iRead Testing: All second and third grade students in Indiana are required to take and pass the third grade reading test known as IREAD-3 prior to being promoted to 4^th grade. The dates of administration are determined by the state of Indiana and will be published on our website and through the MME newsletter.

Indiana Academic Standards: The Indiana Academic Standards serve as a guide for all instruction that takes place at Mayflower Mill Elementary School. The standards for each grade level and subject area can be found on the Indiana Department of Education’s website, located at: https://www.in.gov/doe/students/indiana-academic-standards/

Awards: The Tippecanoe School Corporation believes in academic success for all of its students.  To recognize the academic success of the TSC student body, each school will establish an Honor Roll.  Honor Roll recognition will take place at the conclusion of each nine-week grading period. Students with A's and B's will be recognized with the Honor Roll distinction.  Principal Awards and the M.M.E. award for the Most Marvelous Effort will be presented at each grade level.

Report Cards: Elementary Schools in the Tippecanoe School Corporation have four reporting periods lasting approximately 9 weeks.  Parents are encouraged to review grades throughout the 9 weeks to support student learning.  Report cards can be accessed through the PowerSchool Parent Portal on the TSC website.

Car Rider Morning Procedures

1. While in the Mayflower Mill parking lot, adults should remain in their cars.
2. When it is your turn to pull forward, please move all the way to the end of the sidewalk, or as far forward as possible to fill all spaces.
3. Students will go directly to their classroom.

Afternoon Procedures

1. All cars should have their child’s name plate clearly displayed in the front windshield. Failure to display your child’s pickup name plate may create a delay in your child getting to your vehicle quickly. If you do not have a name plate, you may be asked to show a picture ID.
2. Students will remain inside the school until the parent/guardian pulls up to the curb.
3. Please do not park and walk to the curb to get your child. This will cause an unsafe situation and disrupt the flow of vehicles.
4. When it is your turn to pull forward, please move all the way to the end of the curb or as far forward as possible to fill all spaces.

Walk Zone

Butler Meadows Subdivision and Mayflower Mill Subdivision are walking zones for Mayflower Mill Elementary School.  There is no bus transportation for these subdivisions.

Students residing in Butler Meadows Subdivision should cross 500 S at the designated crossing area/ Hawk Walk. Caregivers are responsible for ensuring that students walk on the sidewalk in the neighborhood safely.  Students should press the button and wait for the signal to tell them to cross.  A staff member will be present on the north side/MME side of 500 S to receive students.  At dismissal, a staff member will escort students to the north side/MME side of 500 S to ensure students can press the button and cross the street.  Students may ride a bike.  A bike rack is located on the southeast corner of the building.  Caregivers are responsible for bike locks.

Students residing in the Mayflower Mill Subdivision should remain on the west side of the MME/MHS access road in the morning, until a staff member arrives to escort them to the building.  In the afternoon, a staff member will escort students across the MME/MHS access road to the sidewalk at 3:25.

Bus Information

1.  Parents/guardians must notify teachers and the school office in writing if arrangements other than riding the bus home are made. Otherwise, the student will ride the school bus.

2. Students may not ride home with a friend on a different bus.  

3. To prepare a student to ride a bus and get to the bus stop on time, students should do the following:

a. Arrive at pick-up point before the bus arrives.
b. Wait their turn to load and unload.
c. Be seated promptly, and avoid blocking the aisle. No one is permitted to save seats. Assigned seats are to be occupied each day.d. Obtain permission from drivers to open and close windows.
e. Refrain from using loud, boisterous language.
f. Make other arrangements for transportation for large class projects, glass materials, or objects that obstruct the aisles, doors, or the view of the bus driver.
g. Remain seated until the bus has come to a full stop.

Parents/guardians and students are reminded that school bus transportation is a privilege. Failure to comply with the rules and regulations established by the TSC Transportation Department may result in the loss of this privilege.  For any bus-related concerns, the TSC Transportation Department should be your first point of contact at (765) 772-1700.

My Ride K-12 gives parents/guardians access to their own secure data for bus stop location, route, and pickup times. The software is connected to GPS equipment on our buses to provide families with access to estimated times of arrival and departure times for their buses.

Immunizations:

All minimum intervals and ages for each vaccination as specified per CDC guidelines must be met for a dose to be valid. When a student enrolls for the first time in a school corporation, a statement of the student's immunizations will be supplied to the school by a parent or guardian. This record must show that the student has received at least the minimum number of immunizations at the required intervals for the student's age. Students may not attend school until required immunizations are up to date. 

TSC Immunization Policy (Board Policy 5320): the full guidelines can be viewed at any time on the TSC webpage.

Exclusion Criteria:

Criteria that may be used to determine if a student may return to school include:

Fever free for at least 24 hours (since last temperature over 100°), without the use of fever reducing medication. Free of vomiting and diarrhea for 24 hours (after the last episode) of vomiting or diarrhea and able to tolerate his/her normal diet. If the illness is communicable and requires medication intervention, the student has been on the medication for 24 hours, or as directed by a licensed medical provider, before returning to school.

If a student is sent home for live head lice, the student may return to school after home treatment is complete and after being cleared by school personnel.

The student is able to participate in normal school activities without fatigue, pain, headache, fever, or relapse of symptoms. If a student will have restrictions related to PE and/or recess, a note from a licensed medical provider may be requested. The note should list the restrictions and anticipated duration of the restrictions (dates, number of days, etc). The school may request a note from a licensed medical provider verifying that the student is medically cleared to return to school.

In the event that a student is absent due to serious illness, hospitalization, accident or injury, or surgery, the note should include any restrictions, or changes in care, that the student may have upon return to school and the anticipated duration of those restrictions or changes.

It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to provide any necessary supplies, medication, or equipment that a student will need to use at school.

TSC Exclusion From School and/or Return to School is developed following TSC policy 5330: the full guidelines can be viewed at any time on the TSC webpage.

Student Medications:

All prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications must be FDA-approved and will be kept in the school health office. Your child may not carry any medication at school. All prescription and Over-The-Counter (OTC) medications must be in the original container with the current pharmacy or package, labeled correctly with the most current date, student’s name, dosage, frequency and match the current doctor’s orders on file with the health office. At no time will medications be transported by a student. Any change in prescription medication, dosage or time to be given must be in written form from the parent/guardian with an accompanying doctor’s order. Written permission with instructions from the parent/guardian are required for all prescription and OTC medications. Permission forms are available at your school's health office and can be found on the TSC Webpage under the Department tab labeled Health Services.

Emergency Medications
Your child may not carry any medication at school, with the exception of inhalers, diabetic supplies, and epinephrine (Epipen). These emergency medications may be carried only with written permission from your child's physician and from the parent/guardian. Students will keep emergency medications in the nurse’s office unless the school receives a physician’s note indicating the medication should be carried by the student. This physician's note will need to be updated and provided to the school annually. Students administering emergency medications outside of the nurse’s office will report to the nurse that the medication was administered.

Return of Medications to Parent/Guardian
Medications must be picked up in the health office by a parent, guardian, or designee who is at least 18 years old and with written permission from the parent/guardian. Medications (with the exception of emergency medications with permit to carry) CANNOT be sent to school or sent home with a student. Failure to comply with this may result in disciplinary action for your child.

Vision Screening:

Vision screenings are completed annually for all students enrolled in Kindergarten or 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 8th grades. Vision screenings may also be done for students who are referred due to possible vision concerns and for students who are new to the corporation. A Modified Clinical Technique (MCT) is a vision screening that is performed annually on Kindergarten or 1st grade students by an optometrist or ophthalmologist. If the screening indicates the need for follow-up or additional vision testing for a student, the school nurse will notify the parent/guardian by written referral. It is hoped that the parent/guardian will follow up with a provider for further evaluation and share the results with the school nurse for school medical records. If parents/guardians need assistance in finding a provider or resources for financial assistance, the school nurse may be contacted.  

Hearing Screening:

Hearing screenings are completed annually for all students enrolled in 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th grades, a student who has transferred into the school corporation, and a student who is suspected of having hearing problems. Parents/guardians will be notified by a referral letter if a concern is identified during the screening process. Further evaluation may be recommended and it is hoped that the parent/guardian will follow up with a provider and share the results with the speech clinician for school medical records. Any questions related to these screenings should be directed to the school nurse. Parents/guardians who do not wish to have this screening for their child should notify the school principal and school nurse, in writing, of their objection within the first 2 weeks of the school year on an annual basis.

Bullying & Cyberbullying Prevention and Response: The School Board is committed to providing a safe, positive, productive, and nurturing educational environment for all of its students. Bullying behavior toward a student, whether by other students, staff, or third parties is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated. The TSC provides training to school corporation employees and volunteers who have direct, ongoing contact with students. This training covers the corporation’s bullying prevention policy, plans and procedures.

Bullying as defined in State law means overt, unwanted, repeated acts or gestures, including verbal or written communications or images transmitted in any manner (including digitally or electronically), physical acts committed, aggression, or any other behaviors committed by a student or group of students against another student with the intent to harass, ridicule, humiliate, intimidate, or harm the other student and create for the targeted student an objectively hostile school environment that: 

• places the targeted student in reasonable fear of harm to the targeted student's person or property;
• has a substantially detrimental effect on the targeted student's physical or mental health;
• has the effect of substantially interfering with the targeted student's academic performance; or
• has the effect of substantially interfering with the targeted student's ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, and privileges provided by the school.

TSC Bullying Policy (Board Policy 5517.01): The full guidelines are available at any time on the TSC webpage.

Title IX: Tippecanoe School Corporation prohibits sexual harassment of and by students and employees.

Anti-Hazing: Hazing activities of any type are inconsistent with the educational process. All such activities are prohibited at any time in school facilities, on school property, and at any Corporation-sponsored event. Hazing shall be defined for purposes of this policy as performing any act or coercing another, including the victim, to perform any act of initiation into any class, group, or organization that causes or creates a risk of causing mental, emotional, or physical harm. Permission, consent, or assumption of risk by an individual subjected to hazing shall not lessen the prohibitions contained in this policy.

Administrators, faculty members, and other employees of the Corporation shall be alert particularly to possible situations, circumstances, or events which might include hazing. If hazing or planned hazing is discovered, the students involved shall be informed by the discoverer of the prohibitions contained in this policy and shall be ordered to end all hazing activities or planned activities immediately. All hazing incidents shall be reported immediately to the Superintendent. The Superintendent shall distribute this policy to all students and Corporation employees, and shall incorporate it into building, staff, and student handbooks. It shall also be the subject of discussion at employee staff meetings or in-service programs.

TSC Anti-Hazing Policy (Board Policy 5516): the full guidelines can be viewed at any time on the TSC webpage.

Seclusion & Restraint: A student will not be subject to seclusion or restraint unless the student's behavior poses an imminent risk of injury to the student or others.

Discipline:

At Mayflower Mill Elementary School, we work to create an environment that supports the orderly and efficient operation of the school. This environment is built through consideration of others, self-discipline, and respect. All students at Mayflower Mill  Elementary School are held to the TSC Student Rights, Rules, & Responsibilities.

• Conform to reasonable standards of socially acceptable behavior
• Respect the personal property of others
• Preserve the degree of order necessary to the educational program in which they are engaged
• Respect the rights of others
• Obey constituted authority
  
  Students who choose to break a rule at school or on the bus may serve consequences that include but are not limited to:
   
• Conference with the teacher, student services coordinator, or principal
• Parent Contact
• Loss of privileges
• Alternative work space
• Alternative to suspension program
• In-School suspension
• Out-of-school suspension
• Expulsion

Personal Communication Devices: Students are not permitted to have cell phones or personal electronics in their possession during instructional hours. All cell phones and personal electronics need to be placed and kept in the student's backpack. Devices are subject to confiscation by school personnel and returned to the student or the parent at the end of the school day.

Plagiarism & Academic Integrity: Plagiarism, as defined by the Random House Dictionary, is "to steal (the language, ideas, or thoughts) from (another) representing them as one's own original work". While no official penalties exist for plagiarism offenses, it is expected that classroom teachers would use such occasions as educational opportunities for all students. Students are required to rely on their own knowledge, skills, and district-approved resources when completing school work.

Responsible AI Use: To ensure the integrity of the educational process and to promote fair and equal opportunities for all students, unauthorized use of Artificial Intelligence ("Al") tools is strictly prohibited for the completion of school work. Teachers have the discretion to authorize students to use AI tools for research assistance, data analysis, language translation, writing assistance, and accessibility. In accordance with their teacher's direction, students are required to cite/identify work generated/created with the use of Al tools and explain/demonstrate how the Al tools were used in the creation of the work.

Digital Citizenship: Any student found using Al/NLP tools to generate, distribute, or engage in cyberbullying, harassment, hate speech, or other unethical or harmful conduct will be disciplined in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.