NEEDHAM HIGH SCHOOL A Caring Community Striving for Personal Growth and Academic Excellence HIGH AM SC H H D O E O E L N EST. 1865 P E E R C S N O A E N C R L A A FO L L R E IN G C G G IN X R CO RIV E O MMUNITY ST C WT MI H A DE STUDENTN DHANDBOOK ACA 2018 - 2019 Needham High School 609 Webster Street Needham, MA 02492 Language Assistance Services ATTENTION: If you speak a language other than English, language assistance services are available to you free of charge. Contact your childʼs school for assistance. __________________________________________________________________________ Spanish: ATENCION: Si usted habla un idioma que no sea el inglés, hay servicios de asistencia lingüística disponibles gratis. Contacte la escuela de su hijo para asistencia. _________________________________________________________________________ Portuguese: ATENÇÃO: Se fala um idioma diferente do Inglês, os serviços de assistência linguística estão disponíveis gratuitamente para si. Entre em contato com a escola do seu filho para obter assistência. ___________________________________________________________________________ Russian: ВНИМАНИЕ: Если вы не говорите на английском языке, для вас доступны бесплатные языковые сервисы на вашем языке. Обратитесь за помощью в школу, в которой учится ваш ребенок. ___________________________________________________________________________ Haitian Creole: ATANSYON: Si ou pale yon lòt lang ke lang Anglè, sèvis asistans lang yo disponib pou ou gratis. Kontakte lekòl timoun ou an pou kapab jwenn asistans. ___________________________________________________________________________ Cape Verdean: ATENSON: Si bu ta fala un língua diferenti di Ingles, Servísus di Apoiu Linguístiku stá disponível sen kustus. Kontakta skóla di bu fidju pa dá-bu apoiu. ___________________________________________________________________________ Thai:โปรดทราบ:หากท่านดภาษาอืนใดนอกเหนือจากภาษาองั กฤษท่านสามารถใช้บริการความช่วยเหลือด้านภาษาโดยไม่ต้ องเสียค่าใช้จ่ายแต่อย่างใด ติดต่อโรงเรียนของบุตรของท่านเพือขอความช่วยเหลือ Romanian: ATENŢIE: Dacă sunteţi vorbitor de altă limbă decât engleza, serviciile de asistenţă lingvistică vă sunt disponibile în mod gratuit. Contactaţi şcoala copilului dvs. pentru asistenţă. ___________________________________________________________________________ Arabic:اﻧﺘﺒﺎﻩ: إن ﻛﻨﺘﻢ ﺗﺘﺤﺪﺛﻮن ﺑﻠﻐﺔ أﺧﺮى ﻏﲑ اﻹﳒﻠﻴﺰﻳﺔ، ﻓﺈن ﺧﺪﻣﺎت اﳌﺴﺎﻋﺪة اﻟﻠﻐﻮﻳﺔ ﻣﺘﻮﻓﺮة ﺑﺸﻜﻞ ﳎﺎﱐ. ﺗﻮاﺻﻠﻮا ﻣﻊ ﻣﺪ رﺳﺔ ﻃﻔﻠﻜﻢ ﻣﻦ أﺟﻞ ﻃﻠﺐ اﳌﺴﺎﻋﺪة. ___________________________________________________________________________ Chinese: 请注意：如果您的母语不是英语，我们将免费提供您语言辅助服务。如需协助，请与您孩子的学 校联系。 ___________________________________________________________________________ Mandarin: 请注意：如果您的母语不是英语，我们将免费提供您语言辅助服务。如需协助，请与您孩子的学 校联系。 ___________________________________________________________________________ Taiwanese: 請注意：如果您的母語不是英語，我們將免費提供您語言輔助服務。如需協助，請與您孩子的 學校聯繫。 ___________________________________________________________________________ Burmese: - အထး� ဂ�◌ျဳရ္ အကယ္၍သင� ည္ အဂၤလိ�ာသာစကားမဟ�တ� ဲ အျားဘာသာစကား ေ◌◌ျာါက သင္◌အ့ တက္ အမဲ့ ဘာသာစကားဝ္ေ◌ဆာငဴ�မ်ားရရွိႏ◌ိ◌�ငါ� သည္။ သင္◌ေ့ ကလးငယ္ ေ◌ကာ် င္◌းသ�႕ိ အက�အညီ ရယ�ရ္ ဆက� ယါ� ။ ___________________________________________________________________________ QUICK CONTACT INFORMATION Main Number – All Calls ......................................... (781) 455-0800 Daily Attendance Reporting...............................................ext. 2602 Grade Level Offce ........................................... ext. 2241, ext. 2243 Guidance .......................................................................... ext. 2144 Guidance Fax ......................................................... (781) 455-0408 Health Offce ..................................................................... ext. 2123 Health Fax .............................................................. (781) 453-5609 Athletic Offce .................................................................... ext. 2105 Athletics Fax ........................................................... (781) 455-0818 Media Center .................................................................... ext. 2709 Main Offce……………………………………………........... ext. 2205 Main Offce Fax ........................................................(781) 449-5111 Website……………………………... http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/ NEEDHAM HIGH SCHOOL MISSION NEEDHAM HIGH SCHOOL DRAWS FROM THE STRENGTHS OF THE COMMUNITY HTO ICREATEG TEACHING AND M H LEARNING PARTNERSHIPSA BETWEEN FACULTY,SC PARENTS, AND STUDENTS,H BOTH ON AN INDIVIDUAL HLEVEL AND IN GROUPS,D IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A HIGH OQUALITY EDUCATION.E O E L THE SCHOOL OFFERS STUDENTS A VARIETY OF N OPPORTUNITIES• TO EXCEL AND A DIVERSITY OF • PERSPECTIVESC FROM WHICH TO LEARN IN AN E O EST. 1865 R ENVIRONMENTG THAT IS BOTH NURTURING AND A CHALLENGING.I T C A I R N THE BALANCEDE STUDENT IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATEU • M ACTIVELY IN SCHOOL V AND SOCIETY, BE CREATIVE,M AND EN O SELF-ADVOCATE WHILEE DETERMININGRARI • C HIS OR HER UNIQUE PATH TO FULFILLMENT. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE ....................................................................................................................................................1 II. NEEDHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS CALENDAR ..............................................................................................................2 III. NEEDHAM HIGH SCHOOL ASSESSMENT CALENDAR ..........................................................................................3 IV. DEPARTMENT & ADMINISTRATION DIRECTORY .................................................................................................4 V. LEGAL NOTICES ................................................................................................................................................................5 1. Non-Discrimination Notice .................................................................................................................................................5 2. Policy Prohibiting Harassment ...........................................................................................................................................5 3. Student Records ...................................................................................................................................................................7 4. District Meetings, Programs, Activities ..............................................................................................................................7 5. Process for School Volunteers .............................................................................................................................................8 6. Homeless Children and Youth .............................................................................................................................................8 7. Restraint of Students ...........................................................................................................................................................8 8. Pregnant Students ...............................................................................................................................................................8 9. Health Policies ....................................................................................................................................................................9 10. Nutrition Services .............................................................................................................................................................11 VI. EXCERPTS FROM THE NHS STUDENT COUNCIL CONSTITUTION ................................................................13 VII. STUDENT ATTENDANCE POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS ...................................................14 1. General Policies ................................................................................................................................................................14 2. Listing of Attendance on Transcripts ................................................................................................................................14 3. Absence Reporting ............................................................................................................................................................14 4. Dismissals .........................................................................................................................................................................14 5. Attendance in Homeroom ..................................................................................................................................................14 6. Tardy Policy ......................................................................................................................................................................14 7. Unauthorized Absences from Notifcation Procedures .....................................................................................................14 8. Class Cut and/or Unauthorized Absences from Class ......................................................................................................15 9. Wandering .........................................................................................................................................................................15 10. Excessive Absence from School and/or Class ..................................................................................................................15 11. Junior & Senior Privilege ................................................................................................................................................15