St. Elizabeth Seton School Discipline
with Purpose (DWP) Beginning in August of 2001, the administration
and faculty adopted "Discipline with Purpose" (DWP) as our fundamental approach
to the discipline philosophy of the school. DWP
is a developmentally appropriate program for teaching self-discipline. It focuses
on a limited number of classroom rules, so that students can easily identify and
understand them. It also requires teachers to teach up to fifteen basic skills
of self-discipline, which places the burden of control squarely upon the students
themselves. Skills such as listening, communicating, organizing, and differentiating
between facts and feelings are lifelong skills. These skills will be taught and
reinforced. The faculty and staff were given the opportunity to take a refresher
course on DWP in September of 2006.
STUDENTS'
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES St. Elizabeth Seton works
to provide a kind, positive, and welcoming environment to students, teachers,
staff, and parents. Our guiding principles are to love God and love our neighbor.
Everyone at St. Elizabeth Seton deserves to feel secure, safe, and supported.
Everyone should be treated with respect. Name-calling, exclusions, put-downs,
and other types of abuse are not acceptable in our Seton Community. Mean, unkind,
or cruel treatment of one person by another will not be tolerated in or out of
the classroom. Anyone choosing to exclude, put-down, or treat another in a derogatory
manner will be subject to corrective action. Those repeating unkind behavior face
serious consequences. Students who attend Seton are expected to reflect the attitudes
of Christian compassion, courtesy, respect, and general good manners taught at
home and at school. Students are expected to greet adults in the school (teacher,
secretary, custodian, parent, visitor) and be helpful and courteous. Students
are expected to use the phrases of accepted social courtesies such as "Please,"
"Thank you," "Good Morning," etc.
Please
refer to the St. Elizabeth Seton School's STUDENT HANDBOOK for additional information
regarding Behavior and Discipline. |
