12-13 MBMS Student Handbook - Oconee County Schools
12-13 MBMS Student Handbook - Oconee County Schools
12-13 MBMS Student Handbook - Oconee County Schools
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DETENTION – BEFORE/AFTER SCHOOL<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s who violate school rules may be assigned a teacher or school-wide detention. Detention may be held before/after<br />
school hours each week (Times & Day to be determined). Parents are responsible for providing transportation home after<br />
detention. <strong>Student</strong>s who do not attend detention (unexcused absence) could be assigned to Saturday Morning Detention or<br />
Alternative Education (ISS). Twenty-four hour notice is required. An instructional assignment will be provided to all<br />
students as needed.<br />
DETENTION – SATURDAY MORNING/SATURDAY SCHOOL<br />
Saturday morning detention may be held for students with excessive tardies to school/classes and unexcused absences from<br />
weekday detentions and for other misbehaviors. Detention time is 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (3 hours) Assigned students will<br />
be given an instructional assignment if needed . Parents are responsible for providing transportation to and from<br />
detention. Any student who is removed from this detention due to behavior problems or has an unexcused absence, will be<br />
suspended at home one day from school.<br />
Disclaimer<br />
Any policy or procedural changes that take place after the publishing of the student handbook will be sent home with the<br />
student. Such changes will supersede what may be listed in the student handbook. A complete system wide Code of Conduct<br />
is provided in this system handbook pages.<br />
EARLY DISMISSALS<br />
Each student requesting early dismissal should have a note containing the date and time of requested dismissal, the reason for<br />
requesting early dismissal and the signature of a parent or guardian. The student should give the note to his or her homeroom<br />
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.<br />
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<br />
the parents can sign their child out of school. The student may also be called from class. Only parents/legal guardians/or<br />
designated people on the student’s information card or enrollment papers can sign a student out of school. <strong>Student</strong>s who<br />
return to school that same day are to sign in at the office to let the office personnel know that they have returned.<br />
If a student becomes sick while at school, the student must report to the office. Permission for dismissal can be granted only<br />
when the student’s parent/legal guardian can be contacted by phone and the dismissal procedure is approved.<br />
EMERGENCY PLANS<br />
Detailed emergency management plans are in place at <strong>MBMS</strong>/OCMS and are designed to provide guidelines in response to a<br />
variety of emergency situations. They are reviewed several times during the year and drills are conducted periodically.<br />
FIRE DRILLS/TORNADO DRILLS<br />
Fire drills are conducted on a monthly basis so that you will be familiar in leaving the building quickly and safely in case of<br />
fire. In each room, directions for leaving the room are posted to be easily seen. You are to follow the specific instructions of<br />
your teacher or the person in charge and exit the room or building quickly and quietly and in an orderly manner.<br />
Tornado drills will be held periodically so that you will become familiar with the rules for safety. Whenever a tornado alert<br />
is sounded, students will follow the teacher’s instructions and assemble in the school hallways with backs to wall/lockers, and<br />
hands or a book over the head.<br />
FIELD TRIPS /ACTIVITIES<br />
A field trip is designed to enrich, extend, and reinforce curriculum by allowing students to engage in educational pursuits<br />
ordinarily not available to them in the classroom. Trips are announced early and require written parental permission.<br />
However, it must be noted that students with consistent behavioral violations may not be allowed to participate in this<br />
enrichment and will be notified.<br />
GRADING POLICY<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will receive numerical grades in all classes every nine weeks with a semester and yearly grade. The current grading<br />
scale is:<br />
A = 100-90 B = 89-80 C = 79-70 F = below 70<br />
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