Passes

Pass Guidelines

• Passes are for emergencies only; if you do something every day, it is a habit and not an emergency.

• Students are limited to no more than two bathroom passes per week. That means you can use the lav up to 40 percent of the days we meet as a class.

• Passes for the water fountain are at the teacher's discretion. With refillable water bottles allowed this year, I will likely say no.

• If you need to go to the nurse, I must call the office for an escort. Limit nurse visits to emergencies only.

• Passes to the library are limited in nature as no more than one student will be sent at a time. In addition, passes to the LMC are generally limited to times when all classwork for the day is complete to the teacher's standard.

• No passes will be issued the first and last ten minutes of a class period unless it is a medical emergency.

Requesting Passes

Requesting passes should be limited to independent practice time. If an emergency arises during whole class instruction, use the following hand gestures to avoid asking verbally for a pass and interrupting the flow of the class.

Bathroom Pass

Hold up an "L" for "lav."

Nurse Pass

Act as if you are taking your pulse.