GUIDELINES FOR STUDENT BEHAVIOR

At Camino Grove School, every student has the same rights, responsibilities, and rules.

Your Rights:
• You have the right to be treated with respect and kindness at school.
• You have the right to be safe and clean at school.
• You have the right to learn at school.
• You have the right to express yourself.
• You have the right to tell your side of a problem.

Your Responsibilities:
• You are expected to treat others with respect and kindness at school.
• You are expected to help make our school a safe and clean place.
• You are expected to allow and help others to learn at school.
• You are expected to arrive at school on time.
• You are expected to complete all assignments on time and to the best of your ability.
• You are expected to express your needs, ideas, and answers to questions or problems in a polite and honest manner.

Your Basic Rules:
• Always follow directions and requests of school personnel.
• Use good common sense: if someone might get hurt, donÕt do it!
• Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
• Stay in assigned areas.
• Use restrooms and drinking fountains at school in a respectful and courteous manner and at appropriate times.
• During lunch, eat quietly and politely, clean up your area, and remain seated until dismissed.
• Obey the freeze bell.
• Arrive at school no earlier than 8:15 a.m.
• Leave all toys and personal sports equipment at home unless special permission is given by your teacher to share only in the classroom.
• Gum or candies are not allowed in the classrooms or on the playground.
• Leave skateboards and roller blades at home. Only students in grades 3-5 should ride bicycles to school. Bikes must be walked on and off campus and locked in the bike compound. Students must wear a helmet.
• For safety reasons, run and/or play in designated areas. Display good sportsmanship and follow game and equipment rules discussed in your class.
• You may not enter a classroom if a teacher is not present.
• Go directly home after school, unless you are involved in a regularly scheduled youth activity.
• All school rules are in effect at after-school activities.
• During an assembly, you will be courteous to all speakers by not talking while they are speaking and showing your appreciation in an appropriate manner.

Unacceptable Behavior
• Repeatedly disrupting instruction and learning
• Being repeatedly tardy or having unexcused absences
• Being disrespectful to adults
• Using profanity and/or obscene gestures
• Destroying school or personal property
• Stealing
• Fighting (real or play)
• Cheating
• Physically harming or threatening a staff member, visiting adults, or another student
• Throwing sand, rocks, and other objects

Possible Consequences for Unacceptable Behavior could be:
• Assignment of an appropriate task
• Loss of a privilege
• Detention after school (with parent notification)
• Removal from the classroom
• Mandatory classroom attendance by parent
• In-school suspension
• At-home suspension
• Expulsion