Activities, Field Trips, Drugs and Weapons Policies CAFETERIA RULES MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADES 5-8
1. You must remain seated at all times. You may only leave your seat to return your tray or go to the restroom.
2. You may only converse with those students sitting at your table. Talking must be done in a voice that cannot be heard at the next table.
3. You may not leave the cafeteria for any reason unless you have permission to use the restroom and have signed out. Fifth and sixth grade students must use the breezeway restrooms and seventh and eighth grade students must use the locker room restrooms.
4. No passing or throwing any food items or paper products.
5. You are responsible for your own area. Any spills must be taken care of immediately. When you are finished eating, please make sure the table and floor in your area are spotless.
6. When the lights go out, it is a signal for total silence. You are to remain silent until prayers are said and you are dismissed.
7. When dismissed, there is to be no running or pushing ahead.
8. The monitor will check to make sure tables and floors are clean.
Snowballing
Throwing snowballs on the school grounds or on the way to and from school is forbidden. These regulations are necessary as a safety precaution. The parents must assume the responsibility for an injury sustained through such activities.
Gum Chewing
Gum chewing is forbidden at all times within the school building and grounds.
Sunshine Reports
A student who is “caught being or doing good” will be issued a yellow sunshine slip. After receiving two such slips, the parents/guardians will be notified.
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Students have the opportunity to be involved in various after school activities. These change each year as clubs, classes and sports are organized to meet the interests of the students at Immaculate Conception School. These activities are designed to promote cooperation and good sportsmanship among students, teachers, and parents.
If your child/children have be absent from school due to an illness or a case of head lice they are not permitted to participate/attend any extra curricular activities sponsored by the school until the school nurse or the child’s/children’s physician has permitted them to return to school.
The Dean of Discipline will distribute a form to each teacher every two (2) weeks. Each teacher will generate a list of students from his/her class who are ineligible for the two (2) week period based on, but not limited to, the criteria listed above. All extra-curricular activities scheduled for that week will be prohibited for all students on the ineligible list.
Middle school teachers and all teachers of specials, as well as coaches and advisors are permitted to contribute to the enforcement of this policy when determining a student’s ineligibility.
Having an excused absence merely means that make-up work is temporarily excused. However it is up to the individual teacher to determine if work is overdue, thus resulting in a lower grade, which might render a student ineligible.
Communication
Parents/guardians should confer with their child’s teacher when problems or questions arise that may cause worry or misunderstanding. A phone call or appointment can be made before 8:20 a.m. or after 3:00 p.m. at the school. Teachers, likewise, may call or arrange a conference. If the parent/guardian or teacher feels it is necessary, the principal will be present at the conference.
Our system of communication depends mainly on messages sent home via the students. Please return necessary forms promptly and impress upon your child his/her important role in this liaison.
FIELD TRIPS
Field trips are a privilege. Students CAN BE DENIED participation if they fail to meet academic or behavioral standards.
Students who fail to submit a proper permission form will not be allowed to participate in the field trip. A telephone call will not be accepted in lieu of a proper form.
Volunteer Drivers (when a bus is not utilized)
Volunteer drivers must be 21 years of age and hold a valid driver’s license. A Volunteer Driver Information Sheet and a current Certificate of Insurance, showing minimum liability coverage of $100,000.00, must be on file in the office prior to the date of the field trip.
All carloads are to follow the same route and planned itinerary. Field trips are limited to the students within the attending grade(s) and their chaperones.The participating classroom teachers will determine how many chaperones are needed, if any. Remember, this is a field trip for the students not the parents.
OVERNIGHT FIELD TRIP POLICY
The school reserves the right to send home, at the expense of the child/children’s parents/guardians, any/all students who break the law, go against school policy or become a discipline problem during any/all field trips.
DRUG/ALCOHOL POLICY
A student in possession of, in the use of, or under the influence of drugs or alcohol will be immediately taken to the office. An administrator and a witness will search the student, his/her locker, his/her desk and other possessions. Any substance found will be confiscated. Parents/guardians and the authorities will be notified immediately. A meeting between the parents/guardians, administrator and pastor will be arranged and an appropriate course of action will be determined. Course of action includes, but is not limited to, mandatory counseling, detention, suspension or expulsion.
WEAPONS POLICY
The Immaculate Conception School Board in conjunction with the Diocese of Erie Catholic Schools Office are concerned with the safety and welfare of pupils, employees and visitors on school property and at school sponsored events. To ensure this safety, dangerous weapons and replicas of weapons are forbidden on school premises. If a weapon(s) of any sort were found the principal would intervene to remove the weapon(s), discipline the pupil(s) and prosecute the individual(s) responsible for handling or possessing the weapon(s).
Weapons are defined as, but not limited to, knives, ice picks, clubs, any implement designed to throw to cause injury, explosives, arrows, darts, machetes, firearms, air guns, irritating or poisonous gasses, poison, manufactured or improvised ammunition, or other substances which could harm students, staff and visitors. The term “weapon” will include look-a-like or replica weapons which could harm or intimidate students, staff and visitors.
A written request to the principal will be required before any form of a weapon can be brought to school for a school related activity. The principal will respond with a written reply. The request and the response will be kept on file. The weapon will be brought to school by the parent, guardian or teacher and will be stored in the principal’s office until required. The parent/guardian or teacher must return at the end of the day to retrieve the weapon. Weapons under control of a law enforcement officer are permitted.
Any student, staff member or visitor who violates this policy shall be subject to appropriate disciplinary actions by school and civil authorities. Any student violating this policy may be suspended or expelled. The principal will handle violations on a case-by-case basis.
Amendments
The principal/pastor retains the right to amend the handbook for just cause and parents will be given prompt notification if changes are made.
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