There are no punishments here. However,there are consequences and lessons in maturity, responsibility, and respect.
- The consequence of negative actions is for the offender to right the action as best as possible.
- For each violation, there will be a verbal warning. Then a phone call home. In every case after the verbal warning, students must have a talk with me to explain the violation. There are reasons to break rules, but never excuses.
- In place of detentions, violators of the "respect(ations)" must hand copy a maturity essay that will be assigned as homework, due the next day of class.
- For more serious offenses such as intentional harm of property or of another person school rules apply. In such cases, the consequences will be exercised to the utmost severity possible. There is a zero tolerance policy for this type of behavior in my classroom.
- My classroom is and will be will be a safe space.