4.8 — Communications

4.8 — Communications: School Policies and Services

The official means of communication of Liberty Common School is the Liberty Common Sense newsletter.  Official communication from the school may include but is not limited to information regarding:

• Curriculum· School policy
• Changes in personnel
• Actions of the Board of Directors
• School Calendar and scheduling
• Changes in fees and schedules
• Requests for Volunteers

Communication Folders

Communication between school staff and parents/students is crucial for overall school success.  Every Monday, students in grades K-6 will receive a large envelope or folder filled with all the written communication for that week.  This may include, but not be limited to, newsletters, permission slips, conference information, report cards, special event fliers, and homework.  Parents should look for the envelope each week, read the contents, sign any documents needing to be returned, and send it back.  Whenever papers are sent home, parents are expected to read them carefully.    Parents may use e-mail for teacher communication.  Good communication is always a two-way street!

Please be aware that any “School-to-Home Communications” are critical to the success of Liberty and the parents of Liberty students.  Volunteers, teachers, and parents who help distribute these communications are not to stamp, insert, or attach any foreign matter on, into, or with copies of the communications into or with other publications, nor permit others to do so, without prior written approval by the Principal.  In addition, classroom teachers have the authority to approve items going home with their students.  Any Liberty communication should include a teachers’ stamp or initial or an administrative initial, or member of the BOD.

Student Assignment Books

Organizational skills are so important to lifelong success that we have made them part of our curriculum.  To help students manage their assignments, we require each 3rd-6th grade student to use an assignment book.  The 3rd-6th grade will have an assignment book provided by Liberty Common School.  This book will include an Assignment Log and a Communication Log for parents and teacher.  The Assignment books should go home every night and provide parents with a convenient method to monitor their child’s work and work-study skills. 

Teacher Conferences

Parent/Teacher conferences are scheduled in the fall.  Teachers will schedule conferences via a parent sign-up sheet.  Arrangements for additional conferences may be made with your child’s teacher before or after school hours.  A spring conference may be held at the teacher’s discretion.

Mid-Term Reports and Report Cards

Mid-Term Reports are sent home halfway through each quarter to students with a “C’ grade or lower in any subject.  Student Report Cards are completed at the end of each quarter.  They will be sent home with students or mailed.  Final Report Cards for all grades will be mailed home approximately one week after school is out.

Advertising on School Grounds

All materials posted or distributed on school grounds must be submitted to the office for formal approval before posting or distributing.  All items approved will contain either a stamp or administrative initials.  Any unapproved materials will be removed or confiscated.