RECESS RULES AND EXPECTATIONS

by | Feb 7, 2022

LEO’S RECESS EXPECTATIONS:

Positive Attitude

  • Be cooperative, kind, and inclusive to everyone.
  • Report any danger or misbehavior to an adult.
  • Everyone is a winner when playing with others.

Respect for All

  • respect yourself, others, teachers, and staff by using manners. Treat others the way you want to be treated.
  • Respect the privacy and personal space of others.
  • Use positive words and body language.
  • Share equipment & Return equipment.

Integrity

  • Show good sportsmanship.
  • Take responsibility for your actions.
  • Stop, think, and make good choices.

Do the Right Thing

  • Use the Walk, Talk, or Rock-it Strategy to solve disagreements.
  • Respect property.
  • Seek an adult if you have a problem.

Effort Towards Learning

  • Follow directions the first time they are given.
  • Obey all playground and safety rules.
  • Sharpen the saw?

 

Students must abide by the following

RULES OF IMPORTANCE:

  1. SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
  2. Always use appropriate language – NO name-calling, put-downs, threats and/or slurs.
  3. Be a good sport. Everyone is welcome when playing games – NO closed games.
  4. No fighting or physical contact is permitted anywhere on school grounds.
  5. Be courteous (nice), take turns – share – don’t take more than your share of time, don’t cut, keep your hands to yourself.
  6. Obey whoever is on duty, even if it is not your teacher. Do not argue with the teacher or supervisor on duty.
  7. No food or gum should be eaten/chewed while participating in activities on the playground or in the gym.
  8. Students may not enter the building without permission.
  9. No electronic devices allowed during recess without permission. Anything brought from home: toys, games, dolls must be approved by the teacher/supervisor on duty.
  10. DO NOT kick balls at the end of recess, never kick a ball indiscriminately into a crowd.
  11. Use equipment the way it was designed: i.e., jump ropes for jumping only.
  12. When the bell or whistle is sounded, all play should stop immediately, and all equipment should immediately be returned to the teacher/supervisor on duty.
  13. Students should be dismissed on schedule and not arrive early or late to gym/lunch/recess. A Middle School teacher must accompany students and pick them up from the gym.
  14. When students enter the gymnasium, they must take seats in the bleachers. When all the students are seated and quiet, the teacher/supervisor will assign equipment and a specific area to play.
  15. All classes must be escorted into the gym/building by a classroom teacher or teacher on duty.
  16. ANY INFRACTION OF ANY OF THE RULES ABOVE WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF RECESS TIME.
  17. REFER TO THE ACTION PLAN.