We want your child to be a lifelong learner. We care about your child's future and won't let any negative past experiences hinder your child's progress today. Quality education is for everyone!

Once your child is enrolled for at least twenty days, we'll send out the first report card. Four full weeks of attendance will allow our teachers to have a grasp of your student's current skills and abilities.

We want you to know what happens at our school and what your child experiences. We will send home a newsletter with your child each month, so be on the look out! We also encourage you to check with your student about the classroom assignments we give, along with homework and other important information. Keep talking with your child and ask questions, check their notebooks, and stay involved.

Please notify the school office immediately when you change your address, phone number, or emergency contact number. This will protect your child should anything happen during the school day and we need to get a hold of someone.

Your child won't be treated for emergencies at a hospital or emergency room unless you have already given written consent. We need you to evaluate your student's health and strongly encourage you to submit an emergency treatment form, so that if an accident happens, your child can get the help he needs immediately. These forms are available at the front office.

Yes, we understand that some students have challenges and need a little extra help. We have special education classes available and will help you get an Individual  Education Plan (IEP) on file to guide the courses and learning your student will receive. Please feel comfortable to talk with us about any education concerns you have about your student.

The playground has adult supervision starting thirty minutes before school begins. For safety reasons, please don't send your students to school any earlier than that.

We have after-school programs that students can participate in. You'll need to enroll your child which means you'll need to sign out your child when you do come to pick him/her up. If your kids aren't in an after-school program, please pick them up from the campus as soon as possible.

Students who are tardy needs to come with a note explaining why. We must be able to excuse the tardy before we will admit them to class. A student who is absent must have a note explaining why. A student without a reasonable excuse is considered truant, which is a state violation. We will discipline a student who has too much truancy.

Yes. Students may ride bikes to school, but they are responsible for them. We do not replace stolen or damaged bikes. Please have your child park his/her bike at the bike racks and secure it with a lock. While we allow bikes on campus, we do not allow scooters, roller blades, or shoes with wheels in the soles.

Yes, we offer bussing to students, but we remind you that this is a privilege extended to all. Good behavior is required at all times. We will not allow glass, animals, insects, balloons, or scooters on the bus. Electronics may not be used during the bus ride. Please sit in your assigned seats and keep the aisles clear. Parents, please remind your child to not yell, throw objects, use bad language, eat, or drink while riding the bus. Students who fail to follow these rules will lose their right to ride the school bus.

There are three steps to follow if you must withdraw your child from school:

1. Please notify the office at least two days in advance of your child's withdrawal (sooner if possible).
2. Before withdrawing your child, please be sure you return in all books and school materials (including textbooks and library materials) and/or pay all fines due.
3. Please sign and pick up a copy of the withdrawal form. You will need it to register your child at his/her new school.

Absolutely. We encourage your involvement and welcome your visit to our campus whenever you’d like. In the interest of student safety, we ask that all visitors to campus during the school day (including parents) check into the office and receive a guest pass before entering any part of the campus. We will not permit visitors on campus without a visitor's badge. Children not enrolled at Laveen Elementary School District may not visit the campus during the regular school day; this includes before holidays and near the end of school. We will ask any unauthorized visitors to leave campus.

In cases of emergencies, a telephone is available for student use in the office before and after school, and during lunch with a pass from a staff member. We will ask students in after-school detention to call their parent/guardian from the classroom in the presence of the staff member assigning the detention. Except in cases of emergencies and the assignment of after-school detention, students are not to use school telephones. Please be sure to arrange your child's transportation home prior to the start of the school day.

We hold parent/teacher conferences twice per semester. Please see the school calendar for the specific dates. Of course, you are always welcome to request a conference whenever you feel it is necessary to talk with a teacher.

Each school has a designated Lost and Found area. We will tag all items and keep them for 30 days. At the end of this period we will donate any unclaimed items to charity. To help us return these items to their rightful owner, we highly recommend that parents mark all personal items with their child's name.

Your child’s safety is very important to us. For this reason, we ask that parents who wish to check a student out of school early please do so through the front office. Please do not pick up your child at his/her classroom, as teachers have been instructed to release students through the front office only.

Arizona law (A.R.S. §15-803) requires the parent or guardian of a child to provide the school with an immunization history at the time you enroll your child in school. This history is to include the month, day, and year for each vaccination. We must see proof of the proper immunizations. We will not permit students to attend classes until you have provided us with the child’s immunization history.

A physician must authorize all prescription medication. The parent of the child or a parent-designated adult must bring all prescription medication to be taken during school hours to the Health Services Office. In order for us to dispense the medication, a parent must first complete and sign the proper district form. This is available in the school Health Services Office. Please keep all medication in its original container and label it with the student's name. When picking up medication from the pharmacist, we encourage you to ask him/her for an additional properly labeled medication bottle. This way you can keep one bottle at home and the other at school in the Health Services Office so the school nurse can dispense it properly.

Yes. All students in preschool through eighth grade who attend the District schools are expected to dress in the proper standard school attire. It is the parents' responsibility to ensure compliance with the dress code. All students who attend the District schools must dress in accordance with this dress code:

All students will wear the standard school clothing. Students may not alter the clothing in a manner that includes, but is not limited to, slits and shredded hems. The standard school clothing shall be:

Boys
Shirt - All white, navy, or light blue shirt with collar. No logos on the shirt. This may include, but is not limited to, a "polo" shirt or dress shirt.
Pants - Solid navy blue or tan khaki slacks or shorts. No logos on pants. No blue jeans or blue-jean shorts.

Girls
Shirt - All white, navy, or light blue top with collar. No logos on the top. This may include, but is not limited to, a blouse or "polo" shirt.
Pants - Solid navy blue or tan khaki pants, shorts, skorts, skirts, or jumpers. No blue jeans or blue-jean shorts.

On occasion, the principal may allow a "dress up" day when students may wear clothing other than the standard school clothing. This will be on special occasions only. We will notify students and parents before the "dress up" day.

• Some other things you need to know about the dress code include, but are not limited to, the following:
• No “sagging.”  Clothing may not be more than one size too large, to allow for one-year's growth.
• If a student wants to wear a belt, he/she may wear a black, brown, or navy one. It may not be more than one size larger than the waist and he/she must wear it at the waist.
• Please wear shirts and blouses tucked in at all times.
• We do not allow students to wear short shorts, short skirts, or short jumpers.
• No undergarments may show. Girls may wear shorts under their skirts, provided they do not show.
• The only type of headgear we permit is a hat, which a student may wear outdoors only.
• For safety reasons we encourage students to wear covered shoes. Please do not wear flip-flops, slippers, or arrive in bare feet.
• Students may wear any color socks they’d like. Girls may wear full-length tights and knee-high socks/tights.

To help limit interruptions of instruction, parents will not be able to deliver flowers, balloons, gifts, etc. to classrooms. Students may pick up any such items that you have delivered to the office after school, unless the student’s teacher made prior approval.

We do have Internet access through our school computers. The purpose of the Internet and the computer network system is to bring the resources of the world to the School District's computers. We have set guidelines for access to the School District computer network system and acceptable use of the Internet. Please read the Student Handbook which outlines these guidelines in detail.

While students can pay for their meals in line, parents may also deposit money into their child’s lunch account to pay for lunches by the week. Students should take lunch account money to the cafeteria before school starts (during breakfast) to ensure we have time to properly credit the account before lunch. Please make checks out to the school cafeteria lunch fund. We will issue a receipt if you’d like one.

Yes. You may obtain a Free and Reduced Lunch application from your school’s cafeteria clerk or print one from our District Web site. Please submit the application directly to the cafeteria manager for processing.

We encourage parents to have lunch or breakfast with their child on an occasional basis.  If you’re interested, please call the school for adult lunch prices.