Burkhart Elementary Newsletter

Principal: Darlene Hardesty

Assistant Principal: Jeanetta Penniston

Burkhart Elementary School

5701 Brill Road

Indianapolis, IN 46227

Phone: 317-789-3600

Attendance: 317-789-3602

Burkhart celebrates the birthday of our students during our morning announcements each day. We ask you not to send in treats and save additional celebrations for at home. Lunchtime visitors will be permitted after August 29. This allows us time to help students, especially our youngest ones, learn procedures and routines.

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The dentist is coming to our school on Tuesday, August 19. The School Smiles on-site dental program provides on-site dental care at our school for ALL students that sign up to participate. The dental team will set up inside our school and they accept Medicaid, private insurance, offer self-pay rates and grants through their foundation. Paper registration forms were sent home last week. You may also register online at www.schoolsmiles.com/student-signup. As a reminder, School Smiles requires a new registration form be filled out each school year.

Being involved with the PTA helps you to stay connected to our school. Parents and guardians are encouraged to join us for the first meeting of the school year on Thursday, August 21 at 6:00 p.m. in the school library.

As part of our security measures, we will ask for a government-issued photo ID card (for example: driver’s license, green card, passport) for adults needing to pick a student up from school. Please be prepared to provide this each time you visit school.

The Perry Township Elementary Dress Code Policy includes the following guidance regarding student clothing:

1. Solid color collared shirt (with sleeves) or turtleneck, encouraged to be tucked in.
2. Black, khaki, navy, or earthtone bottoms, no denim. No overt or distracting holes, rips, cuts, or frays are permitted.
3. Knee-length pants. Shorts may be worn up until Fall Break and after Spring Break.
4. Dresses, skirts, shorts, and jumpers must be near knee length.
5. Winter Wear—mostly solid color sweater or sweatshirt allowed; must be over collared shirt or turtleneck; should be an appropriate size.
6. Student IDs should be worn and made visible at all times.
7. No flip-flops or “wheelie” shoes. No hooded sweatshirts.
8. School spirit wear is determined by each building.

Please see the student handbooks for additional guidance regarding dress code.

Are you interested in helping your child’s teacher and working with students? Or do you enjoy working behind the scenes by making copies and sharpening pencils? Are you wanting to be a chaperone for school trips? Or would you like to help out at your child’s classroom parties? If so, we’d love to have your help!

Perry Township Schools has an easy process for becoming a volunteer in our schools. Backgrounds checks need to be completed just one time every three years and will allow you to volunteer at our school and at any other Perry Township School in which you have a child. Visit the following website and complete the application today:

https://www.perryschools.org/community-resources/volunteers-visitors/

Be sure to reach out to your child’s teacher to arrange for volunteer opportunities once you have completed the background check.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires notification on an annual basis to all students and parents advising on the status of asbestos material in our school. Asbestos is present as insulation in certain areas of our heating and hot water circulation systems. It is presently properly contained as required by the EPA and is regularly inspected to ensure no unsafe conditions exist. Reports of these inspections are available for review. As the need and opportunity occur, any asbestos material present is being removed or suitably encapsulated to further reduce any possible problem. When these removal activities occur, you will be notified.