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Visitor’s Policy
The safety and security of staff and scholars at every Alliance school is of utmost importance. A critical part of creating a safe campus environment is for the administration, as well as those individuals or classrooms receiving visitors, to have advance knowledge of all visitors. School administration must know at all times who is on campus and reserves the right to refuse entry to any visitor. The following procedures for visiting an Alliance school will be strictly followed.
Closed Campus
Each Alliance school is a closed campus. All scholars are required to remain on school grounds during the regularly scheduled school day, including the lunch period. It is unlawful for anyone to take a scholar away from school during the regular school day without first obtaining proper permission from a designated school official.
Visitor Policy, Sign-in, and Verification
The principal is responsible for managing involvement of volunteers and visitors, and for ensuring that the activities of visitors and volunteers do not result in undue disruption of the instructional program and preserve the peaceful conduct of school activities. It is also important that the presence of visitors and volunteers does not contribute to safety or security issues for scholars and staff members or for the visitors themselves.
All Campus Visitors Must:
- Request an appointment for a visitation date and time from the office staff after entering the school office. As much advance notice as possible should be given, but no visitor can be guaranteed entry to the campus on a specific date and time.
- Sign into the visitor’s log immediately upon entrance, providing all requested information (e.g., visitor’s name, date, time, purpose of visit, other additional information the school may require). This is for the safety of scholars, staff, as well as the individual in case of emergency. Failure to provide information will be grounds for denial of access.
- Show identification. Failure to provide information will be grounds for denial of access.
- Complete a visitor’s badge and obtain the principal’s or designee’s approval before proceeding. The visitor’s badge may include the following information: visitor name, date, time, destination and office approval. You may be required to wait depending on the principal’s or designee’s availability.
- Wear a visitor’s badge at all times during your stay at the school.
- Keep observation of classroom activity to a particular purpose and reasonable frequency, as determined by the school.
- Follow the established procedures for scheduling an appointment with the teacher(s).
- Return the visitor’s badge to the school office before leaving the campus and sign out. You must indicate on the visitor’s log the time you are leaving the school. Some Important Rules for All Visitors:
- The staff person/scholar you are visiting must be on campus that day and aware of the visit.
- Visitors must be escorted by designated school personnel at all times on campus unless otherwise permitted by the principal.
- Do not interfere with any school activity during the visitation. Visiting the school is a privilege, not a right.
- Enter and leave the classroom as quietly as possible when class is in session.
- While class is in session, do not converse with scholars, teachers, and/or instructional aides during the visitation unless explicitly permitted.
Failure to follow any of these basic procedures may result in a visitor not receiving authorization to enter the building and/or being barred from future visits.
Alliance schools, where it has such authority, shall post signs at the entrance of its school grounds or in the school main office to notify stakeholders of the hours and requirements for visitors.
School personnel shall report entry by immigration-enforcement officers to the principal or other appropriate administrator as would be required for any unexpected or unscheduled outside visitor coming on campus. School staff will follow the procedures in the school’s policy regarding law enforcement access to scholars on campus.
REV: 08/18
Visitantes
La seguridad y el resguardo de todo el personal y los alumnos en las escuelas de Alliance es de suma importancia. Una parte crítica en la creación de un ambiente seguro es que la administración, al igual que aquellos individuos o salones de clase que reciban visitas, sepa por adelantado que recibirá visitas. La administración escolar debe saber en todo momento quién está en el campus, y se reserva el derecho de denegarle el acceso a cualquier visita. Se debe cumplir estrictamente con los siguientes procedimientos para visitar una escuela de Alliance.
Campus cerrado
Todas las escuelas de Alliance son consideradas como campus cerrado. Se requiere que todos los alumnos permanezcan en el terreno escolar durante el día escolar programado regularmente, incluyendo durante el almuerzo. Es ilegal que cualquier persona se lleve a un alumno del colegio durante el día sin obtener primero el permiso apropiado de un oficial escolar designado.
Política para visitas, registro y verificación
El director es responsable de gestionar la participación de voluntarios y visitantes, y de garantizar que las actividades de los visitantes y los voluntarios no provoquen una interrupción indebida del programa de instrucción y preserven la realización pacífica de las actividades escolares. También es importante que la presencia de los visitantes y voluntarios no implique problemas de seguridad para los alumnos y los miembros del personal o para los mismos visitantes.
Todos los visitantes del campus deben:
- Pedirle al personal de oficina una cita para concertar una fecha y hora de visita luego de ingresar a la oficina escolar. Se debe dar un aviso con toda la antelación posible, pero no se le garantiza a ningún visitante el ingreso al campus en una fecha y horario específico.
- Registrarse en el historial de visitas inmediatamente al ingresar, brindando toda la información pedida (por ejemplo, el nombre del visitante, la fecha, el horario, el nombre, el propósito de la visita u otra información adicional que pudiera requerir la escuela). Esto se hace para resguardar la seguridad de los alumnos, el personal y el individuo de visita en caso de una emergencia. No brindar la información podrá ser motivo para denegar el acceso.
- Mostrar identificación. No hacerlo podrá ser motivo para denegar el acceso.
- Completar el distintivo de visitante obtener la aprobación del director o una persona designadaantes de proceder. El distintivo de visitante puede incluir la siguiente información: nombre del visitante, fecha, horario, destino y aprobación de la oficina. Podría requerirse un período de espera dependiendo de la disponibilidad del director o la persona designada.
- Utilizar el distintivo de visitante en todo momento durante la estadía en la escuela.
- Mantener la observación de las actividades en el salón de clases con un propósito en particular y una frecuencia razonable, según lo determine la escuela.
- Seguir el procedimiento establecido para programar una cita con los profesores.
- Devolver el distintivo de visitante a la oficina escolar antes de abandonar el campus y retirarse.
- Debe indicar en el historial de visita el horario en el cual se está retirando de la escuela.
Algunas reglas importantes para todos los visitantes:
- El miembro del personal o el alumno que visitará debe estar en el campus ese día y tener conocimiento de la visita.
- Un miembro designado del personal debe escoltar a los visitantes en todo momento a menos que el director permita lo contrario.
- No interfiera con ninguna actividad escolar durante la visita. Visitar la escuela es un privilegio, no un derecho.
- Ingrese y salga de los salones de clases con todo el silencio posible cuando se estén dictando clases.
- Mientras se estén dictando clases, no converse con los alumnos, profesores o los ayudantes educativos a menos que se lo permitan explícitamente.
No seguir cualquier de estos procedimientos básicos podría dar como resultado la denegación del permiso para ingresar al edificio y/o que le denieguen visitas futuras.
Las escuelas Alliance, donde tengan tal autoridad, deberán colocar carteles en la entrada de los terrenos
de su escuela o en la oficina principal de la escuela para notificar a los interesados sobre las horas y los
requisitos para los visitantes.
El personal de la escuela informará la entrada de los oficiales de inmigración al director u otro
administrador apropiado como se requeriría para cualquier visitante externo inesperado o no
programado que llegue al campus. El personal de la escuela seguirá los procedimientos en la política de
la escuela con respecto al acceso de las autoridades a los alumnos en el campus.
REV: 08/18
Volunteer Opportunities
PARENT VOLUNTEERING REQUIREMENTS
PARENT VOLUNTEER POLICY 2017-2018
At Richard Merkin Middle School, parents are needed to take active and
meaningful roles to ensure the success of our school. Research shows that parent involvement in children’s learning positively impacts student achievement levels. We believe that your participation at Richard Merkin Middle School will really make a difference and will positively impact your child’s academic progress. We encourage all parents, legal guardians and adult family members to become actively involved at Richard Merkin Middle School by serving as a parent volunteer. Your time, talent and enthusiasm are an integral part of the day-to-day functioning of the school and the overall academic development of your child. There are a number of ways you can volunteer and demonstrate your commitment at Richard Merkin Middle School. Parent volunteer hours can be earned by directly supporting the school and by supporting your child academically.
SCHOOL SUPPORT
Possible volunteer opportunities to support our school include:
- Office Support
- Fundraising Activities
- Breakfast and Lunch distribution
- Field Trip Assistance and Supervision
- Special Events Assistance
- Arrival Supervision morning (Valet)
- Yard or Visitor’s Supervision
- Making phone calls
- Translation for Parents Conferences
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES:
- Serving as the parents representative for your child’s Advisory Class
- Participation in the School Coordinating Council
- Town Hall Meetings
- Board of Directors Meetings
- Participation in other school committees and advocacy activities
- Educating other parents (Parent Leadership Academy PLN)
ACADEMIC SUPPORT
Possible volunteer activities to support your child academically include:
- Parent Workshop participation
- Classroom Observations
- Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Classroom Support
- Tutoring Support
- For Off-Campus Events
- Coffee W/the Principal
- Bring Lunch to Your Kid
- School Beautification
If you would like to volunteer now for specific opportunities, please contact the school to be placed on the parent volunteer schedule.
We truly appreciate your participation as a parent volunteer and we will make every attempt to match your interests and skill with projects or tasks that you are comfortable with.
Please call the school at (213) 748-0141 and ask for the Parent Engagement Specialist Mrs. Licetz Edmond ledmond@laalliance.org, if you have any questions. I hope you find the parent volunteer guidelines helpful as we partner together in your child’s education.
PARENT VOLUNTEER GUIDELINES
PARENT VOLUNTEER COMMITMENT 40 HOURS
Each family is encouraged to volunteer 40 hours per school year. It is suggested that 20 hours be applied to supporting the school and 20 hours be applied on Town-Hall and Workshops.
TO SUPPORT TO ATTENDING YOUR CHILD ACADEMICALLY
- Only parents, stepparents or legal guardians will be credited with volunteer hours, family members (21 years and older) who reside in the same household.
- All volunteer hours should be fulfilled prior to the last day of school.
VOLUNTEERING AT THE SCHOOL
- The school will monitor the number of volunteer hours each family accumulates
- All volunteers must sign in and sign out the front office
- All parent volunteer will receive a name badge and/or a Yellow Parent Volunteer vest
- Please respect classroom activities and the privacy of faculty and staff when volunteering
- Please do not engage your child’s teacher in personal matters, instead schedule regular conferences though the year
Benefits:
RECOGNITION
- Parents who earn more than 40 volunteer hours will be awarded
- Parents volunteer will be invited to an end-of-the-year Thank You Celebration
- Parents will also be put into raffles to win special prizes
Requirements
PARENT VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS
- Review the description of possible volunteer opportanities and sign-up for a specific volunteer activity at the parent orientation or any time during the school year.
- Provide proof of Negative Tuberculosis TB skin test or
- Provide proof or Negative Tuberculosis X-Ray (if TB test is positive)
Contact Richard Merkin Middle School
Phone: (213) 748-0141
Fax: (213) 748-0142
2023 South Union Avenue , Los Angeles, CA 90007