Time Table

Parents should note that members of the domestic and ground staff assume duties from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. TRY TO AVOID BRINGING YOUR CHILD/WARD TO SCHOOL BEFORE 7:30 a.m. PUPILS SHOULD NOT BE WAITING FOR TRANSPORT AFTER 5:30 p.m. The school cannot accept responsibility for the safety of pupils before or after these hours.

Students who arrive early or await transportation after school hours should gather at the front of the school hall.

Fees

The termly Petty Fees of $15.00 should be paid at the Secretary-Treasurer's Office on the first day of the term, and NOT LATER THAN WEEK 4. Fees should be paid by 12 noon each day. To avoid the necessity for constant reminders or sanctions, parents are encouraged to pay $45.00 for the year at the beginning of
Term 1 in September.

Petty Fees cover only part of the costs of an individual pupil's stationery. Your child/ward may therefore be required to pay for unusually expensive items, e.g. Science Note Books.

Phone Calls

A pay telephone is available near the School Office. Pupils are NOT permitted to use the office phone. Pupils are not to leave class to use the phone.

School Badges

The school crest badge is available from the Secretary-Treasurer's office.
A Queen's College Tie Pin/Lapel Pine is also available from the office at a cost of $20.00.

Form Captain, Prefect and House Official badges are to be returned to the Deputy Principal at the end of the term of office. Pupils who lose school badges are expected to pay the cost of replacement.

Library

The school library is open daily from 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. It is stocked with a variety of books and magazines. Books may be borrowed for a two-week period, overnight or for the weekend and magazines may only be borrowed overnight. It should be noted that First Forms may not borrow books until they have had
their Library Orientation Sessions.

Money

Please avoid giving your child/ward large sums of money to bring to school. If this cannot be avoided, the money should be deposited in the School Office for sake keeping.

Valuables

The school cannot be responsible for the safety of items like cameras, expensive fountain pens, watches, tape recorders, calculators, etc, even when handed in for safekeeping or as ‘found' property.
If an item is lost the pupil should prepare a ‘notice' to be read at Assembly and hand it in to the Office.

It is the pupil's responsibility to check with the Office when items are lost.

Emergencies

In cases of accident or sudden serious illness, the school will try to contact parents if medical attention seems desirable. In such cases, we would advise you to be responsible for taking your child/ward to your family doctor. Should this prove impossible the school will arrange for your child/ward to be seen by him or to be taken to another doctor, or to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, if necessary.
If your child/war is epileptic, diabetic, asthmatic or is subject to some illness which should be carefully observed, or needs special handling, the school should be notified. The school should also be aware of students with allergies to aspirin preparations.

Medicines

No pupil may bring any medicines to school for his/her private use without an explanatory letter from the parent/guardian which must be submitted to the School Office.
Such medicines must be left at the School Office except in specially allowed circumstances.

Report Cards

Parents/Guardians should receive:
1. A report at the end of each term;
2. A record card once each term.

Report cards should be signed and returned to the pupil's Form Teacher within one week of issue.
Signed termly reports should be returned to the Form Teacher on the FIRST DAY OF EACH TERM.

Equipment

Each pupil must be supplied by parents/guardians with the following items:

	book bag
	rule
	geometry set
	bible (sold at the school)
	Pocket Oxford dictionary (sold at the school)
	Songs of Praise (sold at the school
	Philip's Certificate Atlas for the Caribbean (sold at the school)
	markers
	pencils & pens
	eraser
	gym bag

It is imperative that ALL items be clearly marked with the student's name and form.

Detentions

Detentions are held on Thursdays from 2:50 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in a designated classroom.
Detentions given on Thursday MUST be taken the following week. Only the Principal may excuse pupils from detention.

Illness

If your child/ward is feeling ill in the morning it would be advisable for him/her to stay at home, rather than spend the day in the sick room at school. In cases of illness where she/he is expected to be at home longer than a week, it would be appreciated if the form teacher was notified as soon as possible.
Guidelines for certain infectious diseases have been received from the Ministry of Education and are as follows:

ILLNESS EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL
Measles - 14 days after appearance of rash
German Measles - -7 days after appearance
Chicken Pox - 14 days after appearance
Mumps - 7 days after subsidence of swelling

A medical certificate is expected from a pupil on his/her return to school if he/she has been suffering from one of the communicable diseases listed in the 1969 Health Service Act or unless the Education Act requires it (see below). Included in this list are: Measles, German Measles, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, etc. Such cases require a doctor's certificate before readmission to school.
Please note also that the Education Act requires a medical certificate to be submitted to the Principal in cases where absences of a week or more involves illness of any kind.

Letters

LETTERS OF PERMISSION/EXCUSE
Letters from parents/guardians are to be addressed to the Principal, stating reasons, which are required to confirm and/or explain:

	absence of school
	inability to do homework through illness
	inability to wear the complete school uniform
To request permission for the child/ward:
	to go home to lunch
	to be excused from games or P.E. or other official school activities
	to bring medicines to school for therapeutic purposes
	to leave school during school hours
	to be exempted from Assembly on religious grounds
	to drive to school
	to give the required notice of one calendar month for removal of a pupil.

Please note that a pupil who forgets a letter explaining absence, may not attend classes until he/she has reported to the office and confirmation of this absence has been obtained from a parent/guardian by telephone. A letter will still be required on the following day.

The new Education Act requires parents to apply for a CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION from attendance at school for any period in excess of one week. A medical certificate is also required in cases of illness.

Letters to teachers or the Principal should be written on appropriate stationery and placed in a clean envelope.

Parent Teachers' Association

The Queen's College Parent Teacher Association (QCPTA) was founded over twenty years ago with the following objectives:

promote the welfare of children in the home, at school and in the community;
bring into closer relation the home and school, that parents and teachers may co-operate in the training of the child;
promote parent education; and
assist in bringing educators and the general public into united efforts which will secure fro every child, the highest advantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education.
Membership is open to all parents/guardians of children on the school roll and all teachers on the staff of QC. Meetings are held monthly during the school term and aspects of student/parent education and development are addressed.

The PTA contributes annually to the school's Benevolent Fund, donates prizes for academic and sports achievements and periodically purchases urgently needed equipment and machinery in support of school activities. Its main source of funds is the Annual Fair which is held at the end of the Easter Term. This year, the fair date is March 27.

Physical Education

	Netball
	Athletics
	Cricket
	Volleyball
	Table Tennis
	Lawn Tennis
	Basketball

Physical Education is COMPULSORY throughout the school. A doctor's certificate is required for a lengthy or permanent excuse, and a letter from a parent/guardian is required for a temporary excuse, even if it is for one day only.