St. Bernadette School
80 University Blvd East
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Tel: (301) 593-5611
Fax: (301) 593-9042

Hot lunch is offered on Wednesdays. See below for all the details.

 

Lunchroom Procedure

 

• All students will maintain silence in the hallway until they reach the lunchroom.
• Participating students, proceed directly to the stage area to pick up milk and straws, and then continue quietly to their seats.
• Non-participating students will proceed directly to their seats.
• Students will remain seated during lunch. Any student needing to get up will raise his/her hand for permission from the teacher on duty.
• On ice cream days, students will be called by tables to purchase ice cream.
• A chime and stop light will be used to indicate when students need to lower their voices or become silent.

  > 2 chimes for quiet with yellow light.

  > 3 chimes for silence with red light.

• At the end of the lunch period, students will be called by table to discard their trash, clean the table and floor around their spaces and stand behind their space waiting to be dismissed. This must be done in silence.
• Students will be called by tables to silently line-up.
• The recess monitor will meet these lines in the lunchroom and be escorted outside. This must be done in silence.

 

For consistency, all lunchroom monitors will follow this procedure.

 

All classrooms should have designated tables. Unless a problem arises, it is not necessary to assign student specific seats at the classroom table.

 

 

Procedure for Lunch in the Classrooms

 

First Lunch:

• Volunteers will bring milk to the classrooms and assist homeroom teacher with lunch duties.
• Teachers will supervise his/her homeroom.
• At the end of lunch, one volunteer will go outside with students (or stay inside to supervise recess in the event of inclement weather).
• The remaining volunteer will continue the duty inside for the next lunch.

 

Second Lunch:

• Volunteer will bring milk to the classrooms.
• Teachers will supervise his/her homeroom.
• At the end of lunch, a recess monitor will take the students outside (or stay inside to supervise recess in the event of inclement weather).
• The remaining volunteer will continue the duty inside for the next lunch.

 

Third Lunch:

• Volunteer will bring milk to the classrooms.
• Teachers will supervise his/her homeroom.
• At the end of lunch, the volunteer who had been distributing milk will return the milk to the cooler and go outside.
• A recess monitor will take the students outside (or stay inside to supervise recess in the event of inclement weather).

 

 

Procedure for Outdoor Recess

 

All parents reporting for Lunch Duty are asked to please take a moment to review these Outdoor Recess Guidelines.

 

Overview: Each school day two of the Lunch Duty parents are assigned recess duties. These two parents accompany Mrs. Emberson, as well as an additional staff member, outside to supervise the students during their recess period. Following each lunch period, there are recess periods for each grade level. The first recess period is grades 6–8; the second is grades 3–5; and the final recess period is grades K–2.

 

Recess Guidelines:

 

• Each parent will be assigned a specific area to monitor as well as an assigned location to ensure adequate supervision of the students.
• Parents are asked to refrain from conversations with other adults on duty in order to fully focus their attention on supervising the students.
• In the event of an injury to a student, parents are asked to notify Mrs. Emerson.
• All discipline issues should be brought to the immediate attention of Mrs. Emerson.
• The outdoor recess area includes the upper black top, field and playground.
• Only the students in grade K–5 may use the playground at recess.
• Children may not play on or behind the trailers at any time.
• Children may not play on the grassy area between the playground and lower parking lot.
• When the bell rings signaling the end of the recess period, parents are to help usher all children to the appropriate line-up area.
• Once the children have lined up, parents are to return to their original position for the next recess period.
• At the conclusion of the final recess period, parents are asked to stay in the line up area supervising the students until their homeroom teacher picks up the students.
• All childrent must remain on school property at all times.
• Parent volunteers should not contact other parents concerning issues with or between students. If you are concerned about a child or incident, please contact Mrs. Cantwell or Mrs. Natalicchio.

 

 

Procedure for Indoor Recess

 

Grades 6, 7, & 8:

• Recess Monitor will escort the students to the classrooms. All students should walk silently.
• There will be 3 monitors, including one volunteer, on duty. Each monitor is responsible for 2 classrooms, preferably across the hall from each other.
• Monitors will rotate back and forth between rooms.
• All students must stay in the classrooms.
• If someone needs to use the restroom, s/he must ask permission and may be sent one student at a time.
• Monitors should not leave until teachers have returned.
• All homeroom teachers must report back to their classrooms as soon as the bell rings.
• Once teachers have arrived monitors will report to the next lunch shift.

 

Grades 3, 4, & 5

• Recess Monitor will escort the students to the classrooms. All students should walk silently.
• There will be 3 monitors, including one volunteer, on duty. Each monitor is responsible for 2 classrooms, preferably across the hall from each other.
• Monitors will rotate back and forth between rooms.
• All students must stay in the classrooms.
• If someone needs to use the restroom, s/he must ask permission and may be sent one student at a time.
• Monitors should not leave until teachers have returned.
• All homeroom teachers must report back to their classrooms as soon as the bell rings.

 

Grades 1 &2:

• Paraeducators will escort the students to the classrooms. All students should walk silently.
• First grade paraeducators should supervise their own class.
• Volunteer monitors will supervise second grade, this includes the volunteer from the lunch room, except on Fridays, when the second grade paraeducator will supervise one class and the volunteer will supervise the other.
• All students must stay in the classrooms.
• If someone needs to use the restroom, s/he must ask permission and may be sent one student at a time.
• Monitors should not leave until teachers have returned.
• All homeroom teachers must report back to their classrooms as soon as the bell rings.

 

 

Hot Lunch Information

 

Friday will be the “Hot Lunch Day” at St. B’s with Domino’s Pizza being offered from September through May. You may order pizza lunches for your children. Pizza: Each slice of cheese pizza is $1.00. Please complete the form below and return to the school office in an envelope labeled "Pizza Fridays ".

 

Click here for the Pizza Order Form.

 

Here is a breakdown of Hot Lunch Fridays for 2008 - 2009:

 

September 2008	October 2008	November 2008	December 2008	January 2009
September 26 - Pizza	October 24 - Pizza	November 14 - Pizza	December 12 - Pizza	January 9 - Pizza
	October 31 - Pizza	November 21 - Pizza		January 23 - Pizza

February 2009	March 2009	April 2009	May 2009
February 27 - Pizza	March 6 - Pizza	April 3 - Pizza	May 8 - Pizza
	March 27 - Pizza	April 24 - Pizza	May 15 - Pizza
			May 29 - Pizza