Please do not arrive on campus before 8:15 as there is no provision for playground supervision until that time. If for some reason you arrive before 8:15, please wait by the front office benches.

Being ON TIME and IN CLASS is a goal for all Springer students.

• Work extra hard with your parents and guardians to meet the challenge of BEING ON TIME. Take pride in the challenge that this is an important quality.
• Perfect attendance is a goal to set for yourself right from the beginning of the school year. If you are ill or a family emergency comes up, please have your parent or guardian call the office before 9:00 am.
• Schedule family vacations during holiday periods. If your child will be on vacation during school days for less than 5 days, the absence will be treated as an UNEXCUSED ABSENCE. The school loses all funding for this unexcused absence, and your child misses valuable days of instruction. If your child will be away longer than 5 days, an Independent Study Plan will be needed.
• NEVER leave the campus during the school day. If your parent or guardian is bringing a lunch or a classroom project to you during the day, the office staff will deliver the lunch or package to your room.
• If you arrive late for class, you must sign in at the office to receive a late arrival pass.
• If you must go to an appointment with your parent or guardian, the legal adult guardian picking you up must come to the office, sign you out, and wait at the office. You will be called from your room. You must also sign out upon leaving the campus early.

Bicycles: All bikes are to be locked to the bike racks. Please observe the one bike, one lock rule. Please lock the "knock off" wheel to the bike rack. Please walk your bike on the school grounds. Remember to place you bicycle helmet on your head immediately after unlocking your bike. The crosswalks on Rose Avenue are there for you to use when crossing the street. NEVER cross Rose Avenue, Cuesta Drive, or Springer Road without using the crosswalk.

Automobiles: Please exit your car at the drop off zone along the gate line in the parking lot. The parking lot is unsafe. Only children with a parent or guardian may walk through the parking lot before and after school.

Skateboards and Roller Blades: Skateboards may not be ridden on the school grounds. Roller blades may be ridden to the classroom bench area and then removed. Students may put on their roller blades outside their classroom after school and skate off campus.

Roller blades are allowed on campus after 3:30 pm.

ALL STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 - 6 WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING AND ORGANIZING A THREE RING STUDY SKILLS BINDER. THIS BINDER WILL HOLD A CALENDAR AND SUBJECT WORK.

Homework is any assigned activity which is primarily outside of the regular classroom time. Homework has a definite connection to success. It is not a replacement for regular classroom work, but could be an extension of classroom work.

Homework is important and required. Homework helps...

• Develop study habits
• Practice and review content learned in class
• Motivate particular interests
• Research relating to class activities
• Provide time for reading
• Use community resources like the library
• Encourage creative work including writing
• Include the family in the learning process

It is the student's responsibility to complete homework assignments every day. To achieve this goal, it is important that students remember to plan their after school hours to allow for quiet study time as well as fun and leisure time activities.

Springer Elementary School offers many different activities and enrichment programs for students during the noontime recess and after school:

Noontime:

1. The library is open on a daily basis. Storytelling times, free reading, research, and computer use are available.
2. The ballroom is open at all recesses. Please sign out equipment and return it after use.
3. The Y Sports Program will be held each day for a different grade level. Check the student activity bulletin board for the sport and activity day for your grade.
4. The computer lab is open each Thursday & Friday for personal use.
5. Spirit Days are held during the year. Be on the lookout for these fun filled days.
6. The Student Council meets once a week during noontime to organize student events.
7. The student store sells items during noontime. The student store also sponsors ice cream sales during the week.
8. A noontime reading program is sponsored by EVERYBODY WINS. Older students will be invited to read to younger students.
9. Noontime clubs are being offered this year to include:

• Model Building
• Literature Circle
• Technology Club
• Chorus Club

After school:

1. Boys and girls scout groups meet after school.
2. A French and Spanish Foreign Language Club is held after school for interested students.
3. Science Adventures Club is held after school for interested students.
4. Extended Day Academy tutorial is sponsored by the State of California for qualifying students.
5. The Odyssey of the Mind Program is ready to greet students who enjoy being creative.
6. The Springer Yearbook Club is open for new members to build the 1999-2000 Yearbook.
7. Some after school sports are available to grade six boys and girls.
8. The GATE program offers classes after school to interested students.
9. The Science Faire Club will meet to prepare a science fair for the Spring.
10. Plans are in the works to offer a Drama Club for interested students.
11. The Springer Singers will be asking for new members to join the school chorus.

Springer Elementary School is committed to treating all students in a fair and consistent manner. We hope that by following these expectations, our children will develop self-confidence, respect for each other and for the staff, and a very positive feeling for their school.

General School Behavior Expectations:

• Enter the playground after 8:15 and stay in the supervised playground areas.
• Leave school upon dismissal unless you are involved in an organized activity. If you need to wait for a ride, please sit on the bench outside the multi-use room.
• Speak politely to adults and to each other.
• Obey adults in charge at all times.
• Use school facilities and equipment correctly and safely.
• Always walk bikes in the hallways.
• Gum chewing is not permitted on Springer grounds.

At Recess time:

• Play fairly and safely.
• All children have the right to play in a game. Lockouts not permitted.
• Fences and outlying areas are off limits.
• Hallways and classrooms are off limits during recess breaks unless eating brunch or lunch.
• Snacks and lunch must be eaten at the picnic tables.
• Litter is not wanted here...
• Tackle sports or games are not permitted
• Use only the backboards for wall ball games.
• Two hands on bars when using sports equipment.
• Only footballs, kick balls, and soccer balls may be kicked.
• STOP playing when the warning bell rings and walk to class. All students shall be in line before the final bell rings.

At lunch time:

• Please eat at your grade level table.
• Remain seated until you are dismissed by a noon time supervisor.
• Pick up papers and trash before leaving the eating area.
• Recycle aluminum cans.
• Please walk to the playground.

The computers at Springer Elementary School are to be used to further the educational experience of all students at the school. These computer use standards are an extension of the Springer behavior standards, building a school culture that displays respect for learning, people, and property. In fact, one way to determine if your use of the computers is acceptable is to ask yourself whether your behavior in the electronic world would be acceptable if you acted in a similar fashion in the real world. The Springer Staff will help guide you in the proper use of the computer, but you are responsible for your own actions.

The use of the computers is a privilege made available to you. You may continue to be able to use the computers as long as you use them in a responsible manner. Minor violations of this policy will result in the short term suspension of your computer privileges. Repeated or major violations of this policy will be handled in the same way as violations of the Springer behavior standards.

Computer Use

Use the computer for school approved activities only. This includes assignments given by your teacher and using the computer as a reference tool.

Internet Use

Internet access is for classroom related projects and activities. The Internet is only to be accessed with the permission and supervision of a staff member.

Only do computer work that you would be willing to share with your teacher or parent. This includes information that you create and information that you may find while accessing the Internet.

Equipment Use

Leave the computer equipment in the same condition as you found it. This includes the physical machine and the files on the machine. It is your responsibility to avoid doing anything that would break the computer equipment, even if you did not understand the effects of your action.

Respect the property and privacy of other computer users, including your fellow students and school staff. Computer files may not seem like personal property but they are. You should not look at or copy another person's files unless you have been given permission by that person. Destruction of another person's files is a serious violation of behavior standards. The file you destroy may not be easily recreated.

E-mail Use

Respect other people when communicating electronically. Do not send a message to someone or about someone that you would not be willing to share in person.

Messages that contain rude, hateful, harmful, or foul language will not be tolerated.

To prevent problems, limit your use of humor when sending messages to other people. What you think is funny often does not appear that way to the person reading it. The effects of misunderstood humor can take a long time to repair.

Remember that a message sent by a computer can be much more permanent than something you say in person. What you say to another person is often quickly forgotten, but computer messages can live for a very long time, reappearing at anytime.

Level One: A breech of good behavior on the first round is subject to a counseling discussion between the supervising adult and the child.

Level Two: If the breech of good behavior continues into a second round, the parent becomes involved in the consequential action.

If you forget your lunch or an item you need for school, come to the office at the 10:00 recess break or during the lunch period to get your forgotten item.