Nesbit Elementary School

• Students show equal respect to those in authority including teachers, aides, yard duty, cafeteria personnel, parent volunteers, chaperones, and other adults.
• Students follow the instructions of teachers and support staff.
• Students are polite, courteous and demonstrate good manners.
• Students show respect by listening while others are talking.

• Students are considerate and kind to one another.
• Students solve problems in a positive manner using tools such as conflict resolution.
• Students express their feelings in a constructive way.
• Students use proper manners.
• Students show respect by asking permission before handling other people's things.
• Students treat others as they wish to be treated.
• Students keep hands, feet, and other objects to themselves.
• Students wear appropriate clothing.
• Students work cooperatively with their peers.

• Students take care of classroom books, materials, and school equipment.
• Students follow guidelines for appropriate use of technology.
• Students clean up after themselves and throw away garbage in the appropriate container.
• Students take care of library books and return them on time.
• Students respect bulletin board displays and art work.
• Students use the bathroom appropriately.

• Students come to school prepared to learn.
• Students are responsible for the decisions and actions they make.
• Students arrive at school on time and go to the proper location.
• Students take pride in doing their best work. They listen to and follow directions.
• Students have the necessary supplies and complete class assignments on time.
• Students are responsible for making up missed assignments.
• Students are not permitted to bring toys and playground equipment from home without permission from their teacher.
• Students are responsible for their own personal items such as coats, lunchboxes, etc. Please label these items as it makes it easier to identify them in the Lost and Found.
• Students walk their bikes and scooters on school grounds.
• Students walk quietly and orderly in school hallways and breezeways.
• Students stay out of the hallways during recesses.

School-Wide Rules

• Students walk quietly.
• When walking as a class, students walk quietly in single file keeping their hands and feet to themselves.

• Students are not allowed unsupervised on school grounds before 8:10 a.m. and after 3:30 p.m.
• Students who arrive at school before 8:10 a.m. must report directly to the office.
• Students in grades 1-3 who are not picked up by 2:40 p.m. must wait on the benches around the flagpole until 2:50 p.m. and then report to the office.
• Students in grades 4 and 5 who are not picked up by 3:15 p.m. must wait on the benches around the flagpole until 3:30 p.m. and then report to the office.
• Students being supervised by their parents after school must still obey all school rules.

• Students use good table manners and cooperate with the lunch supervisors.
• Students and adults treat each other respectfully.
• Students talk quietly with friends.
• Students eat a nutritious lunch. Sharing food is discouraged.
• Students clean up their trash and recycle cans and plastic after they are finished eating.
• Students remain seated until they are excused.
• Students walk to and from their tables.
• Students calmly alert lunch supervisors when problems arise.

• When the bell/whistle rings, students freeze and listen to instructions.
• Students walk directly to their lines once excused.
• Students walk quietly between their classroom and the playground.
• Students use the outside bathrooms during recess.
• Students are responsible for returning all equipment they use during recess.
• Students use equipment appropriately.
• Students keep hands and feet to themselves. Physical contact including tackling, wrestling, karate, etc. is not permitted, even as play.
• Students do not climb on top of slides, bullet, bars, tunnels, etc. and only go down the slides.
• Students may play tag on the grass or blacktop only.
• Students must allow anyone who wants to play to join a game, but if teams are already in place, the new person needs to find another person to join as well so that teams remain fair.
• Students calmly and peacefully talk out problems using tools such as conflict resolution.
• Students calmly alert the yard duty if problems arise.
• Students practice good sportsmanship.
• Students obey boundary lines. The red line should only be crossed to go to the bathroom, library, or office.
• Students eat snack at the lunch tables and are responsible for cleaning up after themselves.
• Students who have been benched are to check in with the yard duty to serve their time. They sit quietly on the bench until excused.
• Students must keep away from those who have been benched during recess.