North Laurel High School Curriculum Guide

Completion of (or will complete) AP examinations in at least 4 of the 5 AP courses.
Exam #1: ___________________ Exam #2: ____________________
Exam #3: ___________________ Exam #4: ____________________

CERTIFICATION: By the date of graduation, this student will have completed all of the requirements checked above.

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Signature of Senior Counselor Signature of Student Date

No Pass/No Drive

​ The No Pass/No Drive law was implemented on August 1, 2007. In the new legislation enacted by the Kentucky General Assembly, this law will apply to ALL students 16 and 17 years old who apply for a permit or license on or after August 1, 2007. It is important to understand that when a sixteen or seventeen year old goes to the circuit court clerk’s office to obtain an instructional permit or license, a School Compliance Verification Form must be presented verifying that the student is in compliance with KRS 159.051. If the student is not compliant, the form should not be issued. The "No Pass/No Drive" statute results in the denial of the school compliance verification form or the revocation of a student's driver’s license for (1) academic deficiency (2.) dropping out of school (3.) missing 9 or more unexcused absences in one semester. Academic deficiency is defined as a student who does not have passing grades in at least four (4) courses in the preceding semester. (2) A sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) year old student is deemed to have dropped out of school when he/she has voluntarily withdrawn or (3) has nine or more unexcused absences in the preceding semester. Any absences due to suspension shall be unexcused absences. KEES- KY Educational Excellence Scholarship KEES is a scholarship program which rewards students who earn C+ or better grades with scholarship money to attend one of Kentucky’s Colleges or Technical Colleges. The higher grades the student gets the more money that he/she earns. A bonus award can be earned for: ACT (15 or better) and/or SAT highest earned composite score. In addition to those bonus awards a supplemental award may be given to students who qualify for the Federal School Lunch Program at least one year during high school and a qualifying score on AP exams. Over the 4-year period of high school students could earn more than $2500 to apply toward their post-secondary education per year for up to four years of school. Students and parents can log onto www.kheaa.com to see a complete listing of post-secondary schools that can accept the KEES scholarship and to see individual scholarship accounts (you will create a ZIP access account and you must know the student’s social security number). There are some situations where the money can be used at schools outside of Kentucky providing that no school in Kentucky offers that program of studies either as a 2 or 4- year degree. There are post-secondary GPA requirements necessary for the renewal of the scholarship each year. Students must be enrolled in at least 5 academic courses to be eligible to earn the Kees award. Academic courses do not include: Work Experience, Academic Leader, Peer Tutor, Career Options Library or Mentoring. For more information on KEES go to www.kheaa.com and sign in with Zip access. END OF COURSE ASSESSMENTS (EOC) End-of-Course assessments, or EOCs, are tests given to public high school students when they complete a course for English II, Algebra II, Biology, and U.S. History, to assess their knowledge of important course concepts. They are similar to a final exam, except that they are created and scored by an outside testing company, ensuring that the tests are both rigorous and aligned with state and national college readiness standards. The EOC exam will be calculated as 10% of the student’s final grade.

STATE-REQUIRED END-OF-COURSE EXAMS RECOMMENDED LINK TO CLASSROOM LETTER GRADES (Based on Multiple-Choice Sections)
Subject	A	B	C	D	F	CPE-linked College Readiness Benchmark
English II	175-160	159-154	153-152	151-141	140-125	154
Algebra II	175-151	150-148	147-143	142-138	137-125	148
Biology	175-157	156-154	153-146	145-140	139-125	154
U.S. History	175-151	150-147	146-144	143-139	138-125	147

ACT, EOC 2015-16 Test Window Dates

ACT, and End-of-Course ACT QualityCore state testing windows for 2015-16 are as follows:

ACT - March 1^st with Make-up day on March 15<sup>th

EOC - TBA</sup>


EXTRA-CURRICULAR INFORMATION
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ELIGIBILITY

1. 
   Any student who fails to achieve a 2.0 average for any nine weeks grading period will be suspended from ALL extra-curricular activities for a period of ten school days beginning the day after such grades become available to the sponsor/coach of the extra-curricular activity. During this time the student will be banned from ANY and ALL activities, including practice sessions and trips. If he/she has achieved a cumulative 2.0 average at the end of ten days, the student will be allowed to resume full participation in his/her extra-curricular activities. If the student has not achieved a cumulative 2.0 average by the end of the tenth school day, however, that student will be banned from all participation in extra-curricular activities for the remainder of the nine weeks grading period.
   
2. 
   If the student regains a cumulative 2.0 average at the end of the ten days and fails to achieve a 2.0 average by the end of the nine weeks, that student will be suspended from participation in all extra-curricular activities for the following full nine weeks grading period, without any other probationary period.
   
3. 
   Any student who fails to achieve a 2.0 average during the fourth nine weeks of school will be allowed to participate in all extra-curricular activities held during the summer vacation. The student will be suspended, however, from extra-curricular activities for the first ten days of school at the beginning of the next school year. His/her scholastic average will then be evaluated by the same process as above described.
   
4. 
   Teachers of all students placed on the ten day probation, shall, at the end of the probationary, meet with the Academic Eligibility Committee (three teachers, one counselor, Athletic Director, and Principal). The committee and the teachers of the probated student will determine the extra-curricular eligibility status of the student in question at the time of the committee meeting.
   
5. 
   No student shall be granted more than one (1) ten day probationary period in high school (9-12 grades).
   
6. 
   The school principal shall be responsible for the implementation of this policy.
   

POINTS TO REMEMBER: The student must make a written request to the principal to appear before the Academic Eligibility Committee. The coach/sponsor must gather the grades and check eligibility.

KHSAA ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

By-Law 5. MINIMUM ACADEMIC REQUIREMENT (For Athletic Eligibility)

Sec. 1. Proper Grade Level for Schools/Districts Requiring 22 Carnegie Units for Graduation

On the first day of each school year, a student must be at his/her proper grade level. To be considered to be at the proper grade level, a student must have been enrolled during the previous grading period and must be on schedule to graduate on the first day of school. For the verification of this provision, all course work, including summer and correspondence work, must be complete, including receipt of the final grade(s) by the first day of the school year for the student body.

(a) For a student in the ninth grade to be considered to be on schedule to graduate, that student must have been promoted from grade eight (8) to grade nine (9), and be in compliance with all other bylaws.

(b) For a student in the second year following initial enrollment in grade nine (9) (normally grade 10) to be on schedule to graduate, that student must have received four full units of credit applicable to graduation prior to the first day of the second year following initial enrollment in grade nine (9), and be in compliance with all other bylaws.

(c) For a student in the third year following initial enrollment in grade nine (9) (normally grade 11) to be on schedule to graduate, that student must have received ten full units of credit applicable to graduation prior to the first day of the third year following initial enrollment in grade nine (9), and be in compliance with all other bylaws.

(d) For a student in the fourth year following initial enrollment in grade nine (9) to be on schedule to graduate, that student must have received 16 units of credit applicable to graduation prior to the first day of the fourth year following initial enrollment, and be in compliance with all other bylaws.

(e) The eligibility of a student failing to meet the provisions of subsections (a) through (d) above may be reinstated a maximum of one time. This reinstatement is possible by the student passing five full units of credit applicable to graduation during the year he/she is ineligible. He/she, upon reinstatement, shall remain eligible as long as he/she passes four full units of credit applicable to graduation during each subsequent year.
Sec. 3 Continual Progress during the School Year

On Friday of each grading period, a student in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) must be enrolled as a full time student according to regulations promulgated by the Kentucky Department of Education in order to be eligible for athletics. On Friday of each grading period, a student shall also be passing in at least four hours of instruction as defined by Kentucky Department of Education regulations (of the six hours of instruction required) or the equivalent of four hours of instruction acceptable to graduation in order to be eligible to participate in athletics during the next seven day period (Saturday to Friday). No special test or recitations are to be given for the purpose of making the student eligible. Cheerleaders, student managers, and any other student having an official connection with the athletic program shall comply with this rule.

Attendance Policy for Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Activities

All students participating in extra-curricular and co-curricular activities must be present for the entire school day in order to participate in an event or practice.  This includes all sports, band, cheerleading, dance and club activities.  The only exceptions to this policy are a doctor’s excuse that states that the student is well enough to participate, family emergency, death in the family, or participation in a school-sponsored or approved event.

ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION POLICY

In a sport in which tryouts are required to make a team, the first official practice would be the first practice after the student athlete has earned a spot on the team. As outlined in the KHSAA guidelines, the first official practice dates are listed below.

Sport Official Practice Date

Football July 15 (No tryouts)

Soccer (Boys & Girls) July 15 (First official practice after tryouts)

Cross Country (Boys &Girls) July 15 (No tryouts)

Golf (Boys & Girls) July 15 (No tryouts)

Volleyball July 15 (First official practice after tryouts)

Basketball (Boys &Girls) October 15 (First official practice after tryouts)

Track (Boys & Girls) December 1 (First official practice after tryouts)

Baseball February 15 (First official practice after tryouts)

Softball February 15 (First official practice after tryouts)

Tennis February 15 (First official practice after tryouts)

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  See athletic coach to receive the new required KHSAA physical form.
  

SCHOOL CLUBS

School clubs can be an essential and important part of your high school education. It could be advantageous to join a club and attend meetings regularly. All students will be required to join one club.

THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE OBSERVED:

1. 
   A student may belong to no more than two clubs and should have a membership card for each club. Exception will be made for National Honor Organizations.
   
2. 
   Membership cards must be presented to the teacher in order to be excused from class to attend a club meeting.
   
3. 
   Clubs will be divided into two groups. Group A and Group B club meetings will be held once a month. A club meeting schedule will be distributed to each teacher. Sponsors should inform the front office if their club is not meeting.
   
4. 
   All fund raising activities must have prior approval from school and district administration. Clubs will be limited to one (1) fundraising activity, for a 2-week period, per year.
   
5. 
   All clubs must submit a budget to the bookkeeper by mid-October.
   
6. 
   Funds from defunct clubs will be transferred to the general fund.
   

CLUB SCHEDULE

(Periods reflect the upper classmen schedule times.)

CLUB SCHEDULE
August 6^th-31st	Club A/B Sign Ups	N/A
September 9^th	Club A	1^st period
September 23^rd	Club B	5^th period
October 14^th	Club B	2^nd period
October 28th	Club A	6^th period
November 11^th	Club A	1^st period
December 9^th	Club B	5^th period
January 13^th	Club B	2^nd period
January 27^th	Club A	6^th period
February 10th	Club A	1^st period
February 24^th	Club B	5^th period
March 9^th	Club B	2^nd period
March 23^rd	Club A	6^th period
April 13^th	Club A	1^st period
April 27th	Club B	5^th period

Club List

2015-2016

Group A
Club Name	Room	Sponsors
1^st Priority	Auditorium	Bastin / J. Fields / Robinson /Adams
FBLA	235	Emmie Hopkins / Brewer
FCCLA	124	Braden-Dick/Jackson
FFA	142	Estridge/ Fawbush
Fishing	118	Nathan Stewart / Tony Johnson
National Honor Society	219	Tami Herrell / Charlie Houchens
TSA	143	Wombles
THE CROWD PEP Club	Upper Level GYM	Natasha Sizemore / Brittany Lewis
PAT	Library	TBA
Drama Club	Cafeteria	Nick Fields
ROTC	145	Deming
Prom Committee	234	H. Hibbard, Mink, Harp
Maker Spaces	Library	Sears, Gray
Homework Help Club	227	Akins / Butcher
Fitness Club	123	Bowling/ Black
Creative Writing Club	207	Anders / Hays
CFES Club	205	Tipton/ Harris
UNO	134	Bridgette Fawbush
Corn Hole Club	Gym	McWhorter/ B. Dagley/ J. Dagley
Credit Recovery Club	Lab 141	Reynolds
Sports Information Club	200	Mahan / Sizemore / Stone
Jr. Historical Society	240	D. Peters / Cochis
*Youth Leadership Council	*Meets 1 Sunday a Month or As needed	*Osborne/Cochis/Williams

Group B
Club Name	Room	Sponsors
Beta	Auditorium	B. Woodworth / H. Conley
Creepy Critters	234	Allen / Tallent
Future Educators	139	N. Sizemore/ Ford
Unite	129	YSC / Rise Above Sponsors/ UNITE Coalition
Science	231	J. Abner / Harp
Spanish	210	L. Carney
Cosplay Club	145 B	Acampa
Homework Help Club	103	Davis
FCA	GYM	Cupp /Burkhart
Running Club	233	Bowling/ Napier
Epiphany Club	206	Bryant
Y Club	132	Bastin
Music Appreciation Club	110	Burns/ Wilkerson
Putt Putt Club	Upper Level GYM	Herron / Huff
Movie Club	221	Lang / Harris
Bluegrass Pickers	226	M. Peters/ A. Hibbard /Estridge
Board Game Club	217	E. Jones / York
Credit Recovery Club	Lab 141	Reynolds
Football Film Club	223	Mr. & Mrs. Larkey
The MissFits	209	McArdle
Current Events Club	243	Mosley
Spirit Sign Club	107	Wood
Autism Awareness	Cafeteria	Alsip

GENERAL INFORMATION