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Addendum to Policy No. E.33

 

Ray Watkins Elementary School

 

STUDENT CONDUCT POLICY

SCHOOL GUIDELINE

Adopted:  97-03-10
Amended:  02-03-11

PHILOSOPHY
At Ray Watkins Elementary we believe that:

  • Each individual is responsible for his or her own behaviour

  • It is the responsibility of the school, in partnership with the home, to teach, model and reinforce appropriate behaviour

  • All behaviours have consequences

GOALS
At Ray Watkins Elementary School we will strive to:

  • Create a caring and safe environment for everyone in the school

  • Teach children to make wise choices in order to become healthy, contributing citizens.

  • Foster the growth of responsibility and respect for all people and property.

EXPECTATIONS
At Ray Watkins Elementary School students will:

  • Respect themselves, others and property.

  • Keep themselves, others and our environment safe. Be under the supervision of adults at all time.

CONSEQUENCES
Ray Watkins Elementary School can and will apply behavioural consequences at three interchangeable levels.

  • The classroom teachers and teacher assistants on the spot

  • The teachers, teacher assistants and principal working together

  • The school and the school board

  • The school district teachers, administration and school board

STUDENT CONDUCT
The students, teachers and staff of Ray Watkins Elementary School want the school to be a safe place for all students. With this in mind, students will be held responsible for their actions within the buildings and on the elementary school grounds. We will conduct ourselves within the laws of the land. In order to provide a safe place for all students, we will not tolerate:

BULLYING - ZERO TOLERANCE
Name calling, pushing, shoving, intimidating, persecuting, spitting, ostracizing, hurting

INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE
Vulgar language that is: improper for an elementary school - suggestive, indecent, crude
Profanity that is: foul language, swearing, defamation or obscene
Language that discriminates: age, sexual orientation, physical condition, gender, race, religion, colour or national origin.AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR
 Threatening others, antagonism, vandalism, hostility, assault or physical and verbal attack.

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
Play fighting or roughhousing, exchanging blows, fighting

DISRESPECTFUL, DISRUPTIVE OR DEFIANT BEHAVIOUR
Disrespect for peers, property or self, disrupting the learning environment of others, refusal to comply with reasonable requests, or defiance of adult authority

SUBSTANCE ABUSE - ZERO TOLERANCE
Abusing medications, smoking, sniffing, taking drugs, drinking alcohol


 RAY WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISCIPLINE PLAN

At Ray Watkins Elementary School, we have a graduated discipline plan. Our staff may refer students to the office if informal classroom discipline has not been successful or the teacher feels the student behaviour has been repetitious or warrants being handled by a school administrator.

STAGE ONE
This involves an interview with the principal where the cause of the difficulty is discussed with the student's.

The Principal may:

  •       Set up a plan to help the student deal with the problem

  •       Talk to the parents about the referral to the office

  •       Refer the student to our school counselor

  •       Refer student to community counseling services (community counselor requires a
             signed release by a legal parent or guardian prior to offering counseling services.)

STAGE TWO
Formal warning letter to parents and class of some privileges at school. (On Report). Students are accountable for their choices. If a student's behaviour contravenes the school code of conduct and stage one has not been successful or the actions of the student are harmful to themselves or other students, the principal may put a student "On Report".

While "On Report", the times the student can be at school are limited and some special privileges may be lost. The term of the "On Report" depends upon the severity of the violation and the attitude of the student.

The "On Report" status is reviewed at the end of the time period stated and may be continued. If a student is involved in a serious incident while "On Report", they may be moved to the next level. A copy of this letter is held in the student's file.

STAGE THREE - SUSPENSION
If the two previous stages have been unsuccessful or there have been repeated incidences, a student may be suspended. This can be an in-school or out-of-school suspension.  Under the School Board guidelines this can be up to ten school days. During a suspension, work will be provided to the student if the parents request work from their teacher.

More serious incidences are referred directly to the School Board of Trustees