Student Expectations The - PowerPoint Presentation

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Student Expectations

The

Atascocita

High School

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General

Introductions of Administrative Staff

Vision for AHS

Overall expectations for student behavior

Take Pride in this beautiful campus

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Dress Code

T-Shirts

No

shirts with

profanity, alcohol

, drugs,

weapons, nudity

or gang affiliation

.

Hair

Must be out of your face, we must be able to see your

eyes

No ‘

unnatural

’ hair color

Facial Hair

No

mustache, goatee or designs

If you need to shave, you will be sent to your

AP’s

office

and you will have

to shave here at school, with our razors and shaving cream

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Dress Code

Shorts/Skirts/Jeans/Dresses

The length of shorts or skirts must be no shorter than 3.5 inches (length of ID card) above the top of the knee.

Sagging pants/shorts are not allowed. They must fit around your waist naturally or with a belt. If they are sagging, you will be sent to your AP and receive a

ziptie

to tie them

together.

Earrings

Boys may not wear

earrings or band-aides to cover them up

No

piercings other than in the ears are allowed (no nose rings)

Head Coverings

No

hats, caps, beanies

or bandanas

may be worn in the building at any time.

Hoodies may not be covering your head during the school day

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Dress Code

Pajama

Pants/Sleepwear

are not allowed

Shoes must be worn

Tattoos must be covered

Holes in

jeans:

No skin should be showing above the knee

U

ndergarments should

not

be visible at any time.

No sunglasses allowed in the building

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Dress CodeLadies!!!

Tank

Tops – straps must be 2 inches wide (width of ID card)

No spaghetti strap

shirts

No bra straps showing

No tube

tops

Midriff may not be exposed

Cleavage

Low cut shirts or any shirt that exposes your bare chest or cleavage will not be

allowed

ABSOLUTELY NO SHORT NIKE/SOFFE

SHORTS during school hours.

Any short you wear must be 3.5 inches (ID Card length) from the top of the

knee

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Dress Code

Dress Code Violation Consequences

1

st

offense = verbal warning

2

nd

offense = Saturday class

Offenses after this will be considered insubordination and may result in

ISS

In

all

cases

of dress code violation you

will be asked to change, call home for extra

clothes

.

If the violation cannot be corrected, you will be sent to ISS or suspended off campus for the day.

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Tardies

Tardies

are cumulative (not per class)!

Tardies

start over each semester.

There are no warnings or free

tardies

.

Tardy Consequences

1

st

– 4

th

Tardy =

D-Hall

5

th

– 7

th

Tardy = Thursday or Saturday

Class

Excessive

Tardies

will be considered insubordination and may result in ISS.

Tardies

to 1

st

Period (2

nd

on Thursdays) may result in a student’s parking privileges being revoked.

When using the tardy pass, the tardy still counts toward your overall number of

tardies

.

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Electronic Devices

AHS has Green Zones and Red Zones.

Green Zones: Areas in which electronic devices are not restricted unless they are being used inappropriately (Hallways, Cafeteria, and Flex Areas)

Red Zones: No electronic devices are allowed to be in use. All classrooms are Red Zones unless you are given specific permission by the teacher. Red and Green Zone cards will be in use by the teachers in each classroom.

Appropriate and Inappropriate use of electronic devices

Only allowed one ear bud in at a time

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Technology: Inappropriate Use/Harassment and “Sexting”

Students are prohibited from possessing, sending, forwarding, posting, accessing or displaying electronic

messages that

are abusive, obscene, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, damaging to another student’s reputation

or illegal.

This prohibition also applies to conduct off school property, whether the equipment used to send

such messages

is district-owned or personally owned, if it results in a substantial disruption to the

educational environment.

Any person taking, disseminating, transferring, possessing, or sharing obscene, sexually

oriented, lewd

, or otherwise illegal images or other content, commonly referred to as “sexting,” are in violation of this

policy and

may, in certain instances be reported to law

enforcement.

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Technology: Inappropriate Use/Altering Records/Unauthorized Viewing

Do not give your log-in information out to anyone. Computer activity from your log-in is considered to be you.

Everything students do on a computer can be tracked.

Do

not download ANYTHING

Do not install

software

Computer

usage

violations will result

in consequences

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Lunch

Clean up after yourself

All trash should be picked up and thrown away before you

leave your table.

You will be

asked/told

to stay and clean if this isn’t done…you will not receive a pass if you are

late.

Behavior

Treat all workers and custodians with

respect

Lunch is in the

Cafeteria and back Patio ONLY

You may not spend your lunch time in the hallways, flex

area, etc. If you are found in these areas, you will be considered as out of designated area and assigned a consequence.

LUNCH ON THURSDAYS IS 4

th

PERIOD

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Unacceptable Behavior

Bullying and Harassment

Sexual Harassment/Comments/Gestures

PDA-

No smooching allowed.

Y

ou will receive an automatic Thurs/Sat Class

Behavior on Buses (everything on the bus is under video surveillance)

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Unexcused Absences

If you are absent and do not bring a note signed by your parent and give to the attendance office, the absence is recorded as an unexcused absence.

Students have

48 hours

after their return to school to bring an absence excuse note.

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Unexcused Absences

Unexcused absences, if not corrected within the 48 hour timeline, will

remain

an unexcused absence

.

On your 3

rd

unexcused absence, the District will issue a warning letter

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Truancy

Truancy is considered any absence without permission of parent or school

authority.

We run a daily unexcused absence/truancy report in each house.

Consequences

Thursday or Saturday Class

Multiple violations can result in ISS

You may not receive a grade higher than 70 for work you miss

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Attendance for Class credit

90% Rule: Students must be in attendance 90% of the days a class is offered in order to receive credit for the course.

If a student is absent 9 or more days per semester (excused and unexcused combined) they will lose credit for the class. Regardless of the grade earned in the class.

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Attendance for Class credit

Assistant Principals will monitor student’s attendance, and you will be notified of the required steps to regain credit

.

You will be required to complete 1 hour of seat time for each period you are absent after the 8

th

absence.

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College Days

Juniors and Seniors Only

2 College days each year

Must have a signed letter on college letterhead

Days do not roll over

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Exemption Policy

Grades

Must have a semester average of 80 or above

Attendance

May not have more than 3 absences

School related absences do not count against you

Behavior

No more than one Saturday class

No ISS

Limit

You may exempt 2 per semester

You may not exempt the same final

twice

EOC Courses are not allowed to exempt

Dual

Credit

You may exempt Lone Star finals based on these

guidelines

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Student parking

Parking permits are required to park on campus

If you need

a permit,

go to

Red House 1

Parking is First Come/First Serve

You may not park in front of the

school or back teacher lot

Reckless driving is not allowed

No loud music, speeding, donuts

etc

Your parking privileges will be revoked

Parking Violations

Can result in discipline and/or revocation of parking privileges.

Can also result in getting your car towed

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Lockers

Do not share

your combination

Anything found in your locker is considered YOUR property

Keep it clean

Throw trash away, don’t keep food in

the locker

We are not responsible for stolen items

Don’t go to your locker every period

PE

lockers- Do not leave your stuff out during PE

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ID Badges

ID badge must be worn at all times.

ID Badge must be kept on lanyard and worn in plain sight around the neck with picture facing out.

Students who lose, damage or deface their badge will be assessed a $5.00 replacement fee for badge and $2.00 for a replacement lanyard.

Students without ID badge will not be allowed to enter class and will be charged $2.00 for a temporary badge to be worn visible on the chest.

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ID Badges

If you forget your ID badge, you must get a temporary badge from a house secretary before entering class. If you are tardy because you had to get a temporary badge, then you will be assigned the appropriate consequence for the tardy.

Failure to get a temporary badge before school starts will result in a dress code violation.

Failure

to have your ID around your neck will result in an automatic

D-Hall.

The ID you wear must be a

2015-16

ID badge

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Fighting and profanity

Fighting will not be tolerated

Fighting is considered

striking first or striking back

1

st

fight =

Off campus suspension and 5

days of ISS

2

nd

fight =

Recommendation for

Long Term assignment at discipline

center

Humble ISD Police will be notified and citation may be issued.

Profanity

Any profanity used =

Thurs or Saturday

Class

May result in a citation

Any profanity directed at ANY staff member =

ISS or Long Term recommendation

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Tobacco and Vandalism

Tobacco

No tobacco

is allowed

on campus….even if you are

18. It is a violation of the Humble ISD code of conduct.

If you are below the age of 18, the police will be notified and a citation may be issued.

Vandalism

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Cheating

Letting another student copy work or copying someone else’s

Using materials during test when not

allowed

Having your phone or other electronic device out during a test

Consequences

0 for the assignment you cheated on

Thurs or Saturday

class

Ineligible for NHS

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Checking out and in

Bring a note to your House secretary with parent signature and phone number

We will call

to

verify

You

will get a

check

out pass

You MUST check

out through the attendance office

or you will be considered

TRUANT

Anytime you enter or leave the building during the school day, you must go through the attendance office.

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Early Release and end of school day

If you have early release, you must leave campus at the beginning of 7th period.

If you have late arrival, and are on campus prior to the bell to 2

nd

period, you are to report to the cafeteria.

Students who do not have official school business on campus must be off school grounds by

3:00pm.

The gates will close at 3:00pm each day.

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Nurse

Students are

not

allowed to carry around medications on their person.

All medications (prescriptions and non-prescription) must be registered through and kept in the nurse’s office.

You must have a pass from a teacher to enter the nurse’s office

.

Do not

contact

your parents from your cell phone if you are

sick…ask for a pass from your teacher and use

the nurse’s

phone.

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D-Halls and Thurs/sat class

D-Hall- Meet outside the cafeteria

Monday 3:00 - 3:45

Tuesday 3:00 - 3:45

Wednesday 6:30-7:15

Wednesday 3:00- 3:45

Failure to attend a D-Hall will result in an automatic Thurs/Sat class, NO EXCEPTIONS

Thursday and Saturday

Class

Thursday: 3:00 – 6:00pm Meet in Blue LGI

Saturday: 8:00-11:00am Meet at Front of School

Failure to attend Thurs/Sat Class will result in an ISS placement.

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D-Halls and Thurs/sat class

EXPECTATIONS

Students must have an ID to enter a D-Hall or Thurs/Sat class

Students must arrive on time to be admitted

You

must bring something to work on or read (No

magazines)

Disruptive behavior

and

sleeping

will result in

dismissal, and no credit for attendance

All school

rules apply

No electronic devices allowed