MJHS Guideline Communications between Students, Families, and Staff

While we encourage students to be self-advocates during their junior high school years, below is a general guide for effective communication involving emails,  phone calls, and meetings.

In order to ensure a successful exchange of information, it is important that all parties follow a few key principles:

Maintain Respectful and Open Communication

• Always use a respectful and polite tone. 
• Be open to both providing and receiving information, observations, and/or perspectives   
• Enter the exchange with an open mind and assume best intentions.
• Be prepared to work collaboratively to reach a productive outcome 

Confidentiality

• Recognize that confidentiality may limit what information can be shared, including consequences for other students’ behaviors.

Time to Respond to Communications

• Staff will make every effort to respond as soon as possible to family communications, with the understanding that the school day sometimes precludes immediate responses.
• Additionally, staff may need some time to collect needed information before responding. 

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