Cell Phone Policy (from Sabin Administration)
We want to honor families’ wishes that their students be able to carry cell phones/smart watches for safety reasons, AND maintain the integrity of the school learning environment. To that end, cell phones/smart watches will be collected by the homeroom teacher in 3rd-5th grades at the start of each school day. They will be stored safely by the teacher until the end of the day. Please discuss this with your student.
If a student is using a cell phone/smart watch during school hours:
1st time = warning and phone taken, kept in office and student can pick up at the end of day;
2nd time = phone taken, kept in office, parent/family contacted and phone picked up by parent/family;
3rd time = phone taken, parent/guardian are asked to meet with administration and student.
5th Grade AI Policy
In 5th grade, we want to make sure you are doing the thinking and writing — not a computer! That means you may not use AI tools (like ChatGPT or any writing robots) to help you with written assignments.
If you use AI to write an assignment without permission:
First time: We'll call home, and you’ll need to redo the assignment on your own.
Second time: It will become a discipline issue, and your grade will be marked down.