Sageland MicroSociety Elementary
Parent Update Week of August 1, 2022
Campus Vision & Mission
Vision Statement: Sageland Microsociety Elementary will aspire to be a global community of critical thinkers and problem solvers, in which every citizen will contribute to creating a culture of kindness, resilience, and academic excellence.
Message from the Principal
Greetings Sageland Learning Community,
We are excited to welcome our new and returning Scotties to the 2022-2023 school year! We hope that you and your family had a safe and relaxing summer break. For those who are new to our learning community, we extend a special welcome and thank you for choosing Sageland MicroSociety Elementary, the only MicroSociety in El Paso!
Our faculty and staff are committed to providing a high-quality education in a safe, secure, and nurturing environment designed to inspire and promote college and career readiness. Our theme for the year is the “Energy Bus!” We are ready to welcome our Scotties to the Sageland Bus #7901 to experience the “Educational Ride of their Life!”
Our first day of school is Monday, August 1st! Our team is ready to welcome our students to Scottieland! We will allow our parents to enter the campus the first two days of school to walk their child to the classroom. After that, please follow the Arrival/Dismissal procedures found below in the newsletter. You will find our School Bell Schedule, Uniform Policy, Safety Procedures, and Attendance Procedures attached to our parent newsletter!
Once again, welcome back to a new school year and we look forward to our Scotties getting on the “Sageland Energy Bus” to our destination of SUCCESS for the 2022-2023 school year!
Thanking you in advance,
Jacqueline Salas, Principal
Uniform Policy
Drop Off and Pick-Up
Sageland takes great pride in our safety procedures for all students and staff. We are asking you to help us to ensure that our school continues to be a safe and happy community. To that end, parents can walk students to the perimeter of the school for drop off and pick-up, but will not be allowed to enter past the gates/building. Students will enter the building and wait outside their classrooms in the morning and will be dismissed in the afternoon at the same area as drop off. Also, please pay special attention to the map and procedures below for more detailed information.
PK3 (Morning and Afternoon students), PK4 and Kinder will be dropped off and picked up through the Cafeteria entrance.
1st and 2nd will be dropped off and picked up at the Santa Monica entrance
Bus and Daycare students will be dropped off and picked up through Front Entrance Door Off Santa Monica
3rd- 5th grade students will be dropped off and picked up at the Drop Off Zone off La Paz
IF students with siblings have different areas the older sibling will be dropped off and picked up with the younger sibling, so that the older sibling can walk over to their area.
Walking students may enter through the Cafeteria or 200 Hall
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do we wait for the school day to begin?
Parents who arrive before entrance into the building is allowed at 7:15 will wait outside the drop off designated areas with their child. If possible, it is suggested that you drop off your child by car at the designated area except for PK and Kindergarten students who we strongly encourage to be walked to the cafeteria.
What do I do if we are late to school?
If late to school, your child can enter through the front office. Please ring the bell on the screen, let the front office staff know your child’s name, that they are late and the reason. Your child will be let into the building, given a tardy slip and escorted to class if in PK-1 and sent to class if 2-5; only the student will be let into the building. We ask that tardies do not become habitual as students miss breakfast and instructional time.
What do I do if I am picking up early?
Please ring the bell, have your valid I.D. ready, you will report to the front counter and sign your child out. You will wait in the front office area until your child comes to the front office area. We ask these be kept at a minimum to maximize learning instructional time.
What if my child goes to an after school program (Boys and Girls Club or YMCA)?
Your child will be picked up by the respective after school program personnel and escorted to the cafeteria at the end of day. Please ask the corresponding program for their policies and procedures regarding masks, safety and dismissal.
What if I cannot pick-up my child at dismissal time due to work, school etc.?
All children need to be picked up on non-tutoring days at 2:45 and on tutoring days at 3:30. There is no personnel to care for students once they are no longer in an academic setting. Please make arrangements with after school care.
Can my child play on the O.L.E.s before/after school?
Students are not allowed to play on the Outside Learning Environments (O.L.Es) before or after school as there are no monitors available to watch these areas at those times.
Thank you for working with us to ensure that Sageland’s drop off and pick up times are safe and happy. We appreciate your support.
HEALTH EXPECTATIONS
- Masks are not required but recommended.
- Refillable water bottles are strongly encouraged.
- Desk dividers will not be used.
- Social distancing will be maximized to the extent possible
- Hand sanitizer will be readily available in classrooms
- Contact tracing will occur when required per District guidelines
COVID Safety Protocols
We encourage for everyone to continue practicing and enforcing our COVID Safety Protocols to keep everyone healthy:
Social Distance (3ft-6ft) to the greatest extent possible
Highly encourage face masks
Hand sanitizing and hand washing
Remote Conferencing Support:
Students may qualify for Remote Conferencing Support if they fall under one of the three criteria:
Actively sick (symptoms) with COVID-19 (test confirmed)
Test-confirmed with COVID-19 but no symptoms
Suspected of being actively sick with COVID (pending test results)
If a student meets any of the above criteria, the school nurse is the only person that can place a student in remote learning.
SAFETY EXPECTATIONS
Visitor policy will be enforced. Visitor must have a valid ID prior to entering the campus and background screening will be conducted through the Hall Pass System.
- To help us monitor who is expected on campus for the day, please schedule conferences with teachers and appointments with administration in advance.
Volunteers must be cleared on a daily basis through the campus Hall Pass System and must be registered as an active volunteer through the District Affairs office; this includes field trips.
Due to increased security and safety protocols, we will not be allowing parents to drop off lunches during the day for students. Students need to bring their lunches with them in the morning. We will only allow if the student forgot their lunch in the car, but not habitual drop off of lunches. (ALL students receive free lunch in our cafeteria, therefore students will always have a meal available to them.)
Backpack at the front office and asked to be kept at minimum and not habitual (Only if students have forgotten them at home).
- Birthday Celebrations: Only individually wrapped items will be allowed. Celebrations will take place 15 minutes prior to the end of the day.
- CLOSED LUNCH will continue on campus.
Emergency preparedness (drills) activities will be conducted throughout the school year.
DISTRICT ATTENDANCE POLICY & PROCEDURES
ABSENCES
Students who are not in class when attendance is taken will be counted tardy or absent. The parent must contact the school by phone, in writing, or in person to explain the reason for every absence within 72 hours or sooner of the student’s absence to avoid loss of class work credit and possibly truancy court referral. Attendance staff will document every contact parent/guardian makes with the school, whether absences will be excused or unexcused.
EXCUSED & UNEXCUSED ABSENCES
Excused absences are legitimate days of absence necessitated by personal illness, death in the immediate family, or a student teen parent taking her/his child to the doctor. Documentation is required when students are absent due to a doctor's appointment, a court date, or other official business.
If a student is absent without school permission or permitted exception, that absence will be counted as an unexcused absence. In this case the student may receive a zero for all work missed and parents will be notified, if necessary, an attendance warning will be issued, charges will be filed against parents to enforce the compulsory school attendance law if absences of this nature persist. See Reg. FE-R.
90% Rule for Promotion
A student must be present 90% of the days the class is offered in order to be promoted to the next grade level. Except as provided by state law, all absences, whether excused or unexcused, must be considered in determining whether a student has attended the required percentage of days.
TARDIES
Students must be in their classrooms and ready to receive instruction when the bell to begin class rings at 7:45 a.m.. An elementary school student who arrives after the 7:45 a.m. tardy bell rings will be counted tardy for the day. It is the responsibility of the parent or legal guardian to contact the school before the second hour of instruction by telephone, in writing, or in person to verify the reason for the tardy (unless a doctor’s appointment, or has been approved as a school activity or business on campus is documented).
- CAMPUS TARDY POLICY: Students who accumulate 4 tardies will be assigned lunch detention by administration on the 4th day.
LEAVING CAMPUS
For students in elementary a parent or otherwise authorized adult must come to the office and sign the student out. The adult person signing the child out must show proof of identification prior to releasing the child. Once the identity is verified, a campus representative will send for the student and bring him or her to the office. For safety purposes and stability of the learning environment, we cannot allow anyone other than authorized school personnel to go to the classroom or any other area unescorted to pick up the student. Excessive requests for permission for students to leave early will be monitored by the campus administration and conferences with the parent or guardian will be scheduled to resolve the situation. The parent will sign an early dismissal card from the attendance office in accordance with school procedure. Upon the student’s return, the student must report to the attendance office to be admitted to class.
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YISD Calendar 22-23
Sageland Contact Information
Assistant Principal - Zeila Wittke (915) 434-2900 email: zwittke@yisd.net
Counselor - Melissa Lopez (915) 434-2903 email: mlopez166@yisd.net
Attendance Clerk - Cynthia Rede (915) 434-2910 email: CRede1@yisd.net
Nurse - Yara Torres (915) 434-2911 email: ytorres5@yisd.net
Front Office Clerk - Minerva Wright (915) 434-2998 email: mwright1@yisd.net
Secretary - Elizabeth Salazar (915) 434-2905 email: ESalazar27@yisd.net
Parent Volunteers Wanted
School Bell Schedule PK4-5th Grade
School Bell Schedule
7:15 Students may arrive to school (designated monitors at post at 7:15)
7:30 Students will be picked up by teachers at their designated areas
7:30-7:40 Breakfast in the classroom / announcements
7:45 Instructional Time Begins / Tardy Bell (4 tardies= lunch detention)
2:45 Dismissal of Students (All students need to be picked-up in a timely manner)
2:45-3:30 Tutoring (Tuesdays & Thursdays to be announced)
School Bell Schedule PK3
AM DUAL CLASSES
7:30-7:40 - Breakfast in the classroom / announcements
10:25-10:55 - Lunch
11:00 - Dismissal
PM MONOLINGUAL CLASSES
11:30-2:45 - Monolingual Class
11:30-12:00 - Lunch
2:45 - Dismissal
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Meet the 2022-2023 Faculty & Staff!
Open House: July 28, 2022
Nurse's Message
Sick Day Guidelines
- Please keep students' home if they have had vomiting or diarrhea or fever in the last 24 hours
- Students must be fever free for 24 hours with out the use of Tylenol or Ibuprofen in order for them to return to school
- Please keep your child home if they are presenting with any Covid-19 symptoms
Please call Nurse Torres at 915-434-2911 if you have any questions.
Covid positive test result
If your child tests positive for Covid-19, you will need to keep the student home, submit proof of a positive test result and contact me for updated/qualifying information on remote learning instructions.
Covid positive test result Self Report
Below is the link where parents and staff can self-report to the Department of Health system. Please report Covid-19 home test kit positive results on this link.
https://elpasotx.seamlessdocs.com/f/SelfDisclosureCovid19ResultsForm
Covid-19 & Influenza testing sites
https://www.epstrong.org/testing.php
Vaccines
All students must be in compliance with vaccines or must obtain a notarized exemption form from the following website:
https://www.dshs.texas.gov/immunize/school/exemptions.aspx
Immunize El Paso
Counselor's Message
https://bisweb.yisd.net/VolunteerPortal/#/
Parents, please remember if you would like to accompany your child on a field trip this school year, you must have a volunteer ID to attend.
I am here to assist if you need help with the application.
SEL is a huge part of your child's educational experience. As educators we focus on the 5 SEL competencies to ensure your child's social emotional learning is targeted as well. Join me on Thursday, August 25th at 5 p.m. for a presentation on the curriculum that we use to teach the social emotional competencies as well as the importance of SEL.
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Sageland MicroSociety Elementary
Email: jsalas56@yisd.net
Website: https://www.yisd.net/sageland
Location: 7901 Santa Monica Court, El Paso, TX, USA
Phone: (915)434-2900
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SagelandMicroSociety
Twitter: @SagelandMicroES