When students are participating in any school-sponsored event, on or off campus, they are representing our community and acknowledge that they are serving as role models. As a result, they are expected to demonstrate the highest levels of respectful and responsible behavior.
Behavior on campus is an accurate indication of how students will behave off campus. Behaviors such as consistently arriving late to class, inconsistently attending classes, not being respectful of established expectations, rules, and guidelines do not demonstrate responsible student behavior.
In order for students to earn the privilege of participating in overseas events such as Interim and sports and activity teams, it is imperative that they consistently demonstrate trustworthy, cooperative, responsible, respectful, and mature behavior.
When a student is placed on Disciplinary Probation, they will lose any overseas travel privileges for any school-sponsored event, including Interim, for the remainder of the school year. If the probation occurs towards the end of the school year, loss of travel privileges may continue into the next school year.
If a student loses overseas travel privilege, any money paid toward a trip will not be refunded.
A student who admits to drug use to school personnel, a student with a positive drug test, or a student who has been involved with alcohol or tobacco on an overseas trip, may not participate in overseas travel with HKIS.
A student who loses overseas travel may appeal the consequences one time per school year. The Principal, in consultation with the students’ counselors, faculty members responsible for the student on the overseas trip, and other administrators, will make the final decision on whether the student may travel overseas. The official appeal must be done within 10 school days of the conference in which loss of overseas travel was established.