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FREQUENTLY ASKED GRAPEVINE QUESTIONS A-Z

A

Acceleration/Enrichment

Administrators

Advanced Placement

Air Conditioning/Heating

AIS

AM/PM Kindergarten

Appropriate Dress

Aquatic Center

Athletics

Attendance

B

Backpacks

Board of Education

Booster Clubs

Boundaries (school/district)

Budget

Buildings and facilitates

Building security

Buses

Bus drivers and aides

Bus seating and seat belts

Bus stops and routes

Buses- Late Runs

Buses- Field trip

C

Calculators

CEIP

Cheerleading

Citizenship Passes (juniors)

Class Rank

Class Sizes

Class Schedule

Clubs MS/HS

Coaches

Cold Days

College Board (AP/SAT/PSAT)

Colorguard

Communications

Conferences (parent)

Counseling Center

Crew

Critical Inquiry

Cutting School

Cursive Writing

D

Dance Team

Dental requirements for school

Donations

Driver's Education

E

Early graduation

EDK-Extended Day Kindergarten

Electronic Devices (personal)

Elementary General Policy Questions

Employee/Employment

Enrichment/Acceleration

Extra-curricular Activities

F

Fields and Grounds

Field Trip

Field Trip Buses

Fire Drills/alarms

First Robotics

Flags

Food Service

Freedom of Information

Full-day Kindergarten

Fundraising

G

Graduation

Graduation Requirements

Grade Point Average (GPA)

Grading

Gr. 3-8 Testing

Grapevine

Graphing Calculators

H

H1N1

Heat/Hot Days

Heating/Air Conditioning

Health and Wellness

Healthy Snacks

Health Education

High School General Policy Questions

Holiday/Break Schedule

Homework

Honor Roll/Achievement Lists

I

IDs - School identifications

Internet Security/Filters/Technology

Intramurals

J

Junior Autobiography

K

Kindergarten

Kindergarten Screening

L

Late Run Buses

Lice

Languages other than English (LOTE)

Lunch

M

Mascot

Middle School Awards

Middle School Clubs

Middle School Dances

Middle School General Policy Questions

Modified sports (7th/8th grade)

Moving Up Ceremonies (Gr. 8)

N

National Honor Society

NCBI

New York State Testing

Non-instructional Employees

NYSPHSAA Rules (athletics)

Nurses/nursing

O

Open House

P

Parent Conferences

Parent Portal

Parents working in school

Parking - HS students

Parking/Roadways

PayPams

Permanent Record

Physical Education

Physical requirements for school

Pledge of Allegiance

Pool

PSAT

Proms and dances - High School

Q

QUEST

R

Recess

Regents Classes/Diploma

Regents Exams

Report Cards

Roadways/Parking

S

SAT

School Supplies

Security

Senior Privileges

Senior Skip Day

Senior Pranks

Shen Pen

Shen Summer Adventures

Siblings in same class

Ski Club

Snow Days

Special Education

Sports Fans/Game Attendance

Sports Tryouts

Sports Teams

Sports Uniforms/Equipment

Sports Booster Clubs

Stolen items

Student Portal

Student searches

Substitutes

Summer School

Summer Programs

Swim Instruction

T

Taxes

Teachers

Teacher assignment

Team assignment at Middle School

Technology/Internet Security/Filters

Tutoring

U

 

V

Vising Teachers/Schools

W

Website

Weighted grades (high school)

Working Papers

X

 

Y

Yearbook

Z