At McCarthy-Towne the students, parents, volunteers and faculty work together to foster a community where everyone feels safe and respected. A common set of standards for behavior has been established to provide everyone with clear guidelines for expected student behavior and consequences for inappropriate behavior. We believe that students respect and appreciate reasonable limits and feel more secure when they know what is expected of them.

The following is a list of behavioral expectations for all students throughout the school day, in all areas of the building, and at all school functions.

Code of Behavior Expectations

1. Students will be kind to others with words, gestures, and deeds.
2. Students will respect other people's property.
3. Students will accept responsibility for their own behavior if they do something wrong.
4. Students will understand that adults are responsible for running the school and enforcing the rules.

Therefore

1. Students will not hurt others (tease, threaten, hit, etc.).
2. Students will not touch, take, or break someone else's property.
3. Students will not swear or use rude language.
4. Students will not be disrespectful or rude to adults.

Consequences for Inappropriate Behavior

All adults at McCarthy-Towne are responsible for supervising student behavior. Most inappropriate behavior can be handled in a timely and effective manner by the classroom teacher or supervising adult. When a violation of the Code of Behavior occurs, however, one or more of the following procedures will be followed:

• Warning is given.
• Timeout is given.
• An Incident Report is filled out. A copy of that report is given to the classroom teacher and filed in the office.
• The classroom teacher will decide if the incident merits follow-up or not. If it is serious, whether or not it is a first or multiple offense, the teacher will be responsible for contacting the parents and/or involving the principal or school counselor.
• Students will face "natural and logical consequences" for their behaviors whenever possible (missing recess, cleaning up a mess, fixing something that has been broken, etc.).

Parents of all Children Involved will be Notified when:

1. A child is hurt and needs to be sent to the nurse.
2. An offense occurs which is thought to be serious by a supervising adult.
3. Repeat offenses occur.
4. A child needs to receive a long-term consequence.
5. Behavior relates to racial, ethnic, sexual, or religious put-downs.