PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW AT HOPPERS CROSSING SECONDARY COLLEGE

Do not approach the canteen. There is no credit at the
canteen. See your Pastoral Care teacher or level coordinator
who will advise you on what to do.

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You should report to your Co-ordinator who will phone
home to arrange for your family to collect you from
College.

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If you are late to school you must report to the College
Attendance Officer. The Late Pass must be shown to the
class teacher upon your arrival and must then be signed
by your parents and returned to your Home group Teacher
the following day.

All students at Hoppers Crossing Secondary College
are required to supply written documentation from their
parent/guardian, explaining why they are late to school.
Where legitimate documentation exists, then no further
consequence will be required. However if there is no
legitimate reason provided by the student, then
further consequences will be implemented.

Students who arrive late to school without a
legitimate reason on two or more occasions in a
Term, will receive an Official College detention.

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The College offers a canteen service each day and as
lunch is only for 45 minutes, all students are expected
to remain at school for lunch.

For exceptional circumstances, parents requesting
students home at lunchtime need to make an
appointment with the Level Manager.

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You should consult with your Year Level Co-ordinator
who will arrange for you to make the phone call if it is
absolutely necessary. Forty-five (45) cents will be
required for the cost of the call.

Under no circumstances may you leave the College
grounds to use a public phone.

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Students, who have a genuine reason for bringing
mobile phones to school, must bring a written request
signed by a parent/guardian, stating the period for
which the phone is necessary. This should be addressed
to the appropriate Level Manager.

Students should observe normal etiquette with regard
to the use of mobile phones, and they should not be
turned on in class time. We urge students to use
Message Bank if messages need to be taken during
class time.

The College is unable to guarantee the safety of a
student’s mobile phone at school and remind you that
it is brought at your own risk.
If a student breaches this policy then parents will be
advised and the student will not be permitted to bring
a phone to school.

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Ask your teacher for an Out of Class Pass, then go to
the General Office where the First Aid person or the
appropriate member of staff will be contacted. The
College will then usually contact your parents, or if the
illness/injury is serious, an ambulance will be called. Your
parents are advised to take out Ambulance insurance.

Remember we have First Aid supplies only. You should
not come to College if you feel unwell in the morning.

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Ask someone, preferably a teacher, who will put you
on the right track, and help with any problems you
might have with reading the timetable and so on.

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Mr. Rapisarda looks after lost property in D5.
All items named will be returned wherever possible. If
you find an item of property, please hand it in
immediately.

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The Second hand Uniform and Book Shop operates
from 9.00am to 3.00pm, usually on Monday.

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You can use the College computer facilities for e-mail
and research. The College is, in the first instance,
connected to a controlled and cost effective system
called the Educache, provided by the Department of
Education Employment & Training. If the Educache
cannot provide the needed services then classes and
individual students can access the world wide web. To
use any of these services students and parents must
have completed the College Internet Acceptable
Usage Policy declaration. Students can apply for a
personal e-mail address.

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You should first tell the teacher in charge of the Activity
who may give you permission to participate, on the
understanding that you will pay the money on the next
school day.

If this is not possible, you should then approach your
Year Level Co-ordinator who will make the appropriate
arrangements.

However, if you do not return a Permission Form to
attend outside College activities, you will not be
permitted to attend. Permission of parents cannot be
accepted over the telephone.

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HAVE A DOCTOR’S OR DENTAL APPOINTMENT

If this situation is absolutely unavoidable, you must
bring a note to your Year Level Co-ordinator before
school, signed by one of your parents, setting out
the time of the appointment and when you expect
to return to College. The Co-ordinator will sign the
note.

You must then present the note at the Office when
you are leaving and sign the Early Leavers Book. You
must sign it if you return on that day.

SOME OF THE ITEMS ON MY BOOKLIST ARE PAID FOR, BUT NOT SUPPLIED

I HAVE BEEN ABSENT

I AM ABSENT FROM SCHOOL FOR MORE THAN TWO DAYS

I FORGET MY PHYS. ED SPORT GEAR

I WANT TO BORROW A LIBRARY BOOK

I WANT TO VOICE MY OPINION ON AN ISSUE

I RIDE MY BICYCLE TO COLLEGE

IF SOMEONE BULLIES ME, THREATENS ME OR I FEEL HARASSED

I HAVE A NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE WHO HAS THE TIME TO LISTEN TO ME

I AM LEAVING COLLEGE

I DRIVE MY CAR TO COLLEGE

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