Code of Conduct

The intent of Quadra Elementary's code of conduct is to establish guidelines for acceptable conduct to maintain a safe, caring, and orderly environment conducive for learning. All students are subject to the school's code of conduct while on school premises and during school activities off of school grounds.

Purpose

To establish and maintain safe, caring, and orderly learning environments
To establish and maintain an appropriate balance between individual and collective rights, freedoms and responsibilities
To clarify and publish expectations for student behaviours while at school, while going to and from school and while attending any school function or activity at any location

Application

This code of conduct applies to all students attending Quadra Elementary School. The code of conduct is in effect during activities that are school related. This includes actions that occur off school property such as cyber-bullying, bus behaviours, or walking home.

Rights and Responsibilities

All students at Quadra Elementary have the right:

To learn
To hear and be heard
To be respected
To be safe
To privacy
To have respect for their personal space and belongings

All students at Quadra Elementary are expected to undertake the following responsibilities:

To listen to instructions
To work quietly when required
To stay at their seat when required
To raise their hand and wait to be called on before speaking
To respect others and their belongings in all environments (outside, bus, classroom, washroom, hallways, etc.)
To work and play in a safe manner
To be in the (just right) learning zone

Conduct Expectations

Acceptable Conduct

At Quadra we:

Respecting self, others, and the environment (outdoors and in)
Helping to make the school a safe, caring, and orderly place
Developing a sense of self-regulation
Complying with staff directions in a reasonable manner
Informing a “tellable” adult of incidents of bullying, harassment or intimidation
Engaging in purposeful learning activities during instructional time

Unacceptable Conduct

These behaviours are examples only and are not an all-inclusive list.

Behaviours that:

Interfere with the learning of others
Interfere with orderly learning and/or play environments
Create unsafe conditions to learn, work or play.

Acts of:

Physical violence
Teasing, harassment, bullying, cyber-bullying or intimidation
Retribution against a person who has reported incidents
Discrimination as set out in Section 7 (Discrimination Publication) and Section 8 (Discrimination in Accommodation, Service and Facility) of the BC Human Rights Code: race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or age of that person or class of persons

Rising Expectations

At Quadra we feel that as children become older and have learned and practiced our expectations for their behaviours they will demonstrate an increase in personal responsibility and self-discipline. Consequences for inappropriate behaviour will be determined on an individual basis according to circumstances, maturity and age.

Disciplinary actions, wherever possible, are preventative and restorative, rather than punitive. Opportunities to redirect or re-teach appropriate social expectations will be used as often as possible.

Notification

Our school personnel will advise other parties of serious breaches of the code of conduct:

For example:

Parents of student offender(s) – in every instance
Parents of student victim(s) – in every instance
School district officials – in the judgement of the school principal
Police and/or other agencies – as required by law
All parents – when deemed to be important to reassure members of the school community that school officials are aware of a serious situation or incident and are taking appropriate action to address it