PTHS Student Handbook 2017-2018

SCHOLASTIC HONOR ROLL ............................................................................... 26 DRIVER EDUCATION ........................................................................................... 26 DRIVER EDUCATION BEHIND THE WHEEL (BTW) ...................................... 26-27 EARLY GRADUATION .......................................................................................... 27 ROE ALT. SCHOOL PLACEMENT MEMORDANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING .. 27 FIFTH-YEAR AND BEYOND STUDENTS ............................................................ 27 GRADUATION CEREMONIES .............................................................................. 27 REQUESTS FROM MILITARY OR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING ..... 27 GUIDANCE SERVICES ......................................................................................... 28 LIBRARY ............................................................................................................... 28 NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY .............................................................................. 29 NEW RESIDENT STUDENTS ............................................................................... 29 NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS ................................................................................ 29 PHYSICAL EDUCATION ....................................................................................... 29 EXEMPTION FROM PHYSICAL EDUCATION ..................................................... 30 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION ................................................................................... 30 RE-ENTERING STUDENTS AFTER WITHDRAWAL ........................................... 30 SCHEDULE INFORMATION ................................................................................. 30 RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION (RTI) ................................................................ 31 SECTION 504, REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 ................................................. 31 CARE OF STUDENTS WITH DIABETES ............................................................. 31 STUDENTS WITH FOOD ALLERGIES ................................................................. 31 ENGLISH LEARNERS ........................................................................................... 32 SPECIAL EDUCATION ......................................................................................... 32 STUDENT ASSIGNMENT ..................................................................................... 32 STUDENT RECORDS ...................................................................................... 32-34 STUDENT PRIVACY PROTECTIONS .................................................................. 34 TUITION-FREE RESIDENCY ................................................................................ 35 WITHDRAWING STUDENT FROM SCHOOL ....................................................... 35 SECTION 4 – ATTENDENCE PROCEDURES AND DEFINITIONS ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL EVENTS ............................. 36 EARLY DISMISSAL PROCEDURES .................................................................... 36 EXCUSED ABSENCE/UNEXCUSED/TARDIES .............................................. 36-37 HOME AND HOSPITAL INSTRUCTION ............................................................... 37 ILLNESS AT SCHOOL .......................................................................................... 38 LATE ARRIVAL TO SCHOOL ............................................................................... 38 PRE-ARRANGED ABSENCE PROCEDURE ........................................................ 38 REPORTING AND CONFIRMING ABSENCE ....................................................... 38 SCHOOL WORK MAKE-UP PROCEDURE .......................................................... 38 SECTION 5 – DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES SCHOOL’S AUTHORITY ....................................................................................... 39 PROHIBITED STUDENT CONDUCT ............................................................... 39-41 DISCIPLINARY MEASURES ............................................................................ 41-42 SOCIAL PROBATION ...………………………………………………………………….42 WEAPONS PROHIBITION .................................................................................... 42 GANG & GANG ACTIVITY PROHIBITION ........................................................... 43 RE-ENGAGEMENT OF RETURNING STUDENTS ............................................... 43 DUE PROCESS – STUDENT RIGHTS .................................................................. 43 PREVENTION OF AND RESPONSE TO BULLYING AND HARASSMENT ... 44-48 SUICIDE AND DEPRESSION AWARENESS AND PREVENTION ...................... 48 SCHOOL-WIDE CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE PLAN ............................................. 48 PROCEDURES FOR REMOVAL FROM CLASS .................................................. 49 ROOM DETENTIONS ............................................................................................ 49

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