Student Behavior & Support

Positive Behavior Supports: Bullying Prevention and Education

Bullying behavior can have a negative effect on the school climate and can lead to more serious behaviors affecting the health, safety, and welfare of students. The Board supports a secure school climate, conducive to teaching and learning that is free from threat, harassment and any type of bullying behavior. The purpose of this policy is to promote consistency of approach and to help create a climate in which all types of bullying are regarded as unacceptable. Bullying is the use of coercion to obtain control over another person or to be habitually cruel to another person. Bullying can occur through written, verbal or electronically transmitted expression or by means of a physical act or gesture. Bullying is prohibited on district property, at district or school-sanctioned activities and events, when students are being transported in any vehicle dispatched by the district or one of its schools, or off school property when such conduct has a connection to school or any district curricular or non-curricular activity or event. A student who engages in any act of bullying is subject to appropriate disciplinary action, including suspension, expulsion and/or referral to law enforcement authorities. The severity and pattern of the bullying behavior, if any, shall be considered when disciplinary decisions are made. Teachers who observe or become aware of bullying shall take appropriate steps to intervene and/or report such behavior to the school principal. Parents and students who become aware of bullying are encouraged to report it to the school principal. School principals shall take appropriate steps to educate students about ways to prevent bullying.

Behavioral Expectations and Positive Behavior Support

Northridge High School is committed to providing students with a school that demonstrates clear expectations for student behavior. Positive Behavior Intervention Support is a proactive program designed to teach and support appropriate student behaviors in order to create a positive, safe and effective learning environment. These behaviors will be taught formally to 9th grade students in their Grizzly Advisory class. In addition, students will receive a refresher on behavioral expectations during grade level class meetings.

Students will receive recognition for upholding Grizzly Pride (our behavioral expectations) by receiving Grizz Awards, which will make them eligible for various opportunities and prizes throughout the academic school year.

At Northridge, our students demonstrate:

Respect

For yourself, others, and school property
Treat others the way you would like to be treated

Responsibility

For actions and academic success

Integrity

Do the right thing even when no one is watching

Determination

Maintain a focus on learning and goals for future

Caring

Showing empathy for others

When a student violates an expected behavior, administration will take into account the precipitating events, student’s intentions, student temperament, what happened, and the damage or injury caused by the misbehavior or rule violation. All students will be treated fairly and consequences will be determined by each individual situation. In all cases, the student will be asked to repair the harm that was done to all parties by their individual actions.

Student Code of Conduct

District 6 expects all students to behave appropriately for an educational environment and follow school rules. All schools are expected to establish behavior guidelines as defined in the school’s positive behavior intervention and support (PBIS) plan. Any behavior, which disrupts the learning environment, and/or is detrimental to the safety and welfare of other students or staff is subject to disciplinary action. The principal or designee may apply disciplinary consequences including suspension or a recommendation for expulsion for any student who engages in one or more of the following activities while in school buildings, on district property, when being transported in vehicles dispatched by the district or one of its schools, during a school-sponsored or district-sponsored activity or event and off school property when the conduct has a reasonable connection to school or any district curricular or non-curricular event.

Consequences for inappropriate behavior are contained in the following chart, which is used in all schools. The school’s responses to inappropriate behaviors are subject to change by the direction of Weld County District 6 Board of Education. Prior to the imposition of a consequence, the student will be informed of the behavior for which the consequence is being imposed and will have some opportunity to explain his/her side of the story. Students using the Internet must abide by the provision of the District 6 Technology User Agreement and Colorado Revised Statute 18-5.5-101 and 18.5.5-102 (also Title 17, USC Section 102). Copies are available upon request. For students identified as disabled and on an Individual Education Plan, please refer to policy/procedure JK*-2. Please note that any infraction marked with an asterisk (*) may involve a school police resource officer or local law enforcement agency. CCS means community/campus service and suspension can be in-school (ISS) or out-of-school (OSS).

Habitually Disruptive Behavior

A “habitually disruptive student” means a child who has been suspended for disruptive or dangerous behavior three times during the course of the school year for causing a material and/or substantial disruption in the classroom, on school grounds, in school vehicles or at school activities or events, because of behavior that was initiated, willful and overt on the part of the student. Students who are in violation of their individual remedial discipline plans may be declared habitually disruptive and NHS will move forward with expulsion proceedings.

Searches of Student Property

In order to keep the school safe, state law allows your person and/or personal possessions (including backpacks, purses, lockers and vehicles) to be searched whenever a school authority has reasonable suspicion to believe that you are in possession of contraband or unauthorized materials. The school retains the authority to conduct routine patrols of student parking lots and inspections of the exteriors of cars while on school property. The interiors of a car may be inspected without student consent but with the student present, if there is a reasonable suspicion as described above.

Range of Consequences and Interventions

When a student chooses to violate school rules and when deemed appropriate by the administration, he/she may receive School Detention, In-School Suspension, Out-of-School Suspension, Community/Campus Services, Alternatives to suspension, or a referral to the School Resource Officer. Students receiving an Out of School Suspension will participate in a meeting to ensure success upon returning to school - a parent/guardian will also be required to attend this meeting.