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MAIN SCHOOL CALENDAR
Our 2023-24 school year is in session from mid-August to mid-May. On school days, doors open at 8:15am with an 8:25am start time. School dismissal is 3pm. Half-days are typically 8:25am-12pm.
To import to your own personal calendar, click on the Google Calendar button on the bottom right.
ATHLETIC AND ACTIVITY CALENDAR
The calendar below includes all of our athletic and extracurricular activities. If you would like to view a specific sport schedule, click the buttons below, where you can also import to your own personal calendar by clicking on the Google Calendar button on the bottom right.
REPORT AN ABSENCE
Please report an absence prior to 8:30am anytime your student will be absent for any reason. All absence forms will remain confidential and only be seen by school office staff and the school nurse, as needed.
LUNCH MENU
FORMS
SPORTS MEDICAL ELIGIBILITY — Annually for all 4-12th grade athletes playing a team sport
CHILD HEALTH EXAM/PHYSICAL — Little Lions, Kindergarten, 6th, and 9th grades, and new students to Illinois.
DENTAL EXAM — Kindergarten, 2nd, 6th, and 9th grades, and new students to Illinois.
EYE EXAM — Kindergarten and new students to Illinois
MEDICAL AUTHORIZATION
RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION — For parents who would like their child exempt from vaccination recommendations because of religious beliefs.
SERVICE HOURS FOR STUDENTS — Annually for 7-12th grades; 7-8th: 10 hours, 9-12th: 20 hours.
SERVICE HOURS FOR FAMILIES — Annually for all families; 10 hours (not including 7-12th student hours)
COMMITMENT TO CHRISTIAN CHARACTER — Annually for all families; this is a commitment to relating in a God-honoring way with everyone in our school community.
SPIRIT WEAR
Spirit Wear is a great way to represent our school at events but also to the community as a whole. Our brand new SPIRIT WEAR STORE is open until 3pm on Wednesday, December 6th. Items are expected to arrive by December 20th so grab your Christmas gifts now! We are open to suggestions for additions as well so please reach out.
AFTER/BEFORE CARE (ABC)
We offer before and after school care (ABC) for all students, Little Lions through 8th grade. All policies and procedures can be found in the ABC Handbook.
ABC utilizes the Procare app for check in and check out as well as for billing. Fees need to be paid through the Procare app using a bank account or credit/debit card. If necessary, payment may be made by check or money order in the main office. You can download the Procare app on apple and android. Please contact Angela Martinek, Leader of ABC, with any questions.
SYCAMORE EDUCATION
Sycamore is our school management system where you can track your student's progress, grades and discipline records. If you need a Sycamore login, please contact frontoffice@unitydecatur.org. The easiest way to engage with Sycamore is to download the apple or android mobile app.
SCHOOL HANDBOOK
Our new SCHOOL HANDBOOK covers all of our policies and procedures including financial, academic, athletic and general school operations.
DROP OFF/PICK UP
7-12TH STUDENTS
Students should be dropped off and picked up by the high school entrance and exit out the back to Moundford Avenue. Parents may grant permission to have their 7th-12th student walk to pick up a younger LL-6th sibling(s) from their teacher by the K-8th entrance. They should then proceed to take them home or be picked up by high school entrance.
LITTLE LIONS-6TH STUDENTS
Little Lions will be picked up in the front circle drive by the Main Entrance at 2:55pm.
All students may be dropped off and picked up by the K-8th entrance. Parents should enter and exit via Mound Road. Parents may also walk their students into the building in the morning, and walk up to entrance area to pick up in the afternoon. If picking up after school in car line, parents should park off to the side of the lot until they see their student ready to be picked up. Students should only be picked up in car line if they are self-sufficient with getting safely buckled.
Parent/primary guardian must provide written authorization to the school to allow anyone other than parent or primary guardian to pick up their student(s).
REPORT BULLYING
Unity Christian School is committed to an environment of respect and dignity for its students and employees, an environment that is free from all forms of harassment and any other improper communication or action that implies one person is less valued than another (Ephesians 4:29; Proverbs 17:9).
We encourage anyone who has witnessed bullying to report it to a teacher, school leadership or through the form below. For the purposes of our school policy, bullying is defined as:
The repeated intimidation or emotional abuse of others by the infliction of harm to the person (or the person’s property), whether the harm is real or threatened, transmitted verbally, in writing, or electronically, either inside or outside of school.
