Richardson Terrace Elementary
September 26, 2022
Spirit Night at Tongue in Cheek is September 29th!
Tongue in Cheek Ice Cream is going to give a portion of their sales back to the Terrace PTA on Thursday, September 29th between 11:00 am - 9:00 pm . Be sure to mention "Terrace Elementary" when you check out. Kickball cards will be on sale at Tongue in Cheek between 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm.
Spirit Night and Kickball!
We are getting ready for our annual kickball game happening in less than a month (October 6th)! To get everyone excited and raise a few extra dollars, we are having a Spirit Night at Tongue In Cheek Ice Cream exactly one week before the big game on September 29th. The proceeds will go to benefit RTE PTA when you mention us any time during their business hours that day. We'd love for you to stop by and get some yummy ice cream! Additionally, we want to hype up Mean Green vs. Orange Crush, so we'll be selling kickball cards inside the store from 3-7pm. If you're able to join us at any point during that time in your team colors, it would add some fun spirit to this event. Please feel free to share this information in your classroom newsletters/messaging. GO GREEN! GO ORANGE! YAY KICKBALL!
FREE AND REDUCED MEAL BENEFITS FROM LAST YEAR END ON SEPTEMBER 27TH
September 27th will be the last day that students will automatically receive free and reduced lunch benefits from last school year. PARENTS MUST REAPPLY FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH BENEFITS FOR THIS YEAR.
If you have not applied this year, please use this link to apply: https://schoollunchapp.com . Parents are welcome to to use a computer at Terrace, if needed. Computer applications are processed within a few days while paper applications can take up to a month. Students who do not receive free and reduced meal benefits must pay for their meals.
Picture Day for Richardson Terrace Elementary School is scheduled for Friday, Sep 30.
Picture Day is coming up on 9/30/22! Order before Picture Day to receive free shipping to the school. Order online at https://schooldaysphotography.inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/73024YY.
There is no school on Friday, October 7th. This is a work day for teachers
Fair Day is Monday, October 10th. There is no school for students & staff.
Richardson ISD Student Cellphone Guidelines
To promote the best possible learning and social environment in Richardson ISD, students will not use their cellphones during the school day, unless provided permission from an authorized district employee during the instructional day. The intent of the cellphone policy is to establish a cellphone-free environment and avoid cellphones distracting from learning as well as causing a loss of instructional time.
Statement of Expectations
Campus administrators will state expectations clearly and reinforce the importance of maintaining a cellphone-free environment at the beginning of the year. Administrators will monitor cellphone violations to inform the need for reinforcement and support. Also, any headphone usage will occur based on the approval and expectations set by individual classroom teachers. RISD’s continued focus will be on the mitigation of educational distractions precipitated by the use of cellphones during instructional time.
Consequences
If a student uses their phone during the school instructional day without the explicit permission of an authorized district employee, it will result in the confiscation of the cellphone and adherence to the following graduated offenses stated below. Authorized district employees who will be responsible for cellphone confiscation will include: administrators and teachers.
1st Offense
Phone will be kept in the assistant principal’s office for the day, parent is contacted.
Student or parent can retrieve cellphone at the end of the day.
Offense noted on Focus with cellphone violation action code chosen.
2nd Offense
Phone will be kept in the assistant principal’s office for the day, parent is contacted.
Student or parent can retrieve cellphone at the end of the day.
Offense noted on Focus with cell phone violation action code chosen.
3rd Offense
Phone will be kept in the assistant principal’s office for the day, parent is contacted.
Warning to student and parent about additional consequences that will happen for non-compliance of cellphone-free environment.
Offense noted on Focus with cell phone violation action code chosen.
Student assigned school detention.
4th Offense
Phone will be kept in the assistant principal’s office for the day.
In-person meeting scheduled with parent.
Offense noted on Focus with cellphone violation action code chosen.
Student assigned lunch detention.
5th Offense
Phone will be kept in the assistant principal’s office for the day, parent is contacted.
Offense noted on Focus with cellphone violation action code chosen.
3 days of ISS assigned.
6th Offense and beyond
Violations of the cellphone policy beyond the fifth offense may result in the assignment of out-of-school suspension
AT TERRACE ELEMENTARY, If cell phones become a pervasive problem in a grade level, the teachers will collect cell phones from students at the beginning of the day and keep them in locked storage until the end of the school day when they will be returned to the student.
2022-2023 Terrace Family Handbook Now Available
Please click on the link below to access the 2022-2023 Terrace Family Handbook.
RISD Guidelines for Elementary Student Dress
Clothes must be worn in a way that private areas are all fully covered. Undergarments, except straps and waistbands, should not be visible. All items listed in the “must wear” and “may wear” categories below must meet this basic principle.
Student must wear (while following the basic principle above):
An opaque top with a sleeve or strap and must cover the stomach, back, and chest area
An opaque bottom, such as pants, jeans or the equivalent of a skirt, sweatpants, joggers, leggings, dress, or shorts
Closed-toe shoes
Students may wear, as long as these items do not violate basic principle above:
Fitted pants, including leggings, yoga pants, and skinny jeans
Ripped jeans as long as underwear and private body parts are not exposed
Athletic shorts and athletic skirts
Religious headwear
Students cannot wear:
Images, language or symbols that depict tobacco products, drugs, drug paraphernalia, alcohol, violence, hate speech, profanity, pornography, gang symbols, or other illegal activities
Images or language that creates a hostile or intimidating environment based on a
protected class or group.
Accessories that could be considered dangerous or could be used as a weapon
VOLUNTEERING AT TERRACE
If you would like to volunteer at Terrace Elementary, you must complete a volunteer background check EVERY new school year. Volunteering could include helping with behavior bashes, attending field trips with your children, working in the library, helping at Field Day, Turkey Trot, or many other activities. We will not allow anyone who has not completed and passed the volunteer background check to volunteer. Please click on the link below to complete the background check. You MUST also watch the very short powerpoint at the end to complete the entire background check. Failure to watch the powerpoint will make your application incomplete and you will not be able to volunteer.
Lunch Visitors will begin the week of October 17th
We will not allow visitors during lunch until after the first 9 weeks of school. This allows our students time to practice our lunchroom expectations, make friends, and practice important social skills.
When lunch visitors begin on October 17, 2022 please adhere to the following procedures to ensure parents enjoy lunch visits with students:
- Arrive 5-10 minutes prior to your child’s lunchtime. It will take some time to get through sign-in at the office, and we want to ensure students are not late getting back to class after lunch.
- To accommodate for limited spacing and to avoid overcrowding, it is expected that the following schedule be adhered to:
- Student with last names A-L: Monday and Wednesday
- Student with last names M-Z: Tuesday and Thursday
- Friday: No Lunch Visitors
- Lunch visitors may only eat lunch with their own students. No friends will be permitted to eat with lunch visitors.
- Parents are responsible for watching their children and any younger siblings. Please be mindful of the people working in the office and keep voice levels down while on the porch.
- For capacity reasons, we ask that each student has lunch visitors no more than one time per week.
- The school requests that each visitor comply with a no cell phone policy while eating lunch with your student to ensure student privacy as well as quality time with your child. Taking pictures and/or video of students other than the lunch visitor’s own child is not permitted.
- Please help your child to follow our Tiger Pride and our cafeteria expectations that we reinforce throughout the building by ensuring that all trash is thrown away and tables are left clean for the next group.
- After lunch, children will go back to class with their teacher. Lunch visitors must sign out in the office and the students will return to class.
- Students will only be allowed to go to lunch during their lunch time. We will not take students out of class to attend lunch with siblings or at a time other than their own lunch period.
Please Label Student Belongings
Please be sure to label all belongings that your children bring to school including coats, sweaters, water bottles, backpacks, lunchboxes, sweatshirts, etc. We have several items in our lost and found that have do not have names on them so they cannot be returned.
All families are asked to join the Terrace PTA. The cost is $10 per person. The Terrace PTA helps to provide programs and events for our students and teachers such as our annual Terrace Kickball Game, field trip buses, Donuts with Grown Ups, teacher appreciation events, behavior bashes, STAAR snacks, field day, Turkey Trot, choir and musical performances, and so much more. Our goal is to reach over 500 PTA members this year. Please help us reach our goal by joining today!
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