SPENCERVILLE SCHOOLS 2021 - 2022 STUDENT HANDBOOK GRADES 9 - 12 Student handbooks are subject to change with revisions made to the District Policy Book. 1 CONTENTS Part I: Student Code of Conduct ........................ 6--12 Part II: Disciplinary Actions ............................... 13--18 Part III: Hazing & Bullying .................................. 19--26 Part IV: Absence/Attendance/Make-up Work .... 27--33 Part V: Grades/GPA/Honor Roll ....................... 34--38 Part VI: Bus Regulations/Driving Privileges ....... 39--44 Part VII: Student Athletic/Extracurricular Code of Conduct ............................................................................. 45--48 Part VIII: Bell Schedule/Cancellations/School Calendar ............................................................................. 49--52 Part IX: Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act …. ......................................................................... 53--57 Part X: Spencerville Digital Academy ............... 58--61 Part XI: Communicable Diseases Guidelines ... 62--65 Part XII: Miscellaneous Issues .......................... 66--77 Part XIII: Administration/Staff/Board Members..78--80 Check for announcements, cancellations, calendars, sports schedules, grades* http://spencervillebearcats.com [*must have PIN to check grades] 2 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF CONTENTS Abuse ................................................................................................................................ 9 Absence and Attendance ...........................................................................................28-33 Apollo Career Center ...................................................................................................... 67 Assault ..........................................................................................................................9-10 Assignment of Students .................................................................................................. 67 Athletic/Extracurricular Code of Conduct ...................................................................45-48 Attendance Reviews ..................................................................................................32-33 Bell Schedules............................................................................................................49-52 Bus Transportation and Regulations ..........................................................................39-44 Cancellation of School .................................................................................................... 51 Cell Phones ..................................................................................................................... 70 Cheating ............................................................................................................................ 8 Class Load ...................................................................................................................... 35 College Visitations ........................................................................................................... 29 Communicable Diseases Guidelines .........................................................................62-65 Credits Earned Outside of Spencerville Schools ............................................................ 38 Damage of School Property ............................................................................................ 68 Dances ............................................................................................................................ 68 Delay of School ............................................................................................................... 51 Detention ......................................................................................................................... 17 Disciplinary Actions/Penalties ....................................................................................13-18 Disruption of Detention/Saturday School ........................................................................ 18 Disruption of School .......................................................................................................7-8 Dress Code ................................................................................................................68-69 Drivers Education ............................................................................................................ 44 Driving Privileges.................................................................................................. 11,42-43 Drug and Alcohol Use and Abuse ..............................................................................10-12 Early Dismissal/Early Release ............................................................................. 30,69-70 Early Graduation ............................................................................................................. 69 Electronic Device Policy .................................................................................................. 70 Eligibility .....................................................................................................................45-48 Emergency Drills ........................................................................................................70-71 Emergency Removal from Class/School....................................................................14-15 Excused Absences .....................................................................................................29-30 Expulsion ....................................................................................................................15-16 False Alarms ................................................................................................................... 71 Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act ...................................................................53-57 Fighting .............................................................................................................................. 9 Forgery .............................................................................................................................. 8 Gambling ........................................................................................................................... 8 GPA Calculation .........................................................................................................34-38 Grading Procedure .....................................................................................................34-38 Graduation/Graduation Requirements ............................................................................ 37 Guidance Services .......................................................................................................... 71 Hall Passes ..................................................................................................................... 71 Harassment ....................................................................................................................... 8 Hazing & Bullying ................................................................................................... 8,19-26 Home Instruction ............................................................................................................. 71 Homework ....................................................................................................................... 33 Honor Roll ....................................................................................................................... 35 3 Internet Use/Misuse Policy ........................................................................................ 71-72 Leaving School w/o Permission ...................................................................................... 12 Library ............................................................................................................................. 72 Lockers ........................................................................................................................... 72 Loss of Driving Privileges .......................................................................................... 42-43 Lost and Found ............................................................................................................... 72 Lunch/Breakfast ......................................................................................................... 72-73 Lying ................................................................................................................................. 8 Make-Up Work ................................................................................................................ 33 Making Up Credit ............................................................................................................ 38 Medication [OTC] Policy ................................................................................................. 73 Missing Children ............................................................................................................. 30 Perfect Attendance ......................................................................................................... 33 Plagiarism ......................................................................................................................... 8 Pledge of Allegiance 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