RIGHTS AT SCHOOL | RESPONSIBILITIES AT SCHOOL |
| 1. I have the right to be happy and to be treated with compassion. No one should laugh at me or hurt my feelings. | 1. I have the responsibility to treat others with compassion, not to laugh at others, tease others or try to hurt the feelings of others. |
| 2. I have the right to be treated with respect and politeness. | 2. I have the responsibility to be polite to others and to treat them with respect. I have the responsibility to respect the authority of teachers. I have the responsibility to use acceptable language when speaking to others. |
| 3. I have the right to be safe. No one should threaten me, hit me, or hurt me in any way. | 3. I have the responsibility to make the school safe by not threatening anyone, hitting anyone or hurting anyone in any way. |
| 4. I have the right to expect my property to be safe. | 4. I have the responsibility not to steal, damage, destroy or interfere with the property of others. |
| 5. I have the right to obtain maximum benefit from lessons. | 5. I have the responsibility to co-operate with teachers and other students to ensure that lessons proceed smoothly and that I keep up-to-date with required work. I will not behave so as to interfere with other students' right to learn. |
| 6. I have the right to expect that educational activities will be of benefit to me. | 6. I have the responsibility to be punctual, to attend school regularly, and to contribute to school activities so that they will be of benefit to me. |
| 7. I have the right to be myself. No one should treat me unfairly because I am different from him/her. | 7. I have the responsibility to respect others as individuals and not to treat them unfairly because I might not agree with their appearance, beliefs or values. |
| 8. I have the right to have my good health habits respected. | 8. I have the responsibility to be clean and tidy in appearance. |
| 9. I have the right to have pleasant, clean and well maintained grounds. | 9. I have the responsibility to care for the school environment and keep it tidy and clean. |
| 10. I have the right to be provided with a school where I am not in any physical danger. | 10. I have the responsibility to tell teachers about dangerous objects and other dangers in and around the school. |
| 11. I have the right to expect that the local community will provide support for the school and will respect and have pride in the school. | 11. I have the responsibility to behave in a way that will gain respect for the school, specially when going to or coming from school and on out of school activities. |
| 12. I have the right to be helped to learn self-control. I have the right to be helped to learn self-discipline. No one will ignore me if others abuse my rights. | 12. I have the responsibility to learn self-discipline. I have the responsibility to respect the rights of others. |
