during the school day. Please see the Grayson County Public Schools Policy Manual located at http://www.grayson.k12.va.us for full policy description regarding School Visitors. SIGNS, ANNOUNCEMENTS and ADVERTISEMENTS All signs, posters, announcements or advertisements that are to be displayed anywhere on school property must be approved by the principal or designee and must be removed promptly at the conclusion of the event. No advertisements (notices, announcements) may be placed in the school building or on the school grounds for out-of-school activities without permission of the principal or designee. on the bus. VISITORS

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