Jacqueline Arias-

GonzalezPrincipal

Mrs. Kathy Bustamante

Dr. Cynthia Williams

Assistant Principals

Spanish Lake Elementary

Meeting Agenda• Grade Level / Classroom assignments• Mandatory Uniform Policy• Drop Off Procedures

• Early Childhood Center• Dismissal Procedures

• Early Childhood Center• Rainy Day Procedures

• Bus Eligibility• After Care• Cafeteria• BISO/Bilingual School• State of the Art Technology School• PTA• Kindergarten Information

Mandatory Uniform Policy

• Spanish Lake Elementary (SLE) has a mandatory school uniform policy

• Red polos WITH SCHOOL EMBLEM• Shirts tucked in with belts• Khaki bottoms: pants (no cargo pants), skirts, skorts,

shorts (all bottoms no shorter than 2 inches above the knee)

• Closed toe shoes. Preferably black sneakers. No sandals or flip flops.

• Fridays: SLE Spirit T-shirts with uniform bottoms. PTA is selling them for $10 each.

Grade Level / Class Room Assignments

K ECC 700 Bldg:1st Floor and 800 bldg.

1st Main 1st Floor

200 & 300 BLDG

2nd ECC 2nd Floor

2nd Main 1st Floor 400 BLDG

3rd Main 2nd Floor 200 and 300 BLDG (both floors)

4th Main 2nd Floor 300 BLDG

5th

Main 2nd Floor

400 BLDG

Drop Off Procedures• 1st Week (August 24 – 28, 2009)

OParents will be able to walk their children to class

•2nd Week (August 31 - September 4th, 2009) and thereafter.

Closed Campus (for safety purposes)

•Parents will drop their children off at designated areas. Students will report to breakfast and/or line up areas on their own.•All visitors report to office for pass if need to enter school grounds for authorized reason.

School Hours/Drop off• Schools Hours:

Kindergarten: 8:30am – 2:00pm daily

Second through Fifth Grades: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,Friday: 8:30am – 3pm

Wednesdays: 8:30am – 2pm

PLEASE DROP OFF YOUR CHILDREN FROM 8AM-8:20AM. PLEASE DO NOT BE TARDY. Supervision starts at 8am around the school. Breakfast in both cafeterias begin at 7:30am.

Student Morning Line Up AreasEarly Childhood Center (ECC)

• All students on the first floor of the 700 Building will line up inside the building alongside their classrooms where signs are posted.

• All students on the 2nd floor of the 700 building as well as the Kindergarten students in the 800 building will line up under the Shelter area, outside of the cafeteria.

BreakfastECC and Main Campus

• Breakfast will be served from 7:30-8:15 in both the ECC and the Main Campus. Please make sure that your child arrives early to eat and enjoy their breakfast.

Pick UP• Please pick up children promptly at 2pm for Kindergarten and First

Grades• Please pick up children at 3pm promptly for 2nd -5th grades and 2pm

on Wednesdays• If you will be late, please enroll in the YMCA. There is no

afterschool supervision from the school.• If you have a child who is a sibling in 2nd-5th grade and cannot pick

up your Kindergarten or First grade child at 2pm, please enroll your child in YMCA from 2pm-3pm. There is a discounted price.

• If your dismissal procedure changes, please send a note to your classroom teacher with a copy of your driver’s license prior to the morning of the change.

• We only release your child to people on the emergency contact card. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO ADD EVERYONE THAT WILL POSSIBLY PICK UP YOUR CHILD ON THE EMERGENCY CONTACT CARD.

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Drop Off Procedures

Early Childhood

Center

700 BLDG

800

BLDG

Cafeteria

Main Hallway

1

2

31st Floor: 712-731

2nd Floor: 751-760

Entrance

Exit: Turn Right Only

Dismissal ProceduresParent Pick-Up

Early Childhood CenterMon, Tue, Thurs. & Fri.• Teachers located in classrooms in the 800 building will walk out

through the front of the school using the main hallway on the east side. (800 bldg. parents: please park to pick up students outside of hallway gates)

Wed.• Teachers in the 800 building will exit through the first and second

holding areas. (800 parents: go through loop; stay in cars today)Mon - Fri• Rm. 712, 713 & 715 will exit through the first holding area.• Rm. 718, 720, 721 & 723 will exit through the second holding area.• Rm. 726, 728, 729 & 731 will exit though the third holding area.• Please do not leave cars on the traffic loop to have parent/teacher

conferences as it will block the flow of traffic. Call to schedule meeting, please.

Dismissal ProceduresParent Pick-Up

Early Childhood Center (ECC)

Mon-Fri• 2nd Grade students will be walked to the front of the school using the main

hallway on the east side.

• Parents will be asked to please display their child’s Parent Pick-Up sign on the passenger side of their dashboard for easy visibility.

• Parents are asked to please not park at the loop as this will interrupt the flow of traffic.

• Your child will be escorted to your vehicle.

**All Bus students from the Early Childhood Center will be escorted to the Main Building daily for Bus Dismissal.

** YMCA K and 1st students will be picked up by YMCA counselors.

Rainy Day Procedures

• Please remember to purchase raincoats!

• Morning Drop Off– Students will be housed in the

cafeteria in each of the buildings

• Dismissal– Parents will pick students up

at their respective classrooms at the Early Childhood Center (ECC only)

• Bus students will be housed in the main cafeteria.

Bus Eligibility

• Transportation Department will possibly be available on the first couple of days of school to answer questions.

• Bus eligibility: two miles or more from school• Existing bus routes• If you have any questions regarding Bus

Eligibility please visit the Spanish Lake Main Office or call Transportation Dept. (305) 633-6909. Please note: School does not make transportation eligibility decisions.

After Care• YMCA. Lourdes (Manager) 786-378-1332

/305-746-4774 • YMCA central ph#: (305) 357-6622

Saturday 8/8/09 9:30am Main Campus

Monday 8/10/09 6pm Main CampusTuesday 8/11/09 6pm Main Campus

8/24-26/09: 7am – 10am

Everyday: 1:45pm-6pm

Main Campus

cafeteria

Cafeteria

• Breakfast is free for MDCPS students

• Lunch full payment:$2.25• Payments will be accepted in

the cafeteria on Mondays from 7:30am-8:30am0 Any other day, payments will have to be paid through Paypams online service (most efficient way) at www.PayPAMS.com, or student pays in line. Students can bring their $.

Free and Reduced Lunch Applications

• Everyone is highly encouraged to apply. Free and reduced lunch applications sent home for completion on 8/24/09

• Free and Direct Students (i.e. food stamps, etc) will receive letter of eligibility on 8/24/09. No need to reapply.

• Last year free & reduced status good until 9/18/09. Must re-apply AND be approved prior to this date or need to pay until new status has been received.(free, reduced, pay)

• Class assignment postcards sent home the week before school starts. New registrations will find out 8/24/09 on posters.

• This is a BISO (Bilingual school) Spanish everyday. K and 1 grades: addition of Spanish writing;

• 300 minutes of Spanish Language Arts, 1 content area + 10 minutes of Math.

• Mandatory BISO grades K-3 this year.

• Appropriate modifications occur for monolingual students.

State of the Art Technology

Smart Boards in every class Main building: Surround Sound Speaker system Successmaker Instructional Technology Program Testmaker for benchmark assessments to monitor students’ progress ELL students: Achieve 3000 web-based program

Parent Involvement• Please join the PTA. $10 membership per

person this year. There are many wonderful events involving student achievement, parent workshops and family events that are promoted by the PTA. $ goes back to the school for student programs. PLEASE JOIN.

• PTA will be selling items every Friday morning• Become a volunteer. Go to the office for

volunteer application.• Go to www.dadeschools.net parent section for

more parent information.

School Website

• http://sle.dadeschools.net• Calendar of school events is posted. Changes made

on monthly basis or as needed. Please keep informed.• Supply lists.• Link to district food and nutrition website for monthly

cafeteria menu.• Parent/student handbook will be posted for review of

policies.• Links to appropriate and helpful educational websites• PTA events and information posted.

Kindergarten Information

Parents will be receiving information packet on the first day of school. PLEASE CHECK BOOK BAGS DAILY ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST WEEK .This packet will include information such as:

School Rules Home Learning and Class work assignment procedures Procedures on how to schedule conference with teachers Attendance procedures Emergency Contact information Additional dismissal information Supply list (Place all items in a brown paper bag with the child’s name

only on the bag not the supplies. Do not bring supplies in until Wednesday, 8/26/09 after class orientation. )

Thank you for coming

• Please make sure to have signed in for parent involvement documentation.

• Ibiley uniforms, in association with the PTA, will be selling uniforms today until 5pm in front of the main office.

• PTA will be selling spirit T-shirts and additional items today.