PTHS Student Handbook 2020-2021

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INTERPRETATION OF LETTER GRADES .......................................................... 27 CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING GRADES ...................................................... 27-28 RE-TAKE/RE-LEARNING POLICY .................................................................. 28-29 DRIVER EDUCATION ...................................................................................... 29-30 EARLY GRADUATION .......................................................................................... 30 ROE ALT. SCHOOL PLACEMENT MEMORDANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING .. 30 FIFTH-YEAR AND BEYOND STUDENTS ............................................................ 30 GRADUATION CEREMONIES .............................................................................. 31 REQUESTS FROM MILITARY OR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING ..... 31 GUIDANCE SERVICES ......................................................................................... 31 LIBRARY .......................................................................................................... 31-32 NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY .............................................................................. 32 NEW RESIDENT STUDENTS ............................................................................... 32 NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS ................................................................................ 32 PHYSICAL EDUCATION .................................................................................. 32-33 EXEMPTION FROM PHYSICAL EDUCATION ..................................................... 33 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION ................................................................................... 34 RE-ENTERING STUDENTS AFTER WITHDRAWAL ........................................... 34 SCHEDULE INFORMATION ................................................................................. 34 RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION (RTI) ................................................................ 34 SECTION 504, REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 ............................................ 34-35 CARE OF STUDENTS WITH DIABETES ............................................................. 35 STUDENTS WITH FOOD ALLERGIES ................................................................. 35 ENGLISH LEARNERS ........................................................................................... 35 SPECIAL EDUCATION ......................................................................................... 35 STUDENT ASSIGNMENT ................................................................................ 35-36 STUDENT RECORDS ...................................................................................... 36-38 STUDENT PRIVACY PROTECTIONS .................................................................. 38 TUITION-FREE RESIDENCY ................................................................................ 38 WITHDRAWING STUDENT FROM SCHOOL ....................................................... 38 SECTION 4 – ATTENDENCE PROCEDURES AND DEFINITIONS ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL EVENTS ............................. 40 EARLY DISMISSAL PROCEDURES .................................................................... 40 EXCUSED ABSENCE/UNEXCUSED/TARDIES .............................................. 40-42 HOME AND HOSPITAL INSTRUCTION ............................................................... 42 ILLNESS AT SCHOOL .......................................................................................... 42 LATE ARRIVAL TO SCHOOL ............................................................................... 42 PRE-ARRANGED ABSENCE PROCEDURE ........................................................ 42 REPORTING AND CONFIRMING ABSENCE ....................................................... 42 SCHOOL WORK MAKE-UP PROCEDURE .......................................................... 43 SECTION 5 – DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES SCHOOL’S AUTHORITY ....................................................................................... 45 PROHIBITED STUDENT CONDUCT ............................................................... 45-47 DISCIPLINARY MEASURES ............................................................................ 47-48 SOCIAL PROBATION ...…………………………………………………………………48 WEAPONS PROHIBITION ............................................................................... 48-49 GANG & GANG ACTIVITY PROHIBITION ........................................................... 49 RE-ENGAGEMENT OF RETURNING STUDENTS ............................................... 49 DUE PROCESS – STUDENT RIGHTS ............................................................. 49-50 PREVENTION OF AND RESPONSE TO BULLYING AND HARASSMENT ... 50-54 SUICIDE AND DEPRESSION AWARENESS AND PREVENTION ................. 54-55

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