2. Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year!

3. Welcome to Kindergarten!

4. Kindergarten Teachers

5. Parking Lot Procedures
Do…
Use crosswalks & wait for duty teacher to cross you
Enter through the west gate by the marquee
Exit out the east gate
Continue moving along the blue lane to minimize traffic
Don’t…
Stop while in the blue lane
Leave your vehicle unattended in the blue lane
Enter through the east gate
Drop students off along Hillcrest Blvd., 71st Ave., or no stopping zones

6. School Map

7. First Day Packets
Please return all forms requiring information and signatures by Friday, August 10th.
Please include your address. Copper Creek is Green!

8. Front Office Procedures
New safety feature—Perimeter cameras
Office staff will check the ID and buzz visitors through the doors to access nurse, media center, cafeteria, and classrooms. Please refrain from escorting your child to the classroom after the first day.

9. Arrival Procedures
8:15—Gates open, students walk to the playground and line up at the designated grade level area. Duty teachers will greet the students on the playground. Kindergarten-Parents will escort kinder students to the kinder gate using the crosswalk or drop off at kinder blue line.
(Per District Policy, parents may not be on the playground or in the classrooms.)
8:20—Teachers escort students from the playground to the classroom.
8:30-Please avoid being tardy! Gates are locked starting at 8:30am. Students will be required to go to the office.

10. Dismissal Procedures
3:15- Students exit through the front of the building to walk home or be picked up. First grade will wait for parents inside the gate. Kindergarten will be a handoff at the kinder gate just a few minutes before 3:15 pm. Bus riders exit to the bus area.
Remember: Students will not be released from school or given phone messages after 3:00pm due to end of the day procedures taking place in the classrooms to ensure Safety.

11. Student Safety All gates will be locked during the school day.
Visitors must sign in at the front office and wear a visitor’s sticker.
Fire drills are practiced monthly.
Lockdowns are practiced quarterly. All doors are locked!
Students may not be signed out during a lockdown or fire drill.
All volunteers must attend training before going into classrooms or attending field trips. (Dates for trainings coming soon!)
Evacuation Location: Deer Valley High School

12. District Policy
All volunteers must complete the district training. This is required for working in the classroom and going on field trips.
Training date at Copper Creek: Wed. 8/29/18 from 5:00-5:45
Siblings may not attend classroom parties or be present when parent is volunteering. This is a district policy.
Siblings are welcome to attend awards assemblies, field day, and lunch when with their guardian.

13. PBIS
What is it?
The Positive Behavior Intervention System model (PBIS) is a program that we use at Copper Creek to support positive behavior in students..
PAWS is a school-wide system of support that includes proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create a positive school environment.

14. We will say this after the Pledge of Allegiance each day!

15. Sanford Harmony What is it?
It is a social emotional learning program that Copper Creek will use to help cultivate strong relationships with others and it is designed to make a difference in how students think about and treat each other.
This program includes lessons and activities to help students communicate, problem solve, and build peer relationships.

16. Let’s Be Prompt Campaign
School begins promptly at 8:30 a.m. and it is our goal
at Copper Creek for all students to be present and ready to learn at the start of each school day.
Please help our campaign by ensuring that your child arrives at school promptly with the appropriate materials.
Thank you!

17. Meet the Teacher PowerPoints are located on each grade level website.