• General Expectations

    • Be Respectful and Be Responsible

      1. We follow the PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) philosophy that values positive behavior systems and supports by promoting proactive and respectful approaches for all Spring Brook community members.
      2. We follow the CHAMPS classroom management system in which teachers develop a structure that assists students to be responsible and engaged in learning tasks and activities.
      3. We teach and reinforce anti-bullying processes and intervention strategies. In addition to classroom teachers, Spring Brook has staff members to assist students in understanding how to manage one’s own behavior and how to be a friend to others in need.

    Lunch Procedures

    1. Students who will be ordering lunch or milk will inform their teachers at the beginning of the day via the procedures established by each teacher. For younger students, please discuss the choices prior to coming to school.
    2. Students will wash hands either in their classrooms or in the community washroom in the hallway prior to lunch.
    3. Students will obtain their lunch card from the classroom if they are having a hot lunch and/or purchasing milk or will obtain their lunchbox if they brought lunch from home.
    4. Students exit the classroom together and proceed to the lunchroom.
    5. Students who brought their lunch from home and who do not need milk will enter the lunchroom from one door and will proceed to their designated table.
    6. Students who have purchased either a hot lunch and/or milk will proceed from a different door than what is stated above, will provide their tickets and cards to the lunchroom staff and will proceed through a cafeteria-style line to obtain lunch and/or milk. They will then proceed to their designated table.
    7.  After 15 minutes, the lunchroom staff will begin moving garbage cans throughout the lunchroom for students to discard trash. At 20 minutes, students will then be asked to quiet to a voice level of
    8. Students are dismissed according to table numbers.

    Recess Procedures

    1. Students will exit the lunchroom quietly and proceed to the playground. Lunch boxes will be placed on the line that is the same number as their table number. If the blacktop is wet, the lunchboxes will be placed in large bins designated with a number that corresponds to their table number.
    2. Recess is 15 minutes. Students are allowed to play on a majority of the playground if conditions are appropriate, i.e. baseball field may be off limits if it is muddy. Kindergarten students stay on the blacktop and woodchip area for the first semester.
    3. At approximately 14 minutes into recess, the supervisors will blow their whistles. Students stop what they are doing and proceed to their designated line number.
    4. Students wait at their line for their teachers to pick them up and return to the classrooms.