School Rules in 1996

Schedule

7:25-3:03
8 periods, 45 minutes each
1 hour for lunch
Ninth graders travel between Freidell and JM

Classes and Graduation Requirements

Beginning with the 1994 - 1995 school-year, students entering the 9th grade need 24 credits to graduate. See registration guide for additional requirements in math, science, fine arts, English, social studies, health, reading , physical education, and Senior Seminar.

In grades 10 - 12, you must earn 15 ¼ credits which must include the following: English Explorations 10, Speech, Written Composition, Literary Heritage, 1 credit of English electives, American History 10, American Government, World Culture, Contemporary Studies, Health, Reading 1, Physical Education 10, and 8 ½ credits of additional electives.

Required: English - 3, Social Studies - 2 1/2, PE - 1/2, Health - 1/2, Reading - 1/4

Report Cards

Not addressed

Smoking

The school district smoke free policy states: “Effective Sept. 1, 1987, smoking and the use of tobacco products shall be prohibited on school district property. This shall include school buildings, grounds, and school-owned vehicles.”

Narcotics, Alcoholic Beverages, and Drugs: 

Use of non-prescription drugs and alcohol by minors is illegal and harmful. No student shall knowingly possess, handle, use, transport, or be under the influence of any controlled substance: Narcotic drug, hallucinogenic drug, amphetamine, barbiturate, marijuana, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant of any kind, or any substance represented as the aforesaid: on the school property or off the school property at any school activity, function, or event. Prohibited conduct includes handling, transporting, or having on the student’s person, in the locker or vehicle of the student any substance described above.

Violation will result in:

1. Student suspension; conference with parent/guardian and recommendation for community-based evaluation with involvement of building multidisciplinary chemical awareness team.

2. Initiation of expulsion and/or exclusion proceedings for repeated offenses.

Distributing, bartering, delivering, exchanging, giving away, selling or attempting to sell alcohol, controlled substances, mood-altering substances or prescription drugs will result in initiating expulsion and /or exclusive proceedings.

Hallway Discipline Policy:

1. No food or beverage may be consumed in the hallways, outside of Student Center, or Cafeteria.

2. Students may not stay in the hallways when classes are in session.

3. Card playing is allowed in the Student Center, Cafeteria, Picnic Area and Homecourt (with permission from teacher). Cell phones, Radios, and Pagers are not allowed in the building.

4. First violation results in ASC during all open periods, second violation results in 5 day assignment to ASC during all open periods. Additional violations will be dealt by the administration.

Appearance

Students are expected to be appropriately dressed and acceptably groomed for school at all times. No gang-related jewelry, insignia, colors, paraphernalia, materials, apparel, clothing, or attire may be worn or carried on campus or at school activities, including, but not limited to, gloves, bandanas, shoestrings, wristbands and jewelry which are likely to cause others to be intimidated by fear of violence. Students dress should comply with reasonable standards of cleanliness, safety, and should not be disruptive to the operation of the school or inappropriate for students (for example: advertisement of alcohol, illicit, or illegal drugs; tobacco; sexually explicit; or demeaning wording).

Cafeteria:

All students are expected to eat their lunches in Area 4. Hot lunches may be eaten only in the cafeteria, cold lunches may be eaten in the cafeteria or student center.

All food or beverage brought into or purchased at John Marshall should be consumed in the cafeteria or student center. Place all waste paper into the containers provided. We are proud of our lunch period conduct. Remember to take trays to the conveyor belt located along the south wall of the cafeteria. Leave your table clean--NOTHING should be left on it. Any conduct unbecoming a student of John Marshall may result in disciplinary action being taken. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors may leave school grounds during their lunch period.

Sports:

Boys: Girls:

Cross Country Track Cross Country Basketball

Soccer Golf Tennis Gymnastics

Hockey Tennis Swimming Track

Basketball Volleyball Golf

Wrestling Soccer Softball

Swimming Hockey 

Student Activities:

Verbal Abuse

Students are expected to use appropriate language at school at all times. Students are not to be involved in intimidation, harassment, or extortion. Students are not to intentionally cause or attempt to cause physical injury to any person. This includes violations against persons, such as threatened assault, assault, fighting, harassment, bomb threats, false fire alarms, interference, obstruction, and attack with a weapon, taking place on the school property or off the school property at any school activity, function or event.

Weapons

No student shall knowingly possess, handle, or transport any object that can reasonably be considered a weapon. This includes on the school property or off the school property at any school activity, function, or event. Prohibited conduct includes handling, transporting, or having on the student’s person, in the locker, or vehicle of the student any object that can be reasonably considered a weapon.

Racial, Religious, Verbal, Physical, or Sexual Harassment and Racial, Religious, or Sexual Violence Defined:

A. Sexual Harassment 

Sexual harassment consists of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, sexually motivated physical conduct or other verbal or physical conduct or communication of a sexual nature.

B. Racial Harassment

Racial harassment consists of physical or verbal conduct relating to an individual’s race.

C. Religious Harassment

Religious harassment consists of physical or verbal conduct which is related to an individual’s religion.

D. Sexual Violence

Sexual violence is a physical act of aggression or force or the threat thereof which involves the touching of another’s intimate parts, or forcing a person to touch any person’s intimate parts. Intimate parts include the primary genital area, groin, inner thigh, buttocks or breast, as well as the clothing covering these areas.

E. Racial Violence

Racial violence is a physical act of aggression or assault upon another because of, or in a manner related to, race.

F. Religious Violence

Religious violence is a physical act of aggression or assault upon another because of, or in a manner related to, religion.

G. Assault is:

1. An act done with intent to cause fear, in another, of immediate bodily harm or death;
2. The intentional infliction of, or attempt to inflict, bodily harm upon another; or
3. The threat to do bodily harm to another with present ability to carry out the threat.

Big Sis/Little Bro and Big Bro/Little Sis:

Any activities associated with the Big Sis/ Little Bro and Big Bro/ Little Sis are not allowed at John Marshall.

Police Liaison Program:

The School/Police Liaison program was started on March 2, 1992 at John Marshall and Mayo High Schools. The Program provides for a full-time police officer on campus. Officer Langworthy is assigned to John Marshall High School. His duties are to assist the students, teachers, and administrators with information and advice in the area of law enforcement.

Throughout the year he makes presentations to classes on law enforcement and crime prevention.

The officer enforces laws, investigates thefts, assaults, auto accidents, and other incidents that occur on campus and in residential parking areas. Officer Langworthy’s office is open to anyone to stop by and talk, or report a crime, or get information. If you need help and do not know who to talk to, he is there to provide assistance. The office is in room 3-113 and the phone number is 287-1969. 

Gifted and Talented Education Program

Honors Courses--open to anyone willing to go the extra length for an honors class.

Honors Option Courses--for students desiring more challenging opportunities.

Honors Program Identification Procedures--any student willing to assume the challenge may register for an honors course or an honors option course. To receive an honors diploma one must complete a self-nomination form available through the building coordinator of Gifted and Talented Education.

Honors Diploma--a program designed for students whose academic achievement places them in the top fifteen to twenty percent of the student population.

Mentorship in the Community--a challenging program for students wishing to pursue a skill or interest area depth or explore a career field under the supervision of a specialist in the community.

Differentiated Services--a program designed to meet the unique needs of students with abilities/talents which place them at the top two or four percent of the student population.

Fight Song:

Go you Rockets, GO, GO, GO
For good old JM High
We will never let you down
Our spirit is the best, RAH, RAH, RAH
Fighting Rockets onward we go
Driving striving on to the goal
Fight, fight, for JM High
It's the school that we love the best