Student Absences
Good attendance is strongly encouraged and recognized each year.  But whenever your child must be absent, we ask that you call the school office to report the absence.  Messages may be left on the answering machine.  This procedure is to ensure your child's safety.  To pick up your child's missed work, please call the school office prior to 10:00 a.m. in order for teachers to have work in the office by 3:10.  More information regarding attendance policies can be found in the student handbook.

Picking Up Students
Please come to the office to check a child out of school for doctor's appointments or other family business.  Please be prepared to show identification with a picture.  Our goal is to know all families personally, but this takes us some time.  Family members and friends' names should be on a registration cards in order to pick up your child.

Classroom Visitors
Parents and grandparents are encouraged to be frequent guests at school.  You are welcome to visit and observe in classrooms, but also encouraged to schedule with teachers as a courtesy.  The safety of your children is a high priority at Las Colinas Elementary.  For this reason, all parents and other guests are required to check into the office and wear a visitor's pass while at school.  We greatly appreciate your assistance with this important procedure, which is designed to better ensure the safety of your children.

Withdrawal Procedures
To withdraw students from Las Colinas Elementary, the school office must be notified one school day prior to the date of withdrawal.  Grade averaging and withdrawal paperwork take considerable time to prepare by staff.  The withdrawal form will be provided only after all library and textbooks have been returned.

Student Meals
Nutritious hot lunches are served daily for All Day Kindergarten-5th grades. Families are provided monthly menus in order to make choices prior to going to lunch. Lunch tickets are sold though the cafeteria each morning before school.  Buying tickets for an extended time have proven to ne beneficial and most efficient.  Free and reduced price lunches are provided for students with financial hardships.  Applications for this program are available in the school office.  Parents are welcome to join us for lunch at anytime.

Cost of Meals
Student Lunch            $1.75           Reduced Lunch         .40        Adult Lunch        $1.75
Student Breakfast          .85           Reduced Breakfast    .30

Medication
All student medication, prescription or non-prescription, must be in the original container and properly labeled.  For the safety of all children, the medication must be stored and dispensed in the nurse's office.  The following information must be supplied:

• Student name
• Dates to be administered
• Times to be administered
• Name of medication
• Dosage
• Parent signature

Volunteers
Volunteer opportunities always exists in small and larger ways.  Please see PTA or office personnel to find the perfect volunteer job for you.  All  volunteers will need to come into the office to check in and receive a visitor's pass, and be cleared by a criminal history background check before beginning to volunteer.  We greatly appreciate your assistance with this important procedure, which is designed to better ensure the safety of your children.

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