School Opening Orientation

1. Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VII – Central Visayas
Schools Division of Bohol
Francisco L. Adlaon High School
Nueva Vida Este, Carmen, Bohol
PARENT AND STUDENT ORIENTATION
SCHOOL YEAR 2022-2023

2. HEALTH PROTOCOL
F2F Preparation for Learners, Parents and
Teachers

3. GRADING SYSTEM FOR JUNIOR HIGH

4. GRADING SYSTEM FOR SENIOR HIGH

5. CLASS SCHEDULE

6. FLAHS FACULTY AND STAFF
• School principal:
• School Nurse:
• Administrative Officers:
• School Guard:
• Guidance Designate:
• Class advisers
• Relieving Teachers

7. SUBJECT/SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS

8. SCHOOL MANUAL
ON DISCIPLINE
AND CHILD
PROTECTION
Department of education
Division of Bohol

9. INTRODUCTION
This Manual on Discipline and Child Protection is the product
of intensive and serious deliberation presented by the selected
Child Protection Committee Members of the different
Elementary and Secondary Schools in partnership with World
Vision Development Foundation, Inc. and Stakeholders of the
Division of Bohol.

10. The manual is in reference to the Department of
Education (DepEd) issuances on Child Protection Policy
(DepEd Order No. 40. s. 2012),pursuant to the pertinent
provisions of the 1987 Constitution, DECS Service
Manual 2000, Batas Pambansa Bilang 232, United Nation
on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and other
applicable legislations. It shall take effect June 2018
onwards.
It is subject to periodic reviews and modifications for
every after three (3) years as maybe recommended by the
Office of the Principal and approved by the Office of
the Schools Division Superintendent.

11. RATIONALE
• The children are the most important resource in
the country. They need protection, care, guidance
and education from adults for them to become
productive, happy, and agents of positive change in
our society.

12. • The school acknowledges that it has a
responsibility for the safety and
welfare of all the children under its
care. The teachers stand as locus
parenti to all their students thus
special authority and responsibility
over the students while under their
supervision, instruction or custody is
mandated.

13. Towards this end, the Division of Bohol with
its educational partners and stakeholders
spearheads this manual to ensure conducive, safe
learning atmosphere for the holistic growth that
will promote the best interest of the students.

14. DepEd Vision, Mission and Core Values:
• The DepEd Vision:
We dream of Filipinos who passionately love their
country and whose values and competencies enable them
to realize their full potential and contribute meaningfully
to building the nation.
As a learner-centered public institution, the Department
of Education continuously improves itself to better
serve its stakeholders.

15. The DepEd Mission:
To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality,
equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education where:
Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and
motivating environment. Teachers facilitate learning and
constantly nurture every learner.
Administrators and staff, as stewards of the institution,
ensure an enabling and supportive environment for effective
learning to happen.
Family, community, and other stakeholders are actively
engaged and share responsibility for developing life-long
learners.

16. Core Values:
Maka-Diyos
Maka-tao
Makakalikasan
Makabansa

17. BEHAVIOR PROTOCOL
Students’ Duties and Responsibilities
A. Pupils, students and learners shall comply with the school’s
regulations, as long as they are in harmony with their best
interests. Pupils, students and learners shall abide to:

18. 1. Come to school on time, attend the flag
raising and flag lowering ceremony;
2. Attend school regularly;
3. Respect each other, including physical
appearance, religious beliefs, culture, social
status and gender orientation;
4. Abide to the bounds of decency to ensure
that all physical contact is appropriate.
5. Not Participate in any behavior of another
student that is illegal, unsafe or abusive.

19. 6. Preserve and handle with care any school
properties and learning facilities.
7. Behave and act in appropriate manner at
all times, showing courtesy and respect.
8. Not possess prohibited articles, such as
deadly weapons, drugs, alcohol, toxic and
noxious substances, cigarettes and
pornographic materials.

20. 9. Not perform other similar acts that cause
damage or injury to another such as libelous,
slanderous and profane language.
10. Not view, possess, sell and share pornographic
videos and pictures within the school premises.
11. Not cheat on examinations/quizzes, distribute
cheating paraphernalia and falsify documents
and signatures
12.Not steal money, property, from the school,
teachers or classmates.

21. An allegation that any of these acts has
been committed shall not be used to
curtail the child’s basic rights, or
interpreted to defeat the objectives of the
Child Protection Policy (Manual).
B. Conduct themselves in accordance with
their levels of development, maturity, and
demonstrated capabilities, with a proper
regard for the rights and welfare of other
persons;

22. C. Respect another person’s rights regardless
of opinion, status, gender, ethnicity,
religion, as well as everyone’s moral and
physical integrity; and
D. Observe the Code of Conduct for pupils,
students and learners.

23. Parents’ Rights and Responsibilities
1. Every parent/guardian has to support the
child’s education through the following:
2.Attend School General Parents-Teachers
Association Meeting GPTAM, Homeroom
Parents-Teachers Association
Meeting(HPTAM)& other school
activities;
3.Visit school when presence is required;

24. 4. Ask queries of matters unclear to them related
to child’s school performance;
5. Provide support to child’s learning activities at
home and in school.
In order to maintain an orderly, respectful, and
secure educational environment for the pupils
and staff, it is essential that all parents and
stakeholders be aware of their responsibilities
and adhere to the expected conduct as set forth
in this Manual.

25. Parents and Guardians are expected
to:
1. Recognize that the education of children is a
joint responsibility of the parents and the school
community.
2. Ensure that children bring only items
appropriate and related to the instructional
program at school.
3. Build good relationships with teachers, other
parents and their children's friends.

26. 4. Communicate to School Officials of
changes in the home situation that may
affect student conduct or performance.
5.Active participation in all activities,
programs, project and parents-teachers
conferences initiated by the school.
6.Prohibit their children/minor students to
drive motorcycles and vehicles in going to
school without driver’s license.

27. TYPES OF OFFENSES
• Minor Offenses
Are offenses committed against the provisions of the
School Manual on Discipline & Child Protection. A
minor offense warrants a penalty of warning, school
service (Elementary – 3o minutes, High School – 1 hour)

28. • Major offenses
Are serious infractions committed
against any provisions of the School
Manual on Discipline & Child
Protection. Such offenses warrant a
more severe penalty of suspension.

29. Penalties
Minor Offenses and its sanctions
a. Left/lost ID (without Notice of Loss);
1stOffense–1stwarning(oral notice of warning –
to the child)
2ndOffense–2ndwarning (written notice of
warning to the child and parent)
3rdOffense–3rdwarning (Parent – Teacher
conference)
4thOffense–School Service

30. b. Not properly wearing of ID while inside
the campus;
c. Spitting or littering;
d. Wearing of inappropriate campus attire
such as:
• Strapless, halter, or tube tops worn
without a blouse/sweater cover-up to
include tank tops with less than two
inches of fabric across the shoulder on
each side

31. • Bare midriffs or open back shirts
• Tops that are unbuttoned below the
sternum
• Short shorts or skirts, un-hemmed
shorts, tight athletic shorts, rolled up
short shorts
• Undergarments showing (i.e., baggy
pants worn below the waist and low-
rider jeans, bras or sports bras) or
lack of undergarments

32. • Chains or weapons on clothing
• Baseball caps inside the
classroom and during class
hours.
• Any items of clothing or
manner of wearing that disturbs
children’s productive learning.

33. e. Violation of parking regulations (for
Senior High School, High School);
f. Disrupting or disturbing classes by making
excessive noise within the premises of the
School;
g. Loitering in corridors during class
sessions;
h. Disruptive use of mobile phones, or
other similar communication devices
during classes and or examination.

34. i. Any misbehavior or violation of the School Manual
during school programs, activities, or competitions.
(catcalling, booing, body shaming, name shaming and
other related acts)
j. Disrespect for national symbols;
k. Improper use of lavatories and washrooms;
l. Use and possession of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and
alcoholic beverages within the school premises;
m. Possession of any gambling materials while inside the
vicinity of the school premises.

35. Exception for the Minor Offense
Except for the Minor Offense particularly
(a) (Left/lost ID (without Notice of Loss),
the following are the sanctions for
violation of minor offenses:
1st Offense –Warning with written
notice. (Oral notice for Grades 1 to 3,
written notice and promise for good
conduct for Grades 4-12)

36. 2ndOffense – Parent Teacher Conference
3rdOffense – School Service for 1 to 2
hours (specify the kind/nature of service)
An accumulation of four(4) minor
offenses of the student of any nature
within one school year shall be considered
a major offense (please refer to Policy no.
2,Major offense).

37. School Community Service
• May also be imposed upon a student, pupil, learner in lieu of
suspension. It may also be imposed in addition to a suspension if
its purpose is to reduce the period of suspension to be rendered
by a student. School service may be done outside the campus, but
it must be under the supervision of a school official and the
parents of the student.

38. Major Offenses
• a-Suspension for a period of not more than three (3) days by
the School Head without School Community Service;
• b- Suspension for a period of not more than three (3) days by
the School Head with School Community Service

39. • c-Suspension for a period of more than three (3) days
but not more than one (1) year recommended by the
School Head and approved by the Schools Division
Superintendent;
• d – Expulsion or Exclusion.

40. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
1. Any act of dishonesty such as but not
limited to the following:
1. 1. Cheating in examinations, unauthorized
possession/use of notes or any materials
relevant to the examination during the
exam;
a b c
1. 2. Copying or allowing another student to
copy from one’s examination papers,
thesis, and similar materials;
a b c
1. 3. Communicating(through any medium)
with another student/any other person
(inside or outside examination room) during
examination, without permission from the
a b c

41. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
1. Any act of dishonesty such as but not
limited to the following:
1.4.Communicating(through any
medium) with another student/any
other person (inside or outside
examination room) during
examination, without permission
from the professor or proctor;
a b c
1.5.Plagiarism, or submitting another
person’s work as one’s own;
a b c
1.6.Other forms of cheating during
examination, or any other academic
a b c

42. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
1. Any act of dishonesty such as but not
limited to the following:
1.7.Falsification of documents,
forgery and or any similar acts
of alteration but not limited to:
1.8. alteration or misuse of
school documents in
connection with official
matters;
b c
1.9. alteration or misuse of b c

43. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
1. Any act of dishonesty such as but not
limited to the following:
1.publication, dissemination
including in social media
any false information about
the school administration, its
officials, faculty members, or
students;
a b c
1.unauthorized use of school
seal;
a b c

44. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
2. Accumulation of any four (4) or
more minor offenses of any
nature within one (1) School
Year.
a b c
3. Physical injury/assault upon any
member of the faculty,
administration, staff; or any
student, personnel, or visitor of
the Institute.
b c

45. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
4. Any acts of threat either physical
or by means of any medium of
communications including but not
limited to: oral, through social
media, and using any electronic
gadgets against any school
officials, faculty member,
employee, student and or any
visitor of the School.
b c

46. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
5. Discourtesy in any form
(physical/ oral, written) by means
of any medium of
communication, such as, but not
limited to;
1.Bullying, defamation, inciting
to fight, and/or any abusive
behaviour committed against
any student;
a b c
1.Disrespect toward any faculty
member, or any official of the
a b c

47. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
5.3 Failure to comply with the
deadline given/ set to complete the
given disciplinary sanction and/or to
submit an explanation letter for
commission of any of the minor
offense; unless justified.
a b c
6. Any other conduct which threatens,
endangers, or adversely affects the
health or safety of any person inside
the School premises.
a b c

48. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
7. Illegal possession of deadly weapon of
any kind and or use of explosives,
incendiary devices, and/or any other
similar devices.
b c
8. Forcible entry to the campus a b c
9. Stealing, attempting and/or facilitating
to steal
a b c

49. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
10. Vandalism, or the willful or negligent destruction of
any property of the School which includes, but is not
limited to such acts a stearing of for defacing any
library book, magazine or periodical; writing,
drawing, or posting unauthorized notices on walls or
pieces of furniture, breakage of glass, windows,
showcases, cabinet doors, electrical and mechanical
devices or contrivances; unauthorized removal of
official notices and posters from bulletin boards and
other similar acts, or causing other damage to any
property of the School
a b c

50. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
11. Unauthorized/misuse of emergency switch
such as but not limited to fire alarms, activation
of water sprinklers and the likes
a b c
12. Hazing or the infliction of any physical or
mental harm or ordeal on any person, which
injures, degrades, or disgraces or that tends to
injure, degrade, or disgrace any fellow student
or any person in the School
b c
13. Forming, recruiting, and/or joining any
surreptitious or clandestine organization like
fraternities and sororities, or other associations
formed for illegal, immoral, unethical purposes,
or those not officially recognized by the Office
of Student Activities or not listed in the official
b c

51. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
14. Illegal possession, use, sale, disposal, or
distribution of prohibited/controlled drugs or
chemicals and or other banned substances but
not limited to: LSD, marijuana, heroin, shabu,
amphetamines, rugby, solvent, vulca seal,
barbiturates or opiates in any form within the
premises or immediate vicinity of the School
c
15. Unauthorized possession and/or drinking of
alcoholic beverages within the premises of the
School whether or not in connection with an
official school activity approved by the School
Heads; drinking outside the premises of the
School in connection with an official school
activity approved by the School Head; or
entering the campus under the influence of
b c

52. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
16. Public display of Affection (PDA),
which offends or tends to offend the
sensibilities of the Academic
Community or inappropriate intimate
physical contact including, but not
limited to: intimate touching, kissing,
hugging, lying / leaning on another
person, etc. within the school premises
or at any school-sponsored activity
a b c
17. Possession/Engaging in lewd,
obscene, pornographic materials or
immoral conduct within the campus
premises
a b c

53. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
18. Engaging in any form of
gambling within the premises of
the School
a b c
19. Smoking at any time within the
school premises
a b c

54. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
20. All forms of student
protests whose distinctive
characteristics are physical
force, violence, threat and
intimidation
b c
21. Posting and/or distributing
literature, pamphlets,
pictures, news items or any
announcement whatsoever
a b c

55. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
22. Organizing, participating in
and/or supporting any activity
inside or outside the school
campus, without approval
from the School Principal
a b c
23. Instigating or leading an
illegal strike or similar
activities resulting in
disruption or stoppage of
b c

56. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
24. Unauthorized collection or
extortion of money, or other
instruments of monetary
equivalent from any student,
faculty member, or employee,
whether or not in connection with
matters pertaining to the School
b c
25. Embezzlement of funds of a
student organization or student
council
a b c

57. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
26. Willful failure to comply with
instruction (either oral or written),
summons and/or notices given/issued
for purposes of investigation conducted
in connection with discipline related
offenses, or any matters related/ in
connection to the official function of the
Institute in accordance with law of the
land
a b c
27. Perjury, lying or giving false
statements in any
administrative/disciplinary proceeding
and/or presenting false documents to
a b c

58. TYPE OF MAJOR OFFENSE
OCCURRENCE
AND
SANCTION
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
28. Any other acts that
compromise the name and
reputation of School as a
premier educational
institution
a b c

59. The School Head is the ultimate
disciplinary authority of the learners.
However, she/he may appoint a Prefect of
Discipline who is not the Guidance
Counselor, if applicable. In all decisions
affecting the imposition of disciplinary
penalties it is the discretion of the School
Head to impose the same within the
limitations provided for this manual.

60. The School Head in imposing School
Community Service as an additional
penalty or standing alone as a penalty
should enforce worthwhile activities to the
student and should refrain from
demeaning and laboring tasks which tends
to degrade the dignity of the student.

61. References
• DepEd Order No. 49, s. 2012 “DepEd Child Protection
Policy”
• DepEd Order No. 55, s. 2013 “Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 10627 Otherwise
Known as the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013”
• DECS Service Manual 2000
• Mapua Institute of Technology-Senior High School
Student Discipline Handbook
• 101 Things You Need to Know About Administrative
Investigations in the Department of Education by Atty.
Wade A. Latawan

62. • Student Discipline by Atty. Wade A. Latawan
• Magna Carta of Teachers
• Article 218 & 219 of the Civil Code of the Philippines
• “Q&A” On Governance for Basic Education on Policies,
Guidelines and Regulations Governing Public and
Private Schools and on Education Laws with the
Annotated 2010 Revised Manual of Regulations for
Private Schools in Basic Education as Amended by Atty.
Franklin C. Sunga

63. •For parents: “The Golden Rule of Parenting is do
unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto
you!” –Louise Hart
•For Students: “Love your parents. We are so busy
growing up, we often forget they are also growing
old.” –Unknown

64. ELECTION OF OFFICERS