School Rules for a God Honoring Year

VACATION  ABSENCES: Parents, if you are taking students out of school for a family vacation, please write or email (email addresses are in the front of your directories.) a note of explanation to the school office and your student’s teacher at least one week prior to the absence.

LATEX BALLOONS and PETS are dangerous to our students with allergies; they are not allowed at school.

LEAVING EARLY FROM SCHOOL: When you pick up your child(ren) up before the end of the day, you must first come to the office to sign them out, and then the office will call them from their room. (Please do not tell your child(ren) to come wait in the office for you and do not go to their classroom to get them).

CELL PHONE NUMBERS: ACS will not give out cell phone numbers that are given to us on the emergency form. We use those numbers as contact only for emergencies. Please be sure to exchange cell phone numbers with your friends that you want to have those cell numbers.

TARDIES OR EARLY DISMISSALS, AND APPOINTMENTS: All students who arrive late or leave before the end of the school day must go to the office to sign in or out.  SCHOOL BEGINS 7:57 AM.  The first minutes of the day are important for devotions and announcements, and your child should not miss them.  Please send a note to the teacher the day before, if you plan on being late the next morning due to an appointment.

MESSAGE CARRIER: Each family with multiple children at ACS is asked to assign one child to be the “message carrier” for your family, so if you call with an emergency message or end of day schedule changes, the office needs to tell only one child and that child can relay the information to the other siblings. We ask that you call only with emergencies at the end of the day.

LEAVING PHONE MESSAGES: Please instruct/train your children to leave a message on your home phone and/or cell phone if they call home during the school day. We ask that you do not call the office and ask who called ~ if it is an emergency we will continue to call until we reach you.

MIDDLE SCHOOL HOMEWORK POLICY: If your child is absent, please work with another student to gather homework. Do not ask the office to gather homework for your child.  The teachers will send homework and books if you request it only if the absence has been longer than 3 days and is expected to continue for several more days. 

SCHOOL CLOSINGS OR DELAYS: If fog or weather conditions result in a two hour delay or closing being necessary, local TV and radio stations will list Ada Christian School. Since many of our students are bused by Forest Hills Public Schools, we close when they do during weather emergencies. If Lowell Public Schools close and Forest Hills Schools remain open, Ada Christian School will remain open, but the Ada Christian buses to Lowell will not run and those parents will need to bring their students in to school that day and pick up at the end of the day.