Family-Student Handbook
If your child is staying home from school, please contact our Main Office to avoid an unexcused absence. The Main Office will need...
Please do not drop off children at school before 8 a.m., as there is no supervision. Gates open at 8 a.m. Upon entering campus, students should go directly to the multipurpose...
Students may bring cell phones, but they must be turned off during the instructional day...
To protect instructional time and student privacy, classroom observations must follow these guidelines...
Please ensure your student is dressed as a leader daily. Please adhere to the following guidelines...
- Enter Rollingwood Dr from Georgia St
- Turn Right on Baywood Dr.
- Drop students off at the double...
You are also invited to be part of Pennycook’s English Learners Advisory Committee (ELAC). ELAC makes recommendations regarding programs for students...
For events such as performances, awards ceremonies, and open houses...
At Pennycook, we ask all students to adhere to the following rules and expectations...
All campus visitors, including parents, guardians, and community members, must...
Pennycook is a Leader In Me school, which means we teach and encourage students to practice the following habits...
If your child has to leave school early, identification must be presented to our Main Office staff. Students will not be released to anyone other than emergency...
Lost items may be found on the hanging rack in the lobby or in the storage cabinet located in...
Breakfast and lunch are free this year. If for some reason, your child does not want school lunch, please send them a nutritious lunch. Meal delivery services...
The school office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The school’s telephone...
In order for a student to take any form of medication at school, a Parent Request for Administration of Medication by School Personnel must be completed...
- On the first day of school, your child will be coming home with a placard. Please use a placard to pick up your child, whether by car or walking up...
The following items are not allowed at school:
- Weapons (knives, guns, pepper spray, tasers etc)...
You are invited to be part of Pennycook’s School Site Council (SCC)! California Education Code 52852 requires that a School Site Council shall be established...
First- through fifth-grade students will be picked up by car at the double gates on Baywood Drive. On minimum days only, siblings of kindergarten and...
Students will catch the bus on Baywood Drive and maintain orderly behavior while waiting at the bus stop...
Students enrolled in our after-school program will be dismissed from class and proceed directly to the after-school program. Students in the after-school...
A questionnaire was sent home asking about your intentions for your child’s transportation from school to home. If you indicate that your child will walk home...
Students will be marked late if they arrive after 8:30 a.m. Students should arrive at school on time each day and ready to learn. Students who arrive late...
VCUSD does not allow the service of food of any kind inside the school except that which is served by our school cafeteria. Please refrain from bringing...
To request a classroom visit, sign up as a volunteer, or ask about an upcoming event, please contact the main office.
All visitors are expected to demonstrate respectful and appropriate behavior while on campus. The following behaviors are strictly prohibited...
At Pennycook Elementary, we value strong partnerships between families and educators as essential to student success. To maintain a safe and orderly...
Parents and community members interested in volunteering must...
A bulletin will be published every week by email. It will include weekly events, announcements...