Guiding Principles for Nora Sterry Elementary
School Successful Students School-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support
These are the rules that Sterry Successful Students follow to
learn, play, and have fun.
Administrative Leadership and Support
Principal Freida Smith
Clear Behavioral Expectations
Sterry Successful Students will…
1. Be Safe
2. Be Responsible
3. Be Respectful
4. Be a Life-Long Learner
5. Be Honest
6. Be Appreciative of Differences
Kindness Policy
• Follow the instructions of any school staff member with courtesy
• Demonstrate respect towards all staff members and others and be able to consider the feelings of any individual
• Be able to resolve problems verbally and with consideration
• Exercise courtesy and good manners during eating times
Learn and follow school and
classroom rules.
Sterry Successful Students
Behavior Expectations Taught
Attend school on time every day and be prepared to learn.
Sterry Successful Students Standards
Keep a safe and clean school.
Sterry Successful Students
Sterry Successful Students
Create a positive
environment and
report any
problems to an
adult.
BE HONEST!
Sterry Successful Students
Think “I Can” – Work Hard – Get Smart
READ EVERYDAY!
Be a Life Longer Learner
Sterry Successful Students
Treat students with disabilities with
kindness.
Be Appreciative of
Differences
Sterry Successful Students
Play fair and treat others the way
they want to be treated.
Avoid problems by thinking first. Do not use bad words,
gestures, or fight.
Sterry Successful Students
Be Safe!
1. Enter and leave quietly.
2. Sit quietly with your back against the chair.
3. Show your appreciation only with appropriate applause.
4. Talking is not permitted during the presentation or performance.
Sterry Successful Students
Auditorium Rules
Be Respectful!
Sterry Successful Students
Outside of Class Rules
1. Obey all of our school
rules.
2. Respect our school’s
property.
3. Be quiet around
classes.
4. Walk only, no running.
5. ONLY Principal
approved items may
be sold.
6. Always have a pass.
7. Report problems to an
adult.
Sterry Successful Students
On the Internet
Visit the
TEAM CYBER website to complete
the internet safety
course https://sites.google.com/site/teamcyberlausd/
http://www.netsmartzkids.org/NetSm
artzRules/What2DoOnTheWeb
Sterry Successful Students
Yard Rules
Play Zone
1. Use the restrooms and drinking fountains during recess
and lunch before the bell rings.
2. Stay in your play area and use all equipment properly.
3. Obey the yard supervisors at all times.
4. When the bell rings, immediately stop playing. At the
whistle, walk to your class lines and wait for your teacher.
5. No students are allowed in the office or walkways without
referrals. Be Responsible
Eat quietly in the Cafeteria
1. Clean your table area before you leave.
2. Walk to and from the cafeteria or play area. NO RUNNING !!!
3. Don’t take food out of the cafeteria area.
4. Second Chance Breakfast is only for students that arrive late.
Sterry Successful Students
Lunchtime and Eating Rules
• Stand in line and wait your turn to be served.
• Remain quiet while eating food.
• Observe proper eating manners. Food is to be eaten and not played with or thrown.
• Follow all Adult directions.
Sterry Successful Students
REPORT Bullies
1. Take responsibility for being
safe at school.
2. Do not engage or contribute
to bullying behaviors.
3. Be sensitive to how others
might see your actions or
words.
4. Report bullying behavior to an
adult.
5. Never retaliate. Create a
positive place and report
problems.
6. Play fair and treat others the
way you want to be treated.
1. Only eat healthy snacks at
recess. No Hot Chips ever!!
2. Always cross at a crosswalk.
3. Do not leave the school without
permission or your teacher,
parents or the Principal.
4. Do not talk to strangers.
5. Remember to recycle cans and
water bottles in the blue bins.
6. Title IX Managers
REPORT STRANGERS TO YOUR
TEACHERS OR ADULTS YOU
KNOW ON CAMPUS
Sterry Successful Students
are Healthy and Safe
1. Do not Play in the Restrooms. Keep your feet on the floor!
2. Do not loiter around the restrooms.
3. Thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water before leaving.
4. Help to keep our restrooms clean.
Sterry Successful Students
Sterry Successful Students Stay Healthy
• Use the Dracula method to cover their coughs and sneezes.
• Wash their hands long enough to sing Happy Birthday, then rinse them.
• If they have a fever, remember to stay home.
Our
Pledge
1. We will treat others the way we expect to be treated.
2. We will follow the instructions of any school staff
member with courtesy.
3. We will resolve problems verbally and with consideration.
4. We will be kind to each other and consider the feelings of
every individual. We will take turns and share.
5. We will respect the school’s property and the property of
others.
6. We will use good manners during eating times.
Our Agreement
Sterry Successful Students
I have listened to and read
the school rules and agree to
follow them.
Rewards Acknowledge and Reinforcement of Appropriate Behavior
Raffle every Monday
at 8:00 am
Winners must be
Present!
Nora Sterry Lions Loot
Caught behaving RRRRighteously!
Name__________________________
Teacher___________________Room____
Grade______ Month_______________
Be Safe-Be Responsible-Be Respectful
Be a Life-Long Learner-Be Honest
Be Appreciative of Differences