North Middle School Student Handbook
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NORTH MIDDLE Principal Rebekah Eyler . SCHOOL STUDENT Assistant Principal HANDBOOK Tyler Boswell 2015-2016 North Middle School 2015-2016 Bell Schedule Morning Duty 7:10-7:30 Homeroom 7:30 - 7:45 (15 minutes) st 1 period 7:45 - 8:30 (45 minutes) nd 2 period 8:33 - 9:15 (42 minutes) rd 3 period 9:18 - 10:00 (42 minutes) th 4 period 10:03 - 10:45 (42 minutes) Lunch 10:48-11:18 SIXTH SPL 11:21-11:51 GRADE Advisory 11:54-12:24 SPL 10:48-11:18 SEVENTH Lunch 11:21-11:51 GRADE Advisory 11:54-12:24 SPL 10:48-11:18 EIGHTH Advisory 11:21-11:51 GRADE Lunch 11:54-12:24 th (42 minutes) 5 period 12:27 -1:09 th 6 period 1:12-1:54 (42 minutes) th 7 period 1:57-2:40 (43 minutes) Afternoon Duty 2:40-3:00 Teacher Dismissal: 3:00 / Last Bus 3:00 1 North Middle School 2015-2016 Two Hour Delay Schedule Morning Duty 9:10- 9:30 Homeroom 9:30 - 9:45 st 1 period 9:45- 10:10 nd 2 period 10:13 - 10:40 3rd period 10:43- 11:10 Lunch 11:13 -11:43 SIXTH SPL 11:46 - 12:16 GRADE Advisory 12:19 -12:49 SPL 11:13 -11:43 SEVENTH Lunch 11:46 - 12:16 GRADE Advisory 12:19 - 12:49 SPL 11:13 - 11:43 EIGHTH Advisory 11:46 - 12:16 GRADE Lunch 12:19 - 12:49 th 4 period 12:52 - 1:19 5th period 1:21 -1:47 th 6 period 1:50 - 2:17 7th period 2:20 - 2:40 Afternoon 2:40- 3:00 Duty 2 Bad Weather Reports Feel free to call the BCS Communications In case of unexpected bad weather, for any Department (304.267.3588) or special instructions, please listen to: email [email protected] with questions. WEPM 1340 WRNR 740 AM Radio We look forward to staying NTouch with you! WKMZ 95.9 FM Radio WXVA 98.6 FM Radio WLTF 97.5 FM radio Telephone WINC 92.5 FM Radio The school phone is a business phone and is used only WCRH 90.5 FM Radio for that purpose. No student will be allowed to use WARX 106.9 FM Radio the phone unless given permission by the office WUSZ 102.5 FM Radio personnel. A student cannot be called out of class to WUSA TV Channel 25 talk to parents on the phone, except in case of an Berkeley County Schools Cable Channel emergency. BC Schools website-berkeleycountyschools.org Students and parents need to make bus arrangements before coming to school. Parents should always send a IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT EVERY FAMILY note to the office informing the school of any HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR CHILDREN transportation changes. The following information will IN THE CASE OF EARLY CLOSINGS OR be needed: bus number, location of drop-off or the DELAYED OPENINGS. When school has been name of the student your child will be going home with delayed, students should not arrive at the school earlier and a phone number where you can be reached. The than the announced opening time since school staff may student who your child is going home with will also also arrive late. When school is dismissed early, it is need a parent note giving permission for your child to the parent’s responsibility to inform his/her come home with their child. Students need to bring child/children and the school as to where the notes to the office in the morning for approval. child/children should go. Textbooks and School Property Deliveries The Berkeley County School Board furnishes textbooks Deliveries to the school are discouraged. Deliveries can to all students. The care of these books is the be a distraction to the learning environment. responsibility of each student. Books are carefully Any deliveries to students will need to be left in the checked and numbered before being issued to the office and picked up by the parent at the end of the day. students. Students will be expected to turn in these This is largely due to bus safety issues. books when required. Profanity or other language written in these books will be considered damage. If textbooks are damaged or lost, the student is expected Get NTouch with Us! to pay for them. Any student who damages school Find out first what is happening in North Middle property, windows, or books is responsible for School & BCS! Register for NTouch by payment. visiting www.berkeleycountyschools.org/ntouch . This e-communication system will send you notices and announcements regarding school events, emergencies, Breakfast and Lunch closings and delays in addition to e-newsletters. If you Our friendly school cooks provide a nutritious, well- are already registered, please take time to update your balanced breakfast and lunch program. All students are account. encouraged to eat in the school cafeteria or must bring a packed lunch from home. By visiting the link above you can update your user A computerized lunch program will bill you at the end information and change your school relationships as of each month. All bills are expected to be paid in full your children move through Berkeley County by the 15th of each month. If you have questions about Schools. If you are not a registered under relationships your bill, please call Food Service at the Berkeley as a North Middle School parent, please do so. County Board of Education 267-3500. The school office personnel will not be able to answer questions about your bill. 2 Applications for free and reduced meals are available in Walkers will be dismissed on first bell at 2:40. Those the school office and must be completed and approved students must leave the campus at that time through the before eligibility can be granted. Any person owing a front doors by the office. lunch bill for May or June will be on a prepaid basis. Students who are riding the bus are not permitted to Lunch bills made before free applications are leave their bus room until a staff member dismisses approved must be paid by parents. them. Please do not park in the handicap access area. The cost of the meals is subject to change at the Students will NOT be permitted to walk through parked beginning of each school year: cars or traffic to meet at other locations in the lot. All vehicles should be lined-up along the top or bottom Student Meals parking lots. Once your child is safely inside your Breakfast: Paid $1.50 vehicle, please slowly exit the parking lot. Lunch: Reduced $0.40, Paid $1.75 We realize this may slow down the parent pick-up Extra Milk: $0.25 process, but we feel the safety and welfare of our students must be the primary concern. Thank you for Adult Meals your patience and understanding. Do not park in the Breakfast: $3.00 Lunch: $4.00 bus zone; you will get blocked-in. *Prices are subject to change. We discourage parents from signing students out for lunch, because this can cause a disruption in the school Bus Rules day. Any fast food brought in will need to be eaten in Riding a bus is a privilege. All students riding a the office. bus are under the authority of the bus driver and State Board of Education Policy 4321.1 requires the must obey the driver and the bus rules. Failure to School Nutrition Program to provide additional food to pregnant or lactating students. do so can result in a student not being permitted to ride on the school bus. Students must get on and off at the same location every day. A student may Arrival and Dismissal Procedures ride home with another student provided the office We feel that the following procedures make for a safer has received a note from BOTH parents. arrival and dismissal atmosphere for our students. Students shall be ready at the scheduled Dropping off students in the morning- Students’ time. The bus cannot wait for those who are tardy. earliest arrival time will be at 7:10 A.M. Parents should Disciplinary action will be taken if students drop off their child at the front of the building. If disobey bus rules by: waiting to drop off, please park around the outer 1. Using improper language. edge of the parking lot. The parking spaces are 2. Being out of seat when the bus is in reserved for staff members or people working and/or motion. meeting at the school. 3. Refusing to obey directions. Dropping off students in the morning after 7:30 4. Placing head or arms out of the bus. A.M. and picking up before 2:40 P.M.- Any person 5. Tampering with or defacing the bus. checking out a child throughout the day, with or 6. Making unnecessary noise. without a prior note being sent to the classroom 7. Scuffling or fighting. teacher, must sign out his/her child in the 8. Failing to sit in a designated seat. Arrival/Dismissal Log located in the office. When a 9. Showing disrespect to the bus driver. note is sent indicating a pick-up time, the classroom 10. Shouting disrespectful comments out of the teacher will send the student to the office at the stated bus to parents or other students. time. The parent still needs to sign the sign-out book in 11. Failing to return the required emergency the office.