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Positive Behavior Support

Orbit is the online tool tailored specifically for Gateway High School to manage our behavioral program. It can be used to assign demerits and positive behavior and instantly organizes and tallies the demerits students have received. In addition, Orbit assigns consequences when necessary and keeps printable records of all infractions and consequences throughout the school year. Click here to check you orbit account.

Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is the principle of reinforcing desired student behavior using rewards in order to increase the behavior. We plan to reinforce desired student behavior through the use of:

Admission to Special PBS Functions
First-in-Line to Lunch Passes
Various other rewards

Behavior	Consequence
Tardy to School	1 demerit
Tardy to Class	1 demerit
Breaking Class Rules	1 demerit
Dishonesty	1 demerit
Lack of Supplies	1 demerit
Disobedience	1 demerit
Dress Code Violation	1 demerit
Horseplay	1 demerit
Cell Phone Usage	1 demerit
Profanity	1 demerit
ID Not Displayed	Wed. Detention
+ Good Behavior	0 demerits
+ Citizenship	0 demerits
+ Respecting Peers	0 demerits

*Demerit Accumulation*
Current Demerits	Consequence
1 demerit	Warning
2 demerits	Detention
3 demerits	Detention
4 demerits	Detention
5 demerits	Detention
6 demerits	Detention
7 demerits	Wed. Detention
8 demerits	Wed. Detention
9 demerits	Sat. School
10 demerits	Sat. School
More than 10 demerits	Suspension at dean’s discretion

Deans can change the consequence for an offense.
Individual demerits “expires” after 14 days, but a record remains in the student’s disciplinary history.
After the teachers assign demerits, the deans print and issue consequences from a queue.

There is a 48-hour grace period between issuance of a demerit and the scheduled detention. Students are due to serve detention at the earliest possible opportunity following the grace period.