NOTIFICATION OF NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that New Town School District No. 1 does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap in the educational programs or activities which it operates, and that it is required by Title VI, Title IX, and Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare regulations not to discriminate in such manner. This requirement not to discriminate extends to educational activities and programs, as well as to employment therein.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that inquiries concerning the application of Title VI, Title IX, and Section 504 may be referred to Lori Olson of the New Town Public School District No. 1 to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under Title VI, Title IX, and Section 504, including any investigation of complaints alleging noncompliance. The office address and telephone number of our coordinator are as follows: P.O. Box 700, New Town, North Dakota: (701/627-3718).

Title IX Training PowerPoint

DIRECTIONS FOR CONNECTING TO THE POWERSCHOOL APP

CHECK YOUR CHILD’S GRADES….ANYTIME, ANYWHERE

powerschool

District Code: SZFX

2023-24 PARENT/STUDENT HANDBOOK

NEW TOWN’S BULLYING POLICY

The New Town School District prohibits acts of harassment and bullying. Bullying is defined as any written or verbal expression, electronically transmitted act, or gesture, or a pattern thereof that is intended to cause distress upon one or more students in the school environment. Bullying includes, but is not limited to, teasing, alienation, physical contact, intimidation, and threats.

STOPit Solutions

Bullying Form for Students

DPI Parent Testing Letter

Parent Directive to Withhold Administration of a Student Assessment Form

NTMS/HS Emergency Procedures

Elementary Emergency Procedures

Dear Farent/Guardian. We are pleased to announce that our school has enrolled with STOPit, by STOPit Solutions a Pisis an online reportine cool designed to deter and mileate DUllyine cyber douse and other inaoproonate behaviors. consistine of an app and a back-end incident management system for school administrators Our students will have access to the soFit mobile app, which has two simple but powerTureatures SROSHEART program educates students to. Recognue the signs of at-risk benaviors Report it anonymously through akraApp/Web or 247 / Incient Kesponse center Suomit photo or vileo evidence (Ago? Veb Only Alert designated administrators to issues and rises early. before they escalate No personal information is needed to use STOPit. The only way personally identifiable information will be accessible througn SuSPit is it a requester voluntarily includes it within the content of a request or message. Both our school and STOPit are committed to protecting the privacy of student data. STOPit is a signatory to the Student Privacy Pledee. soearneaded ov the ruture of Privacy rorum and the sortware a information Industry Association. You may review S Orit's Privacy Policy for details, including more information on how anonymous reporting works Students have the power to held out an end to harmtul and inappropriate behavior they see online throuen socia media and other means. They can use STOPit to reach out for help if they or a peer are facing a personal crisis or experiencing bullying, abuse, or are otherwise in need of assistance. Our goal with STOPit is to create safer, kinder, school communities both online and oft Please note that we will be launching storit with a school Assembly to be determined by building administrators. At that time, your child will be invited to download the STOPit app from the app store on his or her smartphone or tablet at no charge We encourage you to download the sloPit app and search for your child's school using the directory. You can privately ask for help for vour student, family, others you care about, or even acquaintances who appear to need help. For a vide on how to use STOPit, go to: Student Training Video. Together, we can make sure everyone in our community gets what they need to thrive. Thank you! Or. Anthony vandal, sUperintendent Now Town Publie Schools