This document outlines a walking zone policy and guidelines for respecting national and school symbols at Xavier School. The objectives are to provide safe traffic flow and ensure student and staff safety. It defines walking zone areas and symbols, such as keep right, no entry, and parking areas. Consequences for not following the policy include reminders, notes to parents, and greenslips. The document also provides instructions for standing respectfully during the national anthem, flag retreat, patriotic oath, and school song. Foreign students should stand respectfully but are not required to sing or recite words. Students are asked to sign a pledge to follow the walking zone policy and show respect for symbols.
2. How many of you were bumped by a
classmate because he was running?
How many of you met an accident
because you were running?
Teachers: You may opt to have this as your springboard or the video.
3. Objectives:
provide a free flow of traffic along designated
areas in the campus before the start of
classes, during break and dismissal
times, and in between periods;
make sure that students and adult personnel
are safe and secure when going to the
different places in the campus
4. Walking Zone Areas
Classroom, Office and Workroom Areas
Corridors
Canteen Area
Covered Walk
Pathways
Ramps
CRs
Function Rooms (MPC, Lecture Hall, EED MPH
Chapel
Staircases
5. Walking Zone Policy
walk all the time
always keep right when walking along
designated areas
read, understand and follow the meaning
of symbols and signage to always place
safety above all
6. Walking Zone Symbols
Parking
Areas where you place
your bags during an
assembly, when you
are using the library
after classes in the
afternoon or during
dismissal while waiting
for your fetcher
This is to avoid bags
scattered along the
Walk Zone Areas.
7. Walking ZoneSymbols
No Overtaking
Keep Right You are reminded to stay in your line
when buying food, and to avoid
Toensure the smooth accidents by sudden and
unexpected movement to catch
flow of traffic uptosomething or someone
8. Walking ZoneSymbols
Slow Down Walk Sign
You are encouraged to be
more careful in walking
because the area may be You are being
prone to accidents
(staircase, canteen reminded to walk
area, etc)
9. Walking ZoneSymbols
Do Not Pass
No Entry Generally seen along
corridors when
Generally seen on the classes or testing are
door of offices and going on in another
workroom areas unit
10. Walking ZoneSymbols
OFF Limits
Quiet Zone Generally seen on
You are encouraged not to areas where GS
make any noise that may students are
disturb the people inside prohibited to explore
offices and workroom areas (e.g. HS area)
11. Consequences if not followed
reminders will be given by the teachers
concerned student (when seen running by the
teacher) will be asked to go back from where he
started (or from where he is sighted) and will be
told to walk from there to the place of destination
note to parent in HSCN if showing some patterns
16. Why do we have to show respect to
these symbols? These symbols
speak of our history and culture
help us remember the legacy of our
forefathers
bring pride to our person and a sense
of belonging
17. How should we show respect to
these symbols?
Upon the announcement of national anthem…
stand properly
place your right hand over yourleft chest
face the flag
remain standing with your right hand over your left chest until
the completion of the anthem
once the anthem is complete, quietly return to your normal
position
18. How should we show respect to
these symbols?
Upon the announcement of national
anthem…
face the music if the flag is not displayed and act in
the same manner as if it were displayed
if you are walking or otherwise moving when the
anthem begins or hear the beginning of the anthem,
stop and stand still until it ends
19. How should we show respect to
these symbols?
Upon the announcement of flag retreat…
stand properly
face the flag or music (if the flag is not visible)
remain standing until the completion of the song or rite
once the song or rite is complete, quietly return to your
normal position
20. How should we show respect to
these symbols?
Upon the announcement of
PanatangMakabayan (Patriotic Oath)
face the flag and stand properly
raise your right hand (as much as possible shoulder level
and palm flatly opened)
remain in this position until the completion of the
recitation of PanatangMakabayan, and quietly return to
normal position after
21. How should we show respect to
these symbols?
Upon the announcement of the singing of
the school song…
stand properly
face the flag
remain standing until the completion of the school song
once the school song is complete, quietly return to your
normal position
22. How shouldyoushow respect to these
symbols if you are a foreigner?
For the singing of the national anthem and
school song, reciting of the patriotic oath and
participating in flag retreat
stand properly
face the flag (national or school) / music
remain standing until the completion of thenational anthem (for
the school song you have the duty to sing it), rite, oath
once the song/riteis complete, quietly return to your normal
posit
23. Consequences if not followed
verbal warning will be given
greenslip will be issued if repeated
24. What can you do to ensure that the walking zone policy and
respect for national and school symbols will be followed?
Take the Walk and Respect for Symbols Pledge
We, the students of Grade ___ section ___ pledge to follow the WALKING
ZONE POLICY of Xavier School as one way to ensure our safety andthat of
our fellow Xaverians in the campus.
We also pledge to serve as good examples to our fellow students in showing
respect to our national and school symbols as a sign of being a true
Xaverianand Filipino.
_________________________ ________________
Signature of the StudentDate
