Cell Phone Policy 2025-2026

Students will not be permitted to use cell phones during class time. Students will be required to keep their cell phones in their bookbags or lockers. If students are seen to be using their cell phones during class time, consequences will follow as per the policy below.

• 1st offence

  • The student will be asked to put away their cell phone.

  • The classroom teacher record it in the shared Google doc

  • The classroom teacher will email parents/guardians to let them know that the student did not respect the cell phone policy. 

• 2nd offence

  • The teacher will send the student to the office with their cell phone, which will be picked up by the student at the end of the school day.

  • School administration will email parents/guardians to let them know that, for a second time, the student did not respect the cell phone policy.

• 3rd offence 

  • The teacher will send the student to the office with their cell phone, which must be picked up by a parent/guardian at the office at the end of the school day. 

If a student refuses to bring their cell phone to the office upon request, parents/guardians will be contacted immediately.

Students with repeated cell phone offences will require a meeting with parents/guardians and school administration to determine a plan of action moving forward. 

June 2025

St Kevin’s High School Exam Room Regulations 

The following exam rules must be observed.  Otherwise you may be disqualified from the exam and not receive any credit.

• Students must be on time for all exams.  Morning exams begin at 9:10 a.m. and afternoon exams begin at 12:40 pm.  Students should arrive a few minutes early in order to be ready to write at designated start times. 

• Should weather  or another unavoidable cause lead to school being closed for a half day, the half day will move to the end of the exam period.  If school should be closed for a full day then all exam days move ahead a day and the day missed moves to the following day. 

• Silence is observed at all times in the examination room.  There is absolutely no talking to other students. 

• No bags, purses, books or notes will be allowed near the students desks. All materials should be either left in the students’ lockers, cars or at the front of the examination room.

• No electronic devices; cell phones, iwatches, fitbits, airpods, etc. will be allowed on the student or near the students desks. All electronic devices should be either left home, in the students’ lockers, or in their cars.   

• All graphing calculators should be reset to factory settings prior to the distribution of the exam. 

• Students are not permitted to share school supplies (erasers, pencils, pens etc.) with other students. 

• Students are not permitted to pass any items to another student during the exam. 

• Food, snacks, beverages with the exception of water will not be permitted in the examination room. 

• Students should not wear heavy or hooded jackets.

• Once an exam is finished all papers including scrap paper must be returned to the supervising teacher. 

• Once a student leaves the examination room no student is permitted to re-enter. 

• Students will be permitted to use the washroom only in an emergency situation and must be accompanied by a teacher. Please use the washroom beforehand.  

• An exam supervisor has the right, at anytime, to request to inspect a student's test papers or any material on or around their desk

• The times and duration mentioned on the exam will be strictly upheld.  Students will be provided an additional fifteen minutes for each hour of the exam. (Total exam time 75 minutes) 

• Any form of cheating (using unfair means) is subject to an automatic disqualification from the exam and a grade of 0. 

Revised January 2025