Kalaheo High School Bulletin

May 18, 2012

 

 

Accounting Services – Recess & Lunch

Attendance Services – Before School and 1st Recess

Bus Transportation – Before School

Mealtime Deposits – Drop Box or Cafeteria morning only

 

THE OFFICE: The main office is open Monday – Friday from 7:30 – 4:30pm. There are no office aides to take personal messages for students, except in extreme emergencies. Matters like employment, transportation, etc. should be taken care of before coming to school. Please use the courtyard door located by the Health Room to see your Counselor, a Vice-Principal, the Health Aide or School Safety Manager, do not go through the front office. Please use the courtyard windows for Accounting Services. Mahalo.

 

STUDENT MESSAGES: No student messages will be taken by office personnel. THERE ARE NO STUDENT MONITORS TO DELIVER MESSAGES TO THE CLASSROOMS. Parents should call their children on the cell phones during recess and lunch and speak with them as needed. That is one of the primary reasons cell phone use was allowed on campus during non-instructional time. A school bell schedule was included in the start of the year packet to provide parents with the appropriate times to contact their children.

 

COUNSELORS: are available to students without passes during mid-morning recess, lunch and after school. Please use the courtyard door located by the Health Room. COUNSELORS are assigned by student’s last name:

 

A – F      Mrs. Kahahawai – Welch      Room 14

G – M     Mr. Descallar                          Room 13

N – Z      Mrs. Cashman – Valdez        Room 15

 

A – K      Mr. Gary Emelle             Room 10

L – Z       Mr. Thomas Moon           Room 11

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY: If a student is absent, he/she has four days upon return to school to bring a dated and signed written statement from a parent or guardian which specifies the reason for absence. A phone number for office verification should be included. This written statement must be presented to the Attendance Clerk in H- Building courtyard window from 7:30 – 7:55 a.m. or during recess only. A Kalaheo H.S. ID card is required.

If a student is tardy during the first 15 minutes of the class period they must report to the Cafeteria to receive a tardy pass. If a student is tardy after the first 15 minutes of the class period the student must report to the Office to receive a tardy pass. Without that pass the student will not be let into class. If it is an excused tardy, he/she has four days to submit a dated and signed written statement from a parent or guardian which specifies the reason for tardy to the attendance window.

A student who participates in school sponsored activities (e.g. Field trips, athletic events, ROTC, A.S.K. events, etc.) will not be penalized for absences or tardies as a result of participation in these activities provided the student has legitimate authorization.

 

OFF – CAMPUS PASSES: are issued to students who bring a note from their parent/guardian stating date, time, reason, phone number of parent or guardian and signature. Passes are available from 7:30 – 7:55 a.m. and during recess at the H- Building courtyard window.

 

BUS APPLICATION: Students are eligible to ride the school bus if they reside 1.5 miles or more from student’s school. Please come by the front office to pick up an application. You must have an application to ride the bus. If you live on Marine Corp. Base Hawaii, call Robert’s School Bus at 832-4886 for detailed information of routes. School bus transportation for part of Aikahi Park, Kaimalino or Kaneohe Bay Drive is provided by Gomes Bus at 239-6755.

 

DRESS CODE: Students will come to school clean and well groomed in appropriate clothing to promote a positive learning environment. If in doubt about whether the item of clothing is appropriate, choose on the side of common sense and do not wear that item to school. Administrators and faculty will refer any dress that is deemed inappropriate to the Health Room to change into a DCV (Dress Code Violation) t-shirt based on the following guidelines:

1. All tops must have attached shoulder straps. Tube or bustier tops are prohibited.

2. Cleavage, chest, back and midriff must be completely covered with clothing. Excessive exposure of these areas of the body is prohibited. Males must wear their shirts at all times. Low-cut, transparent or cut-out clothing are prohibited.

3. Shorts, skirts and dresses must be at mid-thigh fingertip length. Exposure of the buttock region and underwear is prohibited.

4. All clothing must have neutral or positive messages. Articles of clothing, jewelry and accessories that contain any reference to negative social issues: drugs, sex, profanity, pornography, weapons and gangs are prohibited.

5. Underwear is not permitted as outerwear. Tank-top undershirts or boxer shorts are prohibited as outerwear.

6. Footwear must be worn at all times. Students must adhere to classroom lab policy and P.E. policy for safe footwear.

If the student refuses to change into a DCV t-shirt or obtain acceptable clothing the child will be sent home and a referral will be submitted to Administration and further action will be taken.

 

 

LOCKERS:  Lockers are available in A-building, D-Building, and H-Building. Please go to the Student Activities Center at C102 to pick up a locker form. Locker rental (including lock) is $10 for the school year.

 

MEALTIME: Everyone must have a Kalaheo ID to eat at the cafeteria. No ID, no meal, no exceptions. Staff and students may not borrow another person’s ID card or number. Deposits are accepted in the morning, at the cafeteria from 7:30 – 7:50 a.m. and in the drop box in the H-Building courtyard. Starting, Tuesday, November 1- Deposits will be credited to your account on the same day, only if, submitted before 11 a.m. Deposits made after 11 a.m. will be credited the next day.Students are encouraged to keep a running balance of $5.00 and staff $20.00. Cash only, please.

If you transferred in from another school, any balance that you might have will NOT roll over into your Kalaheo H.S. Mealtime account.

 

 

Regular student breakfast $ 1.10

Reduced price student breakfast $ .30

Second and subsequent student breakfasts $2.20

Adult breakfast $2.20

 

Regular student lunch $2.50

Reduced price student lunch $ .40

Second and subsequent student lunches $5.00

Adult lunch $5.00

 

STUDENT CRIME STOPPERS Call 955-8300 or * Crime on your cellular telephone. Rewards are paid for information that solves a crime. Never give your name. You never have to testify in court. No cellular I.D. No recordings. All calls are confidential and anonymous. Reward is paid even though a student receives school discipline or is apprehended.

 

STUDENT ID CARDS: Students must display or have in their possession their school ID cards; for it must be shown to office personnel to obtain excused absence admit slips and office campus passes. Student IDs are required for all dances and proms, use of computer lab, use of library facilities, entrance to health room and for school lunch service. Replacement ID cards are available in C102 for a fee of $5.00. Mahalo