.... 5d. Soda and sugary fruit juices are mostly banned. BUT, in the interests of not getting all extremist, fizzy drinks like IZZE (fruit juice in carbonated water) are allowed now and then.
We love IZZE. Too bad Target here doesn't carry the Apple flavor, that's a favorite. I keep waiting for someone to think it's a soda in DSs lunch because of the can.
6. The lower grades get ample recess time (a.m., after lunch, and in the afternoon). The upper grades get an hour for lunch.
This is the first school DS has attended where there are two recesses - one in the morning and one after lunch - and they're not withheld as a punitive measure. The only way one misses a recess is if homework was not turned in that morning, which I guess could be argued that that child had 'recess' the day before instead of doing homework (barring parents not providing time for child to get it done). The child spends the recess time doing the homework and if they complete it, they get the rest of the allotted recess time. And the recesses are longer than 5 minutes....
