Student Handbook
Gretchen Reiss, Principal
Lee Crawford, Athletic Director/Assistant Principal
Kellyn Holt, Assistant Principal
701 Enola Rd
Morganton, NC 28690
Telephone Number: (828) 433-3000
Fax Number: (828) 433-3001
Burke County School Code: 120
Patton High School Code: 370
ACT/SAT Code: 342741
Table of Contents
- All
- 01. Mission and Vision
- 02. Bell Schedule
- 03. Credit Requirements
- 04. Promotion Requirements
- 05. Athletic Requirements
- 06. Attendance
- 07. Tardy
- 08. Grading
- 09. College Credits
- 10. Graduation
- 11. Student Expectations
- 12. Counselors/Schedules
- 13. Parent Portal
- 14. Exams
- 15. Drivers Education
- 16. Board Policies/Code of Conduct
- 17. Media Center
- 18. Lockers
- 19. Cafeteria
- 20. School Debt
- 21. Messages to Students
- 22. Parent/Staff Conferences
- 23. Payments
- 24. Prom/Homecoming
- 25. Student Drivers
- 26. Visitors
- 27. Computer Use
- 28. Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
Mission and vision statements
PATTON HIGH SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT:
Graduating all students with proficient skills in emerging technologies, critical thinking, new literacies, and moral sensitivities so that our diverse learners can be difference makers in local, regional, national, and global spaces.
PATTON HIGH SCHOOL VISION STATEMENT:
Creating a space where teaching and learning are community driven, collaborative in nature, creatively assessed, and sensitive to the needs of others in so doing graduating students who will forward this vision in their own futures.
BCPS MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Burke County Public Schools is to educate all learners, nurture their potential and empower them to be contributing members of our community.
BCPS VISION STATEMENT
Burke County Public Schools will be a model of exemplary education by inspiring all students to be life-long learners who will contribute to our community.