Stone Valley Middle School

 

Principal’s Message

Welcome to Stone Valley Middle School. This Time Tracker will assist you in making this a very successful middle school experience. We expect students to keep their Time Tracker in their notebooks and have it with them every day. It should be used to record all class assignments and pertinent information regarding school business. The Time Tracker is also intended to present rules and regulations and other school information. Please read it carefully and refer to it regularly. We request that your parents read this handbook with you and assist us by helping you with organizational skills, being on time, and being responsible for doing your best in and out of class. Working together is the best way to ensure success.

 

 

 

Stone Valley Middle School

3001 Miranda Ave, Alamo, CA 94507

 

A California Gold Ribbon School

A California Distinguished School

 

Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship Certificated School

 

No Place for Hate School

 

@stonevalleyms

Important Telephone Numbers

Office: 925.855.5800

Attendance Voice 925.855.5899

 

Directory

Principal --  Justin White

Assistant Principal -- Allison Mulliken

Admin TSA -- Courtney Konopacky

Office Manager -- Lisa Knebel

School Counselor -- Chelsea Balough

School Counselor (M-Z)-- Jordan Milat-Stankowski/Alyssa Ornelas

Counselor Tech/Registrar -- Claudia Bain

Attendance -- Bonnie Brors

School Nurse -- Anju Lashkari

Head Custodian -- Mauricio Rodriquez

 

Students may be dropped off no sooner than 15 minutes prior to the first bell and should be picked up from school no later than 15 minutes after the bell. 

 

Call the Attendance Line Direct: (925) 855-5899. This number can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Call the Main Line: (925) 855-5800

 

**Please report absences before 10:00am. Parents will receive an “Attendance Safety Message” communication by 10:30 AM if the school has not been able to resolve a student absence by that time. If a student absence is still unresolved by the end of the day, an additional attendance message will be sent via email and phone.

 

TARDY POLICY

Being on time to class, meetings, and appointments are important traits directly related to success in school and one’s chosen career. When a student enters the classroom late, it is disruptive. It is during the first part of each period when the lesson objectives are explained, assignments corrected, and new assignments discussed.

 

Please help us reinforce this belief by making sure your child is at school no later than the first bell. Students arriving at school after the second school bell must have a parent sign in at the attendance office before going to class in order to receive an admission slip.

 

Consequences for unexcused tardies (per quarter): Tardies accumulate during the quarter

5th offense: After the 5th unexcused tardy, detention will be assigned

10th offense: After the 10th unexcused tardy, detention will be assigned.

 

Further offenses will continue to result in after school detentions and possible referral to the School Attendance Review Board (SARB)

 

 

Phones must be turned off and put away while school is in session

(Bell to Bell). Use of PEDs at lunch, snack break, and passing periods is not allowed.

Headphones and wireless headphones are prohibited.

 

PEDs may be brought to school and used exclusively for teacher directed instructional purposes, as determined by teachers.

 

Not following the PED policy may result in confiscation of device and/or disciplinary action. The PED will be confiscated and must be picked up by a parent or guardian at the front office at the end of the day. Education Code 48901.5  Multiple PED infractions may ultimately result in students losing privilege of student bridging PED to school. 

 

All use of devices are subject to the terms of the SRVUSD Acceptable Use Policy.

 

Communication During School Hours

Students: In the event of an emergency, students may use the office phone to notify parents.

Examples are: illness or a schedule change of a school sponsored activity.

Parents: If you have an emergency and need to reach your student, please call our main office number (925) 855-5800 and every effort will be made to get your emergency message to your child as soon as possible.

 

COMMON SENSE MEDIA CERTIFICATION

 

Every student at Stone Valley will participate in at least three digital citizenship lessons which are designed to engage students in thinking about the complexity of using the internet and digital resources inside and outside the classroom. The lessons are age appropriate, engaging, and take between 30 minutes and 1 hour to complete.

ACCEPTABLE USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION FORM

 

As the use of digital technology becomes more prevalent throughout our schools, the San Ramon Valley Unified School District is committed to helping students learn the responsible use of such technology in a safe and appropriate manner. This document serves as a reminder to parents and students that cell phones, cameras, video cameras, websites and other means of transmitting electronic data can be disruptive and/or harmful, with respect to themselves, other students and staff, as well as the overall school environment. The following information has been developed with the safety of all students and staff in mind.

 

CYBER SAFETY

 

Cyber Bullying is the use of electronic information and communication devices to willfully and repeatedly harm either a person or persons through the medium of electronic text, photos, or videos.

 

Bullying of this nature creates a hostile, disruptive environment on the school campus and is a violation of the student and staff member’s right to be safe and secure. Actions deliberately threatening, harassing, intimidating an individual or group of individuals, placing an individual in reasonable fear of harm or damaging the individual’s property; or disrupting the orderly operation of the school, will not be tolerated.

 

INAPPROPRIATE USE OF TECHNOLOGY (CYBER BULLYING)

 

The fundamental principles behind these policies are that students should never do anything that harms another student or prevents them from learning. Any use of technological media that interrupts a student’s right to learn will not be tolerated. Electronic media includes, but is not limited to: social networking sites, chat rooms and discussion groups, instant messaging, text messaging, computers, cell phones and personal digital devices, digital cameras, cell phone cameras, and web cams. As new technologies emerge, they too may be included with the above forms of electronic communication. Examples of this behavior include but are not limited to:

 

 

CONSEQUENCES - INAPPROPRIATE USE OF TECHNOLOGY

 

Education Codes 48900.4 and 48900 (r), strictly prohibit harassment or bullying of any kind and

such behavior is subject to consequences, including possible expulsion.

 

 

***Education Codes 48900.4 “Harassment, threats, or intimidation creating an intimidating or hostile educational environment”

***Education Code 48900 (k) “Disrupted school activities or otherwise willfully defied the valid authority of supervisors, teachers, administrators, school officials, or other school personnel engaged in the performance of their duties”

***Education Code 48900 (i) “Committed an obscene act or engaged in habitual profanity or vulgarity

***Education Code 48900 (r) “Engaged in an act of bullying, including, but not limited to bullying committed by means of an electronic act, as defined in subdivisions (f) and (k) of Section 32261, directed specifically toward a pupil or school personnel”

 

 

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY

 

Stone Valley Middle School is committed to developing students of character. The PRIDE acronym clearly defines the five expected community behaviors of personal responsibility, respect, integrity, dependability and effort (PRIDE). Being a member of the PRIDE means that the student is responsible for Academic Integrity at Stone Valley Middle School. Students will take the time to do his/her own class work. Cheating is deemed to have occurred when a teacher has reasonable suspicion as follows:

 

STANDARD SCHOOLWIDE DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES

When a student is involved in some form of misbehavior, a review of the incident will occur. The 

student’s previous behavior record is extremely important for school staff to consider in dispensing

discipline as a consequence of an incident of misbehavior. In general, the following levels of consequences for misbehavior are progressive in nature and ultimately lead to expulsion from the San Ramon Valley Unified School District.

 

 

There are some offenses, which are severe or have been repeated over time, however, and a consequence is assigned immediately, past record notwithstanding. Generally speaking, when a student repeats a given misbehavior or combination of such, the penalty increases and becomes much more serious. It should be noted that any offense or combination of offenses might lead to expulsion if other means of corrections fail to bring about proper conduct or when a student’s presence causes continuing danger to other students.  Please keep in mind that severe first-time offenses may result in an increased level of response.

 

CLASSROOM DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES

 

Each of your child’s teachers will have some specific classroom rules and/or procedures, outlined in their syllabus that may be unique to that class. All students are expected to follow those policies and those that do may be recognized by any of the positive recognition programs. Students that choose not to follow those rules will receive consequences for their actions based on the Standard School Wide Disciplinary Procedures.

 

It is important that our students, staff and community work together to keep our campus safe. Students are encouraged to tell an adult about any potentially unsafe or dangerous situations and/or behaviors they observe. These situations should be reported to staff, our School Safety Resource Officer or parents immediately.

 

INAPPROPRIATE/THREATENING COMMENTS

Students are reminded that all threatening comments, even if made in jest or in writing, are taken seriously and will include police involvement. Appropriate consequences will be given, including suspension or expulsion.

 

Inform a school official immediately.

 

DRESS CODE

 

Students and parents need to be aware of the importance of appropriate dress and its effect upon the learning environment. Appearance and dress must be within the limits of safety, cleanliness, decency, and appropriateness for school and shall not interfere with any aspect of the total school program. The following dress and grooming requirement are to be followed:

 

 

A student whose dress/attire is not appropriate for school will be asked to change his/her clothes. Repeated violation of dress code will result in a parent, student, and administrator meeting. Further violations may lead to suspension

 

Administration will determine appropriateness of any item not covered or in question.

 

PROHIBITED MATERIALS

 

 

It is the policy of the Governing Board of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District to provide an educational and work environment free of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, visual or physical conduct communications constituting

sexual harassment, as defined by Education Code 212.5 and otherwise prohibited by state and federal statutes.

 

Prohibited sexual harassment includes, but is not limited to, unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature, made by someone from or in the work or educational setting, under any of the following conditions (Education Code 212.5):

 

 

Other types of conduct which are prohibited in the district and which may constitute sexual harassment include:

Verbal or written conduct: making derogatory comments, including epithets, slurs, jokes, etc.; sexual propositions or flirtations, graphic commentary about an individual’s body; sexually degrading words used to describe an individual; suggestive or obscene letters, notes or invitations; spreading sexual rumors.

Visual conduct: leering; making sexual gestures; displaying sexually suggestive objects, pictures, books, magazines, etc.

 

Physical conduct: inappropriate touching or impeding one’s movement.

 

Every student, employee or applicant has the right to be free from harassment from adults and/or from students in the work or educational setting. The district prohibits retaliatory behavior against any complainant or any participant in the complaint process. Each complaint of sexual harassment shall be promptly investigated in a way that respects the privacy of all parties concerned.

 

A copy of this policy on sexual harassment shall be 1) displayed in a prominent location at school sites and work sites, 2) provided as part of the orientation for new students at the beginning of each term as applicable, 3) provided for employees annually at the beginning of the school year and for each new employee, and 4) included in publications that set forth the comprehensive rules, procedures and standards of conduct of the school or district. In-service regarding this policy and administrative procedures will be provided to all staff periodically as appropriate and annual review will be encouraged as part of student and staff orientation activities.