Welcome to Clearbrook

Elementary

2019-2020

Contact Information

772-7555

The school website allows

you to search and find staff

email addresses.

Important Dates

Check newsletter

Watch for information that comes home on a daily basis in the red folder.

Wednesdays are the designated days for most things to come home in the red folder.

Instant Alert will send phone messages at times.

Sign up for online updates.

PTA

Volunteer Information will be available on back to school night.

Information will be sent home as well at the beginning of the school year.

First Day of School

Bus Tags for students as they enter

PK Red K Yellow 1st White

Lunch Money-you may put money on an account

Please tell your child’s teacher how he/she will get home.

Tennis shoes are needed every day.

Please label everything.

Lunch, Milk, Ice Cream

Breakfast $ 1.35

Reduced Breakfast $ .30

Lunch $ 2.55

Reduced Lunch $ .40

Milk $ .50

Ice Cream $ .50

Adult Lunch $3.35

Adult Breakfast $1.75

Reminders

Please check your child’s red folder and book bag each day.

K-5 students all have a form of homework.

Please read to your student or have them read at least 20mins per day.

Calendar

Check the PTA newsletter.

You will get a yearly school schedule in the front of your child’s take home folder.

There is a link to a school calendar on the Clearbrook Elementary webpage. This calendar is updated as events are scheduled.

After School Care

A.S.K. program sponsored by Roanoke County Parks and Recreation at Clearbrook

Country Bear

Honey Tree

Celebrate Kids

Child Care Network

Lakeside South

Custody Papers

The school needs papers of any custody agreements.

The school must follow whatever the court’s orders are.

Please remember that most parents maintain educational rights even with a loss of custody.

Bus Route Information

• Found in the newspaper the

week before school starts.

• On the County website

• Available back to school

night

Transportation

Students should be standing at the bus stop 5 minutes prior to scheduled time.

Preschool, kindergarten and first grade students should be met at the bus stop each afternoon. If a parent is not at the stop, the bus will bring the child back to school.

When waiting for the bus, stay away from traffic and avoid roughhousing or other behavior that can lead to carelessness. Do not stray into the streets.

Line up away from the street as the school bus approaches.- No bus stops can be change unless transportation is contacted

Bus Protocol

Use the handrail when stepping onto the bus.

When on the bus, find a seat and sit down. Loud taking or other noise can distract the bus driver and is not allowed.

Never put head, arms or hands out of the window.

Keep book bags out of the aisle because it is a tripping hazard.

No eating or drinking on the bus.

Keep all belongings in book bag

At your stop, wait for the bus to stop completely boarding before getting up from your seat

Bus Safety

If you cross the street always cross in front of the bus. Make sure the driver can see you. Wait for the driver to signal for you to cross.

If you think you have left something on the bus never come running back to the bus. Anything left on the bus will be kept for your child to retrieve the following day.

Car Riders

•Students must be picked up and dropped off on the Franklin Rd. side of the building.

•Car rider line opens at 7:20am and closes at 7:40am.

•Please do not drop students off in the bus loading and unloading area before 7:45 a.m.

•Tardy students need to be accompanied by a parent into the building and signed in on the computer in the office.

Changes in

Transportation

Please send any changes in transportation to the teacher. Transportation changes will also be added to our Clearbrook Webpage.

If your child is going home with another student, we need a note from you and a note from that parent as well.

Transportation changes need to be called in by 1:00.

School Hours

Official Student Hours: 7:45-2:25pm

The building opens for students at 7:30

Car Rider line opens at 7:20am and closes at 7:40am

Students will be tardy at 7:46

Residency

Must live in the Clearbrook Elementary attendance zone or request permission to attend if you are a Roanoke County resident.

Absences/Attendance

If your child is absent, please call the school by 8:15 to notify us of the absence.

Coming soon- Absence forms will be on the website.

Attendance policy

Excessive tardies and early dismissals are also a violation of the attendance policy.

Bad Weather or

Emergency Conditions

562-6000-county schools information line

Instant Alert Notification System for early closings and late openings.

www.rcps.us

772-7555-school voice mail

Local news and radio

Just a reminder that some areas in the Clearbrook attendance zone are not accessible during ice and snow.

Delayed Openings/Early

Closings

One hour late 8:45am

Two hours late 9:45am

Students are sent home by their normal method unless you have indicated otherwise.

Parties and Special

Events

Please do not send party invitations to school unless you are inviting the whole class.

Fall, winter and Valentine’s Day parties

Working towards more nutritious party offerings.

Conduct Code

No weapons or dangerous instruments or look alike toy guns

Bullying & bystander policy

Cell phones are not allowed to be on during the day. If taken into restroom, they will be taken from student.

Use of the computer

Last sheet in the code must be signed and returned to the school.

Dismissal

For early pick-up, please come to the office to pick-up your child and sign them out.

The student will be called when you arrive.

Dress Code

Shirts must cover back and stomach

Straps must be a minimum of 3 “ in width

No halter tops or spaghetti straps or tube tops

Cursing or inappropriate language will not be tolerated

Go to www.rcps.us for examples

Homework

Teachers will discuss their grade level policies with you at Back to School Night on August 27, 2019.

Please see that your children complete homework assignments.

Medication Policy

Administered by designated staff

Carried to school by an adult not a student

Prescription medication will only be administered with a doctor’s order and when correct forms are completed.

All medications are to be in the original container.

Medications are discarded if not picked up at the end of the school year.

Pick Up by Others

All parents will be asked to fill out a sheet specifying who can pick their child up in an emergency.

Additions or deletions can be made to this sheet during the school year.

Only those on your approved pick up list will be allowed to pick a child up without a call or note from the parent.

ID may be required to be presented by those designated to pick a child up.

Parking

Please do not park in the bus circle near the office.

This area is also a fire lane.

Parking can be limited if we have back to school events.

Pictures

School pictures will be taken twice a year.

Class pictures and a yearbook are sold in the spring.

Your purchase provides funds directly to the school.

Safety Procedures

After 7:45, car rider doors will be locked. You must enter through the bus doors by signing in and waiting for the door to be opened.

Please be patient with the staff as no staff member has this as their only responsibility.

Visitors will wear a computer generated visitors’ badge

If you walk in the building, you must have a badge.

Telephone

Do not leave important or urgent messages on the telephone voice mail.

Programs

Accelerated Reader

Art-once every 4 days

Character Counts

Child Study Committee

Gifted and Talented

Guidance

Programs

Library- once every 6 days

Music-twice every 6 days

PE- twice every 6 days

School Store

Special Education

Programs

PTA

School Spirit Days

Service Projects