Elementary Birthday Celebrations 2012 – 2013
Dear Elementary Parents,
At Discovery School we cherish the opportunities to celebrate
the life and the relationships that are constantly being build among our
students. Keeping that in mind, and after a careful revision and discussion
about our students birthday celebrations, the school administration has come up
with the following policy:
For Birthday Recognition
During School Hours:
1. No
invitations of any kind allowed to be handed out if the celebration is
to be held in school.
2. No gifts
will be brought to school..
3. No
goodies/candy bags will be allowed to be handed out at school.
4. Parents
should notify
the teacher at least one week in advance of a classroom birthday
party.
5. Birthday
celebrations will be announced by the teacher in the weekly blog posts so
the parents know not to send lunch on a specific day.
6. If
the parents choose to bring cake/lunch it is their responsibility to be at
school on time to serve the lunch/cake. The teachers will assist the
parent if needed, but will not be in charge of the event. If a parent cannot be
present for the event, it must be discussed and cleared with the teacher so the
teacher can take charge and make the necessary arrangements (i.e. duties,
personal day, etc).
7. For
beverages, parents can provide fruit juice or water.
8. No
party should be elaborate or disturbing to others. It should not take more than
30 minutes of class time and can be at the end of the school day or during
lunch. More than one birthday can be celebrated at the same time, and the
teacher may decide to celebrate all of one month’s birthdays at the same time.
Information concerning class parties should be communicated to parents.
9. Students
of both sections of a grade level (e.g. Grade 2A and Grade 2B) will be included
in all birthday parties for that grade
For Birthday Parties
Outside of School Hours:
·
Only if every student is invited in both classes, the invitations can be given to the teacher to hand out at an appropriate time. Parents are not allowed to hand out party invitations in class.
· If
all children in both classes are not going to be invited to a party, the parent must use an alternate way to
distribute the invitations—e.g. by email or phone) – The invitations cannot be
given on the school’s bus or the school campus.
We hope you will be supportive of this new policy and help
us teachers enforce what we feel will maintain the focus of celebrations to a
time for sharing and having fun.
Sincerely Yours,
The Discovery School Elementary Teachers
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