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• Finally, we recognize that many pressures that young people feel to engage in sexual activity; we
hope that the School’s position empowers and supports them to resist those pressures.
• We expect all Miller School of Albemarle students to behave appropriately in their relationships
with each other – whether adults are present or not. Our students are expected specifically not
to engage in vulgar, sexually-oriented conversation or in the activities described below:
Inappropriate Public Displays of Affection
In public, certain displays of affection (e.g., holding hands, walking arm-in-arm, etc.) between teenagers
attracted to one another are to be expected and are perfectly appropriate. Other public displays of
affection (e.g. walking with hands in the back of each other’s trousers, nuzzling on a stairway, kissing
mouth-to-mouth, etc.) are not appropriate. Whether on the premises of the Miller School of Albemarle
or off-campus at a School-sponsored event or activity, students who engage in public displays of
affection or physical intimacy which are vulgar, overly familiar, passionate, or otherwise inappropriate
will be reprimanded, demerited or subject to other discipline.
Sexual Activity between Consenting Students
The definition of “sexual activity” can include a number of acts, among them intercourse, certain oral
practices, and manual stimulation. Students who are determined to have engaged in consensual sexual
activity on campus or off campus during School-sponsored functions or events will be counseled by
appropriate adult members of the Miller School of Albemarle community. Additionally, the parents of
any involved student will be notified of the activity in question and of the counseling received by the
student.
Depending upon the facts and personalities involved in any such incident, an involved student may also
be subjected to suspension or expulsion.
Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment in any form will not be tolerated at the Miller School of Albemarle. The following are
examples of behavior that is sexual harassment and is prohibited:
• Name calling of a sexual nature
• Commenting about a person’s anatomy
• Circulating or originating obscene drawings or denigrating graffiti
• Telling crude jokes, especially in mixed company
• Spreading false rumors or accusations about sexual encounters
• Touching someone offensively
• Making references to someone’s sexual “reputation”
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