East Millsboro Elementary School 29346 Iron Branch Road Millsboro, DE 19966 Phone:  (302) 934-3222                           Fax:  (302) 934-3227                                Click here for directions to our school.
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    MEET OUR ADMINISTRATORS  

PRINCIPAL - Mrs. Mary Bixler

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL - Ms. Kelly Dorman

How to Differentiate Instruction

Getting the Brain Ready to Learn

 

Discipline for ClassroomVisits, Grades 1 & 2

 

Click here to learn about our 3-5 Discipline Program

 

 

Click here to learn about School Bus Safety

  Visit our Memorial Garden

    For more information on the Delaware Student Testing Programs and Curriculum Standards, try the following links:

Delaware Student Testing Program

Delaware Dept. of Education

POLICIES/PROCEDURES

STUDENT ATTENDANCE:  It is the philosophy of the Indian River School District that pupils need to attend school if they are to learn.   It is our belief that by promoting regular school attendance during the early childhood and adolescent years we will instill a responsibility in the individual to attend work regularly once they reach adulthood and enter the workplace in our society.   Indian River School District students who are counted as being absent for TEN (10) UNEXCUSED DAYS, NOT OCCURRENCES, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EARN CREDITS FOR THE YEAR OR BE PROMOTED TO THE NEXT GRADE.

PARENTAL NOTES: 

1.  In the event of a student absence, the District will require a parent/guardian note.  If the absence extends beyond three consecutive days, the parent/guardian must contact the school.  When the student returns to school, he/she must bring a parent/guardian note within two (2) school days documenting the entire period of absence.

2.  The student should provide a doctor's note to the school nurse whenever a visit to a doctor has taken place during the school year.

3.  Parent notes will be accepted for up to ten (10) days throughout the school year.  Additional documentation may be required to excuse additional absences.

 

BUS RULES:  School Bus Safety Rules were developed to ensure that all students are provided with a safe bus ride to and from school.  All students must follow the School Bus Safety Rules.  Violations of the School Bus Safety Rules can result in suspension from riding the bus.

SCHOOL BUS SAFETY RULES:

1.  Obey the driver.

2.  Remain seated facing forward at all times.

3.  You may talk quietly, but only with those near to you.

4.  No eating, drinking or chewing gum.

5.  Keep your hands, feet, and belongings to yourself and inside the bus.

6.  Use acceptable language/no rude gestures or teasing.

 

STUDENT DRESS CODE: 

    Students will be required at all times to wear shoes or other appropriate footwear.  No bare midriff clothing will be worn.   The bottom of the top garment and the top of the lower garment worn must meet and overlap or be tucked inside one another.  No undergarments shall be exposed.   No "tank tops" or garments resembling men's underwear or basketball type shirts will be worn.  No headgear, including hats, will be worn inside the building.  "Pics", combs or curlers cannot be worn in the hair; they must be carried in the clothing or purse, out of sight.  Wearing apparel, footwear, or other accouterments usually associated with a person's dress must not be obscene, vulgar, nor ethnically or sexually offensive.  Sacrilegious prints, suggestions of violence or drug use, and graffiti may not be worn.  Pants and shorts should fit at the waist and be worn at the waist.  Shoes with laces must be tied.

    Students are expected to exhibit cleanliness and good taste in personal appearance.  Students are expected to dress in such a manner that they will not be disruptive nor infringe upon the health and safety of themselves or others.  Parents are reminded that student behavior improves as dress improves. 

    Principals and assistant principals shall make the final decision in their building as to whether or not student(s) attire is appropriate and acceptable.

 

EMERGENCY PLANS:

    Emergency plans are in place so that staff and students are prepared for different kinds of emergency situations that could occur.  Emergency drills will occur throughout the school year.  Emergency exercises will include fire drills, severe weather drills, intruder inside the building drills, intruder outside the building drills, bus evacuation drills, and building evacuation drills.

HOUSE BILL 322 (FORMERLY HB85):

    House Bill 322 is a State of Delaware law that requires school administrators to report certain inappropriate student behaviors to the Delaware State Police.  Students in grades four and five must be reported to the Delaware State Police if any of the following incidents should occur at school or on the school bus.

•     Assault against another student.

•     Extortion against another student.

•     Assault against an employee.

•     Extortion against an employee.

•     Offensive touching against an employee.

•     Terroristic threatening against an employee.

Students in kindergarten through fifth grade must be reported to the State Police for:

•     Possession of a dangerous instrument or weapon.

•     Possession of an unlawful controlled substance.

Students in grades four and five are informed about House Bill 322 through classroom visits by the principal or assistant principal.