Teams: Each student is placed on a “team” with either 2, 3 or 4 teachers for core academic subjects.

Lockers: The yearly cost is $6.00 for a hall locker and $4.00 for a PE locker. Book bags must stay in lockers during the day.

PE Uniforms: Students must “dress out” for PE and may purchase RMS shorts and t-shirts or supply their own.

Intramurals: Non-competitive sports activities are offered Monday through Thursday before school. A permission slip must be on file.

Extramurals: Basketball, volleyball, tennis, track & field, and soccer are offered to 7th and 8th graders only. 6^th graders may participate in gymnastics. Try-outs are necessary and competition is with other middle schools in our area.

Clinic: Our clinic is staffed daily from 8:30am until 4:30pm.

School Hours: 8:55am – 3:55pm

Early Dismissal: Students leaving before 3:35pm must bring a note to the front office before school stating the time and reason for this dismissal. Parents must come into the front office to sign a student out.

Phone Calls: Students WILL NOT be called to the front office phone during the school day. Messages will be sent to students only in cases of emergency.

Cell Phones:

Fulton County School Boardpolicy states

Rule 1.   Disruption and Interference with School

A student shall not:

g. use, display, or turn on a pocket pager, cellular telephone or other personal electronic communication device on school property, except for middle and high school students who may use such devices on school grounds before or after the regular school day. Elementary students are prohibited from possessing cellular telephones at any time. No such devices may be used at any time on school system operated vehicles, or during an emergency drill or evacuation. These limits on the use of personal communication devices do not apply to students whose special needs require the use of such a device to enhance speech or hearing. Students who are found with such devices in the "on" position, in use, or displayed except as permitted above, shall have the device confiscated by the school administrator. See Rule 18, below, for specific rules relating to use of electronic equipment and other items while on the school bus. For RMS the school day is 8:55 a.m. until 3:55 p.m. daily.

Recently, we have experienced a rash of incidents where students had cell phones out in class. We know that almost every student now carries a cell phone and that is not a problem if they follow the rules and expectations. Many students have been discovered sending or receiving text messages, checking text messages, taking pictures or other activities. This is strictly against district and school rules. There is no reason for students to be using their cell phones during the school day. There are phones available for student use in the front office and if student is ill there is a phone in the clinic. All student cell phones must be kept in their hall locker. In the event a student has PE at the end of the day, the cell phone must be kept in the PE locker.

The distraction cell phones are creating for the educational environment is tremendous. We have worked through situations where inappropriate content was being exchanged as well as intimidating or bullying emails have been sent. Additionally, there have been some instances of theft. These recent developments have resulted in the following local school intervention regarding cell phones:

• 1^st offense – phone confiscated, parent contact/conference, one public detention
• 2^nd offense – phone confiscated, parent contact/conference, two public detentions or consequence to be determined by student’s placement on the discipline cycle
• 3^rd offense – phone confiscated, parent contact/conference, In-school suspension for insubordination/failure to follow school rules or other consequences as warranted by the discipline cycle.

RMS does not assume responsibility for damaged, lost, or stolen cell phones for failure to adhere to the above policy. In the case of theft, the school will not conduct an investigation for failure to adhere to policy.

Electronic Devices:  Electronic devices such as ipods, mp3 players, and video games (PSP, Ninteno, etc.) shall not be brought to school. The school uses the same intervention for cells phones in regards to electronic devices.

RMS does not assume responsibility for damaged, lost, or stolen electronic devices for failure to adhere to the above policy. In the case of theft, the school will not conduct an investigation for failure to adhere to policy.

School Dances: Administration reserves the right to refuse the attendance of any student based upon the student’s behavior during school hours or if a student is not picked up on time after the dance.

Bus Changes: Fulton County Transportation does not allow students to change buses unless for childcare. If that is the case, a note must be written to the front office explaining the situation and including a phone number to verify information. Students may not ride another bus in order to work on a project, spend the night, or other personal reasons.

Breakfast/Lunch: Breakfast is .95 and lunch is $1.60. A la carte prices vary.

Parent Connect: Parents may access student information on line by registering in the school office. Each parent receives a PIN number from the school technology specialist, enabling parents to review grades, assignments, attendance and discipline information.