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Parkview Student Handbook
Our General Rules Are As Follows:
  • Show courtesy and respect to everyone.
  • Keep hands, feet and objects to yourself.
  • Do not damage or destroy school or personal property.
  • Come to class on time and be prepared to work.
  • No profanity.
  • If it's not yours, leave it alone.
  • Follow directions given by adults the first time.
  • No drugs, alcohol, or tobacco. Zero tolerance.
  • No gum, seeds, candy, or pop.
  • Stay in assigned areas.
  • Follow school homework policy.
  • Follow District dress code.
Homework Policy
One Missed Assignment The student may be required to stay after school by the teacher.
Two Missed Assignments The student may be required to stay after school by the teacher.
Three Missed Assignments Parent notified by letter. If the letter is not signed by the parent and returned within (3) days, the teacher shall plan a parent-teacher conference.
Four Missed Assignments MANDATORY Parent-teacher conference to develop strategies for homework.
Five Missed Assignments Pink Slip will be issued. MANDATORY Principal-parent conference.


Students are eligible for trips and special activities during any quarter that they have not received a Pink Slip, unless they have received five Pink Slips, or more for the total year. This includes eighth grade and honor roll.

Every quarter at Parkview and Armona Elementary there will be an activity planned for students to enjoy. Those students who have not received a Pink Slip for the quarter may attend:
  • Special films
  • Party
  • Picnic
  • Dance (grades 5-8)
  • Roller skating (grades 5-8)
  • Other rewards chosen by the faculty


Parkview Closed Campus

Parkview Middle School has a Closed Campus policy, as adopted by the Board of Trustees. This means that students cannot leave the school grounds at any time during the school day except in the company of a parent or legal guardian. Permission to leave campus will be granted only for emergency, or medical reasons, or for off-campus lunch when accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

The parent or legal guardian must come to the school office and sign the student out when taking a child off campus, and must sign in upon returning the student to school.



School Attendance Review Board

The Armona Union School District is a member of the Kings County School Attendance Review Board (S.A.R.B.) THAT REVIEWS SERIOUS ATTENDANCE AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS. The ESTABLISHED PURPOSE OF S.A.R.B. is to ensure all community resources have been utilized, all steps taken to assist in cases of students who are habitually truant, irregular in attendance, insubordinate or disorderly in class before they are referred to judicial systems. S.A.R.B. also provides intensive guidance and coordinates community services to meet the special needs of students with attendance problems and school behavior problems. The Kings County S.A.R.B. reviews cases that have been referred by the school principal. They have the authority to recommend that a pupil should take certain steps to correct inappropriate behavior, refer the pupil to the Juvenile Probation Department, or the parent, to the District Attorney for appropriate action by the judicial system.



Discipline Policy

The large majority of our students demonstrate positive behavior at school and all of the staff will do everything possible to help them learn and have a good school experience. Excellent behavior will be recognized by the following:
  • Student of the month
  • Classroom rewards
  • Positive notes home
  • Attendance recognition
  • Praise
  • Academic recognition
Classroom rules will be set by the individual teachers, with the approval of the site principal. All rules will fall within the boundaries of the District rules. Minor infractions will be handled by the teacher.


Sequence of Reprimand Actions

A) Playground/Yard Infractions
First Offense Verbal warning
Second Offense Isolation on the playground
Third Offense Principal referral

B) All Parkview teachers will have a set of classroom rules and classroom consequences. Consequences include, but not be limited to several teacher actions (assigned and supervised by teacher) and a parent-teacher conference.

C) Administrative actions: (Pink Slips must be approved or issued by Principal)
  • Student conference - other action as deemed necessary.
  • First Pink Slip - Parent notified and punishment at the discretion of the principal.
  • Second Pink Slip - Student/Principal conference - detention and/or one day Intervention Room. Parent notified.
  • Third Pink Slip - A parent/student/Principal conference - minimum of one day suspension.
  • Fourth Pink Slip - A parent/student/Principal/Superintendent conference - minimum 2 day suspension or intervention.
  • Fifth Pink Slip - No trips or sports - 3 day suspension.
  • Sixth Pink Slip - Four day suspension.
  • Seventh Pink Slip - Student expulsion procedures initiated for Board approval.
At Parkview Middle School, all detentions/offenses not included in a Pink Slip will be forgiven at the beginning of each quarter.
Dress Code

NOTE: The District does not allow personal property to be brought to school except sports-related equipment. The District does not accept responsibility for sports-related equipment that is lost, damaged, or stolen. All other personal property is banned from the Armona Union Elementary School District (i.e., electronic games and equipment, radios, baseball cards, comic books, etc.)

NOTE: Education Code prohibits possession or use of electronic signaling devices by students. These devices may include, but are not limited to: pagers, beepers, cellular/digital telephones. Pen-like pointers that aim a red dot are not permitted. Possession of such an item may also be a misdemeanor.

Where Kids Come First
The Governing Board encourages students to dress and groom appropriately for school, noting that when they are neatly attired and take pride in their appearance, there is less misbehavior and a better atmosphere is created.

According to the California Administrative Code, Title 5, Section 302: "A pupil who goes without proper attention having been given to personal cleanliness or neatness of dress, may be sent home to be properly prepared for school, or shall be required to prepare himself for the school room before entering." The preceding paragraph applies to the school site as well as the individual classroom.

Students are expected to dress and groom in good taste and appropriate for an educational environment. The Governing Board requires that a student's clothing and grooming not be unsafe either for the student, or those around the student, (e.g., long, loose sleeves or hair around power machinery), not be disruptive or distract from school operations and the education process in the general (e.g., unnatural hair colors), nor be contrary to law.

Specific requirements for dress in the Armona Union Elementary School District include the following:

  1. All clothing MUST be neat, clean, without holes, or rips, and acceptable in appearance.
  2. Students must wear shoes at all times (no thongs or backless shoes).
  3. Dresses and skirts must be mid-thigh (half way between the groin and top of the knee) or longer.
  4. Walking shorts are allowed. They should be mid-thigh in length for both boys and girls. Shorts must be hemmed. No "short shorts" are allowed.
  5. Baggy pants or "sagging" attire is not allowed. Undergarments shall not be exposed. All pants should be of appropriate size and should fit properly around the waist and the bottom hemline.
  6. No tight, form-fitting pants, dresses, tops or shorts are allowed. Bare midriffs. bare backs, off-the-shoulder and revealing tops are not allowed, (i.e., tank tops, halter tops, fish net, or see through tops, spaghetti straps or underwear type sleeveless tops), unless an appropriate shirt or top is worn underneath.
Note: No clothing or accessories may be worn on school grounds or at school events that depict any of the following:
  • Gang symbolism, (i.e., insignias, bandanna's, colors, etc.).
  • Alcohol
  • Tobacco
  • Drugs
  • Violence
  • Profanity
  • Obscenity
  • Defamation of cultures, religion, groups, social institutions or organizations.

T-shirts may be worn. If the T-shirt is not tucked in, it should not hang lower than a student's fingertips when arms are straight at the student's side. Attire that may be used as a weapon may not be worn (i.e., chains, accessories or clothing with spikes or studs).

  1. Headgear may be worn outside. However, hats, caps, visors, etc., must be worn as traditionally intended (i.e., bills forward, etc.). HEADGEAR MUST BE REMOVED WHEN ENTERING BUILDINGS, EXCEPT STUDENTS MAY WEAR HEADGEAR IN CAFETERIA LINES, BUT MUST REMOVE HEADGEAR AFTER BEING SEATED.
  2. Sun glasses may be worn outside in the Armona School District. However, sun glasses must be removed inside all school buildings.
  3. Principal's may decide on special dress attire for designated school days.

CONSEQUENCES OF DRESS AND GROOMING CODE VIOLATIONS
For any violation, the student will be sent to the office. A parent, or guardian will be contacted to provide appropriate clothing. Continued violations will be considered an act of defiance of valid school authority. This Dress Code may be changed by the Board of Trustee's if they deem it necessary.