Code of Conduct of of école
Sainte-Marie Mère de Dieu

THE STUDENT:

École Sainte-Marie Mère de Dieu ("the School") provides an education that seeks to obey the precepts of the encyclicals on education in connection with the Tradition of the Church.

1. It is an obligation for the student and their family to respect the traditionally expressed Catholic spirit of the School and to actively participate in its spiritual life.
2. The School does not admit any behavior deemed immoral, nor any lack of politeness (i.e., any lack of good manners, any breach of the rules of propriety; good education), because politeness teaches us to contain hateful passions and gives the habit of taking care of others. In addition to excluding anything that can hurt, it teaches us to forget ourselves for the benefit of others.
3. Students are therefore obliged to practice self-discipline (i.e., imposing discipline on oneself, in this case self-control) in order to better evolve in the silence of the classroom with dignity (i.e., with the feeling of the intrinsic value of the student that commands the respect of others).
4. Wearing the school uniform at school and sports attire in the gymnasium is strictly mandatory at all times.
5. The uniform is also mandatory in virtual learning situations where the student must demonstrate the same dress standards as when present at school.
6. Chewing gum and anything that can be chewed outside of lunch and snack times are strictly prohibited.
7. Any electronic device such as mobile phones, headphones, or laptops are strictly prohibited, except for a calculator (mandatory) and a laptop (not mandatory) for students in grades 9-12, exclusively during classes and not during snacks, lunch, or recess.
8. Any headwear is prohibited for both boys and girls—dyed hair, gel, eccentric haircuts, hats, toques (beanies), kippahs, combs, etc., unless it is a natural dye or natural gel that shows no eccentricity (i.e., that does not seek the emptiness of ostentation).
9. Self-control and silence are required in class, regardless of the circumstances, even if the teacher is talking to a colleague or another student—cf. № 3.
10. For any question in class, the student raises their hand and waits for a response from the teacher, no matter how long the wait takes. Any question or answer from the student is done in a moderate, understandable, and respectful voice.
11. Students are prohibited from distracting other students or the teacher in class through chattering (i.e., by abundant words, murmured or whispered, lacking interest), borrowing school tools, or shooting projectiles of any kind.
12. Complete school materials are required for the student at each class, in addition to books and notebooks.
13. In class, students keep their assigned seats and refrain from any movement or wandering without a valid reason.
14. In class, outside snack or lunch times, students refrain from drinking and eating, except for health reasons or for water.
15. Students will always strive to avoid accumulating overdue work, difficulties, forgetfulness, or negligence in their current work, regular preparation, and daily study.
16. Students will ensure the cleanliness of their desk, classroom, and school, as well as the maintenance and proper use of all materials and equipment made available to them.
17. Following № 2, any insults, disrespect, acts deemed hurtful or offensive that undermine the development of students' personalities are strictly prohibited. Students must show discernment in the use of means deemed peaceful in resolving potential conflicts. Likewise, any form of physical violence, aggression, or psychosis is not tolerated (i.e., the disintegration of personality following a disturbance of perception, judgment, and/or reasoning—despite its incongruity, its presence is frequent and will then require external medical help).
18. In case of repeated and/or unjustified absences (i.e., multiple absences that become habitual), the student may be expelled. On a daily basis, they cannot rejoin the class before the next period and must make up the missed work time during the lunch period or after the school day according to the teacher's availability.
19. In case of plagiarism (i.e., cheating), the observed fraud and its consequences (sanctions), following the failure of its prevention, will take into account a) the grade level, b) the level of maturity, c) the number and frequency of fraudulent incidents, and d) the particular circumstances of the student. Consequences will range from a percentage penalty requiring the retake of the targeted work or, in case of recurrences, failure of the course accompanied by a descriptive comment of the fraud on the report card, with mandatory retake of said course the following year. The analysis of the sanction takes into account the moral definition of plagiarism, i.e., intellectual fraud of substituting the author and infringing on the authorship rights of a work. It is about wanting to associate one's name with someone else's work. Now, plagiarism is not a legal fact, hence the four possible sanctions: 1) counterfeiting where there is a reproduction of formal elements of a work without prior authorization, 2) civil liability in reproducing someone else's work that is not subject to any protection, i.e., if the plagiarized author has suffered prejudice, 3) criminal liability based on theft and breach of trust, and 4) disciplinary liability for ignoring professional ethical and deontological practices, the most evident case in a student.
20. In case of delay in submitting work, taking into account a) the grade level, b) the level of maturity, c) the number and frequency of delays, and d) the particular circumstances of the student, the sanction will be gradual, 10% per working day up to a limit of 50%, then a failure at 0%.
21. Any infraction will be sanctioned according to the contents of the applicable common policies.