The following is a list of behaviors that violate The Seattle Film Institute’s Student Conduct Policy; although not exhaustive, this list provides examples of unacceptable student behaviors.

1. Persistent or gross acts of willful disobedience or defiance toward school personnel.
2. Assault, battery, or any other form of physical abuse of a student or school employee.
3. Fighting
4. Verbal abuse of a student or school employee.
5. Conveyance of threats by any means of communication including, but not limited to, threats of physical abuse and threats to damage or destroy school property or the property of other students or school employees.
6. Any conduct that threatens the health or safety of another individual.
7. Harassment by any means of any individual, including coercion and personal abuse. Harassment includes but is not limited to, written or verbal acts or uses of technology, which have the effect of harassing or intimidating a person.
8. Any form of unwanted sexual attention or unwanted sexual contact.
9. Violations by guest of a student on school property. Students are responsible for the actions of their guests.
10. Theft, attempted theft, vandalism/ damage, or defacing of school property or the property of another student, faculty or staff member.
11. Interference with the normal operations of the school (i.e., disruption of teaching and administrative functions, disciplinary procedures, pedestrian or
vehicular traffi c, or other school activities)
12. Use of cell phones and pagers during scheduled classroom times
13. Unauthorized entry into, or use of, school facilities
14. Forgery, falsifi cation, alteration or misuse of school documents, records
or identification.
15. Dishonesty, including but not limited to cheating, plagiarism, or knowingly supplying false information or deceiving the school and/or its officials.
16. Disorderly, lewd, indecent, or obscene conduct. This would include but is not limited to any type of clothing or materials worn or brought onto the premises by any student or guest deemed to be lewd, indecent or obscene as determined by school officials
17. Extortion
18. Violation of school safety regulations, including but not limited to setting fires, tampering with fi re safety and/
or fi re fi ghting equipment, failure to exit during fi re drill, turning in false fire alarms and bomb threats.
19. Breach of peace on school property or at any school-sponsored or supervised program
20. Use, sale, possession or distribution of illegal or controlled substances, drug or drug paraphernalia on school property, or at any function sponsored or supervised by the school. While on SFI premises and while conducting school related activities off SFI premises (including but not limited to all shoots and fi lmmaking activity), no student may use, possess, distribute, sell, or be under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs. The legal use of prescribed drugs is permitted only if it does not impair a student’s ability to perform the essential functions in a safe manner that does not endanger other individuals in the classroom or on the set
21. Possession or use of fi rearms, explosives, dangerous chemicals, or other weapons on school property or at school related activities off SFI premises, including but not limited to shoot locations and fi lmmaking activity
22. Smoking in classrooms or other school buildings or areas unless designated as a smoking area
23. Failure to satisfy school financial obligations
24. Failure to comply with direction of school officials, faculty, staff or security officers who are acting in the performance of their duties
25. Violation of federal, state or local laws and school rules and regulations on school property or at school sanctioned or school sponsored functions.
26. Any violation of the institutions policies on the responsible use of technology including but not limited to:
• The theft or abuse of computer, email, Internet or Intranet resources
• Unauthorized entry into a file, to use, read, or change the contents, or for any other purpose
• Unauthorized transfer of a file
• Unauthorized downloading of copyrighted materials in violation of law
• Unauthorized use of another individual’s identification and/or password.
• Use of computing facilities to interfere with the work of another student, faculty member, or school official.
• Use of computing facilities to send obscene or abusive messages.
• Use of computing facilities to interfere with normal operation of the school’s computing system.
27. Harassment based on sex, race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other criteria protected by state, federal or local law.