Transcript A Parent’s Guide to Surviving High School

A Parent’s Guide
to Surviving High
School
We Are Family
Many people at LHS
to support your
students!
Principal
Lisa Ritchey
Assistant Principals (AP)
 General Guidance/Support
 Discipline- Rules and Conduct
 Truancy – Court Fillings (see
handout)
Contact information on page 3 of the planner/LHS website
Counselors
 Academics: Grades, Course
Selections, Credits
 Future Planning: College/Career
 Personal and Social Issues:
Relationships, Goal Setting, Healthy
Choices
 Freshmen Transition
Contact information on page 3 of the planner/LHS Website
http://lakewood-web.jeffco.k12.co.us/lakewood/html/index.html
Freshman Transition Specialist
Counselor:
Betsy Yantorni
Social Worker
Ms. Tricia Harkless
 Special Education and General Student
Population
 Individual Student Meetings
 Groups: Social/Emotional
 Testing
 Therapeutic/Community Resources
 Crisis Intervention
Contact information located in planner page 3
Campus Supervisors
Safety
Truancy
Support
Contact information on page 3 of the planner/LHS website
Clinic Aid:
Christine Dimiceli
 Medication: giving meds (permission
through Jeffco Connect)
 Health Plans through district nurse
 Limited first aid
 New ID’s (after make-up ID day: Sept 11th)
 Lockers
Contact information on page 3 of the planner/LHS website
Teachers
Teacher office hours
Teacher Websites: access to notes and
assignments
Teacher Phone Numbers/Emails:
Planner: pages 4 – 6/LHS Website
http://lakewoodweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/lakewood/html/index.html
School Resource Officer:
Danielle Weichart
Educational Programs
Safety
Law Enforcement
Contact information on page 3 of the planner/LHS Website
Resources
Lots of ways to support
your students!
Academic
Teacher Office Hours
Study Deck
Peer Mentors
Study Skills Workshops
Study Skills Evening Workshop
Outside Tutor Resources
Career/College
 Group/individual advising
sessions with counselor
 Primary Tools Used:
 Naviance
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https://connection.naviance.com
User Name: Student ID
Password: Students’ 8 digit
Birthdate
Individual Career and
Academic Plan (ICAP)
What is it?
 Every student must have
a 4 year graduation plan
starting their 9th grade
year.
 Jeffco requires a 6 year
plan
Naviance
 Naviance is the tool used to
implement ICAP
 Students will be asked to complete
their plan (a series of “tasks”)on
their own with guidance from
counselor/teacher
 We encourage parents/guardians
to work with their student to help
develop the plan
 Student’s grade in Tiger Time is
attached to the completion of their
individual plan
Infinite Campus
www.lhstiger.com
 View:
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Schedule
Attendance
Teacher Gradebook
Missing Assignments
 Automated phone call home for any
absence. Important to keep info correct.
 You can have phone call sent to cell
phone.
Infinite Campus
How to register:
• LHS website under “Parents”
• Click on Jeffco Connect and login
• Click on “Campus Portal” on the lefthand
side
• Password/log-in issues –Kris Kochevar
303/982-3449
Important Web Sites
 Lakewood High School Website
www.lhstiger.com
 Counseling Website: Link on LHS website
 Jeffco Public School’s Website
http://www.jeffcopublicschools.org/
Parent Support:
Parenting Teens with Love and Logic
Three Week Workshop starting Sept. 9th
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Cost $70 per person or $110 per couple
Call 303-986-1058 for more information
Graduation Requirements
Lakewood High School Graduation
Requirements:
23 Credits
English: 4.0 Credits
English 9
1.0 Credit
English 10
1.0 Credit
English 11
1.0 Credit
English 12
1.0 Credit.
Social Studies: 3.5 Credits
American Government .50 Credit
World Geography
.50 Credit
U.S. History
1.0 Credit
World History
1.0 Credit
Economics
.50 Credit
Mathmatics: 3.0 Credits
Algebra 1
1.0 Credit
Geometry +
2.0 Credit
Science 3.0 Credits
(typically Earth Science, Biology and Chemistry
but may be a combination of others)
Fine/Practical Art: .50 Credit
(visual arts, music, technology, business, family
& consumer studies, technical art)
Physical Education:
.50 Credit
Electives: 8.5 Credits
Higher Education Admission
Requirements
Requirements to be admitted to any of Colorado’s public fouryear colleges and universities.
 Four years of English
 Four years of mathematics at the level of Algebra 1 or higher
 Three years of natural science (two of which must be
laboratory sciences)
 Three years of social studies (one of which must be U.S.
History or World Civilizations)
 Two years of academic electives
 One year of a world language (some require more)
Policy and Procedures
Registration
CLASS ENROLLMENT
Eight block schedule:
students must maintain SIX
classes each semester
An extra class may be added
if it is for Student Senate,
music, publications, or
speech class.
SCHEDULE CHANGES
 Each semester, students are asked to attend the first two
days of school (an Orange Day and a Black Day)
following the schedule of courses they originally signed
up for.
 The next two days students have the opportunity to
change their schedule.
 Schedule changes will be granted only with the approval
of a counselor or an assistant principal. Students should
choose their classes wisely during registration because
changes are often not possible at the beginning of a
semester.
 Changes will only be made for incorrect level, prior
semester failure, or class conflict. Changes will not be
made for teacher or off block preference.
ADDING/DROPPING CLASSES
• All class additions must occur no later than the end of
the first week of the semester.
• Classes dropped during weeks 3-6 will result in a grade
of WF or WP as indicated by the teacher.
• Classes dropped after week 6 will result in a grade of F
for the semester and will affect the cumulative GPA. See
your counselor for the necessary forms.
• Students must maintain six classes.
GRADES AND CREDIT
• All classes at LHS are worth .50 credit per
semester with the exception of Tiger Time
which is .25 credit
• Students earning an “F” receive no credit.
“D’s” are passing. (But not optimal for college
preparation.)
• Progress report grades are issued every six
(6) weeks. No paper copies will be handed
out. You can access reports through Infinite
Campus
• Only semester grades are recorded on
transcripts.
Parent/Teacher Conferences:
After the first six weeks of each semester
September 30th and October 1st (4:30 –
7:00pm)
February 25th (4:30 – 7:00pm)
Great opportunity to briefly touch base
with each of your student’s teachers
MAKE UP COURSE OPPORTUNITIES
Students are not generally permitted to retake
failed courses.
Students who fail classes need to make an
appointment with their counselors to explore
credit retrieval options.
There are several credit recovery options one of
which is online coursework. The cost is typically
around $140.00 per class. Students need to talk
with their counselor to get information and make
arrangements.
GRADE CLASSIFICATION
All students are classified by grade level based on years
enrolled in school. Students are on track to graduate if
they have achieved the following credit levels:
Complete Grade 9
Complete Grade 10
Complete Grade 11
6 Earned Credits
12 Earned Credits
18 Earned Credits
Graduate 23 Earned Credits
*Students who do not achieve these credit levels still
advance to the next grade.
Attendance
Compulsory Attendance Law
• Every child under the age of 17 years is
required to attend school.
And
• Every parent of a child under 17 shall
ensure that the child attends school.
Attendance
Attendance Line 303-982-7100
 Parents/guardians have 48 hours to excuse an absence.
 Students have two days (48 hours) to make-up any
missed homework. (Page 33 Code of Conduct book)
 For extended absences (longer than several days),
please contact Christine Dimiceli 303-982-7137 to
request homework
 Lakewood High School’s attendance policy is located on
page 7 of the student planner.
Misc. Information
Off Hours
• Most students will have at least 1.5 hours (90 mins.)
off per day.
• If your student has 3rd or 7th period off they will have
from 11:20am to 1:40pm off (2 hrs and 20 mins.)
• New this year: CLOSED campus for Freshmen!
– Can be outside but must remain on the LHS
campus
– If 1st or 5th block off, students can come in late
– If 4th or 8th block off, students can leave early but
cannot come back in during the block
– Different color ID’s for Freshman
• Library, Study Deck, Atriums
Extracurricular
All Freshmen are strongly encouraged to
participate in an extracurricular activity
Statistics show that students who are involved in
school activities do better academically
Athletics: page 13-14 in planner
Clubs: page 10-13 in planner
LHS School Resource Officer
Detective Danielle Weichert
• Pronounced “Y-Kurt”
• Agent, Officer, Detective
• Now assigned as a Juvenile Crimes
Detective and Your SRO at LHS
Why do we have an SRO?
Is the school that bad?!!!
NO!
The world is that bad and our
children are that important.
Who does what?
School Discipline or Police Law
Enforcement
School Administration
• Code of Conduct
• School investigations
• School Discipline
– Counseling
– Detention
– In school suspension
– Out of school suspension
– Expulsion
Police
• Colorado Revised Statutes (State Law)
• Municipal Code (City Law)
• Law Enforcement actions
– Counseling
– Warnings
– City Summons (Ticket)
– County/District Charges (arrest)
– Arrest on charges = walking out in handcuffs
Today’s World
• Lockdown = Dangerous situation
is in the building ie) man with a
gun
• Lockout = Dangerous situation is
outside ie) Police are looking for a
robbery suspect in the area
• Evacuation = We have to leave the
school
• Creighton is the re-unification site
Marijuana
• It is still illegal for all persons under 21
• Kids are getting it from adults who get it
legally.
• Medical Marijuana is not monitored like
alcohol. There is no measure for the
potency.
• It is not the marijuana of yester year.
• Increased incidents of mental health
issues and disruptive behavioral issues.
• Everybody’s doing it .
Parent’s Rights and
Responsibilities
 You have the right/responsibility to
look through your children’s rooms,
phones, Facebook accounts, cars,
computers,…..
 You have the right/responsibility to not
have drugs and alcohol used illegally in
your home.
What should I do?.....
• Think about how you want to
handle situations now
• Choose consequences you can
live with and will follow through
on
• Talk to you kid NOW about what
the consequences will be IF…
• Disclosure is over-rated
Traffic *#$@!!!
• There are roughly 2200 kids…1000
of them are choice enrolled.
• Traffic laws now restrict underage
driving. Result: Kids can’t carpool
with one another until late junior or
senior year.
• LHS has a unique location.
Dropping off and picking up
• Places to drop off/pick up :
-W 9th Ave just north of the fields
-Going through the west lot
-West side-only of Independence St
-Side Streets
• Places NOT to drop off/pick up:
– East side Horseshoe
– Anywhere on W 8th Ave
– East side of Independence St
Picking Up and Dropping Off
Things that will get you a
ticket
• U-turns on Independence St
• Not pulling over and parking to let
student out
• Pulling over on W 8th Ave
• Stopping/Standing/Parking on the East
side of Independence St.
• Parking where prohibited by signs.
As I tell the kids….Be Smart, Be
Safe, Obey the Law