Positive Behavior
Support Student code of conduct RMS Dress Code Social
Probation Fire Drills Radios/Tape Players Office Phone Lockers
Cafeteria Student Arrival/Departure Progress Reports/Report Cards
Grading Scale Promotion/Credit Policy Wellness Center Guidance/Counseling Required courses Conflict
Mediation
Philosophy
Since Richwood Middle School is located in a rural area, the school believes that students
should be intellectually, socially and culturally educated. A goal of the
educational program is to positively reinforce self-perception. Moral and ethical
values including courtesy, honesty and respect for peers, teachers, and family are to be
taught. Most importantly, the school stresses that students should attend regularly
to achieve in the basic program of instruction from which all students may acquire the
academic, social and vocational skills needed to prepare for further education and the
world of work.
To strengthen the learning atmosphere the parents and the community must be actively
involved. The educational program must take place in a safe school which is orderly,
well-disciplined and free of drugs.
We encourage all students and their parents to become essentially involved in school life,
both academic and extracurricular activities, to insure maximum success for all students
. The public is welcome to visit our school at any time.
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Positive Behavior Support
The
State of West Virginia requires that all school teach Multi-Cultural, College, Career,
Character Education, Anti-Violence, and Zero Tolerance, RMS has a lesson during flextime
concerning the different topics that are included in good character. These positive
characteristics are encouraged at school.
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Student Code
of Conduct andStudent Discipline Procedures
The Nicholas
County Board of Education recognizes the need of students, teachers, administrators and
other school personnel to have an orderly, safe, and stimulating educational environment.
Promoting effective discipline in our schools requires a comprehensive program supported
by everyone in the school organization, parents, or guardians and the community. In order
to assure that schools are able to address these needs, the West Virginia Board of
Education provides in Section 4 of SBE Policy 4373 the Student Code of Conduct.
The code of
conduct applies to all student enrolled in the public schools in West Virginia. This
policy does not supersede any rights granted to special education students by Federal or
State laws of other Board of Education policy.
West Virginia State Code of Student Conduct
In order for every student to have the opportunity to reach his/her potential, every
student in the public schools of West Virginia shall:
- Attend school faithfully, complete his/her
assignments on time and work to his/her potential.
- Behave in a manner that does not disrupt
classroom learning or the operation of the school.
- Obey teachers and principals and others in
authority.
- Refrain from aggressive or threatening behavior
toward fellow students, teachers, and other school staff.
- Refrain from the possession or use of any
weapons, illegal drugs, alcohol, or tobacco products.
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RMS Dress Code
RMS has a constant
goal of educational excellence. Proper school attire is important in achieving this goal.
Students will not dress or groom in a manner that disrupts the educational process or is
detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of an individual student and others. Students
will not dress in a manner that is distractive or indecent, to the extent that it
interferes with the teaching and learning process, including wearing any apparel that
displays or promotes any drug-, alcohol- or tobacco-related product that is prohibited in
school buildings, on school grounds, in school-leased or owned vehicles, and at all
school-affiliated functions. Specifically, students are not to wear:
1. Clothes that
display the Rebel flag. Clothes that have holes in the material,
chains/jewelry/bracelets/etc. that can be used as a weapon. Halter tops, tube tops,
cut-off shirts, tank tops, muscle shirts, or any clothing which exposes the navel or
midriff;
2. Hats, caps, or
distracting headwear inside the building;
3. Shorts shorter
than finger length;
4.
"Sagging" - pants must fit up around the waist;
5. Shredded or
mesh shirts must have clothing underneath.
Any student who
comes to school wearing clothing which is deemed to be inappropriate will be sent to see
the principals. They will then be isolated from the student body or suspended until such a
time when they can get appropriate clothing to wear during the school day. Students will
be suspended for repeated offenses of the dress code. Due to health & safety reasons,
body piercing other than ears will not be tolerated.
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Social
Probation
In an attempt to foster positive school behavior the following policy will be adhered to
at RMS: Any student that has been suspended from school or placed on in-school suspension
will not be permitted to attend any extracurricular activities during that grade period.
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Fire
Drills
Fire drills will be held as
required by the State Fire Marshall. The first fire drill will be announced so that
students will be aware of which exit is to be used.
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Radios/Tape
Players
Walk-men,
CD and/or tape players, cell phones, radios and other valuable items should be kept
at home. If for some reason by mistake you should bring them to school, then you
should bring them to the principal's office for safekeeping. The item can be picked
up at the end of the day.
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Office
Telephone
Students will not be allowed to use the office telephone unless it is an emergency and
absolutely necessary. This is a business phone and shall not be misused. Cell
phones are permitted in the school but they are to be kept in a locker or in the office. A
student is not permitted to use a cell phone during school hours. They are to be turned
off during school hours.
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Lockers
Lockers will be issued to students during the first week of school. A fee of
$2.00 per student will be charged to those who wish to rent a locker. Students are
to use their lockers according to the PIVOTS guidelines.
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Cafeteria
Breakfast
is served from 7:25 a.m. - 7:40 a.m. Lunch A is served from 11:19 - 11:49
and LunchB is served from 11:49 - 12:19. Those students who bring their lunches will
also use the cafeteria facilities. The following rules are expected to be observed in the
cafeteria:
Walk, do
not run.
You may not reserve seats. If you wish to sit
with friends, then enter with them.
Keep the
floor and tables tidy by placing all refuse in the wastebaskets.
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Student Arrival/Departure
The school
doors are open from 7:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. However the students are not permitted
throughout the school building until 7:40 a.m. Students are to enter and exit through the
6th Grade Wing or front entrances only. If a student comes to school late, he/she needs to
enter through the front entrance and be accompanied by an adult. Students are not
permitted to loaf in or around the school buildings. Students who stay at school-related
activities must have a sponsor supervising them.
Students that enter the
building are to report directly to the cafeteria and are not allowed to leave upon
entering.
- Students may not stop at locker.
- Students are not to go to teachers’
rooms until reporting to the cafeteria and then showing a permission form to the teacher
on duty. This should be done for instructional purposes only.
- No students are permitted to go to the
office before 7:45 a.m.
- Students will be permitted to use the
rest rooms two or three at a time.
- Once a student enters the building, they
are not permitted to leave.
CHECKING IN/OUT
All students who arrive at school after
the beginning of first period should check in at the office and with their homeroom
teacher with a written excuse as to why they are late before going to class. Students who
are arriving on a bus are an exception to this. However, students should check in the
office to have their name removed from the absence list. Visiting students are not allowed
to attend classes. Parents should check with the principal before visiting classes.
RMS has a closed campus policy.
When it becomes necessary for a student to leave school during the school day, the parent
must come to the school and pick up the student or notify the school of others permitted
to pick up their student. PLEASE SIGN OUT IN THE SIGN
OUT BOOK LOCATED AT THE FRONT DESK. Parents are to
notify the school by phone or note indicating the person(s) to pick up the student;
otherwise, the student will not be released. Other person(s) allowed to pick up a student
can be indicated by filling out the appropriate information located on the backside of the
Student Health Card.
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Report Cards
Report
cards will be distributed one day each 6 weeks grading period.
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Grading Scale
A ----------------------------------------
4.0
B ---------------------------------------- 3.0
C ---------------------------------------- 2.0
D ---------------------------------------- 1.0
F ---------------------------------------- 0.0
I -----------------------------------------
Incomplete
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Promotion/Credit
Policy
Promotion from one grade to
the next is dependent upon a student's grades. For each class that a
student earns a yearly grade of 65 or above, he/she earns one credit. If the
student earns five or more credits in a year with three of these credits coming from the
area of math, science, social studies, grammar, and/or reading/spelling he/she will be
promoted.
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Guidance/Counseling
RMS has one guidance counselor who provides a comprehensive guidance and counseling
program. Students wanting to see a counselor can sign the chalkboard in the
counselor's office or let one of their teachers know.
I WAS ABSENT! Now What Do I Have To Do?
A note from a
parent or guardian is required for each absence since the parent is accountable under
state law. The note should contain the student’s name, date of absences,
reason for
absence, and the parent or guardian’s signature. A doctor’s note should be
obtained if the student visited a doctor during his/her absence. The note needs to be
presented to Mr. Collins; he will sign it, and the student will then take the note to
his/her homeroom teacher.
Homework: The
responsibility for make-up work after an excused absence rest entirely with the student.
Students have one day for every day absent to make up their work.
Tardy Policy: The following is the RMS’s
tardy policy: 1. Four (4) tardies count as one absence in that class; 2. When a student
receives five (5) tardies then he/she will be placed on In-School suspension.
INCLEMENT WEATHER
Listen to radio
station or call county office 872-3611 or 872-4649.
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Wellness
Center
The Richwood Wellness Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Any
RMS or RHS student who has provided a consent form signed by a parent or guardian can
obtain medical treatment, counseling, and dental services. Their phone number is
846-2211.
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Required
Courses
| Seventh Grade |
Eighth Grade |
Sixth Grade |
| Pre-Algebra |
Pre-Geometry |
Math |
| English |
English |
English |
| Geography |
WV
History |
World
Regions |
| Science |
Science |
CATS
6 |
| Reading |
Reading |
Reading |
| PE/Art/Music/Health/Library Skills |
PE/Art/Music/Health/Foreign
Language |
PE/Art/Music/Health/computer |
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Conflict Mediation
If you have a problem with another student, you can check with your counselor or teacher.
The counselor will set up mediation with you, the person with whom you
have a problem and two student mediators. No teacher or principal is involved in the
situation.
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