Respect and Protect

Belington Middle School
Respect and Protect

Purpose

The purpose of the Respect and Protect Program is to give students, parents, staff, and the community a clear understanding concerning our school's stand against violent behavior and the consequences that will follow. This program coincides with the Student Code of Conduct from the West Virginia Safe Schools Act.

Objectives

To insure the safety of students and staff, their property, and the property of the school

To maintain a safe, supportive, nurturing, nonpunitive school environment highly conducive to learning.

Definitions

VIOLENCE- Violence occurs whenever anyone harms, or threatens to harm, a person's body, feelings, or possessions.

RESPECT- Respect is to feel or show honor for, or to show consideration or regard for a person's body, feelings, or possessions.

West Virginia Student Code of Conduct
1: All students enrolled in West Virginia public schools shall behave in a manner that promotes a school environment that is nurturing, orderly, safe and conducive to learning and personal-social developmnet.

2: Students will help create an atmosphere free from bullying, intimidation and harasment.

3: Students will demonstrate honesty and trustworthiness.

4: Students will treat others with respect, deal peacefully with anger, use goodmanners and be considerate of the feelings of others.

5: Students will demonstrate responsibility, use self-control and be self-disciplined.

6: Students will demonstrate fairness, play by the rules, and will not take advantage of others.

7: Students will demonstrate compassion and caring.

8: Students will demonstrate good citizenship by obeying laws and rules, respecting authority, and by cooperating with others.

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