Policies and procedures
The policies and procedures listed below will be used in BIHS classrooms. Teachers reserve the right to adjust the policies to meet individual students' needs.
BIHS expectations
- Respect- self, others, materials, environment, etc.
- Act appropriately for the environment you are in.
- Be a scholar.
Classroom policies
- Only drinks with a secure lid will be allowed in BIHS classrooms. No food, please.
- Students will have a limited number of times they can leave class each semester.
- BIHS teachers will enforce that at the bell, students promptly sit in their seats; otherwise student will be marked tardy.
- Students will be released by permission of the teacher.
- Cell phones may only be used before and after school, and during lunch, as per BHS school rules.
- The teacher may temporarily confiscate electronics displayed or used in the classroom.
Academic policies
- All BIHS teachers will follow the school policy with regard to tardiness and absences.
- All BIHS teachers will use assessments built around the International Baccalaureate criteria for grading major assignments.
- Late work will be accepted with penalty, to be determined by each individual teacher.
- Make up work for absences will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
Discipline protocol
A students may receive any of the following consequences, depending on his or her action:
- Appropriate warning
- Conference
- Phone call home
- Referral
- Parent conference