TELEPHONE CALLS AND MESSAGES

Phone messages for students will be taken from parents/guardians only. Students may use the office phone before and after school and during the break with permission from the secretary. Students have permission to possess a cell phone, but if it is used during class, it may be subject to confiscation.

VISITORS

Non-students are not permitted to visit the school unless they have permission from the principal. Former students, friends, and graduates are encouraged to visit after class hours so as not to disrupt the education of the students.

DRESS AND GROOMING

Students should take pride in how they look and how they represent themselves. Students who wear clothing or exhibit grooming which disrupts school activities, and/or the classroom learning atmosphere. will be required to change and/or be sent home. (district dress code) Staff reserves the right to determine "appropriate dress" and students are expected to change clothes or to wear loaned clothing if requested.

NUTRITION BREAK AND LUNCH

Breakfast is served before school. There is a midmorning break when additional food may be purchased. Lunch is served after school at 12:10. Students needing a free or reduced meal form can pick it up from the school secretary in the office. During nutrition break and lunch, food is eaten outside on the patio tables. Each student is required to clean up after himself.

FOOD/DRINK IN CLASS

Whether or not you are allowed to eat or drink in the classroom is left up to the policy of each teacher. As a general rule, it is not allowed to bring food or drinks into a classroom.

PASSING FROM CLASS TO CLASS

Mesquite does not have a passing period. There is only one bell, and upon teacher's release, the student is to go directly to the next class. No student should need to be reminded to go to class.

PAPER AND PENCIL

Each student is expected to bring the tools that are needed in order to learn. A notebook, paper, and pen/pencil would be a minimum requirement.

REQUEST TO SEE PRINCIPAL

Any student requesting to talk to the principal during class needs to have a pass from his/her teacher.

SCHOOL AWARDS

Awards for attendance, exemplary behavior, significant improvement of grades, honor roll, special accomplishments, and other awards as warranted, are given out on a regular basis. At the end of the school year, there is an awards ceremony honoring and recognizing all outstanding students.

CAMPUS PRIDE

Students at MHS are very proud of their campus and take pride in keeping it clean. Students do not walk on the grass! (It was the students that planted the grass when the campus was new and students have protected it for the past 25 years!) Students do not leave trash around the school. There is no graffiti on campus.