7:15 a.m. School Doors Open Students Go Directly to Cafeteria 7:30 a.m. Students Permitted to Classrooms 7:50 a.m. School Begins (Students MUST be in their classrooms to avoid being tardy) 7:50 a.m. Morning Announcements 7:50 a.m. – 2:50 p.m. Instructional Time 2:50 p.m. Day Care Vans/YMCA Special Needs/Eclipse Bus (Pifer) Walkers to Front Lobby Car Riders to Front Lobby 2:55 p.m Black Bus (Overton) Red Bus (Henderson) Purple Bus (O’Rourke) 3:00 p.m Yellow Bus (Pastor) Pink Bus (Kelley) 3:02 p.m Blue Bus (Hardin) Green Bus (Kennedy) After School Care Program

*School Hours: 7:50 a.m. – 2:50 p.m. *It is essential that all students report to school no later than 7:30 a.m. if they plan to eat breakfast. *Instruction starts at 7:50 a.m. If students report to school after 7:50 a.m., parents must accompany them to the school office for a tardy slip before they can be admitted to class. *Students who arrive after 11:20 a.m. or who check out prior to 11:20 a.m. will be counted absent. *You may walk your child directly to the classroom on Thursday and Friday, but you will need a visitor’s pass. Parents should not walk students to the classroom beginning Monday, August 11.

*The school building does not open until 7:15 a.m. Please do not drop off students before this time. Students are not allowed to wait outside of the building. *Car riders dropped off between 7:15 and 7:30 will go directly to the cafeteria and be dismissed to their classrooms at 7:30. *Car riders dropped off after 7:30 a.m. will go directly to their classrooms, unless they are eating breakfast. *Note: Car Rider Procedures will be handed out by your classroom teacher. Please read and follow them carefully. Be patient during the first weeks as we help students adjust.

*Parents are asked not to check students out after 2:30 p.m. *Should a parent send another person to pick up his/her child(ren), written authorization from the parent is required. These individuals must be listed on the child’s check out list in the office. *Car rider signs must be posted in the front windshield, or you will be asked to park and come to the front office to check out your child. *Any changes in dismissal for children must be in writing and must be submitted before 2:00 p.m. Telephone calls and s will not be accepted. Please be prepared to show photo identification when checking out a child from school.

*If your child is absent for any reason, please send in a signed and dated written excuse within 3 days. Valid excused absence reasons are listed in the Shelby County Code of Conduct. *Change of Transportation notes are located in the front office and on our school website. Please send these notes in on Monday, if at all possible. Remember, changes must be signed by the custodial parent to be accepted. *If the school has to close early or start late, a notice will be sent out on Blackboard Connect and our school’s listserv. If your child attends After School Care, they will be considered a car rider. *You should have signed up for Blackboard Connect and listserv at Registration Confirmation.

*When a student’s lunch balance reaches $5.00, a note will be sent home from the IES cafeteria. *Please send lunch money to school in a sealed envelope with your child’s name, teacher’s name, and your child’s lunch # written on the outside. *Please make all checks payable to Inverness Elementary School and include the student’s lunch #. *You may also utilize to add and check your child’s balance. You will need your child’s student number to access My Lunch Money. Contact Mrs. Philpott for this information.

What do we want students to know and be able to do? Formative Assessment Benchmark Assessment Summative Assessment How will we know when they know it? Provide opportunities to apply knowledge in order to extend student thinking and learning. What will we do when they already know it? Implement Tier II & Tier III strategies to support students in a timely, systematic way. What will we do when they don’t know it? Updated July 2014 Critical Questions for Shelby County Schools College & Career Ready Standards/ Alabama Courses of Study Shelby County Curriculum Guides 21 st Century Skills EL Proficiency Standards Tier I concepts and Skills

Key Ideas about College and Career Ready Standards Think Deeply Emphasizes critical thinking (analyze, discuss, evaluate, justify, explain…more) Integrate Learning Emphasizes content literacy in all disciplines (real world problems and solutions) Show How They Know Emphasizes Evidence (explain how they know)

*Classroom teachers will schedule conferences twice during the year. At any time, if you would like to schedule another conference, contact the classroom teacher directly 1-2 days in advance of the conference. *IES will Parent News each Friday on our school’s listserv and send home a monthly “Inverness Elementary Spotlight” newsletter. *Classroom teachers will communicate, at least weekly, through the green or red folder.

*The Shelby County Code of Conduct is located at *The Inverness Elementary Student Handbook is located on our website at *Please complete the Code of Conduct/Media Release form, sign and date it, and leave it with your child’s teacher. If you would like to fully read both handbooks before signing, please send back the Code of Conduct/Media Release form as soon as possible.

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Thank you for being involved in your child’s education and for being part of Inverness Elementary School – It’s A Great Place To Grow! -IES Administration and Faculty