From the Dean of Student Life
Social Skill for Success:
Purcell Marian is in its third three of utilizing the Boystown Well Managed School
Model. It is a prosocial skill training method emphasizing at least 16 marketable skills for success in school, and the workplace. This method promotes a common, consistent language and procedure to teach theses social skills that will help all become successful Cavaliers. We will be highlighting a skill each week.
Following Instructions
is this week's skill of the week. Any time a student is given an instruction they should follow these steps:
#1. Look at the person
#2. Say Okay
#3. Do what has been asked right away
#4. Check back
Please visit the parent website for Boystown at http://www.parenting.org . We will be highlighting one of the skills each week in the parent newsletter.
Student Parking
:
There are parking spaces available for student parking in the south lot and behind the school by the football field. All students who wish to qualify for the student parking lottery must have their registration form completed and submitted by noon on Wednesday August 24th. There is also a parking fee of $100 which is not due until you have been selected for a spot. See Mr. Tobin to get a registration form.
New Parent Tip Sheet
:
Check our parent newsletter weekly for updates involving student life.
- The daily school schedules can be found in the back of the student handbook. A reminder that every Wednesday is an early dismissal day with school ending at 1:55 pm. Students who are waiting to take the busses need to wait outside or in the cafeteria until the busses arrive.
- Students can be dropped off in the morning to either the Main Entrance located on Hackberry St. or the South Entrance located by the South Parking Lot.
- Students arriving before 7:30 am need to report to the Cafeteria. A reminder that school begins at 7:45 am.
- Parents can pick up students after school at the South Entrance. All students need to be out of the building unless with a teacher or coach.
- If a student needs to leave school early, please call or send a note with your child in the morning before school.
- If you are bringing a student's lunch to school please take it to the main office by 10:45 am to ensure the student receives it.
Below are some general student life policy updates and reminders
ABSENCE PROCEDURES:
Custodial parents and legal guardians are the sole authority for permitting students to miss school on scheduled school days. It should be understood that class time is a vital factor in a student being able to successfully complete courses. Students should only miss school in extreme situations such as a serious illness, serious family situations, etc. If a student must be absent from school THE CUSTODIAL PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN MUST:
* Call the attendance office at 487-3107 on the morning of the absence and every morning thereafter until the student returns to school. Please call the office before 9:00 am. Parents should request homework at this time to allow teachers ample time to send work down to the office. Homework may be picked up at the office between 2:45-4:00 pm. (After 9:00 am it becomes increasingly difficult for our staff to get your child's work in time.)
* Provide the student with a written-signed letter of excuse stating the cause and dates of the absences. The student should submit this to the Attendance Secretary before returning to classes. The letter will be kept in the student's individual file. A doctor's note or parents note can be required if the student is absent for 3 consecutive days due to illness. If a doctor/parent note is not received, the absence remains an unexcused absence.
* If students are required to leave school early, they must bring a note from the parent or guardian explaining the reason and the time for the release. Dentist or doctor appointments should be made on days when there is no school or after school hours so that the student does not miss valuable class time.
Know that a student will receive a Saturday detention if they accumulate 10 unexcused absences in one semester.
TARDY POLICY:
Students must be inside his/her Homeroom each day before the Homeroom Bell rings at 7:45 am. If a student is not inside Homeroom before the bell rings, then that student will receive an all school tardy.
Students are given up to 4 unexcused tardies a quarter without disciplinary action.
5 or more tardies results in an after school detention
10 or more tardies results in a cleaning detention and demerit.
15 or more tardies results in a Saturday detention.
CELL PHONE POLICY:
All personal audio or visual electronic devices are to be in the "off" position and put away during the school day, from the beginning of homeroom to the end of 8th bell. Cell phones should not be seen, or heard throughout the school day.
The faculty and staff can give permission to students to use their cell phones for an academic purpose. At no time during the school day should students be on their cell phones without the permission of a teacher.
If a student has an electronic device out without permission the item will be confiscated and the student will be allowed to pick it up at the end of the day for a monetary cost. First infractions will cost $1 to get phone back, second infraction $2, etc. All money will go toward student activities.
If this behavior becomes a pattern consequences for a serious infraction will be given and the student may have their cell phone confiscated in the main office until the parent or guardian picks it up.
Parents can pick the cell phones from the main office during normal school hours with the latest time being 4:00pm. Purcell Marian will not be responsible for confiscated items.
If a student refuses to give the electronic device to the staff member, the student will receive an office referral.
SATURDAY DETENTION:
Saturday Detention is held from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm and the students will be notified of the specific date that they
are to serve. See the student handbook to view infractions deserving of a Saturday detention. There is a $20.00 fee for
each Saturday Detention that the students must bring with them when they attend. All school rules including dress code apply to Saturday Detention. Students will not be permitted late. Any student who is late will be (1) sent home (2) receive no credit for the time (3) be assigned an additional Saturday Detention. Students must bring enough work to keep busy for the full three hour period. Students who fail to have enough work will be dismissed and not receive credit for time served. Students will remain seated and quiet. Student must raise their hands and be recognized to ask questions or speak. Students will receive breaks to use the rest room, sharpen pencils, get drinks, etc.
The only acceptable excuse from a Saturday Detention is illness verified by parental contact. If a student is ill on
the Saturday morning on which he/she was to serve, the parent must call the Dean of Student Life's office
Saturday morning. The Saturday Detention will be re-scheduled.
Students will not receive grades, be registered for next year's classes, or in the case of graduating seniors, receive
diplomas or have final transcripts sent to colleges until all detentions/Saturday obligations have been met.
HIGHLIGHTED DRESS CODE POLICIES:
BODY PIERCING
- No visible body piercing, other than the ears, is permitted. All other facial piercing is not
permissible. Students will be asked to remove all piercings that are considered unacceptable. Failure to comply
will result in the student being sent home.
HAIR
- Must be neatly trimmed and groomed at all times. Purcell Marian students are to have natural hair color only.
Natural highlights are acceptable. Extreme hairstyles (for example-designs, Mohawks, etc.) and hair coloring (for
example-any unnatural hair colors, multi-colors, designs, etc.) are not appropriate and are not acceptable for school.
Hairstyles that violate the dress code, will receive 1 all school detention and 1 demerit for the first offense. Repeated
violation will be considered a serious infraction. Please check with Mr. Tobin before you adopt a new and/or
questionable hairstyle.
Senior Pictures
Executive studios is our school's only senior portraits and yearbook photographer. Executive studio is a local company with highly trained photographers that does not require a non-refundable deposit. They encourage you to bring your own personal props to personalize your pictures. Their contact information is below:
Executive Studios Photograph
700 West Pete Rose Way (Longworth Hall) Building D 5th Floor
Cincinnati OH 45203
513-241-4959
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Lunch Schedule
We will have more lunch items available next week
Wednesday -
Chick Fil A
$3.50 a sandwich
Thursday - Chicken lunch
$3.00 - chicken, mac N cheese, green beans
Friday
- Pizza
$1.50 per slice
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PM Walk
The Purcell Marian Walk will take place on Friday, September 9
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This is our biggest student fundraiser and we are asking each student to bring in at least $25 in order to
participate. See attached documents for more information.
