CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR

Each teacher will prepare and display classroom rules that have been approved by the principal. Students must come to each class prepared and ready to learn. Failure to bring pencil and paper, materials and other items required by the teacher will result in a poor learning process. Students are expected to vigorously pursue assignments. Students who refuse to work or put little or no effort into the learning process will not produce the best results. Work habits will be reported to parents along with other classroom results. The staff will be implementing a program called Peaceable Schools. This program is designed to assist students to solve and handle problems when they arise. The teacher will be able to provide additional information about how the program works in their classroom. Aspects of the program are student rights; responsibilities, and the rules that go along with these rights and responsibilities.

The following guidelines present the types of student conduct that will not be tolerated at Alcoa Elementary:
* Guideline 1. Disruption of School: A student shall not by use of violence, force, noise, coercion, threat, intimidation, fear, passive resistance, or any other conduct intentionally cause the substantial and material disruption or obstruction of any lawful mission, process, or function of the school.
* Guideline 2. Damage or Destruction to School Property: A student shall not cause or attempt to cause damage to school property or steal or attempt to steal school property.
* Guideline 3. Damage or Destruction of Private Property: A student shall not cause or attempt to cause damage to private property or steal or attempt to steal private property either on the school grounds or during a school activity, function or an event off school grounds.
* Guideline 4. Assault on a School Employee: A student shall not intentionally cause or attempt to cause physical injury to a school employee: - on the school grounds during and immediately before or after school hours. - on the school grounds at any other time when the school is being used by a school group, or - off the school grounds at a school activity, function or event.
* Guideline 5. Physical Abuse of a Student or Other Person Not Employed by the School: A student shall not intentionally do serious bodily injury to any person: - Same as guideline 4
* Guideline 6. Weapons and Dangerous Instruments: A student shall not possess, handle, or transmit any object that can be considered a weapon: - Same as guideline 4
* Guideline 7. A student shall not knowingly possess, use, transmit, or be under the influence of any narcotic drug, amphetamine, barbiturate, marijuana, alcoholic beverage, or intoxicant of any kind. - Same as guideline 4
* Guideline 8. Repeated School Violations: A student shall not fail to comply with directions of teachers, student teachers, substitute teachers, teacher aides, principals, or other authorized school personnel during any period of time when student is properly under the authority of school personnel.
Students who persist in disobeying the rules of Alcoa Elementary School and refuse to recognize their citizenship obligations to their school may be subject to disciplinary action at the principal's discretion.