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DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
VISITORS AND GUESTS
TELEPHONE CALLS
LOCKERS
DRIVING TO SCHOOL
HALL PASSES
TEXTBOOKS
FIRE/EARTHQUAKE DRILLS
LOST, FOUND, AND STOLEN
OTHER EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
EMERGENCY DISMISSAL/SCHOOL CANCELLATIONS
LIBRARY
ILLNESS DURING SCHOOL
REPORTING ACCIDENTS/INJURIES
MEDICATIONS
ASSEMBLIES
CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER
SUPERVISION BY NON-CERTIFIED STAFF
CAFETERIA
2005 - 06 FEES
TELEPHONE CALLS FROM STUDENTS
FLOWERS, BALLOONS, BIRTHDAY SURPRISES, ETC.
OFF LIMIT AREAS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY
LUNCH PURCHASES
VENDING MACHINES
FOOD AND DRINKS
The Flag Salute is read the first school day of each week. Announcements are read over the intercom each day at the beginning of second period and distributed to all teachers. Students should listen carefully for important information.
Students wishing to have messages placed in the announcements should pick up a form in the office and obtain the appropriate teacher or advisor signature.
Parents are always welcome and encouraged to visit their student's classes. Prior to their visit, parents must first contact the main office and make arrangements with CHS administration prior to visiting their student's classroom.
If possible, it is recommended that parents contact CHS administration 24 hours in advance in order to arrange a visit.
Students are not allowed to host other students.Our secretary and student aides are instructed not to accept telephone message for students from anyone but parents/guardians.
We further request parents restrict their calls to unusual or unforeseen reasons to eliminate interruptions of classes. We earnestly request that you plan ahead and eliminate these calls whenever possible. Your cooperation in this matter will be appreciated.
We ask our students to use the pay telephone located outside the Activity Room for personal calls. If a student is ill or having some difficulty, we will call you or have the student call in our presence.
We are sorry that we cannot allow our general student body to have free access to our business telephones, but we cannot transact school business if our lines are jammed with personal telephone calls made by students. The pay telephone charge is $.50.
It is difficult to stress an academic atmosphere and allow classes to be interrupted for festive occasions for individual students. If flowers are delivered to school, florists are to bring them to the main office and students will be called to receive them; however, we will avoid calling students out of class for this. We would like to ask your cooperation in sending "surprise" visitors to our building to celebrate a birthday. We would prefer that such guests not appear. However, please call the main office to inform one of the administrators if a visit is to be made. Please confine such visits to the lunchtime. We will not allow such visitors into the classrooms or call students from class for this.
Each student is issued a school locker at the beginning of the school year. Two (2) students are assigned to each locker. A student must keep their assigned locker the entire school year. Changes will be made only on an emergency basis. The school, its personnel, and the members of the School Board, assume no responsibility for items stolen from student lockers at Creswell High School.
Students are urged not to place money or valuable items in lockers for safekeeping. Lockers are in good working order at the beginning of the school year and every effort will be made to keep the lockers in proper repair. It is the student's responsibility to maintain proper care of the school locker. Damage to lockers, other than normal wear, will result in a charge to the occupants for the repair of that locker.
The schools are properly concerned about the use of the lockers for storage of illegal items.
Lockers may be opened at the discretion of building administrators in a prudent way, at an appropriate time, and in a reasonable manner; however, lockers may be searched on a random or pre-announced basis in order to ensure they are not being used for improper purposes.
Students may bring cars or motorcycles to school as long as they conform to the rules and regulations of the school and the State of Oregon.
PAll vehicles must be registered in the main officePOnly vehicles that are covered by liability and property damage insurance will be permitted to park in the front school parking lot.
PStudent, staff, parent and other visitor automobiles will not be allowed to park in handicapped or unauthorized areas without specific authority.
PStudents are not allowed to park on the east end of the lot, near the locker rooms, or the back or the building.
PThe parking lot and vehicles parked in the lot are not to be accessed during class time.* The Deputy Sheriff will be made aware when vehicles are being operated in a dangerous manner on school campus.
To leave an assigned class, students are required to have an appropriate hall pass whenever he or she is outside the classroom during scheduled class time.
An appropriate hall pass:Students who are in the hallway during class time are required to have an appropriate hall pass.
Students who are in the hall during class time are expected to be courteous and aware of the need to be quiet while classes are in session.
The "Lost and Found" is located in the main office and students should inquire there for missing items. Likewise, students finding items should deliver them to one of the office staff for safekeeping until claimed by the owner. Department Textbooks and library books are returned to the appropriate location. Students should report missing item(s) to the main office immediately. All articles not claimed one week after school is out are donated to a non-profit organization.
STUDENTS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM BRINGING SUMS OF MONEY OR ITEMS OF VALUE TO SCHOOL. Students are asked NOT to keep money or items they may be selling for some fundraising activity in their lockers.
The school, its personnel, and the members of the School Board, assume no responsibility for items stolen from student lockers at Creswell High School.
The library boasts a collection of several thousand volumes and is an integral part of the educational facilities at Creswell High School.
Student who come to the library are required to have the appropriate hall pass.Students who come to the library are required to have a legitimate academic purpose and will not be allowed to simply come to the library and "hang out"
Students, who either do not have the appropriate pass or are not working as assigned, will be asked to return to their class.
The library will have an overdue book fine system. (To avoid fees and fines, check out books as needed and return on or before the due date.)
Basic textbooks are loaned to students of the Creswell School District. Students are responsible for the books that have been issued to them and are required to pay for loss or damage to those books.
All students, faculty and other school employees are to leave the building immediately upon hearing the fire alarm.
A. Walk. DO NOT RUN!Earthquake drills are held twice during the year and are verbally announced over the intercom system. We also participate in the Statewide Earthquake Drill in the spring.
Recent tragedies in schools across the country have made us all sensitive to the reality of school violence and emergency situations. Creswell High School has a safety plan in place should an emergency arise.
Poor weather and/or other emergency situations may require our school be closed or that we release students early without prior notice. It is impossible to call all of our parents in such an event. Please review with your student the steps you wish them to take should a closure occur.
Emergency announcements or school closures will be broadcast over local radio stations.Any student receiving an injury on campus or at a school activity needs to report the injury immediately to a school official (a coach, someone in the office or the activities supervisor). It is important that proper treatment be administered as soon as possible.
If possible, fill out an accident report before going to a doctor or within 24 hours. You are protecting your own claim against student insurance of liability by following this procedure.
Schools are prohibited by law to dispense any medication (including aspirin, first aid creams or sprays, etc.) without a written permission slip form signed by a physician. If you anticipate that your student(s) may require medication during the school year, please pick up a Medical Assistance Form from the office and take it to your physician to complete. At no time may prescription drugs or any other drug defined as a controlled substance on State Schedules 1-5 of the Oregon Controlled Substance Act, be kept in student lockers (unless specified by their physician). No students are to share medication with other students under any circumstances.
Assembly programs are an important part of school life as they contribute to the total learning process of the student body and all students are expected to attend.
Students displaying inappropriate behavior during an assembly will be removed and are subject to suspension from future assemblies.
Whenever either your address or phone number changes, you are required to provide that information to the school. Please contact the Registrar.
Bus drivers, custodians, educational assistants and secretaries assist at times in a supervisory capacity, under the direction of an administrator. Students are expected to comply with the request of any school district employee. Any violation of good conduct, school rules or procedures will be reported.
NOTE: Creswell High school will not provide towel(s) for students (PE) or athletes for the 02-03 School year. Students will need to bring their own towel, for PE, Athletics, etc.
The Student Body Card entitles students to attend all home athletic events without charge. All participants in OSAA sponsored activities are required to purchase a Student Body Card.
Athletic Participation FeesEach student will be assessed an $150.00 fee per sport in order to participate in athletics at CHS. Each time you participate in a sport, you will be required to pay the participation fee, which is non-refundable (subject to determination of the Athletic Director.)
CHECK CASHING POLICYChecks may be used for payment of fees.
Breakfast and lunch are available daily in the cafeteria. Extra milk may also be purchased. Free and reduced prices for breakfast and lunch are available for students who qualify. Applications are available in the office.
The lunch program is computerized at Creswell High School. Money may be put in the students account and used for breakfast and lunch.
Our lunch menu is ala carte. No meal charges will be accepted. No breakfast/lunch purchased within the Free/Reduced Program can be shared with another student.
Snacks and beverages are available from the vending machines located in the new Commons. Students may make purchases from the machines during the following times:
Before school to the end of break.Food and drinks may be consumed in the Commons as well as outside, in the courtyard, etc., before school, and during lunchtime. Students must remember that this is your campus. Be responsible for your food and beverage containers.