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Page QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE........................................................................................................... 1 BUILDING LAYOUT....................................................................................................................... 2 2016-2017 SCHOOL STAFF DIRECTORY...................................................................................... 3 DISTRICT CALENDAR................................................................................................................... 5 SCHOOL BELL SCHEDULE............................................................................................................ 6 IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2016-2017............................................................................................. 7 DELAYED OPENING AND“ NO SCHOOL” ANNOUNCEMENTS................................................. 7 STUDENT LIFE............................................................................................................................... 8 The School Schedule.................................................................................................................... 8 Student Planners........................................................................................................................... 8 Dressing Properly For School........................................................................................................ 8 Lockers........................................................................................................................................ 9 Lunch / Cafeteria Meals................................................................................................................ 10 Textbooks.................................................................................................................................. 10 Benjamin Franklin Middle School Media Center Guidelines......................................................... 10
ATTENDANCE / ABSENCES / TARDINESS..................................................................................... 12 School Absences Because Of Family Vacations........................................................................... 13 Tardiness to School Or Class....................................................................................................... 14 Encore Subjects For Seventh And Eighth Grades.......................................................................... 14 Extracurricular Activities............................................................................................................ 15
SUPPORT SERVICES.................................................................................................................... 17 Support Services........................................................................................................................ 17 Guidance Counselors.................................................................................................................. 17 Peer Mediation........................................................................................................................... 18 SAFETY AND SECURITY................................................................................................................ 18 Notice of Nondiscrimination............................................................................................................ 18 Transgender Students.................................................................................................................. 19 Visitors...................................................................................................................................... 19 Report to the Division of Child Protection and Permanency( DCP & P).......................... 19 Personal Possessions................................................................................................................... 20 Lost And Found......................................................................................................................... 20 Emergency Cards And Student Pick-Up Procedures...................................................................... 20 Student Supervision After Dismissal..................................................................................... 21 Hall Passes................................................................................................................................. 22 Fire Drills and Security Drills...................................................................................................... 22 Hazardous Substances................................................................................................................. 22 Student Health............................................................................................................................ 22 Medication in School............................................................................................................ 22 Immunization Records.......................................................................................................... 23 Lice.......................................................................................................................................... 23
ACADEMIC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES................................................................................ 24 Student Records......................................................................................................................... 24 Grade & Progress Report Dates................................................................................................... 25 Marking System......................................................................................................................... 26 Guidelines For Student Promotion............................................................................................... 27 Excessive Student Absence And Promotion / Retention.................................................................. 28 Honor Roll Qualifications........................................................................................................... 28 Formal Assessment of Student Progress....................................................................................... 28 The PARCC Assessment................................................................................................... 28 Instruction............................................................................................................................ 28