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October 22, 2007 BUS FORMS
Do Not Forget To Fill Out the B6T Form [download] and Return It To the Office of the Dean of Men As Soon As Possible.
Town Reimbursement for Transportation (no matter how your son travels to school, i.e. bus, car, train …) is $826.
Do not lose out on this reimbursement by failing to return the B6T form back to our office quickly. Dear Parents/Guardians:
Seton Hall Prep wants to do whatever we can, within reason, to assist our families in their daily commuting challenges. Enclosed in this mailing is your B6T form, for transportation reimbursement from Towns that
participate and also this year we are including the Busing Contract for the 2007/2008 school year. Sincerely,
Policy Revisions: 7/7/06 [also found in the Parent & Student Handbooks] Parking Rules Please be advised that due to the
increasing number of students that are driving and the limited parking around the school, we have made the Kelly Athletic Center available for day time parking. The parking lot, which holds 100 vehicles, has a security guard on
duty from 8:00a.m. until 3:00 p.m. A shuttle service is provided before and after school. The shuttle times are: Mornings: Monday – Wednesday – Thursday 8:15am – 8:30am We are asking our parents to please encourage your sons to take advantage of this service.* Parking for our Students is free -
Seton Hall Prep has absorbed the cost of paving the parking lot, paying for a security guard, and for the bus shuttle service. * All underclassmen must park at the KAC. We have a good relationship with the Township officials and the West Orange Police Department and with our neighbors. We met with our Junior and Senior
classes and spoke to them about our neighbors' concerns and our concerns that they drive and park safely. Please talk to your son about being a responsible driver. There are two grammar schools and one junior high
school in the area. All of the local children walk to school. Children are not always alert when it comes to moving vehicles. Please remind your son to be mindful of the children and respectful to the neighbors.
Students are required to register their cars in the Dean of Men's Office and display a hang tag on the rear-view mirror. The cost of these tags will be $5.00. All student drivers must abide by the Seton Hall Prep parking rules
and regulations. If your son has not registered his car with us, please direct him to do so on registration day. Acceptable Use Policy [Computers, Computer Network and Information Services] Seton Hall Prep has established a campus computer network with Internet access to enhance the school's curricular and co-curricular programs. The network has not been established as
a public access or public forum and the school retains the right to place restrictions on the use of the school's computers and printers, on material accessed or posted, and on the training required for using different components
of the network. This document is the Acceptable Use Policy for the Seton Hall Prep computer network.
1. Seton Hall provides computer and video equipment and services and Internet access to support the school's educational and co-curricular programs. Acceptable use is use limited to those programs unless there
is explicit prior approval by those responsible for administering these resources. No private use—entertainment, commercial or other—is allowed without such explicit prior permission. 2. Printing on the
school's network is a privilege and subject to the restrictions and policies established by the school. Students have general permission to print only material related to acceptable use as defined above. Students may print only
one copy of any item and a limited number of pages unless they have explicit prior permission from a system administrator. 3. Users are responsible for all computer activity that occurs under the use of their
password. Passwords are to be strictly respected. If a student uses someone else's password without that person's consent, this would be considered theft. That student would lose all computer privileges and face further
disciplinary actions. If a student uses someone else's password with that person's consent, then both individuals would lose all computer privileges at the school. 4. All users on the computers, the campus
networks, and the Internet are expected to act in a manner that is properly representative of the School and its mission. Care should be taken to observe proper "netiquette" at all times. 5. No one may
reconfigure or tamper with the system files, security system, or operating system on any computer or attempt to access or alter such files without proper authorization.
6. No one may copy software or information to or from the school's computers without proper authorization. 7. No one may use any disks or software on the school's computers and networks unless that material is
approved by the School, properly screened for computer viruses, and in full compliance with copyright law. 8. Users may not use the network to access material or sites that advocate illegal acts or violence or
discrimination. If there are any questions about educational projects that would involve possible access of such material, students must have prior explicit permission from a system administrator. 9. Users may not
use the network to access material or sites that are profane or obscene as defined by the school. If there are any questions about educational projects that would involve possible access of such material, students must have
prior explicit permission from a system administrator. 10. All inappropriate uses including, but not limited to, using or printing vulgar or obscene language, visiting sexually explicit sites, posting private
information about others, engaging in personal attacks, or being disrespectful of other individuals, schools, or cultures are explicitly prohibited. If there are any questions about educational projects that would involve
possible access of such material, students must have prior explicit permission from a system administrator. 11. Users are expected not only to be representative of the School when on the Internet but also to use
common sense to protect themselves. Prep users should not enter any "Chat room" without explicit permission, should be careful with their own private information including their name, address, and phone number and
should report any questionable use or inquiry to the Faculty member or Administrator who authorized that specific Internet access. 12. The School reserves the right to monitor all use on the network. Storage areas
on the computers and network will be treated in the same manner as other school-owned storage areas; school administrators reserve the right to inspect these areas to ensure proper use. Users should not expect the information
kept in those areas to be private, nor can the school guarantee the integrity or backup of those files. 13. The Acceptable Use Policy includes the misuse of the internet in school and, when related to any
facet of the SHP Community, out of school. Slander/disrespect toward anyone in the Prep Community will result in disciplinary action.
Failure to comply with these acceptable use policies may result in any or all of the following: 1. the suspension or withdrawal of computer, network, and Internet privileges including the privilege of registering
for courses using those technologies; 2. disciplinary action through the Dean of Men's office; 3. financial responsibility for any damage done to the School's resources including the financial
responsibility for a consultant's time to analyze and repair any such damage. Bullying/Harassment Policy Seton Hall Preparatory School attempts to provide an environment that accepts all students into our community. Intimidation, harassment,
and bullying will not be tolerated. Harassment, intimidation, and bullying consist of any act of unwanted physical, verbal, sexual and emotional abuse. Bullying should be reported to the Dean of Men or an authority
figure who will subsequently inform the Dean of Men. Anyone who witnesses these acts must report them immediately to the Dean of men. A suggestion box will be in the Dean of Men's office where students may leave anonymous tips
regarding these incidents. (The Dean of Men will not act solely upon one anonymous report.) A student's first offense could result in a warning, 8 demerits and 8 detentions, or a meeting with the discipline committee
depending on the severity of the offense. After a second offense the student will be disciplined more severely including the possibility of having his registration canceled by the discipline committee. The Dean of Men will notify
the student's parents whenever an incident occurs. A student who commits an act of retaliation will be removed from class immediately and placed on disciplinary probation. There will no warnings. He will not be
permitted to return to class until his parents meet with the Dean of Men. In extreme cases a student's registration may be canceled. This policy was developed by the class of 2006. Students are
encouraged to provide suggestions to update this policy annually. Cell phones/electronic devices [including: pagers/games/iPods/walkmans/calculators, etc.] Revised policy on cell phones /message delivery We realize that in this era of technology cell phones have become very instrumental in communicating with your son. We also recognize that with everybody's busy schedules
and the way that daily plans change there is a need to communicate more often. Please help us by co-operating and understanding that we do not have the manpower to deliver messages all day long. With regards to messages, calls
should only be made to the Dean of Men's Office in the case of an emergency. Please arrange ahead of time where and what time you will be picking up your son. This past year we interrupted help classes far too many
times by paging students over the P.A. system. This is not fair for the students or teachers who are trying to get extra help. The policy with respect to electronic devices is as follows: Cell phones/electronic devices are to be kept in the locker. Simply put students are not allowed to have cell phones with them
during the school day. It does not matter if the phone is on or off. Students will be able to check messages before 1st class, during lunch and after last class.
1.) May be used in the mornings Monday thru Friday before 1st period class and then the device must be kept in lockers, NOT in book bags or blazers (except calculators which are only to be used during designated classes). 2.) May be used during Activity Period, but only at your locker. You may check messages only, during lunch. Not to be used in homeroom, study periods or Dining Hall.
3.) May be used after school only at your locker. Penalties: 1st offense: 1 Detention + 1 Demerit, confiscate the device – Held in the Dean's office - Parent must call before returning
the device to student. (Phone will not be given back until the next school day.) 2nd offense: 2 Detentions + 2 Demerits confiscate the device – Parent must come in to the office of the Dean of Men to pick
up. 3rd offense: 4 Detentions + 4 Demerits, confiscate the device and kept indefinitely - Parent must call Office of the Dean of Men Dining Hall The cafeteria serves a daily menu of hot and cold lunches at reasonable prices. The cafeteria also serves a breakfast menu beginning at 7:00 am on all school days.
After his meal a student is expected to clean his place and deposit all refuse in the receptacles provided. Trays should be returned to their proper place. Food and drink are only permitted in the cafeteria or designated outside
recreation areas. No food or drink is to be opened or consumed in the hallways, library, classrooms, locker rooms, or gymnasium. Students are not permitted to order "take-out" food during the school day.
Dress Code: Enforcement and consistency We are asking that all Parents, Students and Faculty make a more diligent effort
in seeing that Students are in compliance of the Dress code on a daily basis. Parent's part: Please review with your son our dress code policy. Please take inventory of your sons wardrobe and discuss ahead of time
what will or what will not be worn to school. Upperclassmen need to be reminded that shaving on a more regular basis comes with physical maturity. Any questions please call the D.O.M.'s office. Student's part:
After reviewing the dress code policy help take inventory of your school wardrobe with your parent(s). Starting in September all students will be issued an individual discipline card. This card must be
in possession of the student at all times. Students that have major DCV's will be sent to the office immediately. Students that have minor DCV's will have their discipline card marked. A
list of major and minor dress code offenses will be reviewed at registration as well as an explanation of the discipline card and consequences. Faculty/Administration: The Deans, Faculty Senate and Faculty members who are on duty taking attendance will spot check students in
their classes for DCV's. Faculty and administrators are asked to enforce the dress code in during class changes, during the lunch period, and during the activity periods. Emergency Contact Information – Should be updated annually ! Parents or Guardians are requested to Inform the School Whenever They Are Out Of Town and leave the name and phone number of the person/persons in charge of the family during their absence; they should also note where they can be reached in case of an emergency. Internet Alert Last year we sent home a notice regarding important issues concerning
the use of the internet. We call your attention to the recent flurry of news currently being given to these issues, especially the "social networking" sites such as MySpace, Xanga, Facebook and Friendster. The number of
teens posting profiles on and regularly visiting these sites is truly astronomical [MySpace boasts 16 million members, LiveJournal, 6 million], and while there is nothing inherently wrong with these memberships and sites, the
dangers that lurk there are very serious. Over the last month there have been numerous news stories on every network regarding the trolling of these sites by child predators, who are particularly drawn to the photographs and
frank discussions of teenage activities young people are prone to post there in what one monitor of these sites called "an attention competition." While this is significant enough, a second serious outcome of
teenagers' posting of accounts of sometimes dangerous, illicit or illegal activity on these sites is the fact that these postings and personal profiles are "there for the entire world" to see and, due to the nature of the internet,
will probably exist somewhere forever. These profiles are already being consulted by employers doing research for job interview and college admission officers. In an article printed February 6th
2006 in the Star-Ledger contained the following information and suggestions: The National Institute on media and the Family recently posted a MySpace tutorial for parents at Further information about and links to parental help sites may be found, among many other places, at
We call your attention to two additional issues brought up in last year's communication to you regarding these sites:
Laser light warning Recordings No student may tape record, video tape or photograph any Faculty,
Staff or Administrator without that person's permission. A hard copy of these policies will be sent upon request.
A MOTHER'S PLEA, left for her son in the Dean's Office...
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