Student’s Manual 

 Procedures and Policies

Rules

1.  Use a kind voice and kind words.
2.  Keep your hands and feet to yourself.
3.  Be in full dress code.
4.  Follow your teacher’s directions.
5.  Follow the classroom rules, along with all the rules listed here.
6.  Be prompt and on time for class.
7.  Treat others with respect.
8.  Treat school property with respect.
9.  Electronic equipment (game boys, PSP, ipod…..) may only be used during before and after school care.

Dress Code

1. Students must be in dress code when they step onto Worthmore Academy

Premises. Therefore, it is the parents’ and student’s responsibility that the student is in full dress code – shirt- tail tucked in and belt fastened, when he or she walks into the school building.

Uniform

1. Red, White or Blue (any color of blue) polo style shirt. (short or long sleeve).
2. Black, Navy or Khaki dress pants. (No shorts for anyone) (Girls may wear skirts.  They cannot be more than 2” above the knee.)
3. All pants should be worn with a belt unless they have an elastic waistband and no belt loops.
4. NO SAGGING OR BAGGY PANTS!!!!!!!!!!!
5. The only restriction on shoes, at this time, NO HEELIES!!
6. No hooded sweatshirts or pull over sweat shirts with printing or wording on them. 
7. If it is a very cold day, a sweater, not a sweatshirt, may be worn over the uniform shirt.

Attendance

1.    School starts at 8:30a.m..  All students are to be in their homeroom at this

time.

2.    Students arriving before 8:25 must stay in the lunch room until  8:25.  At 8:25, students should clean up the lunchroom and report directly to their homeroom.

3.    First hour will begin at 8:45.  If you have not arrived by this time you will be marked as tardy and have 15pts deducted from you behavior points. 

4.    If you are going to be late due to an appointment and your parent/guardian has notified the office, there will be no penalty.

5.    If you are sick, need to leave early for an appointment or the weather is keeping you from coming to school, the parent/guardian must notify the office by 8:30.

6.    If the office is not notified, the absence will be unexcused and the day will need to be made up.

Lunches

1.    Students must bring their own well balanced lunch.

2.    No refined sugar items such as cakes, cookies, candy, pie, etc. in the lunches.

3.    No carbonated drinks of any kind.  Milk, water or juice is great.

4.    Students must eat all their lunch before being excused for free time.

Lunch Room Procedures

1. After 4^th hour, students will be dismissed to go to the lunchroom where they sit quietly at a table.
2. Lunch staff will then allow one table at a time to get their lunches off the lunch cart.
3. After immediately sitting down, open your lunch and see what you might need.
4. Sit quietly and raise your hand if you need a plate, flatware or cup or if you need your lunch heated.  Do not get up from your seat without permission.
5. When you have finished your lunch, raise your hand to get permission to be excused from the table for free time.
6. You are responsible for cleaning up the area you have eaten your lunch (this means table, chair and floor) before you can go to free time.
7. You may not leave the lunchroom at anytime without the permission from the lunch staff.
8. You must get permission to get a game, puzzle or other toys out to use during free time.
9. Non – electronic toys may be brought to share during free time at lunch.
10. Please make sure all toys brought from home have the student’s name on them.
11. When lunchtime is over, all things need to be put back exactly where and how you found them.  

End of the Day Procedures

1.    The day ends at 3:30.  All students must be picked up from their homeroom

by their parent/guardian between 3:30 – 3:45.

2.    All students that have not been pickup by 3:45 will be escorted by their

homeroom teacher to the lunchroom for after school care.

3.    All students in after school must sit quietly at a table and begin working on

homework.  The first 30min. of after school is quiet time for everyone.

4.    If a student does not have homework, this quiet time can be a time for fun

reading or doing puzzles….something quiet!!     

5.    No one may leave the after school area without permission of the after

school teacher.

6.    When parent/guardian arrives to pick after school student(s) up, the student must pick up and put up everything they played with before leaving.

7.    All students must be signed out by parent/guardian when being picked up

from after school.

 8.  After school care ends promptly at 6:00.  If a student is picked up after 6:00,

there will be a $5.00 charge.per every ten minutes past 6:00.

After school care is $100.00/month

Basis Behavior Plan

  Worthmore Academy believes in positive reinforcement for most behavior

   plans. The following is our general behavior plan.  Individualized plans may be 

  created to meet individual behavioral goals.

1. All students will be given a behavior tracker at the beginning of each day.  This tracker will follow with them throughout the day so each teacher can record the student’s behavior in each class.
2. If a student follows directions and gives 100% effort and respect, his/her teacher will initial his/her tracker.
3. Teacher initials are converted to points at the end of each day in the student’s homeroom.
4. Any child who shows 150% may receive bonus points on their tracker.
5. The tracker also has a column for teacher comments, good or bad.
6. On Fridays, in afternoon homeroom, students will add the number of points they have earned that whole week.
7. After the homeroom teacher has recorded the points, the trackers will be sent home for the parents/guardian to review.
8. The students will then have the opportunity to spend their points for treasure box prizes or use them for special privileges. The most popular privilege is getting to dress-down (not have to wear their uniform one day).
9. A list of items or privileges the students can purchase with their points will be posted in their homeroom.
10. Every Friday the student will take his/her trackers for the week home
11. The parent/guardian must sign the weekly packet of trackers so it can be returned the following Monday (or first day of following week).
12. It is the student’s responsibility to get the trackers home, signed and returned on the following Monday. (or first day of the week)
13. If the tracker is not signed and returned on time, the student will lose15pts from their behavior point total.
14. The tracker is an easy way to track the student’s progress both academically and socially / emotionally.