TYWLS Queens Policies and Procedures
Areas off limits: Students must disperse and leave the school area at dismissal for their own safety and the safety of others.
Attendance Policy: A satisfactory attendance record is one of the requirements for promotion and graduation from the School. Additionally, it is a significant consideration in high school and college admissions. Because attendance procedures affect the safety and the academic success of our students, we expect them to be followed precisely.
- Breakfast is available to all students at 7:30 a.m. every morning.
- Students are expected to be at their designated morning meeting by 8:00 a.m every day in their classrooms by 8:16 a.m. and will be marked late if they arrive after classes begin. A student who arrives after classes start must sign herself into the “Late Book” at the reception area. Students who are late to classes must present a late pass and will be subject to detention if they are late to school, or a class.
- If a student is to leave school early, before her last class, she must have the written permission of her parent, or her parents must call the office the day of question. The parent must come to the school to get the student. This is a Chancellor’s Regulation and no exceptions are permitted.
- Students are not excused from school during the week before or after a school holiday or vacation. Any student who is absent before or after vacation must make up the work she has missed on her own. Teachers may, at their discretion, offer tests to students who missed them during such times.
Behavior Outside the School: Remember that on public buses, school trips, and so on, each student is a clearly identifiable representative of The Young Women’s Leadership School to the outside community. Students are expected to maintain standards of courteous and considerate behavior.
Bus/Subway Passes: Eligible students receive METRO CARDS; There are circumstances under which lost cards cannot be replaced, so students are advised to handle these passes with care. A separate sheet is available explaining the metro card policy; however, generally there is at least a three-day waiting period for a lost metro card.
Internet Usage Policy: The use of the internet is a privilege which will be revoked if students violate the Department of Education policies regarding its use. These policies include specific prohibitions against the following:
- Sending or receiving personal messages
- Using the Internet for commercial purposes, advertising or similar objectives
- Utilizing copyrighted materials without permission
- Lobbying for political purposes or soliciting votes
- Accessing pornographic or obscene materials
- Sending or receiving messages that are racist, sexist, inflammatory, hateful or obscene
- Vandalizing data, software or equipment
- Sending or receiving another person’s messages without authorization.
Lunch/Dining Hall Policy: No eating is permitted in the classrooms. Except in unusual circumstances and with the permission of a faculty member, food must not leave the dining hall or be carried into the building from outside, unless given permission from a TYWLS staff member. Please do not cut into the lunch line. The dining hall is a resource room shared by all. Neatness, cleanliness, order, and courteous behavior ought to govern its utilization. To that end, students eating in the dining hall must:
- use a tray for all food and drink;
- avoid crowding any table;
- leave their tables dry and clean;
- put dishes/paper cups away properly;
- act thoughtfully and responsibly toward the other members of the school community.
Uniforms: As the School, at its founding, chose to require a uniform, we ask that the following regulations be given full support by parents and students. These regulations have been held to a minimum and designed in the interest of safety, common sense, and the appearance of the school community as a whole. See Dress Code Guidelines for more information.
Money and Valuables: Students should not bring large sums of money or other valuables (such as radios or disc players) to school. The School does NOT assume responsibility for valuables.
Telephones: Students may not use personal cell phones to contact homes. Students may use the office telephones only with the permission of a teacher or school staff. Parents are asked not to telephone the School Office with messages for students unless there is a real emergency.
CELL PHONES ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE SCHOOL AND WILL BE CONFISCATED ON SIGHT TO BE RETURNED ONLY TO A PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
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