Turn in your Transportation Request forms now

All students who will be bused to or from child care or any location other than their home must complete a Transportation Change Form EACH YEAR.

Forms for the new school year are due by JULY 17. 2009-10 forms are available in the office or by clicking here (pdf format).

Keep on reading this summer!

Pashley's 1001 Books Kid Program will continue throughout the summer. The book rack in the lobby will be available from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. every week day.

Please be sure to return bags promptly to provide other families with access to all bags.

ATTENTION FIFTH GRADE PARENTS:

 Varicella (Chicken Pox) and Pertussis (Tdap) vaccines are now required for 6th grade. If this documentation is NOT submitted to the school nurse PRIOR TO the first day of the school year, your child will not be able to enter 6th grade until the documentation is received. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact your school nurse, Mrs. Pileggi at ext. 4507 or the Middle School nurse, Colleen Ferlo at ext. 4035.

 Varicella Requirements:  New York State Education Law now requires signed proof from a physician that your child has had the Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine, the Chicken Pox Disease, or blood work showing immunity to the disease, before entering the 6th grade. If this documentation is not submitted to the school nurse PRIOR to the first day of school, September 3, 2008, your child will not be able to enter 6th grade until documentation is received.

   Pertussis (Tdap) Requirements:  New York State Public Health Law now requires all students be immunized for tetanus toxoids, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap). The key points regarding requirements of the law and its implementation are:

      Students who are entering 6th grade on or after September 3, 2008 and are 11 years of age must receive an immunization of Tdap before the first day of school in order to start 6th grade. If a student has received a Td, DT, or DT or DTap vaccination within the last 2 years, the student's Tdap vaccination should be deferred (with rare exceptions) until a period of 2 years has elapsed

      There are 2 vaccines available: Adacel for ages 11-65 and Boostrix for ages 10-18 years.

      Students who will be 10 years old have 2 options:
         Option 1:  vaccinate 10 year olds with Boostrix or
         Option 2:  wait until the student is 11 years of age and then vaccinate.

Call in for Safety

Parents should always notify the school by 9:00 AM whenever their child will be absent due to illness or other reason. Our student safety procedures depend on our knowing where students are!  If there is no call or email from a parent, the office staff must interrupt the classroom to verify the student's absence and then call the parent, either at home, at work, or both. (A written excuse with parent signature is still required when the child returns to school.)

By 9:00 AM PLEASE		Call the nurse's answering machine at 399-9141 ext. 4507. This machine is on 24 hours a day.
		OR click here to send an absent child email

Reminders from the Nurse:

Students in kindergarten, second and fourth grades plus any student new to the district must submit a completed school physical form. (Click here for a pdf copy of this form.)  Parents: please send completed physical forms and immunization records to the nurse as soon as possible.

Also, remember that medications given during the school day need to come in the original bottle with a written doctor's notice. All medications must be delivered by an adult!

PLEASE REMEMBER TO KEEP ALL CONTACT INFORMATION UP TO DATE! 

District athletic attendance policy states:

8th grade and younger pupils will not be allowed to attend home evening varsity contests without an adult attending the game with them. An adult may be a parent, coach, grandparent or even a high school sibling. Children who arrive at the door or gate to a contest without an adult will be held there until an adult can arrive to either attend with them or take them back home.

This policy will be in effect for all evening varsity football games and evening games for boys' and girls' soccer, and boys' and girls' basketball.

High school siblings with proper identification may escort younger siblings but not their sibling's friends. Younger siblings must have some form of identification such as a school ID to attend a game with a high school brother or sister.

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