WELCOME Welcome to Pottsgrove Middle School! The information in this handbook has been carefully prepared and presented in an effort to help you, the student and parent, adjust to, and become an integral part of our school. In attending to your academic responsibilities, we hope that you will participate in our varied activities during this school year and enjoy your days at the middle school. Remember, your success in this school will be directly proportional to your efforts. Our school welcomes you to its family and we hope that you will always be conscious of its traditions and requirements. Your experience will be whatever you make it! Let us always have the spirit to do the things that make Pottsgrove Middle School outstanding. COMMUNITY RELATIONS POLICY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY The Federal and State governments as well as the State Board of Education have enacted laws and issued directives protecting and granting equal opportunity to students and employees within the Commonwealth. In like manner, the Board of School Directors of the Pottsgrove School District reaffirms its commitment to a policy of providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all pupils and employees commensurate with their needs, abilities, and diverse cultural backgrounds. The Board endorses the principle of equal educational and employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, handicap, race, color, religious creed, national origin or age. Information about rights or grievance procedures, contact the Title IX and Section 504 coordinator, Dr. William Shirk, Pottsgrove School District, 1301 Kauffman Road, Pottstown, PA 19464. Phone: 610-327-2277 Pottsgrove School Board Adopted: 1/12/82 School Wide Positive Behavior System (SWPBS) Expectations All students and staff are to follow the behavior expectations found on the matrix on the previous page. Students will be instructed on expectations during the first week and throughout the year. Home Of The Falcons
WELCOME Welcome to Pottsgrove Middle School! The information in this handbook has been carefully prepared and presented in an effort to help you, the student and parent, adjust to, and become an integral part of our school. In attending to your academic responsibilities, we hope that you will participate in our varied activities during this school year and enjoy your days at the middle school. Remember, your success in this school will be directly proportional to your efforts. Our school welcomes you to its family and we hope that you will always be conscious of its traditions and requirements. Your experience will be whatever you make it! Let us always have the spirit to do the things that make Pottsgrove Middle School outstanding. COMMUNITY RELATIONS POLICY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY The Federal and State governments as well as the State Board of Education have enacted laws and issued directives protecting and granting equal opportunity to students and employees within the Commonwealth. In like manner, the Board of School Directors of the Pottsgrove School District reaffirms its commitment to a policy of providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all pupils and employees commensurate with their needs, abilities, and diverse cultural backgrounds. The Board endorses the principle of equal educational and employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, handicap, race, color, religious creed, national origin or age. Information about rights or grievance procedures, contact the Title IX and Section 504 coordinator, Dr. William Shirk, Pottsgrove School District, 1301 Kauffman Road, Pottstown, PA 19464. Phone: 610-327-2277 Pottsgrove School Board Adopted: 1/12/82 School Wide Positive Behavior System (SWPBS) Expectations All students and staff are to follow the behavior expectations found on the matrix on the previous page. Students will be instructed on expectations during the first week and throughout the year. Home Of The Falcons
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