Student Services
Announcements
- Prayers are recited daily over the PA system at the beginning of first period and at the close of school.
- Daily announcements are read over the public address during Homeroom.
- Daily announcements must be submitted to the office before 1:00 P.M., the day BEFORE the announcement is to be read.
- Announcement forms may be obtained in the main office or ASB office.
- Announcements must be approved (signature) by the Administration, Activities Director, or faculty representative.
- Students SHALL NOT use the PA system without administrative approval.
- The bulletin boards located on the electrical building or next to the south faculty lounge may be used with permission from the School Activities Director.
- Special announcements over the PA system will be made at the beginning or end of a period ONLY, and ONLY with Administration approval.
- Students will be notified over the PA at the end of each school day if they have messages in the main office.
Other Public Address Systems
Any use of a portable public address system, microphone and amplifiers or the P.A. systems in Msgr. Leddy Hall or the gymnasium must be approved by the Dean of Students.
Posters
- All posters and signs must be approved for posting by the Dean of Students or Activities Director.
- Posters/signs may be posted at the following locations: gym walls, ASB office wall, rest room walls, quad wall, and wire fences.
- Posters/signs WILL NOT be posted at the following locations: classroom walls, administration building, A.P.B. walls, and cafeteria.
- All posters and tape must be removed at the conclusion of the event. The student and/or sponsoring group is responsible for any damage to wall surfaces.
Public Telephone/Messages
- Cell phones may only be used in the attendance office.
- Flowers/gifts, balloons, etc., delivered to students will be kept in the Administration Office and can be picked up by students at the close of school that day.
- Students WILL NOT be permitted to carry flowers, balloons, gifts, etc., with them throughout the school day.
Work Permits
- Work permit applications may be picked up in the Attendance Office.
- Once the work permit application is returned to the school, the work permit card may be picked up the next day in the Attendance Office.
School Insurance
- Should your child get hurt during school activities, Garces provides insurance to help with the cost of medical treatment not covered by other insurance you may have.
REPORTING AN ACCIDENT:
Any student injured on campus during school hours or a school sponsored activity must immediately report the accident or injury to the teacher or individual in charge. The individual or instructor in charge will obtain the "Report of Accident" form from the Dean of Students.
Student Transcripts
- Students requesting a transcript of course work completed are to fill out a "Request for Transcript Form" in the Administration Office and give it to the Registrar.
- The initial transcript is sent free of charge. Each unofficial transcript thereafter is $1.00 and each official transcript thereafter is $2.00.
- Transcripts will be available the day AFTER the request.
*Transcripts cannot be faxed, we can only mail unofficial or official transcripts.
Lost and Found
- Students and teachers will turn in all articles found in the classroom or on campus to the school receptionist.
- Students who have lost articles/books, etc. should identify and claim them in the administration office.
- Books that are not claimed within a reasonable length of time will be turned over to the bookstore.
- Unclaimed clothing and personal items may be given to the St. Vincent De Paul Society.
Student Lockers
At the beginning of the school year a locker is assigned to each student. Students may not change lockers or use another locker without the permission of the Dean of Students.
Lockers are the property of the school and the use thereof is a privilege granted to the student by the school. It is the proper function of the administration to inspect the lockers under their authority and to prevent their use in illicit ways or for illegal purposes.
Lockers must be neat and in a useable condition. Stickers or decals are not permitted in or on the lockers. Students are held responsible for all damages and defacing of their assigned lockers. Students will be fined for damage to lockers and sanctions will be invoked.
All locks are to be purchased from the bookstore for both regular and P.E. lockers. Only school locks are allowed on lockers. All others will be removed.
Locker-Shower Rooms
Doors to the locker rooms are kept locked except when a faculty member is present. A duly appointed adult manager of an athletic team may represent a faculty member and allow team members to use the locker and shower rooms.
Locker room and shower room facilities are for the use of the Physical Education classes and athletic teams. The school does not provide these facilities for those playing privately organized games in the gym or outdoors.
Books, lunches and other materials not required for physical education activities are not to be kept in the gym lockers. Only those materials required immediately following the physical education activity may be kept in the locker room and, then, only during that period.
Use of the Garces weight room (field house) by any student without on-site supervision by a coach or other designated school personnel is strictly prohibited. Use of weight room, locker room, etc., by non-Garces students is prohibited.
All lockers are to be cleaned by the end of school on the last day of spring semester finals, or the contents will be confiscated.
Student Visitors to Campus
A student wishing to bring a visitor on campus must pick up a student-visitor form in the Attendance office. Both the student sponsor and visitor forms must be completed and turned in to the office before the visitor is allowed to attend any classes. A student wishing to bring a visitor on campus must also have a parent contact the Dean of Students TWO school days before the visitor is to arrive on campus to verify that all proper forms have been obtained.
The student sponsor and visitor must report to the Attendance Office prior to the beginning of school to obtain the visitor's pass. The guest must also bring a note from his/her parents advising Garces that the visitor has the parents permission to visit the campus on the scheduled day.
Visitors are expected to meet the dress standards as set forth in the GROOMING AND DRESS CODE FOR SPECIAL DRESS DAYS.
Students may bring only one guest at a time.
To help minimize the potential for disturbance of class time created by too many guest visitors, Garces will allow a maximum of five guests on campus on any given school day on a first come, first serve basis.
Visitors are to remain with their designated student sponsor while on campus.
The student sponsor is responsible for the visitor at all times.
If driving a car, the visitor will use the front parking lot.
Transportation and Parking
- All cars and motorbikes or mopeds must be registered with the Business Office. (To download the Garces Parking Permit, Parking_Permit.pdf (7 KB)
A permit will be issued for each vehicle registered. Garces will solely use a hanging parking permit and it can be purchased from the Business Office for $20. These permits should hang from the front rear view mirror with the numbers facing out. Motorcycles and motor bikes must have the parking permit displayed in a prominent place.
- All cars and motorbikes are to be parked in the student parking lot. An evening activity is the only exception.
- The parking lot has designated areas depending on the year of the student. The senior lot is the south portion (located closest to the outdoor basketball courts). Juniors will have the north lot. Freshman and sophomores will have the lower parking lot. All students driving to campus must purchase a parking permit and park in the appropriate area.
- Anyone with a moped type vehicle or bicycle should see the Dean of Students.
- The privilege of driving to school may be revoked for speeding or careless driving on or near the campus.
- The speed limit on campus is five miles per hour.
- Loitering in the student parking lot is prohibited.
- Students are not permitted in their cars during lunch time or between periods without permission from the office or supervising instructor.
- Students are encouraged to keep their cars locked and to place valuable items in the trunk. Garces Memorial High School is not responsible for theft, accidents or damage to vehicles parked on campus.
- Cars illegally parked (parking decal not visible or parked in an illegal area) will be issued a warning sticker. Violators who continue to park illegally will be issued a $20 fine for each infraction. These fines will be added to the student's tuition. Student's who do not pay these fines may have their yearbooks withheld, and may be withheld from taking midterm or final examinations until there is a zero balance.
- An administrator has the right to search a student's vehicle if there is reasonable suspicion to do so.
*** Parents or guardians driving students to school are asked to drop off and pick up
their students in the front parking lot.
Library Procedures
The Garces Library/Computer Center is open on school days from 7:00 AM until 4:00 PM. Students may use the facility before and after school and during morning break and lunch. Students may also use the facility during class time with a pass or if accompanied by a teacher.
Students may check out up to four books at a time for a two week period, provided they have no outstanding library fines (20 cents per overdue book per day) and abide by all library regulations. The library also has a collection of reference works and magazines for use in the facility only.
Computers are available for class-work use and internet research. The student and his/her parents must sign an "acceptable use agreement" before access to the computers will be allowed. Additionally, the facility has a printer, and a copier for student use. Copies from the printer and copier are 10 cents per page.
Students are expected to cooperate in maintaining a quiet atmosphere in the center. No food, drinks or gum are allowed inside. The school dress-code will be enforced. Failure to abide by these regulations may result in the loss of the privilege to use the facility.
LUNCH
The Cafeteria
- Students eating in the cafeteria have the responsibility for cleaning up after they have finished with lunch. Disposal containers are provided for this purpose. This includes emptying trays and placing the trays in the designated area in the cafeteria.
- Students eating in the cafeteria will enter by the northwest door. Those students not complying may be detained until all other students have been served, and may be given JUG or cafeteria duty.
- Students wishing to purchase food and drinks from any food counter will stand in orderly lines.
- Any student asked to clean up in the cafeteria will be expected to do so.
- Throwing of any objects, food, etc., will be considered a serious violation and subject to referral and suspension from the cafeteria.
- Any student who spills or drops any substance on the floor is responsible to clean the floor immediately. The Supervisor in charge should be notified.
- Cafeteria personnel are to be treated with respect and courtesy at all times.
- Students are not to run in the cafeteria and are to stay in a single line for service.
- Food cannot be ordered from off campus. No birthday parties or other celebrations where candles are used will be permitted.
- Senior privilege is only for the first fifteen minutes of the lunch period.
- Parents, boyfriends, girlfriends, etc. are asked not to buy food from off campus and bring it to the office to be delivered to a student. Guests are not allowed on campus without prior approval from the Dean of Students.
The Campus
- Students who bring lunches from home may eat in the cafeteria or in the main Quad area on campus.
- Any student may be asked to clean up the campus.
- Students are to deposit all waste materials in the disposal containers.
- Throwing any substance or object at another student is strictly prohibited and will be considered a serious violation. This includes balls, Frisbees, ice, water, etc.
- Students are not permitted in any Faculty Lounge, in the duplicating room, behind the counter in the Attendence Office or Administration Office, or in any classroom or locker room without supervision.
Off-Campus Lunch
- Parents are discouraged from taking their sons/ daughters off campus for lunch. Parents who still insist must call for an "off campus pass" in advance. Only the parent's child will be allowed to leave. Other students/friends will not be released for an off campus lunch.
- Any abuse of this privilege will result in it being revoked.
- Parents are requested not to approve or excuse their student for lunch off campus.