In consultation with the teachers, parents, and the students in grades 7 & 8 at Rockwood Centennial Public School this policy reflects best practices to ensure that our students can benefit from the privilege of four off-site lunches per year in grade 7 and in grade 8. During the consultation, we considered logistical factors such as overcrowded restaurants, safe crossing on highway 7 and ensuring students have enough time to return to school on time from lunch.

Below is a list of procedures and expectations to ensure that our students stay safe and demonstrate independence and responsibility off school property during an off-site lunch.

Procedures:

• Students can sign out for an off-site lunch four times per year. Twice in term 1 and twice in term

• Students must apply to sign out in pairs or with a group at least one day in advance of the day they choose to go off-site provided they do not exceed the maximum quota of 12 students off-site per

• A maximum of 12 students can be off-site per lunch

• Students must provide a dated hand-written and signed note from parents on the day they have parent permission to have their lunch off-site in the morning.

• The parent note must be submitted to the 1st period teacher on the day of the off-site lunch to ensure it is handed in to the office with the attendance The office will cross reference the note with the offsite daily application list.

• Students must sign OUT at the office at the beginning of recess and sign IN at the office upon

• Students must NOT be late upon returning to school and must sign in before the bell.

• There are no exceptions to the procedure steps Students cannot phone parents the day of the off-site lunch to ask for verbal permission.

• Failure to follow these procedures could result in the loss of privilege for off-site lunches in the future.

Expectations:

• Students must follow the Code of Conduct at all times when off school property as they are still the responsibility of the school.

• Students must follow traffic safety rules such as walking on sidewalks, crossing at official crosswalks or stop lights at all times. (site)

• Students must respect and not damage public and private property during their off-site

• As a safety precaution, students will be allowed to bring a cell phone, however, students are still expected to follow the Computer Network and Internet Use Policy and display good digital citizenship.

• Failure to follow these expectations could result in school disciplinary measures and/or the loss of privilege for off-site lunches in the future.

Below is a map of the streets to access appropriate destinations nearby.