Special Announcement
Starting today, May 1st, we will be implementing new expectations on the use of cell phones and other electronic devices in our school.
As the principal of this school I am responsible for the learning environment and for student achievement. We are all here for one reason ---- education. Students are here to learn. Teachers are here to teach. And everyone else is here to support both the students as learners and the teachers as instructors.
Cell phones and other electronic devices have become a distraction to this environment. Students are being distracted from fully participating in their own learning. Students are in hallways using these devices instead of being in their classes. Students are sending inappropriate messages to other students during the school day. Students are more interested in playing a video game than they are completing their class work. Student achievement is suffering and we need to get back on the right path. A path of finishing the year on a strong academic note – doing our best and working hard.
Therefore, here are the expectations for these devices at Jefferson, effective immediately.
1. All devices are to be put away and out of sight from the time you enter the building in the morning until the day ends at 2:30 pm.
2. Phones/devices are not to be used or seen in the hallways/restrooms/locker rooms at any time.
3. These devices are not to be used or seen in the lunchroom during lunch/breakfast.
4. Teachers may allow students to use these devices if they have an imperative significance to the learning that is taking place inside the classroom.
5. Teachers are not permitted to allow students to be listening to music in their classrooms at any time.
6. All Staff members are expected to enforce these expectations.
Students that violate these expectations will be asked to turn their device into the office immediately. They will be allowed to come to the office at the end of the day to get their device back. This will only be the case once.
If students violate these expectations a second time, they will be asked to turn their device into the office immediately and a parent or guardian will have to come to school to get the device back.
There are 19 days of school remaining. Make them count. The Choice is Yours!
