Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION National Capital Region Division of City Schools of Makati MAKATI SCIENCE HIGH

SCHOOL City of Makati SCHOOL RULES AND REGULATIONS (Revised June 2010) I. ADMISSION POLICY (Adapted from DepEd Order No. 41, s. 2005) Incoming Makati Science High School first year students shall be admitted based on the following requirements: A. Student applicants must have grades of at least 85 percent in English, mathematics, and science and technology, and at least 83 percent in other subjects in the first and the second grading periods to qualify for the Makati Science High School Admission Test. B. The Makati Science High School Admission Test shall be conducted by the Makati Science High School Admission Committee and shall include mental ability and aptitude tests in English, mathematics, science and technology, and abstract reasoning. C. The final score of the student examinees shall be computed as follows: English Mathematics Science and Technology Abstract Reasoning TOTAL 30 % 30 % 30 % 10 % 100 % D. The top 125 of the total number of student examinees from the public schools and the top 125 of the total number of student examinees from the private schools and other public schools outside the City of Makati shall be accepted as incoming Makati Science High School first year students. II. ENROLMENT Enrolment at the Makati Science High School is considered as a formal acceptance by students of the obligation to faithfully carry out their responsibilities and their expression of willingness to collaborate with the school administration, faculty, and staff. A. Only student examinees who passed the Makati Science High School Admission Test can enroll in the first year. B. Report Card (Form 138), Certificate of Good Moral Character, Birth Certificate (NSO Copy), and five 1 X 1 ID picture are requirements for enrolment in the first year. C. For the next year level, i. e., second, third, and fourth years, students should meet the grade requirements stated in the Retention

Policy (Section XI of this Rules and Regulations). D. Report Card (Form 138) and five 1 X 1 ID pictures are requirements for enrolment in the second, third, and fourth years. E. Students shall enroll on the prescribed period for their particular year level. F. Students who fail to enroll on the prescribed period without valid reasons forfeit their rights to enroll. III. DIRECTIVES ON DISCIPLINE A. UNIFORMS The school requires its students to attend their classes and school functions in their prescribed uniforms. B. IDENTIFICATION CARDS 1. The school requires its students to wear the official identification card while inside its premises. The same identification card shall be presented for entry and for the use of school facilities, services, or both. 2. The loss of an identification card shall be reported immediately by the student concerned to the Discipline Board, which shall determine if the student should be issued a new identification card or not. IV. ATTENDANCE AND ABSENCES A. The school requires regular and punctual attendance in all classes. Any absence for any cause whatsoever does not exempt a

student from written works or examinations and any matters required during the period of his or her absence. The responsibility for making up such work depends upon the students. B. In all cases of absences, an excuse or admission slip must be secured from the Guidance Office. The excuse slip must be certified by the class adviser or, in his or her behalf, by the guidance counselor. C. Three instances of tardiness without valid reasons are equivalent to one absence. All cases of tardiness are considered unjustified unless an excuse letter signed by the parent or guardian is presented to the class adviser. D. Absences due to illness must be certified by a medical doctor. The appreciation or implementation of the rules on attendance and absences may be modified at the discretion of the school principal. E. A student who incurs 10 consecutive absences or 20 inconsecutive absences in any subject shall be notified by the members of the Discipline Board. Failure on the part of the parent or guardian to appear shall be ground for the school principal to drop the student concerned from the school roll. F. A student who cuts classes shall not be admitted in all his or her classes the next day unless accompanied by his or her parent or guardian. V. CODE OF DISCIPLINE The legal basis of the schools authority to discipline its students is provided in the Manual of Regulations of the Department of Education, to wit:

Rule 145. Schools shall have the authority and prerogative to promulgate such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary from time to time effective as of the date of their promulgation unless otherwise specified. No penalty shall be imposed upon any student, except for causes as defined in this Manual and/or in the schools rules and regulations duly promulgated and only after due investigations shall have been conducted. VI. CAUSES OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION The following minor and major offenses are whereby disciplinary and administrative sanctions, which shall be meted out after due investigation by the Discipline Board: A. MINOR OFFENSES 1. Sitting on tables and arms of chairs; 2. Violation of haircut or uniform regulation; 3. Entering any faculty room without valid reason; 4. Not wearing, lending, borrowing, or tampering of identification cards; 5. Fighting or quarrelling within the school premises or in its immediate vicinity; 6. Wasteful use of chalk or writing on the board without the teachers permission; 7. Spitting, littering, or loitering along the hallways or corridors when classes are going on;

8. Roaming around the room during class sessions or occupying the seat assigned to someone else; 9. Bringing to school, without permission from the school principal, transistor radio, game and watch, cassette recorders, and other items that disrupt classes; and 10. Disturbance, interference, and obstruction with the normal functioning of classes, school offices, and official school functions, such as borrowing of pens, books, among others, during class hours. B. SERIOUS OFFENSES 1. Extortion; 2. Drunkenness or drinking liquor within the school premises; 3. Theft or damage to property of the school or its constituents; 4. Dishonesty, such as plagiarism or cheating during examination; 5. Engaging in any form of gambling within the school compound; 6. Forgery, misuse, or alteration of school records, credentials, or documents; 7. Engaging in lewd, indecent, or immoral conduct within the school premises; 8. Use or illegal possession of explosive, incendiary devices, or other deadly weapons; 9. Possession, distribution, or illegal use of narcotic drugs, such as LSD, marijuana, or barbiturates or operate in any form within the school premises; and

10. Vandalism, which includes tearing or defacing any library books or periodicals; breakage of doors, school cases, glass windows, electrical devices; unauthorized removal of official notices or posters from bulletin boards; drawing or posting unauthorized notices on the walls, posts, fences, and other parts of the school building, and other similar acts. PENALTIES The school reserves the right, after due investigation, to subject a student found violating the rules on discipline to the following penalties depending upon the nature and gravity of the offense committed: MINOR OFFENSES First Offense Reprimand. Parents to see the school principal Second Offense Suspension and failing grade in conduct Third Offense Dropping of student from the school roll SERIOUS OFFENSES First Offense Parents to see the school principal. Suspension Second Offense Suspension and failing grade in conduct Third Offense Dropping of student from the school roll NOTE: A student who commits three major offenses will be recommended for expulsion.

VII. DISCIPLINE BOARD A. LEGAL BASIS The legal basis of the schools authority to discipline its students is provided in the Manual and Regulations of the Department of Education, to wit: Section 1. Authority to Maintain School Discipline. Every school shall maintain discipline inside the school campus as well as outside the school premises when students are engaged in activities authorized by the school. Section 1.1. School officials and teachers shall have the right to impose appropriate and reasonable disciplinary measures in case of minor offenses or infractions of good discipline. However, no cruel or physically harmful punishment shall be imposed or applied against any pupil or student. B. COMPOSITION OF THE DISCIPLINE BOARD The Discipline Board is composed of the following: chairman, school principal; vice chairman, year level chairman; members, guidance counselor, advisers of the student and the supreme student government; and presidents of the faculty club, the supreme student government, and the parents and teachers association. C. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DISCIPLINE BOARD The Discipline Board shall be responsible for the implementation of disciplinary actions for any infractions that a student commits. Likewise, it has the power to formulate special policy or policies regarding students

behaviors and attitudes not contained in this Rules and Regulations. The Discipline Board has the following functions: 1. CHAIRMAN. He or she approves or disapproves the recommendations of the Discipline Board. The decision of the chairman is final and executory; 2. VICE CHAIRMAN. He or she heads the investigation committee, convenes the members of the Discipline Board to discuss the conduct of investigation, submits written report of the findings, and recommends sanction or punishment of the students infraction; 3. MEMBERS 3.1 GUIDANCE COUNSELOR. He or she sends communication to the parents, informing them of the infraction of their child and inviting them to meet the members of the Discipline Board; 3.2 CLASS ADVISER. He or she serves as the secretary of the Discipline Board, keeps record of the minutes of the meeting or investigation, and assists the president of the faculty club in writing the final report; 3.3 PRESIDENT OF THE FACULTY CLUB. He or she gathers evidences and written statements from witnesses and collates all findings to support the decision of the Discipline Board; 3.4 PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME STUDENT GOVERNMENT. He or she helps the president of the faculty club to gather evidences and written statements from students who will support the case; and

3.5 PRESIDENT OF THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. He or she assists the other members of the Discipline Board in making or formulating decisions and disciplinary sanctions for submission to the chairman of the Discipline Board. VIII. EXAMINATIONS A. Students shall take the prescribed quarter examinations scheduled during the school year. However, a student who, because of justifiable reasons, fails to take any examination, may be given a special examination upon the discretion of the Discipline Board. B. No student shall be allowed to take any examination if he or she is not in complete uniform with his or her identification card properly pinned on his polo or her blouse. C. No student shall leave his or her seat during quarter examinations. A student may be excused to go to the comfort room if he or she is already through with the examination and his or her paper has been turned in. There shall be absolute silence during the whole length of the examination. D. The term cheating during any examinations means not only actual copying from someone but also the possession of the examinee either in his or her person or within his or her reach of any material related to the subject matter under examination. Giving ones answer is also a form of cheating, as well as providing ones opportunity to cheat, like talking to a student, looking at, or holding others paper.

IX. GRADING SYSTEM (Adapted from DepEd Order No. 35, s. 2005) A. The implementing guidelines on the performance-based grading system as defined in DepEd Order No. 33, s. 2004 shall continue to be enforced, with emphasis being placed on the formative function of assessment. Students progress in the attainment of objectives shall be regularly monitored as basis for enrichment or remediation. Every learning deficiency shall be addressed and every learning gap shall be bridged. B. The 60-30-10-test design shall continue to be adopted, where 60 percent of the items shall be easy, although assessing critical thinking; 30 percent shall be average or moderately difficult; and 10 percent shall be difficult. Authentic assessment that considers application of learning in reallife situations shall be the basic mode of measuring learning. C. Alternative assessment shall be utilized whenever appropriate. The use of rubrics as scoring guides shall be continued for a more objective method of rating students. D. The following are the percentage distribution of the components of the students grades per subject area: FILIPINO Quizzes Periodical Test Projects/Outputs Participation TOTAL ENGLISH Quizzes Periodical Test 10 % 25 % 20 % 25 % 25 % 30 % 100 %

Projects/Outputs Participation TOTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Assignment Quizzes Periodical Test Projects/Outputs Participation TOTAL MATHEMATICS Periodical Test Unit Test Quizzes Projects/Outputs Participation TOTAL ARALING PANLIPUNAN Assignment Periodical Test Projects/Outputs Quizzes Participation TOTAL

25 % 40 % 100 %

10 % 10 % 25 % 20 % 35 % 100 %

15 % 15 % 15 % 25 % 30 % 100 %

10 % 20 % 20 % 20 % 30 % 100 %

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Quizzes Participation Projects/Outputs Performance Periodical Test TOTAL MUSIC, ARTS, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND HEALTH Assignment Quizzes Participation 10 % 10 % 15 % 10 % 20 % 20 % 25 % 25 % 100 %

Performance Periodical Test Projects/Outputs TOTAL EDUKASYON SA PAGPAPAHALAGA Behavior Periodical Test Projects/Outputs Participation TOTAL

15 % 25 % 25 % 100 %

6. QUIZZES. Summative assessments of the students learning at the end of the lesson; and 7. UNIT TESTS. Summative assessments of students learning at the end of the unit. X. SELECTION OF HONOR STUDENTS (Adapted from DepEd Order No. 92, s. 2009) A. GENERAL GUIDELINES

10 % 25 % 25 % 40 % 100 %

E. The following are the components and the descriptions of the students grades: 1. ASSIGNMENT. Work usually done outside the classroom in preparation for the next lesson and may involve an extension or an application of learning; 2. BEHAVIOR. Observable manifestation of students thoughts, feelings, and attitudes; grade is reflected in Edukasyon sa Pagpapahalaga although every subject teacher is expected to contribute to the assessment of the students behavior; 3. PARTICIPATION OR PERFORMANCE. Students involvement in the learning process individually or in group or both; students demonstration of a skill or process (e. g. dance, music, role play, experiment, choral reading, speech delivery, theatrical performance, etc.); 4. PERIODICAL TEST. Summative assessment of students learning at the end of the quarter; 5. PROJECT OR OUTPUT. Product of a skill or a process (e. g. journal, research, book report, book or movie review, etc.);

1. Candidates for honors, in any year level, shall be drawn from the Top 10 students of the school. They must not have a final grade of lower than 80 percent in any subject. 2. To determine the Top 10, students shall be ranked using 7-3 point scheme (7 points for the academic performance and 3 points for co-curricular activities as explained in the Procedure in the Ranking of Honor Students). 3. Students grades in the previous year level shall not be considered in the ranking of honors for graduating students. 4. Only the grades in the current year level shall be considered in the ranking of honor students. 5. The general average shall be computed to three decimal places. In case of a tie, candidates shall be declared both in the same honor ranking (both as valedictorians, as salutatorians, and so on). 6. All candidates for honors must be of good moral character and have not been subjected to any disciplinary action within the current school year.

7. Achievements of students in specific academic disciplines, such as English, mathematics, and science and technology, and in special curricular areas, such as athletics, performing arts, and campus journalism, shall be given recognition. 8. Any member of the school selection committee must not be related within the second degree of affinity or consanguinity to any of the candidates for honors. 9. The school principal shall be the chairman of the school selection committee composed of at least three members from the teaching staff and shall make the final announcement of honor students after final results have been duly recommended and approved by the school principal or the schools division superintendent or both, respectively, not later than 15 days before the recognition day or commencement exercises. Candidates for honors and their advisers must be present during the open selection process. 10. In case of protest, it shall be filed by the candidate for honors with his or her parent or guardian to the school principal within five working days from the final announcement and shall be settled by the school selection committee within five working days from the filing of the protest. B. PROCEDURE IN THE RANKING OF HONOR STUDENTS 1. The following procedure shall be used in determining honor students: 1.1 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE (7 Points) Academic excellence shall be based on the general average of all the learning areas in the curriculum year. The procedure for ranking on academic excellence is as follows:

1.1.1 Compute the average of each learning area up to three decimal places; 1.1.2 Get the average of the grades of all learning areas; 1.1.3 Rank the candidates for according to their average; and 1.1.4 Multiply the rank by 7 points. ILLUSTRATION
NAMES OF CANDIDATES A B C D E AVERAGE OF GRADES IN THE LEARNING AREAS 91.345 91.258 90.390 90.012 89.891 INITIAL RANK 1 2 3 4 5 WEIGHTED RANK 7 14 21 28 35

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1.2 CO-CURRICULAR PERFORMANCE (3 Points) Co-curricular performance covers the achievements of the candidates for honors in all levels, i. e., school, divisional, regional, national, and international; active participation in authorized clubs or student organizations, outstanding awards in recognition of the actualization of what has been learned from school, travels in relation to school work, and other civic activities. The rating shall be based on the combined assessments of all the teachers of the candidate in the year level. 1.2.1 Get the composite rank of each candidate for honors. The composite rank is the sum of all the ranks given by the raters; 1.2.2 Rank the candidates for honors from the lowest to the highest sum; and 1.2.3 Multiply the rank by 3 points.

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NAMES OF CANDIDATES A B C D E ACTIVITIES 3 4 5 3.5 4 3.5 1 1 2 3.5 3 3.5 COMPOSITE RANK 15.5 15.5 18.0 21.5 19.5 FINAL RANK 1.5 1.5 3 5 4 WEIGHTED RANK 4.5 4.5 9 15 12

1. Obtain a general average of at least 85.000 percent with no final grade lower than 80.000 percent in all subjects;
5 2 2 3 4 5 6 3 3 4 5 2

1 1 2 4 5 3

2 1 4 5 2 3

2. Obtain a final grade of at least 85.000 percent in English, mathematics, and science and technology, including additional subjects; and 3. Obtain a final grade of at least 83.000 percent in other subjects. B. Failure to meet A.1 shall disqualify a student to enroll in the next year level at the Makati Science High School. C. Failure to meet A.2 or A.3 or both shall put an incoming second year or third year student under probation for a period of one year.

1.3 FINAL RANKING 1.3.1 Add the weighted ranks of the students 1.3.2 Rank the sums from the lowest to the highest ILLUSTRATION
NAMES OF CANDIDATES A B C D E ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 7 14 21 28 35 CO-CURRICULAR PERFORMANCE 4.5 4.5 9 15 12

TOTAL 11.5 18.5 30.0 43.0 47

RANK 1 2 3 4 5

XII. CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES A. All students, regardless of creeds, beliefs, or religions, are required to participate in school functions, programs, or activities. B. Co-curricular activities are a part of the computation of candidates for honor students. A corresponding weight of 30 percent is given.

XI. RETENTION POLICY (Adapted from DepEd Order No. 41, s. 2005) A. For a student to remain in the program, he or she should:

I hereby declare that I have read the rules and regulations and promise to abide by these.

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STUDENTS SIGNATURE OVER PRINTED NAME

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ADVISERS SIGNATURE OVER PRINTED NAME

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LOURDES FULGENCIO GONZALEZ

Guidance Counselor

CONFORME:

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PARENTS SIGNATURE OVER PRINTED NAME

DIVINELINDA ESTRAERO-DELA CRUZ, ED D

Principal II

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