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School Bulletin 2017-2018 SCHOOL BULLETIN 2017-2018 Revised August 2017 1 SPRING VALLEY ACADEMY A Seventh-day Adventist K-12 School 1461 E. SPRING VALLEY ROAD CENTERVILLE, OHIO 45458 PHONE: (937) 433-0790 FAX: (937) 433-0914 www.springvalleyacademy.org Accredited by: The Board of Regents of the GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS and MIDDLE STATES ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES & SCHOOLS and the OHIO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION 2 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peach, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22, 23 Our Vision: Students will develop a Christ-like character as evidenced by valuing and modeling the Fruits of the Spirit. “In all true teaching the personal element is essential. Christ in His teaching dealt with men individually…the same personal interest, the same attention to individual development, are needed in educational work today.” – Education, p.231-232 Our Philosophy for Conduct: Students should be guided and expected to solve the problems they create without creating problems for anyone else. Teachers and administrators should make every attempt to maintain the dignity of both the student and the adult during a disciplinary situation. Students should see a reasonable connection between their actions and the consequences that follow. Student and teacher relationships are built in the principle of mutual respect. Students should be given the opportunity to make decisions and to live with the consequences, be they good or bad. Students’ misbehavior should be handled with natural and logical consequences. Students should have the opportunity to invoke a simple “I am not sure this is fair” discussion, if they believe the consequences are unfair. Philosophy of Conduct Statement: We believe that it is the duty of the parents, the church, and the school to point all students’ minds and hearts towards Christ by providing opportunities to understand, practice, and develop the fruits of the spirit. In aiming for this high calling given to us by Jesus, our educational environment needs a baseline set of standards for behavior. These guiding principles are rooted in the purity of thoughts and words, integrity of action, and mutual respect for all, while exemplifying and supporting a culture of school kindness. Spring Valley Academy (SVA) students are to observe school expectations whether on or off campus. Parents, teachers and administrators are to support students’ spiritual, academic, emotional and physical progress by clearly teaching the school expectations. By adhering to the pedagogical hierarchy of student development, SVA faculty and staff will encourage and support a culture of kindness that requires consistency, forbearance, and logical consequences when expectations are broken. Continued enrollment at SVA is dependent on cooperation from the student, and support from the parent, in building and maintaining the culture of kindness characterized by the fruits of the spirit. Our Mission: To provide an academically rigorous learning environment where students discover their high calling to live out the fruits of the spirit by getting to Know, Follow and Share Jesus “So, my dear Christian friends, companions in following this call to the heights, take a good hard look at Jesus. He’s the centerpiece of everything we believe, faithful in everything God gave Him to do.” Hebrew 3:1 3 "Pero el fruto del Espíritu es amor, alegría, paz, paciencia, benignidad, bondad, fidelidad, mansedumbre y dominio propio. Contra tales cosas no hay ley. "Gálatas 5:22, 23 Nuestra Visión: Los estudiantes desarrollarán un carácter como el de Cristo como lo demuestra la valoración y el modelado de los frutos del Espíritu. "En toda verdadera enseñanza el elemento personal es esencial. Cristo en su enseñanza ocupó de los hombres individualmente. El mismo interés personal, la misma atención al desarrollo individual, se necesitan en el trabajo educativo en la actualidad. "La educación 231-232 Nuestra filosofía de Conducta: -Los estudiantes deben ser guiados y espera que para resolver los problemas que crean sin crear problemas para nadie más. -Los maestros y los administradores deben hacer todo lo posible para mantener la dignidad de ambos, el estudiante y el adulto durante una situación disciplinaria. -Los estudiantes deben ver una conexión razonable entre sus acciones y las consecuencias que siguen. relaciones alumno y el profesor se basan en el principio del respeto mutuo. -Los estudiantes deben tener la oportunidad de tomar decisiones y vivir con las consecuencias, ya sean buenas o malas. -El mal comportamiento de los estudiantes debe ser manejado con consecuencias naturales y lógicas. -Los estudiantes deben tener la oportunidad de invocar un simple "No estoy seguro de que esto es justo" discusión, si creen que las consecuencias son injustas. Filosofía de la Declaración de Conducta Creemos que es el deber de los padres, la Iglesia, y la Escuela de señalar mentes y corazones hacia Cristo de todos los estudiantes, proporcionando oportunidades para entender, practicar y desarrollar las frutas del alcohol. En el objetivo de esta elevada vocación que nos ha dado Jesús, nuestro ambiente educativo necesita una línea de base para establecer las normas de comportamiento. Estos principios se basan en la pureza de pensamientos y palabras, la integridad de la acción, y el respeto mutuo para todos, mientras que ejemplifica y apoyar una cultura de la bondad de la escuela. Academia Spring Valley (SVA), los estudiantes deben observar las expectativas de la escuela ya sea dentro o fuera de la escuela. Los padres, maestros y administradores son para apoyar el progreso espiritual, académica, emocional y físico de los estudiantes mediante la enseñanza claramente las expectativas de la escuela. Al adherirse a la jerarquía pedagógica de desarrollo de los estudiantes, profesores y personal SVA fomentarán y apoyar una cultura de bondad que requiere consistencia, paciencia y consecuencias lógicas cuando las expectativas están rotos. inscripción continua en SVA depende de la cooperación por parte del estudiante, y el apoyo de los padres, en la construcción y el mantenimiento de la cultura de la bondad que se caracteriza por los frutos del Espíritu. Nuestra misión: Proveer un ambiente de aprendizaje académicamente riguroso donde los estudiantes a descubrir su vocacion a vivir las frutas del alchohol por conocer, seguir y compartir a Jesus. “So, my dear Christian friends, companions in following this call to the heights, take a good hard look at Jesus. He’s the centerpiece of everything we believe, faithful in everything God gave Him to do.” Hebrew 3:1 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Mission Statement………….......................................................................................................4 Philosophy.................................................................................................................................4 Letter from the Principal............................................................................................................5 K-12 General Information..........................................................................................................6 School Spirit..................................................................................................................6 Admission .....................................................................................................................6 Financial Information.....................................................................................................7 Transportation...............................................................................................................14 Communication.............................................................................................................14 General Services..........................................................................................................15 K-12 General Policies...............................................................................................................16 Trip Policy.....................................................................................................................18 Student Code for Discipline..........................................................................................19 Grievance and Due Process Procedures......................................................................28 Dress Code...................................................................................................................29 Attendance....................................................................................................................31 Academic Intervention..................................................................................................35 Technology Use Policy.................................................................................................36 Athletics........................................................................................................................41 Student Records...........................................................................................................45 Elementary School Information (K-4)........................................................................................47 Student Life ..................................................................................................................48 Middle School Information (5-8)…............................................................................................48
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