Address/Phone
Number Changes
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Notify
the front office, if you have a change in address, home phone, or work phone.
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Notify
the front office if there are any changes to the yellow Student Information
Card and the Clinic Emergency Card. This
information is critical in case a child becomes ill or injured.
Arrival and
Dismissal
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Arrival Times: -- Students may enter the classrooms at 7:50 a.m. Students arriving before 7:50 a.m. wait in the cafeteria where staff is on
duty to supervise them. Students may not
arrive before 7:30 a.m.
since no one will be on duty to supervise them.
At 7:50 a.m.,
students in the cafeteria are lined up in an orderly fashion and dismissed to
their classrooms.
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Students Arriving by Bus: -- Buses enter the driveway off of Wade
Hampton and deliver students between 7:30
a.m. and 7:50 a.m. The buses generally run on time, but if a bus
should be late, the students riding that bus will not be counted tardy.
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Students Walking or Biking to School: -- Walkers should use
the Beinhorn entrance to the school, always crossing with the crossing
guards. Walkers who live north of the
school should enter from the track.
Students biking to school should bring a lock to secure their bicycles
while on campus.
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Students Arriving by Car: -- Students transported to school by car
should be dropped off and picked up only
at parent drive off of Flint River. Faculty, parent volunteers, and student
patrols will be on duty at parent drive to assist students. Numbered cones will be used to designate
drop-off points. Cars should enter
parent drive and proceed through the parking lot to the farthest available
cone. Students should exit the cars
quickly in order to keep the line moving.
Cars using the cones in front of the covered hardtop should exit from
the nearest drive without going through the circular drive portion of parent
drive. Pre-k students who are dropped
off in parent drive will wait at the back wall of the kindergarten wing to be
escorted to their classroom by a student patrol.
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Congestion in Parent
Drive: --To avoid the congestion in parent drive and
prevent being tardy, please be in parent drive by 7:50 a.m. Also, to
help ease the congestion and traffic, parents are strongly encouraged to use
the buses and form carpools. In
addition, limousines are prohibited from using parent drive.
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No Drop Off/Pick Up Zones: -- To keep the students safe and prevent
disruption of traffic, students should not be dropped off on the streets
surrounding the school, including Flint River,
Wade Hampton, and Beinhorn, or in the parking spaces along Beinhorn. Beinhorn has been striped indicating this
policy. Pulling into and backing out of
the parking spaces along Beinhorn greatly impedes the flow of traffic. Under no circumstances should the handicap
parking spaces be used for drop-off or pick-up.
Any stopping or standing on Beinhorn is a hazard, and the City of
Hunters Creek Village has asked that we keep the traffic on Beinhorn
flowing. The driveway off of Wade Hampton
is reserved for bus use only.
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Students Arriving Late: -- There will be no one on duty in parent drive
after 8:00 a.m. Students in grades 1 – 5 arriving after 8:00 a.m. should go to the office for
a tardy slip before proceeding to their classrooms. Kindergarten students who are tardy should
proceed directly to their classroom, where the teacher will record the tardies
and forward them to the office. Pre-K
students arriving after 8:00 a.m.
should be walked to their classroom.
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Dismissal: -- For dismissal,
teachers from each grade level will group the students into three categories:
(1) bus riders, (2) walkers, and (3) students departing through parent
drive. Each group shall be escorted by a
teacher to the appropriate dismissal area.
No student shall be allowed to remain behind.
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Students Departing by Bus: -- Bus riders and daycare riders will be
taken to the driveway off Wade Hampton.
Students will wait in bus lines until they are instructed to board the
school buses or daycare vans. Students
in the bus line will not be released to an adult without proof that the child
has been checked out through the office.
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Students Walking or Biking Home: -- Kindergarten walkers
are required to wait in the hallway of the kindergarten wing until an adult
arrives to pick them up and walk them home.
Pre-K walkers wait in the
kindergarten hallway with a teacher until a parent
arrives to walk them home. Older
students will be escorted and released by a grade level teacher to the front of
the school for those living south of Beinhorn or to the back of the school for
those living north of the track. Parents
of walkers are urged to have their child walk home with a friend for
safety.
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Students Departing Through Parent Drive: -- Students departing by
car will be taken to the covered hardtop for pick-up at parent drive. Faculty responsible for parent drive will
place the students in lines according to grade level, except for the pre-k
students who will line up against the back wall of the kindergarten wing. Numbered cones are used to designate pick-up
spots. Parents are directed to a cone by
a staff member with a megaphone. Parents
should proceed to the designated cone to pick up their child.
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Hardtop: -– For the safety and accountability of all children, parents
should refrain from walking to the hardtop to pick up their children. Students who are still on the hardtop after
the carpool line has been completed will be taken to the office by a teacher
who will wait with them until they are picked up. Dismissal through parent drive begins at 3:00 p.m. and usually is completed by
3:15 p.m., sometimes
earlier.
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Changes in Dismissal Method:
o
Planned: If there is a change
in your child’s usual method of dismissal, please send a dated and signed note
to your child’s teacher. This note
should specifically state how your child will be going home that day. If a student will be going home with another
student, that student’s parent should also send a note. Students will be expected to follow the
normal routine unless a note is sent.
o
Unexpected: If a change of
transportation is necessary during the school day, please notify the office,
prior to 2:00 p.m. by FAX
at 713-365-4937 or by e-mail to both nancy.hastings@springbranchisd.com
and susan.gaines@springbranchisd.com.
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Early Dismissal Days: –- Students are dismissed at 12:00 p.m. on district early dismissal
days. All buses run their normal routes
on these days. Be sure to make
arrangements for your child on these days.
Refer to the district calendar for the specific
dates of elementary early dismissal.
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Handicap Spots: –- Certain parking spots have been designated
for handicapped persons only. If a
vehicle occupies a handicap space, proper identification is needed. These parking spots are monitored by SBISD
and Village police. As a courtesy to the
HCE community, please abide by this policy.
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Flag Pole: –- The flag pole has been designated as an area in which
parents may meet their child after school.
For safety reasons, no child will be dismissed from the flag pole to a
car parked on any campus street. Due to
the congestion on Beinhorn, please consider using Parent Drive for dismissal purposes.
Attendance
and Absences
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Absence Policy: -- Students are required to be present 90% of
the school year. For any child reaching
18 absences in a given year, whether excused or unexcused, the school will hold
a Grade Placement Committee meeting to determine promotion. Members of the committee will decide if the
child is able to be promoted to the next grade level based on the amount of
academic loss that has taken place due to the absences. Parents are a part of this committee, along
with teachers and administration. These
meetings are held in late spring.
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Attendance Recorded: -- Attendance is taken at 9:00 a.m.
In order to be considered present, a child must be in his/her classroom
at 9:00 a.m. Please consider scheduling appointments after
9:00 a.m. for attendance
purposes.
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Calling in an Absence: -- For safety reasons, parents of students who
are absent should phone the front office by 9:00 a.m. If no
notification is received by 9:45 a.m.
on the date of the absence, then the registrar will call parents. A note/e-mail will still be required for
attendance/absence note purposes.
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Checking Students Out of School: -- No student will be
released from school except to a parent, guardian or designee, as indicated on
the yellow Student Information Card.
When taking a child out of school, the parent, guardian or other
designee, must first come to the school
office and sign the student out, specifying the
reason for early dismissal. Anyone
taking a child from school will be asked to show proper identification.
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Excused/Unexcused Absences: -- Please refer to the SBISD Elementary
Student/Parent Handbook to determine whether an absence is excused or
unexcused.
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Tardy Policy: -- Children receive a tardy if they arrive at
school anytime between 8:01 a.m.
and 8:59 a.m. Hunters Creek does not differentiate between
excused and unexcused tardies. Under
special circumstances, a Principal may excuse all tardies for the campus. These circumstances can include inclement
weather and/or a campus emergency.
Please note that children arriving to school on a late bus are permitted
to enter class without being considered tardy.
SBISD excuses these tardies automatically.
Because tardies are considered a “part of the
day”, we follow the Texas Education Code regulations for reporting absences and
tardies. The regulations state that ten
(10) tardies in a 6-month period are excessive.
At HCE, a phone call will be made to your home if your child receives 3
tardies in a 6-month period. Next, our
Assistant Principal will send you an initial letter if your child is tardy
approximately 6 times in a 6-month period.
A second letter will be sent home if you reach the regulation limit of
10 tardies in a 6-month period. At this
point, it is necessary to call our campus to talk with either the Principal or
Assistant Principal. Finally, HCE will
refer your case to the SBISD Truancy Department if the number of tardies
reaches 15 or more so that we are compliant with all requirements.
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Withdrawal: -- Student must have a note from the parent/guardian stating
the reason and date of withdrawal from school.
The HCE registrar requires a 24-hour notice before a student can be
withdrawn. The student’s textbooks must
be returned, and all other accounts must be cleared before the student’s
records will be sent to another school.
Bell Schedule
7:50 a.m. Students to classrooms
8:00
a.m. Class starts/tardy
bell rings
9:00 a.m. Attendance entered by homeroom teachers
3:00 p.m. Dismissal to buses, walkers, parent drive, and daycare
Benchmarks
Students in grades 1-5
participate in District created assessments at various times of the year. These benchmarks are designed to assess
mastery of curriculum and are not recorded in a teacher’s grade book. These tests are used as a diagnostic tool for
instructional purposes only. District
policy does not allow Benchmarks to be sent home; however, test scores will be
shared with students.
Bus
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Pre-K and Kindergarten Bus Riders: -- A parent is expected
to meet his/her child at the bus stop after school. Any child without a parent waiting for
him/her is returned to the campus. The
parent will be notified and must come pick up his/her child from the school
office.
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Rules: -- School bus transportation is a privilege, not a
right. The Administration may suspend a student from riding the school
bus for any violation of the following rules and regulations:
o
Students
shall obey the driver's guidelines and help the driver to assure safety at all
times.
o
The
student must ride only the bus he/she is assigned. Buses will load and unload only at designated
stops.
o
Students
are to keep feet on the floor and out of the aisles. Head, arms, and hands are to be kept inside
the bus.
o
Students
must not shout or throw objects at passing persons or vehicles.
o
Fighting
and profane language are not permitted.
o
No
animals are allowed to ride buses.
o
Parents
are not permitted to ride buses unless they are a designated chaperone for a
field trip.
o
Students
must remain seated during the entire duration of the bus ride.
o
Parents
are responsible for supervision of the bus stop area prior to the arrival of
the bus.
o
Should
you have a concern about an incident that occurred on the bus, please notify
Karen Yates, AP, and/or SBISDTransportation @713-365-5250.
Cafeteria
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Student Behavior: -- The
following behaviors are expected to be displayed by all students during their
visit to the cafeteria for lunch:
o
Use
a quiet (6-inch) voice to communicate with peers
o
Raise
hand for assistance and all questions
o
Remain
in seat unless given permission to move from the table
o
Use
appropriate table manners
o
Clean
up eating area
o
Sharing
of food is prohibited
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Eating With Child: -- One or two adults may eat
with a child in the cafeteria.
o
Pre-K-3rd
grade parents are asked to sit at their child’s classroom table.
o
4th
and 5th grade parents are asked to sit at the designated parent
table. An additional friend may be
brought to eat at this separate location.
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Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value: -- Four categories of foods and beverages are restricted by the
US Department of Agriculture under the child nutrition programs, including soft drinks, water ices, chewing
gum, and certain candies. In order to
adhere to this policy, students are not permitted to pack a soft drink for
lunch or bring chewing gum to school. In
addition, we discourage the consumption of water ices and candy on campus.
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Lunch Money: -- Student lunches can be
paid for on a daily basis or in advance.
Methods of payment include cash, checks, or on-line transactions. Sending large amounts of cash with a child is
highly discouraged. Checks may be
written to SBISD and labeled with the child’s lunch number. A student’s lunch number is the assigned ID
number given at registration. This
number will remain with the student as long as she/he is enrolled at a SBISD
school. HCE lends children a “Borrow”
limit of $5 to their lunch account any time an account reflects an amount owed
greater than $5. The child will be
provided a cheese sandwich for lunch until the debt is paid.
Cell Phone
For students needing to
have a cell phone on campus, all phones must remain in backpacks during school
hours. Should a cell phone ring or be
taken
out during the day, it will be confiscated by
staff and returned only to a parent.
Chaperones
on Field Trips
The guidelines for chaperones on grade level field
trips are as follows:
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Principal
will approve all chaperones.
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Ratio
of 1 chaperone per 10 students will be enforced.
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Chaperone
must be an approved district volunteer.
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Chaperones
may ride SBISD buses, if space permits.
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Chaperones
may travel in pe
