Cienega Freshmen

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Cienega Freshmen

• WHAT PARENTS NEED
• TO KNOW
• 2008 - 2009
• SCHOOL YEAR

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Cienega High School Graduation Requirements

• English - 4 credits
• Science - 3 credits
• Math - 3 credits
• Social Studies - 3 credits
• Economics - .5 credits
• PE - 1 credit
• Health - .5 credits

• Fine Arts or Career Technical Education (CTE) - 1
  credit
• Students participating in marching band may now
  elect PE credit versus fine art credit
• Senior Exit Project - .5 credit
• Electives - 6 credits

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Student Schedules

• School Hours
• School begins at 840A and ends at 320P
• Block Schedule
• 1st, 3rd, 5th periods on M-W
• 2nd, 4th, 6th periods on T-Th
• Enrichment Clusters
• Selected through Arisnet
• Advisor Base
• Considered somewhat of a structured study hall

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Student Handbook

• Dress code
• Girls Blouses, skirts, shorts
• Eligibility
• To be eligible for AIA competition, students
  must be passing all of their classes and have a
  minimum of 2.0 GPA.
• Electronics
• Electronic devices are not allowed to be used
  in the classrooms. Any devices confiscated from
  classrooms will be turned into administration and
  returned to parents/guardians only. It is advised
  for students to leave these devises at home as
  they are easily lost or stolen.
• UCLA Study Multitasking adversely affects how
  you learn

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Power School

• Parental Access
• User ID and Password
• Student Records
• Grades, assignment status, attendance
• Email Grades and Attendance
• Daily, weekly, monthly

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Talk to their teachers

• If students dont understand concepts or
  assignments
• If students feel like theyre falling behind
• If students have missed class and need make-up
  work

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School Involvement

• Research states Students who are involved in
  school programs are generally more successful in
  school
• Fine Arts
• Clubs
• Athletics

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Attendance Policy

• 7 non-school related absences may result in no
  credit
• 12 non-school related absences will result in no
  credit
• School related absences are absences related to
  athletics, band, field trips, etc.

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Tardies

• 5 minute passing period
• 1 Tardy 1 off final grade
• 5 Tardies 1 absence
• After School Detention
• Tuesday - Thursday 330-430
• Room 730 1 hour 1 tardy

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Not Handed Ins
Cheat Codes Although many of my freshman would
like them, unlike video games, there are no
cheat codes for completing work and handing it
in.
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Not Handed Ins

• Individual and Group Counseling
• Guidance lessons in study skills time
  management goal setting
• On Watch
• Every three weeks grade check parents of
  students with Ds or Fs notified recommendation
  for tutoring, etc.
• Students Taking Academic Responsibility
• Students may receive up to 80 of original grade
• Tutoring (math), Room 512 after school
• M-Th 330 - 530

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Intersession

• Students with C, D, or F
• 60 per class
• How it works
• 1st/3rd quarter grade in World History - 65(D)
• Intersession grade in World History - 85(B)
• New 2nd/4th quarter grade
• 65 85 150/2 75(C)

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Summer School

• Used for deficiencies
• Exceptions PE and Health
• Cost 125.00 per semester
• 2008 Dates
• 1st semester May 27 - June 10
• 2nd semester June 12 - 26

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Credit Recovery

• Summer School
• Correspondence Courses
• Students may complete 8 .5 credit courses from
  correspondence courses and only 1 full credit
  per core course, per subject.

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Home Visits

• A home visit does not mean there is a problem at
  school!!
• Can be requested by parent
• No specific agenda
• No specific time requirement

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• MORE GOOD STUFF FOR PARENTS
• TO KNOW

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Arizona University Admission Requirements

• English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 credits
• Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
  credits
• Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
• Social Studies . . . . . . . . . 2 credits
• Foreign Language . . . . . . 2 credits
• Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 credit
• 16 credits Total

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NCAA

• The governing body for over 1,250 colleges and
  universities
• Membership includes
• 327 Division I schools
• 296 Division II schools
• 430 Division III schools
• The difference among the three divisions is that
  Division I and II may offer athletic
  scholarships Division III may not

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Initial -Eligibility Clearinghouse

• An organization that works with the NCAA to
  determine a students academic eligibility for
  athletic competition in his or her first year of
  college enrollment
• In order to participate students must register
  during the later half of their junior year
• This organization with analyze and process
  academic records, ACT and/or SAT scores, and
  amateur status

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Clearinghouse Registration

• Visit the website now
• Go online to NCAA Clearinghouse
• Select Prospective Student-Athletes
• Approved course list
• Agriculture course work

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Arizona Board of Regents High Honors Tuition
Waiver Scholarship

• Full state university tuition waiver for 1 year
  following graduation
• Renewable for 4 years
• Amount varies based on tuition

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CRITERIA - 1
Students must complete all 16 Core Competency
Courses by graduation with a B or better in each
course
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CRITERIA - 2
Students must meet at least one of the following
academic requirements

• GPA 3.50
• or
• Class Rank Top 5

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CRITERIA - 3
Students must meet at least one of the following
assessment options

• AIMS HS Tests - Exceed Standards on all 3 tests,
  or
• AIMS HS Tests - Exceed Standards on 2 tests,
  MEETS Standard on 1 test, and
• Minimum of 3 on 2 AP tests

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What is WUE?

• Western Undergraduate Exchange
• Fifteen western states that offer reduced tuition
  to students of member states who attend
  designated public colleges and universities

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Participating States

• Alaska
• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Montana
• Nevada

• New Mexico
• North Dakota
• Oregon
• South Dakota
• Utah
• Washington
• Wyoming

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Which Schools Participate?

• Each state designates some or all of its public
  colleges or universities to be WUE schools.
• There are 2 and 4 year schools
• There are 70 four year schools (2008-2009)
• The complete list can be located at
• www.wue.wiche.edu

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Qualifying for WUE

• For each school, you must
• Be a resident of a member state
• Meet General Admission Requirements and
• Meet WUE Requirements

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General Admission Requirements

• Vary by school, even within a given state
• May include some or all of the following
• HS Diploma and/or GED
• Required Subjects /Number of years taken
• Minimum High School GPA, overall or core
• Minimum SAT or ACT score

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• Questions?

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• Chuck Scott
• Freshman Counselor
• [phone]
• scottc_at_vail.k12.az.us