Duncan Dispatch
It's time to remind families that cell phones and ECD's (smart watches, etc) use are not permitted at the elementary school level, per the UCS Board of Education Policy. If cell phones or smart watches are displayed or used without permission, teachers will collect the item and send it to the office for retrieval by a parent.
HANDBOOK/POLICY REMINDER:
Non-School Issued Electronic Communications Devices: The personal use of non-school issued cell phones or other electronic communications devices (ECDs) by students is prohibited at any time while in school or in a district vehicle. Students may carry ECDs during the school day, but they cannot be displayed or used without permission from a teacher or administrator for educational purposes. Personal use of the device shall be limited to the time before and after the school day and only when students are outside the building. ECDs shall not be used during instructional time, lunch, passing time between classes or on any school bus without permission of a school official. The use of an ECD’s picture-taking or internet connection capability is not permitted without permission of a teacher or administrator. Utica Community Schools will not be responsible for the theft, loss or damage of any ECD. Appropriate disciplinary action will be taken against students who violate the policy regulating ECDs.
Electronic Device use Protocol for Statewide Testing: Students are required to only use district-provided electronic devices during testing sessions. Students are not permitted to access personal, non-testing electronic devices when in an active testing session or while on break.
Electronic Device Examples
Examples of electronic devices include, but are not limited to:
- Any electronic device that can be used to record, transmit, or receive information, not
- Smart watches (for example: Fitbits; Apple, Garmin, Samsung watches; any watch with access to other applications or the internet) smart phones and cell phones
- Bluetooth headphones, smart earbuds (for example: Beats, iPods), or any headphone with access to other applications or the internet)
- Smart glasses (for example: Google Glass)
- Desktop computers, laptops, not used for testing
Protocols for Students
All personal student devices are to be left at home or will be kept in a secure location as determined by the building administrator for all state assessments.
Students are not permitted to use, wear, or access any personal, non-testing electronic device during testing or while on a break when any active testing session is in progress. These electronic devices include but are not limited to smartphones, cell phones, smartwatches, Bluetooth headphones, headphones that allow access to voice assistant technology, and computers and/or tablets not being actively used for testing purposes. If any personal electronic device is brought into the testing environment, the staff member will collect, power down the device, label it with the student’s name and place it in a secure location.
If an electronic device is medically necessary for a testing student, the device must be left with the test administrator, or the test must be administered to the student in a one test administrator-to-one student setting, and the student must be actively monitored at all times while testing.
Kindly,
Jodi Pfeifer
Proud Principal
March
- *See March is Reading Month Calendar for more fun events!
- 20th: Roller Skating Party at the New Rink 6:00pm
- 24th: 1/2 Day 12:24 Dismissal
- 24th Sweetheart Dance @ Palazzo Grande) 6:00pm - 10pm
- 24th 3rd Card Marking Period Ends
April
- 3rd-7th: No School- Spring Break
- 12th: BINGO Night 5:30pm - 8:00pm
- 18th: DECO Meeting @4:30 pm in Media Center
- 19th: Bagel Day
- 21st: Student Council Spirit Day: Duncan Day
May
- 5th: Student Council Spirit Day: Duncan Day
- 16th: Roller Skating Party at the New Rink 6:00pm
- 17th: Bagel Day
- 17th: DECO Meeting @4:30 pm in Media Center
- 19th: Student Council Spirit Day: Tie-Dye Day
- 26th: Student Council Spirit Day: Duncan Day
- 29th: No School- Memorial Day
June
- 2nd: Student Council Spirit Day: Rock N Roll Day
- 7th: Bagel Day
- 8th: 1/2 Day 12:24 Dismissal
- 9th: 1/2 Day- 12:24 Dismissal- Last Day Of School
- When waiting for students, please wait off to the side of the building to allow for our students to safely walk to our busses and for our busses to safely pull up to the bus lane.
- Handicap parking spots are for cars with Handicap Placard only.
- The North Bus Lane Parking Lot does NOT have a Student Drop off line. Any car in this lot should be in a parking spot and students should be walked to the cross walk with an adult.
- For safety reasons students should NOT be walking through the parking lot without an adult.
