1.
Be prepared
for class.
2.
Listen to
others’ answers without prejudice.
3.
Be
respectful to others’ ideas.
4.
Strive to
produce your “Personal Best” at all times.
5.
Bring and
put to use your skills from one classroom to the next.
6.
Follow
directions the first time given.
7.
Use and
maintain your agenda.
THE OLYMPIAN DISCIPLINE POLICY
1.
RESPECT: yourself, your school, and other people’s property and rights.
2.
Keep hands, feet and objects to yourself.
3.
Use appropriate language.
4.
Do not disrupt the class.
5.
Follow ALL school rules.
In
addition to individual and group praise, students will be working towards
quarterly team rewards. A quarterly
celebration will occur if the team earns five hundred Olympic rings before the
quarter ends. The team will be
rewarded with rings for positive behavior we feel should be recognized, modeled,
practiced, and in time internalized by all team members.
These rings will be documented on a chart in one of the team classrooms.
The
first time a team rule is broken by a student within a class period, he/she will
receive a verbal warning.
The
second time a team rule is broken by that same student within a class period,
he/she will be sent to the middle school office to complete a behavior
reflection sheet. The student will
then return to class. A copy of the
completed reflection sheet will be mailed home.
If
that same student breaks a team rule a third time within a class period, the
student will return to the middle school office with a school discipline
referral for the principal.
SEVERE
CLAUSE: If a student exhibits
severe misbehavior such as fighting, open defiance, or vulgar language, the
student will be sent immediately to the principal’s office with a note
documenting the behavior to be addressed.
Any
student who has completed a significant number of team behavior reflection
sheets during the quarter will be excluded from the team celebration.
Students who demonstrate difficulty following the Olympian Discipline
Plan will meet with the team teachers and parents when necessary to develop
individual plans to ensure future classroom success.
In addition, any student who receives any detention, suspension or ALC
(Alternative Learning Center) consequence will be excluded from the quarterly
celebration.
THE OLYMPIANS’ HOMEWORK
POLICY
We believe that there
is a direct connection between student achievement and homework completion.
We assign homework because it is useful in the reinforcement of concepts
and skills being taught in the class as well as teaching responsibility and
helping foster the development of positive study and work habits.
Homework may also be used to help provide the necessary background for an
upcoming topic or lesson to be discussed.
We expect students to do their best job on homework. Homework should be neat.
We expect students to do the work on their own and ask for help only
after they have given it their best effort, unless it is a cooperative group or
family activity. We will check all
homework. We strongly believe in
the value positive support plays in motivating children to develop good study
habits. We will give students
praise and other incentives when they do their homework.
We will assign homework Monday through Friday nights. Students should spend 60-90 minutes on school related
activities. There may be days when
there is no homework or the assignment is minimal. On such days, students should be reading, writing, studying,
practicing math facts, or working on long-range projects. Daily
homework that has not been completed by its due date cannot accomplish these
objectives. Late homework will not be accepted and a zero grade will
be recorded for that assignment. Long term graded assignments will lose 10
points each day it is late. No
assignment will be accepted five days after its due date.
This year your child will be using an agenda.
It is a daily record of work for which your child is responsible.
Please check this agenda on a regular basis.
The agenda will help you to know when homework or long-term projects are
due. It should also indicate the
dates of tests. Your child should
write NH (no homework) in the blocks where there is no specific assignment given
on that day.