Students eight years old or older can ride their bikes to and from school. All bike riders must wear a helmet, and we ask that students carefully control their bicycles when traveling to and from school. Bike riders must walk their bikes across the crosswalks and while on the O.C. Johnson Campus. They must lock them in the bike rack area which is off limits to all students during school hours. We do not allow our students to ride rollerblades, skateboards, or scooters to school.

We strongly believe that regular and prompt attendance is extremely important to your child’s progress at school. We will consider your child tardy after 8:30 a.m. and after 10:00 a.m. we will consider him/her absent for a half-day. In case of a necessary absence, please notify the office by telephone during the first half hour of the morning, or prior to the beginning of school. It is a state requirement that parents or guardians notify the school of their child’s absence whether it is due to illness or family related situations. Our school secretaries will call the home if we don’t hear from the parents about an absence. Please help us to maintain your child’s safety by providing current phone numbers, addresses, and emergency phone numbers. We recommend that parents make the necessary arrangements concerning homework.

If your child should need to leave our school campus during the school day, please come to the office to check him/her out. When the student returns to school following the appointment, he/she must check back in at the office before returning to class.

No. O. C. Johnson students do not ride the bus on a regular basis.

At a minimal cost to the student, we will serve breakfast and lunch in our school cafeteria. Children whose family income insures eligibility may purchase reduced price and free meals. We will send home forms for determining this in the first week of school.

We welcome parents’ visits on campus or in the classrooms at any time. Please stop in at the front office to sign in and pick up a Visitor’s Name Tag. We will not allow unauthorized adults and student visitors on campus or in the classrooms. If you wish to observe a particular activity at school, please call the office in advance and we will be glad to arrange a date and time for your visit.

We invite and encourage parents to participate in the total educational program at O. C. Johnson Elementary School. We need volunteers and parents in the classroom to help facilitate learning and assist in programs throughout the school. Please contact your child’s teacher or the school office for more information.

In order to create and maintain the best learning environment for students we will not interrupt them during instructional times. We ask that you please make all necessary arrangements with your child concerning his or her homework assignments, permission slips, and/or books before school begins. If you must contact your child, you may leave a message with the school secretary and she will relay it to your child. We will limit phone calls to parents if a student has forgotten an item, and we will deny a student of the privilege if this becomes a habit.

We will schedule report card conferences during the school year. At these conferences, the teacher, parent, and student will discuss the student’s individual growth plan and progress. We will send reminders and post it on the school marquee so you know when these will take place. However, if you would like to meet with your child’s teacher any other time during the year to discuss a problem or a concern, please feel free to contact your child’s teacher.

Parents or legal guardians have the right to determine the student’s dress if it does not detract from the educational process and/or the health and safety of the student or others. Please see the Student Handbook to read more about our dress code. The following are the basic rules of appropriate dress for all of our students.

Please do not wear:

• Any clothing representing membership in a gang, advertising alcoholic beverages, drugs, depicting obscenities or symbols of sex, tobacco products and other questionable symbols.
• Half shirts or tops (above belt level or showing the midriff) halter tops, tube tops, spaghetti straps, muscle shirts, jersey tops without a T-shirt.
• Very short shorts and skirts.
• Mesh or lace clothing.
• Clothing that doesn’t fit the individual. For example, sagging (wearing pants slung low on the hips) or excessively oversized clothes. Pants must remain on the waist, with or without a belt, when the student raises his/her arms.
• Students should not expose their underwear at anytime.
• Bandannas or hair nets. Students may wear hats, baseball caps, and sunglasses outside the building if they wear them appropriately.
• Caps worn backwards or with symbols that relate to items listed above.
• Artificially colored hair (blue, green, purple, etc.).

Yes. The Lost and Found is located in the lobby. We ask that students take valuable items they find to the office. Please be sure to mark your child’s name on all apparel, lunch boxes, and other personal items he/she takes to school. The district or school will not replace lost, stolen, or damaged personal property.

O. C. Johnson Elementary School has the services of a trained, full time registered nurse. The nurse must be the one to administer all medications/pills, whether they are prescription or over-the-counter preparations. Please be sure to provide current phone numbers, addresses, and emergency information so that we can contact you immediately if your child becomes ill at school.

Arizona state law requires that all students be completely immunized before attending school. Please arrange with your family physician or the county health department before your child begins school. We will exclude students who do not have the proper immunizations from school in the event of an epidemic. Please be sure to complete the special forms, available in the health office, for an exception to the immunization requirement. Please see the district website for more information regarding immunizations.