Northdale Magnet Academy

Parents,

Welcome back to Northdale Magnet 2009-2010 school year. We hope that each and every one of you had a wonderful summer! It is our hope that each of you will become active members of our PTA this year.

PTA builds bridges between home and school, by integration the efforts of parents with those of principals and teachers. When you get involved in the PTA, the student who benefits the most is your own. You are also taking a step toward improving your child�s school and your community.

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Northdale Polices

Attendance Policy:

Students should be at school everyday, but when they do have to be out they will need to bring an excuse and give it to the attendance clerk upon arriving back at school. Students with an �excused� absence are permitted to make up class work missed. However it is the student�s responsibility to request and arrange for make-up work.

In order to be eligible to receive grades, high school students shall be in attendance a minimum of 80 days per semester.

Tardy Procedures:

Students that arrive late to school must check in at the school attendance office upon arrival. The office will determine if they are tardy or excused. All tardy unexcused students will be sent to TOR for the remainder of the hour.

1^st Tardy             TOR

2^nd Tardy            TOR/Counseled

3^rd Tardy              TOR/Parent Notification

4^th Tardy                TOR/ 1Day Suspension

Check-Out Procedure

Normal Check-Outs are permitted only after first period. Students must have parental approval before being granted permission to check out.

Student Guidelines for Conduct

Punctuality and regular attendance
Respect for school and classroom rules, property and possessions of others.
Respect for the rights of others to learn and the teacher to teach.
Willingness to assist others in need and to ask for assistance when it is needed
Desire to participate in classroom and school activities when it is needed
Desire and willingness to complete all class assignments
Loyalty to classmates and school

The following offenses, when occurring during the course of a school day shall result in discipline action being taken by the administration.

Defiance or disrespect towards school personnel
Cutting class
Fighting on school campus or on bus
Drinking of alcoholic beverages, possession and/or use of drugs of any kind
Smoking on campus
Gambling on campus
Possession of radios, ipods, cd players, cell phones or other electronic devices
Horseplay, frogging, climbing on the buildings/fences, running or other injurious play activity
Using profanity or displaying profane or obscene language

School Food Policies

Breakfast Students on full pay           1 breakfast meal       No charge

Breakfast Students on reduced pay           1 breakfast meal       No charge

Breakfast

Visitors

Teachers

Staff
1 breakfast meal    $2.00

Lunch Students on reduced pay
1 Lunch meal
$2.25

Lunch Students on reduced pay 1 Lunch meal $ .40

Lunch
Visitors

Teachers

Staff
1 Lunch meal $3.75

When eating in the cafeteria, these rules of social etiquette and mutual respect must be followed:

Clean the table and throw away all left-over food and trash
Keep the line orderly and never cut in front of other students
Talk in a normal voice
No fast food is allowed on campus
Vending machine food may not be consumed in the cafeteria

Students who choose to not follow these rules may be denied the privilege of eating in the cafeteria during the regular lunch period

A student picture ID with a school food service bar code will be used for computerized food accounting. Students may not leave the school grounds for lunch. Students may go to the school square after eating during lunch period.