Student Handbook - The Taft School

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PROCEDURES, REGULATIONS, & INFORMATION WHEN LEAVING CAMPUS Weekend and day permissions sign-outs are based on the principle of the Honor System that “A student’s word is his or her bond.” Students must always sign out cards when leaving Watertown. Discussing your plans with the Dean’s Office or having your parents call in does not relieve you of the responsibility of signing out properly. DOWNTOWN PRIVILEGE Students are allowed downtown during their free time within the following time periods. Students may not go downtown alone after 5:45 p.m. RESIDENTIAL LIFE Lower Middlers and Middlers Nights when there is sit-down dinner Nights when there is no sit-down dinner Upper Middlers and Seniors Nights when there is sit-down dinner Nights when there is no sit-down dinner Saturday 7:00 a.m.–5:45 p.m. 7:00 a.m.–7:45 p.m. 7:00 a.m.–5:45 p.m. 7:00 a.m.–7:45 p.m. 7:00 a.m.–10:15 p.m. Sign-Out Procedures Blue cards are for Friday weekends, yellow cards are for Saturday weekends, and white cards are for day permissions. Students fill out the cards but do not sign them. When students return from a weekend or permission, they check in by coming into the Duty Office and, in the presence of the faculty member on duty, signing the card at the bottom where it says, “Return Signature.” Weekend and permissions cards must be turned in to the dean of students on weekdays, and on weekends to the school duty officer or the dean of students. Weekend cards must be handed in by noon on Wednesday. For Long Weekends, cards may be due earlier. Students should check the weekly calendar and listen to announcements in Assembly for deadlines. Weekend or permission cards should never be left in the Dean’s Office without their being approved. A three-grade penalty will be assigned to students handing in late cards. Cards that are more than a day late will not be accepted. It is assumed that when students take a weekend or permission they are going to a place approved on the form sent to the Dean’s Office by their parents. They may not take a weekend or permission to any other place without parental permission. When students sign out to their own homes, no invitation is necessary providing the parents of the student have given permission to sign out home. When students go to their homes the school expects that a parent or an adult approved by a parent will be present. Students may not sign out to a hotel, home or any other location unless their parent, the parent of another student, or an adult approved by their parent is present for the entire weekend. 42 The Taft School
Students also must have an invitation from their host for the weekend whenever they leave school to visit any place other than their own homes. Invitations may be called in to the Dean’s Office or may be submitted in writing. All invitations are due in the Dean’s Office at least 48 hours before departure. When attending a concert or other function before going to their home or to the home of their host family, students must be picked up from school by their own parent or their host parent. Upon returning to school students must be sure to come into the Dean’s Office to sign in. Failure to sign in by 7:30 p.m. will result in a three-grade penalty. Continued failure to sign in on time will be treated more seriously. Finally, if you are detained in returning from your weekend for some reason, please call the School Duty Office at 860-945-7800, before 7:30 p.m. to let the duty officer know where you are. If the duty officer is not present, you should leave a message in the voice mailbox. DAY PERMISSIONS All students are allowed unlimited Saturday and Sunday day permissions. Under unusual circumstances or in the case of emergency, permissions may be allowed during the middle of the week during free time. Permissions are granted for travel near the school. Students wishing to visit locations farther than ten miles from Taft should consult the dean of students regarding permissions and invitations required. Saturday permissions start after a student’s last Saturday class or athletic contest and end at 10:30 p.m. No students may be excused from class to get an early start. Sunday permissions run from 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Students leaving early Sunday morning are advised to have their cards approved on Saturday as the duty officers are usually not available until 10:00 a.m. Day students may invite boarding students to their homes only if an adult is present. A day student parent must call in an invitation for a boarding student to come to their house on a day permission. Boarders must sign out a day permission card in the duty office, even if the home is nearby campus. Boarding students who have permission to drive with a day student may ride downtown during the hours specified on page 42, but the boarder must fill out a day permission card. Students may not sign out for dinner on nights when sit-down meals are served. All permissions to be away from the school for medical appointments must be cleared first through the Health Center. RESIDENTIAL LIFE WEEKEND PERMISSIONS Weekends during the school year are designated as being either open or closed. On a closed weekend boarding students are not permitted to be away from Taft overnight without receiving special permission from the Dean’s Office. The dates of the closed weekends are given below. Students are allowed to leave Taft on an open weekend, with certain exceptions explained below, as long as they do not miss any classes, athletic contests or other extracurricular obligations. Saturday Weekends start after a student’s last class or athletic commitment on Saturday and end at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. No students may be excused from class to get an early start. Student Handbook 2010–11 43
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Page 7 and 8: ACADEMICS 6 Academic Honesty 8 Grad
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Page 21 and 22: VOLUNTARY USE OF THE HEALTH CENTER
Page 23 and 24: THE CONDUCT SYSTEM Taft’s Conduct
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Page 31 and 32: RESIDENTIAL LIFE 30 Regulations and
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Page 69 and 70: ATHLETICS 68 The Athletic Program 6
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Page 73 and 74: NEPSAC CODE OF ETHICS AND CONDUCT A
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