Off Campus Privileges

At Front Range we desire to teach, encourage, and challenge young people in an effort to train students for life. As such, we want to maximize their time on campus. We recognize that the best place for a student to be during school hours is on campus, engaged with Godly men and women, as well as their peers. However, as we train students, we know that we need to allow for some freedom so that they learn responsibility. With those thoughts in mind, the off-campus privileges for students in the Jr/Sr High are as follows:

In general, we encourage all Jr/Sr High School students to remain on-campus during school hours unless excused by a parent for a medical appointment or family emergency; this is required for students grades 7-10. Before students grades 7-10 may go off-campus for lunch or other activities, parents must either call or email the office with permission or provide the student with written permission which is turned into the office before the student leaves. On-campus refers to the Jr/Sr High School Academic Building, The Commons, or Holy Grounds. Exceptions to this include the following per grade level:

Seniors and Juniors

• Seniors and juniors may arrive later to school in the event of an off-period first period, or leave early from school in the event of an off-period the last period of the day with a parent permission form signed and on file. They are expected to sign in or out with the front desk on such days for tracking purposes.
• Seniors and juniors may leave campus during any ISL period IF there is a signed parent permission form on file with the office and they return to campus on time for their next period. Students are expected to sign in or out with the front desk for tracking and security purposes.
• Seniors and juniors may drive off-campus for the designated lunch period, but are expected to be back on campus on time for their next period.
• If parents do not wish their student to be off-campus for lunch, they must inform the Jr/Sr High School Office.

Sophomores

• Sophomores may arrive later to school in the event of an off-period first period, or leave early from school in the event of an off-period the last period of the day with a parent permission form signed and on file. They are expected to sign in or out with the front desk on such days for tracking purposes.
• Sophomores must remain on campus for lunch (Holy Grounds is considered on campus).

Freshmen

• Freshmen are expected to be on campus during school hours.
• Freshmen must remain on campus for lunch (Holy Grounds is considered on campus).

Junior High

• Junior High students are expected to be on campus during school hours.
• Junior High students are to eat lunch in The Commons each day.

Off-Campus Lunch Privileges

Off Campus Lunch Privileges are available on a semester basis to students who:

• Have not previously abused or lost privileges due to:
  • more than two cumulative tardies per quarter, returning from lunch to school
  • misconduct violations while off campus
  • other school disciplinary infractions
• Students who accumulate more than two tardies returning from lunch per quarter will temporarily have their off-campus privilege revoked and must serve a detention.
• Students who choose to leave campus after having the privilege revoked, will lose off-campus privileges for the remainder of the school year, or longer, and may serve a suspension and/or lose extracurricular activity privileges.

Off-Period Times

In addition to off-campus privileges, students in grades 7-12 may have off-periods throughout their weekly schedule. During an off-period, we want students to remain beneficially engaged and take advantage of the time through responsible endeavors. Examples of productive uses of off-periods on campus include, but are not limited to:

• Completing homework
• Studying
• Reading for class or enjoyment
• Tutoring
• Meeting with a teacher
• Getting involved in an elective
• Offering to work with one of the departments on campus (Facilities, Athletics, Arts, Student Life, Holy Grounds, Administration, etc.)
• College/career planning
• Discipleship
• Bible Study
• Weights Training

Please note that students are not allowed to sit in their cars during off-period times.

While some students may question why we prefer them to stay on campus when they have multiple off-periods in a single day, or even consecutive off-periods, we want to develop a culture of involvement at the school. The only exceptions to this off-period practice are noted above in the “Off Campus Privileges” section.