E.C. GLASS NEWSLETTER
WELCOME BACK
Upcoming Dates
August 15th First Day of School
4:30pm Golf: Boys Varsity vs. Brookville, Liberty, Rustburg @ Hat Creek Golf Course
5:15pm Volleyball: Girls JV Scrimmage vs. Western Albemarle @ E. C. Glass
6:30pm Field Hockey: Varsity Scrimmage vs. Western Albemarle @ E. C. Glass
6:45pm Volleyball: Girls Varsity Scrimmage vs. Western Albemarle @ E. C. Glass
August 17th GEAR UP Assembly 2nd period
- 5:30pm JV/V Football Scrimmage (AWAY) @ William Fleming
Attendance
Teens who attend school regularly are more likely to graduate. The practice of attending school regularly also creates a habit for success after high school. Please tell your student/child that it is only acceptable to miss school for true emergencies or illnesses. Also point out, by missing school they are creating more of a work load for themselves. They will have to make up missed assignments plus current assignments due for their classes. By getting behind in their classes this could lead to being retained or repeating a course for graduation. We encourage all parents to check their students grades and attendance often. If they are absent, make sure they bring a proper note excusing their absence. If you find out that they are skipping, work out a plan with their Assistant Principal and/or School Counselor to get them back on the pathway for success. It is a team effort!
Thank You,
Dr. Jeffrey S. Garrett
E.C. Glass High School
Principal
Attendance Policy
Below are three school policies related to attendance that have recently been updated: Attendance Policy, Tardy Policy, and Early Dismissal Policy. We ask that you read and review these policies with your child and encourage them to be punctual and present to school every day.
Attendance Policy
Any student between the ages of five until they graduate or turn 18 is subject to compulsory school attendance.
Excused and unexcused absences
After each absence parent or guardians are notified via phone by our computerized dialer when a student fails to report to school without a valid excuse. All student’s absences are recorded as unexcused until the parent or guardian sends a written note or email to provide a justifiable reason for the absence, despite if the parent or guardian has contacted the school via telephone. Students have two days upon their return to school to provide a note of excuse. After that time, the absence will remain unexcused. Acceptable excuses include: illness of a student; serious illness in the family which necessitates the absence of the student; death in the family; required court appearance; special and recognized holiday; and other reasons which may be approved by the school administration.
5 unexcused absences
If a student reaches five unexcused absences during the school year a letter requesting a parent conference is mailed to the parent or guardian. If the parent or guardian is unable to attend the conference on the scheduled date they should contact the Attendance Coordinator immediately to schedule a new date. A City Attorney’s letter is also mailed to parents or guardians outlining the legal consequences of continued truancy. During the five day conference the Attendance Coordinator will discuss the absences with the student and parent/guardian and create an attendance plan. **Note: Attendance does not “reset” after the first semester. The attendance policy applies to the entire school year.
7 unexcused absences
Once a student has accumulated more than seven unexcused absences during the school year students are referred to the truancy office and parents and students are required to attend an Interagency Truancy Review Team (ITRT) meeting at the courthouse.
Continued truancy
If the truancy continues after the ITRT meeting students and parents can be referred to Juvenile and Domestic Relation Court. If a child is found to be in Need of Supervision, the Judge may order the child to attend school or order the family to participate in services to address underlying needs.
15 consecutive absences
After 15 consecutive days of unexcused absence a student will be dropped from the roster of the school. Withdrawn students are not excused from mandatory school attendance requirements and are expected to re-enroll as soon as possible. The school will notify the parent or guardian in writing that their student has been withdrawn and will need to be re-enrolled immediately.
Tardy Policy
We expect students to be on time to school everyday. If for any reason a student is late to school or 1st period they are to report to the main office to receive a pass to class and to be marked tardy.
Excused tardies
For a tardy to be considered excused, the student must turn in a note to the Attendance Office that details why the student was tardy and has a parent or guardian signature. All notes must be turned in by the following day. Excused tardies include: personal illness, family emergency, doctor appointments, and court appointments. After 10 excused tardies, the only notes that will be accepted are from a doctor or the court.
Unexcused tardies
A tardy will remain unexcused if a student fails to turn in a signed note from a parent by the following day. If the reason in the note does not meet the criteria for an excused tardy it will remain unexcused. The Attendance Office cannot take phone calls to excuse tardies.
Consequences for unexcused tardies
2nd tardy: phone call home
4th tardy: AIA
5th tardy: referred to principal
Food, Flowers and Gifts
NO FLOWERS, FOOD OR GIFTS
*We will NOT send for students to pick up items. ex. chromebooks, shoes, books.
You must be on the student’s contact list in order to leave items.
Please print the first & last name & grade of the student.
Tape the name to the item.
Place the item on the counter
If leaving an item that does not involve flowers, food, or gifts the parent/guardian must contact the student to let him/her know that the item is in the Main Office.
ECG will not contact the student in regards to items in the Main Office.
Please note the following that is from the 2018-2019 Student Handbook regarding---- FlOWERS, FOOD, AND GIFTS:
FLOWERS, FOOD, AND GIFTS:
The delivery of flowers, food and gifts to students during the school day is not allowed because of the disruption to the school day. To leave an item such as chromebooks, shoes, books, etc, the person dropping off the item must be listed as a student’s parent/guardian/emergency contact. The Attendance Office will not send for students to pick up items such as chromebooks, shoes, books. The parent/guardian must contact the student to let him/her know the item is in the Main Office.
Chromebook Distribution
Chromebooks will be checkout through English classes
Students must have a Chromebook Contract with them in order to receive a Chromebook
Students should enter through the main entrance of the library, from there students will walk through the library and enter the IT office using the back entrance. There will be signs posted
Freshman Friday 8/17
Seniors Monday 8/20
Juniors Tuesday 8/21
Sophomores Wednesday 8/22
GEAR UP
Counselors
Tracy M. Goode, Director
34014
Victoria Bice,
School counselor A-D
34017
Janet Reynolds,
School Counselor E-J
34018
Tonyette White,
School Counselor K-Q
34015
Felicia Calloway,
School Counselor R-Z
34016
Jean Long - Registrar
34019
Cherri Shideler
Scholarship Coordinator
34027
Christine Guske-Pawlas
Assessment Specialist
34122
Administrators
Dr. Jeffrey Garrett, Principal
Secretary: Karen Lynch
Aaron Mabery,
Asst. Principal A-D
Secretary: Lisa Swan
Dr. Lillian Guzlowski,
Asst. Principal E-J
Secretary: Amber Litchford
Rose Flaugher,
Assoc. Principal K-Q
Secretary: Karen Allison
Jessica Barger,
Asst. Principal R-Z
Secretary: Nadine Pannell
Social Media
Please remember that we have multiple social media accounts. to promote the amazing things going on at E.C. GLass.
- Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/EcGlassHighSchool/
- Twitter-https://twitter.com/ecghighschool
- Instagram-ecglasshs
Bell Schedule
Regular Day
Period 1
7:35
8:31
Period 2
8:36
9:26
Period 3
9:31
10:21
Period 4
10:26
11:16
Lunch A
11:21
11:44
Period 5
11:49
12:40
Period 5
11:21
11:44
Lunch B
11:49
12:12
Period 5
12:17
12:40
Period 5
11:21
12:12
Lunch C
12:17
12:40
Period 6
12:45
1:35
Period 7
1:40
2:30
Nurse News
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THE ECG CLINIC
Parent/Guardian:
If your student has a chronic health condition such as asthma, diabetes, seizure disorder, or severe allergy the school division requires him/her to have a Health Action Plan signed by a physician, or licensed provider and parent/guardian. The Health Action Plan includes permission for medication.
If your student does not have one of the above chronic illnesses, but requires medication at school, please complete a Physician/Parent-Guardian Authorization to Administer Medication form. In order to facilitate the safe and effective administration of medication, school policy mandates that any student who must receive medication during the school day have a completed authorization form signed and dated by the parent/guardian and physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner.
Medication:
§ Will only be administered with a completed Physician/Parent-Guardian Authorization form on file. This includes both prescription and over-the-counter medications.
§ All medication must be brought to the school by the parent/guardian, given to, and signed as received by authorized school personnel; ALL medication must be kept in the Clinic, unless otherwise authorized by the physician. This INCLUDES cough drops.
§ You may send OTC pain relief for common maladies with a completed/signed Physician/Parent-Guardian authorization form signed by the parent/guardian AND physician on file. We want your student to stay in school.
§ Over-the -counter medications must be in the original unopened package.
§ Prescription medications must be in an up to date pharmacy bottle containing the student name and prescribing information. Pharmacies are very willing to provide a separate prescription bottle for meds needed to be kept at school.
Clinic Guidelines:
§ Unless directed by the School Nurse, based on assessment, permission for early dismissal is the responsibility of the Parent/Guardian. Dismissal from the Clinic is not automatically an excused early dismissal.
Kristy Campbell, RN
ECG School Nurse
434-515-5374
PTO
E. C. GLASS PTO
What We Do:
Communicate with parents.
If you are not already receiving emails from glasspto@gmail.com, please drop a note with your name and the grade(s) of your student(s) so we can send pertinent messages to you.
Coordinate Volunteers
Volunteer Opportunities are publicized via email of links to SignUpGenius for specific events. Be sure to fill out a volunteer application.
Julie Salmon schedules Copy Room and Counseling Office Volunteers --same eddress.
Staff Appreciation Projects
We coordinate the “Stock the Break Room” initiative and host additional staff appreciation events throughout the year.
What you can do:
Donate
PTO is always seeking donations of the following items for our ongoing staff appreciation projects:
1) coffee pods for Keurig machine, tea, and hot chocolate mix
2) sugar, sugar substitutes, creamer, and stirrers
3) individually packaged snacks such as granola bars, pretzels, etc.…
4) spent ink cartridges-we recycle for StaplesRewards $$ for the purchase of coffee supplies
Donations can be left in the office anytime all year long.
Give
In the “Give Me 5” initiative two of the superintendent’s key points ask that every parent give 5 hours or more of volunteer service to their child’s school and give $5 or more to the school’s PTO.
The PTO does not conduct fundraisers; however, monetary donations are welcome anytime throughout the year. Use MySchoolBucks or drop a check off in the PTO mailbox. Volunteer opportunities will be publicized as they come up, and we hope each of you will find an opportunity to help at ECG.Please remember to fill out the volunteer back ground check on the LCS website.
Participate
Take advantage of every opportunity to learn about what’s going on at school or to share your thoughts by attending the Principal’s Coffees and keeping your contact information up to date at Infinite Campus.
We look forward to working with you this year—Julie Miller, PTO President
ECG PTO President: Julie Miller
Copy Room & Counseling Office Volunteers: Julie Salmon
Stay in the loop: Sign up for ECG PTO emails:
Sign up for morning announcements in your email box:
ECG Communications
1) AM Announcements are geared to students though the email version often has parent specific information in addition.
Laura Wise in the library creates this document daily. Laura Wise often exceeds her Google email quota by sending the morning announcements emails, and she is now using this system to guarantee success getting these messages out. If you wish to receive an invitation to join this group, send a message to wiselw@lcsedu.net
2) ECG Newsletter comes from ECG Administration. It contains info about the calendar and celebrates accomplishments of ECG students and staff. To get this you need to have your Infinite Campus settings to permit email communications. If this document does not appear in your email box, you may find it under "Messages" when you log in at Infinite Campus.
3) PTO mailings are information for parents and come via MailChimp since the nice folks at gmail prohibit mailings to a group this size. The PTO email address is glasspto@gmail.com, and individual messages can be sent and received through this channel.
4) LCS Newsletter is sent out each Friday by Cindy Babb. It celebrates student & staff accomplishments and gives information about division level matters. You can get on this mailing list by contacting her at babbca@lcsedu.net
