No Cell Bell to Bell 26-27

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Starting in the 25-26 school year, a new cellphone policy called “No Cell Bell to Bell” was enforced. All students were required to put their phones inside a phone caddy during classes. Despite not having phones in class, students 11-12 were allowed to use them in the halls, lunch, open mods, and lead. All other grades had to wait to use their phones until the end of the day. This rule is still going strong in the 26-27 school year, and teachers are more strict on cellphone use.

“No Cell Phone Use Please” sticker outside of Senoras classroom to signal students to put their phones in the caddy. This can be seen outside of many other classrooms.

It is mandatory for students to put their phones in caddies during class, and grades 9/10 have to keep it in their bag the rest of the day, but most still use it in the halls and during lunch. Some students believe that it is negatively impacting the school.

“I think No Cell Bell to Bell is helping with my education, but not with feeling safe…it’s just because I can’t call someone in case of emergency. That sense of not feeling safe in case of disruption leaves me worrying. I have noticed a change in my attention in class without having the urge to grab my phone, but it has positives and negatives.” said Rosa Herrle (9th).

Although some students do not like the phone policy, some upperclassmen have different opinions. Autumn Waters (11th) said,”I think it’s good for creating a nice classroom environment, but it messes with security in the school if we are in danger.” Laney Myers (11th) similarly said “I understand it, and it’s not a big deal to me, but I can have it during lead and lunch as an upperclassman which is why it’s not as big of a deal to me.”

Dr. Dwulit purchased the new No Cell Phone stickers in the summer, shown here posting the sticker outside the “pub lab” or room 530 before the first day of the 26-27 school year.

“No Cell Bell to Bell was good while instruction was happening, because it was hard to get people to pay attention during class” explained Mrs. Simons. Senora thought,”It is the right thing to do. It is a lot less distractive…a lot of kids are more attentive.”

While most AHS students and employees disagree about this new rule, it definitely does help students stay more focused and class, and prevents a lot of distraction from our school work. Although there is still room for improvement with this policy, it is noticeably helping students and teachers inside of classrooms.