[CCHS] CCHS Daily Bulletin

[Sharon Trainor]

DAILY BULLETIN

	  	     		Thurs. Dec. 18, 2003	.

Health tip of the day to avoid colds & flu: Wash your hands frequently. 
Avoid close contact with anyone who has a cold or the flu.

Hey Seniors and Faculty: The Class of 2004 invites all Faculty and Alumni
to the Annual Senior Faculty Alumni Tea on Monday, December 22, 2003 at
2:10in the Upper Library.

ATTENTION ALL SENIORS: If you have a college deadline for Jan. 15th the
student consent form MUST be passed in to Mrs. Tessari by Mon., Dec. 22nd.

Attention Outdoor Enthusiasts!
  The Outdoor Club has planned a Snow Tubing trip for THIS Sunday Night
under the lights!!.  Permission slips are on the bulletin board outside
the math office.  Anyone is welcome to come. Please have permission slips
turned in to Ms. Giunta by tomorrow.

On Monday, Dec 22th, at 2pm, a DVD of the 2003 Season of the CCHS
Cross-Country Teams will be on sale in the cafeteria.  Each copy sells for
$15 and proceeds will be used to purchase race finishing line equipment.

Girls' Forum is beginning yesterday during D and F lunch.  Please come,
bring your lunch and a friend and join other CC girls in a lively lunch
time discussion. Girl’s Forum meets in room A 5.

All interested in participating in the Ruettgers Seminar this spring
should hand in their application essays to Mr. Cleary in Social Studies or
Mr. Nurenberg in Eng. by 2:05 Fri. Dec. 19.

Sign ups for the Batting Cage and Winter Throwing will take place the rest
of this week in S-25.  See Mr. Leone to sign up.

Students please note that there will be no visitors allowed in school on
Monday or Tuesday.

There will be a Varsity Football meeting in the cafeteria Fri., Dec. 19
after school.

Please Assist Us
..
During this past quarter we’ve had a number of students surprised when we
told them that we do not accept dismissal notes from parents after the
fact.  We also do not accept parent sign-offs of unexcused absences on
attendance reports for unexcused absences.

This is where we need your help.

If your child needs to be dismissed from school, we must hear from you
before he/she leaves school.  We do all that we can to ensure that your
child is safe from the time he/she steps onto school grounds until they
leave.  Once they are here, we have a “duty to care” for him/her.  We take
that responsibility very seriously.  If we do not know where they are,
certainly you can understand how this impinges upon our ability to know
that they are safe.  In addition to our legal responsibilities, your child
cannot learn if they are not in the classroom.  

Our dismissal process requires that a note or phone call is received in
the office prior to your child’s dismissal.  They should bring the note in
the morning to Mrs. Hammer.  If you call in the permission, your child
must come to the main office prior to departure to check out with Mrs.
Hammer.  If you haven’t called the office at that point, your son/daughter
will contact you before he/she leaves the building.  

After the appointment, your son/daughter must check back into the main
office and receive a pass back to class.  This process allows us to know
that your child had permission to leave the building and that they have
returned.  Therefore, if we had a building emergency, we would know that
he/she was safe.

Again, our utmost concern is your child’s safety.  Please assist us in
that process with letting us know when your son/daughter will be out of
the building prior to their departure.


What do I do if I want to have a friend visit school?
We enjoy the fact that many community members use our facilities.  Yet,
during the school day we must maintain an appropriate environment to
promote teaching and learning.  Therefore, we cannot allow student
shadowers/visitors unless certain conditions are met.  First, visitors
must be pre-approved by members of the administration and the host’s
teachers at least one day in advance.  Secondly, these students cannot be
missing a day of their own school in order to visit ours.  Thirdly, if the
students are traveling on the bus from Boston, they must seek permission
from Mrs. Dinnall, the METCO Director, to have a guest on the bus.  And
lastly, no visitors are allowed on the day prior to a long weekend or
holiday/vacation.  For example, no visitors will be allowed on the half
day of Thanksgiving or the Friday prior to February vacation.

The process should proceed as follows:  A student would seek permission
from an administrator several days in advance of the visit date.  The
administrator would determine whether the visitor has school on that date
and determine that the presence of a guest on that date is appropriate. 
The student would then need to get written permission from all of his/her
teachers and return that written permission to the administrator.  The
METCO Director must also sign-off that it’s okay for the individual to
ride the bus.  The visitor would need to forward to us a note from his/her
parents and his/her school, stating that they do not have school on that
day and that they have permission to visit CCHS.  Once all signatures are
collected and returned to the administrator, the student has permission to
bring a visitor to school.  On the day of the visit, the host student must
sign-in their visitor with Mrs. Hammer in the main office.  The visitor
will receive a pass.  The visitor must remain with their host for the
entire day.  If they are not in the presence of their host, they will be
asked to leave.

We do have many visitors throughout the year.  It is rare that we do not
allow an individual to visit the school if they have followed the process
outlined above.  We hope that you will help us to insure a positive
learning environment for our teachers and students.