1. The Teen Center is open to members during posted hours.
2. Members cannot re-enter the Teen Center after leaving, within a day’s period of time.
3. There are no visitor passes.  Each individual student needs a completed application before entering the facility.
4. If school is closed due to inclement weather, all activities are cancelled and the Teen Center will be closed.
5. Additional policies are covered in registration materials.  See medication policy, technology agreement, photo release, and outcomes measurements form.

More about Teen Center Guidance and Discipline

Guidance and discipline are essential to creating an environment that is positive, supportive, safe, and productive. To create this environment, the following principles for conduct have been set for the center:

• Practice the golden rule--treat others the way you would like to be treated.
• This is your Teen Center! Take good care of it!
• Use appropriate language.
• When a staff member or volunteer asks for attention, members should stop, look, and listen.
• Run only in the gym or for designated activities.
• Keep your hands, feet, and other objects to your self.

These rules are explained to all members during orientation and reviewed periodically so that expectations are clear.  Rules are stated in a positive manner whenever possible.  It is not possible to list all of the unacceptable behaviors at the Teen Center, but the following are examples of actions that are not allowed and will result in disciplinary action:

• use of inappropriate language
• inappropriate touching, hitting, and fighting
• presenting a danger to oneself, other members, staff, volunteers, or the facility
• bringing weapons or dangerous articles to the center
• bringing alcohol, tobacco, or drugs to the center
• vandalism of center property
• going into off-limit areas of the center without an accompanying adult
• stealing
• harassing members, staff, and volunteers
• repeated ignoring or disobeying of staff or volunteer directions

When infractions of the Teen Center rules occur, documentation is made by staff members.  Documentation is critical in tracking the development or changing behaviors of a member.

When infractions of the Teen Center rules occur, it may be dealt with in the following ways:  counseled, time outs, exclusion from activity, contracts, working off the infraction, removal from the facility, suspension, or expulsion.  Each of these may or may not include school and/or parent notification.