1. New Parent – Student Orientation
SHAPE American
Elementary School
New Parent – Student Orientation

2. Meet Us SHAPE American Elementary School DoDDS-E
Dr. Bernadette Schlueter
Principal Ms. Monica Harvey
Assistant Principal
DoDDS-E
Isles District Superintendent
Mr. Frank Roehl
Superintendent

3. SHAPE American ES was recognized in 2012 as a National
Blue Ribbon School for academic excellence. SAES was ranked among the highest performing schools in the United States in both English Language and Mathematics as measured by normed assessments.

4. DoDEA Mission Statement
Educate, Engage, and Empower Each Student to Succeed in a Dynamic World

5. Educate and inspire, every day, in every way!
SHAPE ES Vision Statement
Educate and inspire, every day, in every way!

6. SHAPE ES Values & Guiding Principles

7. CSI Goal 1: Reading Comprehension
All students will meet grade level benchmarks in reading comprehension skills.
Objective:
100% of Kindergarten through Fifth Grade students will demonstrate proficiency in reading comprehension as measured by 1.0 year gain in comprehension skills by June, 2015, as measured by the TerraNova, Benchmark Assessment System (BAS), Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI), Raz-Kids, and common grade level assessments.
Strategy 1: Differentiation of instruction to increase reading comprehension

8. CSI Goal 2: Mathematics
All students will meet grade level benchmarks in math problem solving skills.
Objective:
100% of Kindergarten through Fifth Grade students will demonstrate proficiency in math problem skills as measured by a 1.0 year gain in mathematics by June, 2015, as measured by the TerraNova, IXL, Exemplars, and common grade level assessments.
Strategy 1: Common Mathematical Language
Strategy 2: Math Problem-Solving

9. Support the School PTSO School Liaison Officer
School Advisory Committee
Parent Volunteers
Back to School
Conferences
Homework
Handbook
School Functions
Back to School – This Friday from All parents meet in the Multi-purpose
PTO Officers:
New PTO member drive will begin August, discuss the importance of volunteers in a school
Telephone
Handbook: On School Website:
Attend school functions such as STEM Symposium, Read Across America, Diversity Day

10. Good to Know School Calendar Communication Hours Health Services Lunch
School Supplies
Class List
School Calendar Handouts on table
Teacher newsletters, school Parent Newsletter, phone calls,
Office Hours:
School Hours: 8:50-3:30
Lunch Costs: Elementary (K-5th grades) $2.40, or 2,00 EURO
Lunch menu is posted in parent newsletter at the beginning of each month. These lunches are contracted by AAFES Foods. Accounts can be established to pay for meals using a PIN number or students can purchase on a daily basis. Parents are able to set up automated school meal account through LunchPrepay a third-party payment system. It is important to maintain a positive balance in your child’s account at all times.
New: Free and Reduced Lunch Program. New applications with updated information
1 Registered nurse on duty: Ambir Pankau: Immunizations, Medication, Permission for medication form, Health screening, sports physical, First aide, Emergency contact number updated.
School Supply list: Handouts on table, exchange, office, Ombudsman

11. Program Offerings Curriculum & Instruction Schedules Special Programs
Report Cards
Internet
GE –ESL – SPED – Read 180 – LSS – Music – PE – Art – Culture – Counseling –
DoDEA Standards for each grade. Can be found on the DoDEA website
ES Classroom assignments will be posted at 1200 on Friday, 15 August.
Internet Usage agreement parents sign at registration. Students sign form at the beginning of school
Gmail: Student Communication Tool Safe, Filtered , digital lockers for students.
Gmail accounts suspension of use if behavior is determined to be detrimental to school/students. All students in grades third through fifth grades have accounts assigned to them by the ET. These accounts are monitored to control content.
Brief mention of Internet safety and its purpose
ASPEN Gradebook GradeSpeed 4th – 5th Grade: Checking assignments, individual assignment grades, overall grades, progress reports.
Report Cards: issued quarterly

12. Good to Know Chain of command Bus Actions & Consequences Weapons
Dress Code
Teacher-Asst Principal-Principal-Asst Superintendent-Superintendent
Bus behavior and consequences: Can be viewed on school website. Speak with your children about using seatbelts sitting while bus is in motion and using inside voices while on the bus. Progressive discipline from warning-parent contact-thereafter the consequences become progressively more severe. (to include suspension from riding the bus).
4-R’s: Respect for self, Respect for classmates, Respect for adults, Respect for Safety of all.
Zero Tolerance for weapons – Suspension – expulsion
Object or instrument that is made to, or used in a manner to, either inflict or threaten to inflict serious bodily injury or instill fear

13. Safety Weather School Closure Drills Evacuation Emergency Numbers 112
School has a plan, it is kept confidential. Students safety is our top priority!
Weather: Listen to radio AFN for weather updates and information addressing school closures and procedures to follow.
School Closure: Parents are to listen to AFN Radio for DoDEA announcements/Channel 13, Power/water outage procedures we will call parents.
Drills: Fire weekly during the 1st 4 weeks then Monthly thereafter
Bomb Threat/ Once a year
Lockdown/ Once a year
Evacuation/ Once a year

14. Traffic Flow
Traffic Flow for McCool Elementary/Middle School

15. Start Times Monday, August 18 – First day of school
Mon-Fri, Aug – Individual Conferences (No school for Kindergarten students only)
Monday, August 25 – Kindergarten First Day

16. First Day of School
On the first day of school, students will line up in front of the old cafeteria starting at 8:30.
Teachers will walk their class up the hill to the new school.
Staff members will be in the hallways to help the students and parents. 
At 9:45, First & Second grade parents will be asked to leave the building so teachers can begin classes.

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