Beehive Elementary School

5655 South 5220 West
Kearns, Utah 84118 (801)646-4768
Fax (801)646-4769

| Safety | School Wide Discipline | School Dress Code | Bicycles, Scooters & Skateboards | Electronic Devices |
| Attendance Policy | Tardiness | Student Arrival & Departure | Drop Off Zone | Student Check-Out |
| Off-Track Students | Change of Address or Phone Number | Telephone Use | Visiting the School |
| School Lunch | Medication at School | Homework Policy

SAFETY
BE SAFE AT SCHOOL! It's Granite District policy and it's the right thing to do! The Granite School District has a School Safety Policy that is designed to provide a safe, positive environment where learning comes first. Safety is everyone's responsibility, so if you know of a weapon at school, report it to a teacher, an administrator, or to the Weapons Hotline at 481-7199. It is your right to say NO to anything that would endanger you or someone else. There are mandatory consequences for safe school infractions.

SCHOOL WIDE DISCIPLINE
Beehive has adopted STOP and GO as our school-wide disciplie program. Students not following school or classroom procedures will be given a warning and an opportunity to correct the problem. Students not correcting the problem will be sent to STOP and THINK for 5 minutes. This time allows the student to reflect on the situation and his/her behavior. If a student recieves 5 STOP and THINK slips in one week, he/she will be assigned to Friday School.
Following two STOP and THINK opportunities, a student will be given a STOP and GO. Students will spend 15 to 30 minutes, depending on the grade level, in a designated location. If a student recieves more that one STOP and GO in a week, he/she will be assigned to Friday School. During Friday School students are taught social and life skills that will help them make better choices.
Students who violate Granite School District's Safe School Policy may either be sent to Friday School or suspended from school depending on the seriousness of the violation. Our goal is to keep all of our students safe and to have an environment that allows students the opportunity to learn.

SCHOOL DRESS CODE
Though dress and hairstyles are personal matters, it is the position of Granite School District that students be dressed in a clean, modest, and appropriate manner at school. When dress or hairstyles become so extreme as to be disruptive to the educational process or beyond the bounds of good taste, appropriate action will be taken on an individual basis.

The following dress styles have been identified by the Salt Lake Gang Task Force as gang related and will not be allowed to be worn at Beehive Elementary:

• Excessively baggy clothing
• Belts worn excessively long in the front and hanging on either side
• Belt buckles with Old English style writing
• Baseball hat or other cap with gang signals, monikers, or insignia on it
• Bandanas or rags worn on a person or displayed
• Pants with one leg rolled up or shirts with one sleeve rolled up

BICYCLES, SCOOTERS, AND SKATEBOARDS
For your safety and for the safety of others, please follow these guidelines:

1. Bicycles, scooters, and skateboards may be ridden to school.
2. Bicycles, scooters, and skateboards must be walked at all times on school grounds.
3. Bicycles are to be locked to the rack in the secured fenced storage area.
4. Students may access the bike storage area before school, after school, or, if it is necessary, during the day if checking out.
5. Helments may be stored in the classroom.

Failure to follow the above guidelines will result in the loss of your bicycle, scooter, or skateboard until a parent comes with you to pick it up. It may also result in the loss of the privilege of bringing them to school. Granite School District and Beehive Elementary are not responsible for the loss or damage of these items when brought to school.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Beehive Elementary prohibits all use of communication devices during instructional time regardless of whether the use is to send or receive messages. Communication devices that are used in violation of school rules will be confiscated and disciplinary action will be taken for such violation. Confiscation may include a parent meeting prior to the return of the device. Beehive Elementary and Granite School District accept no responsibility for the loss of, or damage to, any communication device.

GRANITE SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTENDANCE POLICY
According t the Utah Compulsory Attendance Laws (Utah Code 53 A-11-101-105), parents and students are responsible for regular school attendance. Occasionally a student must be absent from school for reasons which are acceptable to the school and the courts, such as illness, medical appointments, family emergencies, or the death of a family member or close friend. Please send a note to the Attendance Tracker following an absence explaining the reason for your child's absence.
Parents may excuse their child from school a maximum of seven days. After a child has 5 unexcused absences from school a Truancy Letter will be sent to the parents asking for their help with their child's attendance. After 10 days of unexcused absences, the school will mail the student and parents a Habitual Truancy Notice/Pre-Court Hearing.
A student must be in school four-sevenths of the day in order to be considered in attendance.

TARDINESS
Students arriving after school starts will need to check in with the Attendance Tracker in the lunchroom. Their arrival time will be documented. When a student arrives late for school those minutes are added up and turned into days missed. Students who are habitually late will be assigned Friday School. During Friday School students will be taught skills and strategies to help them be more successful.

STUDENT ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
"Granite School District DOES NOT provide for student supervision on elementary playgrounds BEFORE and AFTER school. Therefore, it is recommended that students arrive at school as close to the beginning time as possible." Please plan with your children so they do not arrive more that 5 to 10 minutes before the start of the school day. If there is a problem, students should come in the main door to the office; otherwise they are to enter and exit through their hall doors.

DROP OFF ZONE
Please do not drop off or pick up your children in the bus zone between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

STUDENT CHECK-OUT
We encourage you to try to schedule your child's medical and dental appointments so that they do not conflict with school hours. If that is not possible, you must come to the office to check your child out of school. FOR YOUR CHILD'S SAFETY, THE SCHOOL WILL NOT RELEASE A CHILD TO ANYONE WHOSE NAME DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE REGISTRATION CARD. YOU MAY BE ASKED TO SHOW PICTURE IDENTIFICATION.

OFF-TRACK STUDENTS
Students who are off-track may not be on school grounds during school hours or during arrival and departure times (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) without a parent. The policy is: OFF Track = OFF Campus.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER
Please inform the office staff of any changes in your address or phone numbers at home or work. If the parent cannot be reached in the case of an emergency, the person listed as the "emergency contract" on the registration card will be notified. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE SCHOOL HAVE CURRENT PONE NUMBERS FOR PARENTS.

TELEPHONE USE
Students may use the school phones if they have a phone pass from their teacher. Teachers may give permission for students to use the phone for purposes they feel are relevant to school. Students will not be permitted to use the phone to make after-school arrangements with friends, etc.

VISITING THE SCHOOL
We welcome visitors to our school. Granite School District policy is established to ensure the safety of your child. Please be advised that you are ALWAYS REQUIRED TO CHECK IN AT THE OFFICE TO RECIEVE A GUEST PASS BEFORE ENTERING ANY OTHER SECTION OF THE BUILDING. We do not permit pre-school or school-age visitors in the classrooms because of liability. Parents or other adults are welcom as classroom volunteers or visitors. Please schedule these times with the classroom teacher.

SCHOOL LUNCH
All students, except kindergarten, may participate in the school lunch program. Beehive is on a lunch program called PCS. This system uses keypads and Personal Identification Numbers to track the lunch counts and money. Milk tickets are $0.25 and lunches are $1.10 per day. An application for free or reduced lunch is available at the office.
Lunch money for the entire week should be brought on the first day of the week. If you bring lunch from home, you may purchase milk tickets on the first school day of the week. If you are absent on the day lunch money is collected by your teacher, you can bring it in to the office before school and place it in the secured lunch money.

MEDICATION AT SCHOOL
Students are not allowed to have any medication in their possession at school except for inhalers. Cough drops and losenges are considered medication. All medication must be brought into the office along with a note from the doctor telling school personnel when and how often it should be dispensed.

HOMEWORK POLICY
Homework is an important part of the daily learning experiences for each Beehive Elementary student. Learning activities and skill practices completed at home increase student success for all students. Beehive Elementary Homework Policy & Guidelines is provided to help ensure your child's homework success. Establishing a specific place and time for students to complete their daily homework activities is important to student achievement.

• Homework activities will be given every night Monday - Thursday for all students.
• Homework time is 20 - 60 minutes each night depending on the student's grade level.
• Homework includes 20 minutes of oral reading.
• Homework assignments will be given in math, literacy (reading, spelling, and writing), and may include assignments not completed at school and/or make-up work from absences.
• STUDENTS are accountable for the completion of their assignments.
• Homework is part of the student's grade.