1)

Sources of operational funds:

*Yearly membership dues ($15 per family)
*Bake sale and book sale revenues

2)

Designated uses of funds:

Events sponsored by the parents association, gifts for graduating students, rewards for students advancing to next level of the Kanji Skills Test Series, awards given out at year-end ceremony, presents for teachers, supplies required by association office holders for their respective posts.

3)

Officers and Duties:

*Five executive Directors (A president and 4 vice-presidents) are elected by among C5, C6, C7, L300 and L400 class every year The term of the Executive directors of the Las Vegas Gakuen Parent Association is one year. The Executive directors who serve one time, they do not have an obligation to be the officers again.
*As deemd necessary, the following posts of officers are to be filled by way of election: bookkeeper, secretary, Sports day festival, Bake sale, Tanabata/Setsubun Festival, camera, librarian, rewards officer, supplies officer, kindergarten snack time assistant, class mothers.
(For the specific duties of each post, please refer to guide sheet “Office Holders’ Duties”)

4)

Meetings:

Held on first Saturday of each month or as required by circumstances. A genera meeting is held both at the beginning of the school year and one again at the end of the year.

5)

Help-Duty:

*From one to two times each trimester, association members must serve on a rotating basis as volunteer helper, carrying out tasks as specified on the “To Do List.”
*Any stand-ins for a helper must be arranged by person assigned to duty for that day, and such arrangements must be reported in advance to the help-duty scheduler. Failure to show up for help-duty will result in a $20 fine which will be paid to the individual taking assigned person’s place on short notice.
*The members of help duty team should be aware that their duty begins a week before the assigned date.
*The leader of the help duty team is responsible for having all the members of the help-duty team to take an item (from the list of supplies) home.

6)

The Meeting Room (a.k.a.) “Hospitality Room”:

*This is the room: where parents wait while classes are in session, where meetings are held, where association office holders conduct business, and where general fraternizing between association members can take place. (Those wishing to help pay for the coffee made available can contribute by paying 25 cents per cup.)
*Students are not generally permitted entry to this room without special reason; this includes students dismissed from class at the end of the day.
*If you happen to move any tables, chairs, books, etc., absolutely make certain that you put things back as you found them, particularly checking book numbers and returning them to the exact spot where they had been.

7)

Bulletin Board:

Approval authority for posting items on the bulletin board rests with the PTA resident and the vice-president. Upon obtaining approval, notices may be posted for a maximum of four weeks. Do not post advertisements without obtaining permission. (Ordinarily, permission to advertise is only granted to those having a relationship to Las Vegas Gakuen.)

8)

Drop offs and pick ups:

*For safety purposes, kindergarten, first grade and L100 students must be accompanied to and from their classroom by parents.
*Respect the designated times for picking up your child(ren). If for whatever reason you know that you will be more than 15 minutes late in coming to pick up your child, either call Las Vegas Gakuen’ office or arrange to have someone you know come and get your children. In case of the latter, the person coming in your stead assumes responsibility for your child(ren).

9)

Notices of absence, tardiness, early departure from school:

Obtain from the office the specific form for these occasions and, upon filling it out, deliver form to the student’s teacher. The same applies for long-term absences and absences while temporarily attending school in Japan.

10)

Additional Important Reminders:

*While waiting for the teacher to first arrive in the morning, please don’t take your eyes off your child and please try your very best to keep them from touching anything in the classrooms, in hallways, or otherwise on school grounds.
*Whether by individuals or by class as a whole, the giving of gifts to teachers is not permitted. The parent association presents teachers with gifts at the end of the school year.
*When a parent has a matter to discuss with teacher, conduct such discussions on a one-on-one basis.
*Avoid approaching or confronting teacher as a group.
*Adhere to the one-way traffic rule for the parking lot. (Entry is off Arville; exiting is onto Pennwood.) Do not park in areas designated as ‘NO PARKING’.
*When holding a conversation with someone in the hallways, keep voices low so as not to be disruptive to classes.
*Outside of school related activities, do not engage in profit-seeking activities at school.

11)

11) Rules parents are expected to have their children comply with

*Do not touch items posted on the school walls or other items belonging to Clark High School.
*Dress Code: Adhere to the dress code of the Clark County School District. Heelys are prohibited.
*Toys, etc.: The bringing of toys to school by students is prohibited(eg. ipod, superballs, tamagotchi’s, game cards, or any other small plaything).
*Students’ cell phones must be turned off during class.
*Food and beverages: With the exception of water, food and beverages are prohibited within the school. If a student must have something to eat or drink, during recess the student may eat or drink inside of a car under the supervision of a parent.
*During Recess:
1) No climbing on trees or poles. Don’t pick any leaves, fruits, cones, etc. from any of the trees. Don’t throw dirt at the school building. Don’t bring any leaves, fruit, etc. which you may have picked up, into the school.
2) Do not enter or exit the school through any door other than the main entrance doors.
3) Unless you have a specific reason to stay in class with your teacher during recess, exit the class and go outside.
4) Do not play in the restrooms.
*Party bags/Goody bags: These may not be passed out in the classroom (incl. on birthdays, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, etc)