Dress Code
Students are expected to be neat and presentable. Students are expected to change out of training gear before attending classes, and they must wear appropriate footwear while in academic, dining, and common areas. Ripped or torn clothing, clothing that promotes or celebrates the consumption of alcohol or use of drugs, pajamas and clothing deemed inappropriate by the faculty and staff are prohibited. Hats are not to be worn during classes, at meals or at meetings.

Attendance
If a student is unable to attend classes and/or training due to an illness or other reason, please notify the office at the beginning of the day (no later than 8:00 a.m.). If calling before business hours, a message may be left for the main desk at extension 215. The student-athlete should contact his or her teachers and coach directly to notify them of his or her absence and to inquire about missed assignments. If an absence is for a scheduled event, such as doctor’s visit, please notify the school and any affected teachers in advance.

Travel
If a student-athlete will miss classes as a result of athletic commitments, including competition, training, and travel, he or she must discuss the absence with his or her teachers prior to missing any classes. In situations where a student-athlete qualifies for a competition at the last minute, this communication may be via email; in all other cases, the student-athlete is expected to notify his or her teachers at least three class days in advance of the scheduled absence.

Quiet Study Spaces
The Morse Campus offers two quiet study spaces for our student-athletes, the KMS Conference Room and the BOOST Library (when BOOST is not in session.) During the academic day, these spaces are reserved for quiet study.

Signing Out
During the day and evening
Dorm students who will be leaving campus and returning before lights out that night must secure permission from an appropriate staff member and sign out at the front desk. If student-athletes are leaving with a coach for competition, for weekend training or for other training outside of normal training blocks, they do not need to secure additional permission but should sign out at the front desk.

Except in special circumstances, all underclass students are expected to be back on campus in time for study hall each school night. Upper-class students (i.e. juniors and seniors) in good academic standing may be allowed to use a study hall “pass” to return after 7 p.m. Except for seniors as detailed in the “Junior and senior privileges” section, no dorm student may ride in a vehicle operated by another student. Dorm students may ride only in vehicles operated by adults, and only with their parents’ express consent provided to the dorm supervisors on duty. Dorm students may not ride in a vehicle operated by another person under 21 years of age unless the operator is a member of the dorm student’s immediate family and the parents’ express consent has been provided.

Common destinations when students do sign out include several of Killington Road restaurants as well as local ski shops.

Dorm staff will schedule trips to off-campus locations such as the local movie cinema, the Green Mountain Rock Climbing Center and the Diamond Run Mall. For trips such as these, students are also expected to sign out.

Overnight (weekends and special occasions)
On some occasions, student-athletes choose not to spend their weekends at the dorm. This is particularly common when student-athletes do not have athletic commitments on a particular weekend, but parents and students are reminded to check with the coaching staff to verify availability.

Before any dorm student signs out, the nature, duration and travel plan of the visit must be provided to dorm staff. We ask that parents call the school no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday before a student-athlete will be signing out for the weekend; for weeknight sign outs, please make arrangements at least 48 hours in advance. Spending school nights away from school is generally discouraged, but special circumstances (including sending-school state-wide testing and family emergencies) do exist.

The student’s parent or guardian must call the school office to provide permission for his or her child to leave the school and to describe the nature of the trip, the mode of transportation and the name of the driver who will be picking up the student. If a visit to a friend’s home is planned, the adult host, as well as the dorm student’s parent or guardian, must call the school and give permission. An adult host must be present and agree to supervise the dorm student for the duration of his or her visit; visits by dorm students to local housing where no parent is present are strictly prohibited.

When the adult host comes to pick up the student, he or she must come into the building and talk to the school staff on duty prior to leaving with the dorm student.

Once a dorm student returns to campus, he or she is considered to be “on campus” and subject to all dorm student rules and regulations. In the event that student wishes to leave campus again, he or she must follow the sign-out procedure.

Except as described in “Junior and senior privileges,” dorm students may not leave from or return to KMS in a vehicle operated by another student. Dorm students are expressly prohibited from having cars on campus and may not, under normal circumstances, drive themselves back to campus. In extreme circumstances approved by the Assistant Head of School, they may be allowed to return to campus in their own vehicles. In this case, they will park along the tree line, lock the car, and turn their car keys in to the dorm parent on duty. Under no circumstances shall a dorm student be allowed to come and go via a motor vehicle under his or her control. This prohibition extends to dorm students who have signed out for the weekend and wish to return to campus; they may not return to campus in a motor vehicle and then leave again under the auspices of “being signed out.”

In cases where the normal procedures for permission to leave campus will cause undue hardship, please contact a member of the KMS Executive Team. Parents are reminded that dorm students are not to have automobiles at the dorm.

Any student leaving the dorm or school must have permission first and then must sign out on the sign- out sheet. The student must also sign in upon return to school. Failure to secure the appropriate permission to sign out and to follow the sign-out procedure in full may be considered a major rule violation and dealt with as such.

If a student is late returning to KMS, it is imperative that the student notify the dorm parent on duty, or if returning during school hours, the school office.

Campus Upkeep
All students are expected to clean up after themselves. This is especially true in the student lounge and the day student locker rooms. All students will be asked to help with general campus upkeep. When asked to do so, students are expected to respond in the spirit of the mission statement and to complete the requested tasks—such as shoveling during and after storms—to the best of their abilities.