High School:
Resources and Policies
Policies at Regina
Click here to download the 2010/11 Parent/Student Handbook
We all have common basic needs that make us who we are at various stages in life and these include: survival, belonging, recognition, freedom and fun, safe environment and dignity and respect. This is especially true during our formative years or grades preschool through high school.
At Regina we strive to be inviting and welcoming to all students, we encourage risk taking so all can reach their full potential in life. We want students to possess and feel that they belong to the Regina Community and we want everyone to be successful in a stimulated and challenging school. To do this we must make sure that we keep the primary focus on an important message from God. “What we do for the least, we do unto Him”
Regina’s goal is to provide a safe environment for all students, faculty and staff at all times, all events, in all classes, hallways, lunch room and on school grounds. This is a team effort to assure all feel safe and welcome in our school. The Regina school climates offers a safe haven to the majority but as all schools and work environments we can do better.
The Iowa State Legislature recently passed Senate File 61 “Relating to the establishment of state and school antiharassment and antibullying policies, providing data collection and reporting requirements, and providing for immunity and other related matters.” To that end the diocese of Davenport has implanted policy 430, which can be read in its entirety on the Regina web page “icregina.com”.
Bullying and harassment takes on different forms across the lifespan:
Elementary school is usually physical and therefore is easily observed.
It usually peaks in the middle grades and becomes more sophisticated, harsher and less observable.
High school sees some decrease, but again, those who still bully/harass others or the same person(s) continue to be less observable and are usually relentless.
Harassment and Bullying:
Harassment and bullying mean any electronic, written, verbal, or physical act or conduct toward a student which is based on any actual or perceived trait or characteristic of the student and which creates an objectively hostile school environment that meets one of the following conditions:
We all have common basic needs that make us who we are at various stages in life and these include: survival, belonging, recognition, freedom and fun, safe environment and dignity and respect. This is especially true during our formative years or grades preschool through high school.
At Regina we strive to be inviting and welcoming to all students, we encourage risk taking so all can reach their full potential in life. We want students to possess and feel that they belong to the Regina Community and we want everyone to be successful in a stimulated and challenging school. To do this we must make sure that we keep the primary focus on an important message from God. “What we do for the least, we do unto Him”
Regina’s goal is to provide a safe environment for all students, faculty and staff at all times, all events, in all classes, hallways, lunch room and on school grounds. This is a team effort to assure all feel safe and welcome in our school. The Regina school climates offers a safe haven to the majority but as all schools and work environments we can do better.
The Iowa State Legislature recently passed Senate File 61 “Relating to the establishment of state and school antiharassment and antibullying policies, providing data collection and reporting requirements, and providing for immunity and other related matters.” To that end the diocese of Davenport has implanted policy 430, which can be read in its entirety on the Regina web page “icregina.com”.
Bullying and harassment takes on different forms across the lifespan:
Elementary school is usually physical and therefore is easily observed.
It usually peaks in the middle grades and becomes more sophisticated, harsher and less observable.
High school sees some decrease, but again, those who still bully/harass others or the same person(s) continue to be less observable and are usually relentless.
Harassment and Bullying:
Harassment and bullying mean any electronic, written, verbal, or physical act or conduct toward a student which is based on any actual or perceived trait or characteristic of the student and which creates an objectively hostile school environment that meets one of the following conditions:
- Places the student in reasonable fear of harm to the student’s person or property.
- Has a substantially detrimental effect on the student’s physical or mental health.
- Has the effect of substantially interfering with the student’s academic performance or ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the school.
The policy further prohibits harassment, bullying, hazing or any other victimization, of students, based on any of the following actual or perceived traits or characteristics: age, color, creed, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender identity, physical attributes, physical or mental ability or disability, ancestry, political part preference and socioeconomic status.
“Electronic “ means any communication involving the transmission of
information by wire, radio, optical, cable electromagnetic, or other similar means. “Electronic” includes but is not limited to communication via electronic mail, internet based communications, pager service, cell phones, electronic text messages, or similar technologies.
The entire policy is on the Regina web site and I would encourage you to familiarize yourself with the information. This policy was sent to us after the printing of the 2007-2008 Parent Student Handbook by the Diocese, however it is in effect for this school year.
Please call Regina's Assistant Principal with specific questions regarding this policy or it procedures.
To download the full policy from the Diocese of Davenport Board of Education, click here for the pdf.
Thank you,
David Krummel
Principal