🚫🥤 No Energy Drinks at School! 🥤🚫
To keep our students safe, focused, and feeling their best, energy drinks are not allowed on campus at Sulphur Springs School.

⚡️ Why? These drinks often contain extremely high levels of caffeine, taurine, and other stimulants that can cause:
• Headaches 😣
• Jitters & anxiety 😬
• Trouble focusing 🌀
• Energy crashes 😴

📌 What to know:
✅ Energy drinks will be confiscated and disposed of if brought to school.

🚫 Examples: Red Bull, Monster, Bang, Celsius, etc.
✅ Better boosts: Water 💧, Fruit 🍎, Sleep 😴, Movement 🏃‍♂️

Let's work together to keep Sulphur Springs students healthy, happy, and ready to learn!

📵 Cell Phone & Device Policy 📵
To keep our classrooms focused and distraction-free, Sulphur Springs School follows Tennessee State Law and WCDE policy on student device use:

🔒 Before School Starts:
• All devices must be powered OFF before 8am.
• Applies to:
 📱 Cell Phones
 ⌚ Smartwatches
 💻 Tablets
 🎮 Gaming Devices
 🔊 Any personal tech used for communication or entertainment

📚 During the School Day:
• Devices go in the assigned pocket as students enter each classroom.
• Devices remain stored throughout the day and may only be retrieved at the end of class.
• Devices must stay powered off and out of sight until the student is dismissed to the car line or bus.
• Unauthorized use = not allowed.

🚨 Consequences:
1️⃣ First Offense: Device is confiscated and taken to the office. A parent/guardian must pick it up.
2️⃣ Second Offense: Same as above + student must check their device into the office each morning and retrieve it at dismissal.
3️⃣ Third Offense: Same as above + student may no longer bring the device to school.

Let’s work together to help all Sulphur Springs students stay focused, respectful, and ready to learn!

🩺 Doctor’s Note Reminder for Absences 📄

To ensure accurate attendance records, please remember:

✅ Doctor’s notes must excuse a full day if the student is out all day.

⏰ Notes that list specific appointment times (e.g., “seen from 8:30–9:30 AM” for dentist or orthodontist) will only excuse that portion of the day—not the full day, need to use a parent note to excuse full day.

🚫 Open-ended medical notes (e.g., “seen in office today” or “may return when feeling better”) will excuse the student for the day of the visit and day after.

📌 All notes must clearly state the specific date(s) the student is excused from school.

📆 General Attendance Reminders
✅ Each student is allowed 5 parent-excused days per school year.
📨 All excuses (parent or medical) must be turned in to the school within 5 days of the student’s return.
🚨 A student is considered truant once they reach 5 unexcused absences and will be placed on an attendance contract.

⏰ TARDY & EARLY DISMISSAL REMINDERS ⏰
Let’s start the school year strong by being on time and ready to learn! 💛💙

📌 Important Guidelines for Sulphur Springs Students & Families:

🚪 BE ON TIME!
• Students must be IN CLASS by 8:00AM to avoid being marked tardy.
• Tardies without a medical excuse = unexcused.

🏃‍♂️ LEAVE EARLY = UNEXCUSED
• Signing out early without a medical excuse counts as an unexcused early dismissal.

⚠️ CONSEQUENCES
• 5 unexcused tardies and/or early dismissals =After School Detention until 4:00