Special Schedules

During the year there are dates that require changes in the regular schedule. These dates include: Back-to-School night, Parent Conference week, Open House, and Staff Development days. Please check the school and district mailings and websites regularly for changes that may be necessitated after the school year begins. 
Tardy and Late ArrivalStudents are expected to be at school, ready to learn when the bell rings.  Students who arrive late miss important beginning of the day routine  and instruction and may feel ill at ease entering class while others are engaged in learning. Their late arrival also interrupts the flow of instruction.  Excessive tardiness is viewed as a serious attendance matter. The playground is open at 7:45 AM. Arriving early gives your child time to play and begin their day in a leisurely manner with their classmates. 
If a child arrives late s/he will be marked as tardy. If a child arrives after the start time of his/her day, s/he must come directly to the front office to get a tardy slip before going on to class.
If tardiness is a persistent problem, parents will be notified and the Student Attendance Review Team will convene to address the issue.

The students’ physical presence in class is critically important both for their academic progress as well as their connection to the classroom community. Classroom instruction cannot be adequately replaced by independent make-up work. State law funds districts based on the daily attendance of students. This makes attendance at school important for the consistency of the educational experience of our children as well as for funding purposes. 
How to submit absence notification:

To protect the health of students, the school provides immediate care for emergency illness or injury, assists in control of communicable diseases, and administers hearing and vision testing. The office staff is qualified to render basic first aid. If your child becomes sick at school, the office staff will contact you and your child should go home. 
Students should not be sent to school if they are showing signs of illness, such as fever (100.5 degrees or above), diarrhea, nausea, constant coughing, excessive mucus, illness affecting student’s ability to focus and/or sore throat.
Children should be free of fever for 24 hours without the aid of fever reducing medication before returning to school. Parents should notify the school office whenever their child is going to be absent from school due to illness or injury. 
Children should also be vomit free for 24 hours before returning to school after illness.
If your child has any long-term condition (such as asthma, allergies, diabetes, seizures, etc.) please be sure to note this on the emergency card and check with the office staff to learn if  there are other forms to fill out.Any student found to have any of the following contagious conditions will be sent home from school.

Strep Throat/Scarlet Fever	Excluded from school a full 24 hours after treatment, fever is gone.
Chicken Pox	Excluded from school until the blisters have dried into scabs, usually about 6 days after the rash appears.
Scabies	Excluded from school a full 24 hours after treatment has been started.
Pink Eye	If bacterial (with pus) excluded from school for 24 hours after treatment has started.
Impetigo	Excluded from school until the student has been treated with antibiotics for at least 24 hours.
Head Lice	A student who has active (adult) lice will be excluded from school until medicated treatment is completed and no live adult lice remain in their hair.
Pinworms or Ringworms	A student does not need to stay home after treatment is begun.
Open Wounds	Please cover any open and weeping wounds with gauze and or/bandages.

A note must be sent with your child if you believe that s/he should not participate in activities such as physical education, recess, or other activity because of their illness. If a child is unable to participate in an activity for more than three days, a doctor’s note is needed.
Please note that the single most important act of prevention of colds/flu-like symptoms is good hand washing. Please help and encourage your child to practice good hand washing skills both at home and at school.

Leaving School During the Day

If your child will need to leave school during the day, please send a note or email to the teacher and front office in advance.  Parents must come to the office to sign out and pick up their child. The office will call the classroom to have your child meet you in the office. If your child is returning to school on the same day, the parent must come to the office and sign the child back in. 
Independent Study Program An independent study is recommended when a student will miss between 5 and 10 school days.

• Parents requesting independent study
  • Attendance Clerk is responsible for managing Independent Studies
  • Independent Studies must be at least 5 school days and no longer than 10 school days.
  • Independent studies must be requested 10 school days ahead of start.
  • Principal must approve first in order to initiate independent study
  • Parents should request independent study directly from the attendance clerk available at wrattendance@orinda.k12.ca.us.  Parents should CC teacher on the request
  • Processing Independent Studies:
    • Attendance clerk will receive request from parent
    • Clerk coordinates with principal to acquire independent study approval 
    • Clerk coordinates with teacher to prepare the independent study packet and provide to parent ahead of trip
    • Parents/student turn in the independent study packet due the day the student returns to school with all work completed to the office.
    • Clerk files completed independent study in Aeries.
    • Clerk provides to teacher for final review.

Independent Study Program 

• Parents requesting independent study
• Attendance Clerk is responsible for managing Independent Studies
• Independent Studies must be at least 5 school days and no longer than 10 school days.
• Independent studies must be requested 10 school days ahead of start.
• Principal must approve first in order to initiate independent study
• Parents should request independent study directly from the attendance clerk available at wrattendance@orinda.k12.ca.us.  Parents should CC teacher on the request
• Processing Independent Studies:
• Attendance clerk will receive request from parent
• Clerk coordinates with principal to acquire independent study approval 
• Clerk coordinates with teacher to prepare the independent study packet and provide to parent ahead of trip
• Parents/student turn in the independent study packet due the day the student returns to school with all work completed to the office.
• Clerk files completed independent study in Aeries.
• Clerk provides to teacher for final review.