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Home & School Communication
Parent Participation: Your active parent participation helps make our school a more productive and enjoyable experience for both you and your child. At home, you can be involved by reading to your child, discussing daily class work and assignments, helping with homework, and being interested in what your child is learning. At school you can be involved by being a parent volunteer, a room parent, by working with the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), by joining the School Site Council (SSC). Parent representatives are sometimes needed on Belmont-Redwood Shores School District's committees as well. We also use parent volunteers to help in our after-school Homework Center. We invite you to share any special talents or interests you have with the school. You can be assured that we welcome you as partners in your child's education and will keep you informed of your child's progress.
Parent Communication: Each Wednesday, your child will bring home a packet with information and fliers about upcoming PTA and community activities. Please take the time to read through the information carefully and return the folder with your child by the end of the week. Nesbit sends out information and reminders over email. To receive these emails, please sign up for our Yahoo group by sending and email to: nesbitelementary-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Please include your child's name in the email.
Conferences with teachers: We suggest you make an appointment if you wish to talk with the teacher about your child's progress. During the time that students are present (including directly before and after school), the teacher is not available for conferencing. Conferences regarding your child's academic progress will be held November 18-25 and again in the spring, March 10-17. Kindergarten conferences are held in November and May. Please contact your child's teacher if a conference is needed at another time.
Calls to the school: Please feel free to call the school with concerns, questions or compliments. If you need to speak to your child's teacher during school hours, please leave a voice mail with your name, number, and times when you can best be reached for a return call. Teachers are not available during school hours but will get back to you before or after school.
Emergency phone calls: In case of illness or injury to your child, we must have current emergency phone numbers on file in the office. If your home or work numbers change, please notify the office right away. The school telephone is not available for use by students except for emergency purposes.
Medication: No medication, prescription or non-prescription, may be administered by school personnel without written approval from a physician and parent. School office personnel will assist in dispensing medication when appropriate forms and the medication in their original containers are provided. Students are not to have inhalers, pills or other medication in their possession (including cough drops.) All medications are to be placed in a cupboard in the office.
Other Parent Information: Please be sure to sign in at the office anytime you are on the campus during school hours. If you are dropping off a lunch, homework, etc. during the school day, please bring it to the office so that classroom instruction is not disrupted.
