Transcript LISD Distinguished Achievement Program District Committee, Co-Chairs Zulema Mata-Perez and Isaura T. Garcia

LISD Distinguished
Achievement Program
District Committee, Co-Chairs
Zulema Mata-Perez and Isaura T. Garcia
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DAP District Committee
Dr. Leo G. Cigarroa High School
J. W. Nixon High School
Esther G. Buckley
Annie Barrientos
M. E. Perez
Isaura T. Garcia
Adriana Laurel
Mario Guzman
Julio Mendez
Laura Nañez
F. S. Lara Academy
Sonia Q. Garcia
R. and T. Martin High School
V. Trevino Magnet School
Guadalupe Aguiar
Diana Pentecost
Adriana M. Guzman
Zulema Mata-Perez
Christina G. Treviño
Sandra G. Rodriguez
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DAP Goals
 Provide information on the DAP to the
school community (presentations,
brochures)
 Increase the percentage of students
graduating DAP by 5%
 Systematize the implementation of the
district DAP plan at all campuses
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Description
 Students in LISD may earn a Distinguished
Achievement Seal to be affixed to his/her transcript
by completing the state’s DAP requirements
 Students must meet course requirements set by the
state and earn four advanced measures
FOR MORE INFO...
Contact any of the DAP District Committee members. At each campus,
there also is a DAP Campus Committee. In addition, all counselors are
completely aware of all the requirements of this program.
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Graduation Course Requirements
24 credits + four advanced measures
English
Math
4
3
Social
3.5
Studies
Economics .5
Science
P. E.
Health
Other
Languages
Technology
Application
Fine Arts
3
1.5
.5
3
1
1
Speech .5
Electives 2.5
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Graduation Course
Requirements
 For Class of 2005 and thereafter
– Electives (2.5) may be chosen from
state approved list
 There are current changes underway
at the State Board of Education and
will be announced in July, 2004. This
information will be updated at that
time.
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Advanced Measures
Test Data
College Courses
Original Research/Project
FOR MORE INFO...
LISD publishes a Curriculum Bulletin every spring that
explains all the graduation programs and requirements.
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Test Data
 A score on the PSAT that qualifies him/her for
recognition as a Commended Scholar or higher by the
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
 A score on the PSAT that qualifies him/her for
recognition as a National Hispanic Scholar Program of
the College Board
 A score on the PSAT that qualifies him/her for
recognition as an Outstanding Negro Student of the
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
 A score of 3 or higher on any AP Exam
FOR MORE INFO...
LISD counselors are responsible for disseminating information about SAT
and ACT tests. Scores from PSAT are reported to schools and students.
Registrations for AP tests are taken care of at each campus.
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College Courses
 Concurrent Enrollment
– Students attend a college/university while still
in high school
 Dual Credit Program
– Students register for a college class and receive
credit for graduation requirements from high
school
 Tech Prep Program
- Students take a high school course that is
articulated with the Tech Prep Program
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Concurrent Enrollment
 Students must be eligible to take college
courses
– With new TAKS requirements, these are still
pending
– meet college entrance requirements (THEA,
SAT, ACT, required GPA)
– be enrolled in a minimum of two (2) courses
per semester for high school credit if enrolled
in fall or spring semester
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Concurrent Enrollment (cont’d)
 Students may earn up to four (4) measures
– Must receive a grade of B or better in each
course
– May enroll as early as the summer after the
junior year (exit level TAKS)
– Should be prepared to pay for tuition and
books and have transportation
– May take as many college courses as desired
but only 4 will count as measures
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Dual Credit Program
 Dual Credit Program allows a high school
student to take courses at a
college/university and receive high school
credit for the course IF STUDENT
RECEIVES A GRADE OF C OR BETTER.
 IF a student receives a grade of B or better
on a dual credit course, the student will
EARN AN ADVANCED MEASURE.
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Dual Credit Courses:
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American National Government 2305
English 1302*
Fundamentals of Speech 1311
Principles of Economics 2301 (LCC)
Principles of Macroeconomics ECO 2301
(TAMIU)
 Special Issues in Economics: Entrepreneurship
(TAMIU)
 U. S. History 1302
 Spanish 2311
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Tech Prep Program
 Students earn up to four (4) measures by
scoring a grade of B or better
– The course must be articulated with LCC or other
receiving institution
– Student must be following a coherent Tech Prep
Articulated Plan
 Articulated classes
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Accounting
BCIS
Word Processing Applications
Health Science Technology II* (only counts as one measure)
International Business
Keyboarding
Marketing Dynamics
FOR MORE COURSES...
Visit LCC website (www.laredo.cc.tx.us)
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Original Research/Project
 Students may earn one advanced measure per original
research/project.
– Maximum of 2 projects
 Students must sign up for a TEKS approved course
– Principals at each campus may allow exceptions
 Students must follow Original Research/Project
District Guide
– A mentor will be assigned to each student during
the duration of the project
 Students must present product or performance to an
outside panel of judges.
– DAP District Committee will make the
arrangements for all presentations.
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Student A
 Test Data
– AP Score of 5 Spanish Language*
– AP Score of 4 Spanish Literature*
 Articulated Courses/College Credit
– Keyboarding*
– BCIS*
– Accounting
• *only 4 measures are needed but students may
take additional courses
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Student B
 Test Data
– AP Score of 4 English Language
– AP Score of 3 Calculus
 College Credit/Concurrent Enrollment
– Psychology with grade of A
 Independent Study/Research Project
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Student C
 Test Data
– National Hispanic Scholar*
– AP Score of 3 English Language*
– AP Score of 3 English Literature*
– AP Score of 4 Government*
– AP Score of 5 Calculus
• *Only need 4 measures but may obtain many more
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A Success Story
 1997 - 1998
 Only one school had
DAP scholars. 11
students at Cigarroa
were able to achieve
the four advanced
measures
 1998 - 1999
 All three high schools
had DAP scholars
 26 CHS, 15 MHS,
and 6 NHS (Total 47)
 430% increase in
DAP scholars
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A Continued Success Story
1999 – 2000*
 CHS – 38 DAP
scholars
 MHS – 40 DAP
scholars
 NHS – 37 DAP
scholars (Total 115)
*as of August
2000 – 2001*
• DAP scholars - 70
CHS, 83 MHS, and
48 NHS (Total 201)
2001 – 2002
DAP scholars – 50 CHS,
64 MHS and 61 NHS
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1999 - 2002
LISD DAP Scholars
250
200
150
Nixon
Martin
Cigarroa
100
50
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
August, 2002, results
are still pending.
Class of
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