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Box Tops for Education!

Again this year, Glendale will be collecting General Mills’ Box Tops for Education. Please send any labels from General Mills products that you might happen to use in your home. Every box top label generates ten cents for our school. We also collect Campbell’s soup labels for Woodrow Wilson School.

Printer Cartridges

Bring those old, worn-out printer cartridges to school for recycling instead of throwing them out! Glendale School has a collection basket in the foyer and receives money from a local company which recycles these cartridges. Help us earn money for our school by bringing in those empty cartridges!

Student Meal Accounts

If a student should have an excessive negative balance on their student meal account, they will no longer be allowed to charge breakfast or lunch. They will, however, be given an alternative lunch (the minimum requirement for school meals) which will consist of a small sandwich and a milk. Additionally, these students will not be allowed to take extra side dishes, purchase water, or have dessert. While these measures seem harsh, it is important for our accounts and records to be balanced as the state monitors the activity in the cafeteria. Fiscal responsibility is important. No child, however, will go without being given a lunch of some kind in this school district. If students wish to enjoy all the lunch as printed on the menu, however, families will need to keep meal accounts active with positive balances. Reminder notes are sent home frequently with students with negative balances. If you have questions about your child’s account, ask the child. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact Mrs. Maddox, Glendale cook, at 427-5402.

One Call Now

Almost all of you have been contacted at one point or another by a recorded message from the District office. One Call Now provides this service, and this will be very important in our communication with home, particularly when the weather gets hazardous. If you would like to change or add an additional phone number to our One Call Now call list, you can access this link through the District website at www.epd86.org.

Dress Code

For students in kindergarten through fifth grade, the following are considered to be inappropriate and will not be allowed at school:

*Tank tops, or shirts with spaghetti straps
*Shirts that are backless or “see-through”
*Shirts that show the midriff or sides of the body (large arm holes)
*Extremely short shorts
*Extreme hairstyles, including unusual and unnatural hair color
*Pants that sag so that a student’s underwear is visible

We also discourage the use of make-up on students of this age. For safety reasons, students’ shoes are to be tied snugly on their feet in spite of the fact that it is fashionable to keep tennis shoes in a slip on/slip off basis. Shoes with rollers in them (“heelies”) are also not allowed in school. Students found to be in violation of these guidelines will be provided with a change of clothing or will be allowed to call home for a change of clothes. If violations are repeated, consequences will be given as they are when any other school rule is violated.

If you have questions about the student dress code, please consults the Student Handbook, or contact Mr. Sander at the school.