Field Trips Teachers may supplement classroom instruction with trips to educationally relevant sites. Participation on field trips is limited to those students whose recent behavior indicates an ability to act responsibly while outside of the building. The school does not authorize field trips of a recreational nature during school hours. On all field trips the students are to wear the school uniform unless permission is given by the principal for other attire. No student may ever attend a field trip without a signed copy of the official diocesan permission slip.
Students failing to be present for an exam receive a zero for that exam.
The administration reserves the right to make exceptions to this rule for severe illness, death in the family, or a medically documented illness. To graduate from Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School a student must fulfill all the requirements of the New York State Board of Regents and those of the school which exceed Regents requirements. In addition to the state requirements, Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons requires students to complete a sequence in foreign language, take a fourth year of math, three years of science, and four years of religion. The guidance counselors provide students with the necessary information on Regents sequences and obtaining Regents diplomas with Honors. Homework Students in the lower school should expect two hours per night of homework.