e.+Policies

**Cold Weather Policy** – If during the winter, the temperature is below –40C and parents wish to keep their children home due to the cold, it is their responsibility to phone the school and inform us that their child will be staying home. The child will then not be marked absent. The school will be open to all students. Those who do not attend and whose parents/guardian do not phone the school, will be marked absent. These cold weather days are not days off. Even if a parent has phoned, any student seen away from his place of residence will be marked as skipping or absent. Grades 10-12 are deemed adults and must attend or it will be used as an absence. **Power Outage** – Students will be dismissed 30 minutes after failure **Water/Sewer Outage** – Students will be dismissed 30 minutes after failure Parents will be contacted via the local radio station if possible. = = =Substitute Teachers= Substitute teachers have the same power and authority as our regular teachers while they are in our school. Students are reminded to be courteous and helpful to substitute teachers. Remember, substitute teachers are merely helping our regular teachers complete curriculum plans for that particular day(s). =Dress Code= ***Casual dress (no revealing clothing)** =Two-Shoe Policy= We would like to remind students, parents and all members of our community that we do have a two-shoe policy in our school. We encourage our students and community members to take pride in our clean school. It is important to keep our floors clean as, unfortunately, some of our students have respiratory allergies and some have asthma. We believe all of our students have the right to attend our school without their environment interfering with their learning process. *must have two pairs of shoes, one for inside and one for outside *K-6 carry shoes to classroom *7-12 use lockers to store their shoes *shoes that mark the floors are not allowed *parents are encouraged to label student’s property, i.e.: school shoes, outside boots, binders, notebooks, etc. Students are not allowed to bring on to school property such things as guns, knives, lasers or other items that could cause personal injury to fellow students. Twin Lakes  Community  School has a **NO SMOKING POLICY** within the school boundaries/grounds between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.   Twin  Lakes  Community  School also has a **ZERO** tolerance policy for swearing or for the use of profane or abusive disrespectful language or gestures. The following process will be administered to any student who is Smoking, Swearing or using profane or abusive disrespectful language or gestures. All adults within the school shall report smoking, swearing or late, infractions to the homeroom teacher after confronting the student directly and informing the student that the incident will be reported to the homeroom teacher, and to the office. *** A one day suspension for smoking occurs on first infraction, if it occurs during class time.** The length of a suspension for swearing is determined based upon the deemed severity of the circumstances. General use of inappropriate language will result in a student being sent home for the balance of the day. Swearing / inappropriate language directed at a staff member will result in a 3 day suspension. **
 * Early Dismissals & School closures/Dates & Policies**
 * *Students wearing clothing with inappropriate comments, language, graphics or too revealing will be asked to go home and change their clothing if possible. **
 * Dangerous Items**
 * Smoking, Swearing**