“M. Montessori” Primary School Regulations

PREMISE

The time spent at school is educational if each member of the school community contributes in the personal and group growth. M. Montessori represents full acceptance of educational and didactic principles intrinsic in the Method and requires to adapt to them.

ENROLLMENT

To apply for enrollment one must fill in the form to be submitted to the administrative office in Via Fonti Coperte 38/Z. Along with the enrollment form the Contract for School Services must be signed.

There is no established priority criteria for the acceptance of enrollment applications, which will be accepted in order of arrival until there are vacancies, with the exception of enrollments from families whose children are attending their last year at the Home of the Children, and that have a right of way on all other enrollments.

The enrollment is implicitly renewed for all primary school years unless a request for dispensation is made to the Head Office. Application will have come with the following documents attached:

1. Copy of the legally mandatory vaccinations list, released by the ASL (Local Healhcare Authority) in charge; subsequently, the parent is required to update the document held by the school stating the vaccinations that have been done.
2. Certificate of possible food intolerances and/or allergies. If there is any different food requirement, as compared to the diet we have planned (SPECIAL), the same will have to be certified by the Paediatrician of choice and shared with the school’s Head Office which, at the same time, will submit it to the ASL in charge. The certificate would have to be renewed every year;
3. Personal data (copy of ID) and parent’s contacts;
4. Authorisation form and copies of the documents of people who could occasionally come and collect the child at the end of the day;
5. Personal data treatment authorisation;
6. Waiver for photos and videos;
7. Waiver for didactic outings.

If there is any variation, even during the year, concerning parental responsibility, parents must promptly inform the administrative office.

At the moment of enrollment, regardless of the month where the same will take place, family will pay a mandatory annual fee, as established in the Contract for School Services undersigned by the families, which in no case will be refundable, even in case of renouncement of services before the beginning of the school year. The enrollment fee for the following year will have to be paid by the 5th of August of every year.

COST OF THE SERVICE AND PAYMENT METHODS

As established in the Contract for School Services, the payment of the annual fee can be made with a single payment (10 months from September to June included) by the 5th of the month of attendance. Payments can be done through bank transfer or at the accounting office in Via Fonti Coperte n. 38/Z.

Exonerations, suspensions or reductions on payments due to absences are not possible, even if they are due to major causes. In no case discounts on payments can be applied, except in case of siblings attending school at the same time. In that case, a 10% discount on one fee is allowed on the fee of the second sibling.

Meals, the cost of which is stated in the Contract for School Services, are paid outside the fee after actually being consumed, and will be counted and paid for at the beginning of the following month (ex. Meals of September will have to be paid at the beginning of October after counting the ones the child has actually had).

In case of dispensation request to another school the possible monthly fee (if the request is made for example in the middle of the month) will have to be paid anyway.

September and June’s fees will have to be paid entirely regardless of the starting and ending date established every year by the Regional Education Department.

CALENDAR

Primary school follows the regional calendar which will be shared with the parents at the beginning of the year. Some long weekends could also be approved by the Association Council.

ENTRANCE AND EXIT TIME

The primary school is opened Monday to Friday from 8.00 a.m. to 4.30. p.m. Classes will start at 8.30. but reception will be ensured from 8.00 a.m. Every Year, a little after the beginning of school, the schedule of afternoon activities will be shared (it could change from year to year).

With respect to both the children’s rhythms and work, and the organisation of daily activities we require maximum cooperation from the parents in respecting rigorously the established schedule.

VISITS: during the school year, small groups or single people could be present at school to observe the didactic, according to the Montessori method.

Such visits will be determined according to times and modalities decided each time by the school itself, careful not to interfere with the children’s work and activities.

STUDENTS

Students commit to:

• behave politely and respectfully towards themselves, their classmates, teachers and the school staff;
• respect their classroom, the school environments and the didactic material in the school. Any damage will be compensated by whoever is responsible for it; if the guilty party cannot be found, the compensation will be charged to the whole class;
• not bring to school any toys, video-games, phones or anything that could be a disturbance for the academic activities;
• bring to school everything they need for class and take care of their own and other’s material;
• do their homework when teachers assign them;
• behave respectfully while eating towards people and food.

PARENTS

Parents commit to:

• Cooeprate with the school to reach educational and didactic objectives;
• respect rigorously the school timetable;
• leave their kids at the entrance and not enter classrooms or hallways;
• at the end of the day, wait for their children in the outside area of the school building. From the moment the child is entrusted with the parent (or guardian), the family is responsible for them;
• justify the children’s absences through self-certification and state if they are absent due to family or health reasons (please refer to health regulations described in this document);
• refer to the Head Office in case it is necessary to give the child life-saving medicines during the school hours, attaching to the written request the paediatrician’s certificate stating the state of the illness with the exact prescription of the medicine to take, based on the related applicable norm;
• actively participate to meetings, individual meetings, educational meetings offered by the school;
• make possible suggestions, through their representatives in Collegial Organs (for the representatives’ tasks please refer to the specific regulations)
• authorise in writing, through specific form, didactic outings (field trips) organised by the school. The families will be responsible for the cost of field trips and will be divided between the participants. In case of absence, the amount will not be refunded;
• on birthday occasions, bring to school only store-bought sweet or savoury foods and give the administrative office the receipt (for traceability) as stated in the related applicable norm;
• cooperate with the parents elected in the Collegial Organs of the school;
• not spread negative messages, often unfounded, before having verified the authenticity with whom is concerned so as to avoid useless alarmism which would damage the group spirit.

TEACHERS

Teachers carry on their activity in the maximum freedom of teaching, ensured by the Italian Constitution and according to their own conscience, professionalism and inclination, and they are responsible of their own actions exclusively in front of the Schools Managing Authority.

Teachers commit to:

• pursue the educational aims of the school defined in the PTOF when they plan curricular and extra-curricular activities. They also cooperate in the organisation of projects and various activities developed by the collegial organs;
• actively participate in Staff meetings, Association Councils, Interclass meetings etc., educational and training meetings according to the established calendar;
• observe and ensure that students respect the norms contained in the regulations. They have to promptly report to the academic activities Coordinator and to the Head Office anything that could harm the positive progress of school life;
• respect the school timetable established by the Head Office, which will take into account the needs of each teacher as far as possible;
• not be absent from work without prior permission from the Head Office. In case of illness, unforeseen impediments or major cause, promptly inform the Head Office of your absence to organise substitutions;
• regularly fill in the books and provided documentation;
• encourage the students to behave correctly and respectfully, even using communications to the family if necessary;
• organise office hours for interviews with the students’ parents;
• respect what is undersigned with the Managing Authority in the employment contract. Every aspect of contractual nature, is referred to in the ANINSEI CCNL (National Collective Agreement).

FOOD

The primary school is equipped with an internal kitchen according to the health regulations of the Regione Umbria. The menus we serve are established by the ASL in charge and adequate to the age of the child.

No food brought by the parents from outside is allowed in the school (beverages, yogurt, etc.).

For children’s birthdays, cakes can possibly be brought in from authorised commercial exercises which will certify the absence of preservatives, liquors, creams, zabaglione, whole cream, food colouring and dried fruit (nuts, walnuts, peanuts, pistachios, etc.). Parents who bring cakes in will have to give the receipt to the kitchen (to allow them to check the traceability of foods).

HEALTH REGULATIONS

MEDICINES OF ANY KIND CANNOT AND MUST NOT BE GIVEN TO CHILDREN ATTENDING THE PRIMARY SCHOOL.

Providing medicines during school hours is allowed only for serious and rare particular pathologies that will have to be documented by a certificate from the paediatrician following the child’s case. Said certificate should have the indication of the medicine, the posology, time and methods of administration; it will also have to state the medicine is essential during the hours where the child is at school.

Moreover, providing any therapy always needs both a written request-authorisation from a parent and a specific medical certificate which states the prescription; both documents will be kept in the specific folder in the administrative office.

If the child feels poorly, the parents will have to promptly come and collect them or, if the parents are not available, have an authorised person collect the child, so as to limit the infection among children, taking into account that fever could be a symptom of both flu and viruses.

1. In order to put in place all the necessary sanitary norms to reduce the spread of possible viruses among the children, every time a child stays home the parent has to:
2. Warn the staff the same day of the absence (before 9.00 a.m.);
3. in case a virus comes up, immediately tell the school so they can take the necessary measures for the community;

Preventing the child from attending school must be done if the child shows:

1. Fever (armpit temperature equal to or higher than 37,5° C);
2. Diarrhoea (2 or more episodes of liquid faeces) in the same day;
3. Persistent cough with trouble breathing;
4. Sickness (2 or more episodes) in the same day;
5. Purulent pinkeye (defined by conjunctiva with yellow secretions of the eye);
6. Extended skin rashes with unidentified elements like bugs bites;
7. stomatitis and sialorrhoea (heavy salivation) and/or trouble eating;
8. Persistent crying, unusual for said child;
9. Unusual apathy, hyporesponsiveness.

In these cases, the administrative office will phone to warn the parents and they will have to immediately go to School and collect the child.

In particular cases (ex. Casts, extended bandages, etc.) the Headmistress and teachers will evaluate, for each case and based on the situation, if they can allow the child to attend School, if their physical limitation does not require care the staff could not be able to provide without compromising other children’s health and safety.

In case of significant variations (regional health laws etc.) the health regulations could be amended throughout the school year.

For all that is not included in the present rules please refer to the Laws in force.