Norview Pilots 11/2024
Let’s give a round of applause to Catelynn Lucas and Derek Rodriguez for their exceptional talent and dedication! These students were selected to participate in the Emerging Artist's Exhibit at the 2024 Stockley Gardens Arts Festival. We’re proud to see their artistic achievements recognized in the community!
In accordance with Governor Youngkin’s Executive Order 33, all Norfolk Public Schools will be cell phone-free “from bell-to-bell” beginning on January 1, 2025. This new policy is intended to create a more focused, distraction-free environment that supports student learning and engagement.
We encourage families to plan ahead for this upcoming change.
Thank you for your cooperation as we implement this change.
Congratulations to each of you who made the Honor Roll for Quarter 1! Your hard work, dedication, and commitment to academic excellence have truly paid off, and we are proud of your achievements.
As a token of recognition, you are invited to enjoy ice cream during your lunch period. This is our way of celebrating your success and encouraging you to keep up the fantastic work!
Keep striving for excellence—your efforts are noticed and appreciated.
Students must be in good standing to attend activities such as attend prom, run for class office, or participate/attend other extracurricular events. The principal will not sign-off for you to attend another school's event if you are not in good standing.
Students may be considered not in good standing if they are:
- Absent more than 10% of the school year
- Failing classes
- Off-track for graduation
- Fighting or have discipline concerns
- Excessively tardy to school or class
- Skipping class
Norfolk Public Schools expects that all students will choose to dress or carry on or about their person only items/images that are appropriate for the school day or for any school-sponsored event. Student choices should respect Norfolk Public Schools’ intent to sustain a community that is inclusive of a diverse range of identities. The primary responsibility for a student’s choices resides with the student and parent(s) or guardian(s). The school district is responsible for ensuring:
➢ Student choices do not interfere with the health or safety of any student.
➢ Student choices do not contribute to a hostile or intimidating atmosphere for any student.
➢ Dress code enforcement does not reinforce or increase marginalization or oppression of any group based on race, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, cultural observance, household income, or body type.
Any restrictions imposed upon a student’s choice in this area must be necessary to support the overall educational goals of the school and must be explained clearly to the student and parent.
1. Basic Principle: Certain body parts must be covered for all students at all times. Clothes must be worn in a way such that private parts, midriffs, buttocks, and breasts are fully covered with opaque fabric. All items listed in the "must wear" and categories below must meet this basic principle.
2. Students Must Wear:
- Shirt/Dress (with fabric in the front, back, and on the sides under the arms), and/ or
- Pants/Shorts/Skirts or the equivalent (for example, athletic wear or leggings), and
- Shoes
3. Students Cannot Wear:
- Violent language or images
- Images of language depicting drugs or alcohol (or any illegal items or activity).
- Hate speech, profanity, pornography.
- Images or language that creates a hostile or intimidating environment based on a protected class or consistently marginalized groups.
- Hat or hoodies on their heads in the building
- Any clothing that reveals undergarments.
- Accessories that could be considered dangerous or could be used as a weapon.
- Any item that obscures the face or ears, except as a religious observance, unless face coverings are required due to safety mandates.
*Courses that include attire as part of the curriculum (for example, professionalism, public speaking, and job readiness) may include assignment-specific dress, but should not focus on covering bodies in a particular way or promoting culturally-specific attire. Activity-specific shoe requirements are permitted (for example, athletic shoes for PE).
