Code of Conduct

• Provide a safe, caring, equitable and inclusive learning environment free from distractions
  
• Teach and model positive behaviour and good citizenship
  
• Teach acceptance of and respect for others
  
• Foster open, honest communication
  
• Help students work to their full potential and develop their sense of self-worth
  
• Maintain consistent standards of behaviour for all students
  
• Integrate bullying prevention strategies ​throughout the curriculum in daily classroom teaching and school activities
  
• Notify parents/guardians of students who have been harmed, and students who are believed to have caused harm
  
• Provide support for students who have been harmed, students who have witnessed harmful behaviors and students who have caused harm
  
• Prepare students for the full responsibility of citizenship​
  

• The particular student and mitigating factors
  
• The nature and severity of the behaviour
  
• The impact on the school climate
  
• The impact on the student harmed
  
• The relationships within the school community
  

• Uttering (verbalizing, writing or sending) a threat to inflict serious bodily harm on another person
  
• Possessing alcohol, cannabis (unless the recipient is an individual who has been authorized to use cannabis for medical purposes) or illegal drugs. ​
  
• Being under the influence of alcohol or cannabis
  
• Swearing at a teacher or at another person in a position of authority
  
• Committing an act of vandalism that causes extensive damage to school property at the student's school or to property located on the premises of the student's school
  
• Bullying (physical, social, verbal or cyber)​
  
• Disorderly conduct, persistent opposition to authority, conduct injurious to the moral tone of the school or to the physical or mental well-being of others in the school
• Possession or use of explosive devices, including fireworks
  
• Fire setting, initiating a false alarm, making a bomb threat ​or an act that places individuals, property or community at risk
  
• Extortion
  
• Harassment
  
• Hate crimes
  
• Smoking or vaping on school property
  
• Theft
• Vandalism of school or Board property
  
• Reckless or dangerous use of a vehicle (e.g. car, motorcycle, bicycle, etc.) on school property
  

• Possessing a weapon, including possessing a firearm​
  
• Using a weapon to cause or to threaten bodily harm to another person
  
• Committing physical assault on another person that causes bodily harm requiring treatment by a medical practitioner
  
• Committing sexual assault
• Trafficking in weapons, illegal or restricted drugs
  
• Committing robbery
  
• Giving alcohol or cannabis to a minor
  
• Bullying if the pupil has previously been suspended for engaging in bullying and the pupil’s continuing presence in the school creates an unacceptable risk to the safety of another person​
• Any activity listed the Education Act Subsection 306 (1) that is motivated by bias, prejudice or hate  based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other similar factor
  
• An act considered by the principal to be significantly injurious to the moral tone of the school and/or the physical or mental well-being of others 
• A pattern of behaviour that is so inappropriate that the student’s continued presence is injurious to the effective learning and/or working environment of others​
  
• Activities engaged in by the student, on or off school property, that cause the student's continuing presence in the school to create an unacceptable risk to the physical or mental well-being of other person(s) in the school or Board
  
• Activities engaged in by the student, on or off school property, that have caused extensive damage to the property of the Board, or to goods that are/were on Board property
  

Respect, Civility and Responsible Citizenship

All members of the school community must:

• Respect and comply with all applicable federal, provincial, and municipal laws
  
• Demonstrate honesty and integrity
  
• Respect differences in people, their ideas, and opinions
  
• Treat one another with dignity and respect at all times and especially when there is a disagreement
  
• Respect and treat others fairly, regardless of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability
  
• Respect the rights of others
  
• Show proper care and regard for school property and the property of others
  
• Take appropriate measures to help those in need
  
• Seek assistance from a member of the school staff, if necessary, to resolve conflict peacefully
  
• Respect all members of the school community, especially persons in positions of authority
  
• Respect the need of others to work in an environment that is conducive to learning and teaching, including by ensuring that personal mobile devices are only used during instructional time for the educational and other permitted purposes.​
  
• Not swear at a teacher or at another person in a position of authority​
  

• Engage in bullying behaviours
  
• Commit sexual assault
  
• Traffic in weapons or illegal or drugs
  
• Give alcohol or cannabis to a minor
  
• Commit robbery
  
• Be in possession of any weapon, including firearms
  
• Use any object to threaten or intimidate another person
  
• Cause injury to any person with an object
  
• Be in possession of, or be under the influence of, or provide others with alcohol, cannabis or illegal drugs
  
• Inflict or encourage others to inflict bodily harm on another person
  
• Engage in hate propaganda and other forms of behaviour motivated by hate or bias
  
• Commit an act of vandalism that causes extensive damage to school property or to property located on the premises of the school​