A Parent

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A Parents Guide to Surviving High School
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We Are Family

• Many people at LHS to support your students!

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Principal

• Lisa Ritchey

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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

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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

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Freshman Transition Specialist

• Counselor
• Betsy Yantorni

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Social WorkerMs. 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

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Campus Supervisors

• Safety
• Truancy
• Support
• Contact information on page 3 of the planner/LHS
  website

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Clinic Aid Christine Dimiceli

• Medication giving meds (permission through
  Jeffco Connect)
• Health Plans through district nurse
• Limited first aid
• New IDs (after make-up ID day Sept 11th)
• Lockers
• Contact information on page 3 of the planner/LHS
  website

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Teachers

• Teacher office hours
• Teacher Websites access to notes and assignments
• Teacher Phone Numbers/Emails
• Planner pages 4 6/LHS Website
• http//lakewood-web.jeffco.k12.co.us/lakewood/html
  /index.html

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School Resource OfficerDanielle Weichart

• Educational Programs
• Safety
• Law Enforcement
• Contact information on page 3 of the planner/LHS
  Website

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Resources

• Lots of ways to support your students!

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Academic

• Teacher Office Hours
• Study Deck
• Peer Mentors
• Study Skills Workshops
• Study Skills Evening Workshop
• Outside Tutor Resources

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Career/College

• Group/individual advising sessions with counselor
• Primary Tools Used
• Naviance
• https//connection.naviance.com
• User Name Student ID
• Password Students 8 digit Birthdate

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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

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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
• Students grade in Tiger Time is attached to the
  completion of their individual plan

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Infinite Campus

• www.lhstiger.com
• View
• 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.

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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

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Important Web Sites

• Lakewood High School Website
• www.lhstiger.com
• Counseling Website Link on LHS website
• Jeffco Public Schools Website
• http//www.jeffcopublicschools.org/

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Parent Support

• Parenting Teens with Love and Logic
• Three Week Workshop starting Sept. 9th
• 630 to 830 p.m.
• Cost 70 per person or 110 per couple
• Call 303-986-1058 for more information

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Graduation Requirements
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Lakewood High School Graduation Requirements23
Credits

• 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

• 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

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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 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)

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Policy and Procedures
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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.

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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.

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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 3-6 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.

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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. Ds
  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.
  

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Parent/Teacher Conferences

• After the first six weeks of each semester
• September 30th and October 1st (430 700pm)
• February 25th (430 700pm)
• Great opportunity to briefly touch base with each
  of your students teachers

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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.

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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 6 Earned Credits
• Complete Grade 10 12 Earned Credits
• Complete Grade 11 18 Earned Credits
• Graduate 23 Earned Credits
• Students who do not achieve these credit levels
  still advance to the next grade.

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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.

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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 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 (90
  mins.) off per day.
• If your student has 3rd or 7th period off they
  will have from 1120am to 140pm 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 IDs for Freshman
• Library, Study Deck, Atriums

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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

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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

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Why do we have an SRO?Is the school that bad?!!!

• NO!
• The world is that bad and our children are that
  important.

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Who does what?

• School Discipline or Police Law Enforcement

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School Administration

• Code of Conduct
• School investigations
• School Discipline
• Counseling
• Detention
• In school suspension
• Out of school suspension
• Expulsion

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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

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Todays 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

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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.
• Everybodys doing it .

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Parents Rights and Responsibilities

• You have the right/responsibility to look through
  your childrens rooms, phones, Facebook accounts,
  cars, computers,..
• You have the right/responsibility to not have
  drugs and alcohol used illegally in your home.

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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

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Traffic _at_!!!

• There are roughly 2200 kids1000 of them are
  choice enrolled.
• Traffic laws now restrict underage driving.
  Result Kids cant carpool with one another until
  late junior or senior year.
• LHS has a unique location.

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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

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Picking Up and Dropping Off
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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.

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As I tell the kids.Be Smart, Be Safe, Obey
the Law