Hello and welcome back to a successful year! I'm Janie Kay, the Student Assistance Counselor helping to implement prevention and intervention at MRHS. It was a pleasure to be at MRHS last year, and I am looking forward to another good year.

I'd like to give you a brief outline of what a Student Assistance Counselor does:

• Provide students and parents with information about drugs and alcohol
• Help guide students into making positive choices
• Prevention teams working to educate students in the school
• Meeting with concerned parents and students
• Education and prevention of tobacco
• Support and education groups

I will post DID YOU KNOW information in future newsletters regarding events and trends in drugs and alcohol. We all know education is key to prevention! Visit the following websites for useful information:

• Parenting Tips Newsletter
• Padres. La Anti-Droga.
• Great information about any drug
• Facts for Families

Please feel free to call me for information or concerns:
Monday and Tuesday at MRHS: 206-631-2441
ESD Confidential Voice Mail every day: 425-917-7861

Unheard Voices is a group for students to gain skills and support to deal with issues around stress and depression. It is a confidential group that meets once a week during school hours for 15 weeks (most of first semester). The group works on skills to boost self-esteem, set boundaries, raise emotional IQ and develop positive thinking habits. Students can be referred by themselves or by teachers, friends or family. Please contact Mrs. Bones at 206-810-7312 or talk to your school counselor or Mrs. Calkins for more information.

Homework will be generated by counseling for a student ONLY IF THE STUDENT HAS BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL FOR 5 DAYS. It is the student's responsibility to get homework from a homework buddy in each of their classes. Some teachers may also have personal systems set up for students to get missed homework.

Tardy Policy - 10 Minutes or Less
1st - Student warned
2nd - Student warned
3rd - Letter mailed home
4th - Latter mailed and 1/2 hour detention
5th - Letter mailed and 1/2 hour detention
6th - Letter mailed and 1/2 hour detention
7th - 1 day suspension + Asst. Principal Conference with student and parent
8th - 1 day suspension + Asst. Principal Conference with student and parent
9th - 2 day suspension + begin Progressive Discipline

Late Policy - 11 Minutes or More (Subject to Unexcused Absence/Truancy Policy)
1st - Student warned
2nd - 1/2 hour detention
3rd - 1/2 hour detention
4th - Truancy Contract - Asst. Principal Conference with student and parent
5th - 1 day suspension - Asst. Principal Conference with student and parent
6th - 2 day suspension + begin Progressive Discipline

- Failure to serve detention will result in Progressive Suspension
- Excused absence/tardy - note/call from parent must be received within 2 days!
- It is the student's responsibility to be accountable and communicate with parent.

For additional information please contact Tina Bernstein, Attendance Office, at [This email address is being protected from spam bots. Enable JavaScript to view it.] .