Student handbook for 1996-1997 - Southwestern Academy
Student handbook for 1996-1997 - Southwestern Academy
Student handbook for 1996-1997 - Southwestern Academy
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ACADEMIC MATTERS<br />
Your Advisor 4<br />
Afternoon Study period 4<br />
Blazer Days 4<br />
Books-texts, workbooks 4<br />
Changes in classes 4<br />
Class rules: 4<br />
--be on time, prepared<br />
--use this “Red Book”<br />
College planning 4<br />
Community Service 5<br />
Counseling-personal 5<br />
Dress code – boys’ and<br />
girls’ dress 5-6<br />
Exams-quarter semester 7<br />
Grading, report cards 7<br />
Graduation needs, a/g 7-8<br />
Holidays 8<br />
Homework policies 8-9<br />
Honors and Awards 9<br />
Honors Statement 9<br />
Incidentals-your money 10<br />
Internet availability/use 10<br />
Libraries 10<br />
Lockers 10<br />
Opportunity study time 10<br />
Proctors’ duties 10<br />
Sicknesses–what to do 11<br />
Study Hall rules 11<br />
Teams and competitions 11<br />
Transcripts 11<br />
Weather-“Weather Bug” 11<br />
ATHLETICS<br />
Athletic Rules 12<br />
Dress <strong>for</strong> P.E. 12<br />
Letter Club 12<br />
Physical Education 12<br />
Sports Awards 12<br />
Team Uni<strong>for</strong>ms 12<br />
DORM LIFE<br />
Assignments to rooms 13<br />
Bed times – curfew 13<br />
Blue Cards – privileges 13<br />
Cleanliness and order 13<br />
Cooking/Heating 13<br />
(Dorm Life – continued)<br />
Computers/WiFi 13<br />
Damage to rooms 13<br />
Earthquake hazards 13<br />
Emergencies/Hazards 13<br />
Gym, Shops, Pool 14<br />
Hazards, Inspections 14<br />
Laundry facilities 14<br />
Leaving campus 14<br />
Mail, Pets 14<br />
Religious services 14<br />
Sick in dorms 14-15<br />
Storage 15<br />
Telephones, TVs 15<br />
Utilities 15<br />
Valuables 15<br />
Visiting in other dorms 15<br />
Walls – hanging things 15<br />
What to bring <strong>for</strong> dorm 16<br />
Commuting <strong>Student</strong>s 17<br />
Privileges and Penalties<br />
--positive/negative marks<br />
--detention<br />
--suspension<br />
--disciplinary committee<br />
--expulsion<br />
18-19<br />
Weekends/Vacations 20<br />
GENERAL<br />
INFORMATION<br />
Accident insurance 21<br />
Drivers’ licenses 21<br />
E-mail 21<br />
Emergencies 21<br />
Fax numbers/sending 21<br />
Food service 21<br />
Gum – none indoors 21<br />
Guardians 21<br />
Hazing, bullying 22<br />
Help – where to find 22<br />
Identification cards 22<br />
Immigration rules 22<br />
International nights 22<br />
(General Info – continued)<br />
Money—your account 22<br />
Offices – where to find 23<br />
Passports 24<br />
Proctors – names 24<br />
Other rules 24-25<br />
--riding in cars<br />
--other peoples’ dorms<br />
--in dorms during the day<br />
--no borrowing, buying<br />
--no tobacco, illegal goods<br />
--prescription drugs<br />
--no throwing<br />
--no spitting<br />
--no climbing trees, roofs<br />
--no obscenities<br />
--bounds – where to go,<br />
where not to go<br />
Sexual Harassment 25<br />
Smoking 25<br />
<strong>Student</strong> Council 25<br />
Theme dress days 25<br />
Work permits-Cali<strong>for</strong>nia 25<br />
Voicemail-Cali<strong>for</strong>nia 26<br />
School publications 26<br />
-- Viewbook<br />
--The Confab<br />
--Seeds<br />
Safety rules 27<br />
Safety in science labs 28<br />
Safety in art studios 28<br />
School history 29-31<br />
Clubs and<br />
Organizations<br />
<strong>Student</strong> Government 32<br />
Interact Club 33<br />
International Club 33<br />
SAS - Arts Society 34<br />
SEA – Environment 34<br />
SPHERE - Health Ed. 35<br />
Ambassadors 35<br />
Maps of our areas 36-37<br />
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