Our belief is that our students, your children, benefit from home and school working together to improve the educational program and to solve problems as they arise. There are several general guidelines we utilize in order to maximize communication between home and school. We encourage regular communication to work with your child’s teacher so that your child’s learning is maximized. Children mirror your attitude toward the teacher and learning. Please keep this in mind at all times. Your support and commitment to your child’s education will help ensure their success in school!

When a problem arises, questions and concerns should first be referred to the teacher.

If this is not successful or feasible, the Principal or AP will assist with problem solving. The principal serves as a facilitator/coordinator between families and staff so that problems are worked out and communication is improved.

Staff directory:

All Woodmere staff can be reached by calling the main office. The office will transfer you to teacher rooms before and after school or to voicemail during the teaching day. If the message is time sensitive and needs to be in the teachers hands before the end of school day please leave a message with the secretary you speak to. These will be delivered to the classrooms before dismissal.

OFFICE STAFF

Katherine Polizos Principal Office kpolizos@pps.net

Rose Vu Assistant Principal Office Rose Vu

Teresa Pfenning Principal’s Secretary Office tpfenning@pps.net

Donald Munson School Secretary Office dmunson@pps.net

SUN

Kayla Wells Site manager 1 SUN kwells@impactnw.org

Jontae Bridges Extended Day Coordinator 1SUN jbridges@impactnw.org

Family Resource Navigator

DEPARTMENTS

Emily Sanborn Counselor 12 esanborn@pps.net

Kristen Clark Climate specialist 14 kgarriso@pp.net

Molly Sutherland Climate EA 14 msutherland@pps.net

Jodi Pope Social worker Library Annex jpope@pps.net

Melissa Richman SPED learning center LC 13 mrichaman@pps.net

Brian Erksa SPED learning center LC 13 berksa@pps.net

Katie Parry Paraeducator LC 13

Shianne Cross School Psychologist library annex scross@pps.net

Annelise Bliss Speech stage abliss@pps.net

Natalia Gunther ESL P1 ngunther@pps.net

Kenneth Johnson ESL P1 kjohnson@pps.net

TBD Bilingual EA (spanish) P1

Ed Rosario PE Gym erosario@pps.net

Daphne Barnum Music 21 dbarnum@pps.net

Rachel Hawkins Art 22 rhawkins@pps.net

TBD Librarian Library

Rachelle Smith Head Custodian Boiler Room rsmith3@pps.net

John Evening Custodian

Classroom Staff

Name Position Room

Graham Andanen Kindergarten 24 ganandan@pps.net

Jill Baker-Carter Kindergarten EA 24

Emily Kinney Kindergarten 23 ekinney@pps.net

Kathleen Loughran Kindergarten EA 23

Dixie Welter CB K-2 8 dwelters@pps.net

Maggie Evans paraeducator 8

Laura Jefferies paraeducator 8

Henry Hawkins paraeducator 8

Julia Bowers CB 1-4 9 julbowers@pps.net

Jason Leith paraeducator 9

Wednesday DeLio paraeducator 9

Margerat Preston paraeducator 9

Kristen Bassaloff 1st grade 15 kbassaloff@pps.net

Lisa Robertson 1st grade 16 lrobert2@pps.net

Dina Zadoff 2nd grade 25 dzadoff@pps.net

Heather Smith 2nd grade 26 hsmith@pps.net

Annie Choi 3rd grade 48 achoi@pps.net

Samantha Flores 3rd grade 46 saflores@pps.net

Molly Walker 4th grade 39 mwalker1@pps.net

Micaiah Buted 4th grades 40 mbuted@pps.net

Heidi Zepeda 5th grades 38 hzepedamartinez@pps.net

Zach Stone 5th grade 46 zstone@pps.net

EQUITY in Learning at Woodmere

A graduate of Portland Public Schools will be a compassionate critical thinker, able to collaborate and solve problems, and be prepared to lead a more socially just world. Woodmere recognizes that past practices at Woodmere have disproportionately failed our students of Color and caused harm to their sense of belonging and their own feelings of competence. This is something we aim to rectify with help from our community.

Our current school improvement goals are designed to help us get closer to being the school that our students deserve and want. A school where achievement is no longer predictable by race, gender, ethnicity, or income. As part of these efforts, we have identified the following three primary goals within our school continuous improvement plan.

Procedures and Routines:

Attendance and Check-Out Procedures

Regular attendance is important to school success! Please help us by bringing your child on-time, every day. Every day is valuable instruction; we ask that you try to schedule family vacations and appointments during school breaks.

Goal: Our students will be in school, on time, every day. We will focus this goal in two areas: Attendance and Punctuality. Each student will have:

95% Attendance goal: Absent no more than 8 days.
99% Punctuality: Having just 5 tardies or less for the year

If your child will be absent: Call 503.916.6373 or email attendance-woodmere@pps.net

If we do not hear from you, the Auto-dialer system will call your home to report the absence.

If your child will be late:

All students that arrive after the tardy bell at 8:45 will be asked to sign-in in the office.
Families please plan to say goodbye from the office, we will escort your child to class if necessary.

If your child needs to leave early:

An adult needs to come into the office to sign-out your child; students will be removed from class once you arrive in the office.
Students will only be released to individuals listed on the registration form. Please keep the registration form information current.

Early pick Up for appointments: Students need to be collected by an adult before 2:15. The office will not be able to call for a student to be picked up between 2:15 and 2:30. Families arriving after 2:15 will have to wait until 2:30 will have to wait until classes come out for dismissal.

Arrival:

Doors open for breakfast at 7:53
School day begins promptly at 8:00
All children should be in the classroom and ready to learn before 8:00
Students and Families may wait outside until the bell rings at 7:53 AM.
Please do not leave children unattended at school before 7:53 AM, as there is no supervision prior to that time.
Parking lots will be closed 10 minutes before and after the school day. Families are welcome to park but may be blocked to protect students walking past the parking area
To avoid traffic hazards around the building, families should drop off children directly in front of Woodmere, not in the middle of the street or in the school parking lot. The driver must remain at the wheel in front of the school. Please help us keep all of our students and families safe by observing the traffic signs and using the designated crosswalks. Please adhere to all NO PARKING signs. Front curb pick up and drop off of your child should be quick in order to keep congestion to a minimum.

Departure:

School ends at 2:30 PM; please pick children up promptly. If you will be late please call office so students do not worry and we can support arrival
Teachers must account for how students leave each day. Parents should make sure they are seen leaving with their student to avoid confusion
All teachers will bring students outside to their designated spot in the front of the school.
Bus riders in K-1 are walked to the bus by a staff member who remains until all students are loaded.
Per transportation department's policy Kindergarten students not met at the bus by an adult will be returned to campus. All other grades may be allowed to exit the bus without an adult present to walk home.

Accident / Illness / Medications Policy

Please keep your child home if he/she is ill. Please call the school to report absence and inform them of the nature of symptoms. Please remember to call every day your child is absent. A more detailed list of when to keep your child home is available in the office. Students with COVID systems will need to remain home for the full five days after testing positive or onset of symptoms but must have been fever free without fever reducing drugs for 24 hours before doing so.

Our School Health assistant from MESD works out of the main office everyday. Only basic first aid care may be given at school. In case of serious accident or illness, we will:

Contact parent(s) or legal guardian.
Contact the given emergency contact(s).
Take the child to the hospital or call 911 depending on the need.

In order for the school to administer any medication, which includes prescription and over-the-counter medication, (cough drops, antacids, ointments, lotions, aspirin, etc.), the following procedures are required:

A parent or custodial adult must bring in the medication and sign an authorization form allowing school personnel to administer or assist the student in taking medical.
The child’s doctor must give written instructions for any prescription medication. These instructions may be included on the prescription label or in a separate note from the child’s doctor.
All medication, including over-the-counter medications, must be in the original containers.
Students are not allowed to carry medication to or from school or on school grounds.

Bikes / Scooters / Skateboards/ Unicycles

Students may ride bikes, scooters, unicycles, and skateboards to and from school. For safety reasons, they should not ride them on school property. If your student’s scooter or skateboard cannot be stored in a backpack it must be locked up at the bike racks. If it cannot be easily stored in a backpack or outside, please leave it at home. The school is not responsible for lost or stolen property. Students are expected to wear helmets.

Birthdays

As a special moment in your child’s year, we are grateful for your interest in doing something special. Families are allowed to bring in treats for their child’s birthday, considering the following procedure:

A visit must be scheduled with the classroom teacher in advance. The teacher is responsible for informing the office who will notify the teacher when items arrive in the office for pick up.
If a student in the class has an allergy, food may be brought ONLY if it is made without that particular food allergen. Due to high rates of peanut allergies in the general population peanut free treats are preferred even if no known allergy is identified
All food must be store-bought. As an alternative, school supplies such as pencils and stickers may be passed out.
Gloves must be worn to pass out food.

Buses / Transportation

Bus stop information can be found at https://apps.pps.net/Transportation/BusSchedule

In case of a particular problem at a bus stop, or for general transportation questions, please call the Transportation Department at 503-916-6901.
A parent or adult must meet kindergarten students at the bus stop. 1st-5th grade students are allowed to exit the bus without an adult present
Families of any child riding a bus must fill out a bus tag on the first day of school including bus number and exact bus stop.
K-2 students must wear bus tags for three weeks.
We encourage you to teach your children their school bus number and stop.

Cell phone and devices policy (this policy encompasses all devices not owned by the school)

Student cell phones and devices should be turned off or silenced during the school day and should not be in use on school grounds with the exception of with the permission and supervision of a staff-member. Staff will remind students to put away and turn off cell phones and devices as they come onto campus. Students may be allowed to use cell phones by teachers for educational purposes such as to look up a word, utilize the calculator or translate information. Smart watches and other devices that allow students to upload images to social media and other web based platforms, text or chat with friends pose a threat to student privacy while on campus and should have online features blocked during the school day. If this is not possible care givers will be notified and asked to keep the device at home.

Teachers will remind students to put away and turn off their cell phone and other devices if it is brought out during the school day. Students who have been reminded but continue to access or play on their phones will be asked to lock them in the teachers desk or leave them with the main office till the end of the day. Should a cell phone become a disruption to the learning environment, the teacher or administrator will ask the parent to pick up the cell phone.

Classroom Placement Policy

We believe that children benefit from learning in a classroom that is representative of the greater community in which they live. Our process for creating balanced classrooms starts at the end of each school year when we ask the current grade level team to create two balanced classroom cohorts. Teachers are asked to consider the following variables in creating these cohorts. This includes ensuring that all students have academic peers (students with similar learning needs and learning styles) and social peers (other students who they partner well with and/or have affinity to). Teachers also have to take into consideration the workload required for differentiating for students who are identified for TAG, SpEd, 504s or ESL services when building these cohorts. After these cohorts are created the admin team assigns specific teachers with input for the SpEd department, our climate coach, and counselor.

By taking these many factors into consideration we aim to maximize the intellectual, emotional, and social development of each child. Each new school year gives your student an opportunity to develop new friends and an opportunity to work with new classmates. This is a life-long skill that is necessary for joining new groups, clubs, and teams, as well as success in middle school, high school, and beyond. School staff put a great deal of effort and energy into smoothing the transition between grade levels. Student placement is one of the most important processes that we perform each Spring. Numerous hours are spent carefully placing each child to create balanced, heterogeneous groupings. Because we are a small school with only two strands per grade, we can not ensure a balanced classroom and take individual parent requests for specific teachers. We have found that honoring these types of requests creates tension in teams.

Dogs and/or Pets on campus

All dogs and/or pets must be kept on a leash when on school grounds. Qualified Service animals are welcome. Pets are NOT allowed in the building and must not be left tied up & unattended outside the school building. Please do not bring dogs and/or pets on walking field trips or to school events.

Field Trips

A permission slip will be sent home for school-sponsored field trips. We must have a form completed by a parent/guardian to allow a child to leave school for any reason. We cannot accept phone calls in place of the field trip form. This is Portland Public School policy and no exceptions will be made.
All chaperones on a school-sponsored field trip must have a completed and current criminal background check on file in the school office. Volunteers are not permitted to bring their spouses, relatives, children, (other than participating students), friends or pets on field trips.
No child will be denied a field trip because the family is unable to pay. Please let the classroom teacher know if you need a scholarship.

Food for classroom activities

Every year classes celebrate the classroom community this builds friendships, and encourages positive behavior. Teachers may ask for snacks to be brought from home for these events. We ask that parents provide snacks within reasonable limits. Snacks should be limited in quantity and calories. Due to student health concerns teachers may not be able to serve snacks that contain or may contain nuts, dairy, or certain other allergens. Please check with your teacher before purchasing snacks to ensure that no allergies or health sensitivities are present in your child's class.

Lice Information – PPS Policy

Below is the current PPS position on handling head lice in schools. Work with your school nurse if you suspect lice. Some additional resources are:

MESD http://www.mesd.k12.or.us/Page/510

EPA http://www2.epa.gov/managing-pests-schools/about-lice-and-their-control

CDC http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/

A student with live lice will be excluded from school, and sent home with lice treatment information.

A student with no live lice may return to school, even if nits are present. Families are strongly urged to remove all nits from their child's hair to help prevent re-infestation.
Students will be re-checked for lice and nits upon initial re-entry and at 7 and 14 days after reentry into school

Lost and Found

A large quantity of forgotten jackets, sweaters and other items accumulate at school.

Please label all items
Lost and found articles will be kept in the front hall near the main entrance. (small items such as glasses are kept in office)At seasonal breaks, unclaimed items are donated to the PPS Clothing Closet at Marshall HS

Moving ?

Sometimes families move during the school year. Often they elect to go to their new neighborhood school as it is convenient, develops a sense of community and a good way for the student to meet other children in the neighborhood. However, if you move but are still in the Portland Public School District your student may attend Woodmere through the end of the year. Please see the office for more information.

If you housing has become uncertain or you are sharing a home with other, please contact our office right away. You may be eligible for TITLE X services under the Mckinney Vento Act

Online activity

Student conduct online is expected to follow all district and school codes of conduct. (board policy) Online activity outside of school hours that interferes with the learning environment is also subject to school disciplinary procedures and may result in disciplinary action should other students be harmed through bullying, threats, or harassment.

School Visits and volunteering

Families are welcome to visit our school. Visiting in the classrooms must be pre arranged with the teacher. If the visit is for the purpose of volunteering (student facing activities) the adult must have completed the background check in advance) Students from other schools, visiting relatives and pets are not permitted to make classroom visitations during regular school hours.

We encourage any adult to get vaccinated before being on campus to protect the health of the children and caregivers in our community.

Volunteering is a great way to ensure the success of our students. Woodmere families log many volunteer hours through tutoring, helping in classrooms, assisting in the copy room, chaperoning field trips, fundraising, teaching art and helping with art residencies and after-school activities. Through the Parent Group, families help plan and implement a variety of community building events.

If you are interested in volunteering, whether at school or working from home, there are plenty of opportunities. Watch the Woodmere Weekly for ways to get involved.

Volunteers should visit www.pps.net/volunteer to view a Mandatory Volunteer Training and to access the online volunteer application.

(The SUN office has a parent computer available if you can not access this from home)

Student Discipline Policy

Woodmere staff recognizes that students are learning the appropriate behavior and approaches discipline as a learning opportunity by utilizing a relational discipline approach. This approach relies heavily on restorative justice strategies to help students identify the expected behavior, make amends when harm is done and restore relationships with those that have been harmed so they can return to class as quickly and smoothly as possible.

Woodmere School Climate can be found at Woodmere School Climate Handbook -Current

Student rights and responsibilities can be found at https://www.pps.net/Page/1065

Student Dress and Apparel Policy (PPS policy)

The responsibility for the dress and grooming of a student rests primarily with the student and his or her parents or guardians.

Allowable Dress & Grooming

Students must wear clothing including both a shirt with pants or skirt, or the equivalent and shoes.
Shirts and dresses must have fabric in the front and on the sides.
Clothing must cover undergarments. waistbands and bra straps excluded.
Fabric covering all private parts must not be see through.
Hats and other headwear must allow the face to be visible and not interfere with the line of sight to any student or staff. Hoodies must allow the student's face to be visible to staff.
Clothing must be safe for all scheduled classroom activities including physical education, science labs, woodshop, and other activities where unique hazards exist.
Specialized courses may require specialized attire, such as sports uniforms or safety gear.

Non-Allowable Dress & Grooming

Clothing may not depict, advertise or advocate the use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana or other controlled substances.
Clothing may not depict pornography, nudity or sexual acts.
Clothing may not use or depict hate speech targeting groups based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation or any other protected groups.
Clothing, including gang identifiers, must not threaten the health or safety of any other student or staff.
If the student’s attire or grooming threatens the health or safety of any other person, then discipline for dress or grooming violations should be consistent with discipline policies for similar violations.

Using the Telephone

The school telephone is for school business. Except in cases of emergency, we do not call students or teachers from the classroom to talk on the telephone during the school day. The office will be glad to relay important messages or transfer you to voicemail. However, we ask that families avoid calling the school on a regular basis regarding babysitting, play dates, transportation or supervision changes unless an emergency exists.

Students must have permission from a teacher or administrator and be supervised to use a school phone.

Valuables at School

Be sure your child can properly secure their bike, unicycle, skateboard and/or scooter, as the school cannot be responsible for stolen property. Students are cautioned not to bring any electronic equipment/games, cell phones, toys or other costly items to school. If a family feels strongly that their student needs to carry a cell phone, it should be stored in a backpack during the day or given to a teacher to lock up. Once again, the school will not be responsible if it is lost or stolen.

Woodmere Instructional Programs

Arts at Woodmere

The arts program at Woodmere has several components. The Dolphin dash raises money that is used to bring artists in residence and performers into the school.

Music and Art are part of our core program and is provided to all students twice per week for a semester each

Art based clubs may be offered by individual staff during lunch recesses at some grades. These are optional and meant to build community for students interested in the subject.

We hope to organize a family event at the end of each term to celebrate the creativity of our students moving forward.

SUN provides after-school arts enrichment classes throughout the year to further round out our arts experience.

Climate Plan is updated each year to reflect changes in district and school policy. This can also be viewed on our public facing website.

Safety Patrol

Student Volunteers patrol the crosswalks on Duke at 78th and 80th street intersections each day at the opening and closing of school: 8:25-8:37 and 2:55-3:07. Please see the Woodmere Safety Patrol Coordinator, Jim Stultz, if you have any concerns or questions.

School Meals

Breakfast, snack, and lunch will be served, free of charge, to all students at Woodmere during the 2019-20 school year. We maintain a peanut free table in the center of the cafeteria to protect students with allergies.

Adult visitors and staff may purchase a meal at the cost of 5.50 this year.

Students may bring a lunch or snack to eat with their lunch from home. As part of our district's commitment to teaching healthy habits students may not bring soda’s or share snacks unless part of a birthday celebration and individually portioned.

Special Education (SPED)

SpED is a program that supports students with specific learning and social emotional learning based on disability. Students may be referred to SPED in several ways.

Medical diagnosis- your doctor may recommend this process after a medical diagnosis
Parent concerns: parents may request evaluation when they have concerns about their students learning.
School staff will engage with families when tier 2 interventions are not leading to desired growth toward grade level outcomes.

SUN – Schools Uniting Neighborhoods

SUN provides more than just after school programming. SUN runs our community Food bank and organizes weekly food donations and food distribution to families. Kayla and Coach Tae can also help connect families with community services such as the clothes closet, or emergency housing or utilities support etc.

TAG- Talented and Gifted program- coordinator: Molly Walker mwalker@pps.net

Portland Public Schools’ Talented and Gifted website is https://www.pps.net/Page/1546 and has many resources and lots of information for families .

The Woodmere TAG plan will be posted on our website and there will be a meeting for families of identified TAG students in the Fall.
Families who wish to nominate their child can get forms from their classroom teacher during conferences, or https://www.pps.net/Page/1546 . All TAG nominations are due by November.

Woodmere Procedures: Safety Procedures

Climate plan included in a separate handbook.

Bus safety :

The district requires bus tags for all K-3 and new ESL students who ride the bus during the first three weeks of school Woodmere will give tags to the classroom teachers. The teacher is responsible for ensuring the student wears the tag at dismissal time and is given another tag if one is lost.

Emergency Procedures and Drills:

Woomdere participates in monthly safety drills. Fire drills occur each month and allow students to practice evacuation routes and classroom reunification. Two times a year students will also participate in lockdown, earthquake and lockdown team response drills.

Bio Hazard/Suspicious Chemical Spill –

Notify the office immediately.
Leave the room or area immediately in a calm, orderly manner.
Check for adverse medical symptoms, request medical attention.
Contain an area if possible when leaving by closing doors and windows.
Do not turn any electrical switches on or off.
Do not use any electrical equipment; eliminate any open flames.
Account for all students.

Earthquakes –

Duck, Cover, and Hold On
If indoors, stay indoors – If outside, stay outside until notified
Take cover immediately under desks, tables, or heavy furniture.
If cover is not available, find a corner of the room and “duck/cover/hold” in the corner.
Stay away from windows, light fixtures, and suspended objects.
Remain calm and reassure students.
When the earthquake is over, evacuate the building.

Electrical Outage –

Notify the office immediately.
Remain where you are and account for all students.
Assess the area for dangers.
Wait to be contacted

Evacuations –

Leave the building immediately in a calm, orderly manner. Please follow the respective routes found near every door.

Necessary items to take during an evacuation:

Class Roster
PPS School Emergency Response Plan RED flip book (it's hanging on your wall)
Orange bucket
Pink Emergency Attendance Sheet

Stay clear of the building.
Stay in a group and remain with students.
Take attendance making sure that all students (and adults) in attendance are accounted for.

If so, the pink sheet is to be filled out accordingly and the green ALL CLEAR from the flipbook is to be raised.
If a child (or adult) is missing, mark the pink sheet accordingly and the red NEED HELP from the flipbook is to be raised.

Do not return to the building unless instructed to do so by the Incident Commander or First Responders.
In the event that school grounds are also deemed unsafe for students during an evacuation students will be evacuated to Calvary Lutheran at 8040 Se Woodstock for family reunification. Students will be evacuated to their parking lot in the event that our field is unsafe for reunification

Lock Down –

The purpose of a Lock Down signal is to provide the Incident Commander with a means for alerting staff and students that there is an emergency situation in the school and that for a period of time, movement in the school will be restricted.

Lock Down – Is used when there is:

an active shooter in the school or
shots being fired or
a hostage situation

These three situations pose the greatest threat to students and staff and require that NO ONE MOVES IN THE SCHOOL. The School Emergency Team (SET) is not activated. Staff without supervision of children remain where they are. Personnel available in the office (Command Post) will be utilized to stabilize the situation until the police arrive on the scene and assess the situation.
Teachers close and lock their classroom doors, make a list (see Emergency Attendance Sheet) of all children not accounted for, add to this list the name of any child or adult that enters the classroom after the Lock Down is declared, move the children away from windows (if possible) and have everyone sit on the floor. They remain in this position until directed to do otherwise.
Students who are not under the direct supervision of an adult when the Lock Down signal is given should find the nearest adult and follow their directions.
Any visitor to the school will remain where they are, assuming they are either in a classroom or office. If in neither location, go to the nearest classroom and follow the teacher’s instructions. Once doors are locked they will not be opened for any reason.
Doors should not be opened for any reason. Emergency responders will open the door with a master key and escort students out once the situation is stabilized . SET team will then review attendance lists and work with emergency responders to reunify students with classrooms before releasing them to Families.

Secure the perimeter – Is activated when there is an unsafe situation outside the school building. Designated personnel are assigned to secure the exterior doors to the building.

Students return and/or remain inside the building.
Business as usual in the classroom.
Staff brings everyone indoors and ensures exterior doors are locked.
Take attendance

Medical Emergency –

Call 911, remain on the line until told to hang up.
Notify the office
Assess the scene; check for other injuries.
Clear the area of uninjured students.

Family Reunification-

In the event that an emergency situation makes it unsafe to remain at the . Families will be notified to meet at the evacuation site to be reunified with students. Students will only be released to adults that are designated on student registration forms for pick up.

Adults should be prepared to:

Wait as staff looks up names
Present ID
Follow the directions of site coordinators (school staff or city officials such as police or firefighters)

Team Response – Is used, at the discretion of the Incident Commander when in her/his opinion an emergency/crisis has occurred and it requires the holding of students for a period of time. The command activates the School Emergency Team who will respond to the Command Post and receive their instructions. All adults not having direct supervision of children will report to a designated location and assist in the searching of the school for stray children and guests.

Teachers will follow the same procedures as they would for a Lock Down except there is no need to move children away from windows or to sit on the floor.
The Search & Rescue Team will collect the Emergency Attendance Sheets from each classroom.
A Lock Down signal should never be used for a fire/explosion or weather emergency. These events have their own signal and should not be confused with a Lock Down situation.

Maintaining a Safe school Environment :

ID: All adults in the building during the school day are to wear ID tags in a highly visible spot in the chest area at all times during the school day. Adults without ID tags are to be escorted to the office by staff members.

Students and Families We ask that students and Families:

Communicate safety concerns to office or to safe oregon at https://www.safeoregon.com/
Doors may only be opened by office electronically or by staff members
Adults conduct themselves in a manner that is respectful of the young age of our students, instructional setting, and cultural differences at all times by:

refraining from cursing, threatening, or abusive language
communicating calmly about concerns

School:

All outside doors will remain closed and locked for the security and safety of the staff and students. Doors should be pulled shut by all staff if they are seen open. Doors may not be propped open.
All employees will immediately report to the office any accident that occurs. An accident report will be prepared by the staff in the office describing the cause of the accident. Employees will provide the necessary information and details needed regarding the accident. A monthly accident log, prepared by Risk Management, will be maintained in the office.
Any unsafe conditions, furniture, equipment, etc.will be reported immediately to the principal or custodian so that corrective action can be taken.

Updated 6/29/2024