Handbook - Barnsdale Road School Policies

The School Policy Handbook can be viewed and printed by clicking here.

 

Celebrating Birthdays

Unlike most adults, children really enjoy celebrating their birthday! Our Barnsdale children are so fortunate that most of them enjoy home parties and some special ways to celebrate out of school. At school, we like to recognize these milestones too!

Birthdays will be celebrated through a building announcement, crown or sticker, a birthday song, and a gift from the Library Birthday shelf. Students may NOT bring treats (edible or non-edible) to share with other students. Party invitations should not be distributed at school unless all of the students in the classroom have been invited to the party (or all of the girls or all the boys). Names should not be placed on the invitations (for ease of distribution). Please refer to the handout in the summer mailing or call the classroom teacher for details.

Emergency Closing

When schools are closed because of an emergency or severe weather, the District’s automated calling system will notify you at home.

Please be sure to keep your phone number updated with the school office.

You may also listen to radio stations WGN-AM 720 or WBBM-AM 780. Parents may also check the District 102 website for current information.

Lost and Found

Please place your child's name on all school supplies and gym shoes with a permanent magic marker.

All school related supply and clothing items should be marked with your child's name. Etching names into the frames of prescription glasses is another good idea. We would like to keep our "Lost and Found" as empty as possible.

Children bringing lunch boxes and thermoses should also have these clearly marked for easy identification. The number of unclaimed lunch boxes each year is astronomical!

This past year we donated several bags of good sweatshirts, hats, jackets, pairs of shoes and boots, scarves, etc. to worthy causes at the end of the year. While someone needy benefits, we would much prefer to return lost and misplaced items to their rightful owners.

Lunch Time at Barnsdale

We are requesting your help to make lunch time for enjoyable for the students:

• Please put your child's name on the outside of his/her lunch box. There are many students with the same lunch box and we would like to avoid confusion whenever possible.   Also, when a lunch box is lost, we will know where to return it.

• Please send in spoons/forks if your child's lunch requires one - we don't have extra utensils.

• We do not have any way of warming up food, so please don't send anything that needs to be warmed.

• Last but certainly not least, please work with your children to teach them how to open packages, containers, juice boxes, etc.   We have ample lunchroom workers, but your child will not have to wait for an adult if he/she can do it independently.  The children are so proud when they can do it themselves!

• If you are paying for lunch by the month, please send in the next month's payment before the first of the month.

If you have any questions regarding the lunch program, please don't hesitate to contact Hope Witt at 708-482-3003.

Report an Absence

Call 708-482-3003 or email brattendance@dist102pk12.il.us if absence or tardiness occurs. This number and email address is available 24 hours a day.

Parents are required to call the school before 8:00am if their child will be absent that day. Please advise the school as to the nature of your child's illness. The parent must call every day that a student is absent, unless the parent notifies the school that the student will be absent for a certain number of days.

Parents of students who do not phone the school in regard to an absence will be contacted by the health office secretary as soon as attendance is taken, to determine the nature of the absence. By state law, the police department is to be notified within one hour if children are unaccounted for and a parental excuse is unobtainable.

All parents can greatly assist in the task of accountability by calling the school with absences and tardies prior to the start of the school day.

School Contact Information

Barnsdale Road School is a Full Day Kindergarten center in District 102.

Barnsdale Road School
920 Barnsdale Road
LaGrange Park, Illinois  60526

708-482-3003

Principal: Kathy Boxell
Secretary / Health Aide: Hope Witt

School Hours / Daily Bus and School Schedule

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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday:
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM and 11:50 PM to 3:00 PM

Wednesdays are Early Dismissal Days:
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM and 11:50 AM to 2:15 PM

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8:10 AM
Full-day kindergarten children can arrive at their home school

8:20 AM
Shuttle bus leaves the home school

8:30 AM
Full-day kindergarten instructional day begins

11:00 AM
Lunch / Socialization (Closed Campus)

11:50 AM
Full-day kindergarten instructional day continues

3:00 PM (2:15 PM on Wednesday)
Students prepare to board the bus

3:15 PM (2:30 PM on Wednesday)
Students leave from their home schools to go home

Traffic Flow and Parking at Barnsdale