“A Sparkle In The District”
330 Walnut Street P.O. Box 159
Dimondale, Michigan 48821
PHONE 517-694-6411
FAX # 517-694-6472
DIMONDALE
T each others using measurable and appropriate methods.
E xpect learning, including academic and emotional growth, and respect for self and others.
A ssure achievement by the use of all of our responses to model success and creatively support those who need it.
M easure success by a variety of assessments and classroom assignments, and adjusting instruction accordingly.
The Holt Public Schools’ Elementary Handbook has been written to help students and families understand the guidelines, procedures, and expectations of our elementary schools. We encourage you to take the time to read this handbook and discuss the information as a family.
We hope that the handbook will be a resource as students learn and grow in the positive atmosphere of our district.
Administration/School Personnel
Superintendent……………………..Dr. Johnny Scott – 694-5715
Director of Special Education…….Wayne Abbott-694-2442
Principal…………………………………….James F. Cooper-694-6411
Secretary…………………………… – 694-6411 Counselor/Social Worker………… Kristen Coon – 699-7966
Bus Garage……………………………694-0625
Childcare……………………………….694-6440
Holt Community Education…694-3411
Theater, Events & Scheduling…699-6439
Dear Elementary Students and Families,
Holt Public Schools welcomes you. As members of our learning community, you have the right to learn in a safe environment. That means every other member has the same opportunity.
This handbook is intended to be a quick reference for families that have students in elementary school. Please read this information together as a family and keep it in a handy location.
If you have further questions regarding Holt Public Schools, its educational programs, personnel or other matters concerning your child, please feel free to call the office phone number listed on the front cover.
The staffs and administrators welcome you as members of our Holt Public School Family. It is our goal to provide your child with the best educational experience possible.
We look forward to a spectacular year of learning and growth.
Table of Contents
Arrival/Dismissal Times……………………………………………………….4
Attendance Policy………………………….…………………….…................4
Behavior and PBIS …….…………………………………..……..................6
Bicycles…………………………………………………………….……………………..6
Birthday Treats………………………………………………………….............6
Bullying Prevention……………………………………………………..............7
Bus Transportation………………………………………………………………..8
Cell Phones……………………………………………………………………………….8
Emergency Drills/Information/School Closing…………………9
Food Service……………………………………………………………................10
Guest Teachers……………………………………………………….……………..10
Health/Illness…………………………………………….…………………………. 11
Healthy Snacks……………………………………………………………………….13
Lost and Found………………………………………………………………………..13
Library……………………………………….…………………………....................13
Medication………………………………………………………….…………………...14
Newsletters………………………………………………………………………….…14
Non-Discrimination Policy……………………………………………………..14
No Nit Policy (LICE)………………………………………………………………15
Parent Involvement………………………………………………………………..15
Parking Lot………………………………………………………………………………15
Playground……………………………………………………………………………….15
Procedures – Building & Playground…………………………………….16
Recess …………………………………………………………………………………….18
Student Possessions…………………………………………………………..…18
Student Dress……………………………………………………………………….19
Special Programs/Services………………………………………………...19
Dimondale Staff…………………………………………………………………...21
HoltNet Acceptable Use Policy…………………………………………..22
School Calendar……………………….………………………………..............27
Early Release Wednesday………………………………………….………..28
School Map…………………………………………………………………………….29
PTO Officers………………………………………………………………………..30
Signature Page – this page or pull out needs to be returned ASAP
Arrival and Dismissal Times
Daily Schedule
School Begins at 8:25am (entrance bell at 8:25)
Student Dismissed at 3:20pm
AM Kindergarten: 8:25-11:34
PM Kindergarten: 12:12-3:20
Students should not arrive to school before 8:20.
There is no adult supervision of children in the courtyard area.
PLEASE NOTE:
A.M. Kindergarten: 8:25 - 10:40
P.M. Kindergarten: 11:20 - 1:40
Attendance Policy
Michigan Law requires that all children between the ages of six and sixteen attend school on a regular and consistent basis throughout the school year. Regular attendance is extremely important. Not only is it the law, but it has a significant impact on student success in school.
When an absence is unavoidable, parents may excuse absences by notifying the school the morning of the absence. Please call the school office before school begins to inform the secretary of this absence (6994-6411). If the school has not received notification of your child’s absence, we will make every effort to contact you. Parents unable to call are required to send in a note with the necessary information.
Students with excused absences are expected to make up work missed. Parents may request makeup work, if they intend on picking it up. Please do not request makeup work from teachers or the office if the student is returning the following day.
Each child’s attendance will be watched closely throughout the year. Parents will receive phone calls or written letters if a student’s absences become excessive. A family conference may be requested to create a plan for more regular attendance. If the problem continues, a truancy referral may be made to the Eaton Intermediate Truancy Officer or the Eaton Sherriff Department.
Late Arrival
It is important that students arrive to school promptly. Being on time is a good start toward school success. Students are expected to be in their classrooms at 8:35 AM. Parents of students who are tardy must stop and sign in at the office when entering the building. Excessive tardies could also be considered truancy and reported to the appropriate authority.
Early Departure
If your child is to be dismissed from school for an appointment or other reasons, please send a note to your child’s teacher indicating the time and date he/she is to be dismissed. When you arrive, lease report to the office to sign out your child. Your student will then be called to the office.
After School Plans
If there is a change in your child’s normal after school routine (riding the bus instead of getting picked up), a note must be written and sent to school for the teacher. If you have to make a change in plans during the school day, please call the office before 3:00 PM or as soon as you know. Please note that the later in the day you call, the more difficult it is to get numerous messages to students and their teachers.
Behavior and PBIS
Student Code of Conduct
The Holt Board of Education and the Holt Public Schools strive to provide the best possible educational environment for student learning by creating safe and secure atmospheres. Cooperation is expected from all members of the Holt Public Schools learning community through behavior that is ethical, of good character, and demonstrated with honesty, respect, responsibility, and caring. We have high expectations for student behavior.
Dimondale Elementary has implemented a school-wide system with common set of rules and expectations for a variety of settings within the school. This system, based on Positive Behavior Intervention Supports (PBIS), is called Catch Them Sparkling. Expectations are taught explicitly with specially designed lesson plans specific to each area (hallway, cafeteria, restroom, playground, office, assembly, cafeteria, bus riding) that show what behaviors look like and what they don’t look like. These correct behaviors are reinforced and students are recognized for their appropriate behaviors. Decision-making in regards to further instruction and/or reinforcement of behaviors will be based on data collection. The goal of PBIS is to improve student performance and increase teacher instructional time by providing explicit and consistent instructions on appropriate behavior. The three school-wide behavioral expectations have been identified for all areas or our school and are: BE RESPECTFUL, BE RESPONSIBLE, BE SAFE.
Bicycles
Fourth grade students who live in the walking area of the school may ride bicycles. Students should walk bikes on school property. Bikes must be parked and secured in the bike rack and left there until school dismisses. The school is not responsible for damage or loss of bikes. Riding a bike to school is a privilege and students are expected to follow all safety rules. In the spring, third grade students are welcome to ride bicycles to school.
Birthday Treats
Students are welcome to bring a treat to school to celebrate birthdays. We always encourage a healthy treat and ask that families respect food allergies of peers when possible. We request that if students want to share their treat with school staff, it is to be done during students’ recess in the office for staff dispersal.
Bullying Prevention Plan
Definition of Bullying
Bullying is a pattern of abuse over time and involves a student being “picked on.” Bullying includes physical intimidation or assaultive behavior, oral or written threats, teasing, putdowns, name calling, threatening looks, gestures, or actions, cruel rumors, false accusations, and social isolation. Racial slurs are absolutely not allowed.
Bullying is Prohibited
All Holt Public School Elementary Schools will not tolerate any bullying on school grounds or at any school activity on or off campus, or to and from school.
Staff Intervention
Staff members who observe or are informed of an act of bullying will take immediate safe and appropriate action to intervene. If a staff member believes that his/her intervention has not resolved the issue, or if the bullying persists, he/she will report the bullying to the principal or counselor/social worker for further investigation.
Reporting Bullying
Students and parents should report acts of bullying to the child’s teacher or other school staff. Any student who retaliates against another for reporting bullying may be subject to further intervention.
Investigating Bullying
If an incident of bullying is reported to the principal, he/she will investigate the issue and then contact families of both the victim and the aggressor. This investigation may include interviews with students, parents, school staff, and a review of school records.
Intervention
All students receive classroom instruction on bullying prevention from the school counselor/social worker. For serious issues, consequences may depend on the results of the investigation and may include counseling, behavior/safety plans, restricted recess, a parent conference, suspension or expulsion, providing staff support, and reporting incidents to local law enforcement
Bus Transportation
In order to ride a bus a student must behave in a safe and proper manner. Transportation is provided for students of the district and if
Parents wish to have their child ride the bus; they also agree to take on the responsibility of helping their child be a safe and proper riders. It is the job of the student to behave safe and proper. If they choose to not do so, they are choosing to not ride the bus.
Cell Phones
Cell phones must be turned off and not visible upon entering the school building. Cell phones are not to be used during school hours. School personnel have the right to confiscate cell phones that have been misused.
Emergency Drills
Fire and tornado drill instructions are posted in each classroom. Procedures are discussed with children and practiced at unannounced times. When a drill is performed, the teacher who has the children in her/his classroom is responsible for them. We are required to have at least 8 fire drills each year and at least two tornado drills.
Tornado Watch: This means there is a possible tornado developing and that weather conditions are favorable for a tornado to occur.
Tornado Warning: This means that a tornado has been sighted in the vicinity.
The Holt Education Center receives information of severe weather conditions from the weather bureau and the Civil Defense Warning System and immediately notifies affected schools in the Holt district.
As soon as a tornado WATCH is issued, we alert our personnel. If a WARNING is issued, children will go to assigned areas within the school. Parents are urged not to come to the school, but to seek shelter themselves. Parents should not enter the building and attempt to find their children. If parents do come to the school, they must report to the office and school personnel will locate the child(ren) and bring them to the office if it is necessary to leave the building. Children will only be released in a weather emergency to their own parents/guardians or previously authorized childcare providers.
Lockdowns: A lockdown is an emergency procedure where doors are locked and no one is admitted into the building. This is necessary if a situation poses a threat to our students and staff at Sycamore.
Perimeter Lockdown : This means there is a potential danger and all exterior doors are locked and no one is allowed to enter the building, including parents. Once police give the okay, children may be released to their parents/guardians, but only with proper identification, and only through monitored doors.
Full Lockdown : This means there is immediate danger and all exterior and classroom doors are locked and staff and students move to secure areas. No one is allowed to enter or leave the building during this time.
Visitors Must Sign-in: Anyone who enters the building (volunteer, parent, guest teacher, workman or others) are required to sign in and wear a visitor badge. Upon leaving the building they must again stop by the office and sign out in the visitor’s notebook.
Background Checks: All parent chaperones/volunteers must participate in a required background check through the Holt Public Schools Human Resources Office.
Emergency Information
Please list your family doctor on each of your children’s emergency and enrollment forms. Please include contact information for yourself and another responsible person that can be reached in case of an emergency. If immediate medical attention is needed, parents or other designated responsible persons will be notified. In the event no family doctor is designated and parental contact cannot be made, the building administrator will contact paramedics.
It is important that you let the office and teacher know of any changes in addresses or telephone numbers.
Emergency School Closing
Due to weather conditions or mechanical failure it may be necessary to call off school for the day or to send children home early. Notification of emergency closing will be made on local radio and TV stations. We are unable to call parents. Families should have a plan in place should school be dismissed early.
Food Service/Breakfast and Lunch
All Holt Public School elementary schools are proud to provide a nourishing, well-balanced breakfast and lunch program. The cost of meals is kept as low as possible. Families who qualify may benefit from the Free or Reduced Lunch Program by completing an application through your school’s office. Each morning, students (walkers and bus riders) may enter the school at 8:10 AM to go directly to the cafeteria for breakfast.
For lunch students choose a main entree early in the day. After they pick that up at the counter, students may choose items (salad, fruit, etc.) at the self-serve bar and select a milk. Students, who want to buy just a milk, may do so. Students are expected to clean their eating area and throw away their trash.
Milk is $0.50, breakfast is $1.30 for full price, $0.30 for reduced price, and lunch is $1.95 for full price, $0.40 for reduced price.
Deposits can be made by cash in a labeled envelope or by check (payable to Holt Public Schools Food Service) and can either be sent to school with your child or sent to our central office at:
Holt Public Schools Food Service
5885 W. Holt Rd.
Holt, Michigan 48842
When your child brings the deposit to school, he/she needs to take it to their classroom and place in the manila envelope for delivery to the main office. Always include the name(s) and PIN of the student(s) on the account when sending deposits. A $15 fee will be charged for any returned checks. Any money remaining in your family account at the end of the school year will automatically transfer to the next school year.
We strongly advise these balances be paid in full so that your child(ren) be allowed to purchase a meal.
In grades K-6, a “Low Balance Notice” in the form of a letter or sticker is sent home with students when an account is at $3.90 (two lunches) or less. We will allow two (2) meals to be charged, after which no charges will be allowed until payment is received. No charges are allowed the last two weeks of school. A cheese sandwich and milk will be offered in place of a full meal. Once a deposit is received, any outstanding charges will be deducted from the account. Parents/guardians can monitor their students’ meal account and view a weekly accounting of purchases and payments by going to Family Access available in Holt Public Schools’ website at www.hpsk12.net In order to access Family Access, you will need to sign up for log-in by either downloading the request form from the website or fill out the on-line request form. Both are found on the left column of the homepage. You may also request, at any time, an account balance or an itemized meal statement by calling our office at 699-1111 or by e-mail at kvanstratt@hpsk12.net
Guest Teachers
When a guest teacher is in the classroom, students are expected to maintain positive behavior. They should be respectful, responsible, safe as well as, cooperative, and helpful.
Health and Illness
Please inform the teacher and office if your child has a chronic illness of which we should be aware. Examples: diabetes, history of epilepsy, severe allergies, asthma, etc.
When your child shows signs of an illness at home, please do not send him/her to school. This could cause more inconvenience to parents and possibly exposure to other children. If you need to keep your child home, please call the office by 8:00 to notify us of your absence.
Here are some guidelines to determine when a child should stay at home:
Parents will be notified of any of these symptoms that occur during the school day. Parents will be expected to pick up their child that appears to be too ill to remain at school.
Here are some guidelines to determine when a child can usually return to school after an illness:
We believe it is very important for children to get fresh air and exercise each day. If you feel your child is too ill to go outside, you should keep him/her at home that day. If you feel he/she is well enough to attend school, your child should be prepared to participate in full school programs. This includes gym, recess, and noon hour play periods.
Exceptions :
Medications and Dispensing
The Holt Public Schools policy requires that children who take prescription medicine during the school day may do so only with a doctor’s authorization. If your child requires such medication, a properly completed and signed medication form must be filed in the school office. You must bring it to the school office in its original container. School personnel will administer the appropriate dosage to your child as prescribed by the doctor and keep a record of all medication that has been administered. We urge you to give your child medication before and after school whenever possible. Forms for medication may be obtained from the office.
Non-prescription medication (cough drops, Tylenol, etc.) must be brought to the office in the original container and will only be dispensed with your written permission and according to the written directions.
All medication must be in its original container, clearly indicating the type of medication, dosage, and time to be administered.
Newsletter
A building newsletter is sent home with students monthly. This newsletter is intended to keep parents informed of current events at school, as well as provide parenting information. Monthly newsletters are also posted on the school website (www.hpsk12.net/dimondale/)
Non-Discrimination Policy
There, it shall be the policy of the Holt Public Schools Board of Education that no person shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, sex, marital status, disability, height, weight, or arrest record. Nor shall a person be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under the federally funded program or activity for which the Board of Education is responsible.
No Nit Policy
Holt Public Schools has a No Nit Policy. When a child is identified as having lice, he/she is sent home to be treated. He/she may return to school after treatment and removal of all nits. A parent must accompany the child to the office to be checked before returning to the classroom. If nits are present, the child must be sent home and the process repeated until the child returns to school with no nits.
Parent Involvement
We encourage all parents to get involved at school. There are a variety of ways to take part in the education process throughout the year. Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher when you want to participate in classroom activities, special projects, fieldtrips, and other opportunities. A background check and ID is required for volunteers.
Parking Lot Procedures
Morning Drop-Offs & After School Pick-Ups:
We ask that parents park in the designated parking area at the front of the school off Walnut Street, or the back of the school off Oak Street, for before school drop-offs and after school pick-ups. Students should not walk across the street but use the cross walk area at the end of Walnut. The turn-around drive is the area requested for parents to drop off students. Children should always be escorted to/from a parked car in the parking area .
If you need to meet your child inside the school at the conclusion of the school day, you are welcome to wait for students in the main entrance hallway next to the office until the dismissal bell sounds. Please avoid going to your child’s classroom door before the bell rings. This can often cause distractions for the students and staff.
Playground
Students are expected to make appropriate choices and are responsible for the decisions they make. If students struggle to make appropriate choices during recess, they may lose part of a recess or more. Recess supervisors may ask students to take a time-away by sitting on a bench or near the outside wall. For chronic misbehavior, teachers and/or the principal may need to get involved to develop a plan for better behavior. Students are introduced, at the beginning of the year, to our playground procedures: Be Safe. Be Responsible. Be Respectful.
For some of our organized sports, we have more extensive guidelines posted in the cafeteria.
OUR BUILDING PROCEDURES BE RESPECTFUL BE RESPONSIBLE BE SAFE
Dress appropriately at all times.
Our Playground Procedures
Y OU CAN’T SAY, “YOU CAN’T PLAY”!
Slide : one at a time, down on your bottom & feet first.
Swings : on your bottom, one at a time, back &
forth, stop only with your feet.
Monkey Bars : one student at a time, never push.
Team Sports :
Team sports require cooperation, agreement, and fairness. You can play:
Football (flag only), basketball, soccer, and, kickball
Tag : two finger touch,
Tunnel : sit on the tunnel, only 4 at a time
Rough Play : five (5) minute time-away on the bench
Play structure - no tag
Frogs and bugs : respect nature; look, don’t touch
Bell rings/whistle blows : stop play, put toys & flags away, and line up.
The Bench is the place for time-away. Follow the rules, listen to redirections, and ask an adult for help in any situation you are not comfortable with.
Recess
Daily outdoor recesses for our students promote healthy habits. All students are expected to participate in recess activities. Adequate and appropriate clothing should be worn through all of the seasons. Boots, hats, and mittens are required during winter months. All Holt Public School Elementary Schools maintain a policy of sending students outside if the temperature and/or wind chill is above 0 degrees Fahrenheit. During the fall and spring students stay inside if it is raining. As a guideline, if the temperature is below 60 degrees, students should wear a jacket and keep it on during recess.
As stated, all students are expected to go outside for recess. There are certain circumstances that will warrant a student to remain inside. If your child is too ill to go outside, we need a doctor’s note stating your child should stay inside, but that he/she is well enough to attend school.
Smoke Free School and Grounds
All buildings and grounds owned by the Holt School District are “Smoke Free.” The use of tobacco is not permitted on the school grounds (including parking lots, playgrounds, ball fields, etc.) at any time, even summer. Smoking is not allowed off school grounds while on a school field trip. We are SMOKE FREE!
Student Possessions
Gameboys, cell phones, I-Pods, game cards, and other special items/electronics should be left at home to avoid being lost, stolen, or damaged. The school is not responsible for damage or theft of these possessions. If an item like this is brought to school and becomes a distraction to the learning environment, it will be held by the principal and released to a parent only when necessary. The trading or selling of personal items is prohibited at school.
Student Clothing and Appearance
According to School Board policy, students shall dress and groom themselves in a manner appropriate for a teaching and learning environment. Student dress and/or grooming that disrupts the educational process, interferes with the maintenance of a positive teaching/learning environment, or compromises reasonable standards of health, safety, decency and self respect or the respect of others is considered inappropriate. Dress should be seasonal, practical, non-offensive and not distractible to the educational program. Students are not to wear short shorts or skirts, see through tops, crops tops, spaghetti strap tops or skin tight clothing. Pants are to be worn with the waistband at the waist level. Clothing is not to have on it profanity, tobacco, alcohol, or illegal substances, or suggestive or vulgar slogans. Hats may be worn to school but need to be removed when in any area of the school building. Each school’s administrator will make decisions regarding inappropriateness of students’ clothing and on the action to be taken. Heelys, as well as other shoes like this, are not allowed to be worn with the wheels in them while at school.
Special Programs/Services
Each elementary building in Holt offers similar services and programs. However, there are some that are hosted by specific schools. Here are the programs and services that we offer at Sycamore:
13. Safety Patrol : Our fourth graders have an opportunity
to be a part of the Safety Patrol program. Special training is required and high expectations are held for each student. Mrs. Warnke is the coordinator of this program.
Dimondale Staff
2010- 2011
Kindergarten Paraeducator
Mrs. Wendy Curtis Mrs. Sherry Sullivan - LRE
Mrs. Julie Smith - ASD
Grade 1
Mrs. Kristen Mason RTI Interventionist
Ms. JulieAnne Jones Mrs. Sandra Kraushaar
Grade 2 Speech Therapists
Mrs. Lisa Webster Mrs. Erin Kanitz
Mrs. Nichole Thorne
Ms. Andrea Rich Kinetics
Mr. Brian Jacobs
Grade 3
Mrs. Toni Martell Integrated Arts
Mrs. Jill Tribell Ms. Rachel Miller
School Social Worker/Counsel Mrs. Kristen Coon
Grade 4
Mrs. Mary Lou Warnke
Mrs. Jessica Brown Librarian
Mrs. Dottie Snyder
Resource Room Teacher
Mrs. Barb Burns-Briggs
Custodians Food Service
Mrs. Sue Gailey (day) Mrs. Judy McKinney (cook)
Mr. Frank Predmore (evening) Mrs. Marilyn Lane (cashier)
Recess & Lunch Supervisors School Nurse
Mrs. Lynette Forbis Mrs. Mary LaPorte
Mrs. Terry Haley
Mrs. Cindy Waugh School Secretary
Crossing Guard
Mrs. Michelle Forbis
Sub/Noon Secretary
Mrs. Sandy Forgrave
Holt Public Schools
HoltNet Acceptable Use Policy
HoltNet is a service provided by Holt Public Schools. It is connected by a link to Michigan State University and its statewide backbone. A connection with the National Science Foundation Internet (NSFNET) backbone is made via the CICNET. Because of the complex association between so many government agencies and networks, the end user of any of these networks must adhere to strict guidelines. Holt Public Schools reserves the right to amend this Use Policy as necessary. Your signature on the accompanying handbook signature sheet is legally binding and indicates that you have read these Terms and Conditions carefully, understand their significance, and agree to abide by them.
Members and the parents of members under 18 years of age are advised that some systems may contain defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, racially offensive, or illegal materials. HoltNet, Holt Public Schools, and the System Administrators do not condone the use of such materials and do not permit usage of such materials in the school environment. Parents of minors having accounts on HoltNet should monitor home usage of the system. Students knowingly bringing such materials into the school environment will be dealt with according to the discipline policies of the individual school buildings and Holt School District. HoltNet is provided on as “as is, as available” basis.
Members are urged to use caution (Buyer Beware!) when considering the purchase of goods or services over the HoltNet. HoltNet is not liable for any purchases made.
HoltNet assumes no responsibility or liability for any phone charges including, but not limited to, long distance charges, per minute (unit) surcharges and/or equipment or line costs, incurred by a member while accessing HoltNet. Any disputes or problems regarding phone service are strictly between the member and his/her local phone company and/or long distance service provider.
Any action by a member that is determined by a System Administrator to constitute an inappropriate use of HoltNet or to improperly restrict or inhibit other members from using and enjoying HoltNet is strictly prohibited. Members specifically agree not to submit, publish, or display on HoltNet any defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, racially offensive, or illegal material; nor shall they encourage the use of controlled substances. Transmission of material, information or software in violation of any local, state or federal law is prohibited. HoltNet is to be used by the member for his/her personal use only. Members may not make use of HoltNet for any personal gain. Commercial uses of HoltNet are strictly prohibited unless prior written consent from the System Administrators has been granted.
Copyrighted material must not be placed on any system connected to HoltNet without the author’s permission. Only the owner(s) or persons they specifically authorize may upload copyrighted material to HoltNet. Members may download copyrighted material for their own use with the expressed permission of the owner or authorized person.
Any member may download public-domain programs for his/her own use or non-commercially redistribute a public-domain program. Members assume all risks regarding the determination of whether a program is in the public domain.
The System Administrators reserve the right to set quotas for disk usage on HoltNet. A member who exceeds his/her quota will be advised to delete files to return to compliance. A System Administrator will remove files when a member remains in non-compliance.
Electronic mail (“e-mail”) is a private electronic message sent by or to a member in correspondence with another person having HoltNet mail access. Members are expected to remove old messages in a timely fashion, and the System Administrators may remove such messages if not attended to regularly by the member. The System Administrators will not normally inspect the contents of e-mail sent by one member to an identified addressee, or disclose such contents to other than the sender, or the intended recipient, without the consent of the sender or an intended recipient, unless required to do so by law or policies of Holt Public School District, or to investigate complaints.
If a member identifies a security problem on HoltNet, the member must notify a system Administrator or e-mail help@hpsK12.net . The member should not demonstrate the problem to others. Attempts to log in to the system using another member’s account or as a System Administrator are prohibited. Allowing another person to use your member login name and password is prohibited. Any member identified as a security risk or having a history of problems with other computer systems may be denied access to HoltNet.
Vandalism is prohibited. It is defined as any malicious attempt to harm or destroy data of another member, HoltNet, or any of the agencies or other networks that are connected to the NSFNET Internet Backbone. This includes, but is not limited to, the uploading or creation of computer viruses.
A member may terminate his/her account on HoltNet by sending notice to a System Administrator. The System Administrators reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to suspend or terminate a member’s access to and use of HoltNet upon any breach of the Terms and Conditions by the member. Prior to a suspension or termination or as soon as it is practical, the System Administrator will inform the member of the suspected breach and give an opportunity to present an explanation. In certain instances, disciplinary action may be taken against the offending party.
In order to ensure adherence to the Terms and Conditions, the System Administrators reserve the right to monitor all activity on HoltNet and to inspect any files, including e-mail, stored on the system. Privacy is not guaranteed.
The Terms and Conditions shall be interpreted, construed and enforced in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan.
All Terms and Conditions of MSU, CICNET and NSFNET are also applicable. They are available online.
Student Use of Technology
By our signatures we agree that access to the Internet at any time, as well as the use of any school technology, is subject to the attached Technology Acceptable Use Policy of Holt Public Schools. By my signature, I agree that I have read this policy, recognize the risks to Internet access and the materials which may be accessible, agree to its terms and agree that violation of this policy may result in disciplinary consequences for the student as well as the loss of technology use privileges.
School Calendar
2011-2012
Early Dismissal Wednesdays
2011-2012
AM Kindergarten Dismissal: 10:40 am
PM K, 1 st- 4 th Grade Dismissal: 1:40 pm
September 14, 2010
Please join our
Parent Teacher Organization
PTO Meetings are held the first Monday of each month at 7:00 PM in the library.
2011 - 2012
PTO Officers :
President – Becky Paalman
Vice President – Tracy Cory
Treasurer – Angie Greene
Secretary – Lisa Curtis
COMMITTEES
Book Fair/RIF –Jamie Wegryn-Jones
Fundraising –Beth Hengstebeck & Lisa Curtis
Publicity –Melanie Keskine
School Pride – Alys and Marc Long
Social Events – Lori Johnson
Market Day –Jodi Walter
Health and Wellness – Melissa Whiteman
HANDBOOK SIGNATURE PAGE
PICTURE PERMISSION FORM
(Original Sent Home with Handbook for return to school.)
This handbook has been prepared to serve as a guide for the school year. It is designed to provide information, explain school policy and clarify procedures.
Please read the handbook and review the contents with your child. After your review, please sign and return the copy of this form to your child’s teacher.
I have read and understand the expectations and procedures for Dimondale Elementary School as listed in the student handbook. Our signature indicates we are familiar with the information in the handbook and understand our responsibilities and expectations.
Parent Signature:
Child’s Signature:
Date:
I grant permission for Holt Public Schools to photograph and/or videotape my child and my child’s work as part of the educational program produced by the district. This may include, but may not be limited to, newsletter, media releases, and website information (picture only). I understand that my child’s image my be revealed, but that no other information abut our child will be revealed without my prior consent. Photos may be taken at various times throughout the year with out advance notice.
Parent Signature: