Handbook
For the entire
2008-2009 Family Handbook, you may
open the document here. For your convenience, some of the commonly used
sections of the handbook are repeated below. You may click on the links to
the left to go immediately to the topics you need.
Admissions
An interview (prior to
enrollment) with the Principal/Administrator is required. "All students are on
probation during the first semester of their attendance at a Catholic School.”
(5110a). During this time St. Katharine Drexel School will determine whether or
not it can meet the needs of the student. Admission to Kindergarten requires a
child to be five (5) years old on or before September 1 in the year s/he
proposes to enter school. Admission to the first grade requires a child to be
six (6) years old on or before September 1 in the year s/he proposes to enter
school. Review of school records from the student’s previous school experiences
and/or permission to speak with the student’s previous teachers are required
prior to registration (See also Registration).
Cell
Phones and Electronic Devices
Cell
Phones: Although students may be carrying a cell phone for emergencies
or after school needs to contact a parent/guardian, use of cell phones
is prohibited as delineated below. If use occurs that is of
non-emergency status, the cell phone will be confiscated and the student
may forfeit the privilege of bringing a cell phone to school. If the
student has a cell phone,
1. It must remain in the student’s back pack and off while the student
is on campus between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. or while a
school function is in session.
2. Cell Phones may NOT be used for taking pictures.
3. Harassment or threatening of persons via the cell phone is NOT
permitted.
4. Cell phones may not be used for game playing, internet or email
access, gambling or making purchases of any kind.
Electronic Devices: The following electronic devices are also not
permitted on campus: walkmans, I-pods, pagers, laser pointers.
IF ANY CELL PHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE IS SEEN ON THE PERSON OF A
STUDENT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, IT WILL BE CONFISCATED. THE CHILD WILL
RECEIVE THE DEVICE BACK ONCE A PARENT/GUARDIAN COMES TO PICK IT UP.
Registration
Registrations will be
accepted from those interested in our program in the following manner:
1st Those who are currently
enrolled at Saint Katharine Drexel School
2nd Those who are members
of St. Katharine Drexel Parish and
3rd Open to the general
public.
Children entering
Kindergarten must be 5 years of age by September 1. Children entering
Pre-School must be 3 years of age (2-Day Preschool) and 4 years of age (4K) by September
1.
All tuition must be up to
date as arranged.
All registrations will be
marked with the date and time they are received in the school office. (See also
Admissions)
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Tuition and Fees ,
2008-2009
Preschool
2-day Session . . . . . . . . . $700.00
*Registration fee of $50.00 is required to hold
child's spot.
Beaver Dam 4Kids SKDS Site (4-year olds)
Register through the Beaver Dam Public School
| Grade |
Parishioner |
Non-Parishioner |
- Beaver Dam 4Kids Site
- One Child family (K-8)
- Two Child family (K-8)
- Three Child family (K-8)
- Four Child family (K-8)
|
$0
$1763
$2839
$3318
$3505 |
$0
$2205
$3546
$4150
$4378 |
|
Instructional Fees |
Playground Fee |
|
Kindergarten
|
$140 |
$40 for
first child |
| Grades 1-8 |
$210 |
$20 for
each additional child |
|
1
Non Parishioner tuition is 25% more than Parishioner tuition.
2 Discount
of 3% if tuition is paid in full on or prior to September 1,
2008.
NOTE:
Pre School, Kindergarten, and Extend A Day can be used as child
care expenses on your taxes. Keep careful records and talk
to your tax preparer. |
Tuition Assistance
St. Katharine Drexel School has established a
Tuition Assistance Fund for those who desire to send their children to a
Catholic School but need some monetary assistance in order to do so.
You may contact either the principal or the pastor for information on
financial assistance.
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Arrival At School
Students must enter school
when the first bell rings. Students shall assemble in the inner-court (or
during inclement weather in the cafeteria) at the Elementary Campus or the gym
at the Primary Campus (Primary students will sit quietly in designated areas
until the first bell rings). Children may not become involved in games or
roughhousing of any sort. They must wait quietly. Parent/guardians, for
children in grades one through eight, are requested not to have their children
at school earlier than 8:00 a.m. Students are supervised by designated faculty.
Pre-school: 9:00 -11:00
a.m.
4K: 8:15-11:00 a.m. and 12:15-3:00 p.m.
Grades K-8: 8:10 a.m. -
3:15 p.m. (First bell rings at 8:05)
Start time means students
are in their seats, ready to begin.
Picking up/Dropping off
Children
BE CAREFUL. Do not ask
children to cross the street. Do not block driveways. Do not stop in the middle
of the street. The safety of your children (our students) is our priority!
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Tardiness
Prompt,
consistently on-time arrival to school is an important asset to a
child's development. Children must be encouraged to be on time for all
classes and events. If a student is tardy to school, he/she must
report to the school office first. A parent/guardian note must accompany
the child for tardiness. If the child does not bring a note
initially from a parent/guardian, the child is considered unexcused.
• Excessive Tardiness may result in serious consequences for the
student, including:
-Becoming ineligible for academic recognitions/awards.
-Denial of field trip opportunities.
-Termination of enrollment.
• If a student accumulates three (3) unexcused “tardies” for the year,
he/she will be required to make up the time on student time.
(Oversleeping, car trouble, late starting or any other non-emergency
reason is not an excused tardy.)
• If a child is late to a class because a teacher has detained him/her,
that teacher will give the student a pass to his/her next class. If this
is not the case, the student must obtain a pass from the office.
• All tardiness is recorded in the school office.
Code of Christian Conduct
St. Katharine Drexel School is a Catholic, Christian family founded in
God’s love. Mindful of the fact that God lives in each one of us, we
believe that everyone deserves to be treated in a respectful manner.
“Whatever you do to these, the least of My brothers, you do unto Me.”
(Matthew 25:40) In view of this philosophy we have developed this Code
of Christian Conduct.
This Code of Christian Conduct identifies the four cornerstone behaviors
Respect, Responsibility, Honesty and Kindness, along with related rules
and examples of practice. All students are expected to practice these
cornerstone behaviors with the support of teachers, parents and
administrators. Failure to uphold the Code of Christian Conduct will
result in appropriate and consistent consequences.
A safe, positive environment is a prerequisite to learning. The members
of our SKDS community of learners have the right to a safe learning
environment and have responsibility to help create that environment.
Pope John Paul II proclaimed in his resolution that: “Community is at
the heart of all Catholic education, not simply as a concept to be
taught, but as a reality to be lived.”
We understand that each person is called to live and build community,
hence, standards of behavior apply not only to students, but also to all
individuals involved in our school system; parents or guardians,
volunteers, and all parish school employees-whether they are on school
property, on school buses or at any school-authorized event or activity.
Support for the Code of Christian Conduct is expected and parents and
students are asked to acknowledge their commitment in writing on the
Acknowledgement of Receipt and Review of Code of Christian Conduct form.
Please click here for the
entire Code of Christian Conduct.
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Absences/Truancy
Absences
- A
student who misses 5% of the day (21 minutes), either in the morning
or afternoon, will be marked ½ day absent.
-
Students need to be in attendance at school for a full day in order
to;particpate in any social/extra-curricular events in the afternoon
and evening, including athletics (games/practices), dances, or
service events. This is to foster the attitude that school and
associated responsibilites should be the number one priority.
-
Absences may be considered either excused or unexcused, however, all
absences are cumulative and are documented on the student’s
permanent school record.
Excused Absences
Excused absences require that parents notify the School Office by
calling 920-885-5558 (Spring Street Campus for grades 4 - 8) or
920-885-4814 (Maple Avenue Campus for grades Pre – third) before
9:00 AM to report the student absence and the reason. In addition, a
note signed by the parent or doctor is to be presented when the child
returns to school. Just sending a note does not automatically earn
an excused absence.
Excused absences may include:
-
Illness or injury.
-
Family emergencies.
-
Pre-approved high school
shadowing for 8th graders only.
-
Medical appointments that
cannot be scheduled outside of school hours and the School is
notified in advance.
-
Extended absences of three
(3) or more days due to illness or injury require medical
documentation upon return to school in order to be considered as
excused absences.
-
In addition, patterns of
routine absences for medical conditions require that the
parent/guardian submit medical documentation in order to be
considered as excused absences. Communication by the parents is
essential in these matters and will be treated confidentially.
Unexcused Absences
Unexcused absences may include:
-
Absences in which proper
notification or documentation is not provided.
-
Any unexcused absence is
considered truant and may result in a mandatory meeting with the
parents and principal and/or designee.
-
Unexcused absences may
result in serious consequences for the student, including:
-Becoming ineligible for academic recognitions/awards.
-Denial of
field trip opportunities.
-Termination
of enrollment.
Appointments
Parent/guardians are urged to leave their children in school all day.
SKDS discourages the scheduling of dentist/doctor
appointments during school hours.
-
If a child needs to be dismissed early, s/he will bring a note to
the school office stating the time and reason for dismissal.
-
All students
leaving school during the day
must be picked up and signed out by the parent/guardian in the
school office.
-
Parents/guardians
are not permitted to go to the classroom, lunchroom or playground at
any time during the school day to retrieve students.
Illness or Injury
During School
-
Children who
become ill or are injured at school must report to the Office.
-
Parents/guardians
will be contacted to pick up their child if the illness or injury is
serious or continues to persist.
-
Students
must be picked up and signed
out by the parent/guardian in the school office before
leaving the school premises.
Standardized Testing
Absences, appointments, vacations are discouraged during the two weeks
that standardized testing takes place.
Missed Work
-
Students shall be allowed one day for each day absent to complete
work missed due to an excused absence,
and shall be graded on the quality of the product produced.
Parents/guardians may pick up assigned work for ill students in the
school office at the end of the school day ONLY IF a request
for work has been called in by 9 AM. Please be certain that your child is well enough to do homework if
it is requested. It is expected that all homework will at least be
attempted if sent home per parent/guardian request. AND…if you
request homework, it must be picked up. It is inconsiderate at best
to expect teachers to gather homework only to have it remain in the
office.
-
Teachers are not
expected nor required to provide assignments in advance of planned
absences since lesson plans and classroom instruction are not
static. Assignments
and missed work are to be made up by the student regardless of being
absent, tardy, or truant. Upon returning to school, the student
must make specific arrangements with each teacher to complete the
required work. Such assignments must be handed to the teacher(s)
within the same numbers of days the student was absent. Those
assignments not handed in by that time will be considered missing
unless an extension has been agreed upon by the teacher(s), parent,
and student.
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PLEASE NOTE: It
is the responsibility of the student and parents to find out what
was missed and to turn it in on time in the case of any absence.
Vacation/Pre Arranged
Absences
-
Requests for
vacation/prearranged absences must be registered in advance with the
principal/designee. Teachers are not expected nor required to
provide assignments in advance of planned absences since lesson
plans and classroom instruction are not static.
However, students and parents will be responsible for securing the
work immediately upon return. Assignments and missed work are to be
made up by the student regardless of the reason for the cause of
missed work.
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The SKDS calendar is published and sent home during summer break
indicating vacation times and other “off” days. It is important that
families use these times for planning their vacations. Whenever the
child is absent, s/he loses out on the instructional process.
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Dress and Grooming
St. Katharine Drexel School
is committed to the education of the whole person and recognizes the importance
of the individual. Our main criteria in maintaining the dress code will be
NEATNESS, CLEANLINESS, and APPROPRIATENESS.
Please click here
for a complete description of the newly updated
Dress Code, approved by
the Board of Education for 2008.
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Curriculum
Annually, ST. KATHARINE
DREXEL SCHOOL faculty reviews a specific curricular area to ensure timely
changes are in place and that no area is out of date. Our curriculum is a living
document. All teachers serve on curriculum committees. S.K.D.S. has a
challenging, Catholic Christian value loaded curriculum.
Publishers and
Copyrights follow:
|
Subject |
Publisher |
Copyright |
|
Religion
Family Life
Language
Reading
Science
Social Studies
Music
Spanish
Health
Math
|
(Pre) Our Sunday Visitor
(K) RCL
(K-5) Sadlier
(6-8) Silver Burdette Ginn
(K-8) Benziger
(4-8) Houghton Mifflin
(K-3) Scott Foresman
(4-8) Trade Books
(K) Harcourt, McMillan/McGraw Hill (1 & 5) McMillan/McGraw Hill
(2 & 4) Harcourt
(3) Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin
(6-8) Prentice Hall
(K-5) Houghton Mifflin
(6-8) Glencoe
(K-6) McGraw-Hill
The above also use sheet music
and various music publications.
(5-7) National Textbook
(8) EMC/Paradigm
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
(K-6) Houghton/Mifflin
(7) Glencoe Pre Algebra
(8) Glencoe Algebra |
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2004
2005
2005
2001
2001
2000
2002
2002
2002
2002
2003
2005
2005
2007
2000
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2000
1999
2004
2004
2004 |
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Report Cards and Incompletes
St. Katharine Drexel
School uses the Archdiocesan Report Card which is a Standards Based
report. Report cards are issued four (4) times during the year (one per
quarter). All reports should be considered confidential. The student is
given the report to hand-carry to parent/guardians. The signature sheet
must be returned to the school with the parent/guardian’s signature
after the first, second and third grading periods. The final fourth
quarter report card is picked up at the Elementary School Office in
June. The exact date is placed in the newsletter. Progress Reports are
sent home at interim periods when there is a need to communicate an
important educational matter to the child’s family.
Incompletes: Unfinished work resulting in an Incomplete on the
report card must be completed within two weeks after the quarter ends
unless there are extenuating circumstances which prevent a timely
completion. Students who do not address this in a responsible manner
will be required to stay after school at the convenience of the teacher.
Unless there are extenuating circumstances, students can expect a
reduction in the grade earned.
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Standardized Testing
Program (5120.1)
The Archdiocesan
standardized testing program at the Elementary Level requires that:
Iowa
Test of Basic Skills, Riverside
Publishing Co., is administered to students in grades 3, 5, and 7.
Cognitive Ability Test, Riverside
Publishing Co., is administered to students in grades 3, 5, and 7.
Testing on other levels is
optional. St. Katharine Drexel School gives the survey (a shorter version) to
grade 1.
Tests are administered
during the month of March.
The Archdiocese of
Milwaukee Religion assessment is administered to all students in grades 3, 5,
and 7 at the scheduled March testing time.
WKCE: Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts
Exam; Students in grades four and eight participate in this assessment program
annually.
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Volunteer Requirements
New Directive from Archbishop Timothy Dolan:
all volunteers must take the Safe Guarding All God’s Family In-service
prior to volunteering our schools and parishes.
Volunteer help from parent/guardians is a vital component for the
successful operation of SKDS. Parent/guardians are welcome in school for
a variety of support functions. They support the instructional program
in many ways. A call to the Primary or Elementary offices or completion
of an interest form volunteering for any of a variety of services is
always appreciated. Noon hour lunchroom food servers, health screenings,
library-media aides, computer aides, and classroom support helpers are
some of the functions volunteers can provide. Volunteers work under the
direction of the school staff. A Volunteer Handbook has been created for
your convenience. If you do not receive one, please ask for a copy. All
volunteers must fulfill the following requirements:
Attend a SAFE GUARDING ALL GOD’S FAMILY In-Service
Read and Sign the Code of Ethics
Undergo a Criminal Records Check
Fill out a Volunteer Application
THESE REQUIREMENTS MUST BE FULFILLED BEFORE AN INDIVIDUAL MAY PROVIDE
VOLUNTEER SERVICES.
Failure to fulfill these requirements will prevent you from
volunteering. We value our volunteers but we are required to follow
these guidelines which help ensure the safety and well-being of our
students.
Safeguarding All God's Family Education
Registration Process
1. Go to www.archmil.org
2. Look under Events.
3. Scroll down through the list of events looking for Safe Environment
Education for the date and location you wish.
4. Click on that location.
5. Information for that location will pop up.
6. Click on “On Line” Registration.
7. You may also cancel a registration in this manner.
8. Questions: call the school office at 885-5558; ask for Barb Haase.
Or—call the parish center at 887-2082.
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Accreditation of Catholic
Elementary Schools
Schools shall be accredited
through the Office for Schools, Child & Youth Ministries and the Wisconsin
Religious and Independent Schools Accreditation upon demonstration that specific
standards have been met.
The standards of the Office
for Schools reflect the requirements for Catholic Schools as stated in the
policies, regulations, and statutes of the Wisconsin Catholic Conference of
Bishops, the policies and regulations for the Office for Schools, Child and
Youth Ministries, and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
The following process is
followed:
Once every four years
schools submit documentation for the Accreditation Standards by November 1 to
the Office for Schools, Child and Youth Ministries.
A team comprised of
Principal/Administrators and teachers, with the Staff of the Office for Schools,
Child & Youth Ministries as resource, visits the school, and reviews the
documentation of the Standards.
The Accreditation Review
Board evaluates the documentation and makes recommendations regarding
accreditation status to the Superintendent/Director.
The Superintendent/Director
grants:
Accreditation for seven
years,
Accreditation on condition
for a specific period of time, or Non-accreditation
Notification of the status
is sent to Pastor, Principal/Administrator, and parish school board/education
committee. Notification of conditional and non-accreditation status is also
sent to the chairperson of the parish council.
The results of the
accreditation process are published in the Catholic Herald and the Office for
Schools, Child and Youth Ministry’s newsletter.
Upon receiving Archdiocesan
accreditation, the school administrator shall complete the process for statewide
certification through Wisconsin Religious and Independent Schools Accreditation
(WRISA). The WRISA forms and procedures will be coordinated through the Office
for Schools, Child & Youth Ministries.
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Special Program
Services/Students At Risk
Our Mission Statement,
Philosophy and Goals state that at "SKDS we teach the whole child, spiritually,
emotionally, intellectually, physically, socially and culturally.” Therefore,
our aim is to develop individual and appropriate responses to the needs of our
students. However, when the needs of an individual student with suspected
exceptional educational needs (EEN) or identified EEN cannot be appropriately
addressed by our school staff, the student is referred to the local public
school for an EEN evaluation and placement if appropriate.
At St. Katharine Drexel
School we offer student help via volunteer tutors and the Learning Zone. The
Learning Zone is an inviting room for all students, not only those considered to
be at risk but also those needing enrichment or an additional challenge. It is
housed at the Elementary Campus.
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