School Rules

School Rules

1. Success

  1. Success is your mission. Everyone has a need to succeed.
  2. Be here. Attendance is vital to your success at school.
  3. Do your best. Achievement comes from doing your best.


2. Respect

  1. Respect all staff members. They are in charge of enforcing rules.
  2. Listen to staff members and follow reasonable requests.
  3. Never interrupt or argue with staff members when in trouble.
  4. Any disrespect to a staff member will not be tolerated.
  5. Respect the building.  Keep it clean and neat.
  6. Use an inside voice while in the building especially in cafeteria.
  7. Follow the Twin Falls School District dress code while in school.
  8. Toys and electronic devices are not to be brought to school.
  9. No spitting on school grounds.
  10. Respect all students. Everyone deserves respect.
  11. Respect the property of others. Do not touch without permission.


3. Safety

  1. Play safely on the playground.
  2. No fighting, playing rough or play fighting.
  3. No tripping, hitting, kicking or tackling.
  4. No throwing rocks, snow, sticks or other materials.
  5. The physical hurting of other students will not be tolerated.
  6. No sliding on ice or other slick surfaces.
  7. No climbing on poles or fences.
  8. No playing out of designated area.
  9. No playing by or talking to students who are on time-out spots.
  10. No running up the slide. Slide down them feet first.
  11. No playing on top of monkey bars.
  12. Never enter building without adult supervision or a hallway pass.
  13. Behave safely in the building. Keep your hands and feet to yourself.
  14. No running especially in the cafeteria.
  15. Never bring dangerous objects to school (firework, knives, guns)


4. Kindness

  1. Be kind in your words. Never call names or put others down.
  2. Use polite language. Say thank you and please.
  3. Use appropriate language. Never use profanity.
  4. Be kind in your actions. There is no need to be mean to anyone.
  5. Everyone doesn’t need to be your friend for you to be friendly to everyone.
  6. Use good manners at school and especially in the cafeteria.


Disciplinary Consequences:

Teachers will post the Student Expectations for Success in their classroom and discuss the expectations and consequences periodically as needed. Clear expectations and consistent enforcement is the key to any behavioral management plan.

  1. Staff members are responsible to monitor student behavior and respond to all infractions that they directly observe.
  2. For simple infractions, students may receive a simple reminder, a warning or redirection of behavior (i.e. for talking too loud or trotting in the hallway).
  3. For minor infractions or repeated simple infractions that constitute a minor infraction, students will be written up and may receive a logical consequence at the discretion of the staff member (i.e. for running up the slide or being in the hallway without a pass).

1)      A minor infraction in the classroom constitutes a refocus and parent contact. All minor infractions in the classroom will be recorded and handled by the teacher.

2)      All minor infractions outside the classroom will be written up by the staff member who observed it. A copy of the write-up will go to a playground supervisor, the classroom teacher of the student, and the office administration. An administrator will meet with the offender and will log the write-ups, the classroom teacher will send the write-up home with the student for a parent signature.

  1. Any student who commits a minor infraction during recess will be sent to a time-out spot for a period of time.
  2. Any student who talks to a student who is on a time-out spot will be written up for a minor infraction and sent to a time-out spot as well.
  3. For major infractions or three documented minor infractions, an Office Referral Form should always be filled out by the staff member who observed the infraction (i.e. for blatantly disrespecting a teacher or aggressively hurting another student).

1)      A student is referred to the office when he or she is written up for three minor infractions, or when he or she commits a major infraction. Students who need to be removed from the classroom or other situations will be escorted by an adult to the office. Call the office for an administrative escort when needed.

2)      All completed office referral forms will result in some type of suspension.

Students who are sent to the office with an office referral form may:

  1. Sit in the time-out room in the office for a day or more.
  2. Be suspended out of school for a day or more.
  3. Not be eligible for reward activities without being accompanied by a parent or guardian.
  4. If a student is referred to the office multiple times, a Behavioral Intervention Team will be convened in behalf of the student.
Updated May 9, 2011