Belmont Academy Charter School

Mission: Our purpose in partnership with the Belmont Community is to promote the academic social and emotional success of each child.

Purpose: Belmont Academy Charter School is committed to providing a safe positive learning environment for all of our students. Belmont recognizes that bullying creates an atmosphere of fear and intimidation detracts from the safe environment necessary for student learning and may lead to more serious behaviors. Demonstration of appropriate behavior treating others with civility and respect and refusing to tolerate harassment of bullying is expected of administrators faculty staff and volunteers to provide positive examples for student behavior.

Definition of bullying: As defined by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association bullying means an intentional electronic written verbal or physical act or series of acts directed at another student or students in a school setting and/or outside a school setting that is severe persistent or pervasive and has any of the following effects:

Substantial interference with a students education. Creation of a threatening environment. Substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the school.

Bullying may also involve cyber bullying in which students are bullied via email chat rooms and blogs. Examples of common mediums that students may use are MySpace and face book

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Licenses & Accreditations:

Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare

Vouchers:

This provider accepts vouchers