Students

For your success you are encouraged to:

• Attend school daily.

• Strive to do your best.

• Follow school rules.

• Be prepared.

• Accept responsibility for your behavior and actions. 

Parents

For your child’s success you are encouraged to:

• Promote high expectations for your child’s behavior, school achievement, and homework.

• Establish and maintain open lines of communication between home, school and teachers.

• Ensure that your child gets plenty of sleep, eats a good breakfast, and is dressed appropriately.

• Participate in school activities including parent-teacher conferences.

• Regularly discuss schoolwork with your child.

• See that your child attends school regularly.

• Assist your child in being responsible for his/her behavior and actions. 

School Personnel

For your child’s success we will:

• Provide a safe and effective learning environment.

• Establish and maintain open lines of communication between school and home.

• Comply with district and state policies and regulations.

• Promote high expectations for student behavior and academic achievement.

• Provide opportunities for every student to be successful.  Promote student responsibility for behavior and actions.

Agenda Use

Students are required to use the Sage Valley digital system. The digital system will  help students develop habit/life skills to apply in high school and beyond. These skills will help students:

• Use Google Calendar and Tasks to develop ownership of due dates for assignments, projects, and assessments. 

• To deliberately practice checking off completed tasks/assignments 

• To create alerts & reminders for upcoming due dates

Class Schedules

Students select their classes for the upcoming school year during spring pre-registration. It is important that students select classes carefully during this time. Once student schedules are set, class changes will not be made except under extraordinary circumstances. If a schedule change is desired, a written request by the parent must be made. Sage Valley Middle School reflects the philosophy of open and equal access to rigorous courses for our students throughout the school.

Counseling Department

The counseling offices are located midway through the school on the first floor. To see a counselor, students sign up with the registrar and are scheduled to be seen as soon as possible. When returning to class the students need to check in with attendance to receive a pass to class.

Digital Hall Passes:

If a student leaves the classroom during class time, they will submit a digital request.   The pass needs to be approved by their current teacher prior to leaving the classroom.  No Hall Passes can be used during the FIRST 10 minutes and the LAST 10 minutes of class, except for emergencies.

Elevator Use

The elevator is available for students whose physical impairment limits them from using the stairs. You must provide a doctor’s note to the office before using the elevator.

Homework

Homework is an important part of your classes at SVMS. You are expected to spend time outside of class to finish the day-to-day work you may not have finished in class, reflect on and practice new concepts, and also to complete longer research projects. The ability to use your time wisely and complete required work when it is due, is a skill you will use all your life.

Infinite Campus

Infinite Campus is our student information system. Parents and students are able to view grades, attendance, schedules and a host of other items. To access Infinite Campus, you must have a username and password. To request access, go to www.vallivue.org under the Parent/Student Section. Click Infinite Campus and click on Request Campus Account. Once you submit the required information, an email with your activation code will be sent to you within 48 hours. Note: Parent email must match the parent’s email on file with the Registrar.

Student-led Conferences

Student-Led Conferences will be held during the middle of the first semester. We ask that students attend with parents for the purpose of communicating both positive and constructive goals for the family and the student’s benefit. Notices of scheduled dates and times will be sent home with students. Parents and students are strongly urged to make a special effort to attend. If parents wish to schedule additional conferences during the school year, they may do so by contacting the office or the counselor.

Progress Reports And Report Cards

Students will receive a report card at the end of each semester, as well as a progress report at the midpoint of each semester. If a parent/guardian desires a conference, it must be scheduled through the counselor’s office. Parents are encouraged to access Infinite Campus via the district website to help monitor student progress.

Grading Scale

100 - 92.5......A 76.4-72.5......C

92.4 - 89.5......A- 72.4-69.5......C-

89.4 - 86.5......B+ 69.4-66.5......D+

86.4 - 82.5......B 66.4-62.5......D

82.4 - 79.5......B- 62.4-59.5......D-

79.4 - 76.5......C+ 59.4-0...........F

Assessments:

All students enrolled at Sage Valley will participate in district and state required assessments administered in the fall, winter, and spring. ISAT testing is scheduled for April with all grades participating in Reading, Language and Math; and 8th Science ISATs. Students will also take Mid-Term/Semester and Unit assessments.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:

Academic dishonesty occurs when students obtain (Plagiarism) or assist others (Cheating/Exchanging work) with the intent to obtain credit for work which is not their

own. Students are expected to display integrity and commitment to their school work, and academic dishonesty is not tolerated. Both acts are considered

academic dishonesty. Incidents of academic dishonesty will be documented, reported to parents/guardians, and can result in removal from a course.

Incidents accumulate over the course of each academic school year, across all courses in which the student is enrolled. This policy applies to all students involved in the

incident, including those who provided the original work. Incidents of academic dishonesty will result in:

1. First Offense: A score of zero with the option to redo the assignment for reduced credit (at the discretion of the teacher). Documentation in Infinite

Campus. Parents/guardians and the student must sign a notice of policy violation and complete any additional requirements at the administrator’s

discretion.

2. Second Offense: A score of zero and referral to the administration with a mandatory parent meeting and the signing of a second notice of policy violation.

Second documentation recorded in Infinite Campus. Potential failure of the course and/or removal from the course (at the discretion of the teacher and

administration; when considering the nature of the course)

3. Third Offense: Possible failure and removal from the course. Documentation in Infinite Campus.