Lincoln school is a walking campus.
We will show respect for self and others.
We will keep our hands and feet to ourselves.
We will play safely.
We will use appropriate language only.

When a child breaks a school rule the following procedure will be followed. Serious offences can move directly to the second or third step.

• Student will write the appropriate school standard that was broken. This must be signed by their parents. Loss of recess.
• Parents will be contacted by phone or in person. Loss of both recesses.
• A conference will be held with student, parent, teacher and principal.

SCHOOL PROGRAMS       top ^

STUDENT TESTING  
Testing is an integral part of any effective program. It is on-going and correlated with the students’ daily curriculum. Students will be assessed in a variety of ways; standardized tests, performance-based assessments, textbook and teacher-made tests. This provides information about the students’ progress.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT (SI) PROGRAM AND SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL (SSC)      top ^
Lincoln Elementary School participates in the School Improvement Program (state funded). This program mandates an advisory council. The School Site Council (SSC), consisting of parents and school personnel, plans for school improvement using School Improvement categorical funds. The Council contributes to the school plan and plans a budget that is used to guide the improvement efforts. Parents are encouraged to participate by serving as Council members and/or giving input to Council members.

TITLE I      top ^
The goal of Title I is to provide extra help and instruction for our students. Our Title I program offers small group instruction, additional teachers and assistants, extra instruction in reading, language arts and study skills using a variety of teaching methods and materials. Title I teachers also staff the Read 180 Computer Lab that serves the 4th-6th grade students

SPEECH      top ^
The school receives the services of a speech specialist. Students eligible for this program are identified by teacher referral, parent referral and/or tests given by the speech specialist.

PSYCHOLOGIST      top ^
Our school psychologist is on campus one day each week. The psychologist works primarily with the Student Study Team (SST) to assist and assess students with achievement problems. Appointments with the school psychologist may be arranged.


STUDENT STUDY TEAM       top ^
Lincoln has an active Student Study Team that meets regularly to develop and monitor assistance plans for students who are experiencing learning or behavioral problems. Team members include the principal, psychologist, speech therapist, general education and special education teacher.


SPECIAL NEEDS        top ^
The Simi Valley Unified School District accommodates individuals with disabilities. Forty-eight hours advance notice is required to meet special needs for public meetings. If a special need is required for attendance at a meeting, please call the school office at 520-6725.

YMCA      top ^
Lincoln Elementary is fortunate to have an on-site YMCA School Age Child Care Program (see school map). This is a non-profit program with a carefully selected staff of 1 adult for every 10 children. This state-licensed facility provides a safe well-controlled environment for children. The program has a planned daily curriculum. It is not a babysitting service.
Their hours of operation are as follows:
Before School from 6:00 a.m. (at Berylwood)
After School until 6:30 p.m. (at Lincoln)

Since the YMCA is not a part of Simi Valley Unified School District, you will need to contact them directly for enrollment or any other information. Their phone number is 583-5338. Their office is located at 3200 Cochran Street.

SCHOOL LIBRARY      top ^
At Lincoln Elementary School, we are proud of our library and the service given to our teachers and students. Students are responsible for any books checked out and for returning books in good condition and on time.

LITERACY COACH  top ^
The Literacy Coach is our reading specialist coordinating all reading intervention programs in our school. She is also available to Title I teachers and classroom teachers as they implement the language arts curriculum in the classroom

ATTENDANCE      top ^
Regular attendance in school is essential to ensure successful and positive academic growth. All children should be in attendance each day unless ill or a family emergency arises. Learning and state funding are both dependent on regular attendance.
A written note or a phone call to the office explaining a school absence is required when a child is out or returns to school. Without a note or a phone call, a child is considered truant. Please call the office at 520-6725 before class begins to report an absence. To request missed schoolwork or homework due to an absence, you must call in by 9:30 a.m. to have it ready by the end of the school day.

It is important that students arrive on time ready to learn. We encourage you to schedule appointments for children after school hours in order to minimize intrusion on instructional time.

Unexcused absences

• Truancy
• Personal reasons, needed at home, overslept, babysitting
• Suspension
• Family vacation
• Students excluded for lack of immunizations
• Notes returned without an explanation for absence

CAFETERIA RULES      top ^
Students are to exhibit appropriate behavior and are expected to follow lunchtime rules.

• Students are to obey the Cafeteria Manager, Yard Supervisors, and staff members.
• Students are to eat at assigned tables when eating indoors.
• Food and paper should be disposed of in garbage cans provided.
• Students are expected to keep the cafetorium and outside eating area clean.
• Quiet talk is permitted.
• Students must pick up their own trash before being excused to the playground.
• Students are to remain seated until excused by an adult.

CAFETERIA       top ^
Students may purchase breakfast from 7:45-8:00 a.m. It may include cereal, fruit or juice, a muffin or biscuit and milk. Students may purchase lunch (which includes milk) or bring a sack lunch from home. Milk is also sold separately.

MEAL PRICES      top ^
BREAKFAST $1.25
LUNCH $2.50
(Regular Menu, Sandwich or Yogurt/Fruit Veggie Plate with milk)

REDUCED PRICE BREAKFAST .30
REDUCED PRICE LUNCH .40
MILK .50
10 meal Lunch Ticket (pre-paid) $25.00
20 meal Lunch Ticket (pre-paid) $50.00

• Free or Reduced Meal Prices - Applications are provided for the free or reduced meal program at the beginning of each school year. These forms are to be turned in to the school office. Another form may be obtained from the office at any time a family feels it is appropriate.
• Lunch Tickets Your child may purchase lunch tickets, which will eliminate the necessity of giving money to your child each day. These tickets may be purchased through the school office. Checks should be made payable to Abraham Lincoln School.
• The cafeteria manager keeps record of meals eaten so money is not lost if a child is absent or chooses not to eat lunch in the cafeteria on any given day.

BICYCLE STUDENTS      top ^
Students in 4th through 6th grade are permitted to ride bicycles to school. Bicycle helmets must be worn by any student riding his/her bike to school, and students must follow safety rules. Bikes must be walked while crossing major intersections and on school grounds. A bike lock is recommended.

BUS TRANSPORTATION      top ^
Applications for bus transportation are available in the school office. Transportation per semester per family for one child is $100.00, for two children is $175.00, and for three children is $225.00. Each additional child is $25.00. Students are expected to obey the bus driver and observe all bus rules. They are usually posted in the front of the bus.

Students are expected to obey the bus driver and observe all bus rules. They are usually posted in the front of the bus. Students who misbehave on the bus will be issued a warning citation and when warranted denial of transportation. Students are not allowed to ride a bus other than their assigned bus, unless a written request is received from the parent or guardian stating they give their child permission to do so. It must also be signed by the principal.

CAMPUS SAFETY      top ^


PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

• According to Education Code (ED 48915), students possessing, selling, or otherwise furnishing any knife, gun, explosive device or other dangerous object at school or school activities off school grounds shall be subject to discipline up to and including expulsion, consistent with district policies and regulation, as well as state and federal law. By law, the principal must file expulsion papers with the school district for any of the above listed offenses.
  
• Any student who possesses a toy or imitation firearms, knives, explosive devices or dangerous objects at school or at school activities off school grounds will be subject to discipline, up to and including suspension or expulsion.
• Radios, tape recorder/players or any type of recording devices are not allowed on campus.
• Gum is not to be brought to school.
• Skateboards and skates are not to be brought to school during the school day. They will be turned over to the principal and parents will be asked to retrieve them. Skateboards are not to be ridden on school grounds at any time (including after school).
• Buying, selling or trading personal belongings and any form of gambling is strictly forbidden at school as it leads to misunderstandings. Sale of any items by students is not allowed on campus except for school authorized fundraisers.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS/PHONE NUMBER      top ^
One of the greatest problems schools may have during the day is locating parents in the event of an emergency. When changes occur in phone numbers or work places, or authorized individuals, please be sure to notify the office of the changes. The importance of maintaining updated information cannot be overemphasized.Doctors/emergency rooms will NOT treat children without their parents' consent. We must be able to reach parents, family members or emergency friends at all times.

CONFERENCES       top ^
Parents are encouraged to attend school conferences. These opportunities for feedback about your child are critical to student success in school.·

• Every parent is requested to attend a conference at the end of the first trimester in November and at the end of the second trimester in March.
• Seven minimum days (students in grades 1-6 are dismissed at 12:50) are utilized for conferences in the fall and three in the spring.
  Conference slips are sent home and conferences are arranged.
• Teachers or parents may request a conference whenever necessary. Parents may schedule conferences by contacting the school office (520-6725) and leaving a message for the teacher, or by sending the request directly to the teacher.
  

CURRICULUM       top ^
All the S.V.U.S.D. teachers follow a district-adopted curriculum. Standards delineate the content to be taught at each grade level. The standards are correlated with the State Department of Education Frameworks. Textbooks are selected to correlate with the Frameworks.


DRESS CODE      top ^
At Lincoln Elementary School, we believe that coming to school properly groomed helps establish a lifetime habit. Research shows there is a definite relationship between good dress habits, good work habits, and proper school behavior. Students are to:

• Come neat, clean and sensibly dressed.
• Refrain from wearing T-shirts with ads for alcoholic beverages, tobacco or images, words and phrases inappropriate for a school setting.
• Refrain from wearing halter tops, tank tops, bare midriff shirts and beachwear. They are considered inappropriate for a school setting.
• Wear pants that fit properly at the waist (must stay up without a belt) and be of a proper length. Pants must be hemmed or cuffed.
• Wear shoes which support and protect their feet in active games. No sandals, thongs, open-toed or slip-on shoes. NO SKATE SHOES. Shoes and socks must be worn at all times and laces must be tied.
• Refrain from wearing lipstick or any other makeup.
• Students are permitted to wear shorts to school. “Short” shorts or skirts (above the mid-thigh) are not permitted.
• Student appearance that disrupts or distracts from the learning atmosphere in the classroom or on the campus is not acceptable. (Hair color or inappropriate body piercing, etc.) Should a student come to school inappropriately dressed, a parent will be called to bring a change of clothes. When a parent is unavailable, sweatpants and/or t-shirts will be “loaned” to the students.

EMERGENCIES       top ^

• We must have a signed Authorization for Emergency Medical Treatment Card for your student to be at school.
• Please review and update your Emergency Information Form. We need current home, work cell and pager numbers to contact you quickly in an emergency. If these numbers change during the year, please update the office.
  
• Review and update your Emergency contacts. Although we will attempt to contact you first, these people are also authorized to pick up or release your child from school. Emergency contacts must be at least 18 years old.
  
• If your child is experiencing a life-threatening emergency, we will call 911 for assistance. If your child requires immediate care and we cannot reach you or any of your Emergency contacts, we will also need to call 911. You will be responsible for any charges incurred.

HEALTH OFFICE      top ^
TThe Health Office is staffed by a Health Clerk who works 4 hours a day. The Health Clerk provides medication when authorized by a parent or doctor, minor first aid and responds to illnesses and emergencies. The School Nurse is available though not on site everyday. School Nurse services include first aid, health assessment, screening, referrals, health counseling and education.

HOMEWORK      top ^
The purpose and intent of homework is to reinforce the classroom learning and provide practice to expand the application of knowledge and skills. The assignments require that students organize their time and use good study habits. Completing homework nightly helps develop self-discipline and helps students by holding them accountable for completing the task.

Homework will be consistent with the classroom teaching and have relevancy to the content taught. It is important for parents to provide a suitable time and place for homework to be completed.

If no specific homework assignment has been given, time should be used for reading silently or loud or in journal writing. It is important to establish a definite place for your child to assemble books and materials for return to school the next day.

Children are to take books and materials needed home with them. Custodians or office staff will not open classrooms unless unusual circumstances warrant. Taking materials home is part of being a responsible student.

ILLNESS      top ^

• Please review and update your child's Medical Information Form with your current doctor and health problems-illnesses, symptoms, medications, allergies.
  
• If your child becomes ill at school, we will call you to pick them up. The Health Office is only equipped to provide minor first aid. Please keep an ill student at home. Students with a temperature should not be at school.
  
• If antibiotics are required, your child should receive at least 24 hours of treatment before returning to school.

MEDICATIONS      top ^

• Both a parent/guardian and a physician must authorize all medication administration, even over the counter remedies like Tylenol, Motrin, and asthma inhalers. If your student requires occasional medication, please complete an authorization form from the Heath Office. This will prevent our calling you to either come to school to medicate your child or to send your child home for a minor discomfort.
• Medications are usually given at lunchtime, between 11:30 and 1:00 p.m.
  
• Medications must be kept at the Health Office.
  
• Medication must be in the original container. The instructions on the authorization form must match the instructions on the container.
  
• If your child has diabetes, it is essential to keep extra test strips, syringes, insulin and quick glucose snacks in the Health Office.
  
• If your child has severe or life threatening allergies, it is essential that you provide an Epi-Pen or other prescribed medication to the Health Clerk.

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT       top ^
Parental involvement is highly encouraged at Lincoln Elementary School. There are many opportunities to participate and/or assist our school program. Parents are encouraged to volunteer as classroom assistants. This provides an excellent opportunity to become more acquainted with our curriculum and programs.

PARKING LOT SAFETY       top ^
The parking lot is often a congested area, especially at arrival and dismissal times. Rainy days can cause even more problems than usual.

• Please impress upon your child the importance of using sidewalks at all times.
  
• Stopping in the traffic lane of the parking lot or street is NOT permitted.
  
• Pre-arrangements for a meeting place with your child on rainy days will help to alleviate some of the congestion in the parking lot.
  
• Please do not park in the small parking lot near the office. This is for teacher parking and school bus use only.

PHONE CALLS AND PERSONAL MESSAGES       top ^

• The school is only able to relay emergency messages to your child.
  
• We request that careful instructions be given to students before they leave home each day to avoid unnecessary phone calls.
  
• The school cannot allow students to call home for forgotten items or permission to go to a friend's house after school, etc. These arrangements must be made in advance.

PLAYGROUND RULES       top ^

• Running is allowed in appropriate game areas only.
  
• Equipment going over the fence will be retrieved by the Playground Supervisor or with the supervision of one of our yard supervisors.
  
• Snacks at recess are to be eaten on cement areas by the back walls only.
  
• Play on the grass or cement areas away from the buildings. Playing on the side of/or between the buildings interferes with the learning of students not at play.
  
• Balls are to be kicked against the ball walls only (not against the buildings).
  
• Questions involving game play, game rules or other disputes are to be brought to the attention of the Playground Supervisors.
  
• The decisions and/or directions of the playground supervisors will be strictly supported by the classroom teacher and the principal.
  
• Disputes that result in attacks on another person will invoke serious consequences and may result in suspension from school.
  
• Students are expected to be respectful to all adults on campus at all times.

PERSONAL BELONGINGS      top ^
The following items are not allowed at school without expressed permission of the classroom teacher or principal. They will be taken by the teacher, Playground Supervisors, or the principal and parents will need to pick them up at school.

• Live animals
• Toys
• Frisbees/Balls
• Baseball/Gloves
• Radios/Tape Recorders/CD Player
• Skateboards/Scooters etc.
• Video Games
  

PROGRESS REPORTS      top ^
Lincoln Elementary School policy is to notify all parents of their children's progress by the middle of the grading period, specifically if there is a teacher concern or the student is at risk.


PTA      top ^
The Abraham Lincoln PTA actively supports the school programs and students. It also gives parents the opportunity to know more about a child’s learning experience and a chance to work more closely with the Lincoln staff. Parents and teachers sponsor a number of activities that enrich our curriculum. Our PTA has yearly fundraisers that subsidize field trips and provide much needed supplies and programs. All parents are encouraged to join PTA as well as to attend Association meetings. The Lincoln PTA president this year is Theresa Moore. Messages may be left at school for her.

RETURNING TO SCHOOL AFTER AN INJURY       top ^

• You and your physician must authorize your child to be at school with a cast, crutches, a wheelchair or any other medical or dental appliances. Please pick up a form from the Health Office prior to returning.
  
• Students may be excused from P.E. for up to two days with a parent note. Longer than two days will require a physician’s request.

REPORT CARDS      top ^
Report cards will be issued to all students at the end of each trimester. Report cards will contain both academic and conduct grades. Attendance will be reported on the report card.

1st Trimester Ends   November 25, 2008
2nd Trimester Ends   March 12, 2009
3rd Trimester Ends    June 17, 2009


SAFETY AND SECURITY RULES       top ^
Students are to observe all safety rules.

• Students must observe a "Hands Off" policy for safety of themselves and others. No hitting, kicking, tackling, pushing, chasing, fighting, throwing objects or other harmful practices are permitted.
  
• Supervision is provided at 7:45 a.m. daily. Students are not allowed on the school grounds until that time. Once they arrive they must remain on the grounds and in the school yard, until dismissal time or an authorized adult checks them out through the office. Students waiting to be picked up after school must remain on the grass area, under the trees outside of the office, where supervision is provided until 2:45 p.m. only. Students in Gr. 1-6 should not be picked up at any other location.
  
• In the event of an emergency students can be released from school by office staff to a parent or person who is listed on the emergency card on file in the office. Please be sure to keep this information up-to-date.

SEXUAL HARRASSMENT      top ^
Sexual harassment will not be tolerated. The district has a sexual harassment policy that protects students and adults. Any individual who believes there has been an act of harassment on the basis of sex against any person or group in any course, program or activity provided through the district may file a complaint. Students may be suspended or expelled for sexual harassment, and parents may be held financially liable for the conduct of their children. Complaints may be filed through district staff, the State Department of Education and/or the Office for Civil Rights (Title V, 212.6, Board Policy).

VISITOR PASSES       top ^
All visitors or volunteers must report to the office to sign in before entering the school grounds or going to a classroom. Visitors will be issued a “Lincoln Visitor” badge that is to be returned to the office when leaving campus. A volunteer must sign out when leaving campus. All parents are asked to wait in the designated areas before and after school if they do not sign in and get a visitor badge.