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CGMSC Student Expectations and Discipline

2014-2015

CGMSC Motto

“Champions Make Choices; Choices Make Champions”

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Attendance Expectations

• You are expected to be at school EVERY day!
• Parent must call ATTENDANCE HOTLINE to

report absences

• Notices will be sent home informing parents

about excessive absences and occurrences of “Lost Instructional Time”

• If absences or lost instructional time become a

problem, Johnson County Probation Office will be contacted

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Attendance Reminders

If you are absent from school, you cannot do the following:

• participate with your team in a meet/game

that evening;

• participate in school activities that evening

(ex. school dances);

• attend sporting events that evening.

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Lockers

• Do not tell others your combination.
• Do not open another student’s locker.
• You may decorate the inside door of your locker, as

long as it does not block the pull bar on your locker.

• If a locker jam is reported due to an item interfering

with the pull bar, the item(s) will be removed and you will have to take those items home.

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Locker Door Decorations

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• Decorations are allowed for:

– Day of birthday – School activity (in season)

• If you want to keep the decorations, take

them down before Friday. Custodians will clean lockers that evening.

• The following are not allowed:
• Double-sided Tape
• Packing Tape
• Adhesive Foam
• Contact Paper
• Instead, use the following:

– Masking Tape – Painter’s Tape

Please do not tape

• ver the metal pull

bar Please do not place heavy magnetic items

• n your locker door

near the pull bar

Examples

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Student Safety

• If you are being dropped off or picked up, this must be done at the

front entrance. You may only exit or enter a vehicle if it is along the green curb.

• Students can walk to the high school, walk home or walk to the

elementary school if they have parent permission AND a “walking note” on file in the front office.

• If a student does not have a current note on file, he or she may not

walk.

• Students are not allowed to walk to the high school in order to board

their middle school bus.

• If students are seen boarding their middle school bus at the HS,

disciplinary actions will occur.

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What happens if I make a poor choice?

Consequences for Misbehavior

Lower-level:

• Before School Detention (BSD)
• Lunch Detention
• 1 period of In-School Suspension (ISS)

Middle-level:

• Friday Evening School (FES)
• In-School Suspension (ISS)

High-level:

• Out of School Suspension (OSS)
• Expulsion

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Discipline Log

Hitting, Fighting, or Causing Injury

• Including “horseplay” which results in an injury
• Could result in an Out of School Suspension (OSS)
• Repeated offenses could result in a

recommendation for expulsion and referral to the police WE WILL MAINTAIN A SAFE SCHOOL FOR ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF!

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Possession of Illegal Items

• Tobacco, tobacco products, and/or alcohol
• Possession of drugs or look-alike drugs
• Weapons- including Swiss Army knives, pocket knives, etc.
• Making a bomb threat or false fire alarm report (such as pulling

a fire alarm)

• These behaviors could result in Out of School Suspension

(OSS) and a recommendation for Expulsion

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School Grounds/ Property

• Students are required to follow all school rules

whenever on school grounds.

• The school can enforce consequences when

students violate school rules.

• What are school grounds?

– School corporation property at any time – Athletic contests (home and away), bus stops, dances, on a school bus to/from a school event, any school sponsored activity

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Harassment and Bullying

• Do not physically or verbally threaten, harass, or

intimidate others – This is harassment

• Please report such behavior immediately to a

teacher, guidance counselor or school administrator

• This behavior could result in any of the following

consequences: conference/parent contact, In- School Suspension (ISS), Out of School Suspension (OSS), or recommendation for Expulsion

STUDENTS AND STAFF WILL BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AT ALL TIMES!

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Harassment

• While calling people names is not

appropriate…certain types of comments will be handled with more significant consequences. – Do not make comments about a person’s: race, religion, ethnicity, gender or physical appearance – All very serious and will be handled very seriously.

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Student Relationships

• The Guidance Counselors at our school (Ms.

Berger and Mr. Sager) work with students on how to resolve conflicts with each other without being in trouble.

• At CGMSC we try and work through harassment

issues with a guidance counselor before it is a discipline problem.

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Misbehavior Problems and Poor Choices

Dress Code Highlights

Pants and Shirts

• Pants must be worn at

waist, not dragging the floor

• No sleeveless or white

undershirt tank tops

• No holes in clothing

(wearing shorts or something else under the hole does not make it acceptable)

Dress Code Highlights

Other Highlights

• Hair of an unnatural color or that causes a

distraction is not allowed (ex. Hair in your face)

• Piercings anywhere except through the ear are

not allowed at school

• Sleepwear is not allowed (pajama

pants or slippers)

• No inappropriate messages or advertisements
• Cannot wear hats, caps, or bandanas

Dress Code Highlights

• No wallet chains, necklaces or

bracelets with spikes or inappropriate messages

• Backpacks and drawstring bags must

be kept in locker or left at home. They can’t be carried around school all day.

• Dress code is to be followed both at

school and at extracurricular activities

Dress Code Highlights

What happens if I don’t meet dress code?

• Sent to the Nurse’s Office and given

something to change into for the day.

• Cannot change into something that

you have in your locker

• We don’t call home for something else

to wear

• “Repeat Offenders” will receive

consequences from the Administration

• Starting tomorrow… we will start

documenting

• OFF and AWAY!
• Confiscated if seen or heard
• No additional warnings will be given
• 1st violation – Before School Detention (BSD)
• 2nd (or more) violations – Friday Evening School

(FES) and then In School Suspension (ISS)

Electronics Policy

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• E-Readers and Tablet devices are only to be used in

classrooms for school related purposes at appropriate times, and always at the teacher’s discretion.

• Misuse or abuse by using non-educational applications
• r the internet without permission from a staff member

may result in the total loss of privilege of using E- Readers and Tablet devices and/or disciplinary consequences.

• Phones of any type are not included under this policy

and are not allowed in any classroom during the school day.

Tablets & E-Readers

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F-word violations – Saying, writing, or gesturing - all treated the same – Friday Evening School (FES) then In-School Suspension (ISS) Other language violations: – D-slip and consequence – Consequences will grow in severity if repeated

Inappropriate Language

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• All assignments are to be the work of the

individual.

• If you cheat or allow someone else to cheat from

your work, you may both receive a zero on the assignment.

• You may also be considered for disciplinary

action.

Cheating Policy

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• Water is the only liquid allowed outside of the

cafeteria.

• Water may only be in a CLEAR container with a

lid.

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Water Bottles

• Success in school
• C.H.A.M.P. Cards (formerly known as

AAA)

• Yearbook party
• Respect of other students & adults

Making Good Choices Pays

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• School is your job!
• Dress and act appropriately!
• Respect all staff, students, and visitors!

Easy to remember guidelines for making good choices at MSC

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Let’s have a GREAT year!