JMMHESInspiring &

Empowering the learners of today

for the challenges of

tomorrow.

Rules and Boundariesof John Marshall Mid-High

Enterprise School

FOCUS ON RESULTS!!

JM Administrators:Mrs. Carlson, Principal Assistant Principals: Mrs. Woody (grades 7-8) Mr. Frazier (grades 9-10)Ms. McCollum (grades 11-12)

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR

RULESFollow directions the

first time givenStay on taskBe preparedKeep arms, hands,

feet and objects to yourself

No swearing, crude gestures or cruel teasing

Great Expectations is about Respect—Be Respectful

Disruption of Instruction

•1st Offense: Student/Teacher conference•2nd Offense: Parent Contact, and possible referral to administrator •3rd Offense: Team Conference with student, parent, teachers, and administrators. Referral to appropriate administrator.

Profanity Use

•Student/Teacher conference•Parent Conference/Team Conference intervention•Three days in-school intervention with parent conference•Three/five days suspension, possible long-term suspension/hearing and alternative placement for severe offenses.

Sexual Misconduct

•1st Offense: Counseling with student, parent, administrator, police for possible solutions, possible suspension depending on extent of harassment

•2nd Offense: Three to ten days suspension with parent, administrator, police and counselor present for conference•Serious offenses may result in a long-term suspension.

Fighting

•1st Offense: Three-Five days suspension and ticket from police officer. Option: taken to CIC

•2nd Offense: Long-term suspension, taken to CIC, parent conference, and alternative placement

Bullying

•Referral to administrator and parent contact•Student/Parent Conference•Five days suspension/ticket from police officer•Suspension and Long-term hearing scheduled. Note: Bullying is a repeated long-term harassment—not an isolated incident

•Signed contract for all students who want to bring a phone to school. Phones are allowed during breakfast and lunch. All phones, ear plugs, electronic devices, and/or any other wireless telecommunication devices MUST be turned OFF when students enter halls and ALL other areas in the building.

 

CELL PHONES

Cell phone/communication device offenses:

Phones in the hall/class: 1st Phone is confiscated and picked up by student at the end of the day from the principal’s secretary.

Phones in the hall/class: 2nd Phone is confiscated and picked up by parent at the end of the day from the principal’s secretary.

Phones that are confiscated the 3rd time are turned in to an administrator, parent is notified, possible lose of privileges. Please see student contract/COC

Surveillance Cameras

Surveillance cameras are located throughout the building for added security. Administrators have access to footage throughout the day for clarity of specific situations.

John Marshall Dress Code Policy

2014-15 Students will wear polo

collared shirts with the following colors: MS (Red or White) HS (Navy Blue or White).

  Students may not expose low

chest or midriff  Students can wear black or

khaki colored slacks, jeans, capri’s, skirts, shorts, or skorts (two inches above the knees). Absolutely no jeggings or leggings allowed.

 

 

 

ALL pants will be worn on the waistline properly or with a belt (absolutely no sagging). No hats or sweatbands can be worn in school.

 Any type of athletic shoe is acceptable along with boot and closed-toe dress shoes. NO FLIP FLOPS, HOUSE SHOES OR LOOKALIKES.

Solid colored hoodies or sweaters, JM sweatshirts, and school/club team shirts/jackets can be worn with uniform shirt underneath. Team sweat outfits to be worn only on game days.

All heavy winter jackets must be put in your lockers 

All JM T-shirts are acceptable; all athletic, club, event and Finance

Academy shirts are acceptable for the uniform. If you wear a JM hoodie, you must have a uniform shirt

underneath.

UNIFORM ADDITIONS

Dress Code Violation Consequences

•Student calls home for dress code compliant clothing•Parent contacted by administrator•Parent contacted by administrator and in-school intervention•Parent contacted by administrator and three days ISI•Parent contacted by administrator and five days ISI

•All students are required to go through the security scanner at the southeast

gym entrance door until 7:25 a.m.

Students will remove outerwear with proper attire for scanning purposes

•Students are allowed to enter the front door scanners after 7:30 a.m. NO

EXCEPTIONS!*After scanning proceed to cafeteria or commons areas and await dismissal to

classrooms

SCANNING

MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA RULES

When entering the cafeteria for lunch, either be seated at a table or line-up in your chosen food line. Only 5 students at a time are to enter to pay for food items. Once items are purchased, sit at your chosen table and eat and/or converse using your classy restaurant voice.

After finishing your lunch, throw away all of your trash and either return to your chosen table or proceed to the courtyard.

During inclement weather all students will stay inside at their chosen table. Students will NOT roam around the cafeteria/foyer area. Note: If purchasing food items from the vending machines or student council sales, after purchasing items, students are to return to chosen table.

LUNCH BOUNDARIES

•Please clean up after yourself; no food items outside of the cafeteria. •No outside food at lunch.•No throwing food in the cafeteria or elsewhere in the building—this can result in ISI or suspension•No horse playing/inappropriate behavior•Do not leave the cafeteria without permission from an administrator. In case of an emergency, see the administrator or authority on duty for further instructions.

Lunch Detention—Room C104Students are referred to Lunch Detention by their teacher or administrator. Detention is assigned based on behavior and/or academics. 2nd semester, lunch detention will be extended to students that do not know their multiplication facts. Math teachers will inform Mrs. Woody about students who are still deficient in learning their facts and students will be assigned to detention daily, until facts are completely learned. Mrs. Woody will give the final oral test to determine release from detention.

Eleven (11) unexcused absences during the semester may result in low grades and gaps in learning. Students may be ticketed for skipping class, even if you are in the building.For excused absences, students will have up to 5 days (per district policy.) to make-up missing assignments.  After the 5 day period, the student will receive a permanent zero in the grade book if work has not been completed.For unexcused absences, a student will have 3 days to turn in late work, with a 15% penalty each day toward the grade of that assignment.

Attendance Policy

Tardy Policy

•You are tardy after the tardy bell rings and you are outside of the classroom. If you are 15 or more minutes late, it is counted as an absence and your parent will be notified.•1st tardy =Warning•2nd tardy=Parent contact•3rd tardy=ISI (in-school intervention)•Referrals to Administrator

•A student is considered truant when absent from the classroom without the knowledge of either the school or parent.• If a student is absent from school four or more days or parts of days within a four week period without a valid excuse for eleven (11) or more days during a semester, the attendance officer will inform the parents that they are not in compliance with the law and will notify the district attorney for Oklahoma County. Ticket may be issued.•Parents can be fined for each day their child is truant from school.

Truancy

Skipping Class

•1st Offense: Referral to administrator, ISI assigned, and parent contacted•2nd Offense: Three days in-school suspension (ISI), parent conference•3rd Offense: Five days in-school suspension (ISI), parent conference•*Student and Parent may be fined by Court for Truancy

A maximum of 10 days of activity absences, per

semester from any one class are permitted during

a school year.

School Activities

BusesRiding a bus is not a right and can be taken away if behavior is not appropriate. Be aware that buses are outfitted with

day and night vision video/audio cameras.

All students are required to remain on campus

throughout the entire school day. Only a parent/guardian

can check students out.

Closed Campus

DON’T POSSESSDON’T USE

DON’T BE UNDER THE INFLUENCEDON’T DISTRIBUTE

DON’T WORRY

Tobacco/Drug Free School

Afterschool buses with a pass from your coach or sponsor only: Wednesdays at 4:30

pm

GET INVOLVED!!!

Clubs/Sports

Parent Visitation

•Parents are welcome in our school, however, they must report to the main office and request to have their child sent to the main office. •Appointments must be made to speak with teachers during the school day.•A 24-hour notice must be approved by administrator if a parent wants to shadow their student.

We have made changes to improve our cafeteria food, and

we will continue to do so. You can bring breakfast items with you

and a sack lunch, if you choose. After the school day has begun no outside food is

allowed. Do not call for outside food to be brought to school

during the school day, as it will not be allowed into the building.

Outside Food

ADMINISTRATORS,TEACHERS and STUDENTS WILL WORK HARD DAILY TO IMPROVE OUR CRTs—Note: We have added Academic

Achievement Classes to our Master Schedule to ensure greater

success in mastery of skills.WE WILL STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN ALL ASSIGNMENTS! “FOCUS ON RESULTS!”

IMPROVING CRTs and Academic Growth