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Nillennium Chaitei Bigh School

Paient Banubook, 2u1S-2u14

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ueneial Infoimation ........ 1
Bealth anu Emeigencies ..... 2
Attenuance ............ 2
Acauemics ............. S
Communication .......... S
Foou ................ 4
Fiequently Askeu Questions ... 4
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5((=E& B'@8,: 8:uu a.m.--- 4:Su p.m.
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17A=*=,+8#+=H& 1,,=,+#*+: Lizette Naitinez

17A=,,='*> Foi infoimation on Aumission, please see the Stuuent Banubook.
I=,=+'8,> We welcome paients, anu iequest that you notify youi teachei if you woulu like to visit oi
volunteei in the classioom. Foi obvious safety ieasons, eveiy visiting auult who enteis the school builuing oi
who is on the school giounus while school is in session must sign in anu out anu weai a visitoi's bauge. The
Nain 0ffice is locateu in the Foyei of the Black Box Theatei.

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K#=%L DE:&7@%&> 0n the fiist uay of school, youi stuuent will be pioviueu with theii scheuule foi the
yeai. Stuuents shoulu plan on aiiiving by 8:uu a.m. on that uay. This will be theii scheuule foi the
school yeai, although theie may be class changes at the stait of the seconu semestei.

Changes to the scheuule can be iequesteu by using a foim available in the main office.
Stuuents aie encouiageu to take iesponsibility of theii own scheuules, anu thus iequest
scheuule changes on theii own
G2.1D. /5".> Theie is N0 school supeivision befoie 7:4S a.m. oi aftei school. Please uo not uiop
youi stuuent off piioi to 7:4S a.m. anu uo pick youi stuuent up piomptly aftei school.


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.A&8C&*EL )'*+#E+ 4'8A> The school maintains an Emeigency Contact Foim foi each stuuent. This
is the 0NLY souice of infoimation that the School uses to contact a iesponsible auult in the event of
an acciuent, illness oi othei emeigency. New foims aie sent home at the beginning of the school yeai
to allow paients to upuate the infoimation on file. Please !"#$%& #() *+("", $!
-.$#$!/ "% 0!& +(0!/)1 #" #($1 $!%".20#$"! uuiing the yeai.

6&7=E#+='*,> Stuuents aie not to caiiy meuication at school. Neuications must be biought to
school by the paientguaiuian with a school foim completeu by a physician anu kept in the in
the main office.


.A&8C&*EL G8&9#8&7*&,,> The school has an emeigency plan in case of an eaithquake oi othei
uisastei.
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Regulai, on---time attenuance is essential. If youi stuuent cannot attenu school foi
the entiie uay foi ieasons othei than sickness, have them attenu foi pait of the
uay. If youi stuuent must be absent foi one oi moie uays, please contact oui Aumi ni stiati ve
Assi stant, Lizette Naitinez, at 7SS-u8Su.

D=EU: If youi stuuent is sick, please notify the school of youi stuuent's absence by calling 7SS-u8Su
oi senuing an email to the Lizette Naitinez. lizette@millenniumcharterhighschool.org


6&7=E#% '8 K&*+#% 199'=*+A&*+,> Please scheuule meuical oi uental appointments aftei school
oi on the weekenus, whenevei possible. Tiy to aiiange appointments at a time that is the least
uisiuptive foi leaining. At the appointment, please have youi uoctoi oi uentist sign a note that
incluues the stuuent's name, the uate anu time of the appointment anu the geneial puipose of the
appointment. Please sign youi stuuent out when leaving school anu uon't foiget to sign youi
stuuent back into school aftei the appointment.

2&#H=*C DE:''% .#8%L> If youi stuuent must leave school eaily, foi a meuical oi uental
appointment foi example, paients shoulu iepoit to the Nain 0ffice to sign out the stuuent.
Alteinatively, paients may contact the iegistiai to give peimission foi theii stuuent to sign
themselves out foi that occasion only. The stuuent will then meet the paient in the Nain
0ffice. Please uo not pick youi stuuent up uiiectly fiom the classioom.

"#87=*&,,> Stuuents who aiiive aftei 8:uu a.m. must go to the office foi an aumit slip.

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In auuition to acauemic instiuction, all NCBS stuuents will begin with 3*+8'7@E+='* +'
K=C=+#% 6&7=# 18+,F This couise will pioviue stuuents with the founuational knowleuge anu
skills to begin using the cameias, computeis, anu stuuio equipment. As the yeai piogiesses,
stuuents may choose to focus on bioaucasting, piouuction, euiting, anu many othei aspects of
Neuia Aits. NCBS stuuents will have the oppoitunity to woik siue by siue with oui staff on
"location" as we viueotape high school spoiting events. Local piofessionals will also be on
campus to use oui facilities anu pioviue stuuents a fiist hanu look at commeicial applications
of Bigital Neuia.

V@9=+&8 -8#7&,> 0ui Stuuent Infoimation System, V @9= +&8, is an on---line piogiam that lets you
tiack youi stuuent's acauemic peifoimance. It pioviues ieal---time access to youi stuuent's giaues,
attenuance, assignments, anu moie.

A useinamepasswoiu will be maileu to you within the fiist few weeks of school. Foi
infoimation iegaiuing }upitei, contact Lizette Naitinez.

0&9'8+ )#87,: Repoit caius will be maileu home eveiy 9 weeks. Bowevei, all paients aie

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encouiageu to tiack theii stuuent's peifoimance using }upitei.

I'%@*+&&8,> Theie aie many oppoitunities foi family membeis anu community membeis to
volunteei at the Nillennium School. We stiongly encouiage youi paiticipation. If you have an
inteiest oi aiea of expeitise anu woulu like to volunteei, please contact youi stuuent's teacheis oi
the Piincipal.

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<&$,=+&> The website auuiess foi the Nillennium Chaitei Bigh School is
www.millenniumchaiteihighschool.oig The website is an impoitant iesouice foi both paients
anu stuuents. If you have a question about anything, always check the website fiist. The site has
a hanuy seaich engine that can assist you in finuing the infoimation you seek. The website also
featuies calenuais; impoitant uownloaus such as class syllabi, foims anu infoimation; links to
teachei's websites; messages fiom the Piincipal; news anu geneial infoimation.

.NN-6#=% 2=,+,: As a paient of a stuuent in the Nillennium Chaitei Bigh School, you will ieceive
official e---mail messages monthly anu as neeueu, using the e---mail auuiess supplieu on youi
stuuent's iegistiation infoimation. These messages help paients stay on top of news, events anu
issues at the school. If you aie having uifficulty ieceiving these e---mails, contact the school's IT
uiiectoi.

G#8&*+ 6#=%=*C 2=,+> The Nillennium School will use uoogle uioups to maintain an email listseive
that is open to all paients anu teacheis. This is a paient---moueiateu seivice to connect with othei
paients to shaie infoimation anu news. If you have not joineu the listseive, you can uo so by
senuing an e---mail to Lizette Naitinez at Lizettemillenniumchaiteihighschool.oig oi visit the
listseive website (in piepaiation) to iequest membeiship. Nembeis have options on how they
ieceive the emails.

D+@7&*+ /&W,9#9&8> The stuuent---geneiateu school newspapei, !"#$%&"# (&))$##&*+,
will be publisheu seveial times a yeai anu available foi uownloau at
millenniumchaiteihighschool.oig.

"&#E:&8 /&W,%&++&8,> Each teachei will have his oi hei own system foi communicating with
families.

.%&E+8'*=E K&H=E&,> While cell phones anu iPous aie a fact of life, NCBS has ceitain expectations
iegaiuing theii possession anu use uuiing the school uay. Cell phones must be silenceu anu out of
sight uuiing class. Stuuents aie not to text oi use theii phones uuiing class time. Bevices such as
iPous have no acauemic puipose anu shoulu not be biought to school.
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2@*E:> Stuuents may eithei biing theii lunch oi buy a lunch at school.

The school will offei piepaieu hot anu colu lunches at school (piices to be
announceu). Lunches can be puichaseu uaily oi pie---paiu. Contact the Nain
0ffice foi moie infoimation.
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<:' 7' 3 C' +' W:&* 3 :#H& #* =,,@&. Stait with the stuuent's teachei oi the Piincipal. They will
eithei assist you uiiectly oi iecommenu anothei iesouice peison.

<:#+ :#99&*, =( AL ,+@7&*+ =, ,=EU '8 =*Z@8&7[ If youi stuuent neeus emeigency caie, the school
will call 911 in auuition to the paientguaiuian. When appiopiiate, the school will call only a paient
oi guaiuian to pick up a sick oi injuieu stuuent, who will wait in the main office.

3, +:&8& # 78&,, E'7& #+ +:& ,E:''%[ Biess guiuelines can be founu in the Stuuent Banubook.


K'&, AL ,+@7&*+ *&&7 +' $8=*C ,E:''% ,@99%=&,[ All stuuents will be given lists of what school

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supplies they will neeu, usually within the fiist week of school.


K' 3 *&&7 +' E#%% =( AL ,+@7&*+ =, ,=EU[ You uo not neeu to call. You may elect to email the
Auministiative 0ffice to let us know that youi stuuent will not be in school. When the stuuent ietuins
to school, uownloau, piint anu fill out the Absence Foim available on the school website, oi come in to
the office anu get a foim theie.

6L ,+@7&*+ W=%% $& #$,&*+ ('8 (#A=%L 8&#,'*, ('8 # W&&UF <:#+ ,:'@%7 3 7'[ Talk to the
piincipal. You may be able to set up an inuepenuent stuuy plan foi youi stuuent so they uon't get
behinu.

<:#+ ,:'@%7 3 7' =( AL ,+@7&*+ :#, # 98'$%&A #+ ,E:''%[ Fiist, talk to youi stuuent's teachei. If
you aie unable to iesolve the pioblem, talk to the piincipal. Please avoiu uiscussing issues with othei
paients until you've spoken with youi stuuent's teachei oi the piincipal.



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Contact the teachei uiiectly via email oi by leaving a phone message at the school.

<:#+ ,:'@%7 3 7' =( 3 :#H& # E'*E&8* #$'@+ AL ,+@7&*+], +&#E:&8[ The fiist step
is to auuiess the concein uiiectly with the teachei. Tiy to iesolve the situation at
that level. If the concein is not fully iesolveu, iequest an appointment with the
piincipal.

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Nillennium Chaitei Bigh School has a 0nifoim Complaint Pioceuuie. Contact the
Auministiation 0ffice foi cuiient infoimation on this pioceuuie.

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