Greengates Intermediate School ManualAIR QUALITYThe air quality rating for NW Mexico City is published hourly at SIMAT (Sistema Internacional de Monitoreo Ambiental)
A red flag is raised when air quality levels become unacceptable (150 IMECA points of ozone). Outdoor PE and swimming classes cease. PE activities are moved into the air filtered gymnasium. As levels of pollution and ambient temperatures change rapidly in Mexico City, students must bring swimming kit on scheduled days and any decision not to swim is taken by the school. To complement the academic programme, recreational activities run daily between 3.00 and 4.00 p.m. A termly circular will announce the current schedule. A ‘late bus’ service operates restricted routes. An
assembly will take place for students in Forms I - III once a week in the
Auditorium. The exact days for
these assemblies will be posted. Students
in Forms I - III should line up in their forms outside the Auditorium at 8:20
am prompt on the days they have assemblies. Students should buy one exercise book with lined paper for each subject. The school does not sell books.
Bus
transportation provided by “UTEP – TRANSPORTE ESCOLAR Y DE PERSONAL” is coordinated
by Pam Teran. Due to the size
of Mexico City and the spread of the residential areas, we aim to provide
pick up at the nearest corner to your home. A number of students will be put on daily report (by KH) during the year. The reasons for this are varied - failure to produce home works, poor organisation, poor behaviour, uniform, effort, parental or even student request etc. Students on report present this at the beginning of the lesson and collect it signed at the end. Students show their Form tutor at registration and see Mrs. Holmes on Mondays and Fridays at 11.15. a.m. Detentions are held once a week on Thursdays 3:00 - 4:00 in the library. Students will be given a detention form to be signed by parents and returned to Mrs. Holmes. Three school detentions in one school year may result in a full suspension from school. Students should NOT stay in school in the afternoon without authorisation. Only students registered for afternoon classes will be allowed to stay in school. ALL
students must report to their subject teacher first BEFORE reporting
to the INFIRMARY. Students should
NOT call parents to collect them from school.
The Nurse/doctor will do this if necessary XOCHITL Students are NOT allowed to use the school exit into Xochitl. Parents cannot use this entrance either . You must enter / leave via the main gates. MAIN GATE Drop off and pickup by car is at the school bus area only - before 8.20 a.m. if possible and after 2.50 p.m. (in the Intermediate school registration starts at 8.20 a.m.) Late arrivees must walk in via the main front door and register in the late book with security. Intermediate School (uniformed) students should NOT leave to ue the shops & then re-enter the school - this is a security concern. GRADING SYSTEM AND REPORTINGGREENGATES GRADES YEARS 1 – 3 A (+/-) Excellent B(+/-) Good C / C+ Satisfactory C- not satisfactory D (+/-) Poor F Fail EFFORT GRADES: 1 = Excellent 2 = Good 3 = Satisfactory 4 = Poor 5 = Unsatisfactory We have no % correlation with these grades REPORTS WILL BE ISSUED AS FOLLOWS: YEARS 1 – 3: October Interim Report Full Xmas Report Interim Easter Report Full End of Year June Report Homework is an ESSENTIAL part of the Greengates’ programme. Homework for Forms 1, 2,3 students should take about 30 - 40 minutes per subject, per night. Failure to produce homework should be punished and 3 missing, LATE OR SUBSTANDARD homeworks in ONE SUBJECT a SCHOOL YEAR (August – june ) automatically merits a school detention.
Homework will also be set in all SEP subjects to be programmed at the beginning of the school year by SEP teachers (and also for SEP Hist/Geog taught in English). Homework will be set in Photography, ICT, Drama, Music, Pottery, Art and Physical Education, weekly or at the discretion of the teachers. Homework Diaries should be carried by all students year 1 - 3 at all times in school. Students must write in the dates and the homework expected on each day one week in advance. Home works should be written down properly. Parents please check student diaries on a daily basis and sign at the end of the week. Subject teachers may write comments in this book for parents to review. Parents may write to teachers in the homework diary. Loss of homework diary should be reported immediately to KH. New diaries cost $20.
Students in Form 1,2,3 will be assigned lockers. Every student must provide their own padlock. Lockers must be kept clean & tidy. Students are held responsible for cleanliness inside and out. All lockers must be emptied and padlocks removed before the end of the school year in June. Students who lose property or find other students must report to the the PTA room and Mrs. Holmes. uniform items found around the school will go to the PTA room for collection. ALL ITEMS SHOULD BE CLEARLY NAMED.
MOVEMENT
AROUND THE SCHOOL
ALL classes should
change within 5 minutes. Incident slips will be issued to record problems such as lateness. In the first term, there is a NEW parents meeting, a FORM I parent orientation meeting and a Parent-Teacher evening for Forms 1,2, 3 together mid- term. In Term 2 or 3 there will be one Parent-Teacher evening for each year group separately. PTA meetings for Heads of PTA committees are held once a month. The PTA arranges activities in which parents, teachers and students may all participate. Generally there is a field day or Arts Fair during the first term and a very popular annual International Fair during the second term.
Students should go to their form rooms for registration for an 8.20 a.m. start. After 8:25 am students will be marked late
by the form teacher and just before 8:45 am students should leave for their
first lesson. NB: Detentions will be given by form teachers for persistent lateness (on
the 5th late per month). Please
ensure that notes covering absences are brought to school promptly within
three working days of absence. There are 4 groups in each year (please note that students are NOT taught in form groups) Students can see from their personal timetable which subject they start with. The ROTATION cycle moves in alphabetical order: COMPUTERS to DRAMA to MUSIC to POTTERY to COMPUTERS etc… The rotation cycle dates are: ROTATION ONE = Aug 24th -Oct 22nd ,2010 (9 weeks) Reports December ROTATION TWO = Oct 25th 2010– Jan 14th, 2011 (9 weeks) Reports March ROTATION THREE = Jan 17th – March 18th , 2011 (9 weeks)Reports March ROTATION FOUR = March 22nd – June 24th, 2011 (11 weeks) Reports June All students should follow the rule in the senior block of keeping to the RIGHT.
STANDARDISED ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ACER TESTS International Schools standardised Assessment Tests may be administered in Forms 1, 2 and 3 in October each year. Computerised results are presented to parents with the Easter school report. A copy is kept in the student’s file. These test results are forwarded, together with transcripts of report grades, when students leave Greengates. All students are expected to attend their year group residential trip. Form 1,2,3 trips are scheduled each year and are a valuable educational experience extremely popular with the students.
There
is no sale after 11:55 Mon/Tues/Wed/Fri and 12:35 on Thursday UNIFORM (Forms 1,2,3)GIRLS: a) White polo shirt, grey skirt or grey trousers, dark green sweatshirt. The school fleece is an optional item. These items should be purchased from and must have the student's name embroidered by the uniform suppliers. Please note: Smart black shoes to be worn with this uniform at all times. Sanctions will apply. b) White/grey socks should be worn. c) For PE a house team coloured T-shirt and grey shorts or the school grey tracksuit pants with green sweatshirt and white/black training/tennis shoes. BOYS a) White polo shirt, grey trousers and dark green sweatshirt. The school fleece is an optional item. These items should be purchased from and must have the student's name embroidered by the uniform suppliers. Please note: Smart black shoes to be worn with this uniform at all times. Sanctions will apply. b) White/grey socks should be worn c) For PE a house team coloured T- shirt and grey shorts or the school grey tracksuit pants with green sweatshirts and black/white tennis/training shoes. PE DAYS:
Tracksuits and sweatshirts may be worn all day on the above days. During House Games on Thursday long break and for sports afternoon activities students may wear PE uniform as long as students change back into school uniform if it is not a PE day. N.B.: The coloured shirts are not to be worn in any other lessons. Students must change into their white shirts after PE lessons for reasons of hygiene. (Students in ‘Foulkes house’ must bring 2 shirts and change – also for reasons of hygiene) On non-PE days normal uniform with formal shoes must be worn. P.E. Department Detention Policy The P.E. Department will be operating a new system of monitoring and recording P.E. kit from August 2009. Students who forget their house T-shirt or students who fail to bring any piece of their P.E. uniform will obtain a mark for ‘no kit’. After obtaining two marks for bringing no kit or three marks for not having a house t-shirt they will be given a 30 minute detention during lunch time. If they fail to turn up for a 30 minute lunch time detention then it will be changed to a 1 hour long break detention. After receiving 6 marks for kit, children will automatically receive an after school detention each time they forget. Important: Please note that no make-up is permitted, nor coloured nail-vrnish and that jewellery and hair ornaments should be kept to a minimum in the interest of safety. Students may wear one ring, one bangle and one small necklace. Stud earrings are allowed but not long/dangly earrings. Parents are kindly requested to ensure that their children follow the uniform regulations. Students failing to wear the correct uniform will be warned, sanctioned and non-uniform items confiscated. The following days are either celebrated or remembered each year: (on the nearest school day if the date falls on a weekend/vacation)
The dates are given as a rough guide – we obviously choose the most appropriate school day. The school website home page is at: http://www.greengates.edu.mx The Intermediate School curriculum is posted on the website together with an up to date list of useful resources for parents on ICT and counselling topics. Please note that we also do post updated information on the school website such as key circulars, calendar dates, orientation manuals, parent-teacher meeting dates, trip information, and photo galleries in addition to curriculum and subject information for the Intermediate School, IGCSE and IB programmes. Other useful information provided include the PTA pages including information on uniforms, tuck-shop and International Fair. One of the recent additions to the website is an “online cashier’s” page where you can check your accounts and make online tuition payments Email: If parents have set security/spam/junk mail settings on a high or medium high level the Greengates e-mails may often be thrown out as spam mail. You can remedy the problem by adding the greengates.edu.mx domain to your safe list. It would be even better, if you add the following e-mails to your safe list: holmes1@greengates.edu.mx, lauram@greengates.edu.mx or sarav@greengates.edu.mx . If you can add the “@greengates.edu.mx” domain to your safe list, it will also be useful.
WHO
TO CALL
Please note that we cannot run a message service to classrooms except in the
case of a real emergency
Should the need arise to withdraw your child you are asked to inform the school in writing as early as possible. If transcripts are requested please allow a week for preparation. Requests for references should be sent to Sara Vaillant who will coordinate with Mrs. Holmes. INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL GUIDELINESBe honest, respect others, take pride in your work and in our school. Be punctual for school (8.20 am) – go straight to registration. If you arrive by car late, please sign the late book which is at the front door with Francisco. Be punctual for ALL your classes. Try to limit visits out of classroom to nurse/doctor or toilet. Get straight to the buses at 2.30pm. Follow all the uniform regulations USE your lockers- Try to be organised about your books and equipment, Always have a homework diary. Write dates into your diary and always write down the homework. Be organised about your homework – do your own work–and always hand homework in on time. Ask for any work you have missed during an absence from school Accept and respect other students’ differences and national cultures – this is vital in an international school. Politeness and respect for fellow students, teachers, office personnel and all school employees at school and on the school bus etc. Don’t abuse or bully any fellow student in any way – the school views bullying, racial remarks or attacks on other students very seriously. This includes Physical violence, Emotional harassment, verbal harassment, ,Non-verbal harassment, Sexual harassment,2nd Hand harassment, Virtual (cyber harassment), Hazing and Retaliation both on and off campus. - If you see something happening in school that you do not like, for example bullying or excessive teasing, speak to a teacher on duty Respect other people’s property and valuables . Don’t take away anything that does NOT belong to you – hand in valuables found as soon as possible to the ‘PTA room’ – you would expect your fellow students to do the same if this happened to them – STEALING IS VIEWED VERY SERIOUSLY at Greengates and if caught students can expect expulsion. Don’t write on desks/walls/lockers etc. or deface notices. Don’t eat, drink or chew gum in class. If you take pride in our school you will not leave litter anywhere in school. ALWAYS be responsible Register properly for Afternoon Activities and attend regularly to get the most out of the activity – follow the regulations we have for the afternoons. Follow the Library and tuck shop rules Keep cell phones, IPODs, laptop computers and personal electrical items turned off and out of sight 8.20am-2.30pm, including off and out of sight at break time. A minimum of 24 confiscation will be enforced. Parents please do not call cell phones during school hours 8.20-2.30pm. Do follow the student Internet Policy regulations at school DO NOT, under any circumstances, think about or bring alcohol or drugs into school – this includes the buses, afternoon activities, sports fixtures and anywhere near school – immediate expulsion will follow if you do and, starting this year, if there is suspicion that you may be under the influence of alcohol/drugs you may be required to take a drug tests. Do deliver all letters/messages to your parents – check e-mail for school messages every day. Be punctual in bringing back absence notes and reply slips.
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