Student Handbook 2025

Communications

How to keep in touch

Student Handbook

The following applies to the use of this student handbook at Mount St. Joseph Girls’ College:

 

Student Electronic Handbook

  1. This handbook will be updated reguarly. Students will notified of changes made to this handbook.
  2. A link to this handbook can be found in the bookmarks bar of your laptop.

Parent/Teacher Communications

Parents/Carers who wish to contact students or staff members need to be aware of the following procedures:

  1. If a student needs to contact a parent/carer, permission to use the telephone must be obtained from the Year Level/House Leader who will then make the call in their office.
  2. Students are asked to refrain from contacting their parent/carer via email or mobile phone whilst they are at school.
  3. No student may go home without express written permission of the parent/carer and then approved by the Year Level/House Leader. The student must be collected by a parent/carer and leave via the Front Office where they will be required to sign out.
  4. Students who are ill must be collected by a parent/carer.
  5. If a parent/carer brings a forgotten lunch, sports uniform etc., it must be handed in to the Front Office – NOT taken to the classroom.
  6. If a parent/carer wishes to contact a teacher, such contact is made through the Front Office or via school email. If he/she is unavailable, a message may be left at Reception, and the teacher will return the call.
  7. Conferences with teachers are scheduled throughout the year to provide opportunities for parents and carers, students and their teachers to work together to support learning. Interview times can be booked online through the Parent Access Module.
  8. Parents/Carers are required to complete a PAM registration for each student. All excursions require parents/carers to authorise permission through PAM. It is the responsibility of the parent/carer to keep medical and personal information updated.
  9. All feedback on student learning progress and achievement is provided through the College Learning Management System, Canvas. Grades and teacher feedback are available to parents on an ongoing basis online and should be checked on a regular basis.

Student/Teacher Communication

Please refer to the student policies page HERE.