Dining Hall and Meals Courtesy and proper table manners are expected during all meals. • Each student is assigned to a dining room table with students from mixed grades, and dining room seating changes periodically. • Students are expected to attend all meals on time. • Lower school students should line up quietly in the hallway until they are told to enter the dining rooms by a teacher. • •
Upper school students should enter the dining hall quietly and stand at their assigned table. All students are asked to remain quiet and stand at their places until an expression of thanks has been said.
• All students should wait to begin the meal until they are advised to do so by the head of the table. • A student must ask the head of the table for permission to leave the table or to speak to a student at another table. • Only two students should be allowed to leave the table at any given moment. • Napkins are placed in laps. • No elbows should rest on the table. • All four chair legs remain on the floor. • There should be no running in the dining room. • Serving dishes should be on the serving trolley when the table head is not serving. Serving dishes should not be passed around the table. • No additional helpings should be requested by individuals until all at the table have finished the first offering. • The clearing routine should be done on the trolley, not the table. • Teachers should dismiss their tables when all tables and floors are cleared and cleaned. Each teacher should then proceed to recess or other necessary location.
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