Holmes Jr High

Title IX Information

"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources -- District Compliance Officer -- 757-5300

Bev Maul, Principal, Holmes Junior High School -- 757-5445 x 101

Harassment

• Physical: often called "just playing around". Includes any type of intimidation or aggravation in games or actions such as pushing, dog-piling, throwing things, and similar activities. Report this type of activity to a staff member or the office immediately.
• Verbal: includes remarks that are offensive, threatening, annoying, embarrassing, or which are used to perpetrate rumors, hearsay, etc. It also includes racial and other slurs. Report this type of harassment to your counselor, teacher, or other staff member.
• Sexual: includes any behavior, either physical or verbal (this includes comments or jokes) that is sexual in nature and which degrades, humiliates or embarrasses another person. Is also includes behavior that may have in the past been acceptable or laughed about. Recent laws make harassment a suspendable and/or expellable offense.

• Verbal conduct such as derogatory comments, slurs, or unwanted sexual advances, invitations or comments, epithets;
• Visual conduct such as derogatory posters, photography, cartoons, drawings or gestures;
• Physical conduct such as assault, unwanted touching, blocking normal movement or interfering with academic performance or progress directed at a student because of sex or race or any other protected basis;
• Threats and demands to submit to sexual requests in order to receive a good grade or other benefit or avoid some other loss, and offers of good grades or other benefit in return for sexual favors or personal or emotional safety; and/or
• Retaliation for having reported or threatened to report harassment."

• Submission to the conduct is explicitly or implicitly made a term or a condition of an invididual's academic status, or progress;
• Submission to, or rejection of, the conduct by the individual is used as the basis of academic decisions affecting the individual;
• The conduct has the purpose or effect of having a negative impact upon the individual's academic performance, or of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational environment.
• Submission to, or rejection of, the conduct by the individual is used as the basis for any decision affecting the individual regarding benefits and services, honors, programs, or activities available at or through the educational institution."

Student-Family-School Oath
Partners in Learning

To indicate your review of the Student-Family Handbook, students and parents are expected to read this Oath and sign that you understand it. Failure to sign and return the signature form does not release you from your responsibilities under school policy as described in this Handbook.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High School is founded on the belief that families and schools working together significantly influence student performance, attitudes, aspirations and behavior. In an effort to support the partnership between family and school, the partners agree to the following:

The School's goals are to:

• Provide a safe and positive learning environment and a high quality educational program.
• Maintain regular on-going communication with the home.
• Encourage and respect family input and participation in decision-making.
• Provide a variety of opportunities for families to be actively involved in the education of their children.
• Maintain the dignity of each individual.
• Involve all staff members in a professional development program that is responsive to the needs of students and their families.
• Respect students, staff, and families.

The Family's goals are to:

• Be responsible for the child's attending school regularly and on time.
• Support and maintain a positive attitude toward learning.
• Provide home support and monitoring of student assignments, homework, and projects to reinforce high classroom standards for learning.
• Read and respond to all school communication in a timely manner.
• Participate in school and community sponsored activities.
• Respect the school, staff, and students.

The Student's goals are to:

• Come to class regularly, on time, ready to learn and with assignments completed.
• Set aside time every day to complete classroom assignments and homework.
• Know and follow the school and class rules as stated in the Student-Family Handbook.
• Respect your school, yourself, classmates, staff, and families.
• Respect the rights of others to learn without disruption.

Code of Academic Excellence

(Each student is required to sign and comply with the Holmes Code of Academic Honesty.)

• All members of the Holmes community are responsible for preserving academic integrity and fostering academic honesty. Academic honesty requires that you be truthful at all times and do your own work.
• Examples of academic dishonesty include:
  • Receiving or providing unauthorized assistance on tests using unauthorized materials during a test
  • Turning in for individual credit work produced in any part by another person; copying the work of another and presenting it as your own
  • Allowing another student to copy or present as his or her own the work that you produced
  • Plagiarizing, or presenting the ideas, concepts, words or material from another source, such as a book or website, as if such material were your own creation
  • Using the school internet system to access inappropriate websites (pornography, etc.)

Holmes Code of Academic Honesty

I promise that all work that I turn in for personal credit in my classes will be the result of my own efforts. I will not attempt to turn in any work for personal credit that was produced in any part by another person, nor will I allow another student to use any part of my work in an attempt to receive credit.

I acknowledge the only exception to this policy will be partner or group assignments as approved in advance by the teacher.

I understand that I will not receive credit for any work that violates the Holmes Code of

Academic Honesty, regardless of whether I was the giver or the receiver of the work in question.

I understand that I may experience additional consequences if I violate this code.

Students who violate this code will not be considered for the Presidential Fitness Award or possible other awards.

Emergency Procedures

Earthquake/Tornado

• Duck down under a desk or a table.
• Cover your head with your arm.
• Hold onto the table/desk leg.
• Remain calm.
• Your homeroom teacher will review procedures with you.

Fire and Emergency Evacuation

• Evacuation maps are posted near the door of each room.
• When you hear the fire alarm, look to your teacher for direction.
• Quietly and quickly evacuate the area and move to the designated area.
• The last person to leave should close the door.
• Stay with your teacher and remain quiet.
• Do not return to class until after the all-clear bell has been rung.

Shelter In Place

• The universal danger signal is a series of two long bells.
• If you hear this signal your teacher will provide emergency instruction.
• Do not leave your classroom.
• Help your teacher barricade the door if necessary and if possible.
• Move away from the windows and down onto the floor.
• Seek shelter behind whatever is available.
• Remain calm, quiet, and patient.
• If you are in PE, your teacher will lead you into one of the locker rooms.