Monomoy Regional High School

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Student and Parent Handbook 2019-2020

75 Oak Street Harwich, MA 02645 Main Office: 508-430-7200 Guidance Office: 508-815-5855 Nurse/Health Office: 508-815-5856 Athletic Director: 508-815-5838 Website: monomoy.edu 2019-2020 Monomoy Regional School District Calendar is available at: monomoy.edu ASPEN (Student Information System) Parent Portal is available at: ma-monomoy.

Massachusetts Equal Educational Opportunity statute, General Laws Chapter 76, ? 5, ensures that all students have the right to equal educational opportunities in the public schools. The Monomoy Regional School District is committed to ensuring equal educational opportunities for all students, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, housing status or disability. The District's non-discrimination policy is available on the District website.

Translated copies of this handbook are available upon request for students and families whose primary language is other than English. Requests need to be made to the Office of Student Services at 508-945-5130.

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INDEX

504 Accommodations

12

Homework

21

Absences

23

Honor Code (cheating)

39

Abuse/Neglect Policy

12

Honor Roll

14

Activities

9 & 22

Immunizations

17

After School Locations

7

Incompletes

14

Attendance

23

Insurance

18

Athletic Handbook

48

Jawsome Hour/ Lunch

6

Blackboard Mass Notification System

9

Letter from the Principal

3

Breathalyzer

39

Library Media Center

19

Bullying

44

Lockers

22

Bus Conduct

38

Loitering

38

Cafeteria

19

Loss of Credit/Appeals

24

Cell Phones

38

Medication at School

17

Chemical Health Regulations

46

National Honor Society

15

Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

20

Parking of Student Vehicles

22

Civil Rights Laws

43

Passes

23

Class Rank

14

Physical Restraint

28

Computer & Telecommunications Policies

20

Project Connect

27

Conflict/Peer Mediation

37

Public Displays of Affection

26

Course Withdrawal Guidelines

14

Release of Names to Media

14

Crisis Prevention/ Intervention

12

Report Card Schedule

7

Dance/Prom Conduct

38

Return to School

15

Detention

38

SAT/PSAT/ACT Test Dates

7

Discipline Code

25

Saturday School

25

Discipline for students w/ Special Needs

28

Schedule

6

Dismissals

24

School Council

7

Dress Code

26

Security Cameras

45

Drugs & Alcohol

26

Senior Final Exam Exemption Policy

9

Elevator

9

Senior Pranks

9

English Learners

10

Sex Education

21

Exam Schedules Extracurricular Activities Field Trips Fighting/Assault Fire Drill Food Allergies GPA Grading Guidelines Graduation Requirements Guidance & Counseling Harassment Hazing Health Services

8

Smoking/Smokeless Tobacco/Vaping

27

9 & 22

Staff Listing

4

22

State Mandated Screenings

16

37

Stealing/Destruction

37

22

Student Council

10

19

Student Records

12

14

Summer School

15

21

Suspension/Expulsion Policy ? In-School,

10

Out-of-School, Short & Long Term

30

11

Tardiness

24

40

Tests

22

45

Tutoring

15

16

Valedictorian/Salutatorian

14

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LETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL

WELCOME BACK!

We are excited to start the 2019-20 school year and look forward to welcoming our students back on September 3rd. Over the past five years, we have worked extremely hard developing a philosophy and collective commitment that our school is our "Home Away from Home." Our beliefs and actions support a safe, welcoming and nurturing learning environment - "You Are Important" at Monomoy Regional High School!

This year our learning focus will be READ, WRITE, REASON, and RELATE. Simply put, we want to challenge our students to "READ" and "WRITE" more across all disciplines at MRHS. We want them to be able to think critically and "REASON" in class and we want our entire school community to "RELATE", building strong connections, bonds, and relationships.

A major part of our success as a school has been our insistence that our students have a strong voice in the decision-making process. As building principal, I will be encouraging the use of student's voice through the establishment of our first "Sharkness" room. The concept is borrowed from the Harkness Method (click here to learn more about this method) where learning takes place through discussions held around a "Harkness Table." It is important to me that our students and staff have access to their principal and have a voice. To me, "Sharkness Table", as we will call it, symbolizes the family dinner table. It will be a place where everyone has a seat at the table and an equal say. It will be a place to hold meaningful conversations, share ideas, collaborate, and enjoy each other's company as a school family. The "Sharkness" room will be located in the heart of our school on Main Street.

Initially, I will connect with students through our new Principal Advisory Council (PAC), Student Council, National Honors Society, Diversity Club, and Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club. These opportunities will be open to ALL MRHS students. We will also be holding many of our school leadership and staff gatherings at the "Sharkness Table." To encourage everyone to embrace the "Sharkness" concept, the room will be available for students and staff to use during Jawsome time.

As proud members of the Monomoy family, we enter into our sixth year as a highly successful school on the move. I am excited to see everyone and look forward to another amazing and successful year!

William Burkhead

Principal

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ADMINISTRATION

Dr. Scott Carpenter - Superintendent of Schools Mr. Marc Smith - Director of Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment

Ms. Melissa Maguire - Director of Student Services Mr. Jim Birchfield - Director of Instructional Technology

Ms. Kathleen Isernio - Business Manager

DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Jackie Zibrat-Long ? Chairman Tina Games ? Vice Chairman Joseph Auciello Meredith Henderson

Terry Russell Nancy Scott Jo-anne Sheehan Sharon Stout

HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

Mr. Bill Burkhead - Principal Ms. Janie Girolamo - Assistant Principal Ms. Jennifer Police ? Assistant Principal/ Academic Dean

SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER

Officer Tom Clarke

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Ms. Karen Guillemette Ms. Taylor Murray ? Athletic Trainer Ms. Jennifer Peterson - Administrative Assistant

SCHOOL COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGY

Mr. Jonathan Bennett - Director/Counselor Mr. Sean Burke ? Counselor Ms. Alison Burton - Counselor

Ms. Robin Titus - Psychologist Dr. Nicole Camp ?Psychologist Ms. Caitlyn Hall ? Academic Learning Center Coordinator Ms. Betsy Casey ? Administrative Assistant

SCHOOL NURSE

Ms. Cheryl Dufault - R.N. Ms. Sara Sears - R.N.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS (MAIN OFFICE)

Ms. Katie Kelly - Administrative Assistant to the Principal Ms. Janet Ferro ? Administrative Assistant to the Assistant Principals/Academic Dean

Ms. Claire Hooper - Administrative Assistant to the Main Office

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Eighth Grade Rachel Barnes- ELA Denise Creedon ? Math John Dickson ? History & SS Kristin Groves - Math Lisa Magalener SPED Karen Manning ? Science Andy Matheson ? History & SS Aldona Pauliukonis - SPED Adriana Picariello ? Science Doug Walsh ? ELA

English Language Arts Carolyn Barr Lisa Forte-Doyle Zachary Gill* Erin Hofmann* Karen Kelly

World Language David Driscoll Melinda Jones Pauline Linnell Betsy Simmons* Robert Smeltzer

Mathematics/Business Jonathan Ambrose Reuben Bowman Caryn Cosentino Eileen Harrington Mary Hemeon* Beth Howe

Academic Center Coordinator Caitlyn Hall

TEACHER DIRECTORY

Science, Technology, & Engineering Dustan Burns Beth Dietz Kari Flint* Rich Oldach James Otto Mark Stratil Larry Souza

Special Education Jacqueline Corrigan Jane Costello ? SAIL Marcia Flavell Shana Grogan - SHORE John Herring Jennifer Pomocka-Coyner ? SAND Jennifer Stevens Suzanne Zavatsky - Team Chair &

Out of District Placement Coord.

Physical Education, Health & Culinary Arts Caroline Freitas* Adam Legg Daniel Schwartzman Stacy Yarnall

History and Social Sciences David Alexander* John Anderson Kevin Bates Matt Brown Ian Hoffman-Terry Rich Houston

PT/OT Christie Lin/ Occupational Therapist Aimee Mann/ Physical Therapist

Visual & Performing Arts Stephen Cass Deb Donovan* Amanda Koslowksi Rose Richard Amanda Schuermann Bernadette Waystack

Library/Media Sarah Wheaton

Alternative Education/Oak Street Academy (OSA) George Sowpel

Speech Caitlyn Mullins

Reading Beth Connors

English as a Second Language Jazmyn Jones Mimi van der Burg

Instructional Assistants Sarah Anacahas David Burke Mark Caruso Mary Drake Diane Evans Beth Herbst Noel Martin Trisha Mruz Taylor Murray Donna Myrbeck John Randall Theresa Kaplan Kerri Robinson Michelle Sadarangani Nicholas Seeley Kathy Vagenas JoAnne Weekes Gavin Williams Candace Wolcott

* Instructional Leaders All Monomoy employees may be contacted regarding school business via email. Every employee has an email address consisting of his/her first initial and last name @monomoy.edu (with exceptions).

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MONOMOY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE 2019-2020

Monday- Friday *except EARLY RELEASE WEDS.

8:45-9:49

9:53-10:57

11:01-12:05

12:09-1:03 (A) 12:09-12:34 (B) 12:38-1:03

1:07-2:11

2:15-3:15

Day 1

A B C

D E

Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

F

D

B

G

E

C

G

E

C

A

F

D

A

F

D

B

G

E

Jawsome Hour

B

G

E

C

A

F

C

A

F

D

B

G

Early Release Wednesday

8:45-9:40 9:44-10:39 10:43-11:38 11:42-12:36 (A) 11:42-12:07 (B) 12:11-12:36

12:40- 1:35 1:39-2:35

JAWSOME HOUR/ LUNCH

The fundamental purpose of MRHS is to ensure all students learn at high levels. Jawsome Hour has been designed to provide students with additional time and support for learning when they struggle, and extend and enrich learning when they have mastered expected outcomes. Jawsome Hour is a 54 minute block of time carved out of the school day wherein all students have their lunch and are free to wisely choose how to spend the remainder of the 54 minutes. It is our belief that students given time during the school day to focus on individual improvement, and the ability to work with teachers eager to support them, will result in improved academic performance for all students. Available Jawsome Hour choices are: club activities, class meetings, enrichment, student led initiatives, open gym, study groups, guidance meetings, extra help, academic boot camps, homework help, work on a project, peer tutoring, and more (current Jawsome Hour opportunities are posted on EnrichingStudents (). Once every seven-day cycle, students will sign up for specific offerings. Faculty will also schedule various students based on need for Academic Overtime (AOT) and periodic mandatory assemblies. Students are required to attend AOT when assigned by a teacher until they no longer need support. Students may be assigned AOT when they:

Have a zero on any assignment Need to make up work Have an incomplete in any course

Students who have a grade below 70% will be assigned AOT.

Students who do not meet behavioral expectations as described in our student handbook will lose their "choice" privilege and may serve detentions during Jawsome Hour.

In summary, the Goals of Jawsome Hour are to: Increase opportunities to support ALL learners. Allow time for student involvement in enrichment/ extracurricular activities. Allow more efficient use of staff and student time during the lunch block. Allow for personalization of education. Decrease number of overall students with a grade below 70% in any course. Increase overall class averages for all students.

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AFTER SCHOOL STUDENT LOCATIONS

Students must be in a supervised area after school, which could include the library, weight room, teacher's classroom with permission or other after school extra-curricular function location. Students waiting for rides will remain in either the front foyer or the rear community entrance.

MONOMOY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL COUNCIL

The Monomoy Regional High School Council consists of representatives from parent/ guardians, students, faculty, and the community who have specific responsibilities under the Education Reform Act of 1993. School Council members are elected each year. The School Council will meet quarterly under the direction of the principal.

PROGRESS REPORTS AND REPORT CARD SCHEDULE 2019-2020

All information below will be available to access via the ASPEN Family Portal on the dates provided. Hard copy Report Cards/ Progress Reports are NOT mailed home unless specifically requested by a parent/ guardian.

1st Quarter Progress Reports Grades close - End of 1st Quarter Report Cards

2nd Quarter Progress Reports Grades Close - End of 2nd Quarter/ end 1st Semester Report Cards

Friday, October 4 Friday, November 8 Friday, November 15

Friday, December 13 Friday, January 24 Friday, January 31

First day of Semester 2 is January 27, 2020, DAY 6

3rd Quarter

Progress Reports

Tuesday, March 10

Grades close - End of 3rd Quarter

Thursday, April 9

Report Cards

Tuesday, April 14

4th Quarter

Senior Warnings

Monday, May 11

Progress Reports

Friday, May 15

Senior Final Grades

Thursday, June 4

Grades close for Grades 8-11

Wednesday, June 17 (or the last day of school)

(Above dates will be adjusted accordingly due to snow days, if any.)

*All debts to the school, including lost books and uniforms, must be resolved (returned or school reimbursed for replacement cost) before final exam grades are released, and in the case of seniors, before a diploma is issued.

Report cards will be available 7 days after the last day of school via the ASPEN parent portal.

SAT, PSAT & ACT TEST DATES

Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) Test Dates: Grades 10/11 Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Grades 9 Wednesday, October 30, 2019

SAT Test Dates: October 5, 2019, November 2, 2019, December 7, 2019, March 14, 2020, May 2, 2020, June 6, 2020

ACT Test Dates: September 14, 2019, October 26, 2019, December 14, 2019, February 8, 2020, April 4, 2020, June 13, 2020

July 18, 2020

For further information access: or 7

HIGH SCHOOL MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAMS

The following schedule is subject to change due to snow and/or emergency days.

Exams are to be taken as scheduled. Make-up exams are to be taken after the date originally scheduled for that specific exam. Make up exams are only available for students with an excused absence on the date of the original exam (or via administrator approval), and are to be scheduled between student and specific teacher. Emergency situations which necessitate an exam being administered prior to its scheduled date will require advance approval from the teacher, department head, and principal or an assistant principal.

DATE JANUARY 21, 2020

JANUARY 22 ? 24, 2020

MIDTERMS

TIME

Full day of school 1st Exam after Jawsome Hour

3 half days 2 exams each half day 8:45-10:15 AM and 10:25-11:55 AM Buses depart at noon on half days

FINAL EXAMS GRADES 8-11

DATE

TIME

Last 4 half days of school

June 12, 2020 ? June 16, 2020

3 half days

2 exams each half day

8:45-10:15 AM and 10:25-11:55 AM

June 17, 2020

last half day

1 exam @ 8:45-10:15 AM

followed by make-ups

Buses depart at noon on first 3 half days

Buses depart at 10:30 AM on last half day

SENIOR FINAL EXAMS SCHEDULE DATE

May 22, 2020

TIME Senior Beach Day

May 26, 2020 - May 28, 2020

May 29, 2020 June 1, 2020 June 2 & 3, 2020

3 half days 2 exams each half day 8:45-10:15 AM and 10:25-11:55 AM

Last half day 1 exam at 8:45-10:15 AM followed by make-ups

Senior Trip

Make up exams To be scheduled with individual teachers

*All debts to the school including lost books, and uniforms, must be resolved (returned or school reimbursed for replacement cost) before final exam grades are released, and in the case of seniors, before a diploma is issued.

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