Tecumseh Elementary is one of three elementary schools in the Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District. We are a Pre-K through Grade 4 community of learners. Our dedicated teaching staff and support personnel strive to provide for each student’s individual needs. We support our district mission of an uncompromising commitment to excellence in preparing students to achieve and succeed, to respect themselves and others and to practice life-long learning in an ever-changing, richly diverse global society. We take responsibility for providing a challenging educational experience in a safe and nurturing environment. We dedicate ourselves to the academic, artistic, social, emotional and physical development of each student.
Arrival & Dismissal
School hours are as follows:
- 8:30 a.m. – Arrival (Do not drop off your child before 8:30. Supervision is not provided before 8:30.)
- 8:45 a.m. – School begins (Students are considered tardy after 8:45.)
- 3:15 p.m. – Student Pick-up (Pick-up is at the side entrance of the building. This is the south entrance of the building.) Please do not pick up student/s in the classroom.
- 3:20 p.m. – Bus dismissal
Reminders
- On days when school is delayed, arrival should be delayed for the corresponding amount of time. If you drop off your child, please do not enter the Bus Circle during arrival time. Please enter the Parking Lot.
- Whenever possible, please wait until 3:15 p.m. to pick up your child. Afternoon activities continue until 3:15 p.m.
- If your child needs to be picked up early, please send a note to your child’s teacher. If you need to pick up your child unexpectedly, please call the Main Office as soon as possible. During school hours, pick up your child in the Main Office. The school secretary will call the classroom and your child will meet you in the Main Office.
- If on a given day you wish to have your child ride a different bus, you must send a written note to the teacher. Otherwise, your child will be sent home on his/her own bus. All transportation changes must be in writing from the parent or guardian.
Attendance
Absence or late arrival
If your student is going to be absent or late, please call the school’s main office or nurse. A written excuse is required from caregivers for any student absence or tardiness.
The written note should be sent to school with the student on the day they come back to school and must have the following information:
- Student’s full name
- Date or dates of the absence or tardiness
- Reason(s) for the absence or tardiness
- Caregiver’s signature
Early dismissal
If a student needs to leave school early, a note from a caregiver with the reason for leaving must be sent to school the day the student needs to be dismissed early. Please ring the door buzzer when you arrive, and your student will be escorted to the door while you wait outside.
If a note was not sent in for an early pick up, the student’s caregiver will be let into the vestibule to sign out their student. The student will then be escorted to the door.
Attendance expectations
Every student is expected to attend class daily as required by New York state law. Daily attendance fosters both a continuity of learning and personal responsibility, which are both integral to the educational process. Active student participation is an essential part of the school curriculum. Students are required to attend classes every school day unless excused for a valid reason.
Acceptable reasons for absences and/or tardiness are (per district attendance policy):
- Personal illness or injury
- Death or emergency illness in the immediate family
- Religious observance
- Required court appearance
- Medical and dental appointments
- School-sponsored events
- College interviews and approved career development and academic counseling
- Late arriving bus
- Impassable roads or weather making travel unsafe
- School-based music lessons
- Any other reason as authorized at the discretion of the building principal
Please note that a family vacation is not a legal reason for an absence.