17340 San Jose Street,
Granada Hills, CA 91344
Phone: (818) 832-3870 - Fax: (818) 368-7333
Phone: (818) 832-3870 - Fax: (818) 368-7333
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Policies and Procedures
Table of Content
Pupils waiting to be picked up by parents 15 or more minutes after the conclusion of school must be under the supervision of Youth Services and After School Playground Directors in the PE gym area. Pupils will arrive and leave school using gates on Andasol and Louise only. All other gates will be locked. For the students safety, please DO NOT load or unload in the faculty parking lot. Return To The Top ATTENDANCE OFFICE MESSAGES! LUNCH MONEY! P.E. CLOTHES! HOMEWORK PROJECTS! - The office CANNOT deliver messages to students except in the case of an emergency. Please understand that we do not have the staff available to deliver messages, lunch money, P.E. clothes, birthday's balloons, flowers, forgotten homework and projects, etc. We continue to want to be sensitive to the needs of our students, but at the same time we are committed to the protection of classroom instructional time. Important lessons can be learned if students are expected to be responsible for bringing their own materials to school. REPORTING ABSENCES - If your child is absent for more than one day, each day must be cleared. YOU MUST SEND a note with your child upon their return, please make sure the note includes the student's first and last name, the dates of his/her absence, the reason for the absence and please make sure to sign the note. Your child should turn the note in to the Attendance Office before school or during brunch, not during class time. In fact, be sure that all correspondence with the school has the student's entire name and grade level on it. OFF CAMPUS PASSES - Please do not schedule any medical, dental, etc., appointments during the school day. If possible, use the early dismissal on Tuesday for scheduling these appointments. In addition, please do not plan your vacation to begin before school lets out. If you need to take your child off campus during the day, please have him/her bring a note to the ATTENDANCE OFFICE before school. This will enable your child to be waiting for you in the office at the designated time. If at all possible, try to schedule your pick-up between classes, again to minimize interrupting class instruction. The student's schedule will be in his/her student reminder binder. A copy should be kept with parents at home and at work. It will come in handy from time to time. Students MAY NOT leave campus during school hours without a pass LATE ARRIVALS - Students arriving after 7:57 a.m. need to report directly to their homeroom. EXCESSIVE ABSENCES - We know there are legitimate reasons for absence and certainly support keeping students at home when they are too ill to attend. However, we know that low grades accompany excessive absences. It is our experience that students who are allowed to develop the habit of poor school attendance will experience great difficulty when they move to the high school level. If your child is not too ill to attend school, it is beneficial for him/her to attend even part of a school day to receive some instruction and pick up class assignments Return To The Top BUS TRANSPORTATION POLICY Riding a school bus is a privilege and a responsibility which may be revoked if safety rules are not observed. Students must go directly to the buses as soon as they are dismissed from school. If you misbehave on the bus, you may be suspended from riding the bus permanently. Each student must have an ID card to ride. Students will remain seated when the bus is in motion and follow all instructions of the driver. Fighting, harassment of others, horseplay, or profanity will result in the loss of bus privileges. LATE BUSES leave at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. Students must obtain a late bus pass from the sponsor for their activity in order to board the bus. Return To The Top CAFETERIA Rules for Nutrition/Lunch:
CALIFORNIA STATE EDUCATION CODE The California State Education Code prohibits:
CODE OF CONDUCT One of the major outcomes of LEARN - Los Angeles Educational Alliance for Restructuring Now - is to create and promote a positive learning environment where all members of the Patrick Henry Community will show respect for each other and themselves, and demonstrate care of personal and school property.
CULMINATION REQUIREMENT To satisfy requirements for a certificate of culmination a student MUST HAVE:
DRESS CODE SEPTEMBER 2005 Education Code Section 35183: "Students shall be required to show proper attention to personal cleanliness, health, neatness, safety and suitability of clothing and appearance for school activities. Student clothing cannot cause distraction or disturbance or create a health or safety hazards. In no case may attire commonly associated with gang membership, affiliation or activity be worn; such attire is not protected by the First Amendment." Any clothing or accessory that depicts any form of profanity, violence, drugs, alcohol, vandalism, weapons, tobacco, sexual overtones, or is offensive to any gender or race, is unacceptable and therefore not permitted at Patrick Henry. The administration reserves the right, if necessary to add other items to this list, especially any and all items which become associated with gang membership and/or affects the safety and/or security of the campus. Students are expected to care for their personal cleanliness and hygiene. Pants/Shorts Style: Fitted at the waist. NO HIP HUGGERS! IMPORTANT! Pants and shorts may not be more than one size too large or too tight (form fitting). Length: Pants must be hemmed at least one inch above the ground, may not be stapled, taped, or split at the bottom. When wearing shorts, socks cannot be pulled up to the knees. Pants must be worn at the waistline, not dragging on the ground. They may not have split seams. Cuffs must be sewn with not staples. No short shorts. Belts Style: Belt must not be more than one size too large. They may not hang more than three inches from the appropriate belt loop and cannot contain any initial or insignia. Shirts/Blouses/Jackets/Coats and Sweatshirts No shirts/blouses/jackets/coats and sweatshirts with inappropriate logos or comments (i.e. alcohol related, sexually suggestive, vulgar or profane, advocating racial, ethnic or religious prejudice or illegal activity [i.e. graffiti]). Skirts/Dresses Style: No halter tops, strapless tops, crop tops, midriff tops, spaghetti straps or see through material. Length: Must be the same as for shorts. Shoes Style: no open toed shoes, thongs, slippers, sandals without a back strap are allowed. Heels or platforms of more than 1-1/2 inches in height are not permitted. Hats, Scarves, Caps, or Sunglasses Style: No hats, caps, bandannas, scarves or sunglasses of any kind are to be worn or attached to clothing or backpacks. Make-up and Hair Style: No gang related make-up, no outlining of the lips with dark lipstick, no heavy eye make-up. No glitter on the face or body. No spray bottles or cans containing deodorant or cologne are allowed on campus. Piercing of Body Parts and Ears: Style: NO PIERCING OF BODY PARTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EARS. Only small unobtrusive stud earrings are permitted to be worn on campus by the boys. Jewelry: No Pocket chains with wallets or heavy metal necklaces/bracelets. Return To The Top HOMEWORK Homework is assigned on a regular basis in almost every class. Class homework schedules are a part of the class syllabus which students receive from their teachers at the beginning of the school year (or semester). If you have no specific homework, you should plan to spend one hour in general review study. It is the student's responsibility to ask the teachers for the assignments when absent. Students are encouraged to use the handbook calendar for writing down homework assignments which can be shared on a daily basis with parents. HOMEWORK FOR ABSENTEES Students are to make up all homework which was assigned during an absence. Students who are ill are entitled to full credit for make-up work. Generally, students are given the same number of days that they were absent to make up the work missed. Requests for homework for absentees should be directed to the Counseling Office. Homework should be requested for long term absences only (e.g., more than one week.) Homework assignments will be available in the Counseling Office after school following the day on which the request is made. For short term absences, it is suggested that students know the phone number of a friend in each class, in order to obtain assignments. Return To The Top INSURANCE COVERAGE Since LAUSD does not provide accident / medical insurance for school related injuries, it does make available a low cost insurance plan to help your parents in the event you have an accident. Parents are reminded there is no school or District insurance coverage for the loss / theft of personal items, bicycles, clothing, textbooks, etc. Return To The Top TIPS FOR CORRECT USE OF LOCKERS: Students may only use their lockers:
Return To The Top LOST AND FOUND The Lost and Found Department for misplaced articles is located in the Student Store and is open before and after school. Lost articles are routed as follows:
TELEPHONE POLICY Except for emergencies, students are not permitted to use school telephones. A public telephone is located in the covered lunch pavilion for student's use. We appreciate parent messages to students also be limited to emergencies in order to not disrupt the teaching process. Return To The Top TEXTBOOKS Students must assume the responsibility for textbooks lost and damaged. Textbooks are issued by classroom teachers and are distributed for student use within the first week of the school year. Failure to bring textbooks to class or failure to have them covered at all times can effect citizenship marks on your report card. The Book room is located in room 47. Return To The Top REPORTS TO PARENTS (Report Cards) Honor Roll - Student will receive a mark in every subject in which they are enrolled. Students with no D's, Fails or U's are placed on the honor roll after each grading period. There will be various rewards such as field trips, assemblies etc. Progress Reports are sent home in approximately the following manner: REPORT CARD SCHEDULE Week 5 ........ Progress Report Week 10 ........ Report Card Week 15 ........ Progress Report Week 20 ........ Report Card The following review of marks is provided for you: SUBJECT MARKS A .................... Superior B .................... Above Average C .................... Average D .................... Barely Passing Fail ................ Failing CITIZENSHIP MARKS (Work Habits and Cooperation) E .................... Excellent S .................... Satisfactory U .................... Unsatisfactory Complimentary Report To Parents notifies them of improved or outstanding work in class. This notice is sent home for the parent's signature. Special Report to Parents notifies them of unsatisfactory or failing work in classes. This notice can be sent home with a student for a parent's signature any time during the semester. Return To The Top DON'T BE LATE TARDY POLICY Students are to be SEATED ready to work in the classroom or PRESENT in the P.E. locker room when the tardy bell rings. CONSEQUENCES:
MERIT PROGRAM The purpose of this program is to monitor our students' behavior and citizenship. The Merit Program is a computer generated program which documents a student's behavior so that parents have access to a detailed discipline history report at anytime. This is especially beneficial for parent conferences and Student Study Team meetings. Possible rewards for no demerits are "early to lunch" passes, assemblies, amusement park trips, no homework coupons, etc. Return To The Top NOTIFICATION / SUMMARY OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY / PROCEDURES WITH REGARD TO ALL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS The Los Angeles Unified School District considers sexual harassment to be a major offense which can result in disciplinary action to the offending employee or the suspension or expulsion of the offending student. District prohibits retaliatory behavior against anyone who files a sexual harassment complaint or any participant in the complaint investigation process. Each complaint alleging sexual harassment shall be promptly investigated in the way that respect the privacy of all parties concerned. Definition Of Sexual Harassment: Any unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature, made of someone from or in the work or educational setting ...(EC212.5) Sexual harassment includes, but is not limited to:
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