A Day in the Life of an 8th

Grader

You will be allowed at your locker 4 times a day: 1. Before homeroom

2. Before SOAR 3. Before lunch4. After lunch5. At the end of the day

Before homeroom, get all the books and materials that you will need for Periods 1 and 2. (that includes your gym clothes!)

YOUR LOCKER

Go straight from your locker to homeroom.

Turn in all papers that need to go to the office.

Stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Listen to the announcements.

HOMEROOM

Cycles

Do not go to your locker!

Go straight to your 1st period class.

Don’t forget the school hallway procedures on your way to class.

(Periods 1 & 2)

After 2nd Period, go back to your homeroom for further instructions.

Don’t forget your silent

reading book and agenda!

For the first few weeks, you will be reporting to your homeroom – not SOAR.

3RD Period

Core Classes1.New Attendance Policy.

2.Update your agenda right away.

3.Always have your silent reading book with you in class.

Core Classes (continued)

At the end of class:1.Don’t begin packing up until your

teacher instructs you. 2.Take a look around your area

before you leave and make sure that it is clean and

the desks are straight.3. Stay in your seat until

your teacher dismisses you.

Core Classes (continued)

Other things to know:1.There is NO gum chewing in

science class or computer labs.2.Excessive trips leaving the

classroom will be noted and followed with appropriate consequences.

Substitute Teacher Procedures• It is not easy to be a substitute teacher

and therefore, we feel that the students should behave more appropriately when the teacher is not there.

• If a student misbehaves for a substitute, that student will automatically receive a detention from the teacher.

After fifth period, go to your locker, get your lunch, and go down the EIGHTH GRADE STAIRWELL.

Don’t linger in the restrooms. After lunch, stop at your locker and get all the

books and materials that you’ll need for the rest of the day.

Lunch

In the case of a discipline issue, the following consequences may apply:1. parent contact2. teacher detention

a. during lunchb. before/after school

3. team conference 4. administrative detention

When presented with a detention slip, a parent/guardian must sign the slip, and you must return it.

If you fail to return the slip, a phone call home will be made, and a second detention will be issued.

Examples of how to get a detention: ◦ Disrespect a teacher◦ Disrespect a student◦ Fail to follow teacher instructions◦ Inappropriate language/behavior◦ Lateness to class

8th Grade Discipline Policy

Dress Code

As of September 2011, NJ State Legislation passed a law requiring all educational facilities and staff to report ANY incidences of harassment, intimidation, and bullying of ANY KIND.

Harass: to create an unpleasant or hostile situation for another person, especially by uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct

Intimidate: to make timid or fearful : frighten; especially : to compel or deter by or as if by threats

Bully: to treat abusively, or to affect by means of force or coercion

State Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Law

This includes any incidents that occur outside of school, including, but not limited to: text and media messaging, social networking (Facebook, etc.), phone conversations, school functions.

In other words, there is no safe place to intimidate, harass, or bully another person.

Any reports of intimidation, harassment, or bullying will be reported in writing to the principal, superintendent, parents, and the Board of Education.

WE MUST FOLLOW THE LAW.

State Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Law

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