Bethesda Expectations

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At Bethesda We are kind We are safe and We are respectful 08/31/11

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We are Kind. We are Safe. We are Respectful.

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At Bethesda We are kind

We are safe and We are respectful

08/31/11

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• Line up at your door when the bell rings• Come into school with hands to your sides

and quiet voices• Walk to your coat hook • Hang your coat and backpack• Place boots under your coat hook• Set other items properly on your shelf• Make your way to your homeroom

Entering the School in the morning

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• Line up at your door when the bell rings• Come into school with hands to your sides

and voices off • Walk to your coat hook • Hang your coat• Place boots under your coat hook• Set other items properly on your shelf• Make your way to your classroom

Entering the School After Recess

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Hall behavior

• Line up quietly in your classroom

• Walk through the halls in a straight line, facing forward with hands to your sides and voices off

• Return found items on the floor to the lost and found

• Turn your voices off and give the “Bethesda Wave” hello to friends

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Be gentle with school supplies and books

Caring for our classrooms

If there is paper on the floor, pick it up and put in the trash or recycle bin

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Bathroom Behavior

• Walk to the bathroom facing forward with hands to your sides and voices off

• Do your business while minding your own business• Do not look under the bathroom stalls • Do not climb on or under the stalls • Wash your hands before leaving the bathroom and

throw paper towels in the trash

• The bathroom is not a place to visit friends

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In the library

• Walk to the library facing forward with hands to your sides and voices off

• Use a shelf marker while looking• Use library computers quickly and quietly• Find a book, pick a spot and read quietly• Ask an adult for help

• The library is not a place to visit friends

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Assemblies

• Walk to assemblies facing forward with hands to your sides and voices off

• Sit with your class facing the performance • Laugh and clap at the right times• Keep your hands and feet to yourselves• Do not talk or goof around during the

performances

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Before lunch

• Wash your hands• Walk to the lunchroom facing forward

with hands to your sides and voices off

• Say please and thank you to the lunchroom servers

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In the lunchroom

• Sit at your grade-level tables

• Sit at the “peanut free table” with a friend if you are allergic to peanuts

• Do not save spots

• When you pick a spot to eat, you cannot change it

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While eating lunch…

• Use indoor voices while talking to friends at your table

• Eat your own lunch and do not share or trade lunch items

• Try to eat at least half of your lunch

• Raise your hand and wait for an adult if you need help or want to leave the table

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Leaving the lunchroom

• An adult will dismiss you

• Clean up your area including the floor and other items if asked

• Throw trash into bins

• Stack up hot lunch trays carefully• Walk to recess facing forward with

hands to your sides and voices off

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At the end of the day

• Collect your things in the classroom• Walk through the halls slowly, facing

forward with hands to your sides, using a quiet voice

• Gather items from your coat hook and exit the building quickly

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Going Home

• Cross the streets only at the corners• Check in at home before coming back

to school to play• Remember we are “Kind, Safe and

Respectful” to our classmates and neighborhood as we walk home

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The Bethesda Playground

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What we wear on warm days

• You have the choice to wear a jacket

• Girls should wear shorts underneath their skirts

• Tennis shoes or casual shoes protect your feet better than wearing flip flops

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What we wear on cool days without snow

• Wear a jacket or sweat shirt

• Tennis shoes or casual shoes protect your feet better than wearing flip flops

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What we wear in snow

• Wear a winter coat, hat and mittens

• Everyone must wear boots

• K-3 must wear snowpants everywhere on the playground

• 4 & 5 may play on the plowed areas without snowpants

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Blacktop• You must stay on the playground side of the

yellow line near the parking lot• You must stay away from the sheds and

dumpsters

Where we play

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Where we play

Do not go higher than the trees on the hill

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Where we play

The playfield extends to the trees with the shiny gold ribbons

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Where we play

Playground ends at the grassy ridge next to the basketball courts

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Where Kindergarteners play

• On the blacktop between the playgrounds and school

• No further than the blue playground

• On the equipment with slides

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How we play kindly

• We include everyone who wants to play• We play fair• This means…

We play by the rules We have the same rules for

everyone We take turns We don’t skip in line

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How we play kindly

• Keep your hands to yourself

• This means… No grabbing No hitting No holding No tackling No shoving or pushing No piggy back riding No rough playing

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How we speak on the playground

• Use kind words when talking to friends

• This means…No swearingNo name callingNo put downsNo bullying

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How we play safely• No food or drink on the

playground• Do not throw wood

chips, sticks, rocks, grass, dirt, snow or any item

• Touch tag and touch football are the only chasing games that can be played on the playground

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How we play in snow

• No throwing of snow or ice• Do not touch/ruin snow forts that you did not build• Sliding hill

Walk up the hill outside of the cones Wait in line on the sidewalk Slide down the hill between cones Slide on your bottom, facing forward Wait your turn No pushing

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Adult Helpers

• Listen to adult directions when on the playground

• Ask permission to go into the school

• Line up right away when the bell rings

• Seek help if you or a friend are not being treated kindly, safely or respectfully on the playground

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Safe on the equipment

• Wait your turn

• No skipping in line

• No playing tag on the equipment

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Safe on the bars

• No flipping off the bars

• No sitting on the top of the bars

• Do not hang onto other students while they are hanging on the bars

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Safe on the slides

• Slide on your bottom, facing forward

• Do not slide head first

• Do not push others down the slides

• No running up or down the slides

• Do not jump off the side of the slides

• Move to the side after you slide

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Safe on the Glider

• If you cannot reach the glider, you are not big enough to ride the glider

• Wait your turn• No skipping in line• Glide with feet down, no upside-down gliding• Do not hang onto other students while they

are playing on the glider• Do not sit on top

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Safe on the Teeter Totter

• Wait your turn

• No skipping in line

• Sit on your bottom on a seat

• The middle is not a seat

• No standing anywhere on the teeter totter

• No jumping off the teeter totter

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• Only soft balls will be allowed on the playground

• Balls can be thrown against the wall between the doors

• Do not kick the ball against the wall• No swinging on the tetherball• Tell an adult if your ball goes into the parking

lot, do not chase it yourself • Place balls in the bin at the end of recess

Safe with balls

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Safe with playthings

• No baseball bats

• You can bring your baseball glove to use with a tennis ball

• Check with your teachers about things you want to bring from home