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Middle School Discipline Plan

Franciscan University of Steubenville
Sonya McLoyd, Mary-Grace Lee, Sarah Miller, Matthew DAgostino
St. Monica Charter School

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Rules

Listen: Listen to peers and administration.

Effort: Always put forth your best effort.

Attitude: Start the day with a positive attitude.

Responsibility: Take responsibility for yourself and your actions.

Neighborly: Build community by respecting others. Treat them how you would like
to be treated.

Team Encouragement Strategies

At the start of the semester, each student will be placed in a team in which they will be
able to gain points for their team as a reward for team participation and exceptional effort in
supporting their academic community. After being placed in their team, each time will be guided
by their academic advisor, in choosing a team mascot, team colors, and designing a logo to be
placed on team t-shirts. Periodically the team with the most points will be rewarded for their
effort with predesignated reward such as a special lunch, a no homework day, or a team party.
The team with the most points at the end of the school year will be allowed to choose the theme
for a school-wide party.

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Consequences
Rules Broken

Situation

1st Offense

2nd Offense

3rd Offense

Listen

Classroom
Disruption

Verbal Warning

Written plan for

improvement
(behavior contract)

Parental Contact

Effort

Refusal to
participate in
classroom
assignments, or
homework

Accept
assignment with
5% docked from
grade

Accept assignment
with 10% docked
from grade

Complete
assignment in
after-school
detention and
10% docked
from overall
grade

Physical
Altercations

Parental
Notification

Parental
Notification with a
behavioral contract

Parental
Notification,
Office referral,
possible
suspension and
possible
behavioral
contract. All
appropriate
authorities will
be notified.

Damage to
School/Others
Property

Student will serve

detention in order
to assist fixing the
damaged property

Parental
notification, and
student will provide
community service
for school to
provide appropriate
monetary amount
for damaged
property

Parental
notification,
office referral,
possible
suspension, and
possible
behavioral
contract

Attitude

Responsibility

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Neighborly

Verbal/Emotion
al/Cyber
Bullying

Parental contact,
write letter to
wronged party

Office referral,
Parent contact
detention, and
behavior contract

Office referral,
Counselor
referral, Parental
Contact, Possible
Suspension and
appropriate
authorities will
be notified.

School Community Plan

Spring Semester

Community
Participation

Evidence of Student
Involvement

Frequency

Week 1-16

Each week a different

member of the
community will come
and speak to the student
body about their
profession. The school
will focus on the
speakers profession
throughout the week.

Each student will turn The speakers will

in a one-page
come once a week for
reflection paper at the 16 weeks.
end of every week
emphasizing their
opinion about the
profession, including
what the profession
does for the
community as well as
their own interest in
the profession.

Week 17

The students will be

allowed to visit and
observe/volunteer for
two days with the
profession of their
choice.

Those with whom the This will take place

students are
over two school days
volunteering will sign in the semester.
off that the student
participated in their
volunteer hours.

Week 18

The students will

prepare a presentation
which will be given in
their homeroom class
reflecting on the
profession as well as
their time volunteering
with the profession.

The presentations will

be collected and
graded in class by the
homeroom teacher.

The presentations will

all be done in the last
week of the semester,
however each student
will only present one
time.

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Team Procedures
Grading Policies / Students are expected to:
Late Homework Put forth their best effort at all times and are responsible for their grades.
Teachers are expected to:
Set clear expectations for students and inform them of the criteria for
each assignment.
Use the school's grading scale at all times.
Be fair and reasonable when grading assignments.
Keep tests for one school year after the year it is assigned. Keep accurate
records of students grades.
Grading scale:
100-93=A
76-73 =C
92-90 =A72-70 =C89-87 =B+
69-67 =D+
86-83 =B
66-63 =D
82-80 =B62-60 =D79-77 =C+
Any grade below 60 will be considered an F
Late Homework:
Students are expected to complete all homework assigned by the
classroom teacher.
Students will be able to turn in late assignments in one day late with 10%
of the point value deducted from his/her grade or 2 days late with 10%
deducted from his/her grade.
On the third day the student will be asked to complete the assignment
after school with 10% of the points docked from his/her grade. If the
student is not able to do this or the teacher deems it appropriate the
student may receive a 0 on the assignment after the third day.
Procedures for
Absentees

Excused absences:
In the case of sickness:
Students will be excused from school if they bring a signed doctor's note
to the main office on their return to school.
In the case of death in the family:
Students may also be excused in the case of a death in their family.
Parents or guardians may request a time off for their student by sending a
letter to the office or calling the main office. At their earliest
convenience.
Other absences:
Other excused absences will be determined by the staff in the main office
on a case by case bases
Unexcused absences:
Every time a student is absent from school it will be counted as an

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unexcused absence unless it is otherwise noted in the rules above. After a
student's 3rd unexcused absence a call will be made to the student's
parent and guardian to determine the cause of the absence. After 8
absences the parent or guardian and student will be required to attend a
meeting at the school to discuss the absences, make up work and how to
prevent more unexcused absences.
Classwork and Absences:
Students are responsible for completing classwork and tests that they
have missed. This work may be completed during the lunch period or at
home.
Headings for
All students should use the following standard heading as shown below
papers, tests, and for all papers and assignments:
assignments
SMCS
Date MM/DD/YYYY
First name last name
Teacher name
Subject
Grade
Assignment Title
For tests the teacher will list the subject grade and the teacher name.
Students are required to write their first and last name the date and
SMCS at the top of their paper.
By putting SMCS (St. Monica Charter School) on the top of each
assignment, paper and test students are agreeing to follow the school
rules, try their best, and acknowledge that they will not cheat.
Notebooks

Each student will have notebooks matching their team's color(s)

Students will have one notebook for each subject
Each notebook will be clearly labeled with the student's name, subject,
and grade
If a student is not able to get these notebooks they will be able to
volunteer after school to earn these notebooks.
Students are expected to keep their notebooks organized.
The school could also provide I pads, chrome books, or some other
technology for the students to take notes on.

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES
Format: At the beginning of the school year, parents and family members will have the opportunity to
meet and chat with their childs teachers as well as other faculty members. This informal event will offer
students family members the chance to connect with teachers and learn about the curriculum and events
held at St. Monicas Charter School. In addition, teachers will be able to answer any questions or

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concerns parents may have. Although this initial meeting is not mandatory, it is highly encouraged to
attend in order to learn about the expectations held by school faculty. In addition to this initial meeting,
individual parent-teacher conferences will be scheduled twice during the school year to discuss the
students progress, strengths, and weakness. Any concerns from either the parents or the teacher will be
brought up as well. A letter and an e-mail will be sent out to families two weeks prior to conferences in
order to arrange a meeting time. Below is an example of the sheet that will be completed during a parentteacher conference. Once it is filled out, the teacher will make a copies for the parents as well as for the
school to have on file.

Parent-Teacher Conference Feedback

Date______________
Student_________________________
Parents__________________________
Teacher__________________________

Progress in school

Students strengths

Students weaknesses

Comments/concerns

Discipline Theory

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Discipline at St. Marys Charter School is rooted in assisting its students in understanding
the effects of their behaviors on social, cultural, and personal levels. St. Marys theoretical
foundation on discipline applies concepts proposed by social-cognitive theorist, Albert Bandura.
St. Marys discipline plan employs intervention practices to help students develop positive
behavior that addresses cognitive and social deficiencies with minimal disruption to the learning
environment and educational goals (Edgar, 2012).
St. Marys Discipline Plan is further influenced by the founder of Positive Behavior
Intervention and Supports, Fredric Jones. Fredric Joness philosophy is that children can develop
positive characteristics, and schools can have fewer disciplinary issues by teaching responsibility
for his or her actions, parental involvement, and limit-setting prior to punitive disciplinary
actions (Van Tassell, 1999).
Dr. Fred Rogers beautifully states children require and long for having set limits. St.
Marys progressive discipline strategy deals with specific infractions along with appropriate
consequences. The discipline plan is designed to promote the teacher-student relationship
centered on intimacy and trust than on authority (The Fred Rogers Company, 2016). Mr.
Rogers summarizes it can be very frightening for a child not to have limits. Not only can the
world outside be frightening, but the world inside, the world of feelings, can also be scary when
youre not sure you can manage those feelings by yourself (The Fred Rogers Company, 2016).

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Reference
Edgar, D. (2012). Learning theories and historical events affecting instructional design in
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The Fred Rogers Company. (2016). Everyday rules and limits. Retrieved from
http://www.fredrogers.org/parents/everyday-experiences/everyday-limits.php.
Van Tassell, G. (1999). Classroom management. Retrieved from
http://www.brains.org/classroom_management.htm.