Hathaway School Discipline Philosophy

• We believe that all students have the right and the ability to learn.
• We believe that students who sometimes have behavior problems can make positive progress when efforts to develop their potentials and strengths are emphasized, along with using disciplinary or remedial action as natural consequences relevant to their behavior and age.
• We believe that students who are disruptive to the learning environment need to be taught to manage and take responsibility for their behavior by making better choices, and thereby becoming productive participants in the classroom setting.
• We believe that students have the right to make choices with regard to their behavior, and that their choices will have natural consequences.
• We believe that helping students become responsible learners, who are accountable for their behavior, is an ongoing and necessary process.