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insurance and a valid driver’s license.Dances/Fun NightsDances for grades 7 and 8 are sponsored by the Student Council and chaperonedby faculty, and are held periodically throughout the school year. Fun Nights forgrade 6 are chaperoned by faculty, and held periodically throughout the schoolyear.End-of-Year Activities• Prize Day Exercises include the distribution of promotion certificates andawards for special achievement in Grades 1-8. These exercises are not open toparents.• Sports Night will be held at the end of the year for student athletes and theirfamilies. Teams and coaches will be recognized for their achievement andeffort.• Pool parties are held for each class at the end of the school year. Dates andtimes are announced in the Weekly Bulletin.• Graduation activities are detailed in a special mailing sent to parents ofeighth graders in the early spring.Celebrating Birthdays at SchoolIn grades 4-8, parents should notify the Dean of Students the week beforethe child’s birthday. Treats should be brought to the cafeteria staff before thebeginning of the school day. Classroom time will not be used for birthdaycelebrations. Please drop off treats to the cafeteria staff before 9:00 a.m. Treatsneed to be small, simple, snack-like healthy items. Parents need to bring enoughfor the entire grade.In grades 1-3, parents should notify the homeroom teacher the week before thechild’s birthday. Treats should be brought to the homeroom teacher’s classroom.Treats will be distributed at the end of the day. Parents should confer with thehomeroom teacher to determine the most appropriate time for drop off. Parentsof primary grade students should only bring enough for the birthday boy or girl’sclass, not the entire grade.Questions about birthday celebrations at school should be directed to theappropriate Dean of Students.Parties off CampusSHS is not responsible for parties held off campus. However, even though a partytakes place off campus, the effects of the party almost always surface at school– positive or negative. Ultimately, the school encourages parents to hold partieswhich will contribute to the happiness and wellbeing of the entire class, and theschool actively supports parents in making decisions that hopefully will bringabout such results.• Parents must seriously consider how many students will be invited to aparty. Small guest lists can be appropriate, but leaving out only a fewchildren from the class causes problems.• Activities should be age appropriate, and children must be properlysupervised at all times.• The school asks our families NOT to host mixed parties or dances until theend of the eighth grade year. In our experience, boy-girl parties encouragepairing off, exclusion, and intensification of problems with cliques. Thisis because the children simply are not mature enough developmentallyand emotionally. There are many, many opportunities for the studentsto mix at school, including dances for the older children, which are ageappropriate.Invitations to parties need to be mailed or emailed. They will not bedistributed at school.Parents are encouraged to discuss these issues with the Dean of Students ifquestions arise.COMPUTERSGeneral informationThe computers at SHS are to be used to further the educational experience ofall the students at the school. The standards for computer use are rooted inthe Goals and Criteria, and are an extension of the SHS behavior standards asdescribed in this Handbook.The SHS computers with links to Internet provide access to local, national,and international sources of information and collaboration vital to intellectualinquiry in a democracy. When accessing the Internet from the school, everynetwork user has the responsibility to respect and protect the rights of everyuser in our community. Students are expected to act in a responsible, ethical,and legal manner, in accordance with the Goals and Criteria of Sacred HeartSchools, the behavior standards of SHS, and the laws of the state of Californiaand of the United States.The school is committed to safeguard students’ access to the Internet and WorldWide Web on school computers. Although the school cannot guarantee theeffectiveness of selected filtering and blocking technology, the School will usesuch measures that block or filter Internet access to visual depictions that are40 41