When you are absent you must bring a note, either from a parent/guardian or a doctor, explaining why you were absent. Your parent/guardian is also required to call the attendance office each day you are absent. All absence notes must be brought in the day that you return to school and given to your homeroom teacher.

If it is deemed that you were absent without the school and your parent/guardian aware that you were not in attendance you will be deemed cutting and disciplinary action will be taken.

 Be here on time. If you are late your parent/guardian will be notified. Excessive lateness without a legitimate reason can be grounds for disciplinary action.

In order to maintain progress with schoolwork be sure to consult the school website or contact a classmate in the event of your absence. It is your responsibility to complete missed assignments during your absence to the best of your ability. It is your responsibility to ask what you missed and what you have to make up.

Arrival

Mandated and Voluntary 37.5 Minutes Students (Small Group Instruction): 8:00 – 8:37 ½:
Students are required to arrive promptly at their designated classroom each day, Monday through Thursday, at 8:00 AM to participate in small group tutoring and enrichments session. If you are excessively late or absent to these sessions your parent/guardian will be contacted.

Non Mandated Students:
From 8:30 AM to 8:37.5 AM, students will proceed to their homeroom using the School Yard Entrance door on 57th Street on outdoor line up days. When the weather is inclement, students will assemble in the auditorium upon arrival, and at 8:30 will proceed to their homeroom using Staircase 9. Students who arrive before 8:30 are to use the auditorium time for silent sustained reading and/or studying.

Late Students

Students who arrive after 8:37 ½ must use the main entrance. They must sign in and receive a late pass from the security desk. The late pass must be given to the current teacher to be attached to the section sheet. Inform your homeroom teacher that you received and submitted a late pass when you return to homeroom before lunch so that they are aware and can make the necessary changes.

Friday

All students arrive from 8:30 – 8:37 ½ on Friday. Please do not arrive early, unless you plan on attending breakfast.

Breakfast

Breakfast will be served at 7:45 for 37 ½ minute small group instruction students only. These students should leave the cafeteria promptly at 7:55 to arrive at their classroom on time.

Breakfast will be served at 8:10 for all other students. Students will be asked to leave the cafeteria promptly at 8:25 and proceed to the designated lineup area.

It is the responsibility of every student who attends breakfast to arrive on time, clean their table, and exit promptly when breakfast ends. You may be asked by the breakfast monitors to help clean. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

A successful school relies upon responsible students who give back to their community. It is strongly encouraged that you volunteer to help clean and remove trash when you are in the dining hall. Volunteering to clean in the cafeteria is a good way to earn community service credits.

Homeroom

Students will proceed to homeroom each morning and store all outer garments in the wardrobe, which will be secured and locked. Be respectful of other students’ property when using the wardrobe.

Students are kindly asked to refrain from wearing coats and jackets during instructional hours. Blazers are always welcomed.

Wardrobes will be locked at the end of the homeroom period. Students will not be allowed to leave class and return to their homeroom for any reason. It is the responsibility of the students to be prepared for class by taking everything they will need with them.

During homeroom you will receive important handouts and information from your homeroom teacher. It is your responsibility to bring these handouts to your parent/guardian, and return them with signatures if necessary.

Students are asked to listen carefully to all morning announcements. It is your responsibility to listen carefully and be respectful of others who need to hear announcements.

Students will return to homeroom before and after lunch. This will be the only time you will be able to access your belongings. Make sure you are prepared and have everything you need for your morning classes during morning homeroom. Make sure you have everything you need for lunch before you leave for lunch. Make sure you are prepared for your afternoon classes when you return to homeroom after lunch.

Students will return to homeroom at the end of the day to be dismissed by their teacher. Afternoon homeroom is equally important as morning homeroom. Continue to be responsible for listening to announcements and organizing handouts.

Attendance will be taken each homeroom session.

Dismissal

Students in Grades 6 – 8 will be dismissed through the 57th street exit at 2:57 ½.

Students are expected to leave the school grounds as soon as they are dismissed. Students will not be permitted to remain on school grounds unless they are part of an after school activity or program.

Students are expected to continue to follow school rules even after school hours.

- Be safe on your way home.

- Be responsible for your books and supplies when bringing them to and from school.

- Be respectful towards people who live in the community, and 0f their homes and property.

Students are discouraged from leaving school early and missing instruction.

- If you need to leave early (for an appointment etc.) please bring a note telling why and when you need to leave and give it to your homeroom teacher so they can note it on the section sheet.

- A parent or person listed on the “blue card” must sign in at the security desk, meet you in the main office, and sign you out.

- Please inform your parent of you official homeroom class number so you can be easily located.

Passage

A warning chime will ring two minutes before the bell that signals the end of class. This chime is a signal for the teacher to finish the lesson, not a signal that class is over. Continue working until a teacher instructs you to stop.

The bell signals to the teacher that it is time to dismiss the class. The teacher dismisses the class. Students do not dismiss themselves. Prepared, responsible, and respectful students always proceed directly to their next class in an orderly manner when dismissed. Follow these guidelines when passing:

- Refrain from congregating and waiting for friends in the class or hallway. Avoid unnecessary physical contact (i.e. hugging, tapping, and pushing).

- Stay to the right when walking unless you need to go around a class that is lined up and waiting to enter a room.

- When using the stairs make sure to use the proper up or down staircase.

- When you arrive at a class all students should line up in two lines on one side of the doorway to allow for easy exit and entrance to/from the room. Be respectful and leave the doorway clear for exiting students.

- Only enter a room if a teacher is in the room when the teacher has asked you to enter. Never go into a room when there is no adult present.

You are required to carry your program card with you at all time. School staff may ask to see your program card to ensure that you going where you belong.

Water fountains and lavatories are off limits during passage unless written permission has been granted by a teacher. Safety officers and staff members will monitor the hallways and stairwells for a smooth transition.

Speaking is permitted during passage. However, conversation should be soft at all times to maintain safety and exemplary student decorum. Teachers and deans will be in the corridors to monitor passage.

Leaving the Classroom

All students must have a pass to be permitted in the hallway.

Every class has a bathroom pass that clearly indicates that the student who is carrying it has permission to use the bathroom.

Students moving to a destination other than the bathroom must have a hall pass indicating their destination (i.e. main office).

Only one student is permitted to leave the room at any time.

Always be respectful of classes that are in session when you are in the hallway by remaining quiet.

There should be no bathroom usage during morning small group instruction, homeroom, and first period (8:00 – 9:30) and limited bathroom usage (emergency use only) during periods before lunch. Students have the opportunity to use the bathroom during lunch.

There should be no bathroom usage during the first 10 minutes or the last 10 minutes of class. These are important times to prepare for the lesson and conclude the lesson.

Respect others by keeping the bathroom clean. Use only bathrooms assigned to your grade.

Every class has a sign out book. All students must sign out, noting the time they departed the room, and sign in, noting the time they returned to the room.

Name	Date	Destination	Time Out	Time In

Lining up to Leave the Room

Follow the teacher’s directions and line up systematically in two lines, in the classroom. Each line is led by a line leader. Listen to or follow the teacher to the point that you are directed to and stop (i.e. the next doorway or next stairway landing).

Classroom Procedures

Class is begun by the students, not the teacher. Students should know what is expected and begin immediately.

Most teachers will have a “do now” or “warm up” activity for you to work on as soon as you are seated. Even if they don’t your task is always to take out your notebook and assignments that need to be turned in, and look back at the previous day’s lesson.

- The student “do now” question is always: “What did I learn in class yesterday?”

Be prepared by taking out and organizing all necessary materials. Unused materials should remain in your backpack.

Be respectful of the need for teachers and students to walk around the room and place book bags on the back of your chair.

Open your notebook and write the proper heading:

The SEEALL Academy Name

Official Homeroom Class Date

Students should use black ink for all classwork and homework.

Different teachers may have different procedures or methods for listing homework assignments, collecting work, or distributing books. It is your responsibility to know these procedures and follow them.

Lateness (to class)

Students must sit in their assigned seats upon arrival to class. If you are not in your assigned seat the teacher will mark you late. Punctuality is essential as lateness disrupts instruction and is impolite. Be responsible and respectful, and be on time.

Designated student monitors will carry the class section sheet folder to each class and present it to the respective subject teachers. Teachers will record absences and lateness and names of students who have left the room on the section sheet.

Students are required to get a late pass from a teacher to present when they arrive at class to explain the reason for their lateness. Frequent lateness to class will necessitate parental contact by the school.

Dining Hall Procedures

Take your seat at your designated class dining table each day and follow the instructions of the school staff. In order to maintain a safe environment you must remain at your table unless you receive permission.

When your table is called walk to the line up area and line up safely to receive lunch from the kitchen staff. Be respectful of the students in front of you by allowing them to a spot in line. Line cutting is disrespectful.

It is the responsibility of every student to clean their table. You may be asked by the lunch monitors to help clean. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Monitors and volunteers to help clear tables and clean the cafeteria are greatly appreciated.

Conversations at lunch tables are not only permitted, but also desirable. However, loud and boisterous talk, yelling, screaming, using foul language, etc. are not acceptable. During inclement weather, students will remain indoors. Students may bring an assignments or reading material for the lunch period.

Grading Policy

The following guidelines will be followed by teachers of all the major subjects (ELA, Math, S.S., Science, Foreign Language):

Marking Period grades will be calculated as a percentage:

Classwork and Participation– 25%

Homework – 25%

Tests and Quizzes – 25%

Projects and Long Term Assignments – 25%

You will receive four report cards a year, at the end of each marking period. The passing grade in all subjects is 65.
The Grading System

90 - 99 Passing - in 1 point increments

65 - 85 Passing - in 5 point increments

60 and Below - Failing - in 5 point increments

Minor subjects will be graded using a letter system and will not impact averages.
You will also receive a conduct grade from each of your teachers.
When report cards are distributed, students need to check for any attendance discrepancies.

Progress Reports will be issued prior to the completion of the marking period. It is the student’s responsibility to use the progress report to identify and make up missing assignments and improve grades before the marking period ends. Successful students always ask teachers how they can improve their grade. Be respectful and ask teachers at an appropriate time (before or after class).

Late assignments will not receive full credit. Be sure to take advantage of any extra credit assignments if you are missing work or have handed work in late. Speak with the guidance department for tips and suggestions on how to record assignments, take notes and study.

Midterms and Finals

Successful students periodically reflect upon, review, and study what they have learned in order to strengthen their long term memory and reinforce knowledge and skills.

The purpose of midterms and finals is to instill this habit in students so they are prepared for high school (not to create stress, trick students, or test trivial knowledge).

Midterms will be given at the end of the second marking period and will cover the most important and essential topics and skills learned during the first two marking periods.

Finals will be given at the end of the fourth marking period and will cover topics and skills learned during the entire year.

Midterms and Finals will count as two tests.

Teachers may choose to incorporate a long term project (i.e. a research report) as part of or in lieu of a midterm or final.

Teachers will review what needs to be studied for midterms and finals. The topics and skills will be ones that you have already learned. Diligent students will already be prepared as a result of their hard work.

It is your responsibility to study the necessary material.

High Expectations

It is important that The SEEALL Academy sets and keeps high expectations. High grades are not guaranteed, but rather earned.

Hard work will prepare you for high school. Lowered or watered down expectations will leave you ill-prepared.

Cursive Writing

Cursive handwriting is required in all classes. All assignments should be completed in black ink.

Homework Policy

The homework policy in accordance with Regulations of the Chancellor will be assigned on a daily basis in all subjects.

It is the responsibility of each individual student to record homework assignments in a homework book or pad. If you are absent it is your responsibility to find out which assignments were missed and complete them. It is suggested that you ask reliable students in class for their phone number or email to ask them what assignments were missed if you are not in class. Speak with the guidance department for suggestions on setting up a time management schedule for after school work and extracurricular activities.

Successful students ask teachers for help and for missing assignments. Take advantage of any extra credit assignments if you are missing assignments or wish to improve your average. Speak with the guidance department on ways of reducing stress, managing time, studying, and note taking.

Teachers will post homework on the SEEALL180.com website.

Responsibility for Assignments

While teachers wish for you to achieve high grades they know that is important that you are prepared for high school. Therefore teachers may not allow you to make up missing assignments.

Learn to stay on top of assignments, write them down in a homework pad, and know when they are due. Ask questions when you are not sure what is expected, and be responsible for coming to school and handing in assignments.

Textbooks

Textbooks issued to students are for use during the school year and must be returned at the end of the year or when collected by the teacher.

Teachers will record the number of the textbook to ensure that your book is accounted for. It is your responsibility to keep your books safe.

Books are to be covered and handled with care.

Students will be responsible for restitution of lost, unreturned, and damaged books. Report cards and diplomas will be withheld at the end of the year from any students who have not returned textbooks.

Supplies, Pens, Pencils, and Notebooks

Responsible students are always prepared for class with needed materials, texts, notebooks and assignments.

Students will not be allowed to leave their class and return to their homeroom class for any items that may have been forgotten.

Be respectful of other student’s supplies when you are in their homeroom. If supplies are left by other students give them to the teacher.

Arista Honors Society

Standards for Arista:

90% average on first three marking periods
No individual subject grade lower than 85%
5 or less excused absences
Exemplary behavior (‘N’s’ or ‘U’s’ for conduct)
Minimum of 10 hours of community service to the school or community
2 teacher recommendations

Please speak with the guidance department about methods of maintaining good grades and acquiring community service credits.

Honor Roll

Students will be honored for their grades at the end of every marking period.

The criteria for Honor Roll:

Gold Honor Roll

90% average in all major subjects

No marking period grade lower than 85%

No ‘N’s’ or ‘U’s’ for conduct

Silver Honor Roll

85% average in all major subjects

No marking periods grade lower than 80%

No ‘N’s’ or ‘U’s’ for conduct

Community Service and Volunteering

A successful school relies on students who are willing to give of their free time in the service of others. Students are encouraged to volunteer to help in the classroom, hallway, and dining hall. Students can tutor, act as teacher assistants or earn service credits during evening and after school events. Community service is an excellent way to prepare for high school and is a requirement for the Arista Junior National Honor Society.

Lunch Forms

You will receive a lunch form in September from your homeroom teacher. Your parent or guardian is required to complete the form and return it to school in a timely manner.

ALL students must present a lunch form even if they bring their own lunch. The lunch forms will determine the school’s eligibility for Title I funding.

Working Papers

Applications for working papers may be obtained in the Guidance Office Room 459. In order to file papers it is required to present a birth certificate, social security card, a signed application form, and a doctor’s medical note.

Transportation

A Metrocard is issued to students who have met the distance and designation requirements.

When using yellow school buses please review the following safety rules:

- Wait for the bus on the sidewalk. Do not step into the street.

- Board the bus directly without pushing or shoving.

- Use the handrail if provided.

- Listen to the driver’s instruction and be respectful of by not distracting him/her.

- Remain orderly throughout the ride.

- Talk quietly to your friends on the bus; do not shout or scream.

- Keep hands, arms, legs, and heads inside the bus.

- Do not throw objects on the bus or from the windows.

- Behave considerately and respectfully toward the other students.

- Do not fight or wrestle on the bus.

- Keep books and other objects out of the aisle.

- Do not play with door handles or windows.

- Walk directly to the sidewalk when you get off the bus.

- If you must cross the street when you get off the bus, cross only at the corner after making eye contact with the bus driver. Cross at least ten feet in front of the bus. Be careful of oncoming traffic. Go directly to the opposite sidewalk.

Dress Code

 Dressing appropriately and professionally are essential keys to success

The SEEALL Academy dress code is as follows:

- Long or short sleeved collared shirts or blouses.

- Pants/slacks (jeans on scheduled dress down days – to be announced).

- Skirts, dresses and shorts (not form fitting and must come close to the knee in length)

- Shoes

Prohibited clothing

- Revealing clothing: tank tops, spaghetti straps, short shorts/skirts.

- Shirts with offensive and/or distracting writing, messages or pictures.

 If you are dressed inappropriately your parent/guardian will be contacted and asked to bring you a change of clothing.

Prohibited items

- Aerosol sprays (perfume, deodorant, etc.)

- Liquid white out

- Permanent markers

Discipline Code

STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR: ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPPORT

The Citywide Standards of Discipline and Intervention Measures (the Discipline Code) provides a description of unacceptable behavior, called infractions. A copy of the discipline code will be given to you. It is each student’s responsibility to read the Discipline Code.

The discipline code contains a list of rights and responsibilities. The most important are the right to:

- be in a safe and supportive learning environment, free from discrimination, harassment, bullying, and bigotry

- receive courtesy and respect from others regardless of actual or perceived age, race, creed, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, sexual orientation, physical and/or emotional condition, disability, marital status and political beliefs

Each infraction has a “RANGE OF POSSIBLE DISCIPLINARY RESPONSES” The range of responses is graduated, meaning that they increase when a student continues to be engaged in unacceptable behavior. Infractions may also require a guidance conference. More severe penalties will be imposed on those students who engage in a pattern of persistent misconduct.

LEVELS OF INFRACTIONS AND

RANGES OF POSSIBLE DISCIPLINARY RESPONSES

The Citywide Standards of Discipline holds students accountable for their behavior. Each level of infractions contains a minimum to a maximum range of possible disciplinary responses that may be imposed, which range from insubordinate behaviors to seriously dangerous or violent behaviors and provide a corresponding range of possible disciplinary responses.

LEVELS OF RESPONSE

A. Admonishment by pedagogical school staff: For all first time lower level infractions (most Level 1 and 2 Infractions) council students regarding their actions to establish and reinforce existing rules and procedures. Staff should use the opportunity to reiterate the progressive levels of response that will be used if infractions continue to occur.

B. Student/teacher conference: If lower level infractions continue to occur formally meet with the student to further council them and develop a positive behavioral intervention plan (i.e. token/reward systems or conduct cards) to remediate the behavior. Contact a parent or guardian by phone or writing, to inform them of your discussions and develop an intervention plan for the student, utilizing parent input.

C. Reprimand by appropriate supervisor (e.g., assistant principal, principal): Refer the student and documentation (i.e. infractions, dates of student conferences parent contacts, and intervention plan) to the appropriate supervisor or designee (i.e. Dean/Crisis Intervention Teacher). They will conference with the student and contact the parent if necessary.

D. Parent conference: Arrange for a meeting with the parent and student. If necessary, ask the appropriate supervisor or guidance councilor to attend. Discuss the next levels of response and continue to develop a positive behavior intervention plan.

E. In-school disciplinary action (e.g., detention, exclusion from extracurricular activities, recess or communal lunchtime): Assign the student growth lunch or exclude the student form an activity. Inform the parent of the infraction and the response.

F. Removal from classroom by teacher: (After a student is removed from any classroom by any teacher three times during a semester or twice in a trimester, a principal’s suspension must be sought if the student engages in subsequent behavior that would otherwise result in a removal by a teacher.) When a student engages in behavior which is substantially disruptive of the educational process or substantially interferes with a teacher’s authority over the classroom, the student may be removed from the classroom by the teacher. Place the child in the Crisis Intervention Room or with a teacher partner. Complete a student removal form and forward it to the appropriate supervisor or Crisis Intervention Teacher.

G. through L. Principal’s suspension and Superintendent’s suspension: Decisions regarding suspension will be made by administration based on teacher input and recommendation.

Responsible students correct their behavior after the lowest level of response, leaving no need for higher levels of responses.

Some infractions in the Discipline Code include:

- B03 Cutting classes

- B04 Being late for school or class

- B05 Bringing prohibited equipment or material to school without authorization (e.g., cell phone, beeper, or other electronic communication/entertainment devices)

- B06 Failing to be in one’s assigned place on school premises

- B07 Behaving in a manner which disrupts the educational process (e.g., making excessive noise in a classroom, library or hallway)

- B08 Engaging in verbally rude or disrespectful behavior

- B15 Using profane, obscene, vulgar, lewd, or abusive language or gestures

- B16 Lying to, giving false information to, and/or misleading school personnel

- B17 Misusing property belonging to others

- B18 Engaging in or causing disruptive behavior on the school bus

- B23 Using slurs based upon actual or perceived race, ethnicity, color, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or disability

- B24 Shoving, pushing, or engaging in other similar physical behavior (e.g., horseplay or other minor altercation), or throwing an object (e.g., chalk), or spitting at another person.

- B28 Engaging in vandalism, graffiti or other intentional damage to school property or property belonging to staff, students or others

- B29 Knowingly possessing property belonging to another without authorization

- B21 Being insubordinate; defying or disobeying the lawful authority of school personnel or school safety agents

Listening to Adults

- Principals, Assistant Principals, Teachers, School Aides, Custodians and all other staff members are responsible for keeping you safe.

- You are expected to listen to and follow their instructions even if they are not your teacher.

Plagiarism and Copying

- Plagiarism and copying are forms of cheating and are prohibited by the Discipline Code. Cheating is unacceptable.

- Plagiarism is when you use someone else's words or ideas and pass them off as your own. It's not allowed in school, college, or beyond, so it's a good idea to learn the proper way to use resources, such as websites, books, and magazines.

- Plagiarism steals ideas. Cutting and pasting sentences, paragraphs, articles, and pages from the internet and calling them your work is plagiarism.

- If you use someone else’s words you must give them credit. Your teachers will teach you how and when to do this.

- Copying another student’s work is a form of plagiarism. You are expected to do your own work and present your own ideas.

- If it is determined that you have plagiarized disciplinary action will be taken. You may be asked to redo your work, or you may not receive credit.

Privileges

- Responsible students may earn privileges (monitoring, participation in lunch activities). These privileges can be lost if you do not adhere to the discipline code.

Cell Phone and Electronics

Our policy at The SEEALL Academy regarding all electronic devices is based on the Chancellor’s Regulations an is as follows:

- CELL PHONES AND ALL OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARE NOT PERMITTED IN SCHOOL.

Safety and security of our students are our utmost concern. It is for this reason that we are urgently requesting that cell phones and other electronic devices be left at home. They are a distraction and pose a safety hazard to our school community. The thefts and loss of cell phones and other electronic devices are an undue burden to the school community, and are not permitted.

The SEEALL Academy cannot be responsible for expensive electronic property brought to school.

Chancellor’s Regulation A 412 Section V clearly prohibits any electronic devices in school. In addition, it is a violation of Citywide Standards of Discipline and Intervention Measures (The Discipline Code) ---B05.

However, a principal may grant permission for a student to bring a cell phone into a school building for medical reasons.

If cell phones, IPods, Playstations, Gameboys, or other unnecessary electronic devices are brought to school and used by a student they may be confiscated. Parents will be contacted and arrangements will be made for the parent to pick up the confiscated item.

Bullying

Bullying is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in The SEEALL Academy

- “Bullying is a form of social interaction—not necessarily long-standing—in which a more dominant individual (the bully) exhibits aggressive behavior that is intended to, and does, in fact, cause distress to a less dominant individual (the victim). The aggressive behavior may take the form of a direct physical and/or verbal attack or may be indirect. More than one bully and more than one victim may participate in the interaction.”

Dorthea Ross

Childhood Bullying and Teasing, 1996

Bully can be direct or indirect. It can be physical, verbal or nonverbal.

- Physical: directly hitting shoving kicking spitting, or indirectly getting someone to assault someone else.

- Verbal: directly taunting teasing, using racial slurs, verbal or sexual harassment, or indirectly spreading rumors, or cyber-bullying (spreading rumors online).

- Nonverbal: directly threatening or using obscene gestures, or indirectly deliberately exclusion from a group.

Bullying involves an imbalance of power; in all these forms of abuse the perpetrator blames the victim for the abuse. In all three the victim may blame him or herself for the abuse, if it is not stopped.

Bullies refuse to take responsibility for their actions. They make excuse and blame others. Successful students take responsibility for their actions. They don’t make excuses and blame others. Bullies are not successful people.

If you feel you are being bullied report it to an adult immediately. Reach out to help people who are being bullied or isolated.

Making fun and calling others names based on their physical attributes, the way they look, race, religion, or physical and mental abilities is bullying and will not be tolerated.

The students of our school have many differences. Differences must be respected. The diversity of our school’s students is a positive learning opportunity and should never be used in a negative way.

Sexual Harassment

Respect each other’s boundaries and personal space.

No student should ever make inappropriate sexual comments or innuendoes to or about another student.

No student should ever touch another student inappropriately.

Students should avoid unnecessary physical contact (such as hugging).

Successful Students

Successful students are leaders, not followers, who do the right thing even when others around them aren’t.

Successful students are leaders not followers who do the right thing even when there is no one watching them or telling them the proper thing to do.

Successful students are always trying to improve and are never satisfied with mediocrity.

Successful students know what is expected of them.

Successful students are mature and take responsibility for their actions and don’t make excuses.

Successful students admit and learn from their mistakes.

Successful students have exemplary attendance.

Successful students listen, participate, ask questions, ask for help, and help others when they can.

Successful students have self respect as well as respect for others.