PARENT / STUDENT HANDBOOK

Annunciation Catholic Academy
593 Jamestown Blvd.
Altamonte Springs, FL 32714
(407)774-2801

Dr. Margaret E. Curran
Principal

2010-2011 Parent / Student Handbook

Parent and Student Consent Forms

Dear Parents:

Over the years, the Diocese of Orlando and the Office of Schools have taken steps to ensure the safety of your children. We continually review the measures we have in place to protect your children, and we oftentimes ask for your support in implementing new measures and procedures designed to make our schools a safe haven for your children.

To this end, we hope you will share the following with your children to help us ensure that wrongful conduct does not occur in our schools. The intent of this letter is not to alarm you, but rather to help all of us understand the limits of proper conduct we expect in our schools. While we hope never to have these problems in our schools, we want it clearly understood that the Diocese does not condone or authorize its employees, volunteers, coaches, or students to engage in any of the following activities:

 • Threatening or causing personal harm or injury

 • Threatening or causing damage to school or Diocesan property

 • Providing medical advice

 • Conducting physical examinations of or providing shots to students (other than school-sponsored or sanctioned exams for scoliosis, vision, hearing, athletic fitness, diabetic treatments, or other medical treatments, all of which require written permission from a parent or guardian)

 • Administering drugs, including any over the counter medication, in the absence of express written permission from a parent or guardian per Diocesan policy

 • Providing massages or other physical therapy

 • Taking blood samples or performing any other medical procedure

 • Examining the genitalia of any student, for any reason

 • Touching an individual inappropriately

 • Smoking, or encouraging smoking, on school property

 • Asking a student to undress or observing a student while he or she is changing clothes at school or a sporting event, other than necessary supervision in a locker or approved changing area

• Denigrating or abusing any child, volunteer, or employee

 We also ask you, as parents, to help us identify these and any other inappropriate activities that take place in our schools. Please report them immediately to the Principal or the Office of Schools. Similarly, if your child observes or experiences these or similar activities, he or she should feel comfortable telling you, the Principal, or the Office of Schools. Our experience and that of experts, particularly in the area of school violence, is that tell-tale signs (e.g., severe mood changes, emotional outbursts or irrational conduct, fascination with guns or incidents of violence, indirect and direct threats) usually exist before the actual violent act occurs. Early intervention, therefore, is the key to avoiding a tragic situation. We cannot possibly identify all the improper conduct that might occur, but we ask you as parents to use your common sense and report anything that you believe is inappropriate. Your cooperation in enforcing these guidelines is greatly appreciated.

Working together, we can continue to provide your children a caring, loving environment, and the best Catholic education. Please call me if you have any questions or concerns about this letter.

 Sincerely yours in Christ,

Margaret E. Curran, Ed.D.
Principal