Greetings Bulldog Families,
This is our last week together for 2021. It is hard to believe we are halfway through the school year and when we return to campus after the winter break it will be 2022. In our last edition of the Bulldog Bulletin we looked briefly at what our student’s last ‘normal’ school year looked like. With that in mind, we have seen growth and something positive during the first and second quarter of the 21-22 school year. For example, our students are showing so much growth from their IXL data and we are recovering from our loss of learning. In our band, we had 12 students who made it to District, and there were 7 whom made it to Region this fall.
As we move into the second semester, high expectations for our students will continue, as well as for ourselves as staff members. Ulrich is no different from any other school in the nation where we have had our difficulties, but we pride ourselves in working with families and students to uphold our standard of excellence. Parents, we continue to need your help with monitoring your child's social media usage and their group chats. We have seen the power that social media plays in the actions of our students and as a campus. We will always do our due diligence to keep all students in a safe learning environment. We will also continue to ask our students to dress appropriately for school, and this includes not wearing short shirts showing the midriff, hoodies, or hats in the building, so please reference our dress code expectations below if you need a refresher.
As we move into 2022, safety is still a high priority for us. With that being said, here are some of the things that you will need to know. We will be color coding our hallways and areas so that students who are in the hallway will have a pass that coordinates to the area of the building they are in. This will help minimize students being out of area and roaming the halls when they say they need to go to the restroom. Our teachers will continue to keep their doors locked during the instructional day. We will continue to hold students accountable and ensure that cell phones are not being used during classes and we will hold ourselves to that same standard. Students will be given their Smart Tags in their 4th period class on Wednesday, January 5th. Each student will have a tag, a lanyard, and a clear plastic sleeve. If students lose these things, they will have to pay the following prices - ID = $5, Lanyard = $3, and Clear Plastic Cover = $2 (a total of $10 if they lose the whole thing). Students will be expected to wear their ID daily and if they don't have one on, they will need to get a temporary card which will be a $1 fee for that day. This fee will be added to the student's account if they don't have the money on them to purchase. Students will have to use this ID card for the cafeteria, buses, and library from here on out.
I am sure we all have had our times when we laughed, cried, loved, and lost. Though we all have to experience the circle of life, we must all cherish every moment and memory because that's all we have; life is but a vapor. I appreciate you all and I hope that you spend this holiday doing great things with your families and make precious memories.
Mrs. Norris
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Attendance Procedures
Attendance plays a big part in your child's education, so please make sure that your student is present, ready to engage, and eager to be at school.
Important Dress Code Information
No holes in jeans with visible skin above mid-thigh. We will use the pocket rule. If the holes appear above the pockets, there must not be any visible flesh.
Shorts should cover an acceptable portion of thighs.
No waistbands of undergarments should show. (Sagging and showing underwear)
Hair color is allowed.
Facial hair is allowed as long as it is neat and no longer than ½ inch.
Headbands are allowed for boys.
Hats, bonnets, Do-rags will not be allowed in the building.
Hoodies cannot cover your head while in the school building.
Short shirts that are showing midriff should not be worn to school.
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| Headbands and hair clips are allowed | Ripped jeans are allowed if no skin is shown. Shorts need to cover an acceptable amount of the thigh. | T-Shirts, Dress Shirts, Sweaters are allowed. |
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| All head coverings should not be worn in the building. Only religious head coverings will be allowed. | Skin shown above the knee should be covered with leggings underneath. Boys will need to keep pants above the waist and not sagging. | All shirts should be long enough to cover a student's midriff and cannot show any skin or undergarments. |
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| All house shoes, slippers, pajamas, and blankets are to be worn outside of school. | Any inappropriately suggested content or graphics will not be allowed | Make sure all shorts are long enough that they are visible and they are not see through where undergarments can be seen. |
All students are given a grace period to be able to learn the best and fastest route to their class. We encourage all students to use the restroom between classes so that there isn't any instructional time missed. A student is considered tardy if they are not inside the door of their teachers classroom by the time the bell rings.
Students more than 15 minutes late to class are considered absent without permission (truant) and should be referred to the grade level office as such. If a student is consistently late to class without trying, this is not just tardy, but considered out of area. Teachers will issue the out of area tardy to the student and contact the student’s grade level support team for additional strategies and behavior consequences in addition to tardy consequences.
Ulrich Intermediate School
