Student/Parent Handbook - Onteora Central School District

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIESAll extra-curricular activities will be scheduled and approved through the school administrators. Thereceipt and disbursal of ECA monies will be coordinated in the business office.Any student staying afterschool that is unsupervised will be expected to sit in a supervised room andwait for a late bus or a ride, if there is one available. Parents will be expected to pick their child upafterschool if their child continually stays afterschool for no reason.DANCES AND OTHER STUDENTPLANNED FUNCTIONSAny class, club or school group wishing to undertake social or fund raising activities of any naturemust request approval from the principal. Requests should be made in sufficient time to be certain allarrangements can be made. A detailed program must be prepared in writing and submitted forapproval at least eight weeks prior to the function.Anyone attending a school function should be there for that purpose only. Any person found loiteringon the school property other than in the assigned areas, or whose behavior is not appropriate, will berequired to leave. School appointed chaperones must be recognized as the controlling authorities.The district may utilize an alcohol screening device at the discretion of the building administration.FIELD TRIPSStudents suspended out of school for four or more days may not be allowed to participate in schoolsponsoredfield trips. Students who are academically deficient may be denied participation on fieldtrips.Student trips are permitted which have value in meeting educational objectives, which are necessary tothe fulfillment of obligations to the interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic activity program,and which do not seriously interfere with the educational routine of students who must remain inschool. On all school-sponsored trips involving pupils, school employees will make provisions forproper supervision. When a pupil goes on any bus trip sponsored by the school, by an organization inthe school either officially or unofficially, the pupil must return on the same bus. There will be noexceptions to this rule. When a faculty member takes a group on a trip, pupils who are taking the tripare duly bound to abide by the regulations that the school establishes. Failure to do so places the pupilin jeopardy. It makes it impossible for the teacher to safeguard the pupil’s interest. In such instance,the teacher stands in place of the parent.ONTEORA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ACTIVITIESThis listing of student activities was designed to provide information to families so students can makeinformed choices about their involvement in school activities throughout their careers as students atOnteora Middle and High School. Each listing provides the name of the activity, grade level ofparticipation, a brief description of the activity, and a contact person for more information.45