About this Document

This handbook provides information about the school’s operation, guidelines, agreements, processes, student behavior, and student life. This information will apply to your child’s elementary school years.

Students and Parents must review this information! It must be signed electronically through Skyward. After careful review, click the Agreement Forms button on Skyward to declare your agreement.

Statement of Principles

In a school community defined by a culture of respect:

• We shall be curious about and tolerant of  people’s cultural differences, gender differences, age differences, learning differences, as well as their unique abilities and talents;

• We shall respect learning and the learning process;

• We shall practice good manners;

• We shall treat each other politely;

• We shall cultivate and exhibit self-discipline and self-respect;

• We shall respect personal and school property;

• We shall build relationships based upon open communication and mutual respect;

• We shall work to overcome stereotypical thinking, biases and prejudices and actively promote cross-cultural awareness and understanding;

• We shall ensure that everyone feels physically and emotionally safe;

• We shall respect, follow and enforce the rules of the community;

• We shall respect each person’s uniqueness and individuality;

• We shall practice good citizenship in and out of the classroom;

• We shall promote the values of good sportsmanship;

• We shall commit ourselves to teaching the principles of respectful behavior and good citizenship in a focused and on-going manner.