DEMOGRAPHICS

SCHOOL SITE LAYOUT

SCHOOL PROCEDURES
        -    DENMAN POLICIES
            -    CHECKING IN
            -    SCHOOL RESOURCES
            -    MANDATED REPORTING
            -    FOOD POLICY
            -    DENMAN DRESS CODE POLICY

ISSUES
- TEACHER PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH (TPAR)
- YOUTH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH (YPAR)

DEMOGRAPHICS

SCHOOL SITE LAYOUT

James Denman MS Grounds

James Denman MS First Floor

James Denman MS Second Floor

SCHOOL PROCEDURES

DENMAN POLICIES

  • Please refrain from using electronic devices in classrooms or on campus unless specified by a teacher.
  • Teachers must take attendance (Mark Late or Absent), use pencil for scantron and turn in to the attendance office. 
  • Students have 3 minutes in between classes.
  • We are an anti-bullying school.

CHECKING IN

  • All PEP teachers are expected to check-in at the Main Office which is to your left after you come up the stairs.
  • Please wear your PEP name badge at all times so school staff and faculty can identify you.

SCHOOL RESOURCES

  • Please check the Denman mailbox before class for school newsletters, attendance forms and other information.
  • Staff Lounge and access to copiers are available for PEP teachers. With the copier, please bring paper. Regular copier requires a code, please make sure you log out of the copier. We  also recommend you use the Riso, there is a minimum of 30 copies.
  • Additionally, if you are interested in utilizing the computer lab, schedule ahead of time with Ms. Ofelia Ley-Molina; auditorium or gym, check with Liany; library, check with Mr. Daniel Hollander.

MANDATED REPORTING

  • If we know or suspect that a child is being abused or neglected, we must report to the proper departments. Please consult with a coordinator and director if you need to file a report.

FOOD POLICY

  • Our host teacher, Ms. Jones, prefers that students do not eat in class. Water, fruit and small snacks are okay for students to eat if they ask and if they are hungry.

DENMAN DRESS CODE POLICY

  • Students shall dress appropriately for daily attendance at school. Students who attend schools which have a uniform policy are expected to be in uniform every day. If special circumstances in adhering to this policy should arise, please contact the individual school’s principal for assistance. The type and style of clothing (except for schools with uniforms) and hairdo are individual and personal. The school shall be concerned only when these are extreme and could cause school distraction or disruption or be unsafe.
  • Examples of inappropriate clothing include:
  •  garments where the torso is exposed, i.e.,tube tops,half shirts, halters.
  •  clothing or buttons which show obscene words or pictures, or sexually suggestive statement.
  • hats, hair covering or hair curlers worn in school.
  •  clothing related to juvenile gang‐related activities.
  • garments where the entire thigh is exposed,such as microminis or shortshorts.
  • bathing suits, gym shorts, physical education clothing, jogging shorts, cut‐offs, and flimsy,silky or plastic shorts.
  • the wearing and carrying of tobacco promotional items‐ in order to discourage and reduce the illegal sales and furnishing of cigarettes and tobacco products to minors.
  • sagging pants(where undergarmentis exposed).

ISSUES

TEACHER PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH (TPAR)
2015
2014
2013

YOUTH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH (YPAR)
2015
2014
2013

Participatory Action Research (PAR) helps participants and observers challenge social inequalities and support people sitting outside seats of power to seek social change and to address issues affecting their lives.
PAR is research by the people, for the people, with the people.
Every year, PEP students and teachers engage in a PAR project to study the conditions and problems that the community faces. By employing various quantitative and qualitative research methods, students and teachers will also find solutions to address such problems.