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Parent Information
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1. School Visits By Parents
2. Parent/Teacher Conferences
3. Complaint or Problem Procedure
4. Parental Request Policy
5. Accreditation
6. Lunches
7. Snacks/Parties
8. Severe Weather
9. Field Trips
10. Homework/Reports
11. Library
12. Enrichment
13. PTO
14. Health Policies
15. Parent Help
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| SCHOOL VISITS BY PARENTS: |
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Parents are always welcome to visit the school, but please clear any visits with the teacher or school secretary in advance. We ask that this be done at a time so as not to interrupt the progress of the pupil or the class.
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| PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES: |
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Conferences will be scheduled two times during the school year. Parents or guardians are encouraged to see any member of the teaching staff at any time they have a question about their child's progress. Teachers are available immediately after school for this purpose. To facilitate such conferences, parents are asked to call the school office to confirm the availability of the teacher they wish to see. If a telephone conference is desired, please leave a message to that effect with the office, and the teacher will return your call at a time that will not interrupt the classroom.
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| COMPLAINT OR PROBLEM PROCEDURE: |
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Occasionally during the course of the year, misunderstandings or problems can arise between the teacher and a student, teacher and parent, parent and the school or any one of several possible areas. This is often the result of lack of communication between those involved.
The Board has adopted a set policy for these situations, and complaints or problems will be handled in the following way, which we believe to be in line with Scripture (Matthew 18:15-17).
- All questions, problems, or complaints should be brought directly to the child's teacher first before anyone else is involved.
- If the situation is not cleared up at this level through direct contact (most of them will be!), it should then be brought to the attention of the Headmaster.
- If it is still not solved at this level, the problem should then be presented to the Board of Trustees for its consideration.
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| PARENTAL REQUEST POLICY: |
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As of August 1987, the official Board policy regarding parents' request for teachers is that while parents may confer with the Headmaster regarding personality conflicts, parent preferences will no longer be accepted. We offer a very excellent instructional staff; after some adjustments, most students names will be randomly sorted when there is more than one teacher for the same grade or level.
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| ACCREDITATION: |
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Laurel Christian School is accredited by the following organizations:
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The Mississippi Private School Association.
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| LUNCHES: |
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Students in elementary school may bring a sack lunch. Parents are asked to send nutritious, well-balanced lunches that do not have to be heated or refrigerated.
An optional hot lunch program will be provided by an outside service. This service is offered by the school under the Nutrition Committee of the P.T.O. (at the end of each week, a calendar of lunches for the next week will be sent home. Choices for the week will be circled, totaled, and returned with one check made out to cafeteria). Students may use Coke machine after 3:30pm.
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| SNACKS/PARTIES: |
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In kindergarten, there will be a definite snack time each morning, and juice and snacks will be provided by the school. We urge parents to send fruit or other nutritious foods. Special birthday snacks may be sent to share with the class DURING RECESS.
We will have four school parties this year: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's and the last day of school. (Halloween is not considered an appropriate occasion for a school party, and such parties are strictly prohibited.) Room mothers are responsible for planning parties. Please provide drinks, chips, and one sweet, such as cupcakes or cookies for refreshments. Plan one game or activity in which all children can participate. No favor (small gift) is to be given at the parties. Parties should begin at 2:00pm and end by 2:40pm. Parties are for children and their classmates.
Passing out invitations to home parties such as birthday parties will be permitted only when all pupils in the room are invited to the party (or all boys/all girls). Pupils will not be permitted to give out invitations to a limited number of pupils when others are left out. Parents are asked to handle this kind of invitation by phone or mail.
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| SEVERE WEATHER: |
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In case of severe weather, please listen to local TV and radio reports. LCS will close when the Laurel Public Schools close unless you are otherwise notified.
Fire drills and Tornado drills will be held during the year.
If we are under a warning, CIVIL DEFENSE STATES THAT A CHILD MUST REMAIN AT THE SCHOOL UNTIL THE WARNING IS LIFTED. If you feel you must
remove your child, you must go through the office.
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| FIELD TRIPS: |
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Field trips are an integral, viable part of the curriculum at Laurel Christian School. These trips are designed to enhance the student's understanding of a unit of study or to broaden their condepts of this world in which we live.
Our five year old Kindergarteners annually ride the train from Hattiesburg to Laurel on the last day of school in May. The First and Second Grades visit local sites such as Landrum's Country Home or take in a production of a play in Meridian or other areas. The Third Grade makes an annual trip to the State Capitol and other points of interest in Jackson. The Fourth Grade will visit Natchez to tour some antebellum homes and a native Indian village nearby, while the Fifth Grade takes a trip to Vicksburg to tour the historic battlefield and other points of interest. Field trips are culminated by the annual week-long trip by our Sixth Grade.
Parents are solicited to help supervise on all these field trips. Blanket permission slips are given to parents on registration night. Furthermore, proof of liability for all drivers on field trips shall be required, and a seat belt must be provided for every child on every field trip.
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Homework and special projects will be assigned throughout the year. We ask that parents supervise and encourage their children, BUT PLEASE DO NOT DO THEIR WORK FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY on special projects. LCS wants our students to develop not only good study habits and academic skills, but also to learn responsibility and the feeling of accomplishment basic to self-esteem. We want children to be children; therefore, the appropriate amount of homework assigned should allow for play time and family, and be appropriate to the age group. Any videos sent from home to be viewed by students must be approved by the office before being shown.
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LCS has an excellent and growing library. With the librarian, students will be taught how to use the library and how to conduct themselves in a library. In addition, each classroom will have resource books and a supply of good books to read.
Library book check-out will be handled by the librarian. For our library, gifts in the form of appropriate books and donations will be gladly received throughout the year.
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Music and P.E. will be taught two days a week. Art and computer will be taught one day a week. At times, resource persons from the community will be used, and some sessions will be coordinated with field trips. Classroom teachers will also provide art enrichment.
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During the 1987-88 school year a parent-teacher organization for PCS(LCS) was begun. "This organization believes in Christian Education and that to this end parents, relatives, teachers, and friends should be part of that process. Therefore, this organization exists to utilize these individuals in support of the spiritual and academic development of our children in a manner that is glorifying to God."
Annual PTO dues of $5.00 may be paid registration night. Opportunities to serve include many active standing committees.
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MEDICAL INFORMATION:
Each student entering both the kindergarten and the grade school must have all nbecessary shots. According to state law, a child cannot enter kindergarten or first grade (or any grade thereafter if he transfers from another state) without a certificate of compliance provided by a private physician or the Health Department showing proper immunization.
If your child is sick, please do not send him/her to school.
nbsp; No staff member will be permitted to administer any medicine to students without parents' authorization.
All students are required to furnish a certified copy of their birth certificate upon initial registration.
Students requiring medication during the day will leave the medicine in the office in an appropriate, labeled container, along with Physician's instructions for dispensing.
ACCIDENTS:
If a minor accident occurs, first aid will be administered by a member of the school staff. No care beyond simple first aid will be given. If an emergency occurs requiring more extensive medical attention, every effort will be made to contact parents. If the parents cannot be reached, appropriate medical attention will be secured, if necessary, according to your instructions on the registration form. However, if a severe emergency develops, the student will be taken to the emergency room at once, and the parents and family doctor will be called. Accident insurance is available.
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| PARENT HELP: |
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1. Pray for and with your child and for the school, its faculty and staff.
2. See that your child attends regularly except when he is ill.
3. Avoid discussing the child in his presence when conferring with the teacher.
4. Encourage your child to anticipate happy experiences in relation to school.
5. Take time to listen to your child's daily experiences.
6. Show a real interest in his school work. Don't be critical of it.
7. Bring your child to school in a happy mood. Remember that a happy child is a learning child.
8. Volunteer to use your talents and gifts to help when parent projects are announced.
9. Get involved in fund-raising efforts to help the school avoid unnecessary deficits.
10. Do not congregate in the office; remember that secretaries have a lot of work at the school.
11. Parents are expected to support school sponsored events such as musical productions and class plays.
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