Northwest Ohio Classical Academy Family Handbook For Students And .
Northwest Ohio Classical AcademyFamily Handbookfor Students and Parents2021-2022Adopted: July 21, 20211 PageUpdated July 2021
Table of ContentsPrincipal’s Welcome . 6Mission Statement . 7Barney Charter School Initiative Affiliate . 8Purpose of the Northwest Ohio Classical Academy Family Handbook for Students and Parents . 9Academic Policies . 10Education Priorities . 10Grading Policy . 10Promotion & Retention. 11Homework and Classwork . 14Academic Prevention and Intervention . 15Assessments. 15State Required Tests . 15Intervention Services . 16Third Grade Reading Guarantee . 16Procedures for the Regular Collection of Student Collection of Student Performance Data . 17Teacher Conferences . 17Academic Textbooks and Supplies . 17Reporting . 18Plagiarism . 19Cheating. 20Teaching Controversial Issues . 20Teaching Evolution . 20Role of Parents and School in Relation to Human Sexuality . 21Teaching Human Sexuality . 21Video Viewing Policy . 22School Life & Environment . 23Honor Code . 23Attendance . 23Tardiness . 24Absences (Excused/Unexcused) . 24Guidelines for Student Behavior . 25Discipline. 27Disciplinary Action . 28Discipline Referrals . 29Suspension & Expulsion. 30Electronic Devices . 31Uniforms & Grooming . 32Parent Communications with the Administration, Faculty, & Staff . 34Visitor Policy . 34Volunteers at NOCA . 35Special Events & Parties . 35Lunch . 35Guest Speakers . 35Field Trips . 362
Eligibility for Sports & Extracurricular Activities . 36Student Fees & Supplies. 36Off-Site Extracurricular Activities . 36Chaperone Policy. 36Lost and Found . 36Toileting . 37Bus Policy. 37Student Publications Policy . 37Lockers . 37Health, Records, Medicine, & the School Nurse. 39Student Records . 39Medical Operations . 40Parent Obligations . 40Sick Students . 44Enrollment, Admissions & Residency . 45Open Enrollment . 45Admissions Procedures . 45Process and Criteria . 45Records Release/Transfer . 45Kindergarten Admission. 46Residency and Enrollment Requirements. 46Enrollment of Expelled Students . 48Grade Level Placement of Newly Enrolled Students . 48Operations . 49Emergency Operations Plan . 49Security Checks . 49Use of School Resources . 49Student Drop-Off & Pick-Up . 49Before-School Drop-off and After-School Pick-Up Programs . 50Mass Communication Policy . 50Information Technology & Security . 50Records Release. 50Privacy . 51Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA) . 51Student Information Release . 52Governance. 53Board of Trustees (Board) . 53Board Responsibilities . 53Core Principles - School Culture . 54Conflict of Interest Policy . 56Adherence to Law. 56Policy Making . 57Fundraising . 57Parent Grievances . 58Importance of Following the Chain-of-Command . 58Appendix A - The Honor Code . 60Appendix B - Parent Compact. 623
Appendix C - Student Compact. 634
School Contact InformationNorthwest Ohio Classical Academy5025 Glendale AvenueToledo, Ohio 43614Phone: 567-420-6180Email: info@nocacademy.orgSchool Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Office Hours:Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Before-School Drop-off: 7:00 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. After-SchoolPick-up: 3:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.5
Principal’s WelcomeDear Families and Students,Welcome to Northwest Ohio Classical Academy (NOCA)! We are delighted that you chose to partnerwith us in the important task of rearing your child to be virtuous - demonstrating good character; andto have a sound mind full of knowledge. At NOCA, our mission is to train the minds and improve thehearts of young people through a rigorous, content-rich classical curriculum in the liberal arts andsciences, one that produces thoughtful leaders and virtuous citizens. This is difficult work, but webelieve that in building an institution that daily commits to training individuals who a) practicedecorum, b) read and dialogue about great books and ideas to gain significant understanding, and c)learn for the sake of learning, we will form students who seek the True, do the Good, and relish theBeautiful.As established in NOCA’s Honor Code, it is our intention to fashion individuals who demonstratecourage, moderation, justice, responsibility, friendship, prudence, and wisdom. Students will come toknow and embody these traits through their purposeful communication with school faculty.Additionally, students will master these traits through active participation in rigorous, content-richclassical curriculum in the liberal arts and sciences. As a school, we are keenly aware of the central rolethat families have in the formation of their children. It is our hope and expectation to partner with eachfamily. We hope that, each day, families are able to model good behavior and to support theaccomplishment of the academic work presented in their students’ coursework.With great anticipation, I look forward to the coming school year! I will continue to work with students,their families, and with NOCA staff in a shared effort to build a school that produces students who arethoughtful leaders and virtuous citizens.Sincerely,Phillip SchwenkPrincipalNorthwest Ohio Classical AcademyThe task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts. The right defenseagainst false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments. By starving the sensibility of our pupils, weonly make them easier prey to the propagandist when he comes. For famished nature will be avengedand a hard heart is no infallible protection against a soft head. (C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man6
Mission StatementTo train the minds and improve the hearts of young people through a rigorous, content-rich classicalcurriculum in the liberal arts and sciences, one that produces thoughtful leaders and virtuous citizens.7
Barney Charter School Initiative AffiliateNorthwest Ohio Classical Academy (NOCA) is a public charter school, which is a tuition-free, publicschool operated by an independent board of trustees and authorized by a sponsor approved by the OhioDepartment of Education. Charter schools are given flexibility to articulate a distinct mission, design acurriculum around the mission, and hire faculty who can best deliver mission-guided instruction. Theresult is a unique and innovative educational model that responds to the needs of students and familiesthat have chosen NOCA.A principal value of all charter schools is that parents have the primary right, authority, andresponsibility to direct the education of their children. NOCA considers its work to rest upon apartnership between the family and the school.Northwest Ohio Classical Academy is one of many schools in the country that is part of HillsdaleCollege’s Barney Charter School Initiative (BCSI). The Barney Charter School Initiative’s mission isto promote the founding of classical charter schools and excellence in their teaching and operations, tothe end that public-school students may be educated in the liberal arts and sciences and receiveinstruction in the principles of moral character and civic virtue. As part of the BCSI, NOCA teachersare provided ongoing professional development that supports the effective planning andimplementation of classical education.Northwest Ohio Classical Academy, assisted by Hillsdale College, will seek to present a classicaleducation to students that includes the following key characteristics:1. The centrality of the Western tradition in the study of history, literature, philosophy, and finearts;2. A rich and recurring examination of the American literary, moral, philosophical, political, andhistorical traditions;3. The use of explicit phonics instruction leading to reading fluency, and the use of explicitgrammar instruction to English language master;4. The teaching of Latin;5. The acknowledgement of objective standards of correctness, logic, beauty, weightiness, andtruth intrinsic to the liberal arts;6. A school culture demanding moral virtue, decorum, respect, discipline, and studiousnessamong the students and faculty;7. A curriculum that is content-rich, balanced and strong across the four core disciplines ofmath, science, literature, and history;8. A faculty where well-educated and articulate teachers explicitly convey real knowledge tostudents using traditional teaching methods;9. A school that uses technology effectively but without diminishing the faculty leadership thatis crucial to academic achievement; and10. A school with a plan to serve grades K through 128
Purpose of the Northwest Ohio Classical Academy Family Handbookfor Students and ParentsThe purpose and intention of the NOCA Family Handbook is to clearly define and describe NOCA’smission and procedures. While the handbook may be amended and improved over time as the schoolmatures, the core values and intentions of the school and the handbook will remain constant.It is the expectation of NOCA that all parents and students have read the handbook, and that theydemonstrate agreement with the handbook by signing the NOCA Parent and Student Compact. In thisway, both NOCA and families display a willingness to work together to classically educate each studentin an environment that seeks the Truth, does the Good, and relishes the Beautiful.The NOCA Family Handbook is subject to review and may be updated or changed at any time uponrequest/approval of the Board of Trustees.9
Academic PoliciesEducation PrioritiesNorthwest Ohio Classical Academy desires that all students receive a classical liberal arts education.To this end NOCA has determined the following educational priorities: Basic cognitive skills and academic fundamentals: reading-writing-mathematics;Core subjects: English language and literature; history, geography, and government; physicaland biological sciences; mathematics;Other classical subjects: music, art, Latin;Auxiliary subjects: foreign languages, physical education, performing arts, other socialsciences; andExtracurricular activities as defined by the Principal.The K-10 curriculum will follow the Core Knowledge Sequence. Occasionally, NOCA will divergefrom the Core Knowledge Sequence in order to raise the standards in teaching a particular skill orsubject. The Board and Principal will determine these instances. The Principal will ensure that all skillareas in the K-10 Core Knowledge Sequence are taught at some point in grades K-10.Teachers must develop their courses under the direction of the Principal, who is the chief academicleader and accountable to the Board.Grading PolicyGrading and the administration of grades is not the primary goal of education and educators. The gradea student receives in a class is subordinate to the knowledge the student acquires. Still, grades are auseful tool to evaluate the extent to which a student has mastered a particular subject. Therefore, gradeswill be assigned in all classes and subjects. Northwest Ohio Classical Academy will assign grades inorder to accurately reflect the range between true mastery and insufficient knowledge of a subject.Grade inflation is discouraged. In relation to the student’s performance, the following letter grades havethese meanings:Mastery (A)Proficiency (B)Sufficiency/Competence (C)Insufficiency (D)Failing (F)10
In addition to these general parameters, Northwest Ohio Classical Academy uses a 4.0 grading scale.The letter and numerical grades for this system are listed below:A94-100% 4.0A-90-933.7B 87-893.3B84-863.0B-80-832.7C 77-792.3C74-762.0CD 70-7367-691.71.3D64-661.0DF60-630-590.70.0The grading scale as defined above is utilized for all students with the exception of kindergarten andfirst grade, where the scale will reflect A (Mastery), B (Proficiency), C (Sufficiency), and I (NeedsImprovement and Remediation). Incompletes will only be given under special circumstances and mustbe approved by the Principal. Parents and students will be regularly informed of the student’s progress.“Extra credit,” whether to make up for work not turned in on time or to increase a student’s grade, isdiscouraged at Northwest Ohio Classical Academy.Promotion & RetentionIn accordance with Section 3313.608 of the Ohio Revised Code, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) ofthe School adopts this Student Promotion and Retention Policy in order to address third grade readingand grade level promotions within the School.The School recognizes that the personal, social, physical, and educational growth of children will varyand that they should be placed in the educational setting most appropriate to their needs at the variousstages of their growth.It shall be the policy of the Board that each student is moved forward in a continuous pattern ofachievement and growth that is in harmony with his/her own development. A student will be promotedto the succeeding grade level when s/he has:1. Completed the State-mandated requirements at the presently assigned grade;2. In the opinion of his/her principal and the teachers, achieved the instructional objectives set forthe present grade; and,3. Demonstrated sufficient proficiency to permit him/her to move ahead to the educational programof the next grade.The Principal shall:11
1. Require a student be retained if s/he is truant (unexcused absence) for ten percent (10%) or moreof the required school days and has failed at least two (2) courses of study, unless the principaland the teachers of the failed subjects determine that the student is academically prepared to bepromoted;2. Require that parents are informed in advance of the possibility of retention of a student at gradelevel; and,3. Have the final responsibility for determining the promotion or retention of each student, exceptfor third grade students, as per the Third Grade Guarantee.Promotion/Retention of Third Grade Students – InterventionsFor any student who does not attain by the end of the third grade at least a score in the range designatedby statute in the reading test prescribed under R.C. 3301.0710(A)(2)(c), the School shall offer intensiveremediation services during the summer following third grade. No student shall be promoted to thefourth grade who attains a score in the range designated by R.C. 3310.0710(A)(3) on the assessmentprescribed to measure skill in English language arts (ELA) expected at the end of third grade unless oneof the following applies:1. The student is limited English proficient student who has been enrolled in United States schoolsfor less than two (2) full school years and has had less than two (2) years of instruction in Englishas a second language program; or2. The student is a child with a disability entitled to special education and related services underR.C. Chapter 3323 and the student’s individualized education program (IEP) exempts the studentfrom retention under this division; or3. The student demonstrates an acceptable level of performance on an alternative standardizedreading assessment as determined by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE); or4. All of the following apply:a. The student is a child with a disability entitled to special education and related servicesunder R.C. Chapter 3323;b. The student has taken the third grade English language arts achievement assessment, asprescribed;c. The student’s IEP under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended,shows that the student has received intensive remediation in reading for two school years,but still demonstrates a deficiency in reading; and,d. The student previously was retained in any of grades kindergarten to three.ore. The student received intensive remediation for reading for two school years but stilldemonstrates a deficiency in reading and was previously retained in any of gradeskindergarten to three. Any such student shall continue to receive intensive readinginstruction in grade four. The instruction shall include an altered instructional day thatincludes specialized diagnostic information and specific research-based reading strategiesthat have been successful in improving reading among low-performing readers.Retention Exemptions under 3rd Grade Reading GuaranteeEach school year, a student must reach the state determined cut-score on the state assessment to moveon to the fourth grade. If a student does not reach the state mandated required passing score, the studentmay still move on to fourth grade if she or he meets the qualifying exemption:These exemptions apply to:12
1. Limited English proficient students who have been enrolled in U.S. schools for less than threefull school years and have had less than three (3) years of instruction in an English as a SecondLanguage program;2. Special education students whose IEPs specifically exempt them from retention under theThird Grade Reading Guarantee;3. Any student who has received intensive remediation for two years and was previouslyretained in kindergarten through the third grade; and4. Students who demonstrate reading competency on a Reading Alternative approved by theOhio Department of Education.Third Grade Guarantee Alternate Assessment ProcedureNo school district shall promote to fourth grade any student who does not attain at least the equivalentlevel of achievement designated under division (A)(3) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code on theassessment prescribed under that section to measure skill in English language arts expected at the end ofthird grade as demonstrated by an acceptable level of performance on an alternative standardized readingassessment determined by the department of education.Summer Promotion Under the Third Grade GuaranteeThe School may elect to administer a new standardized reading assessment provided by ODE (to act asa summer version of the Grade 3 state reading assessment). If the student participates in the remediationservices and demonstrates reading proficiency in accordance with standards adopted by the departmentprior to the start of fourth grade through the alternative assessment, the School shall promote the studentto the fourth grade in the fall.If a student does not demonstrate proficiency on the alternative assessment after completing the summerreading intervention program, the student should continue to receive intensive reading remediationservices appropriate for the student’s reading deficiency.The administration of the summer exam will be the same as the spring assessment with regard toadministration procedures and the cost of the assessment. Students will be required to reach the ODEretention cut score in order to qualify for summer promotion. Students who receive a summer promotionshould continue to receive appropriate reading intervention in the fourth grade.Student Reenters the T
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