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POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK 5773ENROLLMENTIn order to enroll a student in Temple Sinai’s Religious School, the student’s immediate family must be members of thecongregation. The exception to this policy is that if a student is being enrolled in Temple Sinai’s Mechina program(Grades K - 2) for the first time, membership is optional. Membership is required after the first year of Mechina. Atuition discount is given to all first year Mechina students if the family is a member of the congregation.ATTENDANCEReligious School students are expected to attend classes regularly throughout the year. Parents will be notified if absencesbecome problematic. Classes will begin promptly at 9:30am on Sundays and 4:30pm on Tuesdays (6:45pm for KitahZayin).We request that parents call or email the Religious School office when a child will be absent or tardy at: (215) 643-6510ext. 111 or email: schooloffice@ tsinai.com. Because instructional time is so limited, with so much to accomplish, everyminute of the school session counts. Please make every effort to get your child to school on time. When a student joinshis/her class late, learning is disrupted for all students. Parents will be notified if tardiness becomes an issue. In addition,please plan for your child to remain for the duration of Religious School.ARRIVAL AND DISMISSALFor safety reasons, we must limit the ways our students enter and exit the building. Upon arrival, students may only use theschool entrance on the side of the building. Students will not be permitted to enter the main entrance of the synagogue forReligious School. Dismissal will take place from the main lobby. Students will be brought to the lobby, where parents orguardians should pick them up. Students will not be permitted to exit the building without a parent or guardian. All studentswho are brought to school late, or are leaving school early, must stop in the Religious School office to be signed in or out bytheir parent/guardian. We are responsible for your children while they are in our care and we need to know that they aresafe and secure while here and when leaving the building. No parking is permitted in front of, or along- side of the buildingduring dismissal. Parents should park in the parking lot and enter the building to pick up their child(ren).SCHOOL CANCELLATIONReligious School will be closed due to inclement weather on days that the Upper Dublin School District also closes schools.If schools begin with a late arrival in the district, Religious School will still be held as normal. An early morning email will besent to all families if school is cancelled on a Sunday. School cancellations will also be posted on Temple Sinai’s website(http://www.tsinai.com).SHABBAT ATTENDANCEStudents are required to attend ten Shabbat services each school year. A minimum of five of these must be Saturdaymorning services at Temple Sinai. In order to keep a record, for each student, of the services attended during the year, wewill be giving out a service slip to every child that attends a service. The service leader will have a supply of these slips withthem. The child should take a slip, bring it home and fill it in. The slips should be given to their teacher on the next schoolsession. The teacher will keep a record of the attendances on a chart in the school room so that the children can see howmany services they have attended. The teacher will also send the slips down to the office to be recorded in our ShabbatBook. In that way we will have 2 places to check on the amounts. If the student forgets to get a slip, or loses a slip, theparent may email, or send in a note containing the date attended, name, and grade of their child. Whether it’s a Friday nightservice, or a Shabbat morning service, or a holiday service, or a Knesset Mishpacha/Junior Congregation service, they willall be recorded in our Shabbat book making it easy for all students to achieve their Shabbat goals. Knesset Mishpacha or‘TOGATHER’ programming is available once a month Shabbat mornings, please see Kenesset Mishpacha dates in thisHandbook. While the training of all students in preparation for Bar and Bat Mitzvah services will consist of Torah readingand Haftarah chanting instruction, students who have not attended the required number of Shabbat services may not bewell prepared to lead services.-3-
P0LICIES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK 5773ILLNESSPlease do not send your child to school with a fever or contagious condition. We will notify you if your child becomes ill. Aswe are preparing for a potentially challenging flu season, our school will regularly clean and disinfect areas and itemslikely to have frequent hand contact. We ask that you speak with your children about the following:Covering their mouth when they cough with their upper sleeve;Properly disposing of tissues and other soiled items;Asking permission to wash their hands whenever necessary.Please contact your health care provider when your child or another family member is sick with the flu (symptoms includefever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, and body aches). Please allow your child to return to school only whenfever-free for at least 24 hours (i.e. no longer having a fever without use of fever-reducing medicines).MEDICATIONParents must inform the Religious School office if their child requires medication during school hours. No medications arepermitted in the Religious School without prior notification. Please inform the Religious School office of any chronicconditions, allergies, or illnesses that may require special attention.KAVOD (RESPECT)Every student is entitled to a safe, peaceful environment in which they are assured the opportunity to learn and thrive. Anyindividual who intentionally disrupts this environment infringes upon the rights of other students and is in violation of thefollowing discipline code:Follow established class rules;Treat others with derekh eretz (common courtesy);Use restrooms only when necessary;Treat synagogue property with respect;Walk, do not run, while in the synagogue.POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS ITEMSAny item that poses the risk of causing harm to one’s self or another is not permitted in Religious School, and thepossession of such an item may be grounds for immediate dismissal. Other potentially dangerous items, such asskateboards, rollerblades, and bicycles are not allowed in the building without clearance from the Religious School office.These items will be appropriately stored for the student if necessary.DISCIPLINARY ACTIONIn the event of a discipline problem, the teacher will make every effort to resolve the problem in the classroom. Whennecessary, the child may be removed from class. Parents will be contacted when the director deems it necessary. Infractionof class rules include, but is not limited to the following:Acting or speaking disrespectfully towards others;Classroom disruption;Inappropriate language;Calling out in the classroom;Homework not completed (chronic).KIPPOTAll male students and parents are expected to wear a kippah while at Temple Sinai, whether or not school is in session.Wearing a kippah shows respect for learning and humbleness before God, and demonstrates an awareness of the fact thata synagogue is a holy place. Any female that chooses to wear a kippah or similarly appropriate head-covering may do so aswell.`-4-
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