Purpose
The purpose of our Middle School Behaviour Tracking System is to promote positive behaviours, academic organization and regular communication between the home and school. The student agenda is central to this system. All middle school students are required to have an agenda, bring it to school every day and have it with them for every class.
Procedure
At the end of each day advisors will review the information recorded on the class clipboard. Academic (test and assignment due dates, lesson summaries) and behaviour information specific to each student is recorded in their school agenda during school time. Students who have demonstrated positive social skills and who have no problems indicated will receive a stamp in their agenda. Students who have exhibited problem behaviours - incomplete work, inappropriate behaviour - during the day will record the incident(s) in their agenda. The advisor will then sign the agenda.
Parents, as partners with us in your child's education, we are asking you to review the information recorded in the agenda daily with your son/daughter and initial the appropriate space. Join with us in holding your child accountable for completed school work, neat and meaningful agenda entries, and good citizenship.
Pages are not to be removed from the agenda. Students must close the covers to protect the pages and take care of them.
Students who collect the required number of stamps per month (80% of the total number of school days in the month) will be invited to participate in a reward activity at the end of the month. Some reward activities are held within the school, others will involve special out-of-school privileges, permissions and costs. Our teaching staff are taking care to make this system fair and helpful for all, and are planning special activities that are interesting, healthy and fun. Students who aren't involved in a reward activity will be assigned to alternate activities that help them improve their learning skills.
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Students who persistently demonstrate inappropriate behaviour in the classrooms or hallways and/or do not complete their academic requirements will be subject to the following system of consequences. This system will be carried out on a monthly basis with each student receiving a fresh start each month:
| Level 1 | parent contact (phone call or note in agenda)- 3 problem incidents |
| Level 2 | parent contact (phone call) and 1/2 day in-school suspension- 6 problem incidents |
| Level 3 | parent contact (phone call) and 1 day in-school suspension- 9 problem incidents |
| Level 4 | parent contact and 1 day suspension at home - 12 problem incidents |
| Level 5 | parent contact and 2 day suspension at home - 15 problem incidents |
| These levels outline what we believe is a fair and due process of progressive discipline with consequences built in. The school principal makes final decisions regarding suspension of students. Parents are kept informed at every step. |
It is hoped that through this system, students will monitor their behaviour, know what is expected of them and strive towards maintaining and/or improving their social and academic skills. The Behaviour Tracking System is not designed for serious incidents which need to be dealt with outside the realm of this system and accordance with the school behaviour code.