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ACADEMIC BEHAVIOR POLICIES
• The guiding precept to any standard of behavior is respect. If you treat others as you would want
to be treated, then you are probably behaving correctly.
• A student is expected to be on time to all classes and appointments.
• Only the Director of Academics or the Director of Student Life has the authority to excuse
students from an academic activity.
• Only the Director of Academics or the Director of Student Life has the authority to excuse
students from school activities other than academics.
• Food and/or drinks are not permitted on the second or third floor or in classroom areas except
for special class functions that have been approved in advance by the appropriate adult.
• Food and/or drinks, including water and chewing gum are never allowed in the Flannagan
Technology Center, teaching computer lab, chapel or the library.
CLASSROOM CONDUCT
• Classrooms are centers of hard work and lively discourse. All students are expected to
participate fully in the life of the class and to respect and honor the class rules and each other.
• Students are expected to stand by their desks at the second bell until greeted and told to be
seated by the teacher.
• Classroom disturbances or inappropriate conduct in class will be dealt with by the teachers and,
if necessary, Mr. James Braxton, Disciplinarian.
EVENING STUDY HALL AND POLICIES
• Work quietly because all students have work to accomplish.
• You must be in your room, at your desk, with your room and desk lights on, engaged in study,
with a book open. Study Hall is not time to do laundry, straighten the room, or engage in other
distracting activities.
• The door to your room must be kept open.
• Plan ahead to be at your desk for 2 hours. Moving from room to room with question is not an
option.
• If you need help on an assignment, ask a faculty member on duty. If you need to speak with
another student, do it during the break or after study hall.
• Work from “Bell to Bell.” If you are finished with your homework, have a leisure book or other
reading available to complete the Study Hall period. Computer games, cards, and other nonstudy
activities are not permitted.
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