HCA Upper School Student/Parent Handbook 2025–2026

Minor Behavioral Infractions

Disciplinary Action

●​ Profanity, obscenity, and/or vulgar speech. ●​ Insubordination or disrespect. ●​ Classroom disruptions. ●​ Inappropriate access to the HCA computer network, misuse of school technology, or violation of the HCA Computer Uses/Acceptable Use Policy. ●​ Unauthorized use of cell phones. ●​ Unauthorized use of personal technology for playing video games, watching movies, or music videos at any time during the school day. ●​ Inappropriate use of social media including taking and posting pictures or video without permission. ●​ Running and/or horseplay in the building. ●​ Sending out for food during the day without teacher permission. ●​ Public displays of affection and/or inappropriate physical contact between students. ●​ Entry into certain “off limits” areas of the building or campus: kitchen, custodial closets, storage closets, buses, and/or locked classrooms. ●​ Skipping a class. (Note: Any work that is missed – tests, quizzes, and/or homework may receive a zero when skipping is involved.) ●​ Reckless driving on the school parking lot or parking violations. ●​ Any isolated creation, whether written or visual, of sexual content, drug/alcohol paraphernalia, or weapons. ●​ Dress code violations.

Discipline is administered according to the seriousness of the act along with behavioral history of the student, which may include but is not limited to: ●​ Warning ●​ Student conference ●​ Detention ●​ Lunch Detention ●​ In-School Suspension ●​ Out-of-School Suspension

●​ Habitual unpreparedness. ●​ Food in the classrooms.

Students who engage in other serious misconduct in or outside of school not expressly covered by the foregoing standards (e.g., social media, Internet abuse, or other digital communication), but which is disruptive to school operations and detrimental to good order and discipline, may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including suspension and/or expulsion.

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