Parent Handbook

Discipline

Pyramid of Responsibility

Raymond Elementary School uses Responsibility-Centered Discipline. This approach to discipline balances proactively promoting positive behaviours with appropriate responses when inappropriate behaviours happen. Here is a brief description of Responsibility-Centered Discipline: 

Theory Video: 

Introduction

Classroom Leadership

Competing Theories

Self-Control

Brain Responses

Weight of Responsibility

School establishes the Pyramid of Responsibility

Pyramid of Responsibility Video: 

Introduction

Emotional Control

Clear Expectations

Consistency

Benefits

Response-Ability

Leading the Challenging Moment

 

  • Clear Expectations: We are COMETS! We are helping every student understand that at Raymond Elementary School we are:
  • Curious: Comets are brave enough to ask questions because we know knowledge is power.
  • (take) Ownership: Comets are accountable because we know our actions make a difference.
  • Mindful: Comets think about others’ feelings because we know people matter. 
  • Empowered: Comets are strong and confident because we stand together. 
  • Tenacious: Comets keep trying, even when it gets difficult, because things that are worth doing can be hard.
  • Safe: Comets keep others and ourselves physically and emotionally safe.

 

    • Consistency: Inappropriate behaviours are always address.
    • Emotional Control: Adults remain in control to show respect to students and to keep the focus on the student behaviour. 
    • Benefits for Changing Behaviour: We help students understand the reasons they would want to change their behaviour. 
    • Response-Ability: We help students think through solving the issues they have created. 
    • Leadership in Challenging Moments: All staff know how to respond in challenging moments.

 

Give 'Em Five

During Challenging Moments, staff use the following progression:

Use Give 'em Five to address Behaviour: 

Give ‘em Five Video

  • Introduction
  • Give ‘em Five
  • Levels of Intensity
    • This includes a statement that helps students understand:
      • Support: We are on the same team. 
      • Expectation: Remind students of what we expect.
      • Breakdown: Be clear about exactly what went wong.
      • Benefit: Help student understand why they would want to change their behavior.
      • Closure: Ensure understanding and encourage student. 
    • When a student needs more time to work through their behaviour, they will be given a place to sit in the office to regulate, problem solve and then address their behaviour.
    • Consequences, such as lost recesses, repairing the action, suspensions, etc., may also be put in place depending on the behaviour. 

https://www.givemfive.com/resources/

 

Attendance

Attendance at school is vital to a student’s success. At RES, we believe our teachers know the researched-supported instructional and intervention practices to help all students. We can make a difference when we have consistent time with students. While we encourage parents to keep students home if they are sick, even missing small amounts of school can add up when it happens regularly. 

If a student misses 2 days of school each month, it can add up to missing a full school year by the end of grade 9. 

If your child is going to miss time at school, we ask that you do one of the following actions:

  • Call the school to report the absence, or
  • Contact your child’s teacher through Seesaw to report the absence

 

Parents will receive an automated phone call if a student is absent and has not been previously excused. 

If a student reaches 20% absenteeism, the school will contact parents to see how we can support attendance. 

Please be aware that having work sent home without providing instruction is not an effective learning strategy. That said, teachers will provide missed work when a student is ill, but it is nearly impossible to recreate the missed instruction and learning activities. Although some may choose to, teachers will not be required to provide work if students are going to miss long periods of time for vacations or other similar activities.

Communication

Raymond Elementary School teachers use the “Seesaw” app to communicate with parents. On the first day of school students will bring home information about how to download the app and connect to your child’s teacher. Please connect through Seesaw as soon as possible as it is a vital method of our communication. 

 

We will also use other methods when communicating from the office.

  • Please check this website often for information, as well as the calendar of events. 
  • Monthly newsletters will be posted on this website.
  • Information, reminders and emergency notices will be emailed and/or texted. 

 

If you are not receiving these messages from the school, please make sure your contact information is up to date with the school. 

 

It may also be useful to you to follow our school council social media pages.

Morning Drop Off

Please pay close attention to the signs along the road south of the school. For morning drop-off of students (until 9 am), the section of the road near the bus loop is designated to stop parallel to the curb very briefly to allow kids out of the vehicle and onto the sidewalk. Going west past the crosswalk into the playground is angle parking. After 9 am, the block is designated as angle parking. 

 

Please be aware that school doors do not unlock until 8:10am. Students dropped off before that time will need to wait outside.