Find Your Focus

The student's cell phone and, if they have them, earbuds and/or air pods and smartwatches.

Students are in possession of their phone - in their Yondr pouch - for the entire school day. Students will be advised to store the pouch in their backpacks. If a phone is confiscated, administration will secure the phone in a safe place.

Upon entering school, students will place their phone, smart watch, and other phone-like devices in the pouch. When leaving the building at the end of the day there will be unlocking stations set out throughout our school campus. To prevent damage to the pouches, students should close and lock their pouches after retrieving their devices.

Students who have a documented medical condition and need a personal device for monitoring that condition will be provided with a non-locking Yondr pouch that has a velcro seal.

Students should keep their pouch safe, just like any other district/school-loaned materials. If they lose their pouch, families will be charged a fee of $30 and students will receive a replacement pouch.

The student’s phone will be collected and returned at the end of the day. Repeated occurrences will result in school-based consequences as per our progressive discipline policy.

For urgent messages that cannot wait until the end of the school day, parents may call the front office.

Students who are using their personal electronics during the day, (not using their personal electronic device pouch as required) will have their cell phone collected. Phones in this instance will only be released to the parent. Students who repeatedly ignore or refuse to follow expectations will be subject to our school's progressive discipline policy.

Cell phones do not have to be in pouches after the school day is over (the end of the last period).

If a student leaves school for an approved early dismissal, they will be able to unlock the pouch at an unlocking station as they leave the building. If returning to school during the instructional day, the student would lock their phone in the pouch before returning to the building.

School-issued Chromebooks have access to music with wired headsets. Bluetooth devices should be held in the pouch and not be out. When it is appropriate (Ex: IEP accommodation), students can still have access to music.

School staff work closely with our district safety and security team to implement our safety systems to keep students safe at school. 

In the event of an emergency, we will communicate with families throughout the incident through the district’s mass notification platform, ParentSquare. Please make sure your contact information is up to date with our school to ensure you receive these notifications.

Please note:

• In an emergency, cell phones can actually be a distraction that prevent students from focusing on the teacher and following directions.
• Sending and receiving calls and messages and/or posting to social media may compromise student safety during an emergency and lead to misinformation. 
• Heavy cell phone activity may jam first responder and district lines of communication. 

Once students are safe and normal operations resume, pouches may be unlocked via multiple handheld unlocking devices, to make contact with family members. In cases of immediate crisis, pouches can be unlocked by any means necessary. 
 

Our school team will have mobile unlocking devices available for these types of circumstances.