Frequently Asked Questions

Please call our Attendance Line at (720)-972-5518 before 8:00 am to report an absence. All absences must be reported on the attendance line, even if you have already notified the teacher. This is a 24-hour number and you may call this number at any time to report an absence or tardy. Please leave a message with the following information:

• Name of Person Calling

• Relationship to Student

• Student's Name

• Date(s) of Absence 

• Teacher's Name

• Any Other Relevant Information

We encourage parents to communicate after school arrangements before dropping their students off at school.  Calling down to the classrooms is a disruption, however, emergency-only messages will be delivered at the end of the school day.

Download the Reachwell app to receive important updates from McElwain. Also, download the Campus Parent app to receive updates about your child’s attendance and grades. Contact the school if you have any other questions.

Parents may come to the front office and sign their student out.  Office staff will then call the classroom for the student.  It is McElwain's policy that we will not call a student to be dismissed until the parent arrives to sign them out.   Emergency contacts (or an adult other than a student’s parent) who arrive to pick up a student will be asked to show proper identification before the student will be called to be released.  Parents are asked to notify the office if an adult other than the parent will be picking up their student.

For all information about PEAK, please visit the MCE PEAK Page.

Superintendent Policy 5420 states that ALL medication is taken at school, both prescription and over-the-counter, must be authorized by both the child's doctor and parent. Prescription medication needs to be in the original pharmacy-labeled bottle. Over-the-counter medication needs to be in the original packaging. All medications must be provided by the parent, and the dosing instructions on the package must match the authorization from the doctor. Please fill out and return the completed form to the office. 

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In our ongoing efforts to provide the safest and most secure environment for our students, an additional security measure has been installed.

• ALL doors will be locked at all times from the outside.

• In order to enter the building, you will need to press the doorbell.

• An office member will release the doors, allowing access to the building.

• Once entering the building, ALL visitors must check-in at the office to obtain a visitor pass.

• Please remember to bring a government-issued ID in order to check-in at the office.

• Our doors will be unlocked for large student activities and family events, and sign-in sheets will be available in the main hallway.

For all online payments, visit https://www.payforit.net/.  You will need your students' ID number.  Please contact the office during regular business hours (M-F 7:30-3:00) if you require this information.

ApplyforLunch is an easy and convenient way for parents and guardians to submit applications for school meal benefits online. There is no fee for using the ApplyforLunch website to submit your application for benefits. This service is provided to you free of charge by your School District.

Entering your application online is quicker, easier, and more accurate than filling out a paper application. Our step-by-step process and guided help make applying for school meals simpler and easier to understand than ever before.

Adams 12 Nutrition Services understands that there are many students in our schools with special dietary needs.  Nutrition Services wants to make you aware of our Special Dietary Needs procedures.  

Adams 12 WILL:

• Make meal modifications (substitutions) prescribed by a licensed physician to accommodate a dietary disability based on a medical statement completed and signed by a licensed physician (doctor of medicine or osteopathy). 

• Make modifications (substitutions) for students as called for in their Section 504 or IEP plans. 

Adams 12 WILL NOT:

• Make meal modifications (substitutions) prescribed by a medical authority due to a food allergy/intolerance or other medical condition that does not rise to the level of a disability. 

In this case, Adams 12 Nutrition Services WILL provide nutrition information regarding ingredients in menu items specific to the student’s allergy or intolerance to help parents and students make appropriate meal choices.

• Make substitutions for fluid cow’s milk due to a food allergy or intolerance or for other reasons.

For a copy of our Special Dietary Needs Paperwork, Allergen information and Carbohydrate count, please visit the district's Special Dietary Needs webpage.

Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, elementary and middle schools (K-8), in Adams 12 School District will be “peanut cautious”.  “Peanut cautious” means that there will be no peanut-containing menu items served in those schools.  It does not mean that we are “peanut-free”.  Adams 12 Nutrition Services does not guarantee that all of our menu items for K-8 were produced in a facility that is 100% peanut and tree nut-free, some items may be processed in a plant that processes peanuts or tree nuts.