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Agenda
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The Nuts and Bolts of the Office
 Attendance
 Bookkeeper
 Principal’s
Secretary
 Assistant Principal
 Principal
 Registrar
 Counselors
 Nurse
Kevin West, Attendance Secretary
The Front Office Staff
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Kevin West, Attendance Secretary
 Absences
 Tardies
 Early
dismissal
Absences
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Call the school at 837-6800 and press 1. Leave
the child’s first and last name, grade and the reason
for the absence.
Send a note in with your child upon their return.
Pre-Arranged Absences
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Get form from office or download one from website
Form must be signed by ALL teachers
Submit at least a week in advance
Early Dismissal
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Send a note in with your student that morning.
Mr. West will give them a slip to show their teacher
at the assigned time that excuses them from class.
You must come in and sign your student out.
Tardies
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Every child needs to check in with the front office if
they arrive late in the morning and bring a note.
If you are bringing your child late to school, call
ahead or if you are a few minutes late, come in
with your child.
Julie Morgan, Bookkeeper
Bookkeeper
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Julie Morgan
Fines and fees
Located in the office directly across the counter on
left hand side.
Reminder: If a student loses a textbook, it must be
paid for before a new one will be given.
Registrar, Joni Apman
Registrar
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Registrar: Joni Apman
Change address, phone number or emergency
contact information (837-6818)
Withdraw student from IMS
Counselors, Anna Maria Austin &
Amy Lorang
Anna Maria Austin
Amy Lorang
Counselors
What We Do...
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Individual Student Planning
Help students with their academic, career and personal/social development
Registration and Scheduling
504 Caseload Managers
Guidance Team Meeting Member/Facilitator
Responsive Services
Crisis Counseling
Small Group Intervention and Counseling
Student Mediations
Referrals to School and/or Community Resources (VOICE, Angel Program...)
Scoop from the Counselors
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Check your students planner every night.
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sure they have written down all assignments.
 If not, check teacher’s website or call homework hotline.
 If no homework, have them write down what they
learned in class.
 This helps them learn/remember what they have to do
and plan ahead.
 Student can check completed homework and cross out
homework turned in to teacher.
More Counseling Scoop
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Each weekend monitor child organizing binder and
backpack.
They need to learn to put all papers in correct
place so they can find them.
Take out unneeded papers but keep all assignments
for the year!
And More Scoop from the Counselors
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Encourage kids to be pro-active in communicating
with their teachers on their own.
 Ask
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questions during class, after class or through email.
Encourage kids to speak up about harassment. If
they don’t feel safe confronting the bully or
comforting the victim, report to an adult.
And Finally…
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Create and clearly communicate about boundaries
that are non-negotiable around personal safety,
education and respect for self and others.
Give your child several options/choices within each
to support their growing need for autonomy.
Need to learn to make good decisions through
practice.
Keep your sense of humor! 
Anissa Pascale, School Nurse
School Nurse
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If a student has asthma and self carries an inhaler
the parents need to fill out two forms and have the
doc sign and return to me.
2) If a student has a severe allergy and uses an
epi-pen we need an allergy plan on file and an
epi-pen in the office.
Moms of girls: send a “kit” to school with girls in
case they need it. Always someone in nurse's office.
Sandie Schertzl, Principal’s Secretary
Principal’s Secretary
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Sandie Schertzl
Contact Sandie if you would like to speak to or
meet with Lisa or Corrine
Handles building scheduling as well
Assistant Principal, Lisa Truemper
Assistant Principal
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Lisa Truemper
Handles discipline
Oversees clubs and sports
Scoop from the Assistant Principal
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Infractions
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of progressive discipline
 Receive infractions for anything from running in the hall
to talking on cell phone
 Consequences build on one another
 1-5 = lunch duty
 6-10 = lunch detention
 16-20 = two after school detentions
 21+ = meeting with administrator
More from the Assistant Principal
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Bullying and Harassment
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tolerance for bullying and harassment.
 How does she handle it? It depends.
 School encourages students and families to report any
incident. All will be investigated.
 Can parents learn the consequences for other students?
 No,
this is a privacy issue.
And Even More Scoop from the AP
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Is attendance taken at clubs and sporting practices?
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and it is expected by coaches that kids attend.
Are parents informed if kids are not at
practice/clubs but were at school.
 No!
Be sure you are talking to your kids.
Clubs and Sports
Clubs
Homework Club
CERT Club
Geography Club
Fan Club
National Junior Honor Society
Math Club
Math Help--All Grades
Generation Impact
Jazz Band
Sports Club
Green Team
Scrapbook Club
Robotics
Science Help--All Grades
Sports
Fall Sports
Cross Country
Softball
Volleyball
Winter Sports
Girls’ Basketball
Wrestling
Boys’ Basketball
Soccer
Spring Sports
Track
Principal, Corrine DeRosa
Principal’s Reminders…
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No kids on campus before 7:20am (9:50am on
Wednesdays)
 No
supervision. Kids are kept off campus and standing
in the rain.
More Reminders…
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Please pick kids up promptly after school and
events.
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not in clubs or sports must be off campus
immediately.
 Please be on time to pick up from events. Staff are not
paid to stay late.
 Community Center has an after school program with a
minimal charge if you need it.
More reminders from the Principal
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Use the Sea-Tac model in the parking lot.
 Inside
drive through lane.
 Drive in circle until you see an opening.
 Pull in.
Finally….
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Students must follow the IMS Dress Code at all
school events.
Shorts, skirts and dresses must be below mid-thigh
not to the fingertips of the student.
Student Recognition
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Most Valuable Panther (MVP)
 One
positive trait each month. Nominated by a
teacher or administrator.
 Certificate, name in Panther Press and on wall plus a
sundae one day at lunch.
Student Recognition
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Pawsitive Action Award
 Kid
“caught in the act” of: kindness, excellent effort,
exceptional work, positive attitude, helping others.
 “anti-infraction”: kids called down to the office for
certificate and a paws pin.
Cell Phones
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All cell phones must be left in student lockers during the
school day.
Kids can use their cell phones before and after school
outside the front doors so you can leave them a
message about a change of plans for pick up.
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