The program is available through the school for a fee. Before school care  hours are from 6:00 am - 8:00 am. After school care hours are from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm. For more information, please contact Vicki Cranmore, Day Care Site Director, at 855-6143.

Westview Elementrary School requires appropriate dress for students and staff. Excesses in attire, gromming, hairstyle, cosmetics, jewelry, and accessories draw attention to the individual and thus distract from the learning, which is the main purpose of school.

Students wearing articles of clothing or accessories that are not permitted will be sent to the office. Parents will be called to bring replacement clothing. The unacceptable attire will be returned to the student's parent. Continued disregard of the dress code will result in further disciplinary action.

Westview Dress Code:

• NO T-shirts with vulgar or suggestive messages for alcoholic products or other drugs. NO athletic jerseys.
• Students ARE permitted to wear shorts or skirts as long as they are below fingertip length when arms are held at their sides. NO short shorts.
• NO athletic oversized shorts, spandex shorts, or any pants with holes above the knee.
• Pants must be worn at the waist and must fit at the waist.NO sagging or oversized, baggy pants or clothes.
• Tennis shoes or rubber sole shoes must be worn. NO clogs or crocs, NO tennis shoes with skates built in, and NO sandals, or flip-flops. 
• NO halter tops, tank tops, or tops with spaghetti straps, or bare middriff tops.
• Caps, hats, bandannas, or sunglasses will not be worn in the school building except on designated days.

TEACHER CONFERENCES

If you need a conference with your child's teacher, please call or write the teacher a note to make an appointment. Teachers are not available during class time, nor at the beginning of the school day or at dismissal.

SCHOOL VISITS

Please follow these guidelines when visiting the school: Please use the front entrance. Check in at the front office before visiting other parts of the school building. All visitors must sign in and wear a guest or volunteer badge. If you need to talk with your child's teacher, arrange a mutually agreed upon time. Please don't interrupt class time and ask the teacher to step into the hall. Young siblings and relatives are not allowed to visit the school for the day.  

Hamilton County is a zero tolerance school system. Students shall adhere to the following rules...

1. Recognize and respect authority of all adults
2. Do not mark or deface property
3. Put garbage and waste in proper places
4. Use good manners and treat others kindly
5. Do not use improper language
6. Follow classroom news.
7. Fighting is not allowed *

* Fighting and any other activity which endangers another student is considered a serious offense and can result in out-of-school suspension.

Behavior that is improper as noted by the Principal may result in parents accompanying their child during special activities and/or field trips. Students who misbehave could be required to do school service such as clean-up.

Please check the school's lost and found located in the cafeteria for any item your child might have left at school.

Items not claimed by the Christmas Break or by the end of the year will be donated to charity.

TARDIES

The tardy bell rings at 8:10 am. If students arrive late, they should be escorted by their parents to the school office to sign in. Please write in the school log the reason for tardiness. Do not take the child directly to the classroom. Please note that three tardies or early dismissals equal one absence.

ABSENCES

If your child is ill or unable to come to school, please call the school office after 8:00 am in order to notify the teacher. A written note must accompany the child upon return to school explaining the reason for the absence. Children will be counted absent if they miss 1/2 of the school day. This includes late arrival or early dismissal.

EARLY DISMISSALS

Should you need to pick up your child before the end of the school day, please use the following procedure:

1. Write a note to your child's teacher indicating the reason for dismissal and the approximate time you will arrive to pick up your child.
   
2. Upon arrival, go directly to the school office to sign the Dismissal Log, and the child will be called to the office. This keeps classroom disruption to a minimum. Children will not be called for early dismissal after 2:30 pm except in an emergency.
   
3. Please note that three tardies or early dismissals equal one absence.

Students are required to go directly home after school unless the student is involved in a school approved activity. Students need to bring a note if they are not going home in their usual manner. When the request involves bus transportation, the note must be delivered to the bus driver by the child. The note must be signed by the Principal.

EMERGENCY INFORMATION

Emergency information is kept on file in the office. It is the responsibility of parents to provide the school with accurate and up-to-date information in case of an emergency. Parents are encouraged to give two emergency phone numbers. Parents will fill out an emergency early dismissal form during registration.

The school cannot treat old wounds or cuts, remove splinters, treat skin diseases such as impetigo, poison oak, or treat pink-eye or any other type of skin problem.

ADDRESS CHANGES, PHONE, ETC.

It is very important that the school have current addresses and phone numbers in order for parents to be contacted in a special needs situation. Please be sure to notify the school if there are any changes during the school year.

MEDICATIONS

Medication will not be dispensed to students. This includes, but is not limited to, aspirin, Tylenol, cough medicine, and antibiotics. An exception is when children require long-term prescription medications such as Ritalin. Only in this case will the medicine be administered by the school nurse in compliance with the following regulations:

1. A written permission form, signed by both the parent and the child's physician, is provided to the school and includes the child's name, medication name, time to be administered, dosage, and possible side effects.
2. The permission form must be updated when there is any change in dosage or time of medication. A new permission form must be provided to the school at the beginning of each school year.
3. Medication in the original prescription bottom must be brought to the school office by a parent or guardian and refilled in like manner. No medication is to be brought ot or from school by the student.

INSURANCE

Parents are given the opportunity early in the year to purchase the school insurance. This is encouraged for parents who do not have medical insurance. Policies are available for the school day or for 24-hour periods.

BOOK AND SUPPLY FEES

School textbooks are supplied by Hamilton County. The student is responsible for any damaged or lost books including library books. Parents are given a copy of supply fees at registration and they should be paid within the first month of school. The Principal will work with parents needing to make special arrangements.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Limited school supplies are available for students to purchase in the office daily before school begins. Check with the office for pricing.