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Students are to bring their IDs daily to school. The ID will look similar to the one above. However, the student ID card will have a bar code associated with it. This card will be used to scan when in the hall to use the restroom or when to sign in to the IMC. Be sure to get into the habit of bringing it to school and displaying it on a lanyard we gave the students or by clipping it to your clothes. The expectation is that the students navigate the halls with them each day and every day.

We are continuing to iron out this procedure, but all students seemed to have adapted quickly to this. We encourage students to keep their IDs in their lockers overnight. However, while not ideal, if they leave their ID at home, we will give them a temporary ID throughout the day. We strongly encourage students to keep their IDs with them at all times. This is highly important for safety reasons.

This new procedures promotes safety and the preservation of instructional time for the students. This allows to keep track of students, how long they are out of class, and the frequency by which they are out of class. This new program allows us to sort using an excel spreadsheet and then address only those individuals who are frequently out of the classroom. There is no additional change or procedure your child has to do except get into the habit of bringing their ID cards.

Here is a copy of the most recent code of conduct/including 22-23 revisions https://www.wtps.org/Page/31426

The overall theme of the code of conduct is the belief that we are dealing with children who are on a journey and sometimes they falter and need our support to teach them how to fail forward and repair the relationship they may have strained. We are committed to having the code of conduct promote this learning from mistakes.

Backpacks

In the middle schools, because we have a team of teachers that each child has, we have frequent access to our lockers, because we no longer have textbooks for each class, and we live in a world with heightened security, students cannot carry backpacks while in school. Students can bring backpacks to school but must place them in their lockers prior to homeroom and then retrieve them at the end of the day. During the first few weeks, we will practice with the students and help with organization.

Open Back Shoes Like Slides or Flip Flops

We have crowded halls and stairwells and wearing open back shoes provides a tripping hazard. Therefore we do not allow them in school. Students can wear Crocs, but we need the students to make sure the back strop is on the back of the heal, not turned over in the front of the Croc.

Shirts and Apparel

All shirts need to be free of rude/sexual/violent language or innuendos. Shirts need to ensure that midriffs, backs, and undergarments are covered.

Cell Phones are not permitted while students are in school.

Phones and social Media is both a wonderful thing to get connected but also used by manny to insult, demean, and torment others. Sometimes it even inovles threats where law enforcement has to intervene. Many of these social media sites do great things to connect students with each other. However, when unchecked, impulsive teens and adolescents can be subjected to bullying or safety concerns. When irresponsible people dabble in social media, the result is often hate and vitriol that bombards our kids. We as a school do our best to respond but by the time we get involved, the damage is already done.

Each year we have assemblies to address online/social media harassment as we remind students that such conduct is not what a Bulldog is about. We obtain the unwavering support of Officer Hamilton who is our SRO and will continue to have these talks with the entire school in the upcoming year as well.

Some things you should know:

1. Snap Chat: Please check and ensure parent filters are enabled on your children's snapchat and especially set to private so only your child's friends can "snap" each other. We've had situations where random people infiltrated our students' snap chat with inappropriate images or messages. Also with snap chat, people can send pictures or message that quickly erase. Unless your child screen shots things, these messages are hard to retrieve and the hate or bullying has already been done.

2. Tik Tok or Discord: Again these platforms (like snap chat and if the parental controls and privacy settings are not enabled) students can be met with an onslaught of negative information. Most of our country's threats of violence in schools are happening on Tik Tok. Much persistent vandalism in schools is a result of Tik Tok challenges. Tik Tok is highly unregulated content. The challenges and threats in Tik Tok can have felony or misdemeanor charges. The same goes for Discord.

3. Instagram: With Instagram, we have had our own students make fake pages, especially talking about students. The owners of these pages make fun of students, make lies about students, antagonize drama between people, or make up that students are in relationships with each other. Regardless of the content, the sole purpose is to tear people down. Please ensure that your children do not follow anything like this. By following these pages, it gives credence to these students who seek to emotionally harm their peers. These pages are on Tik Tok as well...usually referencing "ship" page. These make fun or invent dating relationships of students.

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