General Rules for Students
Each student must be dressed modestly in the uniform of St. Michael’s Academy, and in accordance with the standards of modesty in dress given by the Church in the 20th Century. For more information, see "Modesty In Dress."
Girls uniform in grades 1-6 consists of a navy jumper which reaches below the knee, and an elbow or cuff length white blouse, white or navy knee-highs or tights, and navy sweater if desired. Girls in grades 7 and 8 must wear navy skirts and vest, white blouse (same as above), navy or white knee-highs or tights, and navy sweater if desired. No facial make-up or nail polish allowed. Hair must be neatly groomed.
Boys uniform consists in navy blue slacks, light blue (elbow or wrist length) cotton shirt and navy blue cross tie with brown or black shoes, and navy blue sweater only if desired. Boys must be neatly groomed – hair trimmed around the ears and above the collar.
All students must come to school neatly groomed, and in full uniform each day unless he brings a written excuse signed by parent.
Pupils must be kind and courteous to teachers and fellow pupils and they must politely greet teacher and instructors on the school grounds. Boys must learn to be true, Christian gentlemen, and girls must be Christian ladies at all times. No smoking of tobacco or alcoholic beverages allowed on school grounds or during school hours or functions. Failure to comply with this is grounds for immediate expulsion.
Students discovered using impure language or vulgarities or engaging in impure and indecent discussions or activities, listening to rock music, discussing TV shows or movies in school, will be severely warned after the first offense, suspended for 3 days after a second offense and expelled after a third offense.
There will be no talking or running or disorderly conduct in the halls or classrooms, and no student may leave the school grounds except if accompanied by parent, guardian or teacher.
All homework assignments, memory work, and written assignments must be completed neatly and well, and within the assigned period of time, unless the student has a written excuse signed by a parent or guardian. More than 5 omitted or incomplete assignments are grounds for suspension – and if continued – for expulsion.
School starts promptly at 8:30 a.m. and students are expected to be punctual. Tardiness or absence must be excused in writing by parents. Parents must come for their children promptly after school and no later than 3:00 p.m., since after this time there will be no supervision.
Students may not chew gum or candy on school grounds, nor eat any food other than during lunchtime or designated times.
We greatly discourage students from viewing television other than the few, wholesome, family programs that come from time to time. We ask parents to please cooperate with this, as well as insuring that student do not listen to rock or country music, or read modern secular magazines or books.
A maximum of: Forty-five minutes of homework is required for grades 1 and 2 *
One Hour for Grades 3, 4, 5 *
One and a half hours for Grades 6, 7, 8 *
*15-20 minutes of this time should be spent in oral reading.
Pupils must take proper care of books and materials owned by the School. Anything lost or damaged must be paid for. Books must be carried in a book bag.
Students must obey all teachers and those in authority.
Daily Rules of St. Michael’s Academy
In the Classroom
Students must be in complete uniform unless excused by a parent.
Students may not talk in class unless they raise their hands and are acknowledged by the teacher. No yelling out.
Students may not get out of their desks without teacher’s permission.
No talking in lines – or – if the teacher is out of the classroom.
When another teacher, priest, or sister enters the classroom students must rise and greet the adult ("Good morning, Fr…"). Respect for all adults (including recess moms) is a must.
Incomplete homework is not acceptable unless accompanied by a note from the parent. Incomplete assignments without parental excuse call for discipline.
Reference books belonging to St. Michael’s cannot be taken off the school premises.
All books and workbooks are to be covered and reinforced with cardboard.
Honesty is of paramount importance. Cheating and lying must be disciplined. After 3 offenses, the teacher must send the child to the principal and notify the parents.
Out of the Classroom
No running up or down the stairs or in halls.
No talking in halls or bathrooms.
Buddy system is to be used for individual trips to the bathroom.
Greet teachers, Father, or Sisters politely in the halls.
Form single file line when entering or leaving classroom or recess grounds. No trips for drinks or bathroom without permission.
Strict, reverent silence must always be observed in Church. Always observe proper church etiquette – correct genuflection, take Holy Water, fold hands correctly, quiet use of rosary and prayer books, good posture.
Playground Rules
Always obey the recess mom.
Observe rules for lining up before and after recess.
Take proper care of playground equipment. Make sure everything is returned to the classroom at the end of recess.
Always be kind to one another.
Do not exclude others.
Do not call names or ridicule others.
Always play according to the rules of a given game. Be a good sport at all times.
Play with your assigned group of fellow students.
Rules for Parents
The parents at St. Michael’s have an all-important role in achieving the stated goals of the school. Without their constant supervision, good example, and moral assent, the school – any school – can do very little for the child’s spiritual and academic well being. If the child is not to become confused, home and school should never be in serious conflict with each other. Parents must see to it that the standards they expect to be imposed by the school will likewise be imposed and upheld at home.
Parents must supervise all homework.
For Grades 1 and 2 parents must work one-on-one with their child to accomplish each item listed on the homework sheet. The child must recite, read, spell, and drill orally to the parent.
A homework sheet is used to allow communication from home to school. Parents must check off each item completed. Any item not completed must be excused in writing on the back of the homework sheet by the parent. Any problems with homework must be noted on back of the sheet for the teacher.
All absentees must be excused by the parent with a phone call to school no later than 8:15 a.m. Call the campus phone number at: 651-772-0959.
Both parents are required to attend parent/teacher conferences and school meetings.
Parents are required to dress modestly in accordance with the stated Papal standards of modesty. (See Insert) No shorts, T-shirts, blue jeans. Women are encouraged to wear a modest dress or skirt and blouse on school premises (for example pick up and drop off of children), but are required to do so at school functions on or off campus (e.g. Christmas play, field trips, classroom parties.) This instills a sense of Christian modesty in our children, but it also models and fosters a spirit of nobility and culture.
We ask parents to work with the school to uphold a truly Catholic culture and ambiance in the home. If home and school do not agree on the daily living of our Catholic Faith, the children will be divided in their loyalties and will very likely rebel against both home and school. Please no rock music, secular worldly magazines and books, little (if any) TV and great care manifested in choosing playmates outside of school for your children,
We ask parents to please drop children off at school by 8:20 a.m. and pick them up promptly at 3:00 p.m.
Rules . . . Why Have Them?
One of the great forces of American fundamentalism is the Christian school. Thousands of churches committed to the Word of God have begun school for the training of their youth. They have given up on the humanistic program of public education and recognized the need for training young people in Christian principles. Christian schools have been the result. And even though these many schools differ in size, structure and facilities they have one thing in common – they all have rules! Therein lies a problem – for most people do not like rules. Children don’t like rules. Parents don’t like rules. Teens don’t like rules. So Christian schools are often criticized and avoided because they have rules.
Is it an awful crime to have rules? Let us recognize that Christian schools did not invent rules. In the 1950’s every public school in the country had rules. They had dress codes; hair could only be so long on the boys, they had to wear belts, girls had to wear skirts or dresses that would reach the knees. Talking was not allowed in the study hall and profanity received sure and awful punishment. Then came the onslaught of humanism. Everyone must do what he desires. Rules inhibit freedom and creative development. Everyone must develop freely without the restriction of rules. As vocal humanism moved into the schools, the rules, moved out. This should not obscure the fact, though, that rules were once a part of public education. Christian schools have kept humanism out and rules in. But why? Why is it that Christian schools have rule books and dress codes? Whey is it that Christian schools have punishment for breaking the rules? Why is it that every applicant to a Christian school is immediately faced with a handbook outlining the school rules?
There are reasons – rational and solid reasons. Christian schools do not have rules because other schools do or because they believe it is good for student’s spirituality to suffer. Consider the real reasons:
Some Rules Are Dictated By Scripture.
Christian schools are dedicated to believing, obeying and upholding the Bible. Some conduct is plainly condemned by the Bible. Scripture states that stealing is wrong, blaspheming is wrong, lying is wrong. Schools that follow the bible, then, must insist that students abide by these plain rules of the Bible. Christian schools must have rules because the Bible has rules.
Some Rules Are Demanded By Our Philosophy.
Public schools have no philosophical basis. They are not sure what they are trying to do and have no absolutes for attempting to accomplish it. If a boat is simply drifting it doesn’t matter whether the oars are in the water or not. A boat that is going someplace must have the oars in the water in the proper order and rhythm. Christian schools know where they are going and why they are going there. They must have the rules to see that students arrive at the right place.
Rules Are Used To Teach.
The teacher insists, "Put your name in the upper right hand corner of your paper," Walk down the hall in a straight line," "Don’t throw stones on the playground." Why should there be such rules? Whey can’t students put their names wherever they want to? Why can’t they throw stones or run down the hall? Because in a Christian school we are teaching. Students are learning from everything they do. By rules students learn neatness and orderliness, and concern for the safety of others. Instead of complaining about the rules, parents should realize that most are instruments of teaching.
Rules Help Teachers.
Teachers work long hours. The days are spent in the classroom with students. Evenings are spent grading papers and planning lessons. Everything must function at maximum efficiency for teachers to survive. When students turn in homework late or don’t turn it in a all, when they talk and disrupt the classroom everything slows down and hinders teacher and student alike. Rules help maintain the efficient and smooth operation that is necessary if teachers are to get the job done. If parents want teachers to teach and children to learn they should help the school program by insisting that their children observe the rules.
Rules Minimize Harmful Influences.
Most Christian schools have rules prohibiting student involvement in rock music, drugs, liquor, movies and similar activities. Some parents resist these rules as infringing on their freedom and parental responsibility. But a Christian school must determine what is best for the welfare of all concerned. Students who come to school and discuss the movies and the rock stars exert a negative influence on the whole tone of the school. A Christian school seeks to minimize the destructive influences of the godless world and uses rules to accomplish this.
Rules Help Maintain Fairness.
What would a school be like if one teacher allowed gum chewing and another punished for it? How would things be if yesterday students could run in the halls but today they could not? It wouldn’t work at all. There would be confusion, uncertainty and great cries of "unfair." A school with state rules helps insure that students are treated fairly and objectively.
Rules Teach Self-Discipline.
Discipline is a process that is first imposed from without and then developed within. In the first grade the teacher says, ""Now take your pencil, we are going to write." In high school the teacher starts giving notes assuming the students have learned they must get out their pencil if they are going to write. The student who graduates form high school should have learned to discipline himself well enough to operate his life usefully and independently. The student who has not developed self-discipline demanded by those rules. Rules then, are in aid to, and a measure of self-discipline. Parents who want their children to become self-disciplined adults should appreciate the rules a school uses to help them achieve this goal.
Rules in a school are not an evil.
They are not arbitrary and petty regulations developed to annoy parents and make life intolerable for students. They are a vital and integral part of the educational process worked out carefully by school administrators who understand the spiritual and intellectual processes of training young people. They should recognize that one of the main reasons the public schools are doing a poor job is because they have removed the rules. If Christian schools abandoned their rules there would be no justification for their existence. Parents who want their children to succeed should support school rules instead of criticizing them.
One more thing . . . St. Michael's Academy does not advocate Outcome Based Education (OBE) and does not teach whole language, feminism, self-esteem building courses, drug, suicide, or classroom sex education. The Academy believes the academic coursework and Catholic life and formation, will in themselves induce a well-formed conscience and attitude with regard to these other concerns. Parents are expected to fulfill the Church’s command that they, as first teachers, provide a sound, healthy sexual education for their child.
Holy crap, its Naziville.
Each student must be dressed modestly in the uniform of St. Michael’s Academy, and in accordance with the standards of modesty in dress given by the Church in the 20th Century. For more information, see "Modesty In Dress."
Girls uniform in grades 1-6 consists of a navy jumper which reaches below the knee, and an elbow or cuff length white blouse, white or navy knee-highs or tights, and navy sweater if desired. Girls in grades 7 and 8 must wear navy skirts and vest, white blouse (same as above), navy or white knee-highs or tights, and navy sweater if desired. No facial make-up or nail polish allowed. Hair must be neatly groomed.
Boys uniform consists in navy blue slacks, light blue (elbow or wrist length) cotton shirt and navy blue cross tie with brown or black shoes, and navy blue sweater only if desired. Boys must be neatly groomed – hair trimmed around the ears and above the collar.
All students must come to school neatly groomed, and in full uniform each day unless he brings a written excuse signed by parent.
Pupils must be kind and courteous to teachers and fellow pupils and they must politely greet teacher and instructors on the school grounds. Boys must learn to be true, Christian gentlemen, and girls must be Christian ladies at all times. No smoking of tobacco or alcoholic beverages allowed on school grounds or during school hours or functions. Failure to comply with this is grounds for immediate expulsion.
Students discovered using impure language or vulgarities or engaging in impure and indecent discussions or activities, listening to rock music, discussing TV shows or movies in school, will be severely warned after the first offense, suspended for 3 days after a second offense and expelled after a third offense.
There will be no talking or running or disorderly conduct in the halls or classrooms, and no student may leave the school grounds except if accompanied by parent, guardian or teacher.
All homework assignments, memory work, and written assignments must be completed neatly and well, and within the assigned period of time, unless the student has a written excuse signed by a parent or guardian. More than 5 omitted or incomplete assignments are grounds for suspension – and if continued – for expulsion.
School starts promptly at 8:30 a.m. and students are expected to be punctual. Tardiness or absence must be excused in writing by parents. Parents must come for their children promptly after school and no later than 3:00 p.m., since after this time there will be no supervision.
Students may not chew gum or candy on school grounds, nor eat any food other than during lunchtime or designated times.
We greatly discourage students from viewing television other than the few, wholesome, family programs that come from time to time. We ask parents to please cooperate with this, as well as insuring that student do not listen to rock or country music, or read modern secular magazines or books.
A maximum of: Forty-five minutes of homework is required for grades 1 and 2 *
One Hour for Grades 3, 4, 5 *
One and a half hours for Grades 6, 7, 8 *
*15-20 minutes of this time should be spent in oral reading.
Pupils must take proper care of books and materials owned by the School. Anything lost or damaged must be paid for. Books must be carried in a book bag.
Students must obey all teachers and those in authority.
Daily Rules of St. Michael’s Academy
In the Classroom
Students must be in complete uniform unless excused by a parent.
Students may not talk in class unless they raise their hands and are acknowledged by the teacher. No yelling out.
Students may not get out of their desks without teacher’s permission.
No talking in lines – or – if the teacher is out of the classroom.
When another teacher, priest, or sister enters the classroom students must rise and greet the adult ("Good morning, Fr…"). Respect for all adults (including recess moms) is a must.
Incomplete homework is not acceptable unless accompanied by a note from the parent. Incomplete assignments without parental excuse call for discipline.
Reference books belonging to St. Michael’s cannot be taken off the school premises.
All books and workbooks are to be covered and reinforced with cardboard.
Honesty is of paramount importance. Cheating and lying must be disciplined. After 3 offenses, the teacher must send the child to the principal and notify the parents.
Out of the Classroom
No running up or down the stairs or in halls.
No talking in halls or bathrooms.
Buddy system is to be used for individual trips to the bathroom.
Greet teachers, Father, or Sisters politely in the halls.
Form single file line when entering or leaving classroom or recess grounds. No trips for drinks or bathroom without permission.
Strict, reverent silence must always be observed in Church. Always observe proper church etiquette – correct genuflection, take Holy Water, fold hands correctly, quiet use of rosary and prayer books, good posture.
Playground Rules
Always obey the recess mom.
Observe rules for lining up before and after recess.
Take proper care of playground equipment. Make sure everything is returned to the classroom at the end of recess.
Always be kind to one another.
Do not exclude others.
Do not call names or ridicule others.
Always play according to the rules of a given game. Be a good sport at all times.
Play with your assigned group of fellow students.
Rules for Parents
The parents at St. Michael’s have an all-important role in achieving the stated goals of the school. Without their constant supervision, good example, and moral assent, the school – any school – can do very little for the child’s spiritual and academic well being. If the child is not to become confused, home and school should never be in serious conflict with each other. Parents must see to it that the standards they expect to be imposed by the school will likewise be imposed and upheld at home.
Parents must supervise all homework.
For Grades 1 and 2 parents must work one-on-one with their child to accomplish each item listed on the homework sheet. The child must recite, read, spell, and drill orally to the parent.
A homework sheet is used to allow communication from home to school. Parents must check off each item completed. Any item not completed must be excused in writing on the back of the homework sheet by the parent. Any problems with homework must be noted on back of the sheet for the teacher.
All absentees must be excused by the parent with a phone call to school no later than 8:15 a.m. Call the campus phone number at: 651-772-0959.
Both parents are required to attend parent/teacher conferences and school meetings.
Parents are required to dress modestly in accordance with the stated Papal standards of modesty. (See Insert) No shorts, T-shirts, blue jeans. Women are encouraged to wear a modest dress or skirt and blouse on school premises (for example pick up and drop off of children), but are required to do so at school functions on or off campus (e.g. Christmas play, field trips, classroom parties.) This instills a sense of Christian modesty in our children, but it also models and fosters a spirit of nobility and culture.
We ask parents to work with the school to uphold a truly Catholic culture and ambiance in the home. If home and school do not agree on the daily living of our Catholic Faith, the children will be divided in their loyalties and will very likely rebel against both home and school. Please no rock music, secular worldly magazines and books, little (if any) TV and great care manifested in choosing playmates outside of school for your children,
We ask parents to please drop children off at school by 8:20 a.m. and pick them up promptly at 3:00 p.m.
Rules . . . Why Have Them?
One of the great forces of American fundamentalism is the Christian school. Thousands of churches committed to the Word of God have begun school for the training of their youth. They have given up on the humanistic program of public education and recognized the need for training young people in Christian principles. Christian schools have been the result. And even though these many schools differ in size, structure and facilities they have one thing in common – they all have rules! Therein lies a problem – for most people do not like rules. Children don’t like rules. Parents don’t like rules. Teens don’t like rules. So Christian schools are often criticized and avoided because they have rules.
Is it an awful crime to have rules? Let us recognize that Christian schools did not invent rules. In the 1950’s every public school in the country had rules. They had dress codes; hair could only be so long on the boys, they had to wear belts, girls had to wear skirts or dresses that would reach the knees. Talking was not allowed in the study hall and profanity received sure and awful punishment. Then came the onslaught of humanism. Everyone must do what he desires. Rules inhibit freedom and creative development. Everyone must develop freely without the restriction of rules. As vocal humanism moved into the schools, the rules, moved out. This should not obscure the fact, though, that rules were once a part of public education. Christian schools have kept humanism out and rules in. But why? Why is it that Christian schools have rule books and dress codes? Whey is it that Christian schools have punishment for breaking the rules? Why is it that every applicant to a Christian school is immediately faced with a handbook outlining the school rules?
There are reasons – rational and solid reasons. Christian schools do not have rules because other schools do or because they believe it is good for student’s spirituality to suffer. Consider the real reasons:
Some Rules Are Dictated By Scripture.
Christian schools are dedicated to believing, obeying and upholding the Bible. Some conduct is plainly condemned by the Bible. Scripture states that stealing is wrong, blaspheming is wrong, lying is wrong. Schools that follow the bible, then, must insist that students abide by these plain rules of the Bible. Christian schools must have rules because the Bible has rules.
Some Rules Are Demanded By Our Philosophy.
Public schools have no philosophical basis. They are not sure what they are trying to do and have no absolutes for attempting to accomplish it. If a boat is simply drifting it doesn’t matter whether the oars are in the water or not. A boat that is going someplace must have the oars in the water in the proper order and rhythm. Christian schools know where they are going and why they are going there. They must have the rules to see that students arrive at the right place.
Rules Are Used To Teach.
The teacher insists, "Put your name in the upper right hand corner of your paper," Walk down the hall in a straight line," "Don’t throw stones on the playground." Why should there be such rules? Whey can’t students put their names wherever they want to? Why can’t they throw stones or run down the hall? Because in a Christian school we are teaching. Students are learning from everything they do. By rules students learn neatness and orderliness, and concern for the safety of others. Instead of complaining about the rules, parents should realize that most are instruments of teaching.
Rules Help Teachers.
Teachers work long hours. The days are spent in the classroom with students. Evenings are spent grading papers and planning lessons. Everything must function at maximum efficiency for teachers to survive. When students turn in homework late or don’t turn it in a all, when they talk and disrupt the classroom everything slows down and hinders teacher and student alike. Rules help maintain the efficient and smooth operation that is necessary if teachers are to get the job done. If parents want teachers to teach and children to learn they should help the school program by insisting that their children observe the rules.
Rules Minimize Harmful Influences.
Most Christian schools have rules prohibiting student involvement in rock music, drugs, liquor, movies and similar activities. Some parents resist these rules as infringing on their freedom and parental responsibility. But a Christian school must determine what is best for the welfare of all concerned. Students who come to school and discuss the movies and the rock stars exert a negative influence on the whole tone of the school. A Christian school seeks to minimize the destructive influences of the godless world and uses rules to accomplish this.
Rules Help Maintain Fairness.
What would a school be like if one teacher allowed gum chewing and another punished for it? How would things be if yesterday students could run in the halls but today they could not? It wouldn’t work at all. There would be confusion, uncertainty and great cries of "unfair." A school with state rules helps insure that students are treated fairly and objectively.
Rules Teach Self-Discipline.
Discipline is a process that is first imposed from without and then developed within. In the first grade the teacher says, ""Now take your pencil, we are going to write." In high school the teacher starts giving notes assuming the students have learned they must get out their pencil if they are going to write. The student who graduates form high school should have learned to discipline himself well enough to operate his life usefully and independently. The student who has not developed self-discipline demanded by those rules. Rules then, are in aid to, and a measure of self-discipline. Parents who want their children to become self-disciplined adults should appreciate the rules a school uses to help them achieve this goal.
Rules in a school are not an evil.
They are not arbitrary and petty regulations developed to annoy parents and make life intolerable for students. They are a vital and integral part of the educational process worked out carefully by school administrators who understand the spiritual and intellectual processes of training young people. They should recognize that one of the main reasons the public schools are doing a poor job is because they have removed the rules. If Christian schools abandoned their rules there would be no justification for their existence. Parents who want their children to succeed should support school rules instead of criticizing them.
One more thing . . . St. Michael's Academy does not advocate Outcome Based Education (OBE) and does not teach whole language, feminism, self-esteem building courses, drug, suicide, or classroom sex education. The Academy believes the academic coursework and Catholic life and formation, will in themselves induce a well-formed conscience and attitude with regard to these other concerns. Parents are expected to fulfill the Church’s command that they, as first teachers, provide a sound, healthy sexual education for their child.
Holy crap, its Naziville.
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