Hall pass

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A hall pass is a pass or token used in American or Canadian public schools to show that a student has been authorization to be out of his/her classroom while lessons are in progress. They are commonly issued to students if they need to visit the restroom, if they have been asked to run an errand for a faculty member, or if they need to see the school nurse. A student wishing to leave school for an off-site activity may also require a hall pass.

In some instances a school may have reusable hall passes for specific tasks, such as restroom breaks, which are handed as and when needed, and are returned to the teacher once the student has returned. In other cases, a hall pass may be written out specifically for a student requiring to leave the room, and disposed of afterwards.

Hall passes may be open ended: permitting students to be out of class until a task is completed, or time limited: granting a student only set period of time outside of the classroom. Some schools employ a digital system like the SP-529 Hall pass timer to monitor how long a student is outside of the classroom.

Permanent hall passes may also be given to students who must regularly leave the classroom for medical reason, or in order to attend club/sport activities.

Failure to carry a hall pass usually results in the student receiving detention or an alternative verbal/written punishment. It is usually the duty of a student hall monitor to check for hall passes.

[edit] Contents

Most hall passes usually follow the format:

• Student Name:
• Room Number/Name of issuing teacher:
• Time and Date:
• Destination:
• Teacher's Signature:

[edit] In fiction

The concept of a Hall passes has entered into popular culture in the US, and is frequently used as plot device or script elements in children's entertainment.

Common themes include:

• Students selling fake hall passes
• The issuing of hall passes as tokens of favor from a teacher
• The revocation of hall passes as punishment

In this context, requests for hall passes by hall monitors are also commonly used as allegory to police requests for ID.

Examples of this can be found in shows such as Fillmore!, South Park, Codename: Kids Next Door, Recess (TV series) and Saved by the Bell.

[edit] External links

• Online Hall pass Generator
• Dictionary definition of a Hall Pass