Foundation Academy School-Parent-Student Contract

The contract is divided into three parts:

School's Commitment

  • We will work tirelessly to ensure that your child secures the academic knowledge and skills to prepare him / her for the nation's finest high schools and colleges.
  • We embrace and model the values of caring, respect, responsibility and honesty, and work to instill them in all of our students.
  • We will open our doors ready to accept students daily at 7:15 a.m., and will remain open daily until 4:30 pm, from the beginning of the summer session in August through the month of June.
  • We will always come to class prepared and will continually engage students in the challenging, hard work that paves the way for success in school and life.
  • We will assign each student a faculty or staff advisor to oversee the child’s individual needs and progress within the school.
  • We will maintain an open-door policy for parents, who may come into the school at any time – after gaining office clearance – and enter any classroom for observation, as long as there is no disruption.
  • We will communicate with you regularly about your child’s performance and make ourselves available in person and by telephone. We will return your telephone calls within 24 hours.
  • We will assign productive, meaningful homework each night (except in special circumstances) to focus students on working to their fullest potential.
  • We will enforce the Foundation Academy Code of Conduct consistently and fairly. If your child is suspended, we will promptly notify you of the reason.

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  • Faculty Member Name
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  • Faculty Member Signature
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  • Date
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Parents' / Guardians' Commitment

ATTENDANCE

  • We will ensure that our child comes to school every day by 7:30 a.m.
  • We understand that if our child is absent for more than 12 days in the school year without a school-approved excuse, he/she will need to repeat the grade.
  • We will make sure that our child promptly makes up missed work following absences.
  • We understand that our child will not earn credit for work missed after absences.
  • We understand that the school day ends at 4:30 p.m., and we will make arrangement so that our child can remain at Foundation Academy until that time and be picked up promptly at that time.
  • We understand that our child will not be permitted to enter the school building before 7:15 a.m.
  • We understand that the school year runs from the beginning of August through June and we will not plan family vacations or other extended absences to occur on school days.
  • We will telephone the school prior to 8:00 a.m. on the day of any absence to report why our child is out.
  • We understand that if our child is late for school without a school-approved excuse, he/she will be required to serve after-school detention that same day.
  • We understand that every three unexcused tardies or early dismissals will be recorded as an unexcused absence on our child’s record and put him/her at risk of repeating the grade.

HOMEWORK

  • We understand that our child will have 90 minutes to two hours of homework each night, including weekends.
  • We will provide a quiet, undisturbed time and space for our child to complete his/her homework.
  • We agree to check our child’s homework daily to ensure that it’s complete, accurate and neat.
  • We understand that our child will be required to serve an after-school detention the same day if he/she does not complete assigned homework or completes homework that does not meet Foundation Academy standards.

DRESS CODE

  • We will ensure that our child comes to school each day in proper dress, according to the guidelines listed in the Parent-Student Handbook.
  • We understand that if our child comes to school in violation of the school dress code, he or she may not be permitted to attend class, may need to wait for the appropriate clothing to be brought from home and will receive an automatic after-school detention to be served that day.

PROMOTION POLICY

  • We understand that our child must pass all but one class in order to be promoted to the next grade. More than one failure will result in retention.

DISCIPLINE

  • We have read, understand and support the Foundation Academy Code of Conduct including all its rules, rewards and disciplinary consequences.
  • We understand that our child will have to remain in school until at least 5:20 p.m. if he/she commits a detention-level offense and that we are responsible for ensuring his/her safe transportation home after detention.
  • We understand that detentions happen on the day of the offense.
  • We understand that it is our child’s responsibility to contact us and let us know that he/she has earned an after-school detention.
  • We understand that our child can not be excused from detention unless there is a documented family emergency.
  • We understand that our child may be suspended if he/she misses an after-school detention.
  • We understand that if our child is suspended that he/she will have to be picked up from school on the day of the offense, that we will have to accompany the child for a meeting in order for the child to return to classes and that our child will have to present a sincere written and verbal apology before the community.

FAMILY SUPPORT

  • We agree to attend all Parent-Teacher Conferences for which we are scheduled so that we may collect our child’s report card and meet with his/her teachers to discuss our child’s performance in school.
  • We agree to support our child’s academic work by communicating regularly with our child’s teachers.
  • We understand that we are not required to sign this contract as a term of our child’s admission to Foundation Academy, but do so voluntarily because we believe that Foundation Academy is a partnership between parents and educators in creating the best possible education for our child.

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  • Parent / Guardian Name
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  • Parent / Guardian Signature
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  • Date
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Student's Commitment

  • I commit to consistently work, think and behave in the best way I know how and will do whatever it takes for me and my classmates to learn and to prepare myself for college.
  • I will arrive at school every day by 7:30 a.m.
  • I will remain at school daily until 4:30 p.m.
  • I will attend Foundation Academy from the beginning of the summer session in August through June.
  • I will wear my uniform to school every day and adhere to the Foundation Academy dress code.
  • I will complete all of my homework and reading every night.
  • I will raise my hand and ask questions in class if I do not understand something.
  • I embrace and will consistently model the values of caring, respect, responsibility and honesty.
  • I am responsible for my own behavior and I will follow the teacher’s directions. If I make a mistake, I will tell the truth to my teachers, accept responsibility for my actions and sincerely apologize to those who I have wronged.

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  • Student Name
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  • Student Signature
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  • Date
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