LISD Distinguished Achievement Program

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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 M. E. Perez Annie
Barrientos 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 states 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
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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 (contd)

• 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

• 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
• 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
August, 2002, results are still pending.