Graves County Middle School SchoolWide Discipline Policy

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Graves County Middle School School-Wide
Discipline Policy
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Graves County Middle School

• Based on the seriousness of the infraction,
  and even though it may not be listed, students
  may receive disciplinary actions at the
  discretion of the teacher and/or administrator.

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Infractions

• Infractions are assigned at teacher discretion
• Examples of infractions are as follows
• Yelling out in class/disrupting class
• Being tardy for class
• Any minor behavior violation
• 6 Infractions 1 Detention
• For missing or incomplete homework, please see
  GCMS No Excuse Policy.

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Detentions

• After school detentions will be assigned by
  teacher or administrator.
• Examples of automatic detentions are Name
  calling, bullying, harassment, planner not
  available when requested (no planner),
  misbehavior for substitute teacher, plagiarism,
  lying, cheating

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INFRACTION SHEET

• 2nd NINE WEEKS
• 3rd Infraction Parent Contact
• 6th Infraction ASD
• 9th Infraction ASD
• 12th Infraction ISD
• 15th Infraction 3 Days of ISD
• 18th Infraction 5 Days of ISD

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Teacher Discipline Log

• Student Name
• Date
• Notes/Explanation of Infractions
• On the 3rd infraction, the teacher writing that,
  will make the parent contact.
• On the 6th,9th,12th,15th,18th the teacher will
  email Mr. Anderson and he will contact student
  and fill out the ASD or ISD form and then contact
  the parent.
• Lets try to stop ASDs and ISDs before they
  happen. Think preventative. (Example On Johnnies
  4th or 5th infraction email Mr. Anderson and let
  him know that Johnnies getting close to being in
  trouble).

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GCMS Guidelines for Success

•                           Show a positive
  attitude                       Organize for
  success                       Act
  responsibly                       Respect
  others, ourselves,                              
  and our school

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Incentives to Behave

• Eagle Trait Card Awarded to a student for
  displaying SOAR Traits
• Eagle Gold Card Awarded to a student for
  receiving 10 Eagle Trait Cards.

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Eagle Trait Card

• Students receive one of these when we see them
  displaying SOAR Traits.
• All employees of GCMS can give out these cards.
  (cafeteria workers, janitors, ect..)
• Once a student receives 10 trait cards they will
  turn that into the table at lunch and receive a
  Gold Card.

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Eagle Gold Card

• 10 Eagle Trait Cards 1 Eagle Gold Card
• Gold Cards maybe used for
• Hall/Locker Pass
• Restroom Pass
• Free entry to one GCMS home sporting event, or
  dance
• First in lunch line
• 1 free 20 oz drink
• Students will hand-in Gold Card to receive
  incentive, those card will be re-usable and sent
  back to the cafeteria.

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Hallway Pass

• Student Name ______    Grade ______
• Hall Pass Sheet
• 1st  Nine Weeks
• Date, Destination, Left, Returned, Initials

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For This Policy To Work

• All staff must be on board (this is truly
  school-wide effort)
• We must emphasize to students that their
  handbooks are just as important as their bill
  fold. They MUST have them at all times.
• We must think preventively to stop as many
  problems as we can, before they ever start.