Ideal School
Welcome letter
Welcome to the exciting new school year at Ideal School! We can’t wait to embark on this journey together, filled with endless opportunities for growth and discovery. This year, we envision you flourishing academically, socially, and emotionally. We aim to equip you with the skills and confidence to embrace the challenges and seize life’s opportunities. Let’s make it an unforgettable year!
This handbook outlines the significant policies and practices governing student life at Ideal School. Ideal School expects students and families to conform to the guidelines listed.
Our Vision Statement
All students will be empowered with the skills, knowledge, and cultural understanding to thrive in a rapidly evolving global economy.
Our Mission Statement
Ideal School will provide an engaging, student-centered, and research-driven learning experience, utilizing best practices in a two-way dual-language virtual environment. Our approach fosters academic excellence and bilingual proficiency across all core subject areas, preparing students to succeed in a dynamic, interconnected world.
Philosophy of Education
Ideal School’s Educational Approach
Ideal School believes that the key to fostering deep engagement and academic success lies in identifying and fully utilizing the unique talents of everyone in the educational community. From students and teachers to administrators, parents, and families, each individual brings valuable strengths that create an enriching, dynamic learning environment when collectively nurtured and celebrated. This approach empowers all community members to contribute to the educational journey and ensures that every student’s potential is realized.
Expected Student Outcomes
Social – encourage students to grow in relationships based on respect and recognition from their peers and teachers.
1. To build meaningful and positive relationships with their peers and teachers
2. To advocate for self through appropriate decision-making.
3. To use problem-solving and critical thinking.
4. To demonstrate teamwork and collaboration.
5. To develop practical communication skills.
Academic -To equip students for life and service through academic knowledge and the development of reasoned thought in the context of academics.
1. To relate the various subject matter areas with real-life experiences.
2. To develop creative skills.
3. To develop an appreciation of the core content areas.
4. To gain knowledge and skills required for future study or occupational competence.
Emotional – Encourage integrity and sound character in all circumstances.
1. To strengthen and reinforce the positive character development of each student.
2To apply themself to their work to fulfill their responsibilities.
3. To work independently and cooperatively.
4. To think for themselves and stand up for their convictions in adversity.
5. To learn good stewardship in caring for and maintaining personal and school property.
Admission Policies
Enrollment Requirements
Ideal School is open to anyone in kindergarten through twelfth grade interested in securing an education, whom the school finds qualified for admission, and who agrees (and whose parents agree) that he or she shall abide by Ideal School’s rules and expectations. It must always be understood that attendance at Ideal School is a privilege and not a right. Any student or parent who does not conform to the school’s standards of conduct and/or is unwilling to adjust to our environment must forfeit this privilege.
Ideal School seeks to provide an educational setting that best fulfills the prospective student’s needs as well as the needs of all students. For this reason, each prospective student will be considered individually. No prospective student shall be denied admission based on race, color, or national origin.
To aid in the determination or appropriateness of admission, the following must be completed or made available by the prospective student and the student’s parent(s)/guardians:
• Enrollment and application form with registration
• Language proficiency evaluation
• Past academic performance (if available)
The following are grounds for denial of admission or re-enrollment:
• Behavioral and disciplinary issues that are not reconcilable
• Special academic, emotional, and neurological development or medical needs that Ideal School cannot adequately meet
Admissions Procedure
Per Federal and State anti-discrimination laws and the Washington Educational Equity Act, Section 1000.05(2)(a), Ideal School will not discriminate against a student in its admission process based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, disability, or marital status.
We will take the following initial steps to begin every enrollment process:
• Determine the number of spaces available in each grade based on the capacity and the anticipated number of returning students.
• Conduct enrollment and registration processes.
Parents/guardians of students enrolling in the school will receive an enrollment package containing information about the school and forms necessary for registration. The enrollment package will include:
• Proof of age
• Contact information
• Authorization for Publication of Student Photo
• Transcript from previous school/institution
• Registration forms and any others required by the school
Preferences for Enrollment
1. Currently enrolled students
2. Siblings of currently enrolled students
3. Students who are the children of a member of the governing board of the school
4. Students who are the children of an employee of the school
5. Students who are the children of an active duty member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces
Grade Levels and Educational Programs
Elementary
At Ideal School, our students receive outstanding instruction from qualified teachers. We offer all the state-mandated content area courses, allowing maximum individual growth at all levels.
Middle and High School
Secondary students are classified in grades seven through twelfth. The Leader in Me program exposes students to state-mandated content area courses, electives, and leadership development, allowing maximum individual growth at all levels.
Grading Scale
Student grades are standards-based.
Exceeding (4 pts.) Meeting (3 pts.) Approaching (2 pts.) Beginning (1 pt.)
Report Cards and Progress Reports
After each block, a report card with summative assessment scores for your student will be generated. Final report cards will be posted to the student and the parents’ portal at the end of the year. If a student is failing or in danger of failing a subject during a grading period, the teacher will notify the parents before the end. Grades can also be checked electronically.
Grade Tracking System
Ideal School offers an online program to track student progress. Student grades can be observed online through your and your student’s portal. Each parent(s) and student is given a password to access their content.
Attendance Policies
Class Scheduling
All class schedules are formulated by our administrator and are determined by several factors, including the student’s residential location and the number of enrolled students within each school zone.
Attendance
Regular attendance is a critical component for success in school. When students are absent from school, it is crucial that proper arrangements are made for the absence and that responsibility is taken for appropriate reentry into school. Absences in the following categories will be handled as indicated:
Excused Absences
Absences are excused in the case of illness, funerals, or weddings of close relatives. These absences may be excused if the following procedures are followed.
1. Parents of students seeking permission to miss school for any reason are asked to contact the school office in advance. Requests for permission to miss school must come from the parents, not the student. In emergencies, a phone request will be considered.
2. The school office will give the student an excused absence form that each teacher must initial to facilitate communication about assignments for each class that is missed. The office may require some of the missed work to be completed before final permission is granted.
3. All work missed must be made up at the teacher’s directive. The student must take the initiative to complete missed work. The usual rule is that the student has two days for each day missed to make up work.
Prearranged Absences
Students and their parents should make every effort to give reasonable notice to the school office if they will be absent from school for reasons other than sickness. These absences fall under the following categories: 1. Family vacations that cannot be scheduled during regular breaks. 2. Church or government commitments. 3. Serious personal or family issues.
Students will be permitted to miss school for doctor and dentist appointments if a note from their parents is brought to the office before school on the day of the appointment.
Unexcused Absences
Ideal School reserves the right not to grant permission to miss school, mainly when a parent does not accompany the student or if a student is struggling academically. Absences for hunting, shopping, haircut appointments, “sleeping in,” or when proper arrangements have not been made in advance are unexcused. Any student absent for more than ten days or partial days in any one semester may be denied credit for the missed classes.
Tardiness
All students are expected to be on time for each class. Students arriving late for the following reasons, with parent contact, will not be counted as tardy:
1. Doctor or dental appointments that could not be scheduled otherwise.
Students who know they will be late to school for some unavoidable reason should have their parents call the school to give the reason.
Makeup Work
Teachers are to communicate their procedures for makeup work. All work missed must be made up at the teacher’s directive. The student must take the initiative to complete missed work. The usual rule is that the student has two days for each day missed for sickness (one day for vacations) to make up work.
Conduct and Discipline
Classroom Behavior
All students are expected to maintain high standards of moral and social conduct. Cheating, stealing, lying, other forms of dishonesty, blasphemy, obscene jokes, pornography, fighting, and the use of inappropriate reading materials will be considered serious offenses.
Ideal School believes that school life is vital to education. Students’ and faculty’s behavior during school hours must be appropriate. Students must participate in all classes, listen attentively to speakers, and avoid distracting behaviors.
Students should not leave the online campus during school hours without permission and must sign out at the office. The teacher is responsible for using preventive and corrective measures to ensure a high level of discipline within the classroom. Students are to conform to the rules and structure of the class.
1. The administration fully supports teachers’ additional rules governing their classes’ activities and considers them as necessary as the rules in this handbook.
The teacher is given the authority and responsibility for using preventive and corrective measures to maintain a high level of discipline within their classrooms. The teacher will report continued or unusual negative behavior or attitudes to the administrator, who will contact the student for counsel and correction.
Parents will be notified of the student’s attitudes or behavior as the situation or circumstances may warrant. They may be called for a conference to participate with the administrator or remedial action. The school must maintain the final authority to determine any action taken.
If discipline and counsel do not correct improper conduct or attitudes, the school may employ disciplinary actions up to expulsion.
Use of IT Resources and Internet Policies
Please remember that access to Ideal School IT resources is a privilege, not a right, and that access requires responsibility. Individual users of the school’s resources are responsible for their behavior, actions, and communications. The following rules have been established, and access to the school’s systems implies acceptance.
Students and parents must:
• Respect and protect the privacy of others
• Use only assigned accounts
• Not view, use, or copy passwords, data, or networks to which they are not authorized
• Not distribute private information about others or themselves
• Respect and protect the integrity, availability, and security of all electronic resources
• Observe all network security practices, as posted
• Report security risks or violations to the administrator
• Not destroy or damage data, networks, or other resources that do not belong to them without explicit permission of the owner
• Conserve, protect, and share these resources with other students and Internet users
• Respect and protect the intellectual property of others
• Not infringe upon copyright or intellectual property rights (no making of illegal copies of music, games, or movies
• Not plagiarize
• Respect and practice the principles of community
• Communicate only in ways that are kind and respectful
• Report threatening or discomforting materials to the administrator
• Not access, transmit, copy, or create material that violates the school’s code of conduct (such as pornographic images, or messages that are threatening, rude, discriminatory, or meant to harass)
• Not intentionally access, transmit, copy, or create illegal material (such as obscenity, stolen materials, or illegal copies of copyrighted works)
• Not use the resources to further other acts that are criminal or violate the school’s code of conduct
• Not send spam, chain letters, or other mass unsolicited mailings
• Not buy, sell, advertise, or conduct business unless approved as a school project.
Consequences for violation
Violations of these rules may result in disciplinary action, including the loss of privileges to use the school’s IT resources, up to expulsion from the school.
Volunteering and Communication
Parent Volunteers
We value your input! There will be opportunities to serve on parent committees throughout the school year.
Parent/School Communication Publications
Ideal School POST is a monthly announcement bulletin. It is only one source of communication between the school and families. The Ideal School POST newsletter is also available on our school website.
Parent-Teacher Conferences
A parent-teacher conference is scheduled every month. This gives the parents of each child a specific block of time to discuss the child’s progress and development with the teacher(s). Parents or teachers are encouraged to request special conferences anytime during the year. Please try to schedule appointments with teachers during their designated times.
General and Miscellaneous Information
Computers
Computer and Internet policies will govern their use.
Internet
Students may have access to the Internet for research purposes with teacher supervision and parental approval. However, students cannot use computers for email or social networking during class.
School Information
Ideal School Headquarters Hours:
Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time)
Mailing address:
Ideal School
801 Second Ave.
Seattle, Washington, USA 98104
Phone:
(888) 390-7044
Email:
For administration questions or concerns, [email protected]
For academic questions or concerns, [email protected]
For general information: [email protected]
Social Media:
Website: https://www.idealschool.education
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