Student Handbook
Gender Diversity Guidelines
School Discipline Policies
Please click the link to find the Public Schools Branch's Policy regarding Attendance and Engagement
Lates:
1st late - Teacher gives the student a warning
2nd late - Teacher calls home and notifies parent
3rd late - Detention
Skipping Class:
1st Incident - Teacher meets with the student, issues a warning and contacts the office and home.
2nd Incident - In-School Suspension (Learning Center)
Appropriate Dress:
Students and staff are expected to dress in a manner that contributes to the learning atmosphere of the class and school. A part of learning is the making of appropriate decisions on suitable types of dress for various activities.
School attire should reflect an attitude of pride in self, school and community. In keeping with our expectations to provide a safe and respectful environment, the following will apply:
- Students MUST wear the following (which meets the basic principle above):
- Top (shirt, tank top, sweater, sweatshirt etc.)
- Bottoms (pants, sweatpants, skirt, dress, leggings, shorts etc.)
- Shoes - specific shoe requirements may apply based on student’s course load and school activities, such as in physical education, carpentry, welding, mechanics, foods etc.
- Students MAY wear the following (as long as it meets the basic principle above):
- Hats. Hats must allow the face to be visible to staff, and not interfere with the line of sight any students or staff.
- Religious or cultural headwear and hairstyles.
- Hoodie sweatshirts. Wearing the hood overhead is allowed but the face and ears must be visible to school staff.
- Fitted pants, including opaque leggings, yoga pants, and “skinny jeans”.
- Ripped jeans, as long as underwear and buttocks are not exposed.
- Tank tops (including spaghetti straps), tube tops, and halter tops.
- Crop tops or shirts with minimal exposure of an abdomen during movement.
- Athletic attire. - Visible waistbands or visible straps on undergarments worn under clothing.
- Students CANNOT wear:
- Clothing or accessories with violent, sexual, racist, or anti-2SLGBTQQIA+ language, images, or associations.
- Clothing or accessories with images or language depicting drugs, tobacco, vaping, alcohol, weapons, or any activity or item that is illegal for minors, or use of the same.
- Clothing or accessories with hate speech, profanity, sexualization, pornography, or gang related affiliations, logos, or images.
- Clothing or accessories with images or language that creates a hostile or intimidating environment based on any protected characteristics under the Human Rights Act.
- Visible underwear (visible waistbands or straps on undergarments worn under opaque clothing are not a violation)
- Bathing suits (except as required in class or athletic practices)
- Clothing or accessories that could be dangerous and/or considered a weapon
- Any item that obscures the face or ears including sunglasses (except as a religious observance or as medically necessary or as appropriate outdoors or on a school trip)
The administration reserves the right to ask students to cover up or change if clothing is inappropriate or unsuitable for school.
Student Safety Policies
Students are to respect the property of other students and staff and school property. When a student deliberately damages school or personal property of another (including damage to a school bus), that student will be responsible for the cost of repair or replacement and additional consequences according to the severity of the damage. Police will be asked to follow up on willful damage.