Woodland Elementary School offers an Accelerated Reader Program.  Students in grades K-6 participate each year to achieve their individual goals and to receive awards.  Students read books and take quizzes on the computer for points.  Fifth and Sixth grade students may also participate in an accelerated reader reading challenge where teams challenge each other and read additional accelerated reader books.

Our students have consistently reached at least 20,000 point totals for a school year.

STUDENTS AT WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADES K-6 ARE READING!

8:00          - Homeroom bell rings.

8:00-8:07 - Students go directly to their homeroom.

8:07         - Tardy bell rings.

LATE STUDENTS REPORT TO THE OFFICE WITH THEIR EXCUSE.

Dismissal

Because attendance in school is so very important, parents are encourage to promote good attendance habits in their child.  While it is not healthy to send a child when he/she is ill, it is likewise detrimental for a child to miss school without an acceptable reason.

If a child is absent more than 20 days during the school year, a doctor's excuse may be required for any further absences.  If a doctor's excuse in not provided, the absence will be marked illegal.  After 3 unexcused absences, a citation will be issued and the parents must appear before the magistrate for a fine.

If parents are having difficulty with a child not wanting to come to school, please call the Guidance Counselor.  The Guidance Counselor will meet with you and/or your child in an attempt to resolve the problem.

In selecting the student for Citizen of the Month, the teachers use the following criteria:

1.  All around student
2.  Well mannered
3.  Shows respect for authority
4.  Follows school rules
5.  Participates in class
6.  Gets along well with classmates
7.  Dependable
8.  Cannot be chosen more than once during
     elementary years.

To enrich the classroom-learning situation, many students have the opportunity to take field trips.  Field trips are well planned and well supervised.

Signed permission forms are required from parents.  These forms are sent home prior to any field trip detailing all arrangements concerning destination, dates, times, transportation, lunch arrangements and any other necessary information..

Proper conduct is expected of any student participating in a field trip.  In an effort to ensure productive and safe educational experiences, students who have had serious or repetitive disciplinary infractions may be prohibited from attending field trips.

At the beginning of the school year each student will be assigned one (1) hall locker with a combination lock.  Students are not to set their lockers.  All lockers are and shall remain the property of the school district.  As such, students shall have no expectation of privacy in their lockers.  Students are to keep their assigned lockers closed and locked against incursion by other students; but no student may use a locker as a depository for a substance or object which is prohibited by law or district regulations, or which constitutes a threat to health, safety or welfare of the occupants of the school building or the building itself.  

The Board reserves the right to authorize its employees to inspect a student's locker at any time for the purpose of determining whether the locker is being improperly used for the storage of contraband, a substance or object the possession of which is illegal, or any material that poses a hazard to the safety and good order of the schools.

Responsibility for items placed in the locker rests with the student.  Items placed in hall lockers must be appropriate for school setting; food, snacks, pop or other beverages are not to be kept in lockers, or eaten in the classroom areas of the school. 

Homework is a very important part of the instructional program.
Homework assignments relate to the curriculum.
Homework reinforces skills needed by the student.
Homework should allow for successful, independent work
 habits.
Parents should cooperate with the teacher and help their child establish good homework habits.

Students have several options for lunchtime meals.  They include purchasing a well-balanced lunch, carrying a lunch and purchasing milk, or carrying the entire lunch.

The costs include $1.00 for a regular lunch, $.40 for reduced lunch and free lunch is also available.  Reduced and free lunch students must qualify based on family income.  Forms are available at the Office.  An extra main course can also be purchased at $.60.

If a lunch is carried, milk may be purchased at $.30 a carton.

Students who have milk allergies may request juice with their lunch.  The cost of this lunch is $1.00.  A statement from a doctor is needed for this request.

A monthly menu is sent home at the beginning of each month.

Each student has a lunch account.  Details are given in the cafeteria rules.  Students will be notified by the cafeteria throughout the year regarding the balance of their lunch account.  If you have any questions, contact Tracy Colwell, Cafeteria Manager at the Cameron County High School, 486-4000, EXT 1057.

Students are supervised during their lunchtime.  They are reminded to be on their best behavior and use good manners.

Breakfast

A breakfast program is offered to all students from K-6 from 7:45 A.M. to 8:25 A.M.  The cost of a breakfast is $.60 regular, or $.30 reduced.  Qualified free lunch students will receive a free breakfast.  Breakfast cost is also taken from the lunch account.

Recess

Report cards are a measure of a student's performance so parents will have an awareness of how their child is progressing in school.

Report cards are sent home with the student's performance so parents are aware of their child's progress.

Report cards are sent home with students at the end of each of the four nine week periods.

At the mid point in each of the nine week periods, an unsatisfactory report can also be sent home to the parents.  If a teacher feels a student is not performing well in a particular subject area, the teacher will fill out an unsatisfactory report.  Parents are reminded to read and sign the report and see that it is returned to the teacher.  If at any time during a nine week period, a teacher feels that s student could improve, that teacher can also send home an unsatisfactory report.

Percentage grades on a report card represent the following letter grades.

An unsatisfactory report will be sent home if the student scores poorly on tests, quizzes, or projects - usually a grade of D or below and:

Parent volunteers are those individuals who can devote time to the school on a regular basis.  Many non-instructional duties can be done by volunteers such as in the classroom, in the lunchroom, and at recess.

Anyone interested in working as a school volunteer is invited to contact the office.