Each student’s academic progress is monitored on an on-going basis. Those students whose academic standing falls below acceptable levels (i.e. – failing 2 or more courses), will be supported through credit rescue and individual teacher support.
ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES
- Attend all classes and be punctual. Attendance is taken every class and students are late if they are not in class by the bell.
- Students may only attend classes in which they are registered according to their timetable.
- Parents are expected to notify the school if their son/daughter is going to miss school for any reason.
- Students who have to leave school early must sign out on that day in the Main Office and sign in upon returning to school. Parental contact will be made for students under 18 years of age.
- It is the student’s responsibility to complete missed assignments if absent.
DRESS CODE POLICY
- Hoodies/hoods are not allowed, baseball caps worn backwards so as to show a students face are permitted.
- Clothing will reflect the serious purpose of school and support a safe learning environment.
- Clothing with writing or insignia will respect TDSB policies and other statutes.
- Students participating in phys. ed. programs/classes are expected to wear appropriate phys. ed. clothing (running shoes, T-shirts and shorts/track pants).
HALL PASS PROTOCOL
- Hall pass is a privilege and abuse may lead to being put on escort.
- You may leave the class only with the teacher's permission and with a hall pass. You must return promptly. You may only go to the location for which you have permission. You must use the sign out sheet.
- The entire hall pass must be clearly visible. You must present it if asked by any staff person.
- Visits to other staff or programs will only occur when staff has arranged such visits in advance through the office. Failure to follow the hall pass protocol or misuse of the hall pass will result in clear consequences.
FOOD AND DRINK POLICY
- Students cannot bring food and drink into class unless directed by staff for curricular or celebratory purposes. When food is part of the program, staff members are responsible for all necessary clean-up.
- Food and drink may not be consumed in hallways, stairwells or in unsupervised classrooms. Staff will direct students to the cafeteria under these circumstances.
- Some classroom settings – computer labs, science labs, art room – should never have food or drink allowed.
VISITORS TO THE SCHOOL
- All visitors to the school must be on school business and must first report and sign in at the Main Office.
- Please do not arrange to have your friends make social visits to the school.
SCHOOL PARKING LOT
- As parking spaces are extremely limited, there is no parking available for students.
COMPUTER USE POLICY
Eastdale has many computers throughout the school with Internet access for students. As such, students have the ability to greatly enhance their education by taking advantage of the quick and almost limitless pool of knowledge which the Internet provides. Students may only use computers under staff supervision. Students must follow the instruction of the staff supervisors.
Access to the Internet through facilities provided by the Toronto District School Board is a privilege. All students at Eastdale must sign a Computer Use Agreement and Code of On-line Conduct form before they can log on. The agreement stipulates that school computers must only be used for school purposes and that inappropriate use of computers at school will result in the cancellation of computer privileges as well as disciplinary action.
Acceptable educational uses of the Internet include accessing:
- Information and news from many libraries, universities, colleges, and scientific research institutions.
- Discussion groups on a huge variety of subjects.
- Electronically joined educational opportunities and experiences.
All users of the TDSB Internet access points are forbidden to actively seek out materials that are not appropriate in an educational setting. This includes the checking of e-mail accounts during class time. Other inappropriate materials include but are not limited to texts, images, graphics, sound clips, videos, or animations which:
- Promote racism, sexism, or hatred.
- Are pornographic in nature.
- Promote, commit, or counsel the commission of illegal or immoral acts.
- Are harassing, inflammatory, malicious, fraudulent or libelous.
- Are chat-lines or avenues to meet unknown users. (i.e. Facebook, YouTube, Myspace, etc.)
ELECTRONIC DEVICES
All personal electronic communication and media devices (cell-phones,
iPods, etc.) must be powered off and out of sight during instructional time, unless directed to use them by the teacher for educational reasons. Headphones must also be out of sight during class time.
POLICY ON ACADEMIC HONESTY
At Eastdale C.I. we value honesty, integrity and respect for ones own work as well as the work of others. Students are expected to follow the school’s academic honesty policy in all their courses to ensure that each student’s evaluation reflects their own work and individual level of achievement.
Academic Honesty is defined as follows:
- Academic Honesty is the legal and ethical use of information.
Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism include:
- Copying and submitting another student’s work or allowing another student to copy your work.
- Submitting a piece of work that was written for another course or by another person.
- Using another person’s ideas as your own without properly documenting the source.
- Copying and pasting information from print material, electronic encyclopedias, and online databases or from the internet without properly documenting the source.
- Cheating on quizzes, tests or exams.
Academic dishonesty and/or plagiarism are both unethical and illegal and as such, hold strict consequences. They include:
- A mark of zero will be given on the entire assignment or test in question.
- Parents/Guardians will be contacted.
- Administration will be notified of the offence with the possibility of further action and consequences imposed at the Principal’s discretion.