Dress Code

Policies & Procedures

Enrollment

Monarch Meadows is currently accepting students for enrollment who are in K-7th grade. To begin the enrollment process, please visit our application page. There you will fill out an application for your child and set up an interview and placement test with the teacher.

For families who have previously enrolled and would like for their child to continue attending, a link to the enrollment form will be sent to you via email.

*For youngest students: In order to be eligible to enroll, your child must know and recognize the name and sounds of the entire alphabet, as well as know and recognize the numbers 1-10.

Parents are responsible for the drop off and pick up of their child(ren) in a timely manner. For safety purposes, parents are required to come into the schoolhouse when dropping their child(ren) off, as well as when picking them up. If parents want to allow another family member or non-family member to drop off or pick up (ex. carpooling), they must provide the names and contact information of that person to the school. This information will be kept in the child's personal file. If an unathorized individual attemtps to pick up a child, parents of the child will be contacted immediately.

Morning drop off period - 7:45 to 8:00 a.m.

Afternoon drop off time - 1:45 p.m.

Pick up times: 1:30 p.m. (for those doing Academics Only)

3:00 p.m. (end of day)

Attendance

Students should miss no more than fifteen days during the 176 day school year, excused or unexcused. Excused absences include: illness, doctor's appointment, funeral attendance, or religious holidays or exercises.

School closures due to inclement weather do not count against a student's attendance record.

Notification of Absences: If your child needs to miss school, please let us know as soon as possible, so lessons and missed work can be made available to them.

Tardiness

Students are responsible for arriving to school on time. Students who arrive after the drop off times will be considered tardy. Tardiness can result in a loss of house points. If a student is more than twenty minutes late after the drop off period, they will be marked absent for the day. Each tardy is valuable instructional time lost.

Exceptions are made if your child is late due to an appointment, family emergencies, or inclement weather.

School Closures

The school may be closed for inclement weather. When this happens, parents will be notified no later than 6:00 a.m. on the day of the closing. Monarch Meadows often follows the same weather directives as the St. Vrain Valley School District.

If Your Child is Sick

If your child is sick, please notify the school as soon as possible. Do not send your child to school if he or she:

has a fever over 100 degrees or has not been fever free for at least 24 hours
has vomited within the last 12 hours
is in the early stages of a cold
has a cough or rash
has any discharge coming from nose, ears, or eyes
is experiencing any form of nausea

If your child becomes sick while at school, parents will be contacted immediately. Students must be picked up within the hour parents are called.

All students MUST come to school with clean and combed hair, and clean faces and hands. Shirts MUST be tucked into pants, shorts, or skirt. Students cannot wear their pajamas to school (unless it is for a specific school event). Closed-toed shoes are recommended, but students can wear sandals during the warmer months.

All students must bring a pair of slippers to keep at the school, as shoes will not be worn in the schoolhouse when there is wet and/or snowy weather.

The purpose for our dress code is not to subdue a child's form of expression, but to create an studious atmosphere and to help instill the habits of self-care, cleanliness, order, and beauty in our students.

Acceptable Clothing/Dress Includes:

- Polo t-shirts (solid colors)

- Collared, button up shirts (solid colors, simple patterns such as floral or flannel are fine)

- Sweaters (solid colors or simple patterns; no sweatshirts or hoodies)

- Pants (jeans are fine, but no rips or tears, no low-waisted pants, no pants with excessive amounts of pockets, no chains)

- Shorts (please no short shorts)

- Skirts (shortest length is an inch above the knee)

- Leggings or tights (may ONLY be worn under a skirt and must a solid color)

- Boots, tennis shoes

- Hats (ONLY to be worn outside)

- Winter wear: Coats (must be taken off inside), snow pants, waterproof gloves or mittens, scarves, thick high-ankle socks

Not Acceptable Clothing/Dress Includes:

- Athletic Wear (sweatshirts, hoodies, sweatpants, joggers, sports jerseys, yoga pants, etc.)

- Pajamas

- T-shirts, tank tops

- Clothing that is stained and/or has holes, tears, etc.

- Clothing with pictures or words

- Clothing with bright neon colors

- Oversized or baggy clothing

- Excessive layering of clothing

- Facial and/or body piercings (earrings are allowed, but must be kept simple)

- Painted and/or fake nails

- Tattoos (must be covered)

Personal Belongings

Students are responsible for their own belongings. There will be a lost and found basket in the classroom if an item is misplaced.

Students are not allowed to bring toys to school, unless they are given permission by the teacher.

For hiking trips and field trips: Students are expected to carry their own backpacks, so please make sure they pack only what they need (lunch, snack, water bottle, sunscreen, hat, binoculars, etc.).

Lunch & Snacks

Lunch is not provided by the school, so your child must bring his or her own lunch. A microwave will be provided. On field trip days, students must bring a sack lunch.

Students will also have one snack break, so please make sure your child comes with several good and healthy snacks, such as fruit, nuts, or high-protein foods.

Please make sure your child brings a leak-proof water bottle everyday. If your child happens to forget their water bottle, a drinking cup will be provided.

Beginning in October, on the last Thursday of the month, hot chocolate will be available to drink, however, your child must bring their own thermos. Hot tea will be available everyday.

Homework

Reading:

All K-7th grade academic students will be required to keep a daily reading log (Monday-Thursday) and complete a certain amount of reading time each day at home:

K: Phonics practice; 10 minutes

1st grade: 10 - 15 minutes

2nd grade: 20 minutes

3rd-4th grade: 30 minutes

5th grade: 45 minutes

6th-7th grade: 60 minutes

Arithmetic:

All 4th - 7th grade students must watch the video lesson and complete the short video lesson assignment before the main math lesson. It is highly recommended they complete this the night before at home. If they do not have this completed before the main lesson, they will receive a demerit.

All 3rd - 7th grade students must complete their arithmetic 'Review Sections' as during class or as homework.

All parents for 3rd-7th grade students must check their child's math work each evening using the math answer key provided to them. This is to make sure your child is understanding their work and staying on track.

Christian Studies, Classical Studies, History, Composition, & Science:

Students will be assigned enrichment activities for these subjects, whether it be memorization or a short written assignment. Students in 5th-7th grade may be assigned to complete a research project.

Latin:

Students who are taking Latina Christiana, 1st Form Latin, and 2nd Form Latin will be required to complete independent work, including vocabulary drills, grammar drills, crossword puzzles, etc. These must be completed during the time your child is NOT meeting with the teacher for their main Latin lesson.

Any work NOT completed in class will have to be completed as homework and turned in the next day or on the assigned due date. Therefore, students are encouraged to use lesson time wisely so they don't have to take work home.

Students are also responsible for turning in all assignments and completing all assigned readings. Any lost, incomplete, or late assignments and/or readings will result in a demerit and loss of house points. 5 house points are lost for each late assignment.

Behavior

At Monarch Meadows we do not tolerate certain behaviors and language. These include:

Behaviors

- Arguing with the teacher

- Talking back to the teacher

- Kicking, biting, punching, hitting, licking, pinching, other students and/or teachers

- Mocking other students or teachers

- Sloppiness

- Refusing to participate

Language

- Joking about death

- Joking about hurting another person, giving inappropriate descriptions of the body

- Bathroom talk (speaking inappropriately about bodily functions)

- Using profanity

- Namecalling

There is an immediate 3-strike policy for any of this misbehavior. Any student who partakes in this misbehavior will first lose a percentage of their class currency and privilege to attend field trips. The second time they will be required to attend an at-school suspension at which they will complete chores and tasks around the school and farm. The third time will be expulsion from the school. This is a very serious matter and we don't want this to happen to any of our students.