Parent and Student Handbook - Ada Merritt K-8 Center - Miami ...

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- 28 -KINDERGARTEN NUMERICALGRADEVERBAL INTERPRETATIONGRADES VALUE POINT VALUEE 90-100% Outstanding progress 4G 80-89% Above average progress 3S 70-79% Average progress 2M 60-69% Lowest acceptable progress 1U 0-59% Failure 0K-12 NUMERICALGRADEVERBAL INTERPRETATIONGRADES VALUE POINT VALUEA 90-100% Outstanding progress 4B 80-89% Above average progress 3C 70-79% Average progress 2D 60-69% Lowest acceptable progress 1F 0-59% Failure 0I 0 Incomplete 0ConductConduct grades are to be used to communicate to both students and their parents/guardiansthe teacher's evaluation of a student's behavior and citizenship development. These grades areindependent of academic and effort grades.Grade Point AverageWhen calculating the grade for a semester or an annual course, the following grade pointaverages are to be used:A = 3.50 and aboveB = 2.50 - 3.49C = 1.50 - 2.49D = 1.00 -1.49Honor Roll QualificationsPrincipal's Honor Superior Honor Lion’s HonorRoll Roll RollAcademicAverage4.0 3.6 3.50 – 3.59AcademicGradesAll As All As and Bs All As and BsEffort All 1 All 1 and 2 All 1 and 2ConductAverage4.0 3.6 3.0 or higherConduct Grades All As All As and Bs All As and BsInterim Progress ReportInterim progress reports must be sent home at any time the student is performingunsatisfactorily in academics, conduct or effort, and are disseminated to all students at midgradingperiod.HEALTH SCREENINGSTuberculosis Clinical Screening - Each student shall have proof of a tuberculosis clinicalscreening and appropriate follow-up prior to initial enrollment in any grade in a Miami-DadeCounty Public School. This screening is to be administered at the time of the Student Health
- 29 -Exam and within twelve (12) months prior to initial enrollment in any grade in a Miami-DadeCounty Public School. If the screening indicates that a follow-up skin test is needed, a studentcan be admitted but only with a health provider's statement that the student is free ofcommunicable tuberculosis and can attend school.Scoliosis Screening (6th grade students - applies to K-8 centers) The Florida LegislatureStatute, 381.0056, and School Board Rule 6Gx13-5D-1.021 School Health Services Program,mandates scoliosis screenings to be performed annually for students in grade six.Consequently, your school has been scheduled to participate in the Scoliosis ScreeningProgram sponsored by Miami-Dade County Public Schools Comprehensive Health Servicesand Easter Seals South Florida. Parents/Guardians will be notified of the school's scoliosisscreenings to be performed and results should be reproduced and sent to the parents/guardiansof students as soon as possible. This screening will be performed by trained Easter Sealspersonnel on a specified date.Vision and Hearing Screening - The Florida Legislature Statute, 381.0056, and School BoardRule 6Gx13-5D-1.021 School Health Services Program, mandates vision and hearingscreenings to be performed annually for students in kindergarten, first, second, third, andsixth grades, and new students to the state in fourth and fifth grades. The school will senda letter to all parents notifying of the screenings.Immunizations - Requirements for School Entry:1. A complete Florida Certification of Immunization - Blue Card Form DH 680 - according tograde level2. State of Florida School Entry Health Exam - Yellow Form DH 3040 - no older than 12months3. Tuberculosis Clinical Screening, PPD or Chest X-rayILLNESS OR ACCIDENTChildren with minor illnesses, such as headaches or stomach aches, are allowed to rest in theoffice for fifteen minutes and then must return to class. If a student is too ill to return to class, orhas been involved in an accident, parents will be notified and asked to pick up their child.School personnel are not permitted to administer medication, take temperatures or give anymedical treatment to students. Note: Students who must take medication daily while at schoolmust have the form, available from the school office, completed by their doctor and on file in theschool office. Medication must be kept and administered in the office. No liquid medicine orcold/flu medicines will be administered.MEDICATIONSStudents are not permitted to bring medications of any kind to school. In cases where astudent must take a prescription medication during school hours, parents must make specificarrangements with the school office. Only qualified school office personnel are allowed toadminister prescribed medications and only upon receipt of the completed form with writteninstructions from the child’s physician.HEAD LICEUnfortunately, head lice are found from time to time on school children. It is recommended thatparents periodically check their children’s hair for signs of lice, especially if the child complainsthat his/her scalp is itchy or a sibling or close playmate has had lice. Your child’s physician canrecommend special shampoos for killing the lice. While the children are at school, they will bechecked periodically for lice. A student will be sent home if school personnel suspect he/she hashead lice. The student cannot return to school until a note, signed by a physician or health clinicpersonnel, is presented stating that treatment has been undertaken. To prevent an outbreak ofhead lice, parents should be sure that their children’s hair is kept clean. Also, children should bediscouraged from using another child’s comb, brush, hat, hair ribbons, or barrettes.
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