*No cell phones are to be used during class time.
Parents and guardians are asked not to text or call students during school hours so as to avoid consequences. Please contact the Main Office at 413-750-2929 if you need to send a message to your student. All offenses will be logged in the student’s disciplinary record. Students are not allowed to charge phones in school at any time.
With our increased access to technology, we have made many of the uses of cell phones in the classroom obsolete. Technology should only be used during school hours to advance our mission.
Cell Phones: The School Committee has banned the use of personal cell phones, personal communication devices and other types of electronic devices during the school day. These devices must be turned off and remain out of sight (in pocket/backpack) during the “academic school day” and during all school-related fieldwork. If they are heard ringing or vibrating, they will be confiscated. Consequences for violating this policy are as follows:
SPS District Cell Phone Policy
First Offense:
Confiscation of the device; students should hand over the device to a staff member.
Staff members hand over the device to the Administrator or Main Office.
Device is picked up by a student and/or parent at the Security Office.
Students receive letters describing Cell Phone Policy and consequences moving forward.
Second Offense:
Detention
Administration will schedule a conference with the parent/guardian.
The confiscated device will be returned to the parent/guardian at the conclusion of the parent conference.
Third Offense:
One day of In-House Suspension.
Confiscation of the device to be returned to parent/guardian at the end of two weeks.
Repeated Violations:
Students may be subject to additional disciplinary action, consistent with the Code of Conduct.
Confiscation of the device to be returned to parent/guardian after a minimum of at least one month.