Classroom Disruptions:
Your child’s education is extremely important to us. To help keep your child on task and engaged in their lesson, we are asking that you help keep our classroom interruptions to a minimum. For example, if you have to make a Doctor/Dentist appointment, we ask that you would send a note to school with your child informing us of their appointment time. We will make every effort to have your child ready and in the office for you to meet their appointment time without disrupting the classroom. This will allow us to have their homework ready as well. If your child is called out of the office without prior notice, their homework will not be ready and you will need to make arrangements to pick up their homework when school is dismissed. Please understand every time your child’s classroom is interrupted it affects every child in the classroom. Therefore, please try and avoid coming to the office and having your child called out of the classroom without prior notice. Even an early 15 minute removal hinders the other children in learning their lesson, so please be considerate to others.
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At Taft City School District we recognize that creating a safe learning environment is a critical part of helping each child achieve academic success. TCSD is introducing Sprigeo, a new online system that students can use to report bullying incidents and school safety threats. Sprigeo will give your child another medium for communicating with their school site administration when bullying or school safety incidents occur. All information sent through the Sprigeo system goes directly to school administrators through a secure online connection. How does the Sprigeo system work? Students can access the reporting form directly through a link on our school web sites or they may go to the Sprigeo.com web site. After completing the reporting form and clicking the “Go” button, the report details are sent in a secure email to our school administrators. Although reports can be sent anonymously, over 90% of students include their name when using the Sprigeo system. Does the school receive false reports? Over 95% of reports sent through the Sprigeo system have been confirmed as authentic requests for help with a bullying incident or school safety threat. Unlike text messages or Facebook posts that can be shared among students, all Sprigeo reports are viewable only by school administrators, minimizing the impact one student have to falsely accuse or abuse another student. Why is there a need for an online reporting system? The number one reason why children do not report bullying or abuse is the fear of retaliation from their peers. The Sprigeo reporting form can be accessed from the privacy of a home computer or other internet equipped device, eliminating the possibility of being identified by another student.
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