Welcome To Paul J. Solis Elementary

ALL STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF WILL RETURN TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012.

Please go to Resources and click on Parents for

IMPORTANT LETTERS from

the Jefferson Parish School Board about our Title 1 Program. We also

have a wonderful December Parent Letter with great resources.

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To all Solis Parents,

The site listed below is an excellent resource for parents:

Louisiana Promise

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Click on Fuel Up to Play 60 above for information!

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Parents...Below is the link to the Louisiana Pass Brochure. Please check it out!

Louisiana Pass

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS: Students cannot be on campus before 8:30 a.m. Teachers do not arrive for duty until 8:30 a.m.

(Students that are brought to school by a means of transportation other than a bus may

not be dropped off before 8:30 a.m. Loitering outside of the gate regularly will be

noted and dealt with individually. Students dropped off before 8:30 a.m. or (before 7:50 a.m. for a detention) must be reported to the department of Social Services Child Protection because students left on campus unsupervised create a very dangerous situation)

· Students MUST be picked up by 4:00 p.m.

· Students must be in class by 9:00 a.m. They are tardy @ 9:01 a.m.

· Uniforms are required… this means shirt always tucked in, uniform pants, belt, tennis shoes and socks that can be seen Tennis shoes – Plain black, white, brown…Pre-K students wear Purple logo shirts, Kindergarteners wear Red logo shirts and grades 1^st to 5^th grade students wear the Hunter Green logo shirts

· Lunch forms – every student must turn in a lunch form if they are to qualify for free or reduced lunch. Lunch for students is $1.25 (CASH OR MONEY ORDERS ONLY – NO PERSONAL CHECKS)

http://www.jppss.k12.la.us is the website to find your child’s bus # and the time that the bus arrives at the bus stop. Click on the Student tab and go to Find your School Begin using the JPPSS School Search tool (login is public for both username & password) Select the grade for the child and type in your address and SEARCH!

Advance Payment, No Charge

All school meals must be paid in advance. The No Charge Policy will be enforced . Prepayment for meals by the month, week or year is recommended. Students spend less time in line if meals are paid before the lunch or breakfast line begins. Meals may still be paid on line with cash or money orders. Contact the school cafeteria manager @ 394-7018 if you need assistance. If a child has no money in his meal account, the parent may be called to bring money or a bag lunch to the school.

Please remember if you have a problem or issue at school, please discuss it with your child’s teacher. If it is not resolved, you may contact the office for a conference.

CAR RIDER: Beginning Tuesday, August 23^rd, any child who comes out as a car rider must be registered for a car rider #. Parents can come to the office between 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to purchase a car tag . The price for each car tag is $5.00. Parents that register for a car tag should also register their child(ren) in our Sunny Days after care program. The registration fee is $20.00.

PARENTS CAN HELP

Students cannot be checked out of school after 3:15 pm. At this time of day teachers are giving final instructions, students are packing books and changing classes, and homework is being copied. It is a very busy time and it is difficult to locate students. If you must check out your child early, please do so prior to 3:15p.m.EARLY CHECKOUTS EFFECT PERFECT ATTENDANCE! Perfect Attendance awards are only given to students with NO TARDIES and NO EARLY CHECK-OUTS. Students may not participate in the “no tardy party” if he/she has tardies.
Please give students any needed messages or instructions before they leave for school in the morning. THE OFFICE STAFF IS NOT ALLOWED TO FORWARD MESSAGES TO STUDENTS! If an emergency situation arises, for the safety of your child, you will have to come to school with your ID to leave a message. Also, if you call the school to find out if your child has arrived, we cannot give this information out over the telephone, you will have to come to the school.
Students are only permitted to use the phone to call parents if they are ill or if they need lunch or lunch money. Please do not ask your child to call you from school for any other reason. If a child leaves something at home and you bring it to school for him/her, it will be placed in the teachers’ mailbox with a note. We will not call them down to the office and interrupt instruction. Teaching them to be organized and prepared teaches them to be responsible for life.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHILD KNOWS HOW HE/SHE IS GETTING HOME BEFORE THEY LEAVE FOR SCHOOL IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORTATION ARRANGEMENTS CANNOT BE MADE OVER THE TELEPHONE OR THROUGHT HE FAX MACHINE, NO EXCEPTIONS. If your child rides a bus, he/she must wait for that bus in the assigned bus area. If you do not want your child to ride the bus on any particular day, you must send a note requesting that the child be allowed to wait for you to pick him/her up and indicate which walker’s gate he/she should exit. If a student lives more than one mile from the school he/she is considered a BUS RIDER. If BUS RIDER students DO NOT have a note from his/her parent giving permission for them to WALK to or from school, that child MUST ride the assigned bus. TEENAGE SIBLINGS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON CAMPUS TO DROP OFF/PICK UP STUDENTS!
Students who are picked up by parents in the afternoon MUST be picked up by 4:00 p.m. They are dismissed at 3:45 p.m. Please make sure you pick them up on time. A RECORD OF LATE PICK UPS IS ALSO KEPT. It is recommended that you enroll your child in Sunny Days if you are unable to pick them up in a timely manner.
Students are NOT to arrive at school before 8:30 A.M. This includes walkers and students who are dropped off by parents. Teachers are not on duty prior to 8:30 a.m. and the school is NOT responsible for anything that occurs prior to this time. Your cooperation is needed in this matter. If a student arrives before 8:30 a.m., a letter will be mailed home. On the second time, a detention will be issued.
Students may not bring cell phones, toys, radios, or games to school. Again, these items cause distractions and sometimes fights. Teachers will take such items from students and hold them until a parent comes to school for them. The school will not be responsible if confiscated items are lost, misplaced, broken or stolen. The best way to avoid a problem is not to allow your child to bring these items to school. Please check book bags!
If parents need copies of students records for any reason, report cards, health records, birth certificates, etc., the school requires advance notice we cannot make copies upon your arrival at the front counter!
BIRTHDAY CAKES/CUPCAKES ARE NOT ALLOWED –Students’ birthdays are recognized on the morning announcements. We do not celebrate individual birthdays in the classrooms due to the number of instructional minutes required by the state.