1) Fifth grade is an important transition year between elementary and middle school. Students must feel safe, comfortable, willing to take risks, follow rules, and have positive attitudes. 2) Parent-teacher communication is essential. Teachers will contact parents via email, written notes, phone calls, and conferences about student progress, concerns, and praise. 3) The document provides information about the school schedule, specials classes, homework expectations, parent portal access to grades, conferences, attendance policy, transportation procedures, the behavior management system, and more.

1. Welcome to Fifth Grade!
Welcome back to another exciting school year! Fifth grade is an important
year for students as it is the bridge between elementary and middle school
grades. To help students cross the bridge with confidence and success,
they must feel safe and comfortable in their learning environment, be
willing to take risks, follow rules, and display positive attitudes. It is our
expectation that our complex will be conducive to meeting these needs.
Furthermore, parent/teacher communication is essential. We welcome
email messages, written messages, phone calls, and conferences to

2. communicate concerns, praises, and other important information. It is
likely we will contact you by any of the said methods.
To Contact Us:
Phone: 381-3116
Email:
blake.bishop@fayette.kyschools.us
Jordan.coyle@fayette.kyschools.us
katie.grigsby@fayette.kyschools.us

3. Melissa.williams2@fayette.kyschools.us
General Information About Our Complex
Daily Schedule:
Coyle/Grigsby Schedule Bishop/Williams Schedule
7:25-7:45 Breakfast/Homeroom 7:25-7:45 Breakfast/Homeroom
7:45-8:15 Morning Work/Handwriting 7:45-8:15 Morning Work/Handwriting
8:15-9:45 Math 8:15-9:45 Math
9:45-10:05 Recess 9:45-10:05 Social Studies/Science
10:05-11:10 Social Studies/Science 10:05-10:20 Recess
11:10-11:35 Lunch 10:20-11:15 Social Studies/Science
11:35-11:45 Social Studies/Science 11:15-11:40 Lunch
11:45-12:40 Specials 11:45-12:40 Specials
12:40-2:35 Literacy 12:40-2:35 Literacy
2:35 Dismissal 2:35 Dismissal
Specials Classes:
Bishop’s Specials Schedule
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6
PE/HEALTH/CH ART LIB-GUID/CH MUSIC PE/HEALTH/CH TECHNOLOGY

4. Coyle’s Specials Schedule
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6
MUSIC LIB-GUID/CH TECHNOLOGY CH/PE/HEALTH ART CH/PE/HEALTH
Grigsby’s Specials Schedule
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6
CH/PE/HEALTH MUISC LIB-GUID/CH TECHNOLOGY CH/PE/HEALTH ART
Williams’ Specials Schedule
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6
ART LIB-GUID/CH MUSIC PE/HEALTH/CH TECHNOLOGY PE/HEALTH/CH

5. *Wear tennis shoes on P.E. days.
Daily Planners:
Students will be provided with a daily planner that must be brought to and from school each day.
They will be required to record their homework assignments in their planners daily. Please be
sure to check your child’s planner nightly to make sure homework assignments are completed.
The cost for the planners is $3.

6. Homework:
Students should expect to receive a daily homework assignment in one of the following content
areas: Math, Social Studies, Science, Reading, or Writing. In addition, students will also be
required to keep a reading log, which will be collected weekly. Students will be required to read
100 minutes per week, which is 20 minutes per night. In total, students should expect to receive
around 4.5 hours of homework each week.

7. If the student does not have an assignment ready to turn in on the due date, he/she will pull a
sticker from the behavior chart, and be expected to make up the missing work. Late assignments
will receive a 10% deduction for each day that it is late.
Social Studies Weekly:
As part of the students’ Morning Work assignments, they will be reading weekly news articles
related to American history events. They will complete assignments and reflect on the topics
mentioned in these articles, as they will directly relate to what is being learned throughout the

8. Social Studies curriculum. The cost of Social Studies Weekly is $5. Please turn this in to your
homeroom teacher as soon as possible. Thank you!
Parent Portal-Infinite Campus
Parents and guardians have the ability to access their child’s grades via the internet and the
program Infinite Campus. Parents will receive a log-in and pass code that will allow them to view
only their child’s assignments and progress. Updated student grades will be entered in weekly. If
you have any questions regarding the Parent Portal, or if you need to obtain a username and pass
code, you may contact the program’s technicians at parent.portal@fayette.kyschools.us.

9. Conferences:
It is critical that we work as a team in order to ensure the success of your child! Therefore, we
will be having a minimum of two conferences with parents. Please be on the lookout! By the end
of September we will send home a sheet of available dates for conferences. Follow the directions
to schedule a conference to discuss your child’s progress. We will be contacting you again in
Feb/March for Spring conferences. Any other conferences can be scheduled upon the parent’s or
teacher’s request.
Attendance:

10. • It is critical your child be present every day possible. Daily activities will include many
hands-on, partner/group activities, and demonstrations. Due to all of the content that
needs to be taught to the students, we do not want them to get behind.
• Please read the attendance policy included in the informational folder to find out what
constitutes an appropriate absence from school.
• If your child must miss school, please send a note explaining the absence(s) within three
days of the absence or the absence will be considered unexcused.

11. • According to FCPS policy, a student who has been absent has the same number of days
he/she missed to complete and return the homework and classwork to school.
• Upon arriving back to school from an absence, students are required to check with the
Homework/Classwork Calendar in each class to record the assignments they missed as
well as pick up any papers correlating with assignments from the bins below the calendars.
Transportation:

12. According to FCPS policy:
• Each student must have a current year “transportation form” filed in the office.
• Include anyone who may help transport your child from school. Students will NOT be
allowed to leave school grounds with individuals not listed on the form.
• Students will receive an I.D. tag, which will be kept on his/her backpack that will allow us
to know how they are getting home each day. The tags MUST remain on the child’s
backpack for the duration of the school year.

13. • For car riders: The tag must match the tag on the car that is picking the student up from
school. The corresponding car window tag must ALWAYS be visible in the car when
picking up your child.
• Visit the table in the cafeteria tonight to pick up your child’s car tag (You can request more
than one if there are multiple people who may be picking up your child).
• If there is any day that your child is going home a different way than usual, we MUST have
a written note to verify the transportation change. Per FCPS policy, we absolutely
CANNOT allow your child to leave the school without this information in writing.

14. Volunteer Certification:
• To volunteer in the classroom, chaperone field trips, or volunteer with our Rewards Store,
you must be Volunteer Certified. You must get recertified every 4 years.
• Please contact the front office for details regarding trainings and other volunteer
opportunities. The P.T.A. would be glad to hear from you!
Behavior Management System:

15. CHAMPs
At Dixie we have high expectations for our students, including in the areas of character and
behavior. We use the school-wide behavior system known as CHAMPs. With this effective
system, students are set up to succeed because they know exactly what is expected of them from
each activity throughout the day. During the first few days we will explicitly teach CHAMPs for
each and every activity throughout the day.

16. C- Conversation (Am I allowed to talk and at what voice level?)
H-Help (How do I get help if I need it?)
A-Activity (What am I expected to do?)
M-Movement (How can I move? Can I get out of my seat?)
P-Participation (What behaviors show I am participating
appropriately?)
Rules at Dixie
D Dixie students come prepared.

17. R Respect people and property.
U Use appropriate voice level.
L Listen and follow directions.
E Exercise self and stay in bounds.
S Stay on task.
Stickers
We use a sticker system as one way to reinforce behavior. Each teacher has a sticker chart on a
bulletin board. Each student starts each month with 20 stickers (Each sticker is worth $1.00.)

18. These stickers will be taken down when a student chooses to break a rule. (Please see list below
for more clarification.)
If they choose to misbehave, stickers are pulled down from the chart, resulting in money, which
could have been spent at the store, lost:
1 sticker pulled warning, 2 sticker pulledthink time form, 3 sticker pulledin complex
st nd rd
removal from classroom, 4 sticker pulled out complex removal from classroom, 5 sticker
th th
pulled office referral

19. Students can also earn stickers throughout the day for various monetary values when
appropriate behavior is displayed! A page will be kept in each student’s binder to keep these
stickers. The amount earned will be added to the amount of stickers retained on the sticker chart
to be spent at the Sticker Store!
Rewards Store

20. At the end of each month, students will be able to spend money at our complex store. Students
have earned money by earning stickers, or by not pulling stickers from the chart. This is also an
excellent monthly lesson in the area of economics because students’ money is deposited in
his/her account. They have a check register to keep track of the money they spend. They also
have to write checks when purchasing an item.
Help the Store

21. We need your help! Please consider donating items to our complex store. Games, toys, or
anything else that would be appropriate for a fifth grader to “buy” would be GREATLY
appreciated! Rewarding students for their excellence is very important, and we cannot do it
without your help! Thank you in advance!
We also welcome parents who are volunteer certified and interested in helping us work the
complex store. Please notify your child’s homeroom teacher if you would be interested in
helping.

22. Informational Folder:
Tonight you will receive a folder with pertinent forms to fill out for your child’s year at Dixie.
Please turn these forms back to your child’s homeroom teacher tonight. If this is not possible,
please return them by the first day of school. We MUST have your child’s learning
compact and transportation forms TONIGHT! Thanks for your help!
Birthdays:

23. Since birthdays are special, you are more than welcome to send in a birthday treat for your
child’s class. However, per FCPS policy, any treats that you send in MUST be store-bought and
contain a nutrition label. We have to take extra precautions for students with food allergies.
Also, please refrain from bringing any birthday party invitations to school, unless an invitation is
being given to all students in the class. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you so much
for your understanding and your cooperation.

24. We are looking forward to a great year!! Thank you for collaborating with us to help your child
reach their fullest potential! Be sure to contact your child’s homeroom teacher if you have any
questions.