HOPE SECONDARY SCHOOL POLICIES
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MISSION STATEMENT
School District No. 78 (Fraser-Cascade), in cooperation with the community, promotes an educational environment that fosters a love of learning, personal integrity, a strong self-concept and respect for the dignity of others, encouraging each student to reach his or her potential.
Hope Secondary School is committed to providing, in partnership with parents and community, a caring, structured, and flexible environment in which our students will experience academic and personal growth in an atmosphere of cooperation and mutual respect.
HOPE SECONDARY SCHOOL - CODE OF CONDUCT
Statement of Purpose At Hope Secondary School, all individuals will respect the environment of learning. Each individual will be responsible for ensuring a safe and secure environment to allow all individuals the best opportunities to learn and be successful. The Code of Conduct has been developed to clarify and publish the expectations of student behaviour while at school, while going to and from school, and while attending any school function or activity at any location. These expectations will be presented as a list of rights and responsibilities. It is expected that everyone will conduct himself or herself in a manner that creates and maintains a safe, caring and orderly school environment.
Conduct Expectations Students at Hope Secondary must take personal responsibility for learning, attending classes, completing course requirements, and respect the rights of all members of the school community. The Code of Conduct identifies the rights of individuals while emphasizing the responsibility for individuals to ensure a school culture that promotes success for all members of the school community. It is expected that students will conduct themselves to ensure a safe, caring and orderly school environment. Students are expected to refrain from violence, bullying, cyber-bullying, intimidating, threatening and harassing behaviour.
Reference to the BC Human Rights Code: Hope Secondary School promotes the values expressed in the BC Human Rights Code. The law prohibits discriminations based on race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, gender identity and expression, sex or sexual orientation. Furthermore, discriminatory publication or discrimination in accommodation, service, and facility in the school environment is not permitted. The school will treat seriously any behaviour or communication that discriminates based on race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, gender identity and expression, sex or sexual orientation (prohibited grounds set out in the BC Human Rights Code). The school will also treat seriously any threat, bullying or retaliation directed towards a student or other person who has made a complaint regarding a breach of this code of conduct.
Conduct Support Hope Secondary has invested significant time into developing conduct support strategies that try to address the conduct of individuals in a positive manner. These supports provide opportunities for individuals to express their needs, concerns, and frustrations and to determine a set of appropriate strategies or interventions that would best support the student and allow them the best chance of success at Hope Secondary.
The Conduct Support Strategies at Hope Secondary consist of:
• School Care Team
• Restorative Action Program
• Directed Studies Program
• Threat Assessment
Hope Secondary uses a discipline model that is proactive and restorative; however, in the case that a student has unacceptable conduct, that student will receive a consequence from staff. These consequences will be fair, and based on a situation-to-situation basis. Consequences that students receive may range from a warning, detention, up to and including suspension.
Hope Secondary will also work within the guidelines of the following district policies that are related to student conduct:
• Policy #7007 – Student Conduct
• Policy #7008 – Student Threat Assessment
• Policy #7009 – Damage or Destruction of School Property
• Policy #7030 – Physical Restraint of Students
• Policy #7200 – Student Suspensions
• Policy #7340 – Allergies and Life Threatening Allergies in School
• Policy #7400 – Student Involvement with Alcohol, Intoxicants, and Illegal Drugs
• Policy #7420 – Weapons, Violence, and Intimidation
• Policy #7430 – Student Dress Code
• Policy #7700 – Student Transportation
All School District No.78 policies can be viewed at: SD78 Policies
Notification
Hope Secondary has a responsibility to inform various individuals or agencies when a student has had a serious breach of the Code of Conduct. Examples of those individuals or agencies are:
• Parents of the student offender – in every instance
• Parents of the student victim – in every instance
• School District Administration – as required by school district policy
• RCMP, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Child and Family Development, Hope Fire Department – as required by law and school district policy
• All parents – when deemed important to reassure members of the school community that school officials are aware of a serious situation or incident and are taking appropriate actions to address it
School Policies
Electronic Devices
It is expected cell phones are to be turned off or set to manner mode and left in lockers during instructional time. iPods, cell phones and other electronic devices are generally not permitted in the classroom; however, there may be instances where they may be used for instructional purposes and only at the teacher’s discretion. If a cell phone or other electronic device is being used for anything other than a learning tool, the following disciplinary steps will apply:
• 1st infraction: cell phones that ring in a locker or are seen in a classroom will be turned into the office and will be returned to the student at the end of the day. iPods or other electronic games may be held by the classroom teacher or an administrator and be returned at the end of the day.
• 2nd infraction: cell phone may be kept by an administrator for up to five school days and will be returned to the student’s parent.
• 3rd and subsequent infractions will result in a suspension - phones will be returned to the student’s parent.
Video or audio recording is prohibited without expressed consent. The electronic device or cell phone used to record will be given to the administration and discipline up to and including a suspension may result.
Student Guests
Student guests, while welcome, must first sign in at the office. Students wishing to take student guests to their classes must receive administrative approval at least one day in advance.
Fire Drills
If a fire alarm sounds, all students must leave the building immediately, remain well clear of the building, and do not re-enter the building until directed.
Students Leaving School During the School Day
Hope Secondary is a closed campus. If a student needs to leave the premises, he/she must check with the office first. Students leaving the building during the school day must have parental/guardian permission and sign out at the office.
Student Lockers
School lockers are the property of the school and subject to inspection at any time. Students are to keep their locker neat and clean and to lock it only with a school issued combination lock. Backpacks must also be kept in lockers, as they are not permitted in the classrooms.
Involvement with drugs and/or alcohol
Involvement with drugs and/or alcohol, including students who smell of drugs and alcohol, will lead to student suspension, or the District Placement Committee. Attendance at future school dances and field trips will be based on approval from school administration.
Dress Code
As a school, we are a learning institution and place of business where students & staff are expected to demonstrate good judgment in terms of appropriate dress. Neither staff nor students are permitted to wear clothing or accessories that express messages of violence, hate, drugs, alcohol, profanity or sexuality. Individuals who choose to wear inappropriate clothing/accessories will be asked to change.
Acceptable Use of Internet
Internet resources used carefully and wisely, can provide important avenues of learning for students. Inappropriate use of Internet communications, including Social Networking sites that involve the sending of threatening or harassing comments or content is unacceptable. Any incidents will be addressed as a very serious matter.
Traveling To and From School and Use of Vehicles
When traveling to and from school you are expected to conduct yourself in a safe manner and meet the expectations of the school code of conduct. Student drivers are expected to drive safely at all times, to exercise particular caution around all school premises, and to park in designated spaces. Not meeting the expectations of the code of conduct will result in disciplinary action.
Lunch Break
Students may leave the school during lunch break but are to conduct themselves in accordance with the code of conduct. Not meeting the expectations of the code of conduct will result in disciplinary action. Grade 7 students are to remain on campus during the lunch break, unless they are given direct permission from a parent or guardian. All students must return to school the start of their afternoon class. Multiple lates, or returning excessively late for afternoon classes, will result in a loss of off campus lunch time privileges and students will be required to make up the missed instructional time.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism (Latin plagiarius - kidnapper) refers to presenting somebody else's thoughts, words, or any other creation as your own work. Computers have added to the plagiarism problem through Internet access and “copy and paste” technology. Even submitting your own work for more than one course, unless your teacher gives you permission in advance, is considered to be plagiarism. Plagiarism is a serious academic offence, and the usual minimum penalty for deliberate plagiarism is a failing mark for the assignment. Your English teacher will spend some time in your class at the beginning of the school year discussing how to avoid deliberate or accidental plagiarism.
Attendance Expectations
In order to be a successful student, you must attend classes regularly and punctually. While the school makes every effort to provide a program in which every student can succeed, we urge students and parents to join us in a "conspiracy of caring" about regular attendance. We communicate with students and parents when we believe an attendance problem is developing, and our counsellors are available to provide assistance. We believe effective communication must be "two way," and we encourage parents to get in touch with us whenever they have questions or concerns.
Attendance Procedures for Students and Parents
If you are absent from school, your absence must be explained. Parents or guardians may telephone the school or provide a note to the office. We strongly disapprove of absences for the purposes of shopping, hair appointments, or concerts. The message sent to our teachers by such absences is that these activities all have priority over the educational enterprise, and makeup work will not be offered.
Generally, students who do not attend classes regularly create problems for themselves and detract from the overall learning environment of the school. Accordingly, students in Grades 10-12 and/or students who have reached the age of 16 may be withdrawn from courses they are failing after accumulating 20 days absence from school (or 10 absences from any class) prior to Spring Break, unless exceptional circumstances acceptable to the principal exist. Instances of excessive absences which accumulate after Spring Break will be reviewed and dealt with in a manner consistent with the above. In all cases, students and parents will be formally notified by teachers at least twice prior to any action being taken by the administration.
If you are late to school, please first report to the office for a “late slip.” Failure to do so may result in detentions. On the third late without a legitimate excuse, students will make up time at lunch or after school with administration. At the start of Term 3, students will start fresh and on the second late without a legitimate excuse, students will be expected to make up time at lunch or after school. Further consequences will be assigned to students for excessive non-excused tardiness.
If you must leave the premises during the day or after lunch, please provide written and/or telephoned permission from your parent or guardian and sign out at the office. Failure to sign out is treated as a truancy after the first warning.
You may become ill and miss classes during the school year. Your teachers recognize that such situations arise, and cooperate with the counsellors in providing opportunities to catch up on missed work. Concern does arise if you exhibit a pattern of absences with no apparent medical cause, particularly when such absences fall on days when tests or assignments are due.
Family Holiday During School Time
When family vacation trips occur at times not coinciding with school holidays, the school is not in a position to grant or deny permission to the student. The decision and the responsibility belong to the parent. In such situations, it is helpful if students plan and work ahead sufficiently to
complete academic obligations and minimize any effect on their final standing. Teachers cannot give credit for work that is not done.
Students and parents planning a vacation during class time should speak to their counsellor and to every teacher. On the basis of that contact, the student is expected to determine, in cooperation with teachers, how she or he may best complete the expectations for each course. Although this procedure will help to reduce the impact of the absence, the student will miss the daily benefit of classroom participation and no guarantees can be made regarding final standing. It must be recognized that the first priority on a teacher's time is those students who are in regular daily attendance.
ACADEMIC SUPPORT POLICY
At Hope Secondary we are committed to providing, in partnership with parents and the community, a caring, structured, and flexible environment in which our students will experience academic and personal growth in an atmosphere of cooperation and mutual respect. Part of that structure is teaching students how to be responsible for their own learning, and providing supports to help students reach their academic goals.
The staff of HSS want students to be as successful as possible. The above is intended to inform and support students as they work to meet their academic goals.
EVALUATION AND REPORTING
Teachers assess and evaluate your performance in a variety of ways, dependent upon the nature of the course. For reporting purposes, our school year is divided into four approximately equal quarters. Many courses include a formal final examination component which may comprise up to 20% of the final letter grade. Teachers are required to communicate with parents at least five times during the school year.
This means that the four formal report cards will be supplemented by less formal communication between school and home, i.e. interim reports. We welcome requests for parent-student-teacher conferences at any time. Parents - if you wish to talk to an individual teacher, please telephone the school for an appointment, or contact the teacher directly via email. If you wish to talk to several of your son's or daughter's teachers, please telephone our counsellors, who will be pleased to arrange a group conference.
Detailed information about course evaluation may be found in the handouts issued in every class in September, as well as in our course outlines, which may be reviewed on line at hopesecondary.com.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Many of your teachers sponsor a range of activities in athletics, fine arts, and student government. Students who participate in these activities feel positive about the school and their place in it, and this involvement generally contributes to greater academic success. Nonetheless, it is important to remember that your participation should enhance, rather than interfere with, your academic studies. Students whose attendance, effort, or behaviour fall below acceptable school standards may be removed from school activities until improvement occurs.
We encourage you to keep a record in your Student Portfolio of your participation in activities. Employers look favorably on applicants who can document their involvement in a variety of co-curricular activities. As well, scholarship and bursary committees usually consider your record of co-curricular participation when selecting award winners.
STUDENTS AND JOBS
A reality of our community is that many students work part-time during the school year. While research indicates that students who work a few hours per week at a job can actually out-perform students without jobs, it is also true that students who work more than 10-15 hours per week generally do less well in school.
We are committed to preparing our students through a variety of career education initiatives to succeed in the world of work, and we strongly encourage you and your parents to make your primary focus the attainment of the most challenging secondary school education of which you are capable during your years at Hope Secondary School.
STUDENT APPEALS
The Fraser-Cascade Board of School Trustees endorses the right of students and/or parents or guardians to appeal decisions of Board employees where such decisions significantly affect the health, education or safety of the student. Detailed information concerning the appeal process may be picked up at the school or district office.
School District No. 78 (Fraser-Cascade), in cooperation with the community, promotes an educational environment that fosters a love of learning, personal integrity, a strong self-concept and respect for the dignity of others, encouraging each student to reach his or her potential.
Hope Secondary School is committed to providing, in partnership with parents and community, a caring, structured, and flexible environment in which our students will experience academic and personal growth in an atmosphere of cooperation and mutual respect.
HOPE SECONDARY SCHOOL - CODE OF CONDUCT
Statement of Purpose At Hope Secondary School, all individuals will respect the environment of learning. Each individual will be responsible for ensuring a safe and secure environment to allow all individuals the best opportunities to learn and be successful. The Code of Conduct has been developed to clarify and publish the expectations of student behaviour while at school, while going to and from school, and while attending any school function or activity at any location. These expectations will be presented as a list of rights and responsibilities. It is expected that everyone will conduct himself or herself in a manner that creates and maintains a safe, caring and orderly school environment.
Conduct Expectations Students at Hope Secondary must take personal responsibility for learning, attending classes, completing course requirements, and respect the rights of all members of the school community. The Code of Conduct identifies the rights of individuals while emphasizing the responsibility for individuals to ensure a school culture that promotes success for all members of the school community. It is expected that students will conduct themselves to ensure a safe, caring and orderly school environment. Students are expected to refrain from violence, bullying, cyber-bullying, intimidating, threatening and harassing behaviour.
Reference to the BC Human Rights Code: Hope Secondary School promotes the values expressed in the BC Human Rights Code. The law prohibits discriminations based on race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, gender identity and expression, sex or sexual orientation. Furthermore, discriminatory publication or discrimination in accommodation, service, and facility in the school environment is not permitted. The school will treat seriously any behaviour or communication that discriminates based on race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, gender identity and expression, sex or sexual orientation (prohibited grounds set out in the BC Human Rights Code). The school will also treat seriously any threat, bullying or retaliation directed towards a student or other person who has made a complaint regarding a breach of this code of conduct.
Conduct Support Hope Secondary has invested significant time into developing conduct support strategies that try to address the conduct of individuals in a positive manner. These supports provide opportunities for individuals to express their needs, concerns, and frustrations and to determine a set of appropriate strategies or interventions that would best support the student and allow them the best chance of success at Hope Secondary.
The Conduct Support Strategies at Hope Secondary consist of:
• School Care Team
• Restorative Action Program
• Directed Studies Program
• Threat Assessment
Hope Secondary uses a discipline model that is proactive and restorative; however, in the case that a student has unacceptable conduct, that student will receive a consequence from staff. These consequences will be fair, and based on a situation-to-situation basis. Consequences that students receive may range from a warning, detention, up to and including suspension.
Hope Secondary will also work within the guidelines of the following district policies that are related to student conduct:
• Policy #7007 – Student Conduct
• Policy #7008 – Student Threat Assessment
• Policy #7009 – Damage or Destruction of School Property
• Policy #7030 – Physical Restraint of Students
• Policy #7200 – Student Suspensions
• Policy #7340 – Allergies and Life Threatening Allergies in School
• Policy #7400 – Student Involvement with Alcohol, Intoxicants, and Illegal Drugs
• Policy #7420 – Weapons, Violence, and Intimidation
• Policy #7430 – Student Dress Code
• Policy #7700 – Student Transportation
All School District No.78 policies can be viewed at: SD78 Policies
Notification
Hope Secondary has a responsibility to inform various individuals or agencies when a student has had a serious breach of the Code of Conduct. Examples of those individuals or agencies are:
• Parents of the student offender – in every instance
• Parents of the student victim – in every instance
• School District Administration – as required by school district policy
• RCMP, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Child and Family Development, Hope Fire Department – as required by law and school district policy
• All parents – when deemed important to reassure members of the school community that school officials are aware of a serious situation or incident and are taking appropriate actions to address it
School Policies
Electronic Devices
It is expected cell phones are to be turned off or set to manner mode and left in lockers during instructional time. iPods, cell phones and other electronic devices are generally not permitted in the classroom; however, there may be instances where they may be used for instructional purposes and only at the teacher’s discretion. If a cell phone or other electronic device is being used for anything other than a learning tool, the following disciplinary steps will apply:
• 1st infraction: cell phones that ring in a locker or are seen in a classroom will be turned into the office and will be returned to the student at the end of the day. iPods or other electronic games may be held by the classroom teacher or an administrator and be returned at the end of the day.
• 2nd infraction: cell phone may be kept by an administrator for up to five school days and will be returned to the student’s parent.
• 3rd and subsequent infractions will result in a suspension - phones will be returned to the student’s parent.
Video or audio recording is prohibited without expressed consent. The electronic device or cell phone used to record will be given to the administration and discipline up to and including a suspension may result.
Student Guests
Student guests, while welcome, must first sign in at the office. Students wishing to take student guests to their classes must receive administrative approval at least one day in advance.
Fire Drills
If a fire alarm sounds, all students must leave the building immediately, remain well clear of the building, and do not re-enter the building until directed.
Students Leaving School During the School Day
Hope Secondary is a closed campus. If a student needs to leave the premises, he/she must check with the office first. Students leaving the building during the school day must have parental/guardian permission and sign out at the office.
Student Lockers
School lockers are the property of the school and subject to inspection at any time. Students are to keep their locker neat and clean and to lock it only with a school issued combination lock. Backpacks must also be kept in lockers, as they are not permitted in the classrooms.
Involvement with drugs and/or alcohol
Involvement with drugs and/or alcohol, including students who smell of drugs and alcohol, will lead to student suspension, or the District Placement Committee. Attendance at future school dances and field trips will be based on approval from school administration.
Dress Code
As a school, we are a learning institution and place of business where students & staff are expected to demonstrate good judgment in terms of appropriate dress. Neither staff nor students are permitted to wear clothing or accessories that express messages of violence, hate, drugs, alcohol, profanity or sexuality. Individuals who choose to wear inappropriate clothing/accessories will be asked to change.
Acceptable Use of Internet
Internet resources used carefully and wisely, can provide important avenues of learning for students. Inappropriate use of Internet communications, including Social Networking sites that involve the sending of threatening or harassing comments or content is unacceptable. Any incidents will be addressed as a very serious matter.
Traveling To and From School and Use of Vehicles
When traveling to and from school you are expected to conduct yourself in a safe manner and meet the expectations of the school code of conduct. Student drivers are expected to drive safely at all times, to exercise particular caution around all school premises, and to park in designated spaces. Not meeting the expectations of the code of conduct will result in disciplinary action.
Lunch Break
Students may leave the school during lunch break but are to conduct themselves in accordance with the code of conduct. Not meeting the expectations of the code of conduct will result in disciplinary action. Grade 7 students are to remain on campus during the lunch break, unless they are given direct permission from a parent or guardian. All students must return to school the start of their afternoon class. Multiple lates, or returning excessively late for afternoon classes, will result in a loss of off campus lunch time privileges and students will be required to make up the missed instructional time.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism (Latin plagiarius - kidnapper) refers to presenting somebody else's thoughts, words, or any other creation as your own work. Computers have added to the plagiarism problem through Internet access and “copy and paste” technology. Even submitting your own work for more than one course, unless your teacher gives you permission in advance, is considered to be plagiarism. Plagiarism is a serious academic offence, and the usual minimum penalty for deliberate plagiarism is a failing mark for the assignment. Your English teacher will spend some time in your class at the beginning of the school year discussing how to avoid deliberate or accidental plagiarism.
Attendance Expectations
In order to be a successful student, you must attend classes regularly and punctually. While the school makes every effort to provide a program in which every student can succeed, we urge students and parents to join us in a "conspiracy of caring" about regular attendance. We communicate with students and parents when we believe an attendance problem is developing, and our counsellors are available to provide assistance. We believe effective communication must be "two way," and we encourage parents to get in touch with us whenever they have questions or concerns.
Attendance Procedures for Students and Parents
If you are absent from school, your absence must be explained. Parents or guardians may telephone the school or provide a note to the office. We strongly disapprove of absences for the purposes of shopping, hair appointments, or concerts. The message sent to our teachers by such absences is that these activities all have priority over the educational enterprise, and makeup work will not be offered.
Generally, students who do not attend classes regularly create problems for themselves and detract from the overall learning environment of the school. Accordingly, students in Grades 10-12 and/or students who have reached the age of 16 may be withdrawn from courses they are failing after accumulating 20 days absence from school (or 10 absences from any class) prior to Spring Break, unless exceptional circumstances acceptable to the principal exist. Instances of excessive absences which accumulate after Spring Break will be reviewed and dealt with in a manner consistent with the above. In all cases, students and parents will be formally notified by teachers at least twice prior to any action being taken by the administration.
If you are late to school, please first report to the office for a “late slip.” Failure to do so may result in detentions. On the third late without a legitimate excuse, students will make up time at lunch or after school with administration. At the start of Term 3, students will start fresh and on the second late without a legitimate excuse, students will be expected to make up time at lunch or after school. Further consequences will be assigned to students for excessive non-excused tardiness.
If you must leave the premises during the day or after lunch, please provide written and/or telephoned permission from your parent or guardian and sign out at the office. Failure to sign out is treated as a truancy after the first warning.
You may become ill and miss classes during the school year. Your teachers recognize that such situations arise, and cooperate with the counsellors in providing opportunities to catch up on missed work. Concern does arise if you exhibit a pattern of absences with no apparent medical cause, particularly when such absences fall on days when tests or assignments are due.
Family Holiday During School Time
When family vacation trips occur at times not coinciding with school holidays, the school is not in a position to grant or deny permission to the student. The decision and the responsibility belong to the parent. In such situations, it is helpful if students plan and work ahead sufficiently to
complete academic obligations and minimize any effect on their final standing. Teachers cannot give credit for work that is not done.
Students and parents planning a vacation during class time should speak to their counsellor and to every teacher. On the basis of that contact, the student is expected to determine, in cooperation with teachers, how she or he may best complete the expectations for each course. Although this procedure will help to reduce the impact of the absence, the student will miss the daily benefit of classroom participation and no guarantees can be made regarding final standing. It must be recognized that the first priority on a teacher's time is those students who are in regular daily attendance.
ACADEMIC SUPPORT POLICY
At Hope Secondary we are committed to providing, in partnership with parents and the community, a caring, structured, and flexible environment in which our students will experience academic and personal growth in an atmosphere of cooperation and mutual respect. Part of that structure is teaching students how to be responsible for their own learning, and providing supports to help students reach their academic goals.
- Students are encouraged to be personally responsible for their learning and success, and to be proactive in seeking assistance with their teachers, who are there to support them. Teachers will reach out to students who appear to require extra support
- Students are expected to complete all assigned work. Struggling students, or those who have incomplete work will receive information detailing how they might work to improve their grade, a list of any incomplete assignments, and the deadline for the work to be completed.
- Students are expected to make a demonstrated and documented effort to improve their grade through test rewrites, corrected work, or re-done assignments. In addition to classroom instruction, teachers are available to support students through this process outside of regular instructional time.
- Students are expected to have demonstrated and documented attendance outside of class support at a time mutally agreed upon between the student and the teacher.
- this may be before school, after school, or at lunch
- this should be regularly and frequently occurring practice
The staff of HSS want students to be as successful as possible. The above is intended to inform and support students as they work to meet their academic goals.
EVALUATION AND REPORTING
Teachers assess and evaluate your performance in a variety of ways, dependent upon the nature of the course. For reporting purposes, our school year is divided into four approximately equal quarters. Many courses include a formal final examination component which may comprise up to 20% of the final letter grade. Teachers are required to communicate with parents at least five times during the school year.
This means that the four formal report cards will be supplemented by less formal communication between school and home, i.e. interim reports. We welcome requests for parent-student-teacher conferences at any time. Parents - if you wish to talk to an individual teacher, please telephone the school for an appointment, or contact the teacher directly via email. If you wish to talk to several of your son's or daughter's teachers, please telephone our counsellors, who will be pleased to arrange a group conference.
Detailed information about course evaluation may be found in the handouts issued in every class in September, as well as in our course outlines, which may be reviewed on line at hopesecondary.com.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Many of your teachers sponsor a range of activities in athletics, fine arts, and student government. Students who participate in these activities feel positive about the school and their place in it, and this involvement generally contributes to greater academic success. Nonetheless, it is important to remember that your participation should enhance, rather than interfere with, your academic studies. Students whose attendance, effort, or behaviour fall below acceptable school standards may be removed from school activities until improvement occurs.
We encourage you to keep a record in your Student Portfolio of your participation in activities. Employers look favorably on applicants who can document their involvement in a variety of co-curricular activities. As well, scholarship and bursary committees usually consider your record of co-curricular participation when selecting award winners.
STUDENTS AND JOBS
A reality of our community is that many students work part-time during the school year. While research indicates that students who work a few hours per week at a job can actually out-perform students without jobs, it is also true that students who work more than 10-15 hours per week generally do less well in school.
We are committed to preparing our students through a variety of career education initiatives to succeed in the world of work, and we strongly encourage you and your parents to make your primary focus the attainment of the most challenging secondary school education of which you are capable during your years at Hope Secondary School.
STUDENT APPEALS
The Fraser-Cascade Board of School Trustees endorses the right of students and/or parents or guardians to appeal decisions of Board employees where such decisions significantly affect the health, education or safety of the student. Detailed information concerning the appeal process may be picked up at the school or district office.