Silver Ridge Elementary School

Please remind your children of the following dress code guidelines:

• Shoes must be safe and appropriate for PE and recess. Light weight sandals, flip flops, and high heels are not safe footwear. No cleats or roller shoes (Heeleys) are allowed at school. Sneakers are best.
• Clothing that makes a reference to alcohol, tobacco products, or any illegal substance or activity, is inappropriate. Clothing with abusive or derogatory pictures and/or printing is not allowed.
• Saggy pants are not allowed. Be sure that underwear and body parts are covered.
• Hats can be brought to school as long as any advertisement is not offensive. When hats can be worn is the decision of the staff member in charge.
• Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for current weather conditions.

We want children to have fun, play safely, and develop positive social interactions.

Adult recess supervisors are present when children are at recess. Their primary responsibility is to ensure the safety of the children. They also help to solve problems through positive interventions and through the use of appropriate discipline.

When children have small problems at recess, we teach them to use our Peaceful Playground strategies, one of which is ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’.

When the problems are too big or ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’ have not been successful, we teach children to seek adult help. We expect that games at recess will be inclusive, stress fair play, and that children will demonstrate good sportsmanship at all times. Children exhibiting these traits are welcome to play at recess. 

We will work to help children refine these skills through teaching in the classroom, during P.E., and at recess.

Silver Ridge will have a number of assemblies throughout the year. These assemblies help students develop large group behaviors and serve to conduct school business, enhance student learning and/or promote school goals.  

We teach students to observe the 4 A’s of audience behavior:

• Allow- allow the performers to perform
• Attend- keep your attention on the performance
• Appreciate- appreciate the performance
• Applaud Appropriately- ensure applause is appropriate for the type of performance

There are many interesting places in our beautiful Puget Sound area to which teachers may organize a field trip. Permission slips, signed by a parent or guardian, are required before a child may be taken off school grounds. The permission slip, which will be sent home from the teacher, will explain the aims and cost of the particular trip, inform the parent if private transportation is to be used and specify if special equipment, clothing or lunch is needed.

Parents are strongly encouraged to label lunch boxes, coats, sweaters, hats, gloves, etc. At the end of each semester, unclaimed items left in Lost and Found will be donated to charity.

Money may be collected from students for things such as planners, subscriptions, field trips, donations, classroom activities, fifth grade promotion celebrations, etc. Money is collected using the Washington State Associated Student Body Guidelines. All money is deposited in a school district account and monitored by the Principal and a school district auditor.

All electronic devices are not allowed at school. Toys can be a distraction at school and we ask that they stay at home. The school is not responsible for lost, stolen or broken items.

Animals are not allowed at school unless prior approval and arrangements have been made. If a pet is to be brought to school for ‘Show and tell’, please contact the teacher in advance (many children have pet allergies). Pets are not allowed on the school bus.

Classroom parties are up to the discretion of the teacher. If you wish to send treats for birthdays, please contact the teacher in advance so that classroom disruptions can be kept to a minimum.

Students may not pass out personal invitations at school unless every classmate is invited.

When students are issued textbooks or library books, it is understood that reasonable care in the use, storage and transportation between home and school of books will be taken. Charges for lost books will be at the rate of replacement cost.