Parents

Welcome parents we encourage you to see the resources you have available.

Attention families: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires that a school with certain exceptions obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child’s education records. However, a school may disclose appropriately designated “directory information” without written consent, unless you have advised the school to the contrary in accordance with school district procedures. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow schools to include information from your child’s education records in certain school publications.

Parents who wish to opt their students out of directory information releases must complete an Opt-Out Form for each of their students, and must return each form to the school at which each student is enrolled by November 6, 2023.

Find more information, including the forms you need, please come to or call the school’s main office.

Class Dojo Management System for K-8

Grades K-8 will use Class Dojo to encourage positive behavior and track the progress of scholars using Blaine’s core values: service, courage, humility, originality, leadership, achievement, and reflection. Class Dojo is an online system that allows the teacher to award points that correspond to rules, routines, specific behaviors, learning habits and accomplishments both in and out of the classroom. Students will have access to their own profile to track their progress. Parents and families will also have an account where they can access their child’s progress and receive messages from the teacher. Daily/Weekly reports can be viewed at any time on the parent’s account. Reports will be sent home weekly to be signed and returned to the classroom teacher.

Parents are urged to leave their children in school for the entirety of the school day.  Medical and other appointments should be scheduled outside school hours and on school holidays, whenever possible.  If a child needs to be dismissed early, he/she should bring a note to his/her teacher stating the time and reason. Parents—or another authorized adult—must sign the child out in the school’s main office with photo ID.  If photo ID is not given, the student will not be released.

If you are sending someone else for your child, please remember that 1) the person you send must be an adult, 18 years or older; 2) must be listed on your child’s emergency contact form, and 3) must have photo identification.  Otherwise, we will not release your child.  Your adherence to this policy will protect your child as well as others.  Please remind your child that leaving the school unescorted before the end of the day is not permitted.

Blaine is about Relationships

Our Relationships First Mission

Blaine is about Relationships First. We strive and devote to creating a responsible and intelligent community of scholars. This includes helping students suffering in their personal and academic life. A happy student succeeds both in their grades and in life.

Tier 1: Community building circles & restorative Conversations

-SOCIAL Emotional Learning, Community building

– ”Private check-in” gets to the root cause, Absence of guilt,  shame, judgment, lecture

– Circles once or twice a week

Tier 2: Harm & Healing Circles

– Typically used by the care team in response to conflict and/or as an alternative to suspension

– Generates equitable agreements

– Emphasis on prep, deep listening, & equity of voice

– solving the root cause of the issues

Tier 3: Welcome circles/Circles of support & accountability (COSA)

-Welcome circles are used to transition students to a new community or to reintegrate students back
into the community

– Support plan and team around the student and guardians