Welcome Back Falcons!

Welcome back Falcons! We are OPEN and eager to see you!

School Arrival

• Doors open to the school at 8:35 every day.

• Parents who are dropping off students and students who drive should enter the school off Coleman Rd. Please drop students off and pick up students by using the front loop (second left after entering the building). 

• Student drivers must park in the student parking lot by the gym. 

• All students enter through door 2. (Enter door 1 if you arrive late)

• Buses drop off directly in front of door 2. 

• Students who are drivers/dropped off by caregivers are late to school when arriving to class after 9 am. 

• Students who are bus riders are excused tardy if their buses are late. 

• Breakfast is available free to all students and closes at 9 am, to all accept those students who may have a late bus. 

Bus Stops/Transportation

• Bus Stops and Bus Routes can be found on the division transportation website, or by clicking HERE. 

• Please ensure your student remembers his or her bus route number. Faculty and staff will be available to help students find their buses during the first few days of school. 

• Huguenot High School does not plan or supervise bus routes. If you have questions or concerns regarding transportation, please contact RPS Transportation at 804-674-1234

• Transportation procedures and practices can be found HERE. 

Cell Phones

• Cell phone usage is not permitted in public schools across the Commonwealth of Virginia per the governor’s executive order. 

• Cell phone usage is not permitted once students enter the building at the beginning of the school day, until the end of the school day.  Click HERE for Huguenot progressive actions for cell phone usage.

• Cell phones must be off and away during the school day. 

• When students enter each class, they must place their cell phones in the numbered sleeves hanging on the wall of each classroom. 

• Students caught with their cell phones out during the day may have their cell phones confiscated until the end of the day by the administration. 

• Tablets, Beats, headphones, AirPods, smart watches, and other electronic devices that have wifi/internet/Bluetooth capability are prohibited and may be confiscated.

• Cell phones are not required for school, and students bring them to school at their own risk. 

• If you need to leave your student a message or communicate with your student, please reach out to the main office or your student’s administrator. 

• Students can call their caregiver from a school office phone with permission from their administrator or Dean of Students. 

• Please click HERE for the RPS cell phone policy. Please see Huguenot progressive discipline procedures for cell phone violations HERE. 

Dress Code

• The dress code (p. 19), under SCORE (Student Code of Responsible Ethics) has been updated this year. 

• Updated language related to headwear:  Hats, caps, scarves, sweatbands, bandanas, facemasks, or head covers inside a school building, except a.) when worn because of religious beliefs, b.) when worn as a matter of health or safety, c.) when worn in connection with a school-sponsored program. 

• Updated language regarding shirts: Clothing that covers the genitalia, buttocks, and torso with opaque materials. (This language means that students may not wear crop tops.)

• Please click HERE to reference the dress code directly from page 19 of SCORE. 

• *Facemasks/coverings can be worn as directed by circumstances, to include COVID-19, medical, etc.

Chromebooks

• Student Chromebooks were distributed during the first week of August.  

• Students who have not yet received their Chromebooks will receive them during the first week of school. 

• Students who did not turn in a Chromebook should bring it to school so it may be reactivated. If, for some reason, a student has more than one Chromebook, they should bring the extra device to school to turn in. 

• Students are asked to continue to use their previous chargers. 

• If you lost a charger, we suggest using this information in a search engine to order a new one and labeling it with your personal information after purchase:  45W Type C USB C Charger Adapter for HP Chromebook X360.

• Please click HERE to see the Chromebook User Agreement in English

• Please click HERE to see the Chromebook User Agreement in Spanish

Class Start Time and Transitions

• Class starts at 9 AM to start the day. 

• There are 5 minutes between each class period for movement. 

• Click HERE for the Bell Schedule. 

Attendance and Tardies

• Coming to school every day is the key to a successful high school career. 

• If a student is sick, please call the office at 804-320-7967 or submit a signed note/doctor’s note to the attendance office the following day. 

• If you are outside of the classroom before the bell that begins a class period, you are tardy.  Click Here for the Huguenot High School progressive actions for tardies. 

• There are occasional hall sweeps during the school week.  If a student is out in the hall without a pass and caught in a hall sweep more than once, disciplinary action and supports may be put in place. 

Backpacks and Supplies

• All RPS students must have a clear book bag. The division is distributing book bags during the first week of school. Students may also purchase their bags from outside the school system. 

• Students may not bring bags to school that are opaque.  There are some exceptions for sports bags; however, the athlete must store the sports bag with their equipment in it in the designated location provided by their coach and/or the activities director. Athletes may not carry sports bags with them in the building during the day, other than at arrival and when leaving school. 

• RPS clear book bag protocol information may be found HERE. 

Schedules 

• Hard copies of student schedules will be available in homerooms on the first day of school.  

• Student schedules are also available in ASPEN.  Schedules are still drafts as some class number leveling changes may have to take place after the first days of school. 

• Students who have recently enrolled may not yet have a schedule in ASPEN. 

• Forms for student schedule change requests will be available during the second week of school.  Class change requests are in no way guaranteed. Student requests based on teacher preference are not permitted. 

• This is a busy time of year to reach school counseling, so we ask that you allow for some patience and grace if response to emails takes longer than our regular 24-hour response time.