North Vancouver School District Code of Conduct
North Vancouver School Districtβs Code of Conduct has been established to maintain a safe, caring, accessible, and healthy learning environment.
It is the shared responsibility of students, staff, parents/guardians, and the broader community, to demonstrate positive conduct while attending any school or district related activity, at any location.
All members of the school community are expected to:
All members of the school community must refrain from engaging in any in-person or digital communication or participating in behaviour that is considered to be:
Bullying, harassing, intimidating, retaliating, discriminating or violent.
All members of the school community are expected to:
Student attendance is the shared responsibility of parents, students and staff.β― Parents/guardians have the responsibility to ensure their child's attendance at school and to communicate with the school regarding their child's absences or tardiness.β―
Students are expected to report to classes on time - prepared to work and to participate. Regular attendance is essential for success in school. When students are away from school, we ask parents to notify the school by telephone or e-mail. When unexplained absences occur the school contacts the parents daily by telephone and e-mail through our synervoice system.β―Please ensure current e-mail addresses are on file at the school.β―Regardless of the reason for absence, it is the student's responsibility to catch up on missed work.
Excessive absences may lead to school support plan that includes the following actions:
Vacations During School Time
Some families may choose to vacation while school is in session, Seycove reminds families that absences will have a significant impact on student learning.
Parents and students are asked to avoid planning vacations during instructional time. Missed class time and learning opportunities cannot be replicated. It may not be possible to make up activities and assignments missed, nor may it be possible to provide work ahead of time.
Students arriving late to class create an unnecessary disruption which affects the learning of all students in the classroom. Students who are late for classβ―MUSTβ―report to the classroom immediately, knock on the classroom door, and wait for the teacher to admit them. A note explaining the student's lateness may be required. Students are responsible for all work missed. Habitual lateness will be dealt with in the same manner as absenteeism.
Why is attendance so important? Seeβ―Attendance Mattersβ―at:
PERSONAL DIGITAL DEVICES AND CELL PHONES
A focus on learning and maintaining the safety and privacy of all staff and students at Seycove is of paramount importance.
All members of the school community are expected to leave personal digital devices (including cell phones, smartwatches, gaming devices, tablets, laptops, and earbuds) at home, or in their locker during instructional time and within instructional spaces in the building (including library, Learning Centre, Computer Lab, Music Room).
When arriving in class, students are expected to have left their devices (cell phones, airpods, headphones) away in a place where it will not be a distraction to themselves or to others. If a student is using their phone after having been asked to put it away by the teacher, they may be directed to the administration.
Allowances may be made by the staff for instructional purposes, accommodations within a studentβs Individualized Education Plan, accessibility, medical and health needs, and/or equitable support for learning outcomes.
The following uses of a cell phone are considered inappropriate, and are NOT permitted:
The school will not be held responsible for physical damage, loss or theft of personally-owned digital devices and/or cell phones.
SCHOOL NETWORK and INTERNET USE:
Students and staff have access to the school district's network resources, including an individual user account, a numbered school district email, office 365* and internet service. District resources should not be used for personal use
Students have a responsibility to respect and protect themselves and others by following the NVSD Student Acceptable Use of Technology Agreement.
The following examples demonstrate what actions constitute cheating & plagiarism:
The use of generative AI tools, including ChatGPT and other similar tools, to complete or support the completion of any form of assignment or assessment in this course must be approved by the classroom teacher.
Submitting, as your own work, assignments, homework, or other material that was purchased, acquired from written or edited work from another source, including tutors;
Students involved in any form of cheating, plagiarism, or unsanctioned sharing of work may have a range of consequences:
ILLEGAL and RESTRICTED SUBSTANCES:
Each day Seycove welcomes students to campus and takes care to provide a safe and healthy environment focused on learning and personal development. To that end students found using, possessing, or being with others involved with drugs, vape/vape products, at school or at school-sponsored events, may be suspended. Such actions may also include police involvement. Subsequent involvement in drugs or alcohol will require a re-entry plan to return to school. Any student found supplying drugs or alcohol to others may be suspended and referred to an outside agency and/or the police.β―
This is in accordance with Section 2.2 of theβ―Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act, effective September 1, 2016, the use of tobacco and vapour products is banned on all public and private K-12 schools in British Columbia. A person must not smoke, nor be with others involved in smoking or using tobacco products or e-cigarettes, nor hold lighted tobacco or activated e-cigarettes, in or on school property.
This ban extends to all school property 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, regardless of whether school is in session. The ban also includes vehicles, parking lots, sports fields, driveways, courtyards, and private vehicles parked on school property.β―
If vaping on school property, a range of consequences may apply:
β’ Meeting with administration, contact with parent/guardian, and vapes and vaping substances will be confiscated, and students may work at home for the remainder of the day.
β’ For a first incident, students may have an in-school suspension for up to 3 days. A second incident of vaping may result in more severe consequences including suspension out of school.
