1. Mrs.Mulcahy’s 3rd Grade Class
Welcome!

2. Please be sure to sign in and let me know if your child will be a bus rider, car rider, or walker by signing the orange paper on the desk.

3. Important parent information
Read! Read! Read! Spend at least 20 minutes listening to your child read each night. Expose your child to a variety of reading materials. One of the greatest gifts that you can give your child is the love of reading.
Tardies: Students can be dropped off no earlier than 7:10 am. Students must go to the lunchroom and wait for the 7:25 am bell at which time they will be allowed into classrooms to unpack and prepare materials for the school day. Students are tardy when the 7:45 bell rings and will not be admitted to class without a tardy slip.
Absences: Whenever your child is absent, they MUST bring a note stating the reason within three (3) days of returning from the absence.

4. More parent information…
Materials: Materials listed in the supply list are to be kept at school. It is important that students have these items everyday and should be replaced if they run out.
Student Papers: Your child will bring home a folder every Tuesday containing graded class work for you to discuss with your child.  Please sign and return the papers in the folder the next day. The weekly folder may also include information about field trips, classroom activities, and other information from the school or community organizations. Anything placed in the KEEP side of the folder needs to be kept at home for your information.

5. MORE parent information
Assessment: We will use several assessments throughout the school year. Progress reports will be sent home every 4 weeks. Report cards are sent home every 9 weeks.
Fieldtrips: Field trips are utilized to enhance our curriculum. Only children enrolled in the Elmore County Public Schools are allowed to ride on a school bus. NO siblings are allowed to go on school field trips. When you sign up to participate in a field trip, you are agreeing to be a chaperone.

6. Morning Drop-Off Students should not be dropped off before 7:10.
Car riders should be dropped off in the front of the building in the carpool line.
After the first week, parents should not park and walk students to the front door or to their classrooms.

7. Dismissal Please follow these instructions very carefully.
The dismissal bell rings at 2:45 PM. At dismissal, car riders are taken outside to wait for parents to come through the carpool line. Please make sure your name plate is visible in your car window. Bus riders are loaded at 2:45 PM, therefore we can not accept phone calls to change transportation or check outs past 2:00 PM. All students should be picked up from the campus by 3:10 PM.
If you need to change your child's transportation, you must send your child's teacher a note. If you have questions about a bus route, please contact the Elmore County Transportation Department

8. Reminders…..
Office staff will be available to assist parents and/or children from 7:10 AM – 4:00 PM. If you have any questions or concerns please call during these hours.
The tardy bell will ring at 7:45 a.m. and the afternoon bus bell will ring at 2:45 p.m. No teachers or other school personnel will be on duty prior to 7:10 a.m. or after 3:30 p.m.
Check-outs are not allowed after 2:00 PM unless there is an extreme emergency.

9. Please come visit, BUT…
Whenever you visit the school, please enter the front door and stop at the office and sign in and get a visitor’s pass. For safety purposes, the doors will be released for you to enter by the secretary. The other doors are kept locked during the school day.
Please make sure you sign and return the background check. This will allow you to volunteer and chaperone field trips.
Conferences can be scheduled by sending a note or calling the school at to schedule a time. You may also me at Conferences will be held after school. Conferences will not be held during school hours .
Our Lunch Time is 12:06-pm. Please come join us.

10. General School Rules Classroom Rules:
1. Raise your hand to speak or leave your area.
2. Come to class prepared.
3. Follow directions the first time given.
4. Respect yourself, others, and their property.
5. Use appropriate voice level at all times.

11. General School Rules Hallway Rules: 1. Walk in the halls.
2. Walk on the “Sunny Side” of the hall.
3. Be quiet and respect those who are having class. (NO noise when traveling in the hall.)
4. Walk in single file lines.
5. Keep your hands to yourself.

12. General School Rules Lunchroom Rules: 1. Use good table manners.
2. Do not throw food.
3. Tables are for food trays.
4. Talking must be conversational; no shouting.
5. Leave the lunchroom neat and clean.
6. Stay in a single file line.

13. Lunchroom Please make your check payable to Wetumpka Elementary School Cafeteria. Please do not send lunch money, and juice and snack money in the same check.
Breakfast
Will be served each day 7:15am-7:50 am
Breakfast………….$ Reduced Breakfast…$0.30
Lunch
We provide healthy, nutritionally balanced lunches. Fast food and carbonated drinks are not allowed. Students will not have access to microwaves or refrigerators.
Lunch……………$ Reduced Lunch …$0.40

14. Juice and Snack
Juice and snacks are available for purchase at school before the tardy bell. Juice will be $.75 and snacks will be $ .50 each.
All juice sold is 100% juice, and snacks sold follow the guidelines as set forth by the Alabama Department of Education Nutrition Policies.

15. Nurse!!!!!! Sickness and Infections
Children should be kept at home when they are suffering from an infectious condition such as severe colds, elevated temperature, or symptoms of viral infections.
Children Who Become Sick
Since our facilities are not conducive for caring for sick children, you will be notified to come and pick up your child when they become ill. Please pick them up as quickly as possible.
Medications
If your child requires medication at school, you will need to get the appropriate forms. This will include a form to be signed by the prescribing physician. Children are NOT allowed to carry any medication. All medication (including Tylenol, cough drops, etc...) must be brought by an adult and given directly to Nurse Slater.

16. Classroom information
The best way to contact me is . This comes directly to me and doesn’t get lost in a book bag! 
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17. Help us out!!!!! This year we will be collecting the following
items to raise funds for our class and school.
Box Tops--Each Box Top coupon is worth 10 cents for our classroom. You can clip Box Tops coupons from hundreds of your favorite products.
Target- Facebook users!! Vote weekly to give our school gift cards.
Tyson Project A+--Clip and save Tyson Project A+ labels from participating Tyson products. Each label is worth 24 cents for our school.
My Coke Rewards--Collect Coca-Cola Codes from bottle drinks and Boxed can drinks! 
Campbell’s Soup Labels--Save Campbell Soup Label's UPC for our school.
Cartridges for Kids--Recycle empty laser and inkjet cartridges, used cell phones, laptops, PDA's, GPS Systems and I-Pods to earn cash for our school!!!

18. PTO information
Membership $5.00-This money comes back to our classroom!
T-shirts on sale!
Please volunteer!

19. Last Minute Reminders…
$10.00 Class donation(printer ink, copies)
$10.00 Technology fee
3rd grade t-shirts (price TBA)
No snack sold on Monday(bring your own)