2011-2012 - Bavarian International School

Discipline at BIS is governed by the following principles:
• All students have the capacity to behave responsibly and make good choices.
• Adolescence is a time when students experiment and seek greater independence and autonomy
while experiencing a tremendous amount of peer pressure. These forces may cause a student to
behave inappropriately and/or to make a poor choice.
• A school environment in which appropriate behaviour is consistently expected and recognised
creates a sense of security for each student that increases their attention to learning and to selfresponsibility.
• Disciplinary consequences should be productive, reasonable and related to inappropriate
behaviours.
• Students benefit from the educational process best when teachers, administrators, counsellors
and parents work co-operatively to ensure that students gain the most from the mistake.
The aims of discipline procedures at BIS are as follows:
• To help students recognise that freedom and responsibility go hand-in-hand.
• To teach students how to learn from their mistakes.
• To help students develop effective communication skills, problem solving skills and other
important interpersonal skills.
• To create the awareness of personal accountability.
UPPER SCHOOL CODE OF CONDUCT
Developed by students at the beginning of the 2001-2002 school year, the School Code of Conduct is a series
of 6 statements stated in a positive manner which represent the desired behaviours and habits that members
of the BIS learning community are expected to model and practice on a daily basis.
1. Respect and encourage the right to teach and the right to learn at all times.
2. Be actively engaged in learning; ask questions, work together and seek solutions.
3. Be prepared and on time to fulfil your daily commitments.
4. Act appropriately; demonstrate behaviour that is considerate of your environment, your school
community and yourself.
5. Communicate honestly; tell the truth.
6. Take responsibility for your choices and actions.
OTHER IMPORTANT EXPECTATIONS
PERSONAL APPEARANCE
Students are expected to wear suitable clothing and safe footwear at all times and to maintain an
appropriate level of personal hygiene. Clothing that a student chooses to wear must be in good
taste and when choosing clothing to wear to school, students should consider the cultural and
religious sensitivities of members of our school community. Specifically, clothing should be in good
repair and free of displays of language and substances that are not acceptable in our school
community. A student who is unsuitably dressed may be asked to return home to change clothing.
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