HANDBOOK OF SCHOOL POLICIES – The Handbook for Grades 2 –
8 is included in the Agenda Assignment pad, which is to be purchased from your
child’s teacher if you did not pick it up at the uniform sale in July. The
cost of the assignment pad is $9.00.
Please send check, payable to St. Anthony School, by August 20. An acknowledgement page is attached that must
be signed and returned by August 20.
Pre-K/K – Grade 1 families
will receive a separate Handbook.
Parents and students are
expected to know and observe the contents of this Handbook. Please keep the
Handbook in a safe place so you can refer to it throughout the year. Several changes have been made in the Handbook,
so be sure to read it thoroughly.
Please sign and return the
acknowledgement sheet to the child’s teacher by 8/18
.
EMERGENCY CARDS - One per family. Please PRINT all information on the family
emergency card and return it to school Friday,
August 15. Please provide cell phone
number, if available. You must
furnish two emergency numbers as requested
and sign the back of the card as indicated.
A place is provided in which to list any special information we need to
know about your child, i.e. allergies, medication
required, hearing, vision problems,
food allergies, medical problems, etc. Please
enter NKA(no
known allergies) in this space if you have no specific conditions to list. Return to school on Friday, Aug. 15.
FREE OR REDUCED PRICE LUNCHES - Forms
are attached for your consideration.
Students who received free/reduced price lunch last year will continue to receive them this year until September
12. New forms must be completed as soon as possible. Please fill out one per family.
All requested information must be submitted in order for the forms to be
processed. New applicants must pay full
lunch price ($1.25 for PreK & K; $1.50 for grades
1-8) ($.75 for breakfast.) until notification of approval of application.
SCHOOL MEALS ACCOUNT - Please send money- (cash or check- at least
$20) to the cafeteria manager in the brown envelop provided to cover your
child’s breakfast/ lunch purchases for several weeks. You will receive a notice from Mrs. Gaudet, cafeteria manager, when your account is low and you
must make a deposit. Students are not allowed to pay cash daily
for breakfast/lunch. School Food Service does not allow charging
for school lunch, breakfast or extras. If there is no money in your child’s account,
cafeteria managers are not required to serve students who have not paid for
their meal. Students will be allowed to
borrow the cost of one meal from the
office but must pay it back the next day as well as put money into their
account for future meals. Parents will be
called if this process is not followed.
ADDITIONAL INSURANCE COVERAGE - All students are
automatically covered for school-time injuries or school related activities. However, additional 24 hour/year round
coverage is available. Please see attached brochure. There
is a contact number for you to call to apply for this.
P.T.A. ANNOUNCEMENT - The first P.T.A. meeting will be held on Tuesday,
August 26 at 7:00 p.m. We strongly urge all our parents to become members of
this fantastic organization. Please send
dues and the attached form to the school office by Aug. 22 if you would
like to pre-register. Information is
attached about the Activity Fee assessed per child to cover all holiday
treats. Please read carefully and return
form and fee by 9/16.
Also included is a letter from
the PTA officers about a Family
Contribution Fee in lieu of participation in certain fundraisers. Please read carefully and respond as
indicated.
MEDICATION - We can not administer any over-the-counter
medication to students. If your child
must take prescribed medicine, a parent must come to administer it, or the
child himself/herself may take the prescribed medicine in the presence of
office personnel. Medicine must be kept
in the school office. A special form, filled in by the doctor, must be on file in the
office. Please contact Mrs. Cook for
further information or forms.
TARDINESS - School begins with the 8:00 a.m. bell every
day and a child will be considered tardy after this time. Students must be on campus and ready to line up when this bell rings.
You are asked to have your child on time each day. Three tardies in any nine week period will
result in a detention. Please consult the
Handbook for the policy regarding tardies and detentions. Habitual tardiness will not be
tolerated. Please read this section
carefully in the Handbook.
EMERGENCY INFORMATION PROCEDURE - Should the need arise for any information
relative to the closing of our school in the event of an emergency, please
listen to WWL-Radio 87 (AM), the official Archdiocese of New Orleans station
for such broadcasts.
AFTER-SCHOOL CARE - After-School Care will be available depending
on the interest
of parents. Please return the attached
sheet if you wish to enroll your child in After-School Care. Services are scheduled to begin on the first
day of school. Payment for services must
be made weekly.
STUDENT DATA SHEET - Please fill in this sheet so we can update our
computer files. This sheet is to be
filled out for each child in the family and returned by Aug. 29.
ST. ANTHONY ADMINISTRATION/SCHOOL BOARD SHEET - Each
month a sheet will be provided for you to communicate with us. Parent input has proven invaluable over the
years in helping us evaluate our effectiveness and improving our services.
ASBESTOS AWARENESS LETTER - Please read, sign and
return this letter to school by Monday, August 18.
SCHOOL CALENDAR - Important dates and activities will be noted
on the official school calendar. Please
keep it handy for future reference. Some
dates may have to be changed later and others added. Each
month you will receive an updated calendar for that month.
VOLUNTEERS - Many volunteers are needed throughout the
school year. The P.T.A. will keep you
informed of their activities. The
school, however, needs daily volunteers for lunch servers, library aides/recess
monitors/PreK/K lunch monitors. If you are interested
in helping in any of these activities, please call me or send a note. Your help
will be greatly appreciated. .
A form to volunteer to be a
Room Parent is also attached and should be returned by 8/18. Please be aware that we must do a background
check on any volunteers who will have frequent contact with the children.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PROGRAM - We will again offer an
instrumental music program for students in grades 4-8. This will be an additional cost to the parents
and is, of course, an optional choice. A
registration form will be given to students and must be returned to the Archdiocese at the address on the
form. Classes are scheduled to begin in
September. The program has been very successful
over the years. Previous band students
were mailed registration forms. Please
send these in as soon as possible to the archdiocesan office..
All students in Grade 3 are
encouraged to receive basic instruction as a class. Additional information will be sent home next
week.
SCHOOL TIME UNIFORMS - Sweatshirts and jackets will be available
directly from School Time, in September or October at a road sale in our school
cafeteria. Any orders taken at the last
Road Sale in July will be mailed to you.
The Metairie office is at 8814 Veterans Blvd., suite 11-12.
TUITION LOANS/CREDIT STANDING - Please be aware that your
credit record will be affected by late (30 days) - or non-payments of tuition. The bank reports monthly to the credit
bureau. Please review the school policies as regards overdue tuition in the
Handbook.
CHILD
CUSTODY - If a child does not live with both parents please send in legal
proof of custody for our office records.
(Refer to the Handbook of School Policies)
RECYCLING – Our school participates in the Campbell’s Labels for Education, Community Coffee UPC labels and we
collect cereal box tops for
redemption. Please send these items with
your child’s name and grade attached. We
usually run contests. Also, clean, empty eggshells are being
collected to be used at the fair in October.
Please write student’s name and grade on the carton.
In addition, we are recycling
old ink cartridges and cell phones (only the phones, please). These may be sent in at any time.
WINN-DIXIE COMMUNITY PALS PROGRAM – We will again participate in
this great program that sends cash to our school! This is our ninth year participating. We have received thousands of dollars from
this program! We still have some of the
cards available in the school office.
PLAY EQUIPMENT- If you have any used/new outdoor play toys for
PK/K age students that you no longer use, we would love to receive them. Please call the office if pickup is needed.
MANY THANKS – Thanks to the members of the Dads Club, John Maddox, John Guffy and Dave Pizani who came out to paint the two
portable buildings in the rear yard and wash the cafeteria chairs. What an improvement in our look!!
Thanks also to Wendi Maddox who repainted the map of
the USA on the Hancock St. playground.
RECAP:
The following items must be
returned to school:
1.
Handbook signature sheet - 8/20
2.
Assignment pad fee - $9.00 for grades 2 – 8. - 8/20
3.
Emergency cards - 8/15
4.
Free or reduced price lunch forms – ASAP (before 9/12 to qualify/re-qualify)
5.
Additional insurance coverage – ASAP
6.
PTA enrollment - August 22 / Activity Fee-
9/16
7.
After-school care enrollment – ASAP
8.
Student Data Sheet - 8/29
9.
Asbestos Awareness Letter - 8/18
10.
Checks for breakfast/lunch program - 8/15
11.
Room Parent Form - 8/18
12.
Special Ed letter – 8/15
13.
Water bottle letter – 8/15
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Please sign and return to homeroom teacher with oldest child tomorrow.
I have received the August
Principal’s Newsletter.
______________________________ ____________________________
Child’s name
Parent’s signature