HELP’s Penalty System
HELP Student Penalty System
Are you wondering how harmonious our schools really are? Do you wonder whether or not our faculty is doing everything it can to protect our learners and the school’s system? You’re not alone. Here in HELP, we make strenuous efforts toward maintaining the peace and safety of all our campuses by imposing the Penalty and Reward System.
For preventive purpose, HELP Institute came out with rules and regulations governing the school conduct. Not only those students have a copy, but it is also endorsed by the students, guardians, and school administrators.
Furthermore, the school maintains a high standard of discipline within the school premises. The dos and don’ts are rigidly adhered to. Consequences listed below carry a minimum and a maximum penalty. The consequence given to each student will be dependent on their prior behavior and number of behavioral incidents the students may have accumulated during the whole program.
- Restrictions
(1) HELP Institute is a Boarding School, so the penalty below will be applied for 24 hours for every student.
A. On Fines: Fines are accumulated until graduation.
B. On Being Grounded: Students cumulatively grounded for 4 weeks or more (all Saturdays and Sundays) will be expelled from the Academy.
C. On Expulsion: Students who refuse to follow school rules will be expelled.
(2) In cases of violations on the basis of the following rules, students will be penalized, and it will be posted.
(3) All students of HELP Institute agree to abide by the following rules and this institute has the obligation and the right to fulfill them.
- Penalty Rules
| VIOLATION | PENALTY | |
| Drinking alcohol within the campus | Grounded for 3 weeks | |
| Bringing inalcoholic drinks / drinking behavior | Grounded for 2 weeks | |
| Weekend Curfew | Late for less than 30mins | 1 Week (1day going out among weekend) |
| Late for less than 1hr | 1Week | |
| 1~6hrs | 2 Weeks | |
| Unauthorized staying outside the campus (less than 6hrs) or one who was grounded staying out | 2Weeks | |
| Staying out more than 6hrs. | 3 weeks | |
| Gambling | 2Weeks | |
| Smoking/cooking inside of the building | 1 Week | |
| Entering the room of the same gender& Not allowed to go out through the window (Considered to go other’s room) | 2Weeks | |
| Male and female students staying together in 1 room(below 20mins / above 20mins) | 3 Weeks/ Expulsion | |
| Skinship inside the campus between other sexualities | 1st Warning / 2nd 2weeks Ground / 3rd Expulsion | |
| Lawful Violence in Campus / Sexual Harassment / Sleeping Together with other sexuality | Expulsion | |
| Going out on weekends while grounded | One-day ground for every missing check | |
| 10 times or more absences in 1 program | Repetition of the current level (leveling up is not allowed) | |
| Lies about discounts from agency or dissemination of exaggerated information (NO Sharing one’s fee) | Expulsion or heavy penalty | |
| Refusal to pay the tuition balance or difference | Expulsion | |
| Using facility on unapproved time | 1 Week (1 day going out among weekend) | |
| Food Delivery Request (~9pm) / Delivery (~10pm) / Eating(~11pm) | 1 Week (1 day going out among weekend) | |
| Moving after light-out(1:00AM). (Except students who study in J room) | 1 Week (1 day going out among weekend) | |
| No submission of pictures after travel | 2 Weeks | |
| Visiting Casino | 2 Weeks | |
| Having a relationship with a teacher | Expulsion | |
* Expulsion for being grounded (cumulative) for 4 weeks and more than. (Ex) After completion of 2 weeks ground, if someone will take 2weeks more at another time, it will be regarded to be expelled.
* Grounded students’ failure to comply with the penalty rule due to graduation should pay a special penalty of P1000per week (P500 each of Saturdays or Sundays) instead of being grounded.
* Grounded will be applied on the next day 6AM.
- Penalty Rescue System
1) Grounded student can apply.(More than 1 week)
2) On Saturday, a student will have 8 hours self-study and the student could go out after study and on Sunday.
3) 50min study and 10min break
4) 10am or 11am having brunch
5) After finish the study, student needs to get permission paper from the manager to go out.
6) NO Earphone, NO Moving, No Watching, No Sleeping, No Chatting
- Reducing Fine Penalty System
1) If a student will get 100% attendance for a week, his/her fine penalty will be decreased for 25%. (Weekly applicable)
2) If a student will get 100% attendance for a month, his/her fine penalty will be decreased for 50%. (Per program)
- Merit and Demerit List
| Merit and Demerit Table | ||
| Section | Content | Score |
| Penalty | Unexcused Absence (Class, Team Meeting) | -3 |
| Late (Class, Team Meeting) | -1 | |
| Speaking in mother tongue | -5/ (Penalty:P50 per violation) | |
| Room Transfer without notice | -10 | |
| No submission of team assignment. | No submittal (P50)
Incomplete (P30) |
|
| Morning Test: non-examinees and non-passers | -5,P50 (Absent) / -1,P30 (Late)
-1 (Failure) |
|
| No ID Card | -5/ (Penalty:P50 per violation) | |
| Smoking in No smoking area / No Cleaning after Kubo use | -3 | |
| ID Missing / Necklace Missing | Penalty:P50 per violation | |
| Voca Test : 6 more wrong answers | P2 each | |
| Voca Test : Absent | P50 & -5 | |
| Voca Test : Excused | P20 & -5 | |
| Award | No tardiness and absence in a week | +10, Fine Penalty Reduce System |
| Participation in study group | +10 (leader), +5 (others) | |
| Participation in on voluntary support / Postscript | +10 | |
| From Manager | +15 | |
| Participate event | +5 | |
| Only 1 wrong answer for Voca Test in a week | +5 | |
| Voca Test Perfect in a week | +7 | |
More importantly, HELP uses every available opportunity to prove to our students that we are more like their parents and its equity interested in their progress. Teaching our students about school discipline is an important part of helping them gain a sense of responsibility so that they can focus on their priorities such as their education and character development.