GRADES 4-6

School menus are available on the district website and can also be accessed at the Dallastown website → Departments → Food Services.  If you prefer to use the free smartphone app, download School Lunch by Nutrislice from Google Play for Androids or the App Store for iPhone.

Lunch

The cafeteria follows the regulations for the National Food Lunch Programs and School Breakfast Programs.  Students may bring a packed lunch, or a variety of lunch choices are available daily along with a’ la carte items. Each student will be given a PIN number/swipe card for his or her debit account.  Each account will have a picture ID to help identify the individual users.  Parents are discouraged from bringing in food from outside vendors to their children in the cafeteria.

Breakfast

Breakfast is available prior to the start of the school day.  Students can purchase breakfast each morning in the core or cafeteria, and eat in their homeroom.  Students may use their accounts to purchase breakfast.

Cafeteria Payments

Each student is issued a PIN number and a cafeteria account.  Prepayments can be made by cash, check, or money order.  Checks and money orders should be made payable to DASD Cafeteria Fund.  Payments may be dropped into the locked drop box located outside each community office.  Please include the student’s name and PIN number along with the payment.  Cash or check deposits must be made by 9:00 AM in order for them to be available by lunchtime the same day.  

For your convenience, there is an online payment option where you may use your credit or debit card to add funds to a student cafeteria account.  There is a convenience fee charged for this service and it may take a few days for the funds to become available.  Information is available on the district website → Departments → Food Service.

Intermediate School Cafeteria Borrowing Policy

1. Borrowing for a’ la carte items will not be permitted.

2. The students are told when their account is at $5.00 or below. Parents must sign up for email notifications on low account balances through the MyNutriKids website.

3. Students are never refused meals due to low or negative account balances. Options are available to accommodate student lunches in the event of negative account balances. The student is still charged for the meal.

Parent Transportation

Parents who drive children to school or pick them up at dismissal time will use only the car rider line at the Yellow Community. Car rider drop-off is not permitted at any other location. Drop off occurs from (8:18-8:30 AM) and pick-up is from (3:20-3:35 PM).  In an effort to minimize congestion and provide a safe, timely dismissal, please do not arrive more than 10 minutes prior to these times. Arriving too early causes blockages on the Susquehanna Trail. Intermediate School begins promptly with students in their classrooms at 8:30 AM.  If a student must be dropped off or picked up during the school day (8:30 AM - 3:20 PM), parents must park in front of their community office and accompany their child into or out of the school. 

Walkers and Bicycle Riders

Walkers and bicycle riders are required to submit a written, parent/guardian signed note to their community office.  These students will cross at the Yellow Community crosswalk in the morning and will be escorted by staff at the Red Community crosswalk in the afternoon.  Bikes and scooters may not be ridden on school sidewalks.

The Dallastown CARES initiative provides a framework for our school expectations and character development here at DAIS. Students are introduced to these expectations at the start of the year and they are reviewed throughout the year.  There are location specific versions of this poster which give more direction on student expectations when they are in those areas.

We do allow students to have snacks here at school however, as several of our students have severe food allergies we must have clear guidelines. 

ATTENDANCE

• K-6 DASD Cyber Academy are expected to attend a minimum of 2 meetings/week

• K-6 DASD Cyber Academy must attend online learning a minimum of 300 minutes/week

  • 60 minutes = 1 day; students will be marked absent if do not meet the 300 minute requirement

• K-6 DASD Cyber Academy attendance is calculated Monday through Sunday and is updated Monday morning

• K-6 DASD Cyber Academy parents/guardians must use Skyward to report absences 

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Mrs. Stephanie Veiss: Teacher - stephanie.veiss@dallastown.net

• Dr. Barbara Terroso: Administrator - barbara.terroso@dallastown.net 

EXPECTATIONS

4-6 DASD Cyber Academy students are required to attend a minimum of 2 meetings/week and participate online a minimum of 300 minutes/week. Learning coaches are a necessity and expected to assist 4-6 cyber students. All submitted work should be the student's work.

4-6 CYBER COURSES

4-6 DASD Cyber Academy students will be enrolled in English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies.

STATE AND LOCAL ASSESSMENTS

Students are required to participate in all state and local school-mandated assessments including PSSA testing, DRA's, and the Acadience universal screener. Students and parents will be contacted by Dallastown Area Cyber Academy administration well in advance of any testing with the dates/times/locations of the testing sessions. All testing must occur on-site and in person. 

Click HERE to access the DASD Cyber Academy Website.

In addition to DASD School Board Policy #221 and 221-AR-1, DAIS adheres to the following:

• No hats and/or sweatshirt with hoods up 

• Head coverings will not be worn in the school building or during indoor school related activities. However, head coverings for meidcal or relgious obligations may be worn. 

• No midriffs showing

• No winter coats on in class

• Shorts should be visible and covering full bottom

Field trips offer an educational experience to enhance the curriculum. Before each field trip, parents will be notified of the details and are required to complete a permission slip. Your child cannot participate in the field trip without a signed permission slip.  Students should adhere to all CARES expectations during field trips. 

The Intermediate School is staffed by a certified school nurse and two health room assistants, each of whom are assigned to different communities.All students will have the following state mandated screenings completed during the school year: height, weight, BMI, and vision. The PA Department of Health requires that all sixth grade students have a physical exam. Scoliosis screenings will be done by the school nurse for any sixth grade student that has not had a private or school physical exam.  Parents/guardians may opt out of this screening by contacting their community nurse. Please have emergency contact numbers up to date to ensure efficient notification of parent/guardian in the event of a student emergency or illness.

The PA Department of Health requires physical examinations for sixth grade. Proper immunization status is required for school attendance.

HEALTH SERVICES BOARD POLICIES

210. Medications

210.1. Possession/Administration of Asthma Inhalers/Epinephrine Auto-Injectors 

210.2. Accommodating Students With Diabetes

823. Naloxone  

Homework complements classroom instruction and is planned and evaluated with respect to its purpose, appropriateness, and completion time. The purposes of homework are to provide practice and reinforcement of skills presented by the teacher, to broaden areas of interest through enrichment, and to provide opportunities for parents/guardians to know what their child is studying. Additionally, the completion of homework can encourage parent/guardian and child interaction. Each student shall be responsible for completing homework assignments as directed. 

Personal devices (such as phones, iPods, and games) are allowed on buses to listen to school-appropriate music with headphones or play school-appropriate games. They may not be used to take photos or videos nor to communicate with peers. However, all devices must be powered off before leaving the bus and cannot be powered back on until they are back on the bus. Personal devices must be off and away for the duration of the school day. 

The Intermediate School Parents’ Organization (PTO) is open to residents of the Dallastown Area School District. The primary goals of the PTO include supporting the educational process of the school and establishing communication between the home and school community. The PTO has regularly scheduled meetings. Elected officers, committee chairpersons, committee members, and the administration handle the responsibilities of the organization. Please see the PTO website for a list of officers and a calendar of events that are sponsored by the PTO.

7:30 AM Offices Open

8:18 AM - 8:30 AM Students Arrive

8:30 AM Tardy Bell / Opening Exercises & Announcements

3:20 PM Students Dismissed

4:00 PM Offices Close

School closures and delays will be communicated by the district office through school messenger, Twitter, and local news stations.

Student Accounts on Web-based Tools (K-8): 

Our school district provides its students with the most effective web-based tools and applications for learning. Many of these tools, like Study Island, KidBlog, and Moodle, for example, are not operated by the district, but by third parties. In order for our students to use third party services, certain student information might be requested by the service provider (typically a student name, password, user name, or email address). Under federal law entitled the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), these websites and content providers must provide parental notification and obtain parental consent before collecting personal information from children under the age of 13. With parental permission, instead of every web site and online service contacting the parent personally, the law permits the school to act as the parent’s agent and can consent to the collection of this student information on the parent’s behalf. A complete list of the “Web-based Resources” with their privacy policies and terms of service can be found HERE.  This list is updated regularly and available for families to continually check the resources made available to students.  Signing the student handbook will serve as your acknowledgement for reviewing the information and granting the school permission to serve as the parent’s agent.  If you have any concerns, please contact the building principal.