A Parent

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A Parents Guide to Surviving High School
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Your Lakewood Family

• It takes a village to raise a child.
• African proverb

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Teachers

• Teacher office hours
• Teacher web sites
• Teacher phone numbers
• Phone numbers and names located in planner pages
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Counselors

• Academic- Grades, Post High School Plans, Course
  Selections
• Career- Career Exploration, Career Opportunities,
  Career Awareness
• Personal and Social- Relationships, Goal
  Planning, Healthy Choices
• Phone numbers and names located in planner page 3

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Assistant Principals (AP)

• General Guidance/Support
• Discipline- Rules and Conduct
• Truancy Court Fillings (see handout)
• Phone numbers and names located in planner page 3

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Social Worker

• Special Education
• Groups- social/emotional
• Testing
• Therapeutic/community resources
• Crisis Intervention
• Phone numbers and names located in planner page 3

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Campus Supervisors

• Safety
• Truancy
• Support
• Phone numbers and names page 3 in planner

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School Resource Officer

• Dave Adams
• Educational programs
• Safety
• Law enforcement
• Phone numbers and names page 3 in planner

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Clinic Aid

• Medication- giving meds (permission through
  enrollment cards)
• Health plans through district nurse
• Limited first aid
• Phone number and name on page 3 in planner

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Resources
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Academic

• Tutoring Deck
• Teacher Office Hours
• Saturday Tutor for Math Science
• (10am to 12pm)

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Career/College

• Group/individual advising sessions with counselor
• Primary Tools Used
• Naviance
• https//connection.naviance.com
• Student ID to register
• College in Colorado
• www.collegeincolorado.org
• (Six Year Graduation Plan)

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• Six Year Graduation Plan
• Video Introduction

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Infinite Campus

• How to register and password/log in issues Penny
  Repp 303-982-7093
• www.lhstiger.com
• View schedule
• View transcript
• View attendance-
• Automated phone call home for any
  absence. Important to keep info correct.
• You can have phone call sent to cell phone.
• View teacher grade book
• Please keep Lakewood updated on any phone or
  address changes.

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Important Web Sites

• Lakewoods web page
• www.lhstiger.com
• Jeffcos web page
• http//www.jeffcopublicschools.
  org/

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Seminars

• Circle of Concern Consortium (C.O.C)- Monthly
  classes free for parents of adolescents
  concerning a variety of topics. Check counseling
  web site for this years schedule. November 12th
  LHS is hosting a C.O.C seminar concerning Self
  Harming Behaviors.
• Parenting Teens with Love and Logic- Beginning
  September 15th, 200 630 830 (see handout)
• Grief and Loss Group
• During school hours. This is run with Judys
  House

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Graduation Requirements
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Lakewood High School Graduation Requirements

• English 4.0 Credits
  Mathematics 3.0 Credits
• English 9 1.0 Credit
  At least one year of
  high school math at a
  
• English 10 1.0 Credit
  level of Algebra 1 or
  above.
• English 11 1.0 Credit
• English 12 1.0 Credit.
• Social Studies 3.5 Credits
  Science 3.0 Credits
  
• American Government .5 Credit
• Geography 5 credit
  Two years of science
  courses. Can be any
• U.S. History 1.0 Credit
  combination of Earth,
  Biology, Chemistry,
• World History 1.0 Credit
  Physics,
  environmental science.
• Economics .5 Credit
• World Languaage 2.0 Credits

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Higher Education Admission Requirements

• Requirements to be admitted to any of Colorados
  public four-year colleges and universities.
• Four years of English
• Four years of mathematics three at the level of
  Algebra 1 and 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)

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Policy and Procedures
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Registration

• CLASS ENROLLMENT
• Six Classes per semester
• An extra class can be added only if it is a class
  that has no cap such as Student Senate music,
  publications, or speech class.

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SCHEDULE CHANGES

• 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.
• Students must follow their original schedules
  until schedule changes have been granted.
• Changes will only be made for incorrect level,
  prior semester failure, or class conflict.
  Changes will not be made for teacher/period
  preference.

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ADDING/DROPPING CLASSES

• All class additions must occur no later than the
  end of the first week of the semester.
• Classes dropped during weeks 3-9 will result in a
  grade of WF (Withdraw Fail) or WP (Withdraw Pass)
  as indicated by the teacher.
• Classes dropped after week 9 will result in a
  grade of F for the semester and will affect the
  cumulative GPA. See your counselor for the
  necessary forms.

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GRADES AND CREDIT

• All classes at LHS are worth .5 credit per
  semester unless otherwise noted. A .25 credit is
  given for homeroom at the end each semester if
  all requirements are met.
• Progress report grades are issued every six (6)
  weeks. No paper copies will be handed out. You
  can access report through Infinite Campus
• Only semester grades are recorded on transcripts.
  

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GRADE CLASSIFICATION

• All students are classified by grade level based
  on years enrolled in school. The following
  credits earned are targets for each grade level
• Complete Grade 9 6 Earned Credits
• Complete Grade 10 12 Earned Credits
• Complete Grade 11 18 Earned Credits
• Graduate 24 Earned Credits

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MAKE UP COURSE OPPORTUNITIES

• Students are not generally permitted to retake
  failed courses.
• Students who fail classes need to make
  appointments with their counselors to explore
  credit retrieval options.
• Make up failed classes can be done through night
  school, summer school, or through correspondence.
  Ranging from 124.00 - 175.00 per course.

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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.
• (see handout)

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Attendance

• Attendance Line 303-982-7100
• You have 24 hours to excuse an absence.
• For homework your student has two days for each
  day absent (48 hours) (page 29 code of conduct
  book) Please contact Sue Roberts (303-982-2068)
  to request homework for extended absences.
• Lakewood High Schools attendance policy is
  located on page 7 of the student planner.

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Misc. Information
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Off Hours

• Most students will have at least 1.5 hours off
  per day.
• If your student has 3rd or 7th period off they
  will have from 1120am to 130pm off
• We are an open campus
• Library and Tutoring Center

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Extracurricular

• Statistics show that students who are involved in
  school activities do better academically
• Athletics (page 13 in planner)
• Clubs (page 10-12 in planner)

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Dress Code

• The Dress Code policy is on page 7 of the planner
• Students should come to school dressed for the
  WORK PLACE

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• Questions?