2009 - 2010 Kellman Brown School Calendar

KELLMAN BROWN ACADEMY

 

Important dates for school year:   5770/ 2009 - 2010

 

September 2009

 

9/08                  Faculty In-Service Day/ PTG Picnic

9/09                  First Day of School – Full Day

9/18                  NO SCHOOL – Erev Rosh Hashanah

9/23                  Back-to-School Night, Preschool – 5th, 7:00 pm

                        6:30 pm – Welcome to New Families

9/28                  NO SCHOOL – Yom Kippur

9/30                  PTG Sukkah Decorating Party

 

October 2009

 

10/01                Back-to-School - 6th - 8th, 7:00 pm

10/02                12:30 pm Dismissal – Sukkot

10/06                Breakfast in the Sukkah for Gan students and their parents, 8:15 am

10/06                Dinner in the Sukkah for 1st graders and their parents, 5:30 - 7:00 pm

10/09                12:30 pm Dismissal – Hoshanah Rabbah

10/13-10/16       School Pictures/ Sibling Pictures

10/27                Evening with artist, Mordecai Rosenstein

 

November 2009

 

11/03                Teacher In-Service Day

                        NO SCHOOL – Parent-Teacher Conferences

11/05                NO SCHOOL – Conferences

                        (Preschool in session)

11/06                NO SCHOOL – NJEA

11/25                12:30 pm Dismissal – Thanksgiving/ Mitzvah Mall

11/26-11/27       NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving

11/30-12/03       PTG Book Fair

 

December 2009

 

12/01                “Taste of Middle School” Parents Meeting 7 pm

12/01                 Story time at the PTG book fair for students in Pre-schoo, Gan, 1st and 2nd grade,

                         6:30 - 8:00 pm

12/10                “Be a Sixth Grader for a Day”

12/11                1st Hanukkah Candle

12/16                 TBS Clergy lunch at KBA

12/19-12/10       School Play

12/23                12:30 pm Dismissal – Winter Break

12/24-1/3           Winter Break

 

January 2010

 

1/04                  Classes Resume

1/14                  Talent Show

1/18                  NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Day

1/20                  Middle School Open House

1/20                  Congregation Beth El Clergy lunch at KBA
1/25                  Preschool Parent-Teacher Conferences

1/27                  Winter Concert

1/28                  Gan Playdate
1/29                  Tu B’Shevat Celebration

 

February 2010

 

2/12                  NO SCHOOL – Teacher In-Service

2/15                  NO SCHOOL – President’s Day

2/20                  3rd Grade Havdalah Program

2/26                  Purim Carnival

 

March 2010

 

3/4                    Gan Playdate
3/10                  Science Fair

3/18                  1st Grade Hag HaSiddur

3/25                  PTG Pesach Seder

3/29 -4/06          Passover Break

 

April 2010

 

4/07                  Classes Resume

4/20                  Yom Ha Atzmaut Celebration

4/23                  NO SCHOOL – Teacher In-Service

4/30                  Lag Ba’Omer

 

May 2010

 

5/03-5/07           PTG Plant Sale

5/04                  “Get Ready for First Grade” Parents Meeting, 7:00 pm

5/06                  4th Grade Siyum Bereisheet

5/07                  1st Grade Mother’s Day Breakfast

5/18                  12:30 pm Dismissal – Erev Shavuot

5/19-5/20           NO SCHOOL – Shavuot

5/24-5/27           PTG Book Fair

5/25                  Author’s Night/Art Exhibit

5/27                  2nd Grade Hag HaTorah/ Ice Cream Event

5/31                  NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day

 

June 2010

 

6/02                  Spring Concert

6/04                  5th Grade Life Cycle Wedding

6/08                  Author's Night/Art Exhibit

6/11                  Preschool End-of-the-Year Program

6/14                  8th Grade Awards Ceremony, 8:30 am

6/15                  Kindergarten End-of-the-Year Program

6/15                  8th Grade Graduation, 7:00 pm

6/17                  12:00 pm Dismissal

6/18                  12:00 pm Dismissal - Last Day of School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 School Policy

Click here to Download the 2009-2010 Parent Handbook (PDF) for detailed policy information.

 

 A. SCHOOL HOURS
  1. Students must be in classrooms and T'filot (Middle School) at 8:30 bell.
  2. Dismissal at 3:30 (buses at 3:25)
  3. Written requests are necessary for alternative dismissal. Students must be signed out in office.

B. ABSENCES
  1. Children with fever or other symptoms of illness must be kept home.
  2. Contact school if child has contracted a contagious disease or infestation of any kind.
  3. Students are responsible for making up work.

C. DRESS
  1. Each boy must wear his own labeled kipah.
  2. Shabbat attire (Friday), girls are to wear dresses/skirts; boys, pants other than jeans, shirts with collars.
  3. Warm weather--neat, properly fitting shorts may be worn. No short shorts.

D. PHYSICAL EXAMS
  1. Complete physicals given in grades 2, 5 and 8. Yearly routine checks are made by nurse.
  2. State law requires that all health forms be returned promptly.

E. STUDENT BEHAVIOR
  1. Each student is to bring all necessary supplies daily. Books must be covered and cared for. Replacement fees will be charged for lost books.
  2. Students must follow all rules decided upon in each classroom.
  3. Students may not be in classrooms or gym without a teacher present.
  4. Running, fighting, rough play, shouting or use of obscenities is NOT acceptable in school, on the bus or on the playground.
  5. Students who do not follow the behavior code will be subject to disciplinary action.*
  6. A pass is necessary to leave classroom or lunchroom.
  7. Parents will be held financially responsible for willful damage of any kind to the school building or property.

F. DISCIPLINARY ACTION
  1. Pink Slip (warning note explaining the infraction) - to be signed by parent and returned to teacher.
  2. Second Warning - conference with parent and Administration.
  3. Third Warning - Conference with parent and Administration followed by action to fit the infraction. Entry of infraction into cumulative record.

G. LUNCH/FOOD/PARTIES
  1. Students must bring a dairy or pareve lunch daily. (ONLY Pareve on Wed.) LABEL lunch.
  2. MEAT NOT PERMITTED AT ANY TIME.
  3. Wednesday lunch may be purchased thru PTG.
  4. Lost lunches will be replaced with peanut butter sandwiches. Lunches brought in late are to be brought to office.
  5. All foods bought into school must be Kosher. They must be labeled "Vegetable Shortening", "Vegetable Oil" or "Butter". This includes bread, cookies and snacks.
    a. Acceptable Kosher foods are marked U K , K, k
    b. Bakeries must be approved as Kosher.
  6. Decorum
    a. Meals and snacks are preceded by Ha-Motzi, followed by Birkat Ha-Mazon.
    b. Students should practice proper table manners and clean their places after eating.
  7. Parties
    a. School policy requires that celebrations not be held on Shabbat, Yom Tov or in a non-kosher restaurant, so that children who observe mitzvot may not be penalized.
    b. Parties at home or in school might include ice cream and a kosher dairy snack.
    c. Plan with teachers well in advance for in-school parties.

*Refer to Parent Handbook