WELCOME to Jefferson Morgan Middle/High School General Rules & Policies Introduction #1

Getting Around Our Bell Schedule Consists of 8, 40 minute, periods, with a Homeroom at the beginning of the day. Lunch is served during period 5. Students have 3 minute class changes. A variety of Alternative Bell Schedules are listed in your handbook.

Getting Around Students are to only enter building through the front entrance or bottom entrance. Homeroom begins at 7:32am. Students arriving to HR after 7:32am are tardy and must report to the HS Office for a pass. Morning Announcements are conducted via our building intercom. Pay attention so you don’t miss something. If you are late to Homeroom, you are considered late to school.

Cafeteria/Lunch Lunch is served during period 5. You have 3 minutes to get to café from your previous class or you are considered late. Students entering the café for lunch are to report directly to a table and be seated. A standard lunch costs $2.20, but many other choices and selections are available with a variety of costs.

Cafeteria Conduct Students will be dismissed from their table to serving line by café monitor for middle school. Students are NOT permitted to remove food or beverages from the café without a teachers permission/pass Students leaving the café during the lunch period, must have a pass and sign out.

Cafeteria Conduct Students are to dispose of trash and clear their table, and push in their chairs before leaving. Students are to follow all directives from the Cafeteria Monitors and Cafeteria staff. Students are to remain seated while in the cafe and conduct themselves appropriately.

Student Dress Code The following are inappropriate for school and NOT permitted: Short shorts or skirts (fingertip length when arms are extended at side) Shirts/ Tank Tops that show undergarments or are “low cut” or “exposing” Hats, hoods, bandanas, or head sweat-bands. (Hats are to be removed upon entering the building and placed in a locker.)

Student Dress Code The following are inappropriate for school and NOT permitted: Jewelry, clothing, or body art with suggestive, obscene, or vulgar wording or graphics or which advertises/promotes drugs, alcohol or tobacco products. Pants worn below the waist-line. Visible undergarments. Clothing with excessive holes, rips or tears.

Headphones Students are NOT permitted to wear any headphones in the hallways during the school day. Students may use their headphones in the morning before 7:30am, and in the cafeteria during their lunch Students may also use their headphones at teacher discretion in the classroom.

Cell Phones/Electronic Devices Students may appropriately use these devices when assigned to the café as part of their lunch schedule Or With their teacher’s permission, as part of the class or lesson.