PBIS

Putnam Middle School Rules to Live By...

The Putnam Middle School community is respectful, responsible, and our efforts go beyond what is expected.

• Respect: Being considerate and appreciative of others, self, and property.
• Responsibility: Being trustworthy, dependable, and reliable, while making good decisions.
• Effort: Being the best you can.

The goal of Putnam Middle School is to provide a safe and productive learning environment for all students. It is important to establish an environment that minimizes disruptions and encourages students to conduct themselves in a responsible manner that is appropriate to their age and level of maturity. A primary objective for Putnam Middle School is to recognize positive behavior exhibited by our students. Additionally, we will help teach our students to become responsible adults by making appropriate choices, exhibiting responsibility, and understanding and accepting the consequences for their actions. Putnam Middle School faculty and staff will enforce the reasonable expectations established for our students. We endeavor to solve student behavior problems in a positive, non-humiliating manner.

The district has authority over students during the regular school day and while going to and from school on district transportation. This jurisdiction includes any school-related activity, regardless of time or location. Additionally, pursuant to Connecticut state law, there are certain behaviors that occur off school grounds for which the district shall take disciplinary action.  Students who do not choose to follow these expectations will be subject to disciplinary action and shall be referred, when appropriate, to legal authorities for violation of the law. 

The discipline guidelines at Putnam Middle School are based on the values represented by our core words: respect, responsibility, and effort. The purpose of these guidelines is to establish a safe learning environment through the development of mutual respect for and between the students, staff, and school. Putnam Middle School will provide a quality educational program in which positive reinforcement is coupled with the consistency of consequences through our system of Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS). Our underlying premise is that school needs to be orderly to maintain a safe, nurturing environment for students. Therefore, all students are expected to follow the fundamental school rules. These rules apply to any school activity.