Parent Information
Family Handbook
- Contact Us
- School Vision, Values, and Program Emphasis
- School Hours and Attendance Requirements
- Code of Conduct and General Information
- School/Home Partnership
- Academics
- Social Emotional
- Health
- School Policies and Procedures
- Extracurricular Programs
- Parent Involvement and Volunteer Organizations
Contact Us
School Vision, Values, and Program Emphasis
We offer a comprehensive program of academic, fine arts, physical education and a social-emotional learning program that provides a well-rounded educational foundation for your child. We believe in empowering our students with problem solving, mindfulness, and mediation skills as part of an assets building program that is recognized statewide for its excellence. Our programs guarantee the success of each student: English as a Second Language for students from around the world. Literacy Support, Special Education, a model Gifted & Talented framework, maker space and enrichment classes to extend the district offerings.
The success of Crest View Elementary School students is the result of the outstanding contributions of school district employees and members of our community. Our student results on state and nationally-normed tests continue to be significantly above the average. Additionally, children demonstrate what they've learned and how they have grown in all academic areas not measured by the state assessments through learning projects and performances.
School Hours and Attendance Requirements
Playground supervision begins at 7:40 AM M, T, Th, F, and 8:40 AM on W. Please time your child’s arrival accordingly.
Breakfast is served every morning at 7:30am for all students. Students should go to the cafeteria through the main entrance. On Wednesdays there is Before Care in the Crest View cafeteria until the bell at 8:50am. Children not getting school breakfast can start arriving on the playgrounds at 7:40am/8:40am when there is outside supervision. For your child’s safety and the safety of others, we ask all families to use the ‘hug-and-go’ lane in the front of the school building, parent parking lot, or the parking area on the north side of the building when dropping their children off in the morning.
All students will enter through exterior classroom doors in the morning. If a student arrives after 7:55 a.m., they must sign in at the front office. If they don’t check in at the office, they might be marked absent. Students arriving after 9:30 AM (or after 1:00 PM for the afternoon session) are considered a Partial Absence, as the student will have missed more than half of the instruction time for that portion of the school day.
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The goal of the plan is to assist the child to remain in school.
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The school team should try to develop the plan with participation from the child’s parent, HOWEVER, the plan must still be developed even if the child’s parent fails to cooperate.
If a student arrives after 7:55 a.m., they need to stop at the office or they might be marked absent.
- Tardy means an elementary student entering a class less than 60 minutes after the scheduled start time or departing a class less than 60 minutes before the scheduled end time.
- Partial absence means an elementary student entering class more than 60 minutes after the scheduled start time or departing class more than 60 minutes before the scheduled end time.
It is recommended to check-in with your child’s teacher for guidance on missed work.
Enrollment Counts are run frequently in the beginning of the school year and monthly for the rest of the school year. Enrollment Counts are counts based on student enrollment for that day in time. October is a significant count period that the Colorado Department of Education records students’ enrollment and bases funding on a per pupil count. In other words, the higher the count, the higher the amount of State of Colorado funds that will come into BVSD and Crest View.
Code of Conduct and General Information
School/Home Partnership
Academics
Social Emotional
School Counselors and School Psychologists
As a school district, our vision is to optimize school success for all students in the academic, career, and personal-social domains. This will be accomplished through a Comprehensive School Counseling Program.
Therefore, the counselor's role is:
- To provide curriculum in the areas of academic success, career development, and life skills
- To teach, promote, and model the New Century Graduate skills
- To advocate for ALL students
- To promote district and school goals such as achievement, cultural diversity, equity and school safety
School counseling for elementary age students is an important part of early childhood education. Counselors help children learn how to be students and have success in this new world called "school." Counselors can help children with everything from developing organizational skills to making friends and working well in groups. Our talented mental health team collaborates with administration, teachers, and families in order to provide our students with social-emotional support and learning.
Health
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Fever, vomiting or diarrhea: Your child should remain home for 24 hours after symptoms end.
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Colds / respiratory viruses: Keep your child home at the beginning of a cold. This is also the time when one is infectious and least likely to feel well enough to participate in class. When s/he feels better and no longer has a persistent cough, it is permissible to return to school.
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Strep throat: Your child may return to school after taking the antibiotic for 24 hours, and feeling better.
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Chicken pox: Your child should stay home until there are no new lesions and all existing lesions have scabbed over.
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Eye: Bacterial and some viral eye infections must be treated by a health care provider before the student returns to school. If antibiotic therapy is prescribed, the student must remain home for at least 24 hours after treatment has begun.
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Open sores on skin: All skin lesions must be covered by a bandage or clothing during the school day. This may include impetigo, ringworm, scabies, and other fungal, bacterial, or viral skin infections.
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Generalized skin rash: Any student with an undiagnosed skin rash must consult a health care provider for diagnosis and/or treatment before returning to school with a note from the health care provider.
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Head lice: Your child may return to school only after treatment.
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Medications may not be in the personal possession of students.
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For all prescription and non-prescription medications, a student’s parent or guardian shall make a written request for school personnel to administer medications by providing a completed Medication Administration Authorization form, which is to be signed by both parent and physician.
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A new form must be signed and submitted for each new prescription medication, non-prescription medication or dosage change. Authorization forms must be completed each year.
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Medications should always be delivered to the health room staff or office staff by an adult.
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The student must report to the health room or school office to take medications. EXCEPTION: Any student who requires the use of an inhaler or EpiPen may carry and self-administer the prescribed medication if the physician signs a specific statement on the Medication Administration Authorization form, endorsing the student’s capability for this.
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Prescription medication supplied by the student’s parents or guardian must be in a properly labeled bottle dispensed by a pharmacy.
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Non-prescription, “as needed” medications must be in the original labeled container. The bottle should also be labeled with the student’s name.
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It is the responsibility of the parent to obtain all unused medication from the school when the medication is discontinued, the school year ends, or the student transfers to another school. At the end of a school year, school staff will dispose of all unclaimed medications.
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Parents may always come to school and administer medication to their child.
School Policies and Procedures
Cell Phone, Smart Devices, and Phone Use
At elementary schools, students with cell phones or other Personal Technology Devices (PTDs) must keep their PTDs turned off and away during school hours. A PTD includes, but is not limited to cell phones, wearables (watches, headphones, etc.), cameras, audio and/or video recorders and players, and all other hand-held or mobile electronic communication and data storage devices. If students have an emergency and need to use a phone, they should always ask an adult for permission to use a school phone. Please make sure that your children are clear with their after-school plan prior to coming to school.
Please refer to BVSD Board Policy: JRCT - Student Use of Cell Phones and Other Personal Technology Devices
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Students and teachers use technology to foster a culture of curiosity, creativity, and risk-taking. The tools support a personalized approach to learning where inquiry drives the learning process.
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Learning goals, not devices or apps, drive classroom engagement. Teachers and students begin with the underlying learning objectives and find the appropriate materials and tools to support instruction during the school day.
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When students use technology, they will think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in the digital world.
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Establish regular methods of communication with our students, colleagues and community to share why and how students use technology during the school day.
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Crest View encourages a healthy balance of technology use with other tools to support our purposeful instruction during the school day.
Extracurricular Programs
Parent Involvement and Volunteer Organizations
ReachOut Crest View (ROCV), Crest View Elementary School’s parent-teacher organization, is chartered to raise funds to support academic enrichment, scholarship needs and capital improvements, provide activities and events to develop and strengthen the school community, and sponsor periodic forums and events for parent education on issues related to elementary education and children.
ROCV business is managed by a Board of Trustees consisting of 6 to 25 community members that meets monthly through the school year. Trustee responsibilities include oversight, direction, management, policy-making, planning, programming, budgeting, evaluation, fundraising, and community relations. Trustees delegate authority to an Executive Committee which manages day-to-day business.
More detail on the above can be found in the 2014 ROCV Bylaws.
ROCV is certified as a nonprofit corporation by the Internal Revenue Service (EIN 84-1512387). It is also certified as exempt for state sales/use tax by the Colorado Department of Revenue.
