12-13 MBMS Student Handbook - Oconee County Schools

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ATHLETICS/PRACTICES Football, Girls and Boys Basketball, Girls Softball, Girls Volleyball, Boys and Girls Soccer, Boys and Girls Track, and Cross Country are possible interscholastic offerings at the middle school level. Practices are intended for participation by those students playing those respective sports. Students who are not participants with those teams are not allowed to stay after school to attend the team practices. Golf and Tennis are considered clubs where 6 th grade students are eligible to participate. All other requirements for athletics must be met. ATTENDANCE STATEMENT The attendance protocol is found elsewhere in this agenda and will require the signature of both the parent/guardian and the student (if age 10 years or older). CAFETERIA IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS CAR RIDERS Students will eat lunch at the time that is appointed for their particular class. Students may either buy lunch in the cafeteria or bring their own lunch from home. Students can purchase a beverage in the cafeteria if they bring their lunch. Students should not have commercial lunches delivered to the school by a parent other than standard “sack” lunches prepared at home. MBMS/OCMS do have microwaves in the cafeteria for students to heat various lunches such as Lean Cuisine, Weight Watchers, or leftovers from home. Parents who drive students to school are asked to drop students off no sooner than 7:30 a.m. and pick them up by 3:45 p.m. Parents are also asked to pick up their children in the car rider line and not the bus loading area. This will ensure safety of all. CARE OF PROPERTY MBMS/OCMS is a well-equipped building of which each student can be proud. Students are urged to take pride in the appearance of their school; the building, furniture, buses, and surroundings. Students will be required to pay for any damage they cause to the property of their school. CARE OF VALUABLES/LOST AND FOUND ARTICLES The school makes every attempt to help students safeguard their valuables. We suggest placing name labels on personal articles and wearing apparel and using lockers to safeguard them. All lost articles, including textbooks, will be placed in the lost and found area of the office. The school will not be responsible for personal items lost at school. Students should not bring large amounts of money to school. CONNECTIONS COURSES Connections courses are taught at the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade levels. Students are rotated through these courses during the year. These courses meet daily. Examples of these are: Art, Family and Consumer Science, Foreign Language, Band, Music/Chorus, Agriculture/Technology, Computers, Health and Physical Education. We also have Extended Learning Time for students who need additional assistance with Reading and Math. Courses may change from year to year according to the needs and interests of students as well as staff availability. It must be noted that all students who enroll in band will be scheduled to participate in health and physical education. DANCES Dances are scheduled during the school year at each middle school. Only middle school students at the school are allowed to attend and the admission price, if any, is announced beforehand. Special student activities such as dances require good behavior from all students. Appropriate dress is to be worn by students to these activities and will be announced beforehand. Any student who is in In-School Suspension or Out-of-School Suspension is prohibited from attending school dances. 2
DETENTION – BEFORE/AFTER SCHOOL Students who violate school rules may be assigned a teacher or school-wide detention. Detention may be held before/after school hours each week (Times & Day to be determined). Parents are responsible for providing transportation home after detention. Students who do not attend detention (unexcused absence) could be assigned to Saturday Morning Detention or Alternative Education (ISS). Twenty-four hour notice is required. An instructional assignment will be provided to all students as needed. DETENTION – SATURDAY MORNING/SATURDAY SCHOOL Saturday morning detention may be held for students with excessive tardies to school/classes and unexcused absences from weekday detentions and for other misbehaviors. Detention time is 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (3 hours) Assigned students will be given an instructional assignment if needed . Parents are responsible for providing transportation to and from detention. Any student who is removed from this detention due to behavior problems or has an unexcused absence, will be suspended at home one day from school. Disclaimer Any policy or procedural changes that take place after the publishing of the student handbook will be sent home with the student. Such changes will supersede what may be listed in the student handbook. A complete system wide Code of Conduct is provided in this system handbook pages. EARLY DISMISSALS Each student requesting early dismissal should have a note containing the date and time of requested dismissal, the reason for requesting early dismissal and the signature of a parent or guardian. The student should give the note to his or her homeroom teacher and request that it be forwarded to the office. The student should pick up the note by 2:00 p.m. on that same day. When it is time to leave, the student should show the note to the classroom teacher, and then take the note by the office where the parents can sign their child out of school. The student may also be called from class. Only parents/legal guardians/or designated people on the student’s information card or enrollment papers can sign a student out of school. Students who return to school that same day are to sign in at the office to let the office personnel know that they have returned. If a student becomes sick while at school, the student must report to the office. Permission for dismissal can be granted only when the student’s parent/legal guardian can be contacted by phone and the dismissal procedure is approved. EMERGENCY PLANS Detailed emergency management plans are in place at MBMS/OCMS and are designed to provide guidelines in response to a variety of emergency situations. They are reviewed several times during the year and drills are conducted periodically. FIRE DRILLS/TORNADO DRILLS Fire drills are conducted on a monthly basis so that you will be familiar in leaving the building quickly and safely in case of fire. In each room, directions for leaving the room are posted to be easily seen. You are to follow the specific instructions of your teacher or the person in charge and exit the room or building quickly and quietly and in an orderly manner. Tornado drills will be held periodically so that you will become familiar with the rules for safety. Whenever a tornado alert is sounded, students will follow the teacher’s instructions and assemble in the school hallways with backs to wall/lockers, and hands or a book over the head. FIELD TRIPS /ACTIVITIES A field trip is designed to enrich, extend, and reinforce curriculum by allowing students to engage in educational pursuits ordinarily not available to them in the classroom. Trips are announced early and require written parental permission. However, it must be noted that students with consistent behavioral violations may not be allowed to participate in this enrichment and will be notified. GRADING POLICY Students will receive numerical grades in all classes every nine weeks with a semester and yearly grade. The current grading scale is: A = 100-90 B = 89-80 C = 79-70 F = below 70 3
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12-13 MBMS Student Handbook - Oconee County Schools

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