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School Policies
BUS RULES
Bus rules are made primarily for one reason - the safety of the
students. It is obvious
that, if a bus driver must continually discipline students, he/she
cannot give appropriate attention to safely operating the bus.
Pupils transported in school buses shall be under the authority
of and responsible directly to the driver of the bus.
Continued disorderly conduct or persistent refusals to submit to
the authority of the driver may result in suspension or expulsion from
bus transportation and similar school discipline.
COMPLAINTS REGARDING DISCRIMINATION AND
THE EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED STUDENTS
Our school district is committed to equal opportunity for all
individuals in education.
Our district programs and activities shall be free from discrimination
based on sex, race, color, religion, national origin, lack of English
skills, ethnic group, marital or parental status, physical or mental
disability or any other unlawful consideration.
The district shall promote programs which ensure that these
discriminatory practices are eliminated in including Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1974, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, formerly known as EHA).
The California Department of Education and the Office for Civil
Rights of the U.S. Department of Education have authority to enforce
these laws and all programs and activities that receive Federal Funds.
(Ed Code Sections 260, et. seq., above cited federal statutes)
DISASTER/FIRE DRILLS
Highland
High School
is required by law to have evacuation drills.
They are conducted to develop an orderly process for the
evacuation of the buildings in case of emergency.
ALL ALARMS ARE TREATED
AS THE REAL
THING.
Follow the instructions posted in each classroom or those given
by your teacher and move out of the building to your assigned area in a
rapid and orderly fashion.
Remain outside the buildings until the “all clear” signal is given.
ELEVATOR USE
Based on health need, elevators are
available for students to attend classes on the second floor.
Students need to contact security or the switchboard for
additional information.
FEES
During the four years of high school, there are many activities and
classes that may require a fee.
Students may want or need to purchase an ASB card, P.E. clothes,
and a yearbook. If your
student is interested in joining an athletic team, be in cheerleading,
JROTC, or a music program, there are uniform fees.
Some classes may charge for material if the student takes home a
product they produced.
School pictures are taken every year and you may want to purchase
picture packets. The
purchased picture packets will be available in the Student Store for
pick up approximately 3 to 4 weeks after the pictures have been taken.
Students are loaned books and other materials during the school year.
These are to be returned in good order to the Library.
Fines will be assessed for any misused books or materials and
also for any lost books or materials.
These fees are to be paid at the Student Store.
At this time the student will receive a receipt that needs to be
taken to the Library to clear the fees.
SENIOR FEES/COSTS:
The senior year in high school, especially, is full of exciting and
sometimes expensive events, and some early financial planning may be
necessary. Seniors can
expect costs for senior pictures, senior class photo, a class ring,
graduation announcements, cap and gown purchase, prom bids, Grad Night
tickets and other senior class memorabilia.
Some colleges require an application fee or fee for transcripts.
The Student Store does not
accept checks. All payments must be made with cash, money order, ATM or
credit cards.
GUESTS
Students are not allowed
to have guests at Highland High School.
No outsider shall enter or remain on school grounds during school
hours without having registered with the receptionist at the switchboard
(Penal Code 627.2).
IDENTIFICATION CARDS
Each student will be issued an official
Highland
High School photo I.D.
card at the beginning of the school year.
Students are required to wear the I.D. card above their waist on
a Highland High School lanyard during school hours
and at school events. Student must show their I.D. cards to any school
personnel upon request.
Admission at many school events and all school dances will be restricted
to I.D. card holders. A $5.00 charge will be paid prior to the
replacement of lost/stolen I.D. cards. Replacement I.D. cards and
lanyards must be purchased at the Student Store. Students without I.D.
cards may be subject to disciplinary action.
Each student must carry this planner every day and is responsible for
its replacement if it should become lost.
Replacements can be purchased at the Student Store.
LAW ENFORCEMENT - REMOVING STUDENTS FROM
SCHOOL
Upon presentation of proper
identification to the principal or designee, police, probation,
Children’s Services, and other law enforcement officers have the
authority to remove students from the school premises.
Principals or their designees shall take immediate steps to
notify the parent, guardian, or responsible relative of the minor
regarding the release of the minor to the officer, and regarding the
place to which the minor is reportedly being taken, except when a minor
has been taken into custody as a victim of suspected child abuse.
In those cases, the school official shall provide the police
officer with the address and telephone number of the minor's parent or
guardian. (Education Code 48906)
LETTERMAN’S JACKET
The letterman jacket for those earning an academic or athletic letter
from Highland High School
is a jacket made of 100% virgin wool on the body of the coat. The body
of the jacket is cardinal red, and the neck, waist, and cuffs are made
of wool worsted knit, with two gold stripes.
The sleeves on the men’s jacket are top grain, cream color
leather. The ladies jacket has a zippered gold hood with cardinal red
wool sleeves. Earned letters may only be worn on the official school
letterman jacket.
LIBRARY
The Library Media
Center offers a wide range
of opportunities for student activities: study, research, leisure
reading, instruction in information skills and interaction with
computers, multi-media and telecommunications. Student I.D. is needed to
check out all library books.
No books or materials will be loaned to any student who has overdue
material. No food or drink
is allowed in the library and a quiet atmosphere is expected.
If a teacher sends an individual student to the library during
class time, the student is required to have an official pass from the
teacher. The library is open Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
LOCKERS
A limited number of lockers are
available to students on the following priority basis:
1.
Students
who have visible handicaps.
2.
Students
who have a temporary handicap, i.e., broken leg or arm, may be issued a
locker during the duration of the handicap with verification of date of
medical release.
3.
Students who have other
medical problems with doctor verification. A contract for conditions of
use with appropriate signatures will have to be submitted before a
locker will be issued.
Contracts are available in the Principal's Office.
Failure to comply with the conditions will result in forfeiture
of the locker.
LOST
AND FOUND
The staff in the Library will operate a lost and found.
Please turn in any articles you may find and check with the
librarian for anything you may have lost.
Please do not bring articles of
value or large sums of money to school.
MESSAGES / DELIVERY OF ITEMS TO STUDENTS
The high school offices cannot accept or
deliver personal messages or phone calls to students.
Exception is made only in case of emergency from a parent or
guardian such as serious illness, accident or death.
Please be sure to remind your student before they leave for
school about any appointments they have that day because we will not be
able to get these messages out.
Also, we cannot deliver lunch money, lunches, coats, gifts,
flowers, balloons, homework, books, etc., to students in classrooms.
Students must make their own arrangements on these matters
outside of the school day.
Support of classroom instructional time is appreciated.
PARENT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Highland
High School
has an outstanding Parent Volunteer Program.
Under the direction of the Volunteer Coordinator parents assist
with various duties on campus, in addition to assisting classroom
teachers, helping with registration, supporting athletic events and
visual and performing arts, mailing, sorting, etc. Volunteers provide
additional supervision and role models for students.
The Volunteer Program provides parents with an opportunity to
assist their student at any time.
If you would like to be a parent volunteer, please contact the
Coordinator at 538-0304.
PARKING
/
DRIVING
Student’s vehicles must park in the student parking lot located to the
NORTH of the main campus.
Students are not allowed to park in areas designated "visitor parking",
"faculty” or “staff parking", next to the curbs, or curbs painted red or
yellow. Bicycles and mopeds
are to be parked in a designated area and may not be ridden in the
classroom areas.
Vehicles will be driven in a responsible manner on campus.
Inattentive or irresponsible driving will not be tolerated. Motor
vehicle related violations will normally result in a citation from the
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department as well as loss of parking
privileges on our campus and possible suspension.
PARKING LOT
The parking lot is a place to keep the student's car during the school
day.
The Antelope Valley Union
High School
District assumes no responsibility for theft
or damage. In an effort
to protect the student's car and other possessions, we ask the following
of students:
·
Do not be
in the parking lot during break/lunch or any class period.
·
Vehicles
must be parked legally and in designated areas only.
·
Students
found in parking lot during class time or break may receive disciplinary
action.
·
Do not
loiter in the parking lot when the school day is complete.
POSTERS
AND
BULLETIN BOARDS
Any poster or other material to be
posted or distributed must be stamped "approved" in the Activities
Office. Unstamped material
will be taken down. Posters and tape must be removed one day after
expiration. No unapproved
flyers may be distributed on campus.
All posters are to be posted using masking tape only, and only in
designated areas.
SEARCHES
To maintain order and discipline in the schools and to protect the
safety and welfare of students and school personnel, school authorities
may conduct a reasonable search of a student's person, school property,
or vehicle when there are reasonable grounds for suspecting the student
possesses illegal or unauthorized materials.
School authorities may immediately take possession of any
illegal, unauthorized or contraband materials discovered in the search.
As used in this policy, the term "unauthorized" means any item
dangerous or detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of students or
school personnel, disruptive of any lawful function, mission or process
of the school, or any item described as unauthorized in current school
rules or District policies.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY
The Board of Trustees is committed to equal opportunity for all
individuals in education and in employment.
District programs and activities shall be free from
discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, national origin,
ethnic group, age, marital or parental status, physical or mental
handicap, or any unlawful consideration.
The Board shall promote programs, which ensure that
discriminatory practices are eliminated in all district activities.
Teachers shall discuss this policy with their students in
age-appropriate ways and should assure them that they need not endure
any form of sexual harassment.
Any student who engages in the sexual harassment of anyone in or from
the district may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including
expulsion. Any employee who
permits or engages in sexual harassment may be subject to disciplinary
action up to and including dismissal.
If you feel that you have been discriminated against, contact your site
administrator or Personnel Services at the District Office or the
Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
The district prohibits retaliatory behavior against any
complainant or any participant in the complaint process.
Each complaint of sexual harassment shall be promptly
investigated in a way that respects the privacy of all parties
concerned.
STUDENT STORE
The Associated Student Body provides a number of services through their
student store. Our store is
located in the quad outside room 139 across from the entrance to the big
gym. A full line of Highland
High School spirit items are available such as T-shirts, sweat shirts,
P.E. uniforms, limited snacks, hats, school items, etc.
We encourage your support of this operation.
Items in the student store make ideal gift purchases.
The Student Store is open Monday thru Friday from 7:00 a.m. to
1:15 p.m. Prices are posted
in the Student Store.
We regret that the Student Store is unable to accept checks.
All student clothing, ASB cards, spirit items, event tickets,
prom bids, yearbooks, and Grad Night tickets must be paid for with
CASH, MONEY ORDER, ATM OR
CREDIT CARD ONLY.
Please do not send checks with your student, they will not be
accepted and the desired item may be sold out before s/he returns with
cash. The credit card must be in
the student’s name or the card holder must be present at the time of the
purchase.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Sherri Prosser, ASB Coordinator................................................... Ext. 315
Student Store..................................................................................
Ext. 334
STUDENT ATHLETICS PROGRAM
Jack Donnelly, Athletic
Director.....................................Ext. 393
Students interested in participating in
a sport:
·
Must have
a 2.0 or greater GPA on last official report card
·
Must have
a completed Athletic Packet on file in Athletics Office (available in
Athletics)
·
A current
physical (see Athletic Packet)
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Medical
Insurance is required by California Ed. Code Sec. 32221. (Student
insurance available to purchase through the Athletic Office)
Fall Sports offered:
football, cross country, girls volleyball, golf, & tennis
Winter Sports offered:
basketball, soccer, & wrestling
Spring Sports offered:
baseball,
softball, swimming, track, boys volleyball, golf, & tennis
TEXTBOOKS
The library issues textbooks.
Each student is responsible for each textbook issued to him/her,
and therefore, should cover all textbooks.
Each student will be charged for any damage or defacement to a
textbook that occurs while it is in his/her charge.
If a student loses a textbook or damages it so severely that is
cannot be reissued, the student will pay the replacement cost of the
book. School records are
held until all such accounts are cleared.
(Ed. Code Sec. 10606)
TUTORING
Highland
High School
offers an extensive tutoring program in many academic areas before and
after school, Monday through Thursday.
Please refer to the Tutoring Schedule posted in every classroom.
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