2013-2014 ben lippen boarding program student life handbook

7/27/2019 2013-2014 Ben Lippen Boarding Program Student Life Handbook

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Student Life Handbook

Boarding Program


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Campus Phone Numbers

High School Ofce: Sheri Zagata (803) 807-4141

School Receptionist: Tracey Ramos (803) 807-4000

Boarding Program Director: Eric Needham (803) 807-4113

Boarding Program Assistant: Debbie Austin (803) 807-4145

Other Important Numbers

Admissions Day Students: Kelly Adams (803) 807-4110

Admissions Boarding Students: Debbie Austin (803) 807-4145

Athletics: Christy Lambert (803) 807-4197

Boarding Program: Debbie Austin (803) 807-4145

Bus/Transportation: Christy Lambert (803) 807-4197

Campus Wear: Sheri Zagata (803) 807-4141

College Planning and Placement: Terry Stoker (803) 807-4108

Events: Kelly Davis (803) 807-4144

FACTS and Tuition Payments: Susan Carpenter (803) 807-4129Financial Aid: Sheri Burchill (803) 807-4103

Fundraising: Bonnie Spacek (803) 807-4114

Guidance Counselor: Chris Brink (803) 807-4121

Guidance Director: Linda Dixon (803) 807-4119

Health Services: Michelle Harris (803) 807-4126

Lost and Found: Contact School Ofce

Marketing and Communications: Kyndra Bremer (803) 807-5510

RenWeb: Contact School Ofce

Ofce Hours

8 a.m. 4 p.m.

School Hours

Monday: 9:10 a.m. 3:15 p.m.

Tuesday Friday: 8:10 a.m. 3:15 p.m.

Ben Lippen has late start or all students every Monday. School begins one hour later and ends at the

regular time. This allows the aculty and staf time or proessional development.


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Table o Contents

Mission Statements 3Introduction 4

The Perect System o GovernanceBoarding Director Comments

Primary Expectations o a Ben Lippen Student 6

The Green and Gold System 7Discipline Structure and Administrative Prerogative 8

Guidelines 9 Housing Arrangements

English Language Use

TOEFL Requirements or Junior and Senior Status

ESL PlacementCampus Limits

House Telephones and Parent Communication

Dress Code Policy

Saety Concerns

Room Regulations

Food In-House and Student Cooking

Domestics

Ater-School Study Hall and Evening Quiet Hours

In-House and Lights Out

Student Visits to Other Resident Houses

Boarding Program VisitorsSocializing and Dating

Harassment

Meals

Sunday Morning Church Attendance

Sunday Night Meetings

Technology (including Video Games, Television/Movies/ and Music)

Vehicle Guidelines

Weekend Shopping Trips and Other Activities

Overnights O Campus

School Breaks and Arrival/Departure rom Campus

Health Requirements and ServicesAthletic Requirements

Boarding Program General Daily Schedule 29Summary o Chart o Gold/Green Diferences 30

Forms Required or New Boarding Students 31Forms Required or All Boarding Students Annually 35

Forms Required or Student Athletes Annually 40


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Ben Lippen School Mission Statement

Ben Lippen School seeks to gloriy God by assisting the amily and church in equipping studentsspiritually, academically, and socially under the Lordship o Jesus Christ.

Ben Lippen School High School Mission Statement

Within a culturally diverse learning community, Ben Lippen High School prepares young adults to bestewards o the gits God has given them in preparation or the calling o God in their lives by trainingthem as independent Christian scholars who seek God, love all people, demonstrate a zeal or learning,

think analytically, and communicate eectively.

Ben Lippen Boarding Program Mission Statement

The Ben Lippen Boarding Program is a global learning community built around personal integrity,

responsibility, and respectully honoring one another that seeks to complement Christian scholarshipby providing love, discipleship, discipline, and care to each boarding student in a home-likeatmosphere.

Notice o Nondiscriminatory Policy

Ben Lippen School admits students o any race, color, sex, national and ethnic origin to all the rights,

privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.

It does not discriminate on the basis o race, color, sex, national and ethnic origin in administration

o its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship program, athletic or other

school-administered programs.


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Introduction

The Preect System o Student Governance

The Ben Lippen School (BLS) boarding program student government is composed o preects.In the preect system o student governance, the student body selects by popular vote ve Ben

Lippen aculty and sta members to serve on the Preect Selection Committee. The Preect SelectionCommittee then considers applications o students interested in serving in the preect positionand selects three junior or senior boarding students to serve as preects in three separate areas:

Admissions, Events, and the Boarding/Day Bridge program. Each o these preect areas are morespecically expanded below.

1. Boarding Admissions Preect - Works in conjunction with the Admissions oce, especially

the Boarding Admissions Coordinator. This preect is involved in communicating with potentialBen Lippen boarding students, planning and executing New Boarding Student Orientation, andassisting new students in acclimating to BL when they rst arrive on campus and throughout

their rst semester. The admissions preect also works to maintain the BLS website with currentboarding program inormation.

2. Boarding Events Preect - Works with the boarding director and houseparents in planning,organizing, and executing boarding program activities and events throughout the year. Thispreect serves as the student-manager at boarding events and is expected to attend allboarding events.

3. Boarding Bridge Preect - Works in conjunction with the day student Bridge Preect to promoteday student and boarding student community. This preect is also be responsible or organizinga committee to plan and execute international week.

Preects carry considerable responsibility in setting and maintaining the direction o the Ben Lippenboarding program. Preects are responsible or maintaining high student morale and school spiritas well as setting an excellent example o what it means to be a Ben Lippen student in both lie and

academics.


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Boarding Director Comments

I am very glad that you have chosen to study at Ben Lippen School. I trust your time at Ben Lippen willbe marked by excellence in your academic work and memorable experiences with your riends. Yourtime here will be important or your uture. Ben Lippen oers you many opportunities in its unique

Christian environment to experience new things and be challenged to expand your worldview. Whileat Ben Lippen, you will engage with American culture and education, but we also hope you grow inyour understanding o Jesus Christ and His love or each o us.

Boarding students at Ben Lippen School are encouraged to demonstrate respect, responsibility, andintegrity in their lives. These values are important or the success o any individual. In community,these values will promote a positive and healthy liestyle and trusting relationships. This handbook

contains guidelines that each student is expected to know and live by while here at Ben Lippen. Theseguidelines are intended to provide a air environment where respect, responsibility and integritycan be practiced and where each student understands what is expected o them. I hope you nd the

academic and student lie at Ben Lippen to be an excellent and memorable experience where you willbe prepared or your next steps in lie.

Boarding students must know and ollow the guidelines in this Boarding Student Lie Handbookaswell as the Ben Lippen High School Student Lie Handbook, which contains guidelines applicable toboth day and boarding Ben Lippen students. Parents and boarding students must sign and returnthe last pages o this Boarding Student Lie Handbookcontaining the Boarding Student Emergency/

Medical Inormation Form, Boarding Student Medication/Immunization Form, Boarding Student ParentalPermission Form, and Boarding Student Handbook Commitment Form. Additionally, any studentparticipating in athletics must submit our SCISA orms: Pre-Participation History & Health Assessment,

Agreement or Participation, Warning o Inherent Risk, and New Student/Transer Student Form.

Again, we are very glad to serve you during your time here at Ben Lippen School. I hope your time isull o great experiences, and that you are able to develop deep and lasting relationships.

Sincerely,

Eric Needham, MDivInterim Boarding Director


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Primary Expectations o Boarding Students

Ben Lippen students RESPECT others, authority, sel, and property. Ben Lippen students are open todierences in others (cultural, age, gender, religion, etc) and purpose to interact with all types opeople while taking care to communicate respectully. (Philippians 2:3)

Ben Lippen students are personally RESPONSIBLE or their own behavior and learning, exercisingsel-control over their actions and words. Ben Lippen students voluntarily ollow Ben Lippen rules,

willingly devote themselves to learning, and ulll their household responsibilities without beingasked or reminded regardless o whether they will be held accountable or their actions. Ben Lippenstudents respond to both correction and consequence with a repentant attitude when correction isnecessary. (2 Timothy 1:7)

Ben Lippen students demonstrate personal INTEGRITY by pursuing a wholeness o character,action, and thought, ltering personal choices through the lens o what is morally and justly right

in Gods eyes. Ben Lippen students do not lie, cheat, or steal, and they show moral integrity in theirrelationships with others including matters o sexual purity and propriety. (Proverbs 22:1)


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The Green and Gold System

Ben Lippen on-campus boarding students are classied within one o two living systems. Studentsliving in the gold system consistently demonstrate the Primary Expections (respect, responsibility,and integrity) in all areas o their lie, so they are aorded greater privileges and reedoms. Students

who do not consistently live out the Primary Expectations in all areas o their lie - as judged by theexpectations and guidelines in this Boarding Student Lie Handbook, the Ben Lippen High School StudentLie Handbook, and the decisions o BLS sta - live in the green system. The green system aords ewer

privileges and less reedom because students in the green system are still developing the necessarycharacter and maturity to successully handle greater reedom and responsibility.

New Ben Lippen boarding students typically begin lie at Ben Lippen in the gold system. I a student

makes choices that cause Ben Lippen sta to reclassiy the student to the green system, the studentwill be given a review date when the gold/green status will be reconsidered. A new review date (inaddition to other consequences) can be issued by Ben Lippen sta i the student makes additional

poor choices while being classied as green that do not demonstrate student compliance with thegreen system or the Primary Expectations. Anytime on or ater the review date, students classied asgreen may submit a letter o at least three paragraphs/statements to the boarding director describing:

1. the specic behavior, attitude, etc. that led them to being classied as green;2. what the student learned through the discipline process; and3. how the student plans to avoid similar behavior, attitude, etc. in the uture.

A student unsure o how to compose a letter should seek assistance rom a BLS sta member.

The boarding director will consider the students letter and may additionally desire to meet with the

student and seek the opinions o the students houseparents and/or other BLS sta beore makinga decision. Ater considering the students request, the boarding director will either maintain thestudents green status and issue a new review date or reclassiy the student as gold.

A students green status does notautomatically expire on any given review date; a student must writean appeal letter as described above and wait or the decision o the boarding director. While waitingor the decision rom the boarding director, the student remains on green status.


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Discipline Structure and Administrative Prerogative

Obedience to boarding program rules and respectul compliance to the direction o Ben Lippensta is expected at all times rom Ben Lippen students. As much as possible, consequences or anymisbehavior will be naturally related to the oense. Boarding program consequences are meant to

be ormative, not punitive, in nature. Common consequences include loss o privileges, restrictionrom activities or interaction with others, work penalties, and/or behavioral probation. The BLSadministration retains at their sole discretion the prerogative to assign specic consequences up

to and including suspension/expulsion or boarding-related oenses. However, in cases warrantingexpulsion, the administration may, again at its own prerogative, choose to allow a student to withdrawin lieu o expulsion i circumstances warrant.

The ormal discipline process to address disobedience or non-compliance in a particular area typicallyollows the our steps outlined below:

First oense: BLS aculty/sta will counsel with the student regarding incorrect behavior.Student maybe placed on green status depending on the circumstances. Certain oenses,such as excessive lateness to school and technology oenses, carry an automatic penalty o at

least one week on green status even at the rst oense.

Second related oense: BLS aculty/sta will contact the students parent(s) - usually via emailor phone - to inorm them o the incorrect behavior and request their support in working withtheir son or daughter. Student will be placed on green status or a minimum o two weeks.

Third related oense: BLS administration will counsel with the student regarding incorrectbehavior and the students parent(s) will be contacted again. The serious nature o the

repeated oense will be clearly explained to both student and parent(s), and a ormalbehavioral contract may be written. Student will be placed on green status or a minimum othree weeks.

Fourth related oense: Fourth oenses in one general category are considered seriousviolations o school policy illustrating a students inability or unwillingness to ollow BLS rulesand respond to correction. Fourth oenses oten result in suspension, expulsion, or otherserious consequences. I a student is allowed to stay in the BLS boarding program despite a

ourth similar oense, the student can expect to be placed on green status or at least ourweeks.


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Guidelines

Housing Arrangements

Unless special permission is granted by the BLS administration, all BLS students are required to live

throughout the school year with at least one parent or legal guardian as a day student, in BLS residenthouses on campus as a boarding student, or with an approved BLS homestay amily as a boardingstudent.

English Language Use

Most international students enrolled in the BLS boarding program desire to improve their Englishlanguage skills to some degree. For this reason the BLS boarding program requests that students

use English as much as possible while at BLS (except when studying or practicing another oreignlanguage studied by the student). The ollowing chart contains a general schedule o times whenEnglish is expected to be exclusively used.

Monday through Friday Saturday Sunday

ENGLISH

ONLY

8:10 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.4 p.m. - 9 p.m. -- 8:10 a.m. - 9 p.m.

ALL LANGUAGES

ALLOWED

3:15 p.m. - 4 p.m.

9 p.m. - Lights-Out All Day 9 p.m. - Lights-Out

Regardless o the time or day, BLS students are always expected to be respectul in their use olanguage. This means that when people are in a group where everyone does not speak the

same non-English language, English should be the language used by all members o the group.

During times designated asAll Languages Allowed, students may congregate by language groups ordiscussions, study groups, games, etc in a language other than English. However, English should stillbe used i a group member rom another language background or BLS sta is part o (or becomes

involved in) the discussion or activity.

All Languages are always allowed on school buses, during gym/eld activities, and at the caeteria ormeals (both CIU and BLS), so long as all members o the group speak the same non-English language

(maintaining respect).

During English Onlytimes, students may ask BLS sta or permission to use another language briefy

to aid in communication or understanding, but students who are heard by BLS sta speaking non-English without specic permission will be required within 24 hours to create a number o vocabulary

notecards according to the students ESL level. The English-only policy applies to all areas o campusexcept those listed above. English must be spoken throughout the boarding houses, including student

rooms.

The vocabulary will be provided by the houseparents. An oending student must study the cards untilhe or she knows the vocabulary to the satisaction o the houseparents.


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5 cards 7 cards 10 cards 15 cards

Vocabulary

Cards5 cards 7 cards 10 cards 15 cards

Accumulated Cards in

one Academic Quarter Consequences

25 Parent Notication

50Parent Notication + 1 week on green

status.

75Behavioral Contract + 2 weeks on green

status.

A student who is uncooperative with the English language learning culture in the Ben Lippenboarding program may be asked to leave Ben Lippen.

TOEFL Requirements or Junior and Senior Status

In order to track student achievement and help the BLS guidance oce with college and universityplacements, all international students are required to ocially submit their TOEFL scores to Ben Lippen

School (TOEFL Code Number 3307) each time a student takes the TOEFL exam.

Furthermore, in an eort to realistically inorm BLS international students o their progress towardcollege readiness related to English prociency, BLS has adopted the specic standards outlined

below or grade level determination. The reasoning behind these standards is simple: colleges anduniversities that consider the TOEFL in their admissions process will generally only consideradmittinginternational applicants with TOEFL scores at or above 79. Students may appeal or an exception to the

standards given below through the guidance oce.

Beore a student can register or classes classied as a grade level listed below the student must (1)provide evidence that he or she has attained at least the minimum TOEFL score AND (2) provide ocial

transcripts rom the students prior school(s) demonstrating coursework that would allow a timelycompletion o BLS graduation requirements. Students may obtain inormation on specic graduationrequirements rom the BLS guidance oce.

Grade Level* Minimum TOEFL -iBT Score

Senior (12th grade) 70**

Junior (11th grade) 60

* BLS reserves the right to classiy a student below the grade level indicated in the above chart i astudents credits toward graduation will not ulll specic graduation requirements beore thestudents projected graduation date.

** A TOEFL iBT score o 80 is highly recommended beore beginning senior level coursework.


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English as a Second Language (ESL) Placement

Placement in the Ben Lippen ESL program is determined by TOEFL-iBT score*. All BLS EnglishLanguage Learners (ELLs) are required to take the TOEFL-iBT at least once per year to documentstudent progress in language development and to ensure proper ESL placement. ELLs may advance in

their ESL level** at the beginning o each semester by providing a TOEFL-iBT score that demonstratesthe levels listed in the chart below.

TOEFL-iBT

Reading

TOEFL-iBT

Writing

TOEFL-iBT

Listening

TOEFL-iBT

Speaking

Beginning0-10 0-10 0-10 0-10

Intermediate11-18 11-18 11-18 on both

Advanced19+ on both 19+ on both

No ESL SupportRequired***

Overall score o at least 80 (on one TOEFL-iBT test)

AND20+ on all sections (at any combination o test administrations)

* I a TOEFL-iBT score is not available or a new student, the student must take the TOEFL-iBT

within one semester at Ben Lippen, and that TOEFL-iBT score will be used to validate thestudents provisional placement OR re-place the student in the appropriate ESL level.

** ELLs who are not satised with their ESL class placements may appeal to the ESL departmentchair. In such cases, the students English language progress will be reviewed holistically, taking

into account the students TOEFL-iBT scores, past grades in ESL and non-ESL courses atBen Lippen, the total number o credits the student has earned at Ben Lippen, age, teacherrecommendations, summer school course work, motivation, work ethic, student goals, desire,

and attitude.*** ELLs may place out o either Advanced Reading & Writing OR Advanced Listening & Speaking by

achieving at least a 22 in the respective sections o the TOEFL-iBT, but students must remain in atleast one ESL class until they have achieved an overall score o a 80 at one test administration

and at least a 20 on each section (not necessarily at one test administration).

Campus Limits

Ben Lippen School is located on the 400-acre campus o Columbia International University (CIU).Unless granted an exception by BLS sta, BLS students may only be on the CIU campus or mealsoered to BLS boarding students in the CIU caeteria, class(es) a student is taking that meet(s) on the

CIU campus, use o the CIU library or students on gold status, or the use o the CIU gym when it isopen to BLS boarding students and a BLS sta member is supervising. Students may not leave the BLS/CIU campus or any reason without houseparent permission.

All lakes and rivers are o-limits without direct BLS sta supervision. Wading or swimming in the BLSresident house lake is not permitted under any circumstances. Sunbathing is allowed only behindhouse 3B or girls and behind 3A or boys. Swimsuits must be modest. Girls are permitted to wear one-piece suits or tankinis.

BLS boarding students are expected to stay at school throughout the school day. I it is necessary or aBLS boarding student to return to a resident house beore school is out, the student should rst seek


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permission rom the high school administrative assistant who will contact houseparents to see i it ispossible or the student to return home at that time. Students are not allowed to be in the residenthousing area during school hours without special permission.

GOLD GREEN

Seniors on gold status who have a rst block

study hall may choose to stay in their residenthouse during rst block and go to school atthe beginning o second block. More than one

lateness to second block can result in the loss othis privilege.

Juniors and seniors on gold status may usethe CIU library to study with houseparentpermission.

Students on gold status and at least 18 years oage may use the CIU gym without a supervising

BLS sta member by signing the Moore FitnessCenter Waiver and obtaining houseparentpermission.

Students on gold status may use a taxi serviceto leave campus. The use o a taxi service mustbe approved by BLS sta beore a taxi is called.

Dating guidelines are applicable when mixed

gender groups o students leave campus in ataxi.

Students on gold status must check in with theirhouseparents in their resident house beore 4

p.m. on school days unless they are requiredto be elsewhere because o specic activitiessuch as an organized athletic practice or an o-campus eld trip.

Students on green status may only leave campus:

(1) accompanied by BLS sta attending BLS

activities and events.

OR

(2) with their parent(s)/guardian(s).

Students on green status must check in with theirhouseparents in their resident house beore 3:30

p.m. on school days unless they are required to beelsewhere because o specic activities such as anorganized athletic practice or an o-campus eldtrip.

House Telephones and Parent Communication

Student telephones are ew, so calls rom house telephones should be limited to 15 minutesexcept when talking with parents. It may become necessary to limit conversations with parents i

a student ties up the house phone too oten. Students are encouraged to use internet based callsto communicate with parents. Students need a calling card i they plan to make long distance orinternational telephone calls rom the house phone, and students are responsible or purchasingthis card.

Non-emergency calls are not allowed ater lights out or during house meetings, and house phones arenot allowed in student rooms ater lights out. Exceptions to this policy may be granted by BLS sta,

but students should inorm parents o appropriate times to call.


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Resident HouseStudent Telephone Lines

(803) 807-

Houseparent Apartment

(803) 807-

House 1A 4911 or 4912 4910

House 2A 4921 or 4922 4920House 3A 4931 or 4932 4930

House 1B 4941 or 4942 4940

House 2B 4951 or 4952 4950

House 3B 4961 or 4962 4960

In the event o an emergency, it may be necessary or BLS to directly contact a students parent(s)/

guardian(s). As a result, boarding students must provide direct contact inormation (e-mail, phonenumber, and address) or their parent(s)/guardian(s) to BLS or emergency contact purposes, and thiscontact inormation must be updated immediately i it changes. I desired, students may also provide

the contact inormation o an agent or riend available on the parents or guardians behal, but directcontact inormation or each students parent(s)/guardian(s) is required or all BLS students.

Dress Code Policy

BLS boarding students should dress and present themselves in a modest and neat manner. BLS stahas the authority to disallow boarding students rom wearing a specic item o clothing or dressing acertain way. The Ben Lippen High School Student Lie Handbookcontains additional inormation on thedress code during school hours.

Saety Concerns

Boarding students are not permitted to possess weapons o any orm (e.g. knives, guns, martial arts

implements, etc) in the resident houses. This includes decorative weaponry, recreational weaponry,and non-lethal weaponry such as pellet, BB, or paintball guns. Weapons are prohibited on the BLScampus except when carried by a proessional law enorcement or CIU security ocer. Under theorganized direction o BLS aculty and sta, however, students may participate in airsot or paintball

activities on or o campus, but all airsot or paintball guns must be stored in a location where studentscannot access them without a supervising aculty or sta member. Appropriate eye protection mustbe worn during any airsot or paintball activities.

Skateboards, roller blades, scooters, and bicycles may only be used with written parental permissionand proper saety equipment. Properly tted and secured saety helmets must be worn when riding,and students must have their own equipment to participate.

When going to and rom the CIU campus or an approved purpose (see Campus Limits section in thishandbook), male and emale students should walk in groups o three or more.

BLS maintains a drug (including tobacco products) and alcohol ree campus. Regardless o age,possession and/or use o drugs (including tobacco products) and/or alcohol is strictly prohibited onthe BLS campus.

While the BLS boarding program and personnel will make every eort to preserve student dignity andprotect general student privacy, students cannot expect absolute privacy in the resident houses. BLS


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reserves the right to search the resident houses including student rooms and student personalbelongings (e.g. bags, car, computer les, etc) i BLS sta believe there is reason to suspect contraband(e.g. tobacco products, weapon(s), pornography, etc) and/or any materials, substances, or inormationthat could pose a saety risk to students. Additionally, a students electronic devices may be scanned

randomly and without warning or inappropriate material. Every eort will be made to have thestudent present during any search, and at least two non-related BLS employees will be present duringa ormal search.

Room Regulations

Ben Lippen is not responsible or a students personal property. Students are encouraged to keep

valuables in a lock box or with the houseparents or sae keeping. Students should keep moneyin their personal checking accounts rather than cash in their rooms. BLS sta are available to helpnew students establish a student checking account during New Student Orientation. Students areresponsible or maintaining a balanced account and paying any banking ees they may incur.

Any electrical appliance not provided by the school must be approved by the boarding director, andall electrical items and lights should be turned o when students are out o the room. Additionally,since room temperatures are controlled by central thermostats, windows may not be opened without

BLS sta permission. Thermostatic controls should be regulated by BLS sta only. I students desire atemperature adjustment, they should see their houseparents.

All decorations are subject to BLS sta approval and must be in good taste and o high moral standard.No items should be displayed which advertise tobacco, alcohol, drugs, the occult, or sentimentsassociated with social or spiritual rebellion. Posters or any other type o picture o nude or scantilydressed men/women are not allowed.

A student should obtain his roommates or ellow students permission beore borrowing or lendingany o his possessions. Also, roommates should seek mutual agreement beore decorating the room.

Sports and rough play are not permitted inside the resident houses.

Students are responsible or the condition o the walls, foor, urniture, appliances, and other items

in the common areas o the houses. Each student is also responsible or the condition o the walls,ceiling, foor, and all the urniture and xtures in his or her room and bathroom.

Additional urniture (other than what is provided by the school) or removal o urniture that is

provided by the school must be approved by BLS sta.

Rooms should be kept clean and orderly. Rooms will regularly be inspected by BLS sta who have theauthority to require a student to clean or re-clean his or her room. Houseparents will inorm students

o expectations or checkout procedures at the end o the year. Students should expect to have a nal

common area domestic, a nal bathroom domestic, and a nal room inspection.


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Athletics

Athletes who would normally be required to attend study hall arepermitted to miss study hall or athletic practices or contests, butathlete grades will be regularly evaluated according to a schedule

produced by the boarding director to ensure that athletes areullling their academic responsibilities. At any evaluation, athletes

with grade(s) in the D or F range (grades o 76 or below) will beplaced on probation or a length o time decided by the boarding

director in conjunction with the teacher(s) o the subject(s) inwhich the student is receiving a D or F. Grades will be re-evaluated

at the end o the probation, and any athletes who still have

grade(s) in the D or F range will be removed rom athletics or theremainder o the season and required to attend

ater-school study hall. Athletes may only go on probation in thismanner once during a given athletic season. Grades warranting

a second probation during one athletic season will result inimmediate removal rom athletics or the remainder o the season

and placement in ater-school study hall.

In addition to ater-school study hall, every Monday through Thursday preceding a school day, theresident houses are quiet zones rom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to allow all students an appropriate studyenvironment. Use o technology or recreational purposes (e.g. video games) is not allowed duringthis time.

In-House and Lights-Out

In-house and lights-out times in the ollowing chart are enorced. In-house is the time when studentsmust be physically located inside their own resident house. Students should be at their houses one

hour beore lights-out and begin preparing or bed 30 minutes beore lights-out so that all studentsare in bed with the lights out at the time given in the chart below.

In-House Prepare or Bed Lights-Out

Nights prior to a school day

(generally Sunday through Thursday) 10 p.m. 10:30 p.m. 11 p.m.

Nights with no school or

church ollowing

(generally Friday)11 p.m. 11:30 p.m. 12 midnight

Saturday

(preceding Sunday morning

church services)

10 p.m. 10:30 p.m. 11 p.m.

Though it may be occasionally necessary or students to spend some extra time in the evening

completing assignments or studying or a test, students should not develop a habit o staying up tostudy ater lights-out.


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GOLD GREEN

Students on gold status may occasionally

request additional study time ater lights-outrom their houseparents, but a student staying

up to study may not aect another students

ability to sleep, and responsible usage o timethroughout the day is a prerequisite to

receiving additional time at night.

Students on green status must go to bed at the

lights-out time in the table above.

Student Visits to Other Resident Houses

A student who wishes to visit another resident house must obtain permission rom (1) his or her ownhouseparent or assistant houseparent on duty and (2) the houseparent or assistant houseparent on

duty in the house the student wishes to visit.

Students o the opposite gender should wait outside the house next to the houseparent apartment,

not the glass doors on the lakeside o the house, until they have received permission to enter thehouse. Students o the opposite gender should not, under any circumstance, enter a house o theopposite gender without the direct permission o the houseparent or assistant houseparent on duty.Additionally, students o the opposite gender should only visit in the main common area o the

house or the back porch in groups o three or more students (one-on-one mixed gender socializingor studying on the back porch is not allowed). Students o the opposite gender should never be in astudent room or suite.

Boarding Program Visitors

An overnight visit to a boarding student by a riend can be approved directly through the houseparents.

Male and emale students are not permitted to visit together overnight under any circumstances on oro campus.

I a riend wants to visit the BLS boarding program on an extended basis (or more than one night),

the request to do so should be initiated through the boarding director, and three tasks must beaccomplished beore the visit is allowed:

1. Basic inormation must be collected, including name, home address, home telephonenumber, and other pertinent emergency and health data.

2. Any nancial obligations must be nalized in advance.3. Class visitation approvals must be made through the principal. Visiting students are required

to attend classes during the period o time they are living in the boarding program.

Socializing and Dating

BLS requires a no-touch policy between the genders at all times. This applies to hand-holding, kissing,hugging, etc. Additionally, students should maintain proper postures and positions while standing,sitting, or leaning in each others presence so as not to reveal themselves to the opposite gender.Any non-boarding student socializing with or dating a boarding student must abide by the ollowing

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Socializing is a description or anytime a group consisting o both male and emale students hang outtogether whether simply talking or participating in an activity. All socializing ater dark must be inwell-lit, public areas, and it is not a time or male and emale students to be alone together. Studentsare accountable to their houseparents regarding the amount o time spent with the opposite gender,

and houseparents have the authority to limit a students socializing time when appropriate.

Dating is any kind o ormal, planned socializing involving students o both genders. Boarding

students age 16 and youngerare limited to dating in group-type activities where ve or more studentsmeet somewhere such as a park, a restaurant, an approved activity, or a school-sponsored unction.Students are not granted the privilege o non-group dates simply because o their age. Each studentmust earn this privilege by demonstrating responsibility in the area o relationships.

GOLD GREEN

Large group dating and double-dating is stillencouraged, but non-group dating is allowedor students on gold status age 17 and older

with parent and BLS sta approval.

Dating is not allowed or students on green status.

In addition to gold/green status, all dating is subject to the Parental Permission Form at the end o thishandbook.

Harassment

The BLS boarding program protects the right o every student to have an environment that respectshuman dignity. Harassment and/or abuse o students is contrary to biblical principles, morally wrong,

and illegal. The boarding program expressly orbids sexual harassment (opposite or same-gender) and

any threatening/oensive conduct or expressions with respect to gender, race, color, national origin,disability, or age.

Harassment can include a pattern o remarks, gestures, jokes, physical contact, teasing, excessiveattention, bullying (including cyber-bullying), and/or pictures or written material that a person ndspersonally threatening, derogatory, oensive, or unwanted. Sometimes individuals responsible orthese actions may not know that they are oensive. A student should tell the person responsible or

the harassment and a BLS sta member i the student eels that he or she is being harassed.

Any student initiating or persisting in any orm o harassment and/or abuse (verbal, physical, or visual)

is subject to immediate discipline by BLS sta.

I a student nds the BLS boarding environment hostile or oensive, i a student believes he or shehas been harassed and/or abused by another student or person, or i a student knows someone who

has been harassed and/or abused, a prompt report o the harassment and/or abuse to BLS sta isexpected. All reports will be promptly and thoroughly reviewed and investigated in as condential amanner as circumstances permit, and the appropriate action will be taken. I a student is dissatisedwith the investigation or action taken, he or she should bring the matter directly to the boarding

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Meals

Meal times and locations are in the chart below. Houseparents will communicate any exceptions tothese times and locations (e.g. CIU school breaks) in advance to their students.

BLS School Days

(generally Monday-Friday)

Non-School Days

(generally Saturday and Sunday)

Breakast

BLS Caeteria

7:35 - 7:55 a.m.(8:35 - 8:55 a.m.

on late start days)

CIU Caeteria

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Monday - Friday8:30 - 9 a.m. Saturday

Resident House

8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Sunday

Lunch

BLS Caeteria

(time varies with student schedules)CIU Caeteria

11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Monday - Friday12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Saturday & Sunday

Dinner

CIU Caeteria

5:15 - 6:30 p.m.CIU Caeteria

5:30 - 6 p.m. Saturday

5 - 5:30 p.m. Sunday

In an eort to encourage a punctual arrival at school in the morning and healthy eating habits, allstudents are encouraged to attend breakast. Breakast opens on school days at 7:35 a.m., but studentsare not admitted to the caeteria past 7:50 a.m. (8:35 a.m. and 8:50 a.m. respectively on late start days).

Houseparents on duty will select students on green status to wipe down the caeteria tablesbeginning at 7:55 a.m. (8:55 a.m. on late start days). As a courtesy to students who have theresponsibility to wipe down the tables, students must leave their tables by 7:55 a.m. (8:55 a.m. on late

start days).

GOLDGREEN

Students on gold status are not required tosign-in at breakast on school days, but i a goldstudent is late to his or her rst class two times,the student will automatically be re-classied as

green or at least two weeks. Punctual arrival atbreakast is expected during those two weeks.

Students on green status must arrive and sign-inat breakast on school days by 7:45 a.m. (8:45 a.m.

on late start days) at the latest.

When eating at BLS or CIU, caeteria guidelines must be observed, and students must respect caeteriapersonnel. There should be no running or horseplay, and shoes must be worn at all times. Mealmanners should show respect or others, and a quiet, calm atmosphere ree o disruptive behavior andloud noises is expected. Everyone should be included in conversation.

Students should plan to eat meals at BLS or CIU according to the above chart. Houseparents orassistant houseparents may grant interested students the privilege o staying in the resident houseduring meal times and ordering ood (at student expense) on occasion, but in general the resident

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Sunday Morning Church Attendance

Weekly church attendance is required o all BLS students. A student in Beginning or Intermediate ESLwill attend a Christian church that operates in the students primary language i such an approvedChristian church is within a reasonable driving range rom BLS and transportation is available. A

student in Advanced ESL or not enrolled in ESL may choose an approved English speaking Christianchurch or attend an approved Christian church in the students primary language. Students not

required to attend an available non-English speaking church are given several weeks to attend avariety o churches at the beginning o the year, but ater that time students are expected to commit

to attend a specic Christian church or the remainder o the year. Transportation is provided to anumber o local English-speaking churches, and students may arrange their own transportation toother Christian churches with BLS sta approval.

Sunday Night Meetings

There will be regular Sunday night meetings. Student attendance at these meetings is required.

Technology

BLS embraces the benets - while at the same time recognizing the dangers and potentialinappropriate uses - o modern technology. For example, organization and communication allowed

by modern technology enhances the BLS high school experience, but pornography (includingsuggestively dressed men or women not necessarily portraying actual nudity) and online gamblingare explicitly prohibited in the BLS boarding program. In addition to content concerns, BLS believesthat healthy living requires limiting time absorbed in technological devices.

All student Internet access while on campus must be through the BLS-provided WiFi network.Devices that can access the Internet through another network (e.g. a cell phone or other device with

Internet access) should be set to use the BLS WiFi network while on campus. Devices with no otherunctionality other than to specically allow access to the Internet through another network (e.g. MiFi)

are prohibited in the resident houses.

I a students network username and password are used to access inappropriate online materials, alltechnological devices belonging to that student that can access the internet or store digital les willbe taken to an external computer service to be searched or inappropriate materials at the studentsexpense (regardless o whether inappropriate materials are ound on the students devices). Other

consequences, including green status, may also be levied. It is each students responsibility to keephis or her username and password secure so as to avoid being alsely fagged or inappropriate use.Also, using another persons username and password to access the BLS network is considered a major

integrity violation. Such behavior will merit signicant consequences.

The ollowing three technology regulations have been adopted by Ben Lippen:

1. Students must provide their houseparents a list o all technological devices in their possessioncapable o accessing the internet (e.g. iTouch, iPad, computers, etc) or storing electronic les oany type (e.g. external hard drives, thumb drives, etc). Students must update their list wheneverthey obtain a new technological device. Students discovered with an unregistered technological

device will be classied as green, and the unregistered device may be conscated.

2. In each Ben Lippen resident house, technological devices having a screen that can display

photographs or video (e.g. computers, iTouch, iPod, iPad - including the school-provided iPad,many handheld gaming systems, many cell phones, etc) are only allowed in the common areaso each resident house unless specic houseparent permission is obtained.*


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Additionally, student computer use is limited to the times listed in the chart below. Technologyuse is urther restricted or students on green status; see the gold/green chart below.

*Students on gold status who have successully completed a ull academic quarter at BLS may

request occasional permission rom their houseparents to use their own screened technologyin their rooms or academic or parent communication purposes only so long as the roomand suite door remain open and any screen being used in the room remains directed at and in

ull view o the door. It is the students responsibility to maintain the screen in ull view o thedoor. This is not a privilege that will be automatically granted on student request; the studentmust justiy the use o technology in his or her room as well as provide an estimated time ocompletion. Also, qualied students may only request permission to use technology in their

rooms when houseparents are on duty; student use o technology in student rooms is notallowed when the assistant houseparent is on duty. Finally, students in their rst quarter at BLSare not allowed to use technology in their rooms under any circumstances, regardless o their

gold/green status.

3. For saekeeping and accountability, all electronic devices having a screen and all cell phones(regardless o whether the cell phone has a screen) must be placed in the resident house

computer closet at or beore the check-in time noted in the table below. This rule is enorced to

encourage sleeping during nighttime hours so that students can be awake and ully engaged inacademic or other activities the ollowing day. Failure to turn in all electronic devices each nightwill result in a student being classied as green.

Check-out Check-in

Days prior to a school day

except Sunday

(generally Monday through

Thursday)

6 p.m. 10 p.m.

Days with no school or churchollowing

(generally Friday)

4 p.m. 11 p.m.

Saturday 10 a.m. 10 p.m.

Sunday 3 p.m. 10 p.m.

Upon special request, houseparents may permit individual students to use their technology outside

the times outlined above, especially or academic reasons.

Except or a personal computer, students may check out their screened technology each morningbeore they go to school. Students must bring a note rom a teacher outlining an academic need or acomputer in order to bring a personal computer to school. I a student takes a personal computer to

school at a teachers request, the computer must be turned in to a houseparent immediately upon thestudents return rom school.


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GOLD GREEN

Students on gold status may check out theirBLS-provided iPad and any other non-computer

technology to bring to school each morning,and they do not have to check them in with the

houseparents again until the evening check-intime in the above chart.

Students on green status may only use

technology under direct BLS sta supervision(except or the BLS-provided iPad during the

school-day) and only or academic purposes or or

communication with parent(s)/guardian(s).

Students on green status may bring only their

BLS-provided iPad to school each day oracademic use, but green students must turn theirBLS-provided iPad in to their houseparents when

they return rom school and obtain specic

permission each time they wish to use it or anyother technology or academic or parent

communication purposes outside o school hours.

The BLS-provided iPad is the only technology thatstudents on green status are allowed to bring to

school.

Video Games

Electronic games with mature or content warnings, suggestively dressed characters with ull or partialnudity, graphic violence, or demonic or satanic content are not allowed. Appropriate recreational

video gaming is allowed in the BLS boarding program, but time devoted to this activity should belimited. Students are accountable to their houseparents or the amount o time they spend playingvideo games. Houseparents have the authority to limit a students video game use i it is excessive.

Additionally, rom 6-8 p.m. Monday through Thursday preceding a school day, technology may beused only or academic purposes; video games and other non-academic uses are not permitted inorder to promote an atmosphere conducive to studying or all students.

Television, Videos, DVDs, Movies, etc.

Television programs viewed in the house lounge area are monitored by the houseparents. Studentsshould limit their time engaged in television viewing. General viewing times include Friday ater

school until 11 p.m. and Saturday all day until 10:30 p.m. Other days and times are subject tohouseparent approval. Students may not have personal television sets. DVDs and other visual mediadisks viewed in the resident house must be appropriate and approved by the houseparents priorto viewing. All video and movie viewing is subject to the Parental Permission Form at the end o this

handbook, and television and/or video viewing during English only times must be in English using

English subtitles i subtitles are utilized.

Music

Students may not play music in the resident houses ater lights out without houseparent permissionor during evening quiet hours in the resident houses. Earphone use is permissible during the abovetime periods, but regardless o whether a student is using earphones, the volume o a students

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Vehicle Guidelines

Boarding students must have specic permission rom their houseparents each time they ride in anyvehicle as either a passenger or the driver, and when students o the opposite gender request to ridetogether, dating guidelines are applicable.

GOLD GREEN

Juniors and seniors on gold status who have (1)

a valid driving license and (2) proo o insurancemay have a car on campus with the boarding

directors permission.

First year drivers are only permitted threepassengers. Any student with more than a

years experience driving may have as many

passengers as seat belts in the vehicle.

Boarding students are only permitted to drivetheir own vehicles.

Student vehicles are not allowed or studentson green status. The keys to any student-ownedvehicle on campus must be surrendered to the

boarding director.

All driving and riding guidelines are subject to the Parental Permission Form at the end o this

handbook.

Weekend Shopping Trips and Other Activities

Some academic classes may be scheduled on the weekend, individual houses sometimes planweekend trips and activities, and the BLS boarding program sometimes plans activities or the entireboarding student body. Student participation in these events is expected unless they are clearlypublicized as optional events.

Most weekends, generally on Saturdays, transportation is provided to a local shopping center so thatstudents may purchase necessary items. Students should stay in groups o at least two whenshopping. These shopping trips are optional, but students in need o necessities (e.g. school supplies,

soap, etc.) must take advantage o these trips to buy needed items. Students should not expect theirhouseparents or assistant houseparents to provide transportation or shopping needs on the weekendother than the shopping bus provided.

GOLDGREEN

Students on gold status who go on the weekend

shopping bus may choose to return to BLS onthe shopping bus or return to BLS later by hiringa taxi (i they have obtained prior houseparent

permission).

Students on green status may not go on the

weekend shopping bus. Students on greenstatus with shopping needs should ask their

houseparents or assistance.

The shopping bus schedule is posted on the online calendar, and the bus will leave and return promptly.I a student misses the bus returning to campus rom the shopping center, a BLS sta member will pick

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Students may also plan trips or weekend activities themselves. In such circumstances, i Ben Lippenprovided transportation is required and available, students will pay $1 per mile to deray uel andvehicle maintenance costs and $10 per hour or the driver. Students are responsible or planning andscheduling any trips or activities well in advance and nding their own driver. Trip plans should be

submitted well in advance to a houseparent or the boarding director or consideration.

Overnights O Campus

The privilege o leaving campus can be given to students who have built a level o trust by actingresponsibly, respectully, and with integrity.

GOLD GREEN

Students on gold status may submit specicovernight plans to their houseparents at least a

week in advance or approval to stay overnighto-campus. Plans should include the overnight

location (address), the telephone numbero an adult who will be in charge during theovernight, and a list o all people going to be

present at the overnight. All people present atthe overnight age 18 and over (except current

Ben Lippen students) must pass through abackground check beore an overnight is

allowed. Houseparents must be contactedbeore plans are changed or when problems

arise during the overnight.

Overnights are allowed or a student on gold

status to go home or a weekend, to stay withrelatives or riends, or to be guests in another

students home.

Overnights o campus are only permitted or astudent on green status to visit parent(s)/

guardian(s), and the request or the overnightmust be initiated by the parent(s)/guardian(s) to

the houseparents.

Male and emale students are not permitted to visit together overnight under any circumstances.

In an eort to encourage all students to engage ully in boarding lie initially, overnights are onlyallowed ater a student has lived on campus or at least thirty days. The requency o overnight visitsto another students home is determined on a case-by-case basis. Overnight host amilies are asked to

uphold BLS policies while hosting a student in their homes. Frequent overnights are subject to specialapproval rom the boarding director.

Overnights are not allowed when there is a required event on campus, the student has an academic,athletic, or social obligation to ulll, and/or the student has a disciplinary restriction.

On a weekend overnight, the student should attend church services on Sunday, and students should

arrive back on campus and check in with their houseparents no later than 5:45 p.m. on Sunday.

All o-campus visits are subject to the Parental Permission Form at the end o this handbook.


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School Breaks and Arrival/Departure From Campus

During ocial BLS school breaks - Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring/Easter, Summer - the residenthouses are closed. There is no houseparent supervision, school provided activities, or on-campus oodservice available.

Students may make arrangements to stay o-campus or return home during school breaks. However,

i all personal resources are exhausted or plans all through, BLS will provide or the student in anappropriate way. A $25 per day payment will be taken rom the students emergency und or a host

amily during school breaks (including any portion o Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring/Easter, and/orSummer Break). House opening and closing dates and times are on the online BLS calendar.

Students wishing to travel on their own or in groups during a BLS break (i.e. Thanksgiving, Christmas,

and Easter) instead o living in a BLS host home must submit a Parental Permission Form at least threeweeks prior to the beginning o the BLS break. Parental permission orms may be axed to BLS at (803)744-1387 or emailed to the students houseparents rom the parent communication email address on

le. Students can download the Parental Permission Form here:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18465067/PPT.pd.

Students are strongly encouraged to arrive on campus at or near the time that the resident houses

re-open ater school breaks. This is essential in order to maintain continuity within the academicclassrooms, and it can be very dicult or a student to catch up academically i he or she is latereturning to BLS ater a school break. All classes missed due to late arrivals or returns will be recordedas absences, and ater a two day grace period a ne o $100 per day will be assessed. For example, a

student arriving late enough ater a break to miss our class days would receive absences in all classesduring those our days and be assessed a $200 ne. Students may appeal the ne to the boardingdirector within one week o arriving on campus i the late arrival is attributable to extenuating

circumstances beyond the students control.

At the end o a semester, students are not allowed to reschedule semester exams in order to leave earlier.

Semester exams must be taken at the scheduled time. Students who eel that there are extenuatingcircumstances that make it necessary or them to leave earlier than their last exam at the end o asemester must seek an exception to this policy rom the high school principal. Such an exception is theonly method by which a students nal exam may be rescheduled.

Ben Lippen Break Begins (Departure Days)Ben Lippen Break Ends

(Arrival Days)

2013

Summer BreakMay 24-25, 2013

New Students: August 6Returning Students:

August 10-11

Thanksgiving

Break

(Local hostamilies available)

November 26(School in session until 3:15 p.m. on

November 26; Housing closes at 5 p.m.)

December 1(Housing opens at 6 p.m.)


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Christmas Break

- End o First

Semester


December 20

(Housing closes at 12 noon)

January 6(New and Returning

Students)

Easter Break


April 11(School in session until 3:15 p.m. on April 11;

Housing closes at 8 p.m.)

April 21(Housing opens at 6 p.m.)

2014

Summer Break

- End o Second

Semester

Graduation: May 23

Underclassmen: Flights must be scheduledater 3 p.m. on May 22 through

noon on May 24.

Seniors: Due to the graduation schedule,fights should be scheduled May 24

beore noon.

Housing closes or the summer at noon on

May 24, 2014.

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Transportation to and rom local bus and train stations and the Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE)will be provided or students who arrive on arrival/departure days at the beginning o a term or the

end o a school break. Student arrival/departure days are listed on the chart above. Transportationto and rom other transportation centers (e.g. Charlotte, Atlanta, etc) are not provided and are thestudents responsibility.

Returning BLS students arriving on days other than BLS arrival/departure days listed above mayrequest a BLS pick-up at a local transportation center, but the student will be charged $1 per mile toderay uel and vehicle maintenance costs.


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Health Requirements and Services

All new boarding students must submit a health physical, including a vision and hearing screening,given on or ater April 1 prior to the start o the new school year. The BLS Health Assessment andPhysical Examination Form is provided near the end o this handbook.

Students must provide documentation signed by a doctor o a negative tuberculosis (TB) PPD skin

test within three (3) months beore arriving at Ben Lippen School. I the skin test is positive, thendocumentation o a negative chest x-ray is required.

All new students must also submit ocial vaccination/immunization records signed by a doctor anddocumenting all shots received since birth. The required immunizations are listed in the chart below:

Four (4) doses o any combination o DTP, DT, DTP-Hib, DTap, Td or Tdap vaccine with at least one (1)dose received on or ater the ourth birthday, and there must be one Tdap on or ater the seventhbirthday

Three (3) doses o any combination o oral or inactivated Polio vaccine with at least one (1) dosereceived on or ater the ourth birthday

Three (3) doses o Hepatitis B vaccineTwo (2) doses o Varicella (Chicken Pox) vaccine received on or ater the rst birthday and separatedby at least one month, OR a positive history o disease with written documentation signed by a

physician.

One (1) dose o the Menactra (Meningococcal ACYW135) vaccine

Two (2) doses o Rubeola (Measles) vaccine with both doses received on or ater the rst birthdayand separated by at least one month *

One (1) dose o Mumps vaccine received on or ater the rst birthday *

One (1) dose o Rubella (German Measles) vaccine received on or ater the rst birthday *

* Two (2) doses o MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) meet the requirements or the last three vaccines,each marked with an asterisk, listed in the table above.

Ater the student arrives on campus, the school nurse will arrange or the administration o anyundocumented but required vaccinations/immunizations at student expense. Health physical ormsand immunization records must be sent to the school nurse at least our (4) weeks prior to the start o

school.

All boarding students (new and returning) must annually submit an Emergency Medical Inormation

Form and a Medication/Immunization Consent Form. Failure to submit these orms will result inrestriction to on-campus events; students without both o these current medical orms on le will notbe allowed to leave the BLS campus or any reason. All boarding students must also purchase health/

accident insurance through BLS or request an exemption to this policy by providing proo o othercomparable coverage (at least $500,000 USD in coverage per illness or injury).

When a student is sick in the morning beore school, the student must personally notiy his or herhouseparents. The houseparents will decide whether the student should go to school. Students who

are allowed to stay home due to sickness will remain in their rooms. They are not allowed to leave theirhouse or the entire day except to see the nurse or doctor.

I sickness occurs during the school day, a boarding student should notiy a BLS aculty or stamember in direct authority over the student at the time the student eels sick or is in need o medicalaid. Usually this means that the student should notiy a classroom teacher, the high school oce


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secretary, or the nurse directly i the student is in need o medical attention. No boarding studentshould leave school to go to his or her house due to sickness without the nurses permission.

I a student is in need o medical attention during non-school hours, the student should rst seek aid

rom a houseparent or assistant houseparent. The houseparent or assistant houseparent will contactthe on-call nurse and/or arrange or medical treatment as needed.

No student should possess any medication without the nurses approval. All medications shouldbe kept and dispensed by the houseparent or the assistant houseparent on duty. Prescriptionmedications must be prescribed or the specic student and should be in clearly labeled (in English),original pharmacy packaging. A physician letter explaining the reason or the medication is required

beore medication rom home can be given to a student. The letter should include the diagnosis andthe treatment plan. Antibiotics will not be dispensed unless prescribed by a local medical doctor andlled by a local pharmacy.

In the case o a lie-threatening or potentially lie-threatening medical emergency, the telephonenumber or ambulance response is 911. Anytime 911 is called in reerence to a boarding student, thehouseparents, nurse, and boarding director must be notied as soon as saely possible.

Athletic Requirements

All BL boarding students who participate in athletics must submit to the athletic department a

yearly health physical given on or ater April 1 prior to the start o the new school year and signedby a physician. Two orms required or this purpose, the SCISA Pre-Participation History and Health

Assessmentand the SCISA Medical Examination Form, can be ound near the end o this handbook. Inaddition to an annual physical, BLS students are not permitted to participate in athletic practices or

contests without submitting the SCISA Agreement or Participation and the SCISA Warning o InherentRisk, also located near the end o this handbook. Further, in order to participate in athletic practicesor contests, new BLS students must rst submit to the athletic department the New Student/Transer

Student SCISA Form which is also printed near the end o this handbook.

Boarding student athletes must also keep all their grades up to a minimum level o a C in orderto remain on a BLS athletic team. Specics regarding this standard and procedures related to this

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Boarding Program General Daily Schedule

Monday - Friday

6:30 - 7:35 a.m. Rising, dressing, cleaning

7:35 - 7:55 a.m. Breakast at the BLS caeteria8:10 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. Academic School Day (lunch included)4:15 - 5:45 p.m. Sports, Study Hall, other extracurricular activities

5:45 - 6:30 p.m. Dinner at the CIU caeteria6 p.m. Computer Check-Out6 - 8:00 p.m. Resident House Quiet Hours (Monday - Thursday)10 p.m. Screened Technology Turn-In; In-House (11 p.m. on Friday)

10:30 p.m. Students begin getting ready or bed (11:30 p.m. on Friday)11 p.m. Lights-Out (12 midnight on Friday)

Saturday

8:30 - 9 a.m. Breakast in the CIU caeteria

10 a.m. Computer Check-Out12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch in the CIU caeteria1:30 p.m. Shopping Bus5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Dinner in the CIU caeteria10 p.m. Screened Technology Turn-In; In-House

10:30 p.m. Students begin getting ready or bed11 p.m. Lights-Out

Sunday

8 - 8:30 a.m. Breakast (in-house)10:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Participate in a local Christian church

1:15 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch in the CIU caeteria3 p.m. Computer Check-Out5 - 5:30 p.m. Dinner in the CIU caeteria6 - 7:30 p.m. Sunday Night Groups

10 p.m. Screened Technology Turn-In; In-House10:30 p.m. Students begin getting ready or bed11 p.m. Lights-Out

Exceptions to the above schedule requently occur. BLS staf will inorm students o changes to the normal

schedule above when necessary. The above schedule is provided as a general sample only.


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Summary Chart o Gold/Green Dierences*

GOLD GREEN

Seniors who have a rst block study hall may

choose to stay in their resident house.

Students may use the CIU library.

Students at least 18 years o age mayuse the CIU gym.

Students may use a taxi

service to leave campus.

Students may only leave campus or BLS activities

and events accompanied by BLS sta OR withtheir parent(s)/guardian(s).

Students must check in with theirhouseparents in their resident house beore 4

p.m. on school days.

Students must check in with theirhouseparents in their resident house beore 3:30

p.m. on school days.

Students may request additional

study time ater lights-out.

Students must go to bed at lights-out.

Dating is allowed with

parental permission.

Dating is

not allowed.

Students are not required to sign-in

at breakast.

Students must sign-in at breakast by 7:45 a.m. on

school days (one hour later on late start days).

Students may keep their BLS-provided iPad aterschool until evening check-in time.

Students may only use technology under directBLS sta supervision.

Students meeting qualications may have a car

on campus.

Students may not have a car

on campus.

Students may go on weekend shoppingand activity outings.

Students must stay with the bus driverduring weekend shopping outings i they

have a need to attend.

Assuming proper procedures are ollowed,students may stay o campus or an overnight.

* This chart is a summaryonly and does notcontain complete inormation regarding the privilegeso students on gold status or the restrictions o students on green status. More detailed

explanations and requirements can be ound throughout this handbook in similar gold/greentext boxes or each o the dierences listed above.


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Forms Required or

New Boarding Students

1. Health Assessment and Medical Examination


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2013-2014 Immunization Requirementsor Boarding Students

To be enrolled, ALL new boarding students must meet the ollowing requirements. Please email proo

o all requirements to [email protected] at least our (4) weeks beore August 1, 2013.

Students must bring the original documents with them to Ben Lippen School.

1. The school must be given a complete ocial record o immunizations rom birth which showsthat the student has received all the required vaccinations listed below. The supplied record o

immunizations MUST be in English and have a physicians signature.

a. Four (4) doses o any combination o DTP, DT, DTP-Hib, DTap, Td or Tdap vaccine with at least

one (1) dose received on or ater the ourth birthday, and there must be one Tdap on or ater theseventh birthday

b. Three (3) doses o any combination o oral or inactivated Polio vaccine with at least one (1) dose

received on or ater the ourth birthday

c. Two (2) doses o Rubeola (Measles) vaccine with both doses received on or ater the rstbirthday and separated by at least one month ***

d. One (1) dose o Rubella (German Measles) vaccine received on or ater the rst birthday ***

e. One (1) dose o Mumps vaccine received on or ater the rst birthday ***

. Three (3) doses o Hepatitis B vaccine

g. Two (2) doses o Varicella (Chicken Pox) vaccine received on or ater the rst birthday and givenat least one month apart i student had the chicken pox, written documentation rom aphysician is required

h. One (1) dose o the Menactra (Meningococcal ACYW135) vaccine

***Two (2) doses o MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) meet requirements c-e

2. Students must have a negative PPD skin test within three (3) months beore their arrival at BenLippen School. The school must be given ocial written documentation o the negative PPD skintest. I the PPD test is positive, documentation o a negative chest x-ray must be supplied. The PPD

skin test documentation MUST be in English and have a physicians signature.

INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY:

Michelle Harris, RN, School NurseBen Lippen School

7401 Monticello RoadColumbia, SC 29203(803) [email protected]


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Health Assessment and Medical Examination

Required or all students participating in athletics and all new boarding students

Student Name Grade Date o Birth

Health Assessment To Be Completed by Student and Parents

Yes No (Check one give details or all YES answers and include date o occurrence)

Did your grandparents, parents, brothers or sisters have heart problems or high blood

pressure beore the age o 50?

Have you ever had OR do you presently have:

Heart murmur, high blood pressure, extra heartbeats, or heart abnormality?

Current medications?

Concussion or problem passing out?

Allergies? Name:

Signicant illness, condition, or injury?

Hospitalization or surgery? Why?

Chickenpox? (list year):

A dental appliance?

Contacts or eyeglasses?

Need to stop while running around a quarter mile track twice?

An illness or injury that caused you to miss a game?

Congenital absence or loss o unction o one organ (eye, ear, kidney, etc.)?

Headaches (requent)?

Asthma? Current treatment:

Convulsions (seizures)? How many?

Neck or spine injury?

Broken bones?

Sprains or dislocations?

Sickle Cell Disease or Trait?

Tested positive or Tuberculosis (TB)? Date Treatment

FEMALES: Have you had a period in the last six months? How many?

FEMALES: Do menstrual cramps keep you rom your regular activity?

I certiy that the above medical history is correct to the best o my knowledge.

Parent Signature


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PLEASE HAVE YOUR PHYSICIAN COMPLETE AND SIGN THIS PAGE


Medical Examination To Be Completed by Physician

VITAL SIGNS (REQUIRED) PHYSICAL MUSCULOSKELETALHeight Appearance C Spine

Weight Pupils T Spine

Blood Pressure EENT LS Spine

Heart Rate Dental Shoulders

Respiratory Rate Heart Elbows

Vision R20/ L20/ Lungs Wrists

Corrected R20/ L20/ Abdomen Hands

GU Hips

Skin Knees

Lymph Feet

Notes:

Cross out any sport in which the student is not able to compete

Baseball Cheerleading Football Soccer Swimming Track & Field Weightliting

Basketball Cross Country Gol Sotball Tennis Volleyball Wrestling

I certiy that I have, on this date, examined this student and nd him/her physically able to compete in theBen Lippen P.E./sports program.

Physicians signature Phone Date

Print Physicians Name


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Forms Required or

All Boarding Students Annually

1. Boarding Student Emergency/Medical Inormation

2. Boarding Student Medication/Immunization Consent

3. Boarding Student Parental Permission Form

4. Boarding Student Handbook Commitment Form


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Boarding Student Emergency/Medical Inormation


EMERGENCY CONTACTS

Fathers Inormation Mothers Inormation

Name: Name:

Contact Phone: Contact Phone:

Contact Email: Contact Email:

English Speaking: Yes/No English Speaking: Yes/No

I no, please list primary language: I no, please list primary language:

ALTERNATE EMERGENCY CONTACT(S) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES (OPTIONAL)

Other Emergency Contact Other Emergency Contact

Name: Name:

Contact Phone: Contact Phone:

Contact Email: Contact Email:

MEDICAL INFORMATION

Please complete all our boxes below.

Allergies

List any allergies (to ood, insect stings, latex,medication, other):

NOTE: I your student has a lie threatening allergy (e.g.

bee stings), be certain that the school is provided with an

emergency kit.

Please initial or sign in the box tothe let i your child has no knownallergies.

Chronic Health Conditions

List current and/or chronic health conditions (suchas ADD, ADHD, asthma, depression, diabetes, heart

problems, migraine headaches, seizure disorders,etc.):

Please initial or sign in the box to

the let i your child has no currentand/or chronic health conditions.

Prescription Medications

List all current prescription medications (includinginhalers):

NOTE: Prescription medications will be dispensed by schoolpersonnel only when the medication is in the original

prescription container with clear instructions.Students may

not carry medications except EpiPens, insulin, and asthma

rescue inhalers.

Please initial or sign in the boxto the let i your child uses no

prescription medications.

Authorization or Medical Treatment

In the event o an illness or injury, I hereby authorize Ben Lip-

pen School to act on my behal or the student named abovein the securing o medical, surgical, and/or dental treatment. In

the event o an emergency, I hereby give my permission to thephysician selected by Ben Lippen School to hospitalize, secure

proper treatment or, and to order injections, anesthesia, orsurgery or the student named above. I such an event oc-

curs, I understand that every eort will be made to contact

me as soon as possible. I certiy that I am the parent/guardianor have the legal ability to sign these authorizations on behal

o the student named above. I understand I am responsible orall expenses that my students insurance does not pay.

Parent/Guardian Signature Date


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Boarding Student Medication/Immunization Consent

Students Full Name Date o Birth

List any major illness/injury/operation in the past year:

Confdential Medical Inormation:

Authorization or Medication/Immunization Administration:

I hereby authorize the school nurse to administer or oversee the administration o the ollowing to my

student who is named above:

1. Over-the-counter medications (including, but not limited to, those used or pain, allergies/colds,

stomach/intestinal upset, and topical ointments/creams) as specied in written protocol approvedby the Ben Lippen physician consultant.

2. Prescription medications as prescribed by a physician.

3. Any immunizations o which I have not provided documentation that are required by the state o

South Carolina or school attendance and any recommended booster immunizations.

4. Any infuenza vaccines as recommended.

Please list any medications you desire NOT to be given to your student:

Signature o Parent or Legal Guardian:

Print Name o Parent or Legal Guardian:

Date


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Boarding Student Parental Permission Form

Students Full Name Date o Birth

Parents: Read careully and initial or sign in each box beside the statement that has

your approval, or write your own guidelines on the back.

ParentInitials

O-Campus Visits(Including Overnight)

My student may visit any o-campushome with the approval o Ben

Lippen.

My student may NOT visit any

o-campus home without myspecic permission.

Parent

Initials

Vehicles

My student may ride with BenLippen approved drivers, includingstudent drivers.

My student may only drive withdrivers I personally approve. Pleaselist any such drivers on the back o

this orm.

Parent

Initials

Bicycles and Scooters

My student may ride his or her

personal bicycle or scooter with ahelmet.

My student may NOT ride a bicycleor scooter.

ParentInitials

Dating Guidelines

My student may date withinBen Lippen Boarding Program

guidelines.

My student may NOT date at Ben

Lippen.

Parent

Initials

Movie Viewing

My student may view Ben Lippenapproved PG and PG-13 movies.

My student may view G ratedmovies.

Parent

Initials

Skateboards and Rollerblades

My student may use his or her

personal skateboard or rollerbladeswith proper saety equipment.

My student may NOT use askateboard or rollerblades.

Parent Initials Field Trips

My student may participate in any Ben Lippen sponsored on- or o-campus activity ortrip. I urther understand that I may still need to sign a liability waiver and ax it to BenLippen or certain activities or trips when such a waiver is required by an organization

outside o Ben Lippen. I understand that there are inherent risks in all activities and that

injuries can occur. I agree not to hold Ben Lippen School or any o its agents, members,employees, or aliate organizations responsible in the event o an accident or injury. Iunderstand that this orm is considered to be a binding contract.

My student may NOT participate in any school-sponsored on- or o-campus activity ortrip unless I personally give permission via email and/or ax a liability waiver as needed

or every school-sponsored activity or trip.

Parent Signature: Date:


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Boarding Student Handbook Commitment Form

PARENTAL COMMITMENT

Please initial or sign next to each statement indicating agreement, and sign where indicated.

As parent(s) or legal guardian(s) o a Ben Lippen School student, I (we):

Commit to support Ben Lippen policies as set orth in the Ben Lippen School High SchoolHandbookand the Ben Lippen Boarding Handbook.

Commit to communicate directly with Ben Lippen houseparents, teachers, and/oradministrators in the event o confict or disagreement beore involving other parties.

Approve participation in various orms o support services designed to help each student

achieve his or her academic, personal, spiritual, and social potential. These support activitiesmay include advising groups, study skill groups, orientation programs, social skills groups,mentoring, individual advising, personal and spiritual counseling, etc.

Approve the publication o pictures o our son/daughter during the year.

Approve establishing a Ben Lippen computer account or my student(s).

Fathers or Guardians Signature Fathers or Guardians Printed Name Date

Mothers or Guardians Signature Mothers or Guardians Printed Name Date

STUDENT COMMITMENT

Please initial next to each statement i you agree, and sign where indicated.

As a student at Ben Lippen School, I:

Commit to do my best in all my studies.

Commit to obey the biblical and community standards set orth in the Ben Lippen School HighSchool Handbookand the Ben Lippen Boarding Handbookwithout complaint.

Commit to maintain a high standard in accordance with the social lie guidelines andentertainment standards outlined in the handbooks.

Agree to participate in various orms o support services designed to help each studentachieve his or her academic, personal, spiritual, and social potential. These support activitiesmay include advising groups, study skill groups, orientation programs, social skills groups,mentoring, individual advising, personal and spiritual counseling, etc.

Agree to ollow the rules contained in the handbooks regarding computer usage.

Students Signature Students Printed Name Date


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Forms Required or

Student Athletes Annually

1. SCISA Pre-Participation History & Health Assessment

2. SCISA Medical Examination Form

3. SCISA Agreement or Participation

4. SCISA Warning o Inherent Risk5. SCISA New Student/Transer Student Form (only New

Student Athletes)


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THE SOUTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONPre-Participation History & Health Assessment

Name __________________________________ Date of Birth: _____________________ Grade: _________

School: _________________________________ Sex: F ____ M ____ Sports: _________________________

Address: _____________________________________________________ Phone

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