The Community & The School
School Projects and Activities
School Codes and Rules
Accelerated Reader Program
What to do if.....
WAPR-TV
School Breakfast and Lunch
The Media Festival
Fulton County Schools Student Health Services
YMCA Prime Time Program
Goals of the Gifted Program
Enrollment Guidelines

The Community & The School

Grades: Pre-Kindergarten; Kindergarten
First - Fifth Grade
2008-09 Enrollment 575
Cluster Area: Westlake

A. Philip Randolph Elementary opened in 1989, bringing together students from the Sandtown, Cascade and Utoy Springs communities. Randolph is located in one of the fastest growing communities in southwest Fulton County and serves a combination of new and established neighborhoods.
With a long history of community involvement, parent volunteerism, and commitment to academic rigor, the school-community attracts the best and the brightest. The Westlake Cluster is made up of the following schools: A. Philip Randolph Elementary, Sandtown Middle, and Westlake High School.

Open communication and mutual support are the key elements in the education of our students. A. P. Randolph seeks to maintain an excellent relationship with parents and community members, and will always seek to expand and improve this aspect of our school.

There are several key groups which work to provide the communication networks for the school, and we encourage all of our parents to become involved actively with one or several of these organizations and/or committees.

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Title I Distinguished School

The Georgia Department of Education recently recognized 23 Fulton County schools with the "Distinguished Title I School" distinction.  A. Philip Randolph Elementary has been recognized for 10 consecutive years.

Title I is a federal program that provides additional finding to schools serving children in high poverty areas and who are most at risk for not meeting the state's performance standards, such as Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). AYP is a key piece of the No Child Left Behind Act and is a measure of a school's academic success and improvement.  To be named "distinguished," Title I schools must achieve AYP for a minimum of three consecutive years.

Schools achieving AYP for three consecutive years are awarded a Distinguished Recognition Certificate.  Those making AYP for  four or more consecutive years are eligible for monetary awards based on the degree of poverty within a school attendance zone, the number of consecutive years the school earns AYP, and the amount of available funds from the federal government.

Five Fulton schools received Distinguished Recognition certificates and 18 schools received awards ranging from $525 to $4,434.  The funds can be awarded as incentive pay to staff, used to purchase instructional supplies, or used for special school wide projects.

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School Codes and Rules

Behavior Code

At Randolph, we believe that in order to develop a positive school climate, a positive approach to discipline must be used. Students are responsible for their own behavior and academic success. Actions are owned by the individual students. They cannot blame the environment, parent (s) or peers for their behavior.

Each student will review information outlining the system-wide discipline program. Parents will receive a copy of the Fulton County Guidelines for Student Behavior at the beginning of each school year.

Bus Behavior

1. Bus behavior is an extension of behavior in the classroom.

2. Students must obey the rules:

Stay in your seat while the bus is in motion.

Speak in low voices.

Refrain from throwing objects.

Keep heads, hands and arms inside the bus.

Keep hands and feet to yourself.

3. A student is to ride only the bus to which he/she is assigned.

4. Students who fail to respond constructively and respectfully to the driver's instruction will be reported to an administrator.

5. The Principal or Assistant Principal is authorized to suspend or deny students transportation for misconduct on buses.

Cafeteria Behavior

The cafeteria is a wonderful place to eat, where good student manners enable all to enjoy a pleasant area to have lunch.

Menu of Manners

Remember to eat before you talk.
Talk quietly.
Sit at your assigned table.
Raise your hand if you need help.
Be respectful to the lunchroom monitors.
Clean up before leaving.
 

Telephone Usage

Children are permitted to use the school telephone ONLY in an emergency. Forgotten papers, instruments or school materials DO NOT constitute an emergency.

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School Insurance

Parents can purchase school insurance at the beginning of the school year. School insurance provides coverage for your child in the event they are injured at school or at a school-sponsored event. For the new insurance rates, call (404) 768-3600, Insurance Department.

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School Breakfast and Lunch

The School Food and Nutrition Program is designed to meet the food needs of students each day. Parents who bring their children to school must arrive by 7:30 a.m. in order to eat breakfast.

Student Prices
Breakfast .80¢ - Regular Price
Lunch $1.35  - Regular Price
Breakfast .30¢- Reduced Price
Lunch .40¢ - Reduced Price

Adults Prices
Breakfast $1.30
Lunch $2.40

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Health and Emergency

An emergency information card for each student will be kept on file in the school office. It will include emergency telephone numbers and special medical problems. For your child's safety at all times, please be sure that current telephone numbers and addresses (for you and/or other people to contact in an emergency) are available and updated in the office, as well as with your child's teacher. Send any changes of home or work telephone numbers to your child's teacher and the data clerk to be noted on your child's permanent records, registration and emergency cards. It is extremely important for us to be able to contact parents or the emergency contact person at home or work.

Medicine Taken At School

Randolph school personnel cannot be responsible for administering medication to students. A school employee, with written permission from the child's parent/guardian, may assist the child in taking medication. Prescription and over-the-counter medication must be maintained in the original container.

When sending medication to school, please be sure to send the medication form. These are available in the office. Over-the-counter medication permission forms require a parent's signature and directions for dosage. Prescription medication permission forms require a physician's signature also. The medicine will be kept in the office. Your child's teacher should be aware of all requests for administering medicine.

Parents/Visitors In The School

All visitors are to report to the school office immediately upon arrival to the school. Visitors should sign in and receive a pass to visit any part of the school, and the principal may grant permission at his discretion in accordance with school operations. If a parent would like to meet with a teacher they must make an appointment 24 hours in advance.

Persons whose presence is unauthorized in the school will be instructed to leave. Failure to comply by such persons will be reported to the Fulton County Police Department. REMEMBER, if you are in the building, please do not be offended if a member of the staff asks your identity or purpose for being in our school. It is impossible for all of us to know each other personally. If there is a question, the safety of our children takes priority over any other consideration.

*Click on the School Health Headlines Link:

School Health Headlines

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WHAT TO DO IF YOU......

Arrive at school before 7:45 a.m.:

If you get to school before 7:45 a.m., you should report promptly to the cafeteria. Otherwise, please report to your classroom.

Have been absent:

A student returning to school from an absence MUST bring a written explanation of the absence from a parent or guardian. The written explanation must include the date(s) of the absence. Give the note to your teachers. The only reasons that can be accepted as excused, are illness, death in family, religious holidays, or hazardous conditions.

Need to leave during the school day:

If you need to leave school early, bring a note from your parent or guardian. Give this note to your teacher. When it is time to leave school. Your parents must personally sign you out through the office. If you forget your note, you will be called when your parents arrive.

Miss the bus:

If you should miss the bus in the morning, your parents are responsible for bringing you to school. If you should miss your bus after school, you may use the telephone in the front office to call your parents.

Need to ride another bus:

If for any reason, you need to ride a bus other than your assigned one, you must bring a note from your parents. Have this note signed by the Principal or Assistant Principal. (Do not ask to leave class to have this note signed) Take care of this when you arrive.

Hear a fire alarm:

The fire alarm is a loud continuous buzzer. Classes should leave the building in a quiet, orderly, single-file line.

Lose or damage a textbook:

Textbooks are issued to students. Your teacher will record the number of each textbook issued to you. If you lose or damage a book, you will be required to pay for it.

Wonder if schools are closed:

Listen to a local radio station (WSB) or watch an Atlanta television station to get information concerning possible emergency school closings.

Are moving and need to withdraw from school:

Families leaving Randolph Elementary School district will need to contact the School Data Clerk, for procedures. All library books and textbooks should be returned to the school and any cafeteria charges should be cleared. School records will be forwarded to the new school upon their request. Please allow 24 hours for our staff to complete all withdrawal forms.

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Media Festival

The purpose of the Georgia Student Media Festival is to stimulate student interest and involvement in all types of media production. This is accomplished by providing an opportunity for students to show their work to an interested audience, to have the work critiqued by a panel of expert judges, and to be stimulated by the work of other students.

K-12 festival activities progress through four successive levels: local, system, district, and state. Entries must be evaluated at each level and receive a superior rating in order to proceed to the next level.

Students from Randolph Elementary School received International recognition at the International Media Festival 2002-2003 in Dallas, Texas.

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Accelerated Reader Program

Randolph is in its 11th year with the Accelerated Reader Program. This program is being used by K-5th grades. Accelerated Reader is a computerized learning information system designed to help motivate, monitor and manage student reading practice. Using AR involves three simple steps:

student selects a book.
student reads the book.
student takes a quiz on the book.
Randolph participates in Reading Renaissance which takes Accelerated Reader to deeper levels.

Time is devoted to reading books.
Each student reads at an appropriate level.
Teachers receive information from AR so they can monitor and guide each student's reading practice.
The formula for success for AR involves the following:

Reading Renaissance=TWI+LIS+RMS=MIMI

TWI stands for Reading To, Reading With and Reading Independently
LIS stands for Learning Information System, the computer software itself-Accelerated Reader-that monitors and manages student reading practice.
RMS stands for Reading, Motivation System, the techniques that encourage students to read.
MIMI stands for Motivate, Instruct, Monitor, and Intervene, and describes the teacher's role, which is essential to ensuring success for every student.
There are many incentives in place to encourage students to read:

Reading Celebration - Students who have successfully read 5 or more books during each reporting period are invited to participate in the reading celebration. This celebration involves storytelling, awards, door prizes and refreshments.
AR Store - Students are encouraged to shop at the Accelerated Reader Store once a month if they have accumulated 5 Accelerated Reader Points. Students use points instead of money to shop at the store.
Read To Succeed - Students receive a complimentary ticket to 6 Flags Over Georgia each year for reading 600 minutes during a certain time period.
Pizza Hut Book IT Program - Students receive a coupon monthly (Oct.-March) for a complimentary pan pizza for reaching their monthly reading goal.


Accelerated Reading Celebration

The Reading Celebration is held twice a year. Students celebrate their accomplishments in reading, by having read 30 books or more for the year or having achieved 10 points or more in the Accelerated Reading Program. Students are entertained by storytellers and each student receives a certificate for their excellence in Reading.

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WAPR-TV

WAPR-TV on the air (Closed-Circuit TV) School-wide WAPR broadcast is on every morning and is aired throughout the school. Students broadcast daily school news, sports and weather. This broadcast watched by 700+ students and staff is anchored by our students and totally student produced. All students contribute to WAPR-TV on the air and are involved in one or more aspects of multimedia production. Special guests, including our partners, are interviewed live on the air by our students.

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The Goals of the Randolph Gifted Program

The gifted program emphasizes the gifted student's need for interaction with intellectual peers. Emphasis on the individual highlights the fact that there are differences among gifted students and a need for specialized educational experiences to meet those needs. The Fulton County Learning Objectives are Directed Study/ Advanced Research, Creative Problem Solving, Advanced Communication Skills, and Higher Order Thinking. These goals are accomplished by enriching and expanding the general education social studies and science curriculum to identified gifted students in our TAG classroom. Randolph's TAG students are served most appropriately by adjusting the rate and depth of their learning; providing opportunities to interact with other gifted students in such programs as Saturday School and The Stock Market Game; and using a variety of appropriate teaching methods which address each of the seven recognized intelligences.

Web Links

Fulton County Supporters of the Gifted www.fultongifted.org
Georgia Association for Gifted Children www.gagc.org
National Association for Gifted Children www.nagc.org
National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children www.nfgcc.org
American Mensa www.us.mensa.org
Mensa in Georgia www.georgia.us.mensa.org

Parents and Teachers of Gifted Children

Hogaies Gifted Education Page

Links to gifted educational resources worldwide, subjects: academic acceleration, gifted learning disabled, highly gifted, underachievement, and lots more!
www.hogaiesgifted.org/featuring_gifted.htm


Parent to Parent of Georgia www.parenttoparentofga.org
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted www.sengifted.org
National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt.html


Georgia State University's Saturday School (Atlanta)

Saturday classes for gifted kids on a wide range of topics-

Pre-School, Elementary and Middle School levels
www.gsu.edu/~wwwsat

Student Health Services

Fulton County School District provides updated monthly news on health and safety tips. Click on the Student Health Services for more information.

Fulton County Schools Student Health Services

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School Projects and Activities

Book Fairs
School Musicals
Parent · Teacher Association

Local School Advisory Committee
Cultural Arts Programs
Multi Cultural / International Fair

Student Council SECME
Computer Captains

Drug Awareness Projects
Spelling Bee
Randolph Girls and Boys Basketball (Coached by parents)

Musical Instrument Instruction
600 Minute Reading Club
Friday Spirit Day

Student Plays Exceptional Children's Week
Community and Parent Volunteers

Black History Month Events
Field Day
Student Writing

Science Fair
Prime Time After School Program

4-H Club
Math Club
Geography Bee

Westlake High School Mentors
Extended Day Tutoring Program
Randolph Annual Fun Day
Student of the Month Breakfast

Accelerated Reader

Volunteer Appreciation Day
Career Week
Book It (PreK-Kindergarten)

Media Festival On-Site Staff Development
Saturday Academy                                                            The M.O.R.E. Group                                                        Randolph Players
Randolph Student Technology Organization
Fulton County Technology Fair

Spell Bee

Randolph Elementary School students are given the opportunity to exhibit their proficiency in the art of spelling. Students in fourth and fifth grades participate in the annual school Spelling Bee held in the Fall of each year. The school’s winner goes on to compete at the Fulton County’s Annual Spelling BEE in February. If a participant is successful at the school system level, then he/she will have the opportunity to advance to the district, state and national level spelling bees to receive the recognition they so richly deserve.

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Southwest YMCA Prime Time Program

Looking for a good after school program for you child? Check us Out.......

Mission Statement:

Your YMCA, reflecting it's Judeo-Christian heritage, is an association of volunteers, members and staff, open to and serving all, providing programs and services which develop spirit, mind and body.

Program Statement:

Prime Time provide high quality childcare at an affordable rate. Children in this program must be able to function in a group setting to enjoy fun, stimulating activities in a safe environment.

Affordable Fees:

The standard fee is $48.00 per week, however parents can apply for a sliding fee subsidy contingent on availability of slots and based on the following scale.

ANNUAL INCOME WEEKLY FEE
Under $20,000 $33.00
$20,001 - $25,000 $38.00
$25,001 - $30,000 $43.00
More than $30,000 $48.00

Financial assistance is based on need, we accept Peach and other childcare subsidies. There is a $25.00 registration fee for individual and $35.00 for a family. All fees must be paid one week in advance.

Safe and Fun Environment:

PRIME TIME provides children with opportunity to participate in a variety of activities which benefit them emotionally and physically while building lasting relationships The Southwest YMCA meets the needs of families by offering a quality program that you can count on.

Program Features:

Daily Nutritious Snacks, Homework Assistance, Recreation & Sports, Various Enrichment Activities, Trained Adult Supervision, Fun Camp* (for teacher planning days), and Holiday Camp* (planned events and trips on most scheduled holidays).

* An additional fee is required for these programs.

YMCA:

The Southwest YMCA is located at: 2220 Campbellton Rd, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30311. Our phone number is (404) 753-4169.

YMCA - A. Philip Randolph Elementary Staff

Ms. Treva - Coordinator
Ms. Tamara Pace - Site Director

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Enrollment Guidelines
Age requirements:

Pre-K - Child must be 4 years of age on or before September 1st.

Kindergarten - Child must be 5 years of age on or before September 1st.

First Grade - Child must be 6 years of age on or before September 1st.

Documents Needed:

Official State Birth Certificate with Raised Seal( No Xerox copies)

Georgia State Immunization Form (3032)

Georgia State Hearing, Vision & Dental Screening Form (3300)

Child’s Social Security Number ( Optional)

Proof of Residence (Utility Bill, Apartment Rental Agreement, Mortgage, or Property Deed, Car Registration, Pay Check Stub or bank statement) {Two Forms of Current Documentation}

Transfer Records if necessary

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