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A variety of items and meals are offered daily. Free and reduced lunches are available to those who meet the income guidelines. Students should receive an application when class schedules are picked up. The administration and cafeteria management asks cooperation in observing the following guidelines: • Remain at your lunch table during lunch unless buying ice cream, snacks, water, or soda. • Deposit all litter and recyclable products in the appropriate container and return the food trays to the appropriate place. • Leave the table and the floor around your table clean. • Do not take food or drinks outside the cafeteria. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in eating lunch in an assigned area such as the in-school suspension room. Lunchtime should be an enjoyable time for students. You should act just as you would at your own dinner table or while dining in a restaurant with your family. 6 th grade students will be assigned seats at the beginning of the year to help with the lunch process. They will eventually be given an opportunity to choose where they sit. Food and Nutritional Services is happy to serve your child. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the cafeteria manager. Healthy Eating Habits The Texas Department of Agriculture has established the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy. This is an effort to promote healthy eating habits among our youth. Your child is free to bring whatever foods you choose for your child, but your child cannot share foods of minimal nutritional value (FMNV) or food that competes with the school lunch. In general, this means your child cannot share candy or cake ( FMNV) or pizza, hamburgers, etc (competitive foods) with another student. The school is responsible for enforcing the policy developed by the Texas Department of Agriculture. Please support promoting good eating habits by not bringing food up to the school to share with other students. For more information you can go to the following website: http://www.squaremeals.org Closed Campus We operate a closed campus policy. Students are not permitted to leave the school grounds at any time during the school day without written permission from a parent or guardian. If you must leave school because of illness or any other reason, you must sign out in the office. When you return to school, you will need to bring a note from home or the doctor excusing the absence. You may bring your note to the front office between 8:15 and 8:30 on the morning of your return to school. 4 Homework Home study is a necessary part of each student’s educational program. Each student is expected to spend some time in addition to scheduled class instruction to achieve satisfactory work. Some assignments are long range in nature and require planned study time for their completion. Planned study eliminates the necessity of spending too much time completing an assignment the day before it is due. Lockers Each student is assigned his/her own locker. A combination will be assigned to each locker. Periodic inspections are made to see that lockers are kept neat and clean. Use only the locker assigned to you and keep it locked at all times. To ensure security, students are cautioned against sharing their locker combinations with each other. If your locker is broken, contact a campus administrator and we will handle it as soon as possible. Textbooks Textbooks are loaned to students for use during the school year. They are to be kept clean, handled carefully, and kept covered at all times. Students who have lost a textbook or have severely damaged a textbook must pay for the book in the office before issuance of another book. At the end of the school year or when the student withdraws, teachers will check for damage and assess fines. Lost and Found All articles found should be taken to the lost and found boxes located in the pod areas, cafeteria and front office. Items of value are generally brought to the front office. Students who have lost an article should check these lost and found areas before or after school to inquire about the property. The PE department maintains its own lost and found. Items left in the lost and found are removed from the campus at the end of each six weeks period. Withdrawals Withdrawal requests need to be given to the counselor’s office at least three days in advance. On your last full day, obtain appropriate forms from the counselor’s secretary, have the forms filled out by your teachers, return all school and library books and property, and make sure all fees are paid. At the end of the day, take the completed form to the counselor’s secretary for final clearance.
Medication at School A school employee may administer medication to a student at school or during school-sponsored events under the following conditions: 1. A written request to administer the medication must be filed by the parent or guardian at the school. 2. All medication must be in its original container and properly labeled. 3. Only medications that cannot be scheduled outside of the school day may be given. 4. All prescription medication must be in the original container and have the pharmacist’s label, which must include name, RX number, dosage, and time required. 5. A written request form in the nurse’s office must be filled out by the parent and signed. If a student is taking a daily medication that is 1-1/2 tablets, please cut up some of the tablets before the student brings it in. Library The Rice Middle School Library contains a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and reference books. We also provide access to online reference materials such as databases, ebooks, and electronic journals. A Rice Ravens Library class page is available to all students via their login at rice.mypisd.net. Frequently, research boxes containing project specific resources and instructions are available at the Library class online. Many of our online resources may be accessed from your home computer. Log in to your rice.mypisd.net account then select Rice Ravens Library from your class list. You may be asked for an ID and password when accessing certain research resources from home, the current ID and password will be available on the Library Class page. The library opens at 8:00 each morning and closes at 3:45 PM. Occasionally we are closed for meetings and special events. When possible, closings will be posted in advance on the library calendar available on the Rice Ravens Library class at rice.mypisd.net. Students may check out a total of 3 items for a period of 2 weeks. An overdue fine is assessed at 10¢ per day for each day after the due date. Books overdue after 30 days will be marked as lost and the student must pay for the book. Please let us know how we can help you whether you are interested in a book for pleasure reading or doing research. 5 Attendance Students are required by TEA to be in attendance in each class at least 90% of the time. For those students absent more than 10%, an attendance committee will evaluate the student’s attendance record at the end of the year. The committee may designate that the student attends summer school or repeat the class in order to receive credit for the class. Parents will be notified when a student has excessive absences. Parents are requested to call the school at 469-752-6000 and follow the menu directions when a student is absent. In addition, upon returning to school, the student MUST bring to the office a signed and dated note containing the student’s legal name, grade and reason for absence. Failure to turn in a note within three days will cause the absence to be unexcused. If a student is absent more than five consecutive days, a doctor’s note will be necessary upon the child’s return. Make up assignments or tests shall be made available to students after an excused absence. Students are given one school day for each day they are absent to make up the work missed. Parents can request homework assignments for students absent three or more school days by calling the office before 10:00 a.m. on the third day of the absence. This requested homework is due upon the student’s return to school. It is expected that students will begin working on assignments and will communicate with their teachers concerning due dates. Absences such as vacations and trips (except those excused by the principal for unusual circumstances), babysitting, working, non-school-sponsored athletic events and programs shall be considered unexcused. In order for a student to make up and receive credit for work assigned during an unexcused absence, the student must submit one week in advance a written notification of the planned absence to the principal. When no prior notification is given, the student shall receive a zero for all work assigned during the absence. Semester Exams Semester Exams will be given at the end of each semester in December and June. The exams will be given on the last four days of each semester. It is important for students to be at school during exam week. Please consider this as you schedule appointments and make travel arrangements. Go to pisd.edu for the school calendar.
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