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Tiger Q 2017 Tiger Q 2017 - 2018 Tenafly High School TABLE OF CONTENTS Absences and Class Cuts ................................................................................................................... 11-16 Academic Integrity ............................................................................................................................ 51-55 Administration ................................................................................................................................... 4 Attendance Review Committee ......................................................................................................... 16 Bell Schedules ................................................................................................................................... 10 Cell Phones/Electronic Devices ......................................................................................................... 42 Classroom Expectations & Procedures .............................................................................................. 24 College and Career Counseling ......................................................................................................... 47 Community Mental Health Services .................................................................................................. 49,50 Content, Skills and Internship Learning Center ................................................................................ 46 Credits ................................................................................................................................................ 26 Dating Violence ................................................................................................................................. 23,24 Discipline ........................................................................................................................................... 34-38 Dress and Appearance ....................................................................................................................... 41,42 Early Dismissal Procedures ............................................................................................................... 19,20 Fire Drills ........................................................................................................................................... 25 Grading .............................................................................................................................................. 27-30 Graduation Requirements .................................................................................................................. 25,26 Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (HIB) .................................................................................. 23 Health Office ..................................................................................................................................... 18 I & RS (Intervention and Referral Services Committee .................................................................... 47,48 Individual Decision time (IDT) ......................................................................................................... 42,43 Instructional Faculty .......................................................................................................................... 7,8 Internships .......................................................................................................................................... 46,47 Late Arrival to Class .......................................................................................................................... 16,17 Lost and Found .................................................................................................................................. 46 Lost Text Books ................................................................................................................................. 46 Makeup Work .................................................................................................................................... 19 Mid- and End-of-Course Assessments .............................................................................................. 30,31 Request to Appeal Course Level Recommendations ......................................................................... 32,33 R-Rated Procedures ........................................................................................................................... 40 Scheduling and Level Changes .......................................................................................................... 26.27 1 Senior Exemption .............................................................................................................................. 31 Senior Student Parking Lot Agreement ............................................................................................. 45 Student Cafeteria ............................................................................................................................... 41 Student Drivers .................................................................................................................................. 44 Student Government .......................................................................................................................... 9 Student Lockers ................................................................................................................................. 42 Student Rights and Responsibilities & Code of Conduct .................................................................. 20-23 Student Services Group ..................................................................................................................... 47 Student Support Services ................................................................................................................... 46-49 Support Staff and Student Services ................................................................................................... 5, 6 Testing and Evaluation ...................................................................................................................... 29 The Child Study Team (CST) ............................................................................................................ 48 Tiger Point System ............................................................................................................................ 34 Tiger Study Den ................................................................................................................................. 25 TPS Mission Statement/Guiding Principles ...................................................................................... 3 Use of Recreational Vehicles ............................................................................................................. 42 Vandalism .......................................................................................................................................... 38 Visitors to School .............................................................................................................................. 20 Weapons and Dangerous Instruments ............................................................................................... 39,40 District/School Policies: Acceptable Use of Computer Network Remotely Activating Communication Devices, Pagers & Cellular Telephones Substance Abuse; Extra-Co-Curricular Activates Substance Abuse and Tobacco; Referral Forms Pupil Smoking Smoking in School Building and on School Grounds NJSIAA Random Testing For Interscholastic Athletics Sexual Harassment APPENDIX 2 Mission The Tenafly School District will offer meaningful and challenging educational experiences for each and every student within a stimulating, safe and nurturing environment, in order for them: to discover and develop their potential, to develop intellectual curiosity and a love of learning, to understand and promote democratic values, and to become contributing members of the local and global communities in which they will live. The Tenafly Public Schools will preserve a tradition of excellence while modeling exemplary practices in the education of students for a 21st Century global society. GUIDING PRINCIPLES I. To provide learning experiences and opportunities in which students can acquire and apply knowledge and skills; explore personal interests and questions; refine communication skills; and celebrate common goals and individual achievement; II. To promote a love of learning, as well as an appreciation for human culture, artistic expression, self- expression, the natural world, physical fitness, athletic achievement and teamwork; III. To encourage student capacity for critical and creative thinking and for applying thinking skills to the solution of real-life problems; IV. To help students grow in self-awareness and self-direction by helping them explore and build their talents, personal goals and abilities to contribute to the communities in which they learn; V. To help students become increasingly aware of and sensitive to the needs, viewpoints and experiences of others and to encourage ethical behavior that respects and promotes the dignity and rights of others; VI. To encourage students to identify and to explore problems and issues in the world today, including those related to the environment, politics and society and to consider their personal connection and response
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