The Azusa Unified School District considers homework to be an important part of the instructional process, as does Ellington School. If implemented properly, homework will become a valuable asset to the student’s educational program. Its main purpose is to strengthen and enrich skills taught during regular class time, but at the same time it will:

▪ Provide the student with experience in independent study

▪ Encourage the student to budget time and practice study habits

▪ Enable the student to develop a personalized, creative approach to school work

▪ Bring the student into contact with out-of-school learning resources

▪ Better inform parents of their child’s academic program and enable them to participate in it to a greater extent

▪ Loss of recess or lunch recess

▪ School service

▪ Parent phone calls

▪ Principal/ student conversation

▪ Suspension: students will be suspended per

Ed. Code 48900- which is described in the Azusa Unified School District Handbook (Suspension may be the first consequence if the situation or misbehavior is deemed serious)

▪ Parents may be held financially responsible

for damage to school property

District programs and activities shall be free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying of any student based on the student's actual race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression; the

perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Any student who feels he/she is being harassed should immediately contact the principals or their teacher.

Playground

▪ Share equipment and playground

▪ Take turns on the swings/slide

▪ Respect adults, peers, and self

▪ Portray good sportsmanship

Cafeteria Behavior

▪ Wait patiently in line

▪ Use inside voices

▪ Clean up your area and put trash in trash can

▪ Follow guidance from Noon Aides at all times

Restroom

▪ Respect the privacy of others

▪ One person in the stall or at the urinal at a time

▪ Clean up after yourself

▪ Put trash into cans

▪ Flush the toilet

Walkways

▪ Walk quietly so others can keep learning

▪ Exit from classrooms in an orderly fashion

▪ Walk on the walkways

▪ Store belongings in a safe manner outside the class

Office

▪ Speak politely and wait your turn

▪ Use an inside voice

▪ Honor the office boundaries

Computer Lab & Library

▪ Help peers as needed

▪ Return materials where you found them

▪ Treat all equipment with care

Leave Personal Items at Home

The following items do not belong at school and will be confiscated: toys, electronic devices, and sports equipment. Please note: *Pets cannot be brought onto campus without prior approval* Items that are potentially dangerous to students or staff will be confiscated. The school is not responsible for lost, stolen, or broken items.

All students need to follow the district dress code:

 ▪ Shoes must be worn at all times. Sandals

must have heel straps. Backless shoes or

sandals without straps are not acceptable.

(Elementary only).

▪ Clothing, jewelry and personal items

(backpacks, gym bags, water bottles, etc.)

shall be free of writing, pictures or any

other insignia which are crude, vulgar,

profane, or sexually suggestive, which bear

drug, alcohol, or tobacco company

advertising, promotions and likenesses, or

which advocate racial, ethnic or religious

prejudice. Gang attire is prohibited.

▪ Hats, caps and other head coverings shall

not be worn indoors.

▪ Hair shall be clean and neatly groomed.

Hair may not be sprayed by any coloring

that would drip when wet.