BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS AND DISCIPLINE
Student Expected Behavior
Our Mission Statement and Schoolwide Learning Expectations drive our student behavior expectations.
St Elizabeth Parish School’s expected behavior policy is based on four concepts:
- RESPECT GOD
- RESPECT YOURSELF
- RESPECT OTHERS
- RESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT
These four concepts are taught at every grade level and reinforced throughout the school year. The students will be made aware of how their action went against the school’s expected behavior policy.
RESPECT GOD:
RESPECT YOURSELF:
Follow all school policies in regards to school uniform and free dress
Take personal responsibility for your behavior in and out of the classroom
Take charge of your learning by being prepared for instruction each day and having necessary materials for class and using them appropriately
Do not accept language or behaviors from others that in any way demeans you
RESPECT OTHERS:
Follow the Golden Rule
Cooperate and respect all adults in authority, including all faculty, staff, parents and visitors
Use your hands and feet appropriately and avoid aggressive physical behaviors at all times; “play fighting” is never allowed
Follow established rules for work and play
RESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT:
Maintain a clean and orderly learning and play environment; this includes your desk, cubby, locker, lunch and play areas.
Keep the lunch area clean
Respect the books, learning materials and play equipment provided and use it properly
Practice recycling and reducing the use of natural resources
Discipline
Discipline at St. Elizabeth School is to be considered as an aspect of moral guide and not a form of punishment. The purpose of discipline is:
To provide a classroom situation conducive to learning
To promote character training, i.e., cultivate the virtues that ensure right living and to redirect disorderly tendencies
Classroom Management: Teachers create a classroom conducive for learning and to promote respect. Each teacher develops a plan with goals and consequences that is appropriate for the developmental level of the students. These are explained more fully at back to school night at the beginning of the school year. All plans include communication and cooperation between home and school.
The Jr. High program has a cooperative plan across the grades and curriculums that monitors student behavior with appropriate consequences which may include: detentions, behavior contracts, parent meetings and possible suspension.
Expulsion: The school will act on behaviors that are of a grievous or habitual nature that are directly in conflict with the mission of the school and the spirit of Catholic education. The archdiocesan guidelines for expulsion can be found at la-archdiocese.org.
