STUDENT HANDBOOK REVIEW

We will begin receiving students at 7:05am each day. Students should report to the dining hall upon arrival. Students who arrive after 7:30 should report directly to their first period classroom area. School dismisses at 2:10. Students should be picked up by 2:30pm. Students who remain on campus after 2:30pm will be escorted to a holding room until they are picked up.

Students who report to school after 7:35am are considered tardy. Students who miss more than half of the instructional day or period will be counted absent. Students who arrive to school after 7:35am should report to the front office located in Lineberry to receive an admit slip.

The receptionist will determine if the tardy is excused or unexcused. Teachers will enter unexcused tardies in Powerschools. All tardies are considered unexcused unless a note is presented per Policy Students who arrive on late buses will not be counted tardy and be allowed to enter classes. Students will be issued a late bus pass to present to their teachers and hall monitors.

SCHOOLWIDE EXPECTATIONS Every student has the right to learn and teachers have the right to teach! Follow directions and respond to a request. Be on time and be prepared to learn. Be in your designated area. Use appropriate and respectful language. Respect self, respect others, and respect school. STUDENT EXPECTATIONS Students will refrain from disrupting class to discuss why the warning has been issued. If the student wants to discuss the warning, he/she will wait until after class and ask the teacher to discuss the matter privately. Students will not challenge or confront the teacher about a warning. An administrator will be alerted and the student will be removed if the student challenges or confronts the teacher about a warning. Students who receive a third warning will be removed from class. STANDARD OF CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR  Be in class on time prepared to work.  Bring the needed materials to complete your work in the classroom.  Respect everyone’s right to learn, and the teacher’s right to instruct.  Respect all rights and property of others.

Lunch Detention LD In-School Detention ISD In-School Suspension ISS Out-of -School Suspension OSS DISCIPLINE CONTINUUM

TARDY CONSEQUENCES INFRACTIONTEACHER ACTIONADMINSTRATIVE ACTION 1 st TardyWarningNA 2 nd TardyWarningNA 3 rd TardyCall parent, and document the tardyNA 4 th TardyCall parent, then submit referral Administrative Intervention 5 th TardyCall parent, then submit referral Administrative Intervention

Students who receive lunch detention as a disciplinary consequence must eat lunch in the designated lunch detention area. Students should report directly to the designated lunch detention area in the cafeteria.

Students must be seated at designated tables at all times during the lunch period, unless you are waiting in the lunch line. It is your responsibility to clean your table and throw your trash in the trash can at the end of lunch. Food and beverages must be consumed in the dining hall. Food items will be confiscated if they are brought out of the dining hall.

Students should refrain from entering a serving line ahead of students already in line. Using another student’s lunch number is prohibited and will be treated as theft. STEALING FOOD WILL RESULT IN A SUSPENSION.

 Each teacher will be issued ONE personalized clipboard hall pass for students to use when they are excused from class.  Students should not leave the classroom without a hall pass.  Passes will NOT be issued during the first or last 10 minutes of class.

PROHIBITED ITEMS

. Clothing must be sized appropriately to fit the student. Clothes may not be too big or too small. Alterations to clothes are prohibited. Shirts and blouses must be tucked into bottoms. A plain, unembellished brown or black belt must be worn with pants and shorts and placed within belt loops on the waist of the pants. Any item worn underneath the shirt or blouse should not be visible. Students must remove outerwear (jackets, coats, hats, gloves, scarves, etc.) after entering the building. The official school uniform must be visible during the school day and must not be covered by unapproved outerwear.

. Non-religious headwear, hats, scarves, or bandanas are prohibited. Sunglasses may be worn inside the building only if medically prescribed. Students should not have distracting, ostentatious or unnatural hair colors. Hair accessories should be in school colors— blue, yellow, grey, white —ONLY. Students may not have disruptive graffiti on shoes, backpacks, or notebooks. Writing on the skin is strictly prohibited. Students representing WYWLA in any off-campus event are expected to be in uniform, unless directed by WYWLA administration, faculty and/or staff that a variation from the traditional uniform is required for the event. PE Uniforms: Middle school students must purchase a PE uniform from the WYWLA PTSA. Students must wear their PE uniform and appropriate athletic footwear to participate in PE activities. Failure to dress appropriately will result in decreases to the student’s participation grade, and ultimately the final course grade.

 Students with excessive absences, along with their parents, will be required to meet with staff members to develop an individualized attendance improvement plan before the student accumulates 10 absences.  Please monitor your attendance.

 As leaders, you are expected to conduct yourselves appropriately at all times. Please see an adult if you need to resolve a conflict with another students. Failure to exercise adult resources, will result in serious consequences.  If you engage in a verbal or physical altercation consequences could range from 3 to 10 days of suspension, with the possibility of long term suspension depending on the severity of the incident.

EVEN IF YOU DID NOT START IT, IF YOU ENGAGE IN A VERBAL OR PHYSICAL ALTERCATION, YOU WILL RECEIVE CONSEQUENCES.

The WYWLA Code of Honor is an affirmation of our commitment to a high standard of conduct inside and outside of the classroom. Students, staff, parents and the community will work together to provide a positive, safe and orderly learning environment.