An independent, college preparatory, co-ed, Episcopal Day School serves a community of students in grades 6-12.
Issue link: http://palmertrinityschool.uberflip.com/i/1525292
{ 74 } Because of our concern for student safety, all employees, and those parents who volunteer for School activities with unsupervised access to our students, are screened through the School's criminal background process. Although the School performs such screenings, the School cannot attest to the background of the various parents whom their child may associate with away from School. To keep their children safer, parents should talk openly to their children about safety issues. Parents should know their children's friends and be clear with their children about the places and homes that their children visit. Children should be taught that they have the right to say no to any unwelcome, uncomfortable, or confusing touching or actions by others and to get out of those situations as quickly as possible. Parents should regularly visit the public registry to check out individuals for prior criminal records and sex offenses. Information concerning registered sex offenders and predators in Florida may be obtained by visiting http://www.fdle.state.fl.us, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Sexual Offenders database. Information may also be obtained by contacting the FDLE's toll free telephone number: 1-888-FL-PREDATOR (1-888-357-7332). To view a map of registered sex offenders living within a five mile radius of any given address, parents should visit http://www.familywatchdog.us. To learn about additional child safety tips and links to child and internet safety sites and searches, parents should visit the Florida Attorney General website at http://myfloridalegal.com. STUDENT/ADULT INTER ACTION AND COMMUNICATION Our students and adults (teachers, administrators, staff members, parents, and visitors) are expected to interact with each other in a professional and respectful manner based on mutual respect and trust with an understanding of appropriate boundaries between adults and students. Although our adults can and should be friendly with the students, becoming too friendly with each other sometimes results in confusion and anxiety. If a student or the student's parents become aware of any adult's communications or actions toward one or more students that seems unusual, overly friendly, or otherwise inappropriate, such information should immediately be reported to the guidance counselors or Division Head. Further, students and their parents should promptly notify the Administration if they believe an employee has engaged in any of the following prohibited behaviors or similar activities (regardless of the age of the student): • Initiating or continuing communications with students for a non-school matter, including oral or written communications; telephone calls; electronic communications (emails, texts); social media communications, etc. • Touching students or their clothing in non-professional ways or inappropriate places, or touching a student with aggression or in frustration; • Making comments that are too personal (about a student's clothing, hair, personal habits, etc.); • Giving gifts to a student or exchanging cards and letters; • Inviting a student into their home; • Taking students off school property other than for approved field trips and school activities; • Flirting or asking a student on a date; • Excessive attention shown toward a particular student or students or calling or referring to students by pet names or inappropriate nicknames;