School Safety Rules
For Your Safety
Playground
- Possessing or furnishing of any dangerous or illegal objects/substances (i.e. fireworks, knife, gun, lighter, matches, screwdriver, cigarette, etc.) will result in automatic suspension or expulsion.
- Harassment or hate motivated behavior of any kind is prohibited.
- Students should not walk through the school parking lot. Observe good safety practices.
- Report any safety hazard promptly to an adult.
- Report any person who damages public or personal property.
- Do not go into any classroom, library or cafeteria unless there is an adult supervising.
- Use only assigned restrooms.
- Do not play or loiter in restrooms or halls.
- Stay in assigned area before school, at recess, at lunch, and at dismissal.
- Stay in assigned area before school starts. Do not go to the classroom
- Recognize patrols as school helpers and cooperate with them at all times. Walk. (Running is only acceptable on the playground)
- Park and lock bicycles in bicycle area.
- Bike riding, skate boarding and roller skating on school grounds are prohibited at any time, including before and after school.
- Parents must check out students in the school office. Students are not permitted to leave school grounds without permission from the office.
Playground
- We go to the playground in an orderly manner using the ramps and the stairs that are assigned to us. (Single file walking, holding railing, upper grades yield to lower grades, students on stairs have the right of way, stay on right side)
- We are cooperative with the school personnel.
- We use our recess time wisely to take care of all personal needs (use bathroom during recess).
- We stop all games and hold the ball when the bell ending recess rings.
- We carry the ball to and from the playground.
- We share equipment and space so everyone can have fun.
- We share equipment and spaces so everyone can have fun.
- We have no "closed" ball games (unless the number of players exceeds 15).
- We practice the skills and rules of games we have learned in our PE Class.
- We are allowed to bring a softball glove to school during softball season.
- We are never behind the batter without a face mask.
- We report to an adult on duty if a ball goes off school grounds.
- We play appropriate games only in designated areas.
- We do not play tag or chase games.
- We go to the office only with permission from a supervisor on duty. We must line up on the yellow line while waiting for our turn on the handball court.
- We are not allowed on the climbing apparatus if safety mats are missing.
- Upper grade students are to use the ramp and stairs by Room 16.
- At the swings
- do not walk behind the swings
- line up at the edge of the safety mats
- Take turns by counting (back/forth =1)
- Primary counts to 30
- Intermediate counts to 50
- no jumping out of the swings, twisting or bumping
- At the slide
- use the steps to climb up
- slide down properly
- At the bars
- go in one direction only
- do not pull another student off the bars
- do not go under the bars when someone is on