Discipline

St. Peter's Boys High School

Discipline

General Behavior ● Attendance ● Discipline Action & Grades

Specific Discipline Regs ● Procedural Steps ● Detention ● Smoking Policy

Drug & Alcohol Abuse Policy ● NY Archdiocesan Policy ● Computer & Internet Use

Photo/Broadcast Waiver ● Cell Phone Policy

General Behavior Guidelines

At St. Peter's a student is expected to behave in a way which respects the persons and property of the school community. The purpose of school discipline is to guarantee every student and teacher an opportunity to experience a satisfying and productive life.

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Attendance

Regular school attendance is essential for a student to experience success in school. When a student is absent, a parent or guardian must telephone the school before 9:00a.m. on the day of absence. On returning to school, the student must present to the Office a note signed and dated by his parent. When he is absent, the student is responsible for contacting his classmates about tests and class work missed. A student who is absent from school is not eligible to participate in any school activity that day unless approved by the Principal and/or Athletic Director. He is also responsible for all tests and/or assignments on the day of return. Students who are absent fifteen (15) or more days are subject to possible loss of academic credit and/or dismissal from St. Peter's.

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Disciplinary Action Involving Student Grades

Cheating in any form may result in failure in a course.
Absence from a final exam deserves a failure in that course, unless verified by sickness and a telephone call from a parent on the same day.
Removal from a course by an Administrator will result in a failure in that course.

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Specific Discipline Regulations

Misconduct in any of the following will mean automatic after-school detention:

Lateness for homeroom.
Lateness for school after homeroom.
Dress code violation.
Smoking violations/Smoking is not permitted on school grounds.
Noisy or disruptive behavior in corridors or between periods.
Littering or failure to keep cafeteria area clean or eating above the first floor cafeteria.
Walkmans, radios, headsets, beepers, cellular phones, etc. in the school building.
Use of foul language.
Gum chewing/Gum is not permitted in the school.

The following behavior is of a more serious nature. The number of procedural steps utilized in dealing with these offenses will depend on the seriousness of the matter and the discretion of the administration:

Disrespect - Failure to comply with a reasonable teacher request/Failure to report to a teacher after school.
Behavioral problem or expulsion from a classroom or Library.
Truancy from a school/a class/assembly or detention.
Intimidation or fighting with fellow students.
Frequent detentions for minor offenses.
Complaint from bus company/neighbors about conduct.
Possession or use of drugs/alcohol in or out of school.
Possession of a book not personally assigned.
Vandalism or marking up of desks, lockers, walls, textbooks, etc.
Leaving school grounds without permission.
Excessive lateness for school (normal lateness number should not exceed five (5) per year).
Theft is grounds for immediate expulsion.
Chewing gum will result in a $25 fine and indefinite detention.

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Procedural Steps

Immediate conference with the Dean of Discipline.
Written note to parents.
ImmePdiate student suspension and interview with parents.
Indefinite detention (2 weeks or longer).
Prohibition to participate in any interscholastic competition for an indefinite period.
Any offense occurring after the signing of two disciplinary contracts with the Dean of Discipline automatically subjects a student to expulsion.
Expulsion.

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A Word About Detention

We would also like to clarify and state a firm administrative position regarding detention. Although we greatly encourage our students to assume a sense of responsibility and maturity regarding after school employment, detention will NEVER be excused or postponed due to this factor.

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Smoking Policy

The following policy was implemented as of September 28, 2006.

Policy on Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention

The following policy was copied from the official printed school calendar as of August 2008.

New York Archdiocesan Policy Statement

The following policy was copied from the official printed school calendar as of August 2008.

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Computer & Internet Use

The school has an Internet Acceptable Use Policy which each student, along with a parent or guardian, must sign before a student can access the Internet at school. The Internet Acceptable Use Policy governs the conduct and responsibilities of each student while they are at school and/or utilizing school computer facilities, codes or sites. It is the expectation of the school, however, that student behavior when using the Internet will be exemplary both on and off school grounds. A Catholic school student always represents his school and the school community. Accordingly, students will be subject to disciplinary action by the school for acts such as, but not limited to, harassment or any other type of threatening, sexual or otherwise inappropriate communication that is conveyed via the Internet (or other technological method or device) regardless of the time of day of the student's location. Such misconduct could result in any number of punishments including the possibility of suspension or expulsion. Additionally, any student who is found to have authored or contributed to a website/blog/wiki/etc. that is of a nature which is threatening, profane, obscene, sexual, illegal or contrary to the Catholic mission of the school, will be subject to disciplinary action by the school.

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Photo/Broadcast Waiver

Students and parents must be aware that membership on any school team includes students' and parents' agreement and consent to be videotaped and broadcast. This is a requirement for membership on a team.

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Cell Phone Policy

Cell phones are to be turned off and put away so they are not visible during the hours of 8:10am and 2:30pm for all underclassmen, or 8:10am and 1:00pm for seniors. The exception to these times would be the Wednesday schedule (9:00am - 2:30pm for underclassmen or 9:00am - 1:10pm for seniors). Students may put their cell phone in their locker; kept in their book bags or pockets. They are not to wear them on their belts or have them out for any reason during the hours listed above. Students may use their cell phones during extra curricular activities or outside of the hours stated. This policy is meant to prevent cell phones from interrupting the academic and instructional environment of the school.

Students violating this policy will face the following correction:

Student sent to Mr. Gault's office to have their phone confiscated for a period of one week. Once the student has surrendered his phone he will return to class immediately.
Three days detention will be assigned.
Confiscated phones will be held for a one week period and only returned when the student has paid a mandatory $25.00 fine.

We will allow the students a one week grace period to adjust to this policy. During the first full week of school (09/14 - 09/18/09), faculty will correct any violations to the new policy verbally and remind students that effective Monday, September 21, 2009 the correction will also include the penalties listed above.

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