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FOLSOM HILLS ELEMENTARY NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION AND SITE OVERVIEW 2016 – 2017 REGISTRATION

TONIGHT’S INFORMATION  Spanish Magnet Program  Site Overview  Transitional Kindergarten  Goals  Communication + PowerSchool Parent  Discipline  Policies  2016-2017 Registration Process

SPANISH MAGNET - FLES For the 2016-2017 school year, the program contains 2 classrooms  each for grades 3 through 5. There is 1 classroom available in grades K, 1, and 2. No Spanish program is available for Transitional Kindergarten students. Entrance/lottery criteria remains the same, as does sibling policy.  Parents must initially enroll their child at their home school. Failure to do so can cause a student to not be enrolled anywhere. If Folsom Hills is not your home school, your initial registration will be denied. Program concerns and issues…  Introduction of new students grades (CSR)  Transition to middle school is being transitioned from a self-contained  program to a typical period system.

SITE OVERVIEW I Principal: Shawn Lundberg slundber@fcusd.org Administrative Assistant: Joanie Owens jowens@fcusd.org Clerk: Vicky Cackler vcackler@fcusd.org

SITE OVERVIEW II Student Population 2015-2016: 615  Grades Served: Special Needs Pre-K and Transitional K - 5th  Feeder Middle School: Folsom Middle or Sutter Middle School  Feeder High School: Vista del Lago or Folsom High School  Campus Services – Non Inclusive:  Pre-K/TK-5 Occupational Therapy  Pre-K/TK-5 Physical Therapy  Pre-K/TK-5 Speech  K-5 Specialized Academic Instruction  Pre-K Special Needs Preschool (Language Impaired)  Food Services: Transitional K, K (pm SLIP only), Grades 1-5 

SITE OVERVIEW III  Campus Services – Inclusive: Spanish Magnet: Kindergarten through 5th  GATE: 3rd through 5 th  Physical Education: Transitional Kindergarten through 5th  Music: Only Grades 4 and 5   PC PALS: Specified Classrooms  Internal Parent Committees Site Council  ELAC (Language Learners) 

PHILOSOPHY  An elementary principal must be an active participant within a school Classroom observations  Assisting with recess and lunch supervision  Facilitating student, teacher and parent disputes or concerns   Teacher and student safety come first  Squeaky wheel doesn’t always get the grease…  Open door policy

TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN  Transitional Kindergarten at Folsom Hills is only available to students residing in the FHE attendance area OR to students who are placed in it via the ECAT (Early Childhood Academic/Advisory Team).  Blanche Sprentz (and potentially other sites) house district- wide programs.  No school choice applications will accepted for Transitional Kindergarten.  Enrolling in the Folsom Hills Transitional Kindergarten does not allow for preferential placement for the 2017-2018 school year.

TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN Transitional Kindergarten is for students who miss the September 1 st cut-off date and who turn 5 between that date and December 31 st , 2016

COMMUNICATION  Site Level Concerns  Step One - Classroom Level (Unresolved)  Step Two – Office Level (Unresolved)  Step Three = District Level (Final Say)  If teacher has been bypassed, parent or student will be redirected back to teacher  Site Level School -> Home Communication  Biweekly Newsletter (FoxTales)  Web Site (www.fcusd.org/fhe)

ONLINE PARENT PORTAL  PowerSchool Parent Portal is used to communicate grades, attendance and is the only way to register your returning student. You will find the portal on our website.  SchoolWires (our school website) is used for class web pages, homework, assignments, calendaring.

DISCIPLINE - PLAYGROUND  Yard Supervisors have been given behavior guidelines and procedural handbooks.  Yard Supervisors can give time-outs for safety issues.  Institution of time- out policy. “Red Bench” system (other sites use green bench, circle, pink slips, etc…)  Informational referrals: Slips used to inform a parent of poor yard or cafeteria behavior. Information only. Third referral equals a missed recess. Parents will receive a copy.  Classroom discipline is specific to teacher.

DISCIPLINARY - OTHER  Toys and electronics are not allowed at school. If found, they will be taken to the principal’s office and held.  Parent or guardian may pick them up.  Students will not be allowed to do so.  Standard K-2 suspensions will be on-site, with exceptions being made.  Standard 3-5 suspensions will be off-site.

“FORGOTTEN” ITEMS  Lunches, snacks, folders and schoolwork needing to be dropped off at school (student forgot, wasn’t ready, etc…) can be dropped off in the office. Please do not go to the classroom to drop it off.  Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten students are notorious for forgetting jackets, sweatshirts, and pretty much anything else. If you find an item to be missing, please check the lost and found in the multi.  Please make sure that a student’s name and phone number are placed on easily lost items with a permanent marker.

SCHEDULES I  Time Options and Considerations:  AM Slip - 8:25 to 12:02 (Core and Spanish)  PM Slip - 10:06 to 2:11 (Core and Spanish)  PM sessions include lunch. AM sessions allow time only for a snack.  IMPORTANT: Students who are in student care here at Folsom Hills are automatically placed in the AM class. This can not be changed. All other students will be placed into class based on the need to balance gender, age, and special needs criteria.

SCHEDULES II  What is a SLIP Session, you ask…  A slip session schedule is most simply defined as an early/late program for Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten students, similar in nature to the early/late programs found in grades 1 and 2.  It is beneficial to both teacher and child, in that it allows for a 12:1 student/teacher ratio for most of the day, with a short, common session encompassing all 24 students in the middle.  The common session will be where students will participate in physical education, computer lab, and library sessions. The small group session (early or late) of 12:1 will be primarily used for more academic activities.

AM/PM SCHEDULE Those students who attend the onsite student care program at Folsom Hills must be placed into the morning slip schedule. Please note that this excludes private agencies such as Brighton and KinderCare. The onsite student care program is overseen by the district. Applications can be obtained from the FCUSD website at www.fcusd.org -> Student Services -> Before & After School Student Care. Beginning February 1, 2016, the Student Care office will begin accepting applications for the 2016-2017 school year. Applications can be faxed to 916.294.2474, or mailed to 2460 Cordova Lane, Rancho Cordova, 95670. To secure an AM time slot in relation to enrollment in the onsite student care program at Folsom Hills, you must apply for the onsite student care program no later than April 15, 2016. Anyone attempting to register for the onsite student care program after that date will not be guaranteed an AM placement at Folsom Hills. This information is on the red sheet in your packet

2016-2017 STAFFING Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten Teachers TBA | Carmen Coriano | Debbie Cann | Jessica Hardy 2016 – 2017 Teaching Assignments Will Be Available In May

COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS Registration paperwork for all programs is available for pickup now. Parents are welcome to remain after and ask specific questions.