STUDENTS’ RESPONSIBILITIES ON EXCURSIONS
Students shall follow the Board’s Safe Schools Policy and the school’s Code of Behaviour while on excursions. Students involved in interschool athletics shall also follow the Code of Behaviour for Athletes while on excursions. Students on excursions who fail to follow the Safe Schools Policy, the school’s Code of Behaviour, or the Code of Behaviour for Athletes (if applicable), will be subject to the same consequences as if the students were in attendance at school during regular school hours.
While on excursions, and while travelling to and from excursions, students will continue to be responsible for their conduct to the Principal. Students shall comply with their obligations under section 23 of Regulation 298 of the Education Act, including the following:
· Exercising self-discipline;
· Accepting each discipline as would be exercised by a kind, firm and judicious parent;
· Being courteous to fellow pupils and obedient and courteous to teachers;
· Being clean in person and in habits; and
· Showing respect for school property.
Students shall adhere to Board policy that prohibits tobacco, the use of alcohol and the non-medical use of drugs at all school activities, whether they take place inside school or off school property on excursions.
Students are expected to be prepared for the excursion and adhere to excursion expectations.
Students shall follow the directions of teachers and other supervisors during the excursion.
Students who participate in an excursion are expected to complete, without penalty, any assignments and assessments missed in other subjects due to the excursion, within a reasonable time after the excursion, as determined by the student’s teachers.