LOMA VERDE PARENT CONNECTION

Dear Bear Family,

Happy New Year! We hope you had a relaxing break. This semester starts the second half of the year and our amazing teachers are ready to support our scholars.

Thank you parents for supporting our Krispy Kreme fundraiser. This could not have been successful without our amazing teachers and community. Thank you for supporting our Bears.

Please call or email me at 915-937-8602 or ctrist@sisd.net for any questions or support.

Claudia Tristan

Thank you for entrusting our team with your scholars.

LA TRADUCCIÓN ESTÁ DISPONIBLE HACIENDO CLIC EN EL BOTÓN TRADUCIR EN LA PARTE INFERIOR DE LA PÁGINA

Loma Verde Elementary School. "Where Excellence is By Design", is a community committed to providing a challenging education to every child in a safe and nurturing environment.

VISION

Tomorrow's Leaders Learning Today

Ms. Tristan - Principal

Mr. Stevens - Assistance Principal

Ms. Armendariz - School Secretary

Ms. Doporto - Attendance and Registration

Ms. Melendez - Campus Clerk

Ms. Perez - School Nurse

Mr. Balcazar - Security Guard

SRO - Mr. Gonzalez

Please stop by the school to locate your child's lost belongings. All unclaimed items will be donated January 12, 2023. We have jackets, sweaters, lunch boxes, water bottles, and hats. Items labeled with names have been returned to students. Please write students first, last, and grade level to help us return lost items to our scholars.

Morning drop off - -When dropping off your scholars by the canopy area, please do not wait until you reach the front of the line at the drop off area. Scholars should start getting out of the cars as soon as you pass the yellow lines and the vehicle is at a stand still. This will help with the flow of the line and help prevent students from being tardy to class. Many students are tardy due to long lines.

Beginning in January, 3rd grade pick -up will be on the side of the canopies. This change will help with safety. Reminders will be sent out. Please be patient as we implement this new routine to make our pick-up lines run more smoothly.

We are always in need of parent volunteers to help support our school initiatives. Please come by the school and fill out a background check to become a proud parent volunteer. Our Amazing Parent Support Team Ms. Moore - Communities in school coordinator and Ms. Hernandez - Parent Liaison, and Ms. Rubalcava, Parent Volunteer Coordinator are here to assist you. Call 937-8601 for support.

There are two ways of reporting an absence. You can send in a note to the school or you can use the link below to email your attendance. If your child is absent, we must have a doctor's note or a personal note explaining why they were absent upon their arrival.

Email: attendancelomaverde@sisd.net

Please include as much detail as possible:

• Child's name
• Grade
• Teacher
• Student ID
• Reason for the absence

As a courtesy you may email your child's teacher to notify them that your will be absent, via class Dojo. Official attendance will be a note or email.

For doctor's appointments, take your child to appointment, but bring them back with a doctor's note the same day and it will be counted as present.

NEW: This year, district policy indicates parents/guardians have 72 hours to submit excuse notes justifying child's absence.

COVID & Absences

If a student tests positive with COVID, child must see a doctor to get a test and be diagnosed with COVID. If parents submit a home COVID test, it will NOT qualify for the Q code of Quarantined. Therefore, these absences will count towards Loss of Credit. Ensure your child is seen by a doctor and diagnosis is sent as an excuse for absences to qualify for Q code.

Attendance is vital to our scholars' success. Every day they miss school, they lose 7 hours of skills, strategies and support for learning. Help us by keeping your children healthy.

We track attendance daily and will communicate with families when children have 5 absences and excessive tardies to establish a Loss of Credit Contract. Our goal is for your child to be healthy and at school without losing credit.

If you're having extenuating circumstances due to an illness with your child; please meet with administration for further guidance.

PARENTS, STUDENTS WITH EXCUSSED ABSENCES STILL COUNT TOWARDS LOC- LOSS OF CREDIT.

Please see Attendance Guide below for more information on Attendance.

Please be aware that a tardy is a tardy. Excused or unexcused and they DO NOT COUNT AS AN ABSENCES. Model responsibility and the value of a quality education by ensuring your scholars are at school on time. We understand life happened and we are late at times. Plan accordingly to ensure our scholars are on time and ready to learn.

Cell phones may be brought to school, but must be kept in students' backpacks. Students are not allowed to use cell phones during school hours. If they have an emergency, they may use the school phones. We have had many issues with inappropriate cell phone use on campus. For the safety of all our students, please talk to your child about not using their cell phones during school hours.

• Pre-K – Polo shirts: Red

Bottoms: Navy or Khaki pants, shorts, or skirts

• Kinder – Polo Shirts: Goldenrod

Bottoms: Navy or Khaki pants, shorts, or skirts

• 1st – 5th Grade – Polo Shirts: Hunter Green, Purple, White

Bottoms: Navy or Khaki pants, shorts, or skirts

Monday-Tuesday - school shirt and uniform pants.

Wednesday - Spirit shirt with uniform bottoms

Thursday - College Shirt with regular uniform pants.

Friday - Free dress if earned. Teacher will let you know.

Free dress should be appropriate for school. No midriff or spaghetti strap shirts, no torn jeans, no shorts above mid thigh.

*As per Policy FCNA (LOCAL), a universal uniform may be worn at any SISD school which has elected to implement a school uniform policy.

Student Code of Conduct is our guide to district policy. Please review and and save for your information.

Students visiting Las Ventanas Nursing home facility of Socorro. Thank you parents for supporting our scholars and community.