McBride Bulletin
It’s hard to believe we’re already approaching the halfway point of the school year! Time truly flies when we’re learning and growing together. As we wrap up this semester, here are a few important reminders and updates:
Supervision Reminder
Student supervision begins at 8:00 a.m. Please ensure that students are not dropped off before this time. Your cooperation helps us keep all students safe—thank you!
Dress in Layers
The average temperature in our building is about 72°. Please make sure your child brings a sweater or jacket. With mandatory safety drills (fire, evacuation, etc.) and outdoor recess, dressing in layers helps students stay comfortable.
Thank You for Your Support
Thank you for your concern and gestures of kindness during the recent shutdown. Your support truly made a difference for our school community.
We wish you a restful winter break filled with opportunities to create lasting memories. As we welcome the New Year, our hope is that this winter recess provides time for your family to enjoy activities that are often hard to fit in during the school year.
- Breakfast starts at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 8:20 a.m. Please allow 15 minutes for your child to get breakfast and eat.
- As a reminder, please remember that your child should not arrive before 8:00 a.m. since there is no adult supervision until 8:00 a.m.
- The instructional day starts at 8:30 a.m. Please ensure that your child arrives in time to be in class by 8:30 a.m. Students who arrive after 8:30 a.m. to their classroom will be marked tardy.
- Parents are encouraged to use the designated walkway when going from the parking lot to the school and vice versa. This is for the safety of all stakeholders.
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Student Illness
Do not send your child to school if he or she is ill. Staying home to get the proper rest, nutrition, and parental care is for your child's benefit as well as for the benefit of the other children in the school who may be unnecessarily exposed to a contagious illness. The following are examples of when a student should remain home:
- A temperature greater than or equal to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The student must be fever-free without the use of fever-reducing medication for 24 hours (a complete school day) before returning to school.
- Actively vomiting or has diarrhea.
- An illness which presents with contagious symptoms.
- Other symptoms interfering with learning or participation, such as abdominal pain; ear ache; itchy, painful eyes; light-sensitivity; or profuse exudate from the eyes necessitating frequent wiping.
- Severe uncontrolled coughing or wheezing, rapid or difficult breathing, and coughing lasting longer than five to seven days.
- Episodes of vomiting in the past 24 hours. A student must remain home until vomiting resolves (no further vomiting for 24 hours).
- Frequent, loose or watery stools compared to the student's normal pattern; not caused by diet or medication. A student must remain home if a) he/she looks or acts ill; b) he/she has diarrhea with temperature elevation of 100°F or greater; and c) he/she has diarrhea and vomiting.
- Blister-like lesions (impetigo, including streptococci, staphylococcus, and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections) that develop into pustules with weeping and crusting. A student must be medically evaluated, remain home for at least 24 hours after initiation of medical treatment and remain home until determined not infectious by a medical provider. Lesions must be covered for school attendance.
- Ringworm lesions must be covered for school attendance.
- Thick discharge from eye, necessitating frequent wiping and may be accompanied by pain, redness to the white part of the eye and light sensitivity. Student must remain at home until symptoms clear or completion of 24 hours of medical provider-prescribed ophthalmic treatment.
- Measles, mumps, rubella, (German measles), chicken pox, pertussis (whooping cough), and influenza. A student must remain home until determined to be not infectious by a medical care provider.
If your child becomes ill during the school day, the school nurse will contact you to pick up your child. To return to school, your child must be without symptoms for 24 hours and fever-free without fever-reducing medications for at least 24 hours.
Applicable DoW Policies
Arrival and Dismissal Procedures
Arrival Procedures
- Students should not arrive to school before 8:00 a.m. as supervision is not provided during that time.
- Breakfast is served from 8:00 a.m. - 8:25 a.m.
- Students not eating breakfast will enter the building starting at 8:05 a.m.
- Children arriving after 8:30 a.m. are tardy and must report to the office for a pass.
Drop Off/Pick Up Procedures
- Use the front drive to drop off your child(ren).
- Never drop-off students while stopped in the middle of passing traffic lanes.
- Pay attention to staff performing crosswalk guard duty.
- Drive forward all the way to the next available loading/unloading zone or to the car parked in front of you.
- Make sure your children have their belongings prepared in advance for unloading. This will help to speed up the process.
- As soon as you are stopped and between LOADING/UNLOADING ZONE signs, quickly load/unload students.
- Load/unload the students on the curbside of the vehicle.
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Regular Instructional Day (Monday- Friday)
| PK-5th Grade | 8:30 AM - 3:15 PM |
Early Release (2nd Tuesday of the month)
| PK-5th Grade | 8:30 AM -2:30 PM |
*Every 2nd Tuesday will be an early release day. All other Tuesdays will be regular school hours.
Breakfast
Breakfast is from 8:00 a.m. - 8:25 a.m.
All students must be in their classrooms by 8:30 to be counted present.
Students arriving to class after 8:30 are counted tardy.
SUMMER HOURS:
8:00am - 3:00pm
