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MISSION STATEMENT
Visiting the School
Eating Lunch with Your Child
Student Absences
Homework Policy
Progress Reports/Report Cards
Student Planners
Scheduling an Appointment with a Teacher
Homeroom.com and SkillsTutor
Detention Procedure
Lost and Found
Parent Advisory Board
Drop Off/Pick Up Procedure
Dismissing School for Snow or Other Inclement Weather
When entering the school during the school day, visitors are required to first check in at the office. Visitors will...
sign the visitor notebook and give the reason for the visit.
be given a nametag to wear during their visit.
sign out in the office and return their nametag upon leaving the building.
You are welcome to eat lunch with your child at school!
However, we ask that you please schedule your lunch visit in the office at least ONE (1) day in advance so that we have enough food to feed everyone.
Please call the school on the morning that your child is out. If we do not hear from you, we will call your home to check on your child.
Absences and Excuses
After missing school, students should bring a note from a parent or legal guardian to the principal outlining the reason for the absence(s). The principal will determine if the absence is excused or unexcused.
Unexcused absences: There will we no opportunity to make up work for credit.
Excused absences: Make-up opportunities are as follows...
Make-up work is to be assigned AFTER a student returns from being absent.
Any homework or test assigned prior to an absence will be due the day the student returns to school.
For homework or tests assigned during the student's absence, all make-up work must be completed and turned in by the same number of days of the absence, plus one day.
Any homework or test not made up during the specified time will result in a zero.
It is the student's responsibility to arrange for make-up work or tests.
Exceptions to these rules due to long-term medical circumstances may be determined by the principal.
PROGRESS REPORTS are sent home by every teacher every 3 weeks (between report cards), usually on the Friday that ends the 3-week period or the following Monday.
REPORT CARDS are sent home on the Thursday after each six week period ends. (See the School Calendar for those dates.)
All students are required to complete assignments in the online programs, Homeroom Assessment Center (Homeroom.com) and SkillsTutor.
Detention hall meets on Tuesdays from 3:05 - 5:00 p.m. during the school year, unless school is dismissed early on a Tuesday.
Parents will be notified of the detention by the teacher through the recording of the offense in the student's planner. The parent will sign their name next to the detention notice. Should the student fail to get the parent to sign the planner, the teacher will notify the parent by phone or email.
At the beginning of detention, students present are identified and their presence recorded in the detention notebook.
Please see the planner for the complete detention policy.
Each student is required to use a Martin Middle School student planner.
Students are required to write down all homework in the planner daily.
In addition to being a student hall pass, the planner contains to the following information that is beneficial to both students and parents:
Scheduling an Appointment with a Teacher
Appointments are scheduled during the teacher's planning period.
The procedure is as follows:
The lost and found is located in the custodial closet. Any student who has lost an item needs to check with Mrs. Donna, Day Custodian, to see if it has been turned in to the lost and found.
It is important that we all do our part to ensure students remain safe when leaving school at the end of the day. If the proper procedures are followed by everyone, then this process will provide safety to our students in the quickest, most efficient method possible.
Beginning in the 2007 - 2008 school year, the pick up and drop off procedure will be as detailed below:
To contact Nick Glenn, School Resource Officer, call the school or send an email to nglenn@martindps.org.
This board has been established to encourage parental input on school concerns and improvements. The Chairman for the 2007 - 2008 school year is Paige Spencer. The faculty representatives are Nathaniel Holmes, Jessie Jones, and Keith Unger.
Dismissing School for Snow or Other Inclement Weather Conditions
Please listen to the following radio and television stations for school closings and dismissals. They will be contacted as soon as a decision can be made in the early morning or during the day.
We sincerely thank you in advance for your cooperation in listening to the radio and/or television stations rather than calling the schools and/or personnel. This is always a difficult decision and we do not need the telephone lines tied up.
It is not our desire to dismiss school prior to regular closing time. However, in some instances, it may be necessary. PARENTS, please make provisions for your child if this should occur AND please share this information with your child's teacher if it is different from the daily departure routine.
Please know that we always desire to make the best decision for our students' safety.
