Enrolment
in this school is considered as a formal acceptance
by the students of the obligation to faithfully
carry out their responsibilities and their expression
of willingness to collaborate with the school administration
and faculty.
1.1
Applicants for admission are to secure and to accomplish
application forms from the Guidance Office or Registrar
Office. Only students with duly accomplished forms
will be allowed to take the entrance examination.
1.2
Report Cards (Form 138) and certification of good
moral character and Barangay Captain certification
of residence (proofs if necessary) are requirements
for enrolment.
1.3
Students shall enroll on the date set for their
particular year level.
1.4
Students who fail to come on the prescribe enrolment
period without valid reason forfeit the right to
enroll.
2.
DIRECTIVES ON DISCIPLINE
2.1
Uniforms – The school requires the students
to attend classes and other official functions of
the school in their prescribed uniform.
2.2
Identification Card
A.
Every student shall be require to wear the official
school I.D. card while inside the school premises.
The same I.D. shall be presented for entry and for
use of the school facilities and/or services.
B.
The loss of an I.D. card shall be reported immediately
by the students to the Discipline Board, which shall
determine if the student should be issued a new
I.D.
3.
ATTENDANCE AND ABSENCES
3.1
The school requires regular and punctual attendance
in all classes. Absence for any cause whatsoever
does not exempt a student from written work (tests)
and any matters required during the period of his/her
absence. The responsibility for making up for such
work depends upon the students.
3.2
In all cases of absences, an admission and/or excuse
slip must be secured from the Guidance Office upon
presentation satisfactory to said school officials.
The excuse slip has to be certified by the class
adviser or in his/her absence by the guidance counselors.
3.3
Three (3) instances of tardiness without valid reasons
are equivalent to one (1) absence. All cases of
tardiness are considered unjustified unless a letter
signed by the parent/guardian is presented to the
advisers.
3.4
Absences due to illness must be certified by a doctor.
The implementation or appreciation of the rules
on attendance may be modified at the discretion
of the principal.
3.5
A student who incurs ten (10) consecutive absences
or twenty (20) days inconsecutive absences in any
subject area shall be notified by the members of
the Discipline Board. Failure on the part of the
parents to appear shall be ground for the school
principal to drop him/her from the school roll of
students.
3.6
A student who cuts classes shall not be admitted
in all his/her classes the next day unless accompanied
by his/her parent/guardian.
4.
CODE OF DISCIPLINE
The
legal basis of the school’s authority to discipline
the students is provided in the manual of regulations
of the DECS, with says on:
“ Rule 145… Schools shall have the authority
and prerogative to promulgate such rules and regulations
as they may deem necessary from time to time effective
as of date of their promulgation unless otherwise
specified.”
No penalty shall be imposed upon any student, except
for cause as defined in this Manual and/or in this
school’s rules and regulations duly promulgated
and only after due investigation shall have been
conducted.
5.
CAUSES OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION
The
following are whereby disciplinary administrative
sanctions shall be meted out after due investigation
by the Discipline Board.
MINOR
OFFENSES:
A.
Violation of uniform and/or haircut regulation.
B. Not wearing/ borrowing or lending and/or tampering
of I.D.
C. Bringing to school, without permission of the
principal, cassette recorders, transistor radio,
game an watch, cell phones and other items that
tend to disrupt classes.
D. Littering and spitting.
E. Sitting on the tables and arms of hairs.
F. Wasteful use of chalk and/or writing on the blackboard
without the teacher’s permit.
G. Roaming around the room during class sessions
and/or occupying the seat assigned to someone else.
H. Loitering along the corridors or hallways when
classes are going on.
I. Disturbance, obstruction or interference with
the normal functioning of classes, school offices,
and recognized school activities such as borrowing
of pen, books, etc. during class hours.
J. Entering the faculty room without valid reasons.
K. Fighting or quarreling within the school premises,
and/or in its immediate vicinity.
SERIOUS
OFFENSE:
A.
Extortion
B. Drunkenness and/or drinking liquor within the
school premises.
C. Theft or damage to property of the school or
its constituents.
D. Dishonesty such as cheating during examinations.
E. Forgery, alteration or misuse of school documents,
records or credentials.
F. Vandalism which includes tearing or defacing
any library books or periodicals, drawing or posting
unauthorized notices on the walls, fences, post
and other parts of the school building, breakage
of glass window, school cases, doors, electrical
devices, unauthorized removal of official notices,
poster, from the Bulletin Boards and other similar
acts.
G. Possession, illegal use or distribution of narcotic
drugs such as LSD, marijuana, and barbiturates or
operate in any form within the school premises.
H. Illegal possession or use of explosive, incendiary
devices or other deadly weapons.
I. Engaging in any form of gambling within the school
compound.
J. Engaging in lewd, indecent or immoral conduct
within the school premises.
PENALTIES:
The
school reserves the right, after due investigation,
to subject a student found violating the rules on
discipline to the following penalties depending
upon the nature and gravity of the offense committed.
MINOR
OFFENSE:
Reprimand
– parents to see the principal
Suspension and failing grade in conduct
Dropping of student from the school.
SERIOUS
OFFENSE:
Suspension – parents to see the principal
Failing grade in conduct
Dropping of student from the school roll.
Note:
A student who commits three (3) major offenses will
be recommended for expulsion.
6.
EXAMINATIONS:
A.
Students shall take the prescribed periodical examinations
scheduled during the year. However, a student who,
because of justifiable reasons, fails to take the
examination, may be given a special examination
upon the discretion of the Discipline Board.
B.
No one should leave his seat during the examinations.
Students may be excused to go to the comfort room
only when they are through with the examinations
and their papers have been collected. However they
request permission to go out one at a time only.
There shall be absolute silence during the whole
length of examination.
C.
No student should be allowed to take examination
if he/she is not complete uniform with the I.D.
properly pinned on the shirt or blouse.
D.
The term cheating means not only actual copying
from someone but also the possession of the examinee
either in his/her person or within his/her reach
of any material related to the subject matter under
examination. Giving another answer is also a form
of cheating, as well as providing another opportunity
to cheat, like talking to, looking at or holding
another paper.
Note:
Cheating in any examination makes one an undesirable
student.
1.
1st OFFENSE – The student fails in the test
concerned and shall be given 65 in the conduct grade
of the subject.
2. 2nd OFFENSE – The student fails in the
subject concerned an conduct grade in all subjects
will be 65.
3. 3rd OFFENSE – The student is dropped from
the roll. ( An investigation of the case shall be
conducted by the Discipline Board and the findings
shall be forwarded to the principal.
7.
STUDENT RETENTION POLICIES
A.
Student’s weighted general average should
be not lower than 85%.
B. Parents/guardian shall voluntarily transfer out
child/ward who finds difficulty in coming up with
the school’s regulations/policy/standard.
8.
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
A.
All students regardless of creed or religion are
encouraged to participate in school programs and/or
activities.
