Ms. Chinn's Class

I am creating a Social Contract with my students that we will create together at the beginning of the year and refer back to daily.

We will start by reviewing common classrooms rules and expectations that we notice in read-alouds and then ultimately create buzz words on how we want to our classroom to look and feel.

This Social Contract will become a living, breathing document that we recite daily and refer back to regularly as different behaviors arise.

Depending on how a student is following our Social Contract, there will either be positive reinforcement with rewards and incentives, or natural fitting consequences. Positive behavior recognition and reinforcement is always my priority.

We will be using Class Dojo to monitor and communicate your child’s behavior. You will receive Class Dojo updates after we go over rules, procedures, and expectations and your child knows what is expected of them. Your child will receive points based on things they did well that day, as well as lose points for things they did that might have disrupted our day. You have the ability to see this and we can message each other about these behaviors via the app.

Please help me by reinforcing positive expectations and have discussions about their classroom behavior.

School starts promptly at 8:15 am. If students arrive after the gates are closed and locked, they will need to go to the office and your student will receive a tardy.

If your child is absent, call the attendance line and report it OR

**NEW**This year we're excited to roll out a new tool in Parent Portal that will allow you to report student absences, tardies, and early releases.

STEPS:

1. Log into your parent portal account. It must be your parent login and not your student's login.

2. Once you are in the parent portal, you can click "More" on the bottom left.

3. Then click on Absence Requests.

4. Choose the student/s for whom the absence request is for.

5. Indicate the reason.

6. Indicate if the student will be gone all day, will arrive late, or go home early and what time.

7. Once all comment boxes are completed with necessary information, Click SUBMIT

Here is a document with images that explains this process.

OR Call the attendance line 925-307-1950, Select option 2

OR Email Mrs.True at truejennifer@dublinusd.org

Please spell your student's name if leaving a voicemail or an email.

If your student is absent due to illness, please be specific with the symptom(s).
Students with vomiting, diarrhea or fever must stay home 24 hours after their symptoms end without the use of fever-reducing medicine.

Excused absences may include illness, medical appointments, bereavement, religious holidays, visa appointments (but not passports) and independent study contracts.
Please be specific because CA Ed Code has strict definitions.
Absences in which a parent/guardian does not report the reason within the 72 hour period will be left as unverified and therefore unexcused.

Additional Health information can be found at DUSD - Health Services and DUSD - COVID 19.For the 23-24 school year, it is strongly recommended that if your child has COVID symptoms, please administer a COVID test before returning in person. If your child does test positive for COVID-19, please report it as the reason for absence and we will communicate the protocols.

For attendance questions, please contact our school's attendance Secretary III, Jennifer True at 925-307-1950 ext. 6706.

For health related questions, please contact our school’s health clerk, Anna Heusler at 925-307-1950 ext. 6715.

Are you picking your child up early before 12:10 PM? Check-in at the office first, then a staff member will pick up your child from our classroom and bring them to the office.

If your child is out after showing COVID symptoms or if a family member is sick and they are in isolation, they will be given work to do from DUSD.

INDEPENDENT STUDY: If you have a long trip scheduled, you will need to apply for an INDEPENDENT STUDY through the AES office. This should be reported two weeks in advance. Contracts are issued for a minimum of 3 days and a maximum of 14 days. Please note that your Independent Study may be denied.

Your child's special day is important to me too! Birthdays are important milestones for children. 🥳

In an effort to promote equity, healthy eating habits, and less waste, we as a 5th grade team have elected to step away from birthday treats and goody bags being distributed at school.

🚫🧁🛍️ Please be aware that food items such as cupcakes and goody bags will not be distributed at school. 🛍️🧁🚫

We have decided to celebrate your child’s birthday by having a collective/communal birthday EXTRAVAGANZA! We will celebrate at a date halfway through the school year with pizza, snacks, sweet treats, and games and have a “Very Merry Unbirthday” celebration. I will also be celebrating your child's birthday by giving them a HOMEWORK PASS on their actual day. If your child has a summer birthday, they will receive their homework pass on their “Very Merry Unbirthday.”

What would I do without parent volunteers? Having you in the classroom is a great experience for you, your child, and for me!

If you would like to volunteer, apply at beamentor.org/dusd there are no more paper forms. Processing can take several days and once the processing is completed, Be A Mentor sends an email directly to the volunteer to let them know they are cleared.

When you come into the Amador Office, you will need your Identification/Drivers license with you to swipe in the sign in machines that will then print a visitors badge.
Volunteering on campus must be prearranged with the classroom teacher. The classroom teacher notifies the office of which adults are authorized to be in the classroom & what times. Volunteers will not be allowed in the classroom, unless it is prearranged.
Clearance through the Be A Mentor system rolls from year to year. Once cleared, you are cleared for the following school years, unless there is a change in the volunteer's status.
Volunteers can log into the Be A Mentor system and change the school/add additional school sites to their profile, as your child(ren) progress/move from Dublin School to Dublin School.
Individual school sites can not see who is cleared at other Dublin schools. You must be cleared at the Dublin school that you wish to volunteer at.
If you are struggling with the Be A Mentor system, their help desk email is: help@beamentor.org

We will be going to the school library every other Tuesday. Students will be able to check out up to THREE books every other week to bring home. Please make sure you keep your child’s library book in a safe place away from small children, food, drinks, etc.