RULES AND REGULATIONS

TILDEN HIGH SCHOOL CODE OF BEHAVIOR

These are the rules by which we live at Tilden High School. Violation of any of these rules is insubordination.

  1. You must have your Identification Card on your person at all times.
  2. You must carry your program card at all times. You must show your program when requested by any member of the staff.
  3. You must follow your assigned program at all times.
  4. Lateness to school and class is not permitted. You must be in your seat before the late bell.
  5. If you are scheduled for lunch, you must eat in the school cafeteria and abide by the following simple rules:
    A. Remain in the cafeteria the entire period.
    B. Be responsible for cleaning up after eating.
    C. You must have the lunch period stamped on your program card.
    D. Follow cafeteria rules of behavior.
  6. You are not to bring radios, walkmen, recorders, cellular phones, or beepers to school at any time. You are to come to school prepared with pens, pencils, textbooks, and loose-leaf notebook.
  7. Weapons including box cutters, knives, firecrackers, water guns, etc. may not be carried or brought into the school building.
  8. Graffiti or vandalism is not permitted.
  9. You must leave school and the surrounding area immediately after your last assignment. You may not leave the school building at any time, for any reason, during the school day.
  10. You must move directly and quietly from one class to another without lingering in the halls.
  11. If you must leave a classroom, you must sign the sign out book and carry the teacher's laminated pass and your program card.
  12. When you return from an absence, you must show a note from a parent or a doctor to each of your teachers. At the end of the day, please submit this note (signed by all of your teachers) to the attendance office, Room 131.

DISCIPLINARY MEASURES TAKEN FOR INSUBORDINATION

  1. Parents of students who do not carry the official Identification Card will be contacted.
  2. Cutting, loitering, and lateness will result in disciplinary action (ARC In-house suspension.)
  3. Trespassers will be arrested.
  4. Suspension

IDENTIFICATION CARDS

  1. Your program card is one of your I.D. cards. The Photo/l.D. attendance card is used to gain entry to Tilden High School.
  2. Every student is REQUIRED to carry an official SJTHS photo I.D. card. The card will be issued during the first few weeds of the school year.
  3. The card must be shown on request to ANY staff member.
  4. This card is required for daily admission to the building and the recording of daily attendance.
  5. Your I.D./Program card must be used to gain access to the cafeteria and library.
  6. If cards are lost you must purchase new ones. Lost or stolen cards must be reposed immediately to the Deans' Office, Room 150. I.D. cards can be replaced in Room 151, for a $3 fee, during Periods 0-5.

RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS:

The following is a summary of the Board of Education statement fisting the rights and responsibilities of high school students. The full text is available in the library or the Student Union office located in the College and Career Center in the basement.

  1. Students have the right to an annually elected student government with offices open to all students.
  2. The Student-Teacher-parent Consultative Council shall meet once a month to discuss any matter relating to the school.
  3. Official school publications shall reflect policy and judgment of student editors, but must be governed by standards of responsible journalism.
  4. Students may exercise their constitutionally protected rights of free speech and assembly so long as they do not interfere with the operations of the regular school program.
    a. Students have a right to wear political buttons, arm bands, etc. as long as they do not interfere with the operations of regular school programs.
    b. Students may distribute leaflets, newspapers and other literature at locations adjacent to school.
    c. Students shall be allowed to distribute literature on school property at specified locations and times designated. The principal and student government will establish guidelines and penalties for failure to adhere to guidelines. Not distributed are commercial or obscene material, anything of libelous nature or involving the defamation of character, or material advocating racial or religious prejudice.
    d. Students may form political and social organizations, including those that champion unpopular causes, but these clubs must be open to all students.
  5. Faculty advisors shall be appointed by the principal after consultation with the student groups.
  6. Students have the right to determine their own dress, except where such dress is clearly dangerous or excessively distractive and interferes with the learning process.
  7. The extent and definition of student right and responsibilities are subject to discussion by the consultative council.
  8. Rights also entail responsibilities. No student has the right to interfere with education of his fellow students. It is each student's responsibility to respect the right of all who are involved in the educational process.

Attendance

Regular attendance is necessary for success in high school. If you are absent or late, follow these procedures:
Absence - On the day you return to school bring a note or a postcard signed by your parent or doctor. The note should contain your name, your official class, the date of the absence, the reason for the absence, and parent's or doctor's signature. Show it to all your subject class teachers, ask each of them to sign it, and then give it to the attendance office (Room 131). (If your illness will keep you home from ore than five school days, have your parents call the attendance office - ext. 556.) Your guidance counselor will make every effort to contact each other.
Absence can lower your subject mark; too many absences may result in failure. The burden of proof at all times is on you. Be sure to show excused absence note to all subject teachers.


Text Books

You have the right to the loan of textbooks and library books. You have the responsibility of taking care of your books so that they are not damaged and may be used again by another student. Students who fail to return their books will have their names placed on unreturned book list. Until the books are returned, no new books will be distributed to you and you will have to use copies of books which will be available on the reserve shelf of the library. Seniors who owe text books will have their diploma's withheld until returned.

Report Cards

You will get a repot card three times a term to inform you and your parents of your programs and attendance. Dave your report cards at the end of each term to check the accuracy of your transcript.