Belleville Township High School 2014-2015

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2880 U.S. Hwy. 231 S., Suite 200 • Lafayette, IN 47909 • (765) 471-8883 http://www.schooldatebooks.com • [email protected] 1 Table of ContenTs BELL SCHEDULE Bell Schedule...... 3 Using Photographs or Videos of Students...... 17 We will have a seven-hour schedule this year, with full credit courses meeting for the full period, and District 201 Board of Education...... 3 Bookstore...... 18 lunch and partial credit courses meeting for one-half hour. Bell Schedules for Belleville East and Belleville Central Office Administration...... 3 Student Aid/Waiver of School Fees...... 18 West can be found on their respective websites. Belleville West Administration...... 3 Food Service...... 18 Belleville East Administration...... 3 Health Service...... 19 DISTRICT 201 BOARD OF EDUCATION School Counseling Departments...... 3 Administering Medicines to Students...... 20 Mr. John Kasper, President Belleville West Counseling Department...... 3 Bus Rules...... 20 Belleville East Counseling Department...... 4 Transportation...... 21 Mrs. Allison Bartle, Vice-President Helpful Hints...... 4 Lockers/Protection of Personal Property...... 21 Ms. Carol Eckert School Calendar 2014-2015...... 5 Lost and Found...... 21 Mr. Marvin Lampkin Message From the Superintendent...... 6 Parking and Vehicle Regulations...... 21 Mrs. Shelly Schaefer Accreditation...... 7 Emergency School Closing...... 22 Expectations...... 7 Automated Notification System...... 22 Mr. Allen Scharf Graduation Requirements...... 7 Storm Drill Instructions...... 22 Mr. Kurt Schroeder Specific Requirements for Graduation...... 8 Fire Drill Instructions...... 23 Mrs. Kim Ellison, Secretary Advancement and Grade Level Placement...... 8 Class Meetings and Assemblies...... 23 Early Graduation...... 8 Dance Procedures...... 23 CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION Graduation Ceremony...... 8 Posters...... 23 Dr. Jeff Dosier, Superintendent Grades...... 9 Cameras on School Grounds...... 23 Grading Periods...... 9 Visitor Passes/Deliveries...... 23 Mr. Brian Mentzer, Assistant Superintendent Grade Weighting...... 9 Room to Room Passes...... 24 Mrs. Melissa Taylor, Director of Special Services School Counseling...... 9 Closed Campus/Unscheduled Time...... 24 Mrs. Andrea Gannon, Director of Curriculum and Human Resources Important Scheduling Information...... 10 Philosophy...... 24 Class Drop Procedure...... 10 Dress Code...... 25 BELLEVILLE WEST ADMINISTRATION Tests and Testing Services...... 11 Student ID...... 25 Mr. Richard Mertens, Principal 222-7610 Upcoming Act & Sat Test Dates...... 11 Athletics...... 26 Dr. Richard Bass, Associate Principal 222-7675 Advanced Placement Opportunities (AP)...... 11 IHSA Eligibility Rules...... 26 Dual Credit...... 12 Scholar Athlete Program...... 26 Mrs. Susan Gillott, Assistant Principal 222-7608 Running Start...... 12 Athletic Code of Conduct...... 26 TBD, Assistant Principal 222-7609 NCAA Division I and II Course Requirements Pest Management...... 27 Mr. Todd Hayes, Assistant Principal 222-7607 for Athletes...... 12 Asbestos...... 27 Attendance Procedures...... 12 Compliance with Federal & BELLEVILLE EAST ADMINISTRATION Classified Reasons for Absence...... 12 State Laws and Regulations...... 28 Mrs. Stephanie Posey, Principal 222-3795 Reporting an Absence...... 13 Educational Rights and Privacy Act...... 28 Partial Day Absence...... 14 Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...... 28 Mr. Warren Fehrenz, Associate Principal 222-3744 Ground Passes...... 14 Title IX of the Education Amendments Mr. Chris Brown, Assistant Principal 222-3747 Policy Regarding Before School Arrival...... 14 of 1972...... 28 Mr. Al Daniel, Assistant Principal 222-3772 Change of Student Contact Information...... 14 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act Mr. Jason Karstens, Assistant Principal 222-3745 Withdrawal or Transfer From School...... 14 of 1973...... 28 District 201 Alternative Day Program...... 15 Stevens Amendment...... 28 SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENTS Alternative Night School Program...... 15 The Mckinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Summer School...... 15 Act...... 28 BELLEVILLE WEST COUNSELING DEPARTMENT Work Permit Procedure...... 15 Offender Community Notification Law...... 28 Student Assistance Program...... 15 Elementary and Secondary Education Act...... 29 Ashley Cryder, Guidance Director, 222-7646 Renaissance Program...... 15 Notification to Parent(s)/Guardian(s) of Jen McMurray, Counselor, 222-7648 Extended / Honors Lunch...... 15 Family Privacy Rights...... 29 Tonya Brown, Counselor, 222-7643 National Honor Society...... 16 Surveys by Third Parties...... 29 Julia Daniels, Counselor, 222-7644 Career & Technical Educational Surveys Requesting Personal Information...... 29 Opportunities...... 16 Student Biometic Information...... 29 Christy Cerminn, Social Worker, 222-7673 School Library Media Center...... 16 School Report Card...... 30 Lori Judge-Langdon, Social Worker, 222-7670 Student Acceptable Use For Federal Funding...... 30 Electronic Networks...... 16 Teacher Qualifications...... 30 Student Records Policies...... 30

2 3 BELLEVILLE EAST COUNSELING DEPARTMENT Crisis Hotline List: Chyriell Drain-Hill, Guidance Director, 222-3761 Local Crisis Line: CALL FOR HELP 1-618-397-0963 Michelle Seneczyn, Counselor, 222-3741 Ecstasy Addition, Drug Abuse Hotline 1-800-468-6933 TBD, Counselor, 222-3764 Tonya Sears, Counselor, 222-3746 Gay & Lesbian National Support Hotline 1-888-843-4564 Merle Wilder, Counselor, 222-3762 National Adolescent Runaway Hotline 1-800-786-2929 Cheryl Logston, Social Worker, 222-3749 National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-422-4453 Laurie Gray, Social Worker, 222-3743 National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233 “The Mission of Belleville High School District #201 is to provide all students with a quality education and lifelong learning skills necessary to meet tomorrow’s challenge.” SAFE (Self Abuse Finally Ends) The handbook is only a summary of Board policies governing the District. The handbook may be Alternatives Program 1-800-366-8288 amended during the year without notice. Teen Dating Violence Hotline 1-866-331-9474 HELPFUL HINTS: The Nine Line Suicide/Crisis Hotline 1-800-999-9999 Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program 1-800-784-2433 If students They should………….. need to…. School Calendar 2014-2015 Leave for an appointment or go home Have their parent or guardian call the Class Office in Thursday, August 14, 2014 District Opening of School Workshop early for any reason ADVANCE. If they get the secretaries’ voicemail please leave their name, the student’s name and the reason for the Open House 7:00 to 8:40 p.m. absence. It is the students’ responsibility to pick up their pass Friday, August 15, 2014 District Opening of School Workshop from their Class Office the morning of their appointment. Freshman Orientation 8:30-11:45 a.m. Open their locker when having trouble Report to the Class Office. Monday, August 18, 2014 First Day for all Students - Full Day Leave a class because of illness Must have a teacher give them a pass to the nurse’s office. (Students attend 8:30 a.m. to 3:25 p.m.) Find out about their credits or See their counselor in B-bldg. Monday, September 1, 2014 No School--Labor Day Celebrated academic situation Friday, September 19, 2014 End of 1st Grading Period Put up a club poster Have it approved by their assistant/associate principal. Friday, October 10, 2014 No School-Teacher Institute Join a student group or activity See the teacher/sponsor in charge. Monday, October 13, 2014 No School – Columbus Day Celebrated Get an admit slip to class Go to the Class Office. Students Attend 8:30 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. Evening Parent/ Thursday, October 30, 2014 Find a lost article or book Check in the Bookstore. Teacher Conferences. (5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) Receive information about a career Check with the counseling department. No Student Attendance, Parent/Teacher Conferences Friday, October 31, 2014 area or scholarships (8:30 am – 12:00 pm) Obtain a temporary or replacement ID Report to the bookstore (replacement ID’s are $5.00.) Friday, October 31, 2014 End of 2nd Grading Period Use the phone Students who carry cell phones to school must have them Tuesday, November 11, 2014 No School-Veteran’s Day Celebrated off and out of sight from the time they come on campus until 3:25 p.m. or the official end of the school day. If a Wednesday, November 26 through No School--Thanksgiving Break student must use a phone to call home they must go to Friday, November 28, 2014 the Class Office. Wednesday, December 17, through Seek help because they are upset, Report to social worker, counselor, nurse, or assistant/ Final Exam Days, End of First semester distraught or having an emotional associate principal. Friday, December 19, 2014 problem Friday, December 19, 2014 Half-Day Teacher In-Service Students Attend 8:30- 11:45 a.m. Monday, December 22, 2014 through No School-- Winter Break Friday, January 2, 2015 Monday, January 5, 2015 Classes resume for Students – Start of Second Semester Monday, January 19, 2015 No School--MLK Birthday Celebrated

4 5 Friday, February 13, 2015 End of 4th Grading Period ACCREDITATION Monday, February 16, 2015 No School--President’s Day Celebrated Belleville Township High School District 201 is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and by the State of Illinois Office of Education. Students Attend 8:30 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. Evening Parent/ Thursday, February 26, 2015 Teacher Conferences (5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) EXPECTATIONS No Student Attendance, Parent/Teacher Conferences Friday, February 27, 2015 The admittance to and continued attendance in public school is a privilege dependent upon (8:30 am – 12:00 pm) compliance with the laws of Illinois and the rules and regulations of the District 201 Board of Education. It follows that when a student does not comply with the law and rules, the Half Day School Improvement Program Friday, March 6, 2015 privilege of attending school may be revoked. The failure of a student to comply with the Students attend 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. duties he is required to perform constitutes misconduct, and such a student is liable to probation, Thursday, April 2 through suspension, or expulsion. No School -- Spring Break Monday, April 6, 2015 Students are expected to display proper conduct to and from school and to refrain from acts of misconduct while on school grounds, in school buildings, or elsewhere while attending school Friday, April 3, 2015 End of Fifth Grading Period sponsored activities. Students must comply promptly and courteously with a request from any Half-Day School Improvement Program Students attend staff member. As long as a student is on the campus, on the parking lots, at a school event, or Friday, April 24, 2015 8:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. engaged in a school activity, he/she is to follow school rules. This is necessary for the school to operate smoothly, safely, and efficiently at all times. Sunday, May 17, 2015 Belleville East and West Baccalaureate The standardization and improvement of uniform student control procedures over a period of Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Belleville East Commencement years has been important in building District 201’s fine educational program. These procedures have contributed greatly to the solution of many problems, have helped to provide working and Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Belleville West Commencement teaching conditions that are unusually good, and have helped to develop an excellent school. Monday, May 25, 2015 No School - - Memorial Day Celebrated It is important that each student and parent become acquainted with procedures. **Monday, June 3, 2015 Last day of School GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS MESSAGE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT Specific requirements for graduation are outlined on the following chart. To graduate from Belleville Dear Students and Parents: Township High School District 201, a student must meet the minimum requirements of the State of Illinois and District 201. On behalf of the administration and staff of Belleville East and Belleville West, I would like to welcome you or welcome you back. High school is a journey that will shape your future. You will have many All courses in the curriculum carry a value at .5 units per semester for one hour classes and .25 units opportunities during your years in high school. You will begin to plan and prepare for your future with the per semester for half-hour classes. 21.0 units of credit are required for graduation from District 201. classes you take, the activities in which you participate, and the friendships you make. Seek assistance Among the units to graduate, a student must accumulate 15.00 units from academic classes. “Academic from the staff, we are here to help, the teachers, counselors, and administrative team are here to help classes” means any course except physical education, driver education, and music performing classes. with academics or any concern. Your high school experience is what you make it! Passing tests on the Illinois Constitution and United States Constitution are required. In addition, each Your school has a long tradition of excellence in education and will challenge you to become your very student must pass a course that includes consumer education requirements, as mandated by the State best. Our FOCUS is on your education and we will diligently work to ensure that each student has the of Illinois. opportunity to reach their full potential. There are a tremendous amount of educational opportunities. I The consumer education credit can be earned by passing Civics, Introduction to Business & Technology encourage you to take advantage of all the offerings that interest you. Concepts, Consumer Education, Personal Finance, Adult Living, Parenting, American Problems, Pre- Next, seek out activities which will enhance your high school experience. The numerous activities include Vocational Training, Work Skills Education or Economics. sports, clubs and organizations. Your high school experience will be more rewarding if you participate A limit of 1.0 unit may be earned by authorized correspondence courses (senior year only, one course in activities. By becoming involved in extracurricular activities, you will meet new people and open your per semester). Correspondence credit may not be earned for any course (including those different titles mind to new concepts. but similar content) offered in District 201. Your student handbook is a vital part of your success in school. Within this handbook you will discover useful resources, the rules, regulations and procedures of the school. The handbook may also direct you to your school website for other helpful information. I encourage you to review and become acquainted with the information within this handbook. Finally, our students are among the finest in the state. You are a student at one of the top facilities in the state and our expectations for you are high. We want you to focus on your education as well as being involved with some of the many activities offered. Our school is for all students. We ask that you conduct yourself with respect, responsibility, and kindness. Dr. Jeff Dosier, Superintendent

6 7 Specific requirements for Graduation are as follows: GRADES Grades are reported in letters, which have the following values; exceptions to this are noted in the Grade Language Physical Math Science Social Studies Electives Weighting section. Arts Education A Excellent 4 B Good 3 ** 2 or 3 units; must C Average 2 include 1 unit of U.S. D Poor 1 3 units; History and either .5 1 unit from Must ** 2 or 3 unit of Civics/Govern- any of the 3 units of PE F Failure 0 – Health must include 4 units; units ment or .5 unit of following The following is also used: Algebra 1 areas: be taken one Incorporate government or proof I Incomplete. Work is to be made up within one semester and if not made up, becomes an F. equivalent music, semester. two-year writ- of completion of the and 1 art, world * See ing intensive Illinois Requirements GRADING PERIODS unit must language, additional requirement include or career information Two progress reports are sent home with students each semester. Semester grades are issued at the geometry ** All students are required to earn & technical below. end of each semester and are permanently recorded grades. content a minimum of 2 units in the area of education The dates for progress reports and semester grades are listed on the calendar at the front of this handbook. Science and Social Studies; and an Grades will be mailed home approximately one week after these dates. In addition, D/F notices will be emailed additional 1.0 unit MUST be earned out half-way through the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th progress reports to those students in jeopardy of failing. in either Science OR Social Studies Parents are encouraged to telephone or email their student’s teacher(s) to discuss a student’s academic prog- * All students, except those excused for medical or other approved reasons, must complete seven ress. Counselors may also be contacted and conferences with teachers will be arranged on parental request. semesters of physical education and one semester of health, driver education will substitute for one semester of physical education. GRADE WEIGHTING Grades are weighted according to the academic difficulty of each course. Weights are assigned to all ADVANCEMENT AND GRADE LEVEL PLACEMENT courses except physical education, driver education, and music. Courses are categorized and assigned The Illinois State Board of Education requires schools to accurately report student progress on annual numerical values as follows: Honors .250, Advanced (A) .10, all other courses .00. Class rank is reports and the Student Information System (SIS). Therefore, it is necessary at the end of each school determined by the grade-point average and although we use a 4.00 scale, the weighted grade system year to review each student’s progress towards completion of graduation requirements and determine will result in some students achieving a total grade-point in excess of 4.00. grade level placement as an outcome of monitoring such progress. Grading Scale To graduate from Belleville Township High School District 201, each student must earn 21.0 credits, and 90-100 A complete the minimum course requirements of the State of Illinois and the Board of Education. To be on track for graduation in four years, students must accumulate five and a half or more credits per year. 80-89 B Failure to do so will result in falling behind the class and decrease the likelihood of on-time graduation. 70-79 C 60-69 D EARLY GRADUATION Below 60 F Any student planning to graduate at the end of the first semester must apply in writing prior to December 1. A maximum of four weighted classes (the four highest weighted) will count in the GPA each semester. 1. In order to qualify for graduation status, all credits must have been earned and recorded on the official student record card. Failure to comply with the established guideline will cause the student to forfeit early 2. Summer school will be considered an extension of semester two for GPA purposes. graduation. Because every student needs four years of English, December Graduates will need to take at 3. Each semester, GPA will first be calculated without consideration for weighted classes. Then, under least one English class in summer school to meet requirements. December Graduates will NOT be able to the guidelines established in #1 and #2 above, honors points will be added. All advanced and honors take 2 English courses during 1st semester his/her senior year. Taking 2 English courses is only available values are added together and divided by the number of semesters being averaged. This calculation to students who are at-risk for on-time graduation. Application forms are available in the School Counseling is added to the regular GPA to get an honors GPA. Office. Students submitting a request of early graduation during the month of December will have no reflection 4. Although weighting factors will affect GPA, they will have no effect on credits earned. of course withdrawal on his/her transcript. If a student chooses to graduate after this deadline, he/she will automatically receive grades of withdrawal failing (WF) which is calculated in the semester grade. SCHOOL COUNSELING WF-Withdraw Failing. The student withdraws from the course at a time when his cumulative grade is F. The chief aim of the Counseling Department is to assist students so that they will be well prepared for No credit is granted and WF is entered on the student’s record. NOTE: Students who withdraw because life after high school. During all four years we encourage students to prepare for further education in of disciplinary reasons or late in the semester receive a grade of F for the course. the following ways: GRADUATION CEREMONY 1. Academic course pattern - Take strong, sequential courses. This ceremony is a privilege which is given to those students who display appropriate behavior throughout 2. School and community activities - Emphasize quality participation rather than only quantity. their tenure at Belleville Township High School District 201. If at any time the administration deems a 3. Tests - Take the proper courses; utilize test preparation materials. student’s behavior due to discipline, tardies, attendance or any infraction of school rules is inappropriate 4. Community and school volunteer service - Become involved. or detrimental to the solemnity of the graduation ceremony, they will have this privilege denied. 5. Special talents - Develop to the maximum; build on your strengths.

8 9 IMPORTANT SCHEDULING INFORMATION TESTS AND TESTING SERVICES Students should discuss with their parents the courses they wish to take prior to meeting with the Testing information is readily available in the School Counseling Department. Test offerings may vary counselor. Course selections will be sent home for parents to view. Any corrections or errors must be from year to year dependent upon State regulations and funding. reported to the assigned counselor no later than June 1st. Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT)/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSOT) Please give serious attention to the course selection process. This is an optional test taken in October of the junior year by those students interested in attending • Need to teach students to assume responsibility, to develop accountability, and develop perseverance. college. It is designed to give the student some insight as to how his/her scores compare to the scores • Extensive preparation the faculty and administration must make in hiring teachers, making assign- of college bound juniors throughout the nation. Students wishing to be considered for financial aid ments, balancing classes, preparing facilities, allocating budgets, and ordering books, supplies, and administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation must take this test in October of their junior equipment. year. Students must register and pay in advance to take this test. Please look for announcements from the Counseling Office in early October so you do not miss the deadline. • Efficient use of staff time. American College Testing Program (ACT) Rare exceptions to this policy are made when: The American College Test (ACT) is used as an entrance exam by many colleges in the United States. 1. A scheduling mistake has been made (enrolled in an advanced course without the prerequisite). The ACT is required for admission by all state-supported universities in Illinois as well as many others. 2. There is a need to balance classes. If the student wants to be considered for an Illinois State Scholarship, he should plan to take the ACT in 3. Classes must be canceled due to insufficient enrollment. the spring/summer of his junior year. Note that the ACT is included in the PSAE; however, students may choose to take the ACT again on a National test date (Saturday) in order to meet writing requirements 4. It is determined by school officials that a circumstance exists whereby the student has little chance when needed and/or improve test scores. to realize success. Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) CLASS DROP PROCEDURE The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT I) is used as an entrance examination by many colleges and universities Students are encouraged to spend ample quality time studying the course descriptions before deciding throughout the nation. In addition to the SAT I, a college may also require the entering student to take upon course selections. one or more of the fifteen SAT II tests offered by CEEB. The counselor will help decide which tests the student will need to take for the college of his choice. Types of Schedule Changes: Class Substitutions: This is changing a course the student is enrolled in and substituting it for another Upcoming ACT & SAT Test Dates: offering. The deadline for these changes will be June 1st. Class Additions: This is adding a new course to the schedule where one did not previously exist. The ACT Test Dates SAT Test Dates (proposed dates) deadline for this change is prior to the first day of school. This is only subject to class availability and alignment with existing student schedule. September 13, 2014 October 11, 2014 Class Deletion: This is removing an existing class from the student’s schedule with no academic replacement. Students will be placed in a study hall. The deadline to drop will be the first 10 days of October 25, 2014 November 8, 2014 the start of a semester. Deletions made after this time will result in a grade of withdraw failing (WF) which is calculated in the semester grade. December 13, 2014 December 6, 2014 Level Changes: This change is when a student changes from one level to another level of the same course. (Honors – Regular) The deadline for a level change will be any time during the first four weeks of the semester. This requires permission from parent, teacher, and school counselor. No level changes February 7, 2015 January 24, 2015 will be made after this time. April 18, 2015 March 14, 2015 NAME OF DESCRIPTION DEADLINE CHANGE June 13, 2015 May 2, 2015 Changing one course for June 1st Class Substitution another June 6, 2015 Adding a course where one First day of school Class Addition Visit www.actstudent.org to register for the ACT. does not exist Visit www.sat.collegeboard.org to register for the SAT. Removing a class from schedule First ten days of a semester Class Deletion and exchanging for a study hall course or first ten days of the ADVANCED PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES (AP) year in a year long course Belleville District #201 offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses in several departments. AP courses meet Move from one level to another First four weeks of school the requirements of the College Board Advanced Placement curriculum. These courses are designed Level Change level of the same course to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement test for that course, which is an optional test given in May. Since the test is optional, students are responsible for registering for the test and paying any fees associated with the test. To get college credit, students must earn a “C” or better in the course. No other tests are required. It is strongly recommended that students check with the colleges that they are considering to find out the credit will be accepted.

10 11 DUAL CREDIT 2. Planned Absence: Students who know in advance that they will be absent must make arrange- To get college credit, students must earn a “C” or better in the course. No other tests are required. It ments with their assistant/associate principal. Except in emergency situations, requests should is strongly recommended that students check with the colleges that they are considering to find out the be processed at least three days before the absence. Absences due to causes such as pleasure credit will be accepted. trips, shopping trips, and social engagements which could be delayed until school is not in session will not be approved. Generally, planned absences are not approved except for family trips which Please see the school counseling page for AP and Dual credit courses offered. include the whole family, serious problems at home, medical or dental appointments that cannot For Belleville West, go to http://www.bths201.org/index.php/bwcounsleftmen be scheduled on out-of-school time, visits to colleges, interviews for permanent employment, and For Belleville East, go to http://www.bths201.org/index.php/becouns religious instruction or observation. Students who fail to properly arrange for a planned absence may have their absences classified as unexcused. RUNNING START 3. Unexcused Absence: An absence due to truancy or any cause which the office of the assistant/ associate principal cannot approve is classified as unexcused. In such cases the teacher has no Belleville Township High School District 201, in partnership with local Southwestern Illinois College, will responsibility for assisting the student in making up the work missed, and the student receives no offer the Running Start Program to expand the educational opportunities of high school students their credit. However, it is to the student’s advantage to cover the subject matter missed. junior and senior year. Students may take college level courses while still in high school and earn high school and college credit. Students should contact their high school counseling office for the specific 4. Absence Limit and Medical Statement: The school will require that absences in excess of ten (10) days procedures for acceptance into the program. per semester be accompanied by a physician’s statement in order for them to be classified as excused. 5. Truancy: Truancy, forbidden by law, cannot be condoned by Belleville District 201. The state truancy NCAA DIVISION I AND II law is clear and will be invoked when other reasonable approaches fail to bring results. COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR ATHLETES “Any person having custody or control of a child subject to the provisions of this Article to whom Students aspiring to play Division I or II athletics must register with the NCAA Clearinghouse notice has been given of the child’s truancy and who willfully permits such child to persist in his following their junior year. truancy within that school year, upon conviction thereof shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.” (Illinois School Code, Article 26, Section 26-10) I. Specific approved academic courses, grade point average and ACT/SAT test score requirements may be obtained at the NCAA website www.eligibilitycenter.org. REPORTING AN ABSENCE II. Division II student athletes are required to have at least a 2.0 Core GPA in addition to meeting the 16 A REPORT ON EACH ABSENCE MUST BE MADE BY THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN BEFORE A core courses. Division I student athletes entering before August 1, 2016 must maintain a minimum STUDENT MAY BE EXCUSED FOR AN ABSENCE. In order that the school may have an accurate GPA of 2.00 in core courses and earn an SAT score of 1010 or an ACT sub score total of 86. With a accounting of attendance, it is required that the parent or guardian communicate with the Attendance higher GPA, a lower test score is acceptable. Division I student athletes entering college on or after Office between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. the morning of the absence. August 1, 2016 must have a Core GPA of 2.0 in order to receive Aid and Practice, but must have at least a 2.3 GPA for Competition. Students must also meet the corresponding test-score requirements East (222-3700) listed on a sliding scale, which is available on the NCAA website www.eligibilitycenter.org. West (222-7500) III. Check courses carefully EACH SEMESTER to make sure you are meeting NCAA course requirements. Beyond the optimum 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. calling period, calls can be made at any time, day or night, by leaving a message on the automated phone system. This can be accomplished by calling the same ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES numbers listed above. Success in school depends largely on regular, punctual attendance and good study habits. Students are The prompt will direct you to dial “1” for the absentee line: expected TO ATTEND ALL CLASSES AND ASSIGNED ACTIVITIES unless there is a justifiable reason Freshmen 1 for being absent. Please understand that excessive absenteeism, regardless of cause, may adversely Sophomores 2 affect academic performance and may even lead to academic failure. Parents, with the aid of the school, are responsible for insuring regular, punctual attendance. Poor attendance and truancy will be reported Juniors 3 to the parents. STUDENTS ARE TO BE ON TIME AND IN THEIR CLASSES EACH DAY. Any student Seniors 4 arriving to class over 10 minutes late without an excused pass should be sent to the Class Office to Please leave your name and relationship to the student, the student’s name, the date, and the reason obtain an admit. A student who arrives to his or her class tardy by 10 or more minutes runs the risk of for the absence. NOTE: ONLY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN MAY REPORT AN ABSENCE. losing credit for their work if the tardy is deemed unexcused by the administration. If the absence is of more than one day’s duration, the Attendance Office must be notified concerning the Students involved in any co-curricular activity must be in school for at least ½ day to participate that duration of the absence. In cases of extended illness, it is recommended that the counselor be contacted same day. On weekends, holidays, or breaks, the student is eligible to participate regardless of whether and arrangements be made for make-up work. THE SCHOOL HAS DETERMINED THAT A PHONE or not he/she was present the last day before the event. CALL SERVES AS THE MOST DEPENDABLE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL. However, a note from the parent or guardian will be accepted on the day the student returns Classified Reasons for Absence from the absence in cases where there is no phone in the home. 1. Excused Absence: The school recognizes an excused absence which is due to personal illness, FAILURE TO PROPERLY CLEAR AN ABSENCE WILL RESULT IN AN ABSENCE BEING CLASSI- death in family, or an emergency situation acceptable to the school administration. An excused FIED AS UNEXCUSED. STUDENTS WITH AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCE WILL NOT BE AFFORDED absence allows the student a reasonable amount of time and help in making up assignments and MAKE-UP PRIVILEGES. tests missed. Credit is given according to the quality of work. The student is responsible for requesting the make-up assignments and tests missed.

12 13 PARTIAL DAY ABSENCE DISTRICT 201 ALTERNATIVE DAY PROGRAM Permission to miss class for personal emergency, important business, or medical and dental appointments Belleville Township High School District 201 Alternative Day Program is an educational program designed that cannot be scheduled out-of-school must be obtained from the Class Office. Students must present to address the physical, emotional, social and intellectual needs of at-risk students in order to successfully a note from home or an appointment card from a doctor or dentist. In addition, the student’s parent or transition back to Belleville East or West High School. Classes for the Alternative Day Program are held guardian may telephone the Class Office. In no case should a student leave school without checking on the Belleville East Campus. Placement is recommended by the Belleville East or Belleville West out with the Class Office and upon returning to campus the student must check in to the Class administration. Alternative Day Program is an extension of Belleville East and West High School, all Office, nor should any student report to school late in the morning without checking in to the behavioral rules and expectations of East and West apply to the Alternative Day Program. Class Office. Failure to do will result in an unexcused absence. Students who become ill at school and must miss class must secure a pass from their teacher, counselor, ALTERNATIVE NIGHT SCHOOL PROGRAM or assistant/associate principal and report to the health office. Students who access this program must receive approval from their assistant/associate principal. The program is located on the Belleville West campus. Students can receive credit toward a diploma at their home school. GROUND PASSES Students are responsible for their own transportation to the Alternative Night School classes. Please contact the If a student needs to leave campus during the school day (between 8:30 AM and 3:30 PM), a telephone Director of Special Services (222-8273) or the Alternative Night School Manager (222-7660) for more information. call or note from the parent/guardian is required to the appropriate assistant/associate principal’s office. A Ground Pass will be given to the student indicating what time they are to leave and where they are SUMMER SCHOOL going (i.e., doctor, dentist, or personal business). It is the student’s responsibility to pick up the Ground A summer session of six weeks is held each summer in Belleville Township High School District 201. The Pass from the assistant/associate principal’s office during their free time. Student’s must “check in” at session usually runs from the beginning of June until the end of July. Courses are offered in most areas their assistant /associate principal’s office when they return from their appointment. of the curriculum. A sufficient number of students must enroll for a course to be offered. POLICY REGARDING BEFORE SCHOOL ARRIVAL WORK PERMIT PROCEDURE Belleville District 201 keeps the safety of your child a top priority. Therefore, the only students who are allowed Students under sixteen years of age who are going to work in Illinois must have work permits. Work permits to be on campus prior to 7:45 a.m. are those students who are being directly supervised by a staff member. are secured from the school counseling office. A work permit may be issued upon presentation of (1) a birth Students who are found to be on campus prior to 7:45 a.m. will be addressed by the administration. The certificate or a copy thereof furnished by the state or county, (2) a letter from the employer stating the hours and district appreciates your support and cooperation in maintaining the safety of your child. type of work and (3) the parent/guardian’s signature on the work permit if the student is under 16 years of age. For the Belleville East Campus: STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Entering Buildings in the Morning: At times, students bring personal problems with them to school. The weight of some of these problems Students are to remain outside of the buildings until 8:15 a.m. They may remain on the terrace areas, can make it difficult to concentrate on academic and social responsibilities. The aim of the Student in the cafeteria or media center until that time. Assistance Program is to identify students who are struggling and connect them with the services CHANGE OF STUDENT CONTACT INFORMATION available to them in school or in the community. The Student Assistance Program strives to help students develop healthy coping skills, make positive Any change in the student’s address or phone number must be reported to the Class Office as promptly lifestyle choices, and avoid problems associated with substance abuse. Student Assistance Program as possible. Any change in the student’s address requires proper documentation. Please contact the offers students support and educational groups, information and referral services, and short-term individual appropriate assistant/associate principal for details. This enables the school to send all mail to the proper counseling sessions with a social worker or guidance counselor. Students may go to the Guidance Office address and to contact the home when necessary. to talk with their counselor or a social worker. WITHDRAWAL OR TRANSFER FROM SCHOOL RENAISSANCE PROGRAM The following steps are required to complete a transfer or withdrawal: Belleville District 201 students, staff, parents, and businesses joined forces to form one of the most suc- 1. Provide notification by a parent or guardian to the class office indicating approval of the student’s cessful partnerships in America. We call the program Renaissance to signify the birth of this partnership withdrawal or transfer. which offers unlimited opportunities to Belleville District 201 students. 2. Secure permission for transfer or withdrawal from the appropriate assistant/associate principal. Renaissance provides an excellent avenue through which the adult community can support students in 3. Notify the appropriate counselor. their pursuit of academic achievement. Through Renaissance, businesses provide tangible rewards for students who earn academic recognition. 4. Clean out their locker of all personal belongings. Incentive programs are being used successfully in hundreds of schools nationwide. We believe that this 5. Return books to the bookstore and the media center. program will help accomplish the goal of quality education for the betterment of the community and the Transfer students are not normally permitted to graduate from District 201 unless they have earned credits enrichment of students. for their last full semester here. Transfer students must be in attendance within the first five days of the semester in which he/she has enrolled in order to be a recipient of a District 201 diploma and participate EXTENDED / HONORS LUNCH in the commencement ceremony. If students transfer to Belleville during the last semester of high school, The administration and staff of District 201 expects students to behave in a mature, adult-like manner. Belleville Township High School District 201 reserves the right to request the prior school issue the diploma. They also believe that students who demonstrate this ability to be successful in the classroom and demonstrate positive behaviors should be rewarded for their good citizenship. Therefore the “Extended/ Honors Lunch Program” has been established to reward these students. This program entitles them to “opt out” of study hall if they meet the established criteria. Failure to maintain the standards established by the program will result in the immediate return to the study hall.

14 15 NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Acceptable Use Membership in the National Honor Society is a privilege and is reserved for those students who have All use of the District’s electronic network must be: (1) in support of education and/or research, and excelled and brought honor to themselves, their school, and their community through excellence in the be in furtherance of the goals stated herein, or (2) for a legitimate school business purpose. Use is a classroom, unquestionable character, responsible leadership, and willing service. For addition information privilege, not a right. Students have no expectation of privacy in any material that is stored, transmit- please use the following links: ted, or received via the District’s electronic network or District computers. Any material that is stored, transmitted, or received via the District’s electronic network or District computers, including files deleted Belleville East: http://ww2.bths201.org/east/teachers/khoerner/content.php?q=NHS from a user’s account but not erased, are owned and controlled by the School District. General rules Belleville West: http://virtualschool.bths201.org/course/view.php?id=379 for behavior and communications apply when using electronic networks. The District’s Authorization for Electronic Network Access contains the appropriate uses, ethics, and protocol. School officials will CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL not intentionally inspect the contents of electronic communication or downloaded materials without the OPPORTUNITIES consent of the sender or an intended recipient, unless as required to investigate complaints regarding electronic communication or downloaded material that are alleged to contain material in violation of this Career and Technical Education provides opportunities for career exploration and for technical skill policy or the Authorization for Electronic Network Access, or unless as required to investigate a complaint development both for students seeking employment immediately after high school and for those interested that the sender or intended recipient has violated District policy as contained in this Board Policy Manual. in attending technical school or college. All courses develop general workplace and technical skills Electronic communications and downloaded material, including files deleted from a user’s account but through an interrelationship between academic and career education. not erased, may be monitored or read by school officials. Career and Technical Education programs include: business/administrative assistant, marketing, Internet Safety accounting, word processing, information processing, automotive mechanics, computer-aided drafting, machine tool operation, construction and building trades, food service, family and consumer science, Each District computer with Internet access shall have a filtering device that blocks entry to visual depic- and graphic production and design. Opportunities for paid cooperative work experiences are available tions that are: (1) obscene, (2) pornographic, or (3) harmful or inappropriate for students, as defined by to some seniors. Many offerings articulate with programs offered at Southwestern Illinois College. federal law and as determined by the Superintendent or designee. The Superintendent or designee shall enforce the use of such filtering devices. An administrator, supervisor, or other authorized person may disable the filtering device for bona fide research or other lawful purpose, provided the person receives SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER prior permission from the Superintendent/Designee. The School Media Center is designed to support the endeavors of our students, teachers, and administra- The Superintendent or designee shall include measures in this policy’s implementation plan to address tion. The media center is staffed with certified teacher-librarians. the following: The extensive media centers’ collections, both print and nonprint, support the curriculum and promote 1. Ensure staff supervision of student access to online electronic networks, pleasure reading. The Schools’ media centers also serve as production facilities by giving students access to the computers, productivity tools, and resources they need to create, collaborate, and communicate. 2. Restrict student access to inappropriate matter as well as restricting access to harmful materials, The Schools’ media centers’ websites serve as virtual libraries. Through a variety of online subscriptions, 3. Ensure student privacy, safety, and security when using electronic communications, the sites provide 24/7 access to full text journals, magazines, newspapers, books, and other media. In 4. Restrict unauthorized access, including “hacking” and other unlawful activities, and addition, they offer access to print collections, productivity tools, and additional resources. 5. Restrict unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal identification information, such Hours of Operation: Every school day from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. as, names and addresses. Inter Library Loan: Students have interlibrary loan privileges. As such, students will be held financially Authorization for Electronic Network Access responsible for interlibrary loan items that are lost, damaged, or overdue. Each student and his or her parent(s)/guardian(s) must sign the Authorization before being granted Access to Library Resources: As stated in the ALA’s Library Bill of Rights, only parent(s)/guardian(s) unsupervised use. maintain the right and responsibility to restrict their student’s access to library resources, including All users of the District’s computers to access the Internet shall maintain the confidentiality of student interlibrary loan selections (Section 53.1.4). We encourage parent(s)/guardian(s) to be actively aware records. Reasonable measures to protect against unreasonable access shall be taken before confidential of their student’s reading selections. student information is loaded onto the network. STUDENT ACCEPTABLE USE FOR The failure of any student to follow the terms of the Authorization for Electronic Network Access, or this policy, may result in the loss of privileges, disciplinary action, and/or appropriate legal action. ELECTRONIC NETWORKS Electronic networks, including the Internet, are a part of the District’s instructional program and serve to USING PHOTOGRAPHS OR VIDEOS OF STUDENTS promote educational excellence by facilitating resource sharing, innovation, and communication. The Pictures of Unnamed Students. Students may occasionally appear in photographs and videos taken Superintendent shall develop an implementation plan for this policy and appoint system administrator(s). by school staff members, other students, or other individuals authorized by the Building Principal. The The School District is not responsible for any information that may be lost or damaged, or become unavailable school may use these pictures, without identifying the student, in various publications, including the school when using the network, or for any information that is retrieved or transmitted via the Internet. Furthermore, yearbook, school newspaper, and school website. No consent or notice is needed or will be given before the District will not be responsible for any unauthorized charges or fees resulting from access to the Internet. the school uses pictures of unnamed students taken while they are at school or a school-related activity. Curriculum Pictures of Named Students. Many times, however, the school will want to identify a student in a school The use of the District’s electronic networks shall: (1) be consistent with the curriculum adopted by picture. School officials want to acknowledge that those students who participate in a school activity the District as well as the varied instructional needs, learning styles, abilities, and developmental levels deserve special recognition. In order for the school to publish a picture with a student identified by of the students, and (2) comply with the selection criteria for instructional materials and library-media name, one of the student’s parents or guardians must sign a consent form. Please complete and sign center materials. Staff members may, consistent with the Superintendent’s implementation plan, use the Authorization for Using a Photograph or Video of a Student card to allow the school to publish and the Internet throughout the curriculum. otherwise use photographs and videos, with your child or ward identified, while he or she is enrolled in this school. The consent may be revoked at any time by notifying the Building Principal in writing. The District’s electronic network is part of the curriculum and is not a public forum for general use.

16 17 Pictures of Students Taken by Non-School Agencies. While the school limits access to school buildings 9. do not take food or drinks out of the cafeteria. by outside photographers, it has no crowd control over news media or other entities that may publish a 10. Students who throw food or leave trays and dishes in the cafeteria will be assigned after-school picture of a named or unnamed student. School staff members will not, however, identify a student for detention, Saturday detention and/or cafeteria clean-up. an outside photographer. 11. Students who sit down at a messy cafeteria table assume responsibility for the trays, dishes, and BOOKSTORE refuse left there. They will be asked to properly dispose of these items when they leave the table. Failure to do so will result in detention and/or clean-up. The bookstore is open each day before school, during the lunch hours and after school to accommodate the needs of our students. The normal bookstore hours are posted on the door of the bookstore, parents 12. Students who are not purchasing food or drink are not to be in the service or check-out lines. are also encouraged to call the bookstore. Computerized Debit System East 222-3753 The district has implemented a computerized debit system for the cafeteria. This system will allow you to West 222-7627 pay in advance for meals and/or a la carte foods (juice drinks, ice cream, cookies, etc.) if you choose to do so. Students will still be able to pay cash on a daily basis as they have in the past. The system works Each student will be assessed a non-refundable fee for textbook rental. The fee will be announced prior with a twelve key PIN pad (located near the end of the serving line) that is similar to an automated teller to the start of school. All students will be responsible for the purchase of consumable supplies, such machine (ATM). It will allow your son or daughter to enter their Student Identification number (Student as workbooks and supplemental reading materials. If a textbook is lost, damaged, or written in, the ID) to access their account. Your child’s Student ID number is listed across the bottom of his/ student will bear the cost of repair or replace the textbook. If you find something wrong with your her Student ID Card. The Student ID number will stay the same throughout the remaining years your textbook, bring it back to the bookstore immediately, or you will be responsible for the damages. child is enrolled at Belleville Township High School District 201. Please note that this system is very confidential. All students will be required to enter their Student ID number regardless of meal STUDENT AID/WAIVER OF SCHOOL FEES status or payment method, thus insuring your child’s privacy. In cases of extreme financial need, books, fees, and lunches are furnished to students. The All students will have an established debit account, although you will not be required to make advanced degree of aid given is based on need. Students with financial difficulties should see their payments because the system has the ability to act as a cash register and can accept cash payments assistant/associate principal. Waived fees do not include costs for lost or damaged books, locks, on a daily basis. However, for your convenience, you may wish to choose one of the options for making replacement ID cards, materials, supplies and equipment, extra-curricular fees or athletic fees. advanced payments. To make advanced payments to a student account go to the school website at To apply for a school fee waiver, a parent/guardian must fill out a “Request for a Waiver of http://www.bths201.org/index.php/schools and follow the quicklinks. To prevent fraudulent use of student School Fees and Charges” form and/or a “Student Dress Code Policy Economic Hardship” accounts, the student’s picture will be displayed on each register for the cashier to view every time the application and submit it to an assistant/associate principal. If the request is denied, an student accesses his or her account, therefore insuring that no other student can use the account. explanation of the decision will be mailed to you within thirty days of the initial waiver request. Money will only be deducted from an account when the student uses the account to purchase meals To appeal a decision, the parent/guardian should contact the building principal who will hear the and/or a la carte items. The system will know the meal status of your student (full-pay, free, or reduced) parent/guardian’s appeal. If the appeal is denied, the principal shall notify the parent/guardian and will deduct the correct amount from the account. There is no limit on the amount of money that can by mail of the reason for the decision within thirty days of the appeal request. be deposited into a debit account. No fee will be collected from any parent/guardian seeking a fee waiver until the assistant/ associate principal has acted on the initial request or appeal, and until the parent/guardian has HEALTH SERVICE been notified of the decision. No punishment of any kind, including lowering of grades or Illinois law requires students entering the ninth grade and transfer students to have a physical examina- exclusion from classes, will result because a student’s parent/guardian is unable to purchase tion and up-to-date immunizations on file by the first day of school. All students entering, advancing, or required textbooks or instructional materials or to pay required fees. transferring into 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grades will be required to show proof of receipt of one dose of Tdap vaccine regardless of the interval since last DTap, DT, or Td dose. The physical must be recorded FOOD SERVICE on the State of Illinois Certificate of Child Health form. Students may obtain the physical from the Breakfast will be served from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Lunch will be served periods 3 through 5. Sodexo physician of their choice. The physical may be completed by a MD / DO / APN or PA. Physical exams provides multiple entrée choices, many side dish choices and ala carte items on four service lines. A are required annually for participants in athletics. snack bar is also offered. The health office is available for students. Students may go to the health office if they feel ill. The nurse The cafeteria manager welcomes all complaints and/or comments regarding the cafeteria operation. will help the student determine if he/she needs temporary treatment or if the student’s parents are to be notified. The students must obtain a pass from their teachers or Class Office before reporting to Students are expected to conduct themselves as ladies and gentlemen and exhibit good manners the health office. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MAY A STUDENT WHO IS ILL LEAVE SCHOOL and behavior in the cafeteria. WITHOUT CHECKING WITH THE SCHOOL NURSE OR CLASS OFFICE. The following regulations are intended to help keep the cafeteria a pleasant and sanitary place First aid may be given when injury occurs as deemed appropriate. In case of major injuries or severe in which to eat: illness, every attempt will be made to contact the student’s parent/guardian. If the parent/guardian cannot 1. Keep your own place in the serving lines. Do not move ahead of others. be contacted, the school administration will act “in loco parentis”. State law does not allow the health 2. Do not move tables. office to be used as a clinic. Students are not to use the health office as a substitute for obtaining medical services from their own physicians. Students must make arrangements with the nurse for dispensing 3. Do not move chairs from one table to another. of prescribed medications. 5. Do not tilt chairs on their back legs. If the family receives diagnosis of a specific medical problem or handicap that would necessitate medical 6. Place all paper food containers in the waste cans before placing trays in designated area for cleaning. attention or treatment at school, this information should be documented and furnished to the health office. (Do not stack trays) 7. There shall be no loud conversation, singing, boisterous conduct, unnecessary noise or profanity. 8. Follow directions of faculty, staff, and cafeteria personnel.

18 19 ADMINISTERING MEDICINES TO STUDENTS 9. Keep the bus neat and clean. Prescription Meds 10. Students who misbehave will be reported to school authorities, and failure to observe safety rules may result in disciplinary action. Students should not take medication during school hours or during school-related activities unless it is necessary for a student’s health and well-being. 11. Students are required to ride their assigned bus. Only with prior approval by the appropriate assistant/ associate principal and written parental permission, may a student ride a bus other than the one to When a prescriptive medication is required to be taken by a student while at school, the health care which he/she is assigned. provider and the parent must complete and sign the “Administration of medication authorization form” to be kept in the nurse’s office and administered by the nurse. This prescription medication should be TRANSPORTATION brought to the nurse’s office by the parent in the original prescriptive container, or it can be brought directly to the nurse’s office prior to the beginning of school by the student in the original container. According to the policy of the Board of Education, all students who live within 1½ miles of Belleville East or Belleville West are responsible for their own transportation. Transportation will be provided To aide in the safe administration of medication to the students, the school nurse(s) may determine based for all other students. For the first few days of school, students riding the school buses should be at on their professional judgment and recommendations by the drug’s manufacturer and the Physician’s Desk the departure point 10 to 15 minutes before the scheduled pickup time. Pickup points and departure Reference (a standard source for appropriate dosages and other information critical to safe administration times vary year-by-year according to the needs of the students. Detailed information will appear in the of medication) whether a prescribed medication should be administered at school. opening-of-school letter which accompanies each student’s schedule at the beginning of the school year. It shall be the policy of this District that the District will not knowingly administer any medication to a student First Student Transportation can provide specific times and pickup points. First Student’s phone number if the District’s nurse(s) believes, in their professional judgment, that such administration could cause is 235-6338. Except in unusual weather, buses will be consistent in pickup time. Students must conduct harm to the student, other students, or the District itself. Such cases may include, but not necessarily themselves in a mature manner and avoid violations of the school bus code. Students on buses may limited to, situations in which the District is asked to administer medication in a dosage that exceeds the be audio taped and video-taped thus helping to provide a safer environment. highest recommended dosage listed in the current annual volume of the Physician’s Desk Reference or other recognized medical or pharmaceutical text. LOCKERS/PROTECTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY In the event the nurse(s) determines that the administration of some medication could cause harm to the Students are assigned a locker for their personal use. School lockers remain the property of Belleville student, other students, or the District, the nurse shall contact the doctor who prescribed the medication School District 201. At no time does Belleville School District 201 relinquish its exclusive control of lockers to verify the dosage. provided for the convenience of students. Periodic general inspections of lockers may be conducted by A student may possess an epinephrine auto-injector (Epi-Pen), asthma inhalant, and/or insulin for school authorities for any reason at any time without notice, without student consent, and without a search immediate use at the student’s discretion, provided the student’s parent/guardian and the health care warrant. For additional information concerning locker usage, please see each school’s individual website. provider have completed a “School Medication Administration Form,” Asthma Allergy Care Plan, Allergy Do not bring valuable personal property or large amounts of cash to school. Secure cell phones Emergency Care Plan, or a Diabetes Care Plan as listed on the District 201 website. and other valuables in your assigned locker. Do not store valuables in P.E. lockers. Non-prescription Meds The rules and regulations to be observed in connection with lockers are as follows: When an over-the-counter medication is required, the parent/guardian must complete a “Non-prescription 1. Students may not have enough time to go to their lockers after each period. It may be necessary to medication Self-Administration Form.” This non-prescriptive medication will be stored in the nurse’s office carry books for more than one class. and overseen by the nurse while the student self-administers the medication. 2. Tardiness as a result of a trip to one’s locker is unexcused. A student may transport over-the-counter medication to school in an enclosed container for self- administration in the nurse’s office, but may not remove it outside of the nurse’s office or administer it 3. Students should not use any locker other than their own. Students should keep their combination to another student. confidential. A Coach/Director for an after school event may act as over-seer for self-administration of an over-the- 4. Students are to keep their lockers locked at all times. Large sums of money or valuable materials counter medication if the parent/guardian has given permission to them by circling “Coach/Director” on are not to be kept in lockers. The school is not responsible for losses. the “Medication Self-Administration Form,” and the specific emergency care plan completed. 5. Students should keep their lockers neat and orderly. The School District shall incur no liability, except for willful and wanton conduct, as a result of any injury 6. Students should report locker difficulties to the appropriate assistant/associate principal. arising from a student’s self-administration of medication of epinephrine auto-injection, asthma inhalant 7. A student who damages school property will be required to reimburse the school. medication, insulin, and/or self-administered medication that has been signed and approved by the 8. Personal possessions must be removed at the end of each school year. School personnel will clean parent/guardian, and the health care provider, (for prescription medication only), or the storage of any lockers and dispose of items left in lockers. medication by school personnel. BUS RULES LOST AND FOUND Students are urged to cooperate in bringing any article found on the campus to the bookstore. In the interest of safety and in compliance with state law, students shall observe the following rules: 1. A school ID card must be shown to the bus driver in order to board a District 201 bus. PARKING AND VEHICLE REGULATIONS 2. All students must be seated while the bus is in motion. Students in possession of a valid driver’s license, insurance, and a student parking permit are eligible 3. No smoking and no eating on the bus. to park on school lots. Students may obtain a parking permit for an annual fee in the bookstore. All 4. Use the emergency door only in an emergency. fees must be paid before a parking sticker will be issued. Students who park improperly or who do not possess a valid parking sticker will be assessed the parking fee which will be added to their school 5. Good behavior is required-behavior which will not distract the bus driver from operating the bus safely. account. The illegally parked vehicles also may be ticketed by the Belleville Police Department and/or 6. Window ventilation is to be regulated by drivers only and not by students. towed at the owner’s expense. 7. Obey the instructions of the drivers at all times. They are trained to protect you. 8. Treat the driver with respect at all times. 20 21 Students are not to park in areas designated as Staff Parking or Bus Loading Zone. NOTE: Any FIRE DRILL INSTRUCTIONS person who causes a vehicle to be located, drives a vehicle or has control of a vehicle in a school 1. The fire alarm is a loud, continuous blaring sound. parking lot, shall be deemed to have consented to a search of such vehicle. The search may be conducted for any reason and at any time by school officials or by law enforcement officials at 2. The signal to return to class is an announcement made on the public address system. the request of school officials. The entirety of the vehicle shall be subject to search, including 3. Each teacher will appoint a room captain who will lead the class from the building to the designated place. but not limited to, the passenger compartment, the trunk or the undercarriage of the vehicle and 4. Teachers will remain in the room until the last student has left and will close all windows and doors. any containers located therein, whether locked or unlocked. 5. A card giving specific fire drill directions is posted near the door in each classroom. Students who must take their cars to Auto Shop should secure permission slips from their teachers. 6. Students with free periods are to go to the closest of the above listed designated places. Students should show concern for others and the school environment by refraining from littering the school neighborhood, adjacent property, and the campus. Also, students are expected to show common CLASS MEETINGS AND ASSEMBLIES decency to their school neighbors by refraining from congregating on their property. Meetings may be held during the school day to discuss class affairs or for counseling and administrative The parking lots are considered to be school property. Students are to be in the parking lots only when purposes. These meetings will be announced informing students of time, place, and purpose. arriving or leaving campus. Students are to leave their cars and immediately come on campus upon arriving. Students are not to trespass on the neighborhood private property or loiter along sidewalks. Assemblies will be held during the school year. The assembly bell schedule may be used, or, on occasion, one hour may be dropped from the schedule. EMERGENCY SCHOOL CLOSING Assemblies are usually offered for the entire body and all students are required to attend. Students are School will be closed for inclement weather or emergencies only in the most severe cases. School closing seated in specific areas, during assemblies, according to their class. information and/or route changes for buses will be posted on the following: Assemblies are part of the instructional program. They are informative and educational, encompassing District Website: http://www.bths201.org many topics. Students are expected to exhibit courtesy and respect toward all persons appearing in an assembly program. Rudeness, bad manners, and misconduct will not be permitted. District’s Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/BTHS201 District’s Facebook page: DANCE PROCEDURES https://www.facebook.com/pages/Belleville-Township-High-School-District-201/108454639310779 1. A school issued identification card is required for admittance to school dances. No exceptions. A and announced on television stations 2, 4, & 5, and via an automated message. Emergency cancellations student who brings a guest from another school must complete a guest form and submit it to his are also available on the television station websites: http://www.myfox2now.com/, http://www.kmov. assistant/associate principal prior to obtaining tickets. com/, and http://www.ksdk.com/. The school’s main telephone greeting will NOT be changed to reflect 2. Transportation arrangements home should be made before the dance. cancellations for inclement weather, unless the closing occurs during the school day. 3. Once a student enters a dance, he/she may not leave and return. AUTOMATED NOTIFICATION SYSTEM 4. Persons having alcoholic beverages or other drugs or under the influence of either will be reported to the police, and strong disciplinary action will be taken. The district is using an automated system to notify parents about school events and emergencies. The system allows the district to send a telephone message to all of our students and parents. The successful POSTERS delivery of information is dependent upon accurate contact information for each student, so please make certain that we have your most current phone numbers. If this information changes during the year, Before posters may be put up, they must be approved by a club or activity sponsor (when applicable) please notify the assistant/associate principal’s office immediately. and then by an assistant/associate principal. All posters must meet the same requirement of propriety as is expected in all school endeavors. What you need to know about the automated notification system - Caller ID will display 411 if the message is a dire emergency. CAMERAS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS - The automated system will leave a message on any answering machine or voicemail. The Belleville District 201 campuses are equipped with indoor and outdoor surveillance - If the automated message stops playing, press any key (1-9) and the message will replay from the cameras. The cameras monitor student behavior on school grounds and provide a visual record beginning. of non-student visitors to the campus, thus helping to provide a safer environment. STORM DRILL INSTRUCTIONS VISITOR PASSES/DELIVERIES 1. The storm drill signal is an announcement made on the public address system. All visitors are required to stop and check in at the security checkpoint. Permission to have a visitor should 2. The signal to return to class is an announcement made on the public address system. be secured at least 3 school days in advance from the Class Office. The sponsoring student must obtain visitor forms from the assistant/associate principal’s office, complete and return them to same before 3. The location of rooms will determine if the teacher and class will remain there or move to a safer area. the visiting day. The sponsoring student should provide evidence of parental approval. Students from (See chart in room for specific directions.) If the room is one from which the class moves, the teacher Greater St. Louis/Metro East areas will be denied visitor passes. Visitor passes are not issued during should designate a room captain to lead the class to a safer area. The teacher should be the last to the first two weeks or last two weeks of each semester. Visitor passes are also not issued before or after leave the room and will see that windows and doors are closed. If the class is to stay in the room, major holidays. The pass must be obtained from the Class Office by both the sponsoring student and students should be seated on the floor nearest a wall and as far away from windows as possible. the visitor. Visitors are subject to the same rules as Belleville District 201 students. 4. Students with unassigned time should seek shelter in the lower hall of the nearest building. Unfortunately, due to the disruption of the school day and the functioning of the Class Office, all flower 5. In cases of extremely dangerous situations, faculty should use good judgment in protecting the students. arrangements and deliveries will be refused.

22 23 ROOM TO ROOM PASSES DRESS CODE Students may secure Room-to-Room Passes at the discretion of the teacher to make up work or for Belleville District 201 encourages a standard in behavior, dress, grooming, and appearance that reflects extra help. The assistant/associate principals and counselors may call a student from any class. Make-up pride in self, home, and school. However, student apparel at Belleville East and West has become a work should be performed during unassigned time. To be honored, the passes must be filled out in ink disruption to the educational process as clothing has served to promote gang affiliations and classroom and bear the signature of a faculty member. Misuse of room-to-room passes is considered a serious disruptions. The purpose of this standardized dress policy is to improve the safety of the schools by offense, and disciplinary action will be taken against offenders. discouraging gang affiliations, improve the learning environment, reduce classroom distractions, bridge socio-economic differences between students, increase student’s self-respect and self-esteem, enhance CLOSED CAMPUS/UNSCHEDULED TIME student security, and enable a cost savings for families. This standardized dress policy allows students All students are to remain on campus from the time they arrive in the morning until the conclusion of their to focus on their academics rather than on peer pressure related to fads and/ or costly attire. Raising scheduled school day. Students are to proceed directly to the building after arriving in the parking lot, the standard of dress will enhance the school’s image within the community and improve school spirit. drop off zone, or campus property. It is our concern for the safety and welfare of students that prevents us Disciplinary actions will be taken to enforce compliance with this policy. Disciplinary actions range from a from allowing them to leave freely during the day. Parking lots and neighboring properties are off limits. reprimand or detention, to an out-of-school suspension. Reasonable accommodations to comply with the If a student needs to leave campus early, permission must be obtained from the Class Office. Failure dress code (no more than five days) will be given to transfer students registering during the school year. to receive proper clearance to leave or to go to the parking lot will result in an unexcused absence and Specific dress code information is available on the website, http://bths201.org/images/District/Files/ possible disciplinary action. Dress%20Code%20Information%202014-2015.pdf, and will be handed out at student registration. During the scheduled day, students are assigned to regular classes or study hall for the entire day except Students not complying with this policy will be sent home to change clothes and will be unexcused (no make- for a 30 minute lunch period. A number of students may have free study during 1st and 7th periods. up work) for the duration of their absence. After three violations the following consequences would apply: Students with unscheduled time 1st period may choose to stay at home until 2nd hour. Students with 4th violation – Sent home unexcused and 1 Saturday Detention unscheduled time 7th period must leave campus after their last scheduled class, unless they have permission from their assistant/ associate principal. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary 5th violation – Sent home unexcused and 2 Saturday Detentions action. Students are assigned to supervised study halls at other times during the school day. Students 6th violation – Sent home unexcused and 1 day of In-School Detention in supervised study halls are informed of the guidelines for behavior by their teachers. 7th violation – Sent home unexcused, 1 day of In-School Detention and 1 Saturday Detention The first off-campus violation will result in a Saturday detention. The consequences for a second infraction additional violations may result in Out of School Suspensions. will result in two detentions. A 3rd infraction will result in one day of in-school detention. Each additional infraction will result in a suspension from school. The Superintendent shall create procedures for students with legitimate religious objections to this dress code policy. PHILOSOPHY Students who cannot comply with this policy due to economic hardship will be provided assistance. Those Rules and procedures are also established by Belleville District 201 to provide for optimal functioning students are directed to contact the assistant/associate principal’s office for an economic hardship application. of this educational community of students. Consideration is given to the objective of providing a sound A committee of parents, students, faculty, and administration met to create this standardized dress policy. educational environment for the good of the entire school community balanced by a consideration for This standardized dress policy is not a prescribed uniform that must be purchased from a specific vendor. the rights of individual students. The Board of Education reserves the right to modify this policy when deemed necessary. The vast majority of Belleville District 201 students are well behaved, self-directed, and cooperative. The rules and procedures of the district are developed with the aim of enabling students to show greater STUDENT ID responsibility as they mature and are given increased freedom. It is our belief that freedom is meaningful WEARING OF THE ID’S: All students must wear a lanyard and school ID around their neck and on only in the context of providing the opportunity for self-discipline. We, therefore, strive to keep unnecessary the outside of their clothing at all times during the day while on school property. The ID must be clearly restrictions to a minimum. The rules and procedures in this handbook have been found to be effective visible on the front of the student. No decorative stickers or defacing of any type are allowed on the ID’s. in contributing to an excellent educational setting within Belleville District 201. TIME TO BE WORN: Students must wear the ID prior to entering a school bus or, if arriving by automobile, A student will increase his/her chances for success and will avoid difficulty by adhering to the following guidelines: prior to walking on campus property. 1. Comply with the policy statements and rules and regulations of the Board of Education of District FORGOTTEN OR NO ID: Any student who has forgotten his/her ID must report to the bookstore, the class 201. Students are subject to compliance during the school day, at all school-sponsored activities, office, or an assistant/associate principal, before 1st hour to get a new ID, or show you have your ID. Failure when coming to school and going home from school and school activities. to confirm that you have obtained your ID will result in a Saturday Detention. Difficult to understand 2. Obey and respect the authority of the staff and administrators of Belleville District 201. If the student resolves the ID problem on his/her own before school starts then no disciplinary penalty is 3. Be diligent in study. To be diligent in study a student shall: (a) complete assigned work on time; (b) recorded. However, the student will receive an unexcused tardy to class if he arrives late due to needing pay strict attention to the teacher; (c) exhibit good citizenship; (d) do the caliber of work consistent a new ID. If a referral is made (i.e., a student is sent to the bookstore to have an ID made because he/ with the student’s individual ability and grade level; (e) cooperate with teachers and other students; she is not wearing one), the following penalties would apply: and (f) be regular and punctual in attendance. 1. The first referral is recorded by the secretary. 2. The second referral results in a reprimand. 3. The third referral results in a Saturday Detention. 4. The fourth referral results in two Saturday Detentions. 5. The fifth referral results in one day of In-School Detention. Each offense after the fifth referral will be considered insubordination and may result in out-of-school suspension. *Failure to report to the bookstore after a referral will result in a Saturday detention. 24 25 REPLACEMENT ID’S: All replacements will cost the students $5.00. A lost ID will be counted along with Belleville Township High School District 201 clearly understands athletics are competitive experiences, and forgotten ones. If the student is late to a class as a result of failing to allow enough time to arrange for therefore, not all athletes receive the same participation opportunities in game and contests. This philosophy securing an ID at the bookstore, the student will be marked tardy. A student may purchase extra ID’s supports that athletics are learning experiences and that all student-athletes, regardless of ability, will be and keep them in the bookstore. Any replacement ID that is charged must be paid no later than the first afforded opportunities to develop the intangibles such as skill development, commitment, perseverance, school day of the next week to avoid detention assignment. self-discipline, self-efficacy, and respect for rules and regulations. These skills are essential life skills. FALSE ID’S: Any student found wearing an ID which is not his/her own or an ID from a previous school year Purpose will be given two Saturday detentions with progressively more serious consequences for repeated offenses. Participation in student athletics is considered an extension of, although separate from, the regular school day. While the regular curricular program is a right afforded each student, participation in athletic programs ATHLETICS is a privilege, and as such carries substantially increased expectations beyond those applicable in the The athletic program at Belleville Township High School District 201 is well rounded so as to appeal to a daily classroom situation. This Code of Conduct is established for young people taking part in these wide range of interests. Students are encouraged to participate in any sport for which they can qualify. programs. By electing to participate in an athletic program, the student is choosing to extend their school Announcements inviting candidates to participate will be made throughout the year. Interscholastic sports day, as well as the expectations for appropriate behavior and conduct. This code is considered to be in are offered in football, cross country, basketball, wrestling, baseball, track, tennis, golf, volleyball, soccer, effect, at all places and times, 24 hours per day, 12 months per year. Annually, students participating in and softball. A participation fee is required per sport and is payable in the bookstore. athletics will be required to sign a form agreeing to adhere to this code of conduct. The athletic code of conduct is available from the Athletic Director. IHSA ELIGIBILITY RULES PEST MANAGEMENT IHSA eligibility rules can be found at www.ihsa.org. District 201 uses an integrated pest management program (IPM) to control insect pests. IPM combines SCHOLAR ATHLETE PROGRAM regular inspections, preventive techniques, non-chemical pest control methods, and the appropriate use of pesticides, with preference for products that are the least harmful to people and the environment. Criteria: Currently, the district uses no chemical pest control sprays of any kind. Those with questions should 1. Current GPA of 3.5 or higher (Fall- 1st, Winter-4th, Spring-5th) contact the Chief Engineer at (618-222-7655) or Assistant Superintendent at (618-222-8203). 2. No In-School Detentions during the current school year ASBESTOS 3. No Out-of-School Suspensions during the current school year In accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules and regulations, Belleville East has 4. No Saturday Detentions been inspected for friable (easily crumbled) materials which contain asbestos. Such materials may be a 5. No ejections from contests health hazard. In constructing the new West campus, builders used no asbestos-containing materials. 6. No actions that would embarrass the integrity of the Athletic Department or School. The entire facility is free of asbestos. The EPA requires the district to present the foregoing information. No danger exists, but District 201 has BELLEVILLE TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL instituted a precautionary inspection program to ensure a continued safe environment for all members DISTRICT 201 ATHLETIC CODE OF CONDUCT of our campus community. District 201 considers athletics to be very important components of the comprehensive high school Please be advised that steps are continually being taken to manage or remove the asbestos in the program. These experiences greatly enhance a student’s involvement with and enjoyment of his/her high Belleville East High School in Belleville, Illinois. The Board of Education for the Belleville Township High school career, and contribute to a well-rounded and multi-faceted individual. As part of any athletic team, School District 201 will annually update the progress that we make; such as inspections, re-inspections, you become a representative of District 201. As such, you are expected to behave in an appropriate response actions, post response action activities, including periodic re-inspection and surveillance manner, both on and off the field. The success of our athletic program depends on the quality of the activities that are planned or in progress. people participating within them. In order to succeed in athletics, good sportsmanship is required. Several years ago we had chosen Environmental Consultants, LLC as our asbestos consultants who Philosophy have provided asbestos building inspections and updating our asbestos management plan. Along with the management plan, awareness training has been provided to the maintenance and custodial staff. Belleville Township High School District 201’s Athletic Programs are an integral part of the total curriculum Labeling has also been performed on the piping insulation, which contains asbestos. of the district. They provide wholesome opportunities for young people to learn lessons in sportsmanship, teamwork, competition (how to win and lose gracefully), and self-discipline. Athletic programs play an Every six months a periodic inspection will occur throughout the building. This inspection will insure that important part in helping students develop a healthy self-concept as well as a healthy body. Healthy every six months that all asbestos has been checked for any changes in condition. competition adds to our school spirit and school pride. All asbestos has been inspected as part of the management plan. Each area has been categorized and Belleville Township High School District 201 athletic programs provide young people with an opportunity sampled as part of this record keeping. Our copy of this management plan is available for review in the to participate in a wide variety of sports. Such participation is a privilege that carries with it responsibilities District 201 Board Office by appointment and is to be kept in the office by law. to the school, to the sport, to the student body, to the community, and to the student athlete. The interscholastic athletic programs shall be conducted in accordance with existing school policies, rules, and regulations as well as the by-laws of the Southwestern Conference. While the administration takes great pride in winning, it does not condone “winning at any cost” and discourages any and all pressure which might neglect good sportsmanship and wholesome competition. At all times, the athletic programs must be conducted in such a way so as to justify them as educational activities.

26 27 COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL & ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS Section 9528 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) now requires schools to provide Belleville East and Belleville West operate within the framework of applicable federal and student contact information to military recruiters. This information is referred to as “directory information” state laws and regulations and the policy of Belleville Township High School District 201. and consists of name, address, and phone listings. However, the law also provides, under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), that parent(s)/guardian(s) have the right to opt out of the The policy of District 201 is to comply fully with applicable federal and state nondiscrimination release of this “directory information.” A secondary school student or the parent/guardian may request and equal opportunity laws, orders, and regulations. The statutes below are applicable and that the student’s “directory information” not be released without prior written parental consent. provide in part: To deny sharing “directory information”, the parent/guardian or student must send a written request by Educational Rights and Privacy Act October 1 of this school year. This written request should be directed to the Building Principal’s Office. The 1974 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (Buckley Amendment) as well as the 1975 Illinois Questions regarding this matter may be directed to the Building Principal. School Students Record provide for the confidentiality of student school records. These acts ensure that only authorized persons will have access to student records; that Belleville Township High School NOTIFICATION TO PARENT(S)/GUARDIAN(S) OF District 201 will maintain all necessary records for the lengths of time required by law, and that students FAMILY PRIVACY RIGHTS and parent(s)/guardian(s) will have access to these records in accordance with the law. A detailed copy of the Buckley Amendment is available in the Principal’s office. The School Board has a policy concerning privacy and parental access to information. A complete copy of the policy is available upon your request from the Board of Education office. Please note that a Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) may inspect certain documents and/or refuse to allow their child or ward “No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from to participate in certain surveys. The school will not penalize any students whose parent(s)/guardian(s) participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity exercises this option. Upon their request, military recruiters and institutions of higher learning shall have receiving Federal financial assistance.” access to secondary students’ names, addresses, and telephone listings, unless an objection is made by the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s). Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied SURVEYS BY THIRD PARTIES benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Before a school official or staff member administers or distributes a survey or evaluation created by a third party to a student, the student’s parent/guardian may inspect the survey or evaluation, upon their Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 request and within a reasonable time of their request. This applies to every survey: (1) that is created “No otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States ... shall, solely by reason of his by a person or entity other than a district official, staff member, or student, (2) regardless of whether the handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination student answering the questions can be identified, and (3) regardless of the subject matter of the questions. under any program of activity receiving financial assistance.” Belleville East and Belleville West will not discriminate in its programs and activities against any person SURVEYS REQUESTING PERSONAL INFORMATION because of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual preference, or handicap. School officials and staff members will not request, nor disclose, the identity of any student who completes Concerns regarding this policy should be referred to the Building Principals. any survey or evaluation (created by any person or entity, including the school or district) containing one or more of the following items: Stevens Amendment 1. Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian. A number of district programs, projects, and in-service opportunities depend in whole or in part on federal 2. Mental or psychological problems of the student or the student’s family. funding derived from various grants, such as Title I, Title II, Title IV, Title V, Perkins Vocational, and Tech Prep. These grants provide vital funding to help maintain, enhance, and improve district programs and 3. Behaviors or attitudes about sex. initiatives. District 201 coordinates services between and among these vital federal funds and state and 4. Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior. local grants and revenue sources. District Parent Advisory Committee will meet annually to review the 5. Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom students have close family relationships. school improvement process and how it relates to academic performance. 6. Legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those with lawyers, physicians, THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT and ministers. The Illinois State Board of Education considers the school enrollment, attendance and success of 7. Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian. homeless children and youth throughout the state as a high priority. It is the policy of the ISBE that every 8. Income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for homeless child and youth be identified as required by the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance receiving financial assistance under such program). Act. For more information visit www.isbe.net. The student’s parent/guardian may inspect the survey or evaluation upon, and refuse to allow their child OFFENDER COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION LAW or ward to participate in the survey. The school will not penalize any student whose parent/guardian(s) State law requires District 201 officials to notify parent(s)/guardian(s) that information about sex offenders exercised this option. and violent offenders against youth are available to the public at the following two websites: The Illinois Sex Offender Registry @ http://www.isp.state.il.us/sor/ and the Illinois Statewide Child Murderer STUDENT BIOMETIC INFORMATION & Violent Offender Against Youth Registry @ http://www.isp.stateil.us/cmvo/. Before collecting biometric information from students, the school must seek the permission of the student’s parent/guardian or the student, if over the age of 18. Biometric information means information that is collected from students based on their unique characters, such as a fingerprint, voice recognition or retinal scan.

28 29 SCHOOL REPORT CARD The District charges $.35 per page for copying but no one will be denied their right to copies of their records for inability to pay this cost. The school report card is a document that is produced by the Illinois State Board of Education for each public school and school district in compliance with the Illinois School Code. The report card describes These rights are denied to any person against whom an order of protection has been entered the performance of students by school attendance centers and by district. The report card also describes concerning the student. the district’s use of financial resources. 2. The right to request removal from the student’s academic transcript one or more scores The final page of the school report card indicates whether Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is being received on college entrance examinations. made as required by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). This page provides a breakdown of students A parent/guardian or eligible student may ask the District to remove certain scores of college meeting/exceeding state standards, the percent of students tested, and the graduation and/or attendance entrance exams from their student’s academic transcript. Students often take college entrance rates. NCLB requires that this information be reported in the areas of mathematics and reading for all examinations multiple times in order to improve their results. Test publishers provide the results from students. Student achievement in these areas is also reported by “subgroup.” The federal government each examination taken to the student’s high school. Schools must include each of these scores mandates that test results for the following subgroups be calculated: gender, race/ethnicity, limited English on the student’s transcript, which may result in academic transcripts having multiple scores from a proficiency, migrant, students with Individualized Education Plans and students receiving free or reduced single college entrance exam. A parent/guardian or eligible student may not want certain scores to lunch. The report cards for BTHS 201 may be accessed on the district website, www.bths201.org. be sent to postsecondary institutions to which the student applies. To request the removal of scores on college entrance examinations, the parent/guardian or eligible student must submit a written FEDERAL FUNDING request stating the name of each college entrance examination that is the subject of the request and the dates of the scores that are to be removed. District 201 annually applies for and receives federal funds through the Title I and Title II Grant Programs. Title I funds are used to provide supplemental resources for at-risk students. The funds are concentrated 3. the right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the parent/ in the areas of Language Arts and Math. Title II funds are used to lower class size in Math. More specific guardian or eligible student believes are inaccurate, irrelevant, or improper. information regarding these funds and other state grant funds and their subsequent use can be obtained A parent/guardian or eligible student may ask the District to amend a record that is believed to be from the building principal. inaccurate, irrelevant, or improper. Requests should be send to the building principal and should clearly identify the record the parent/guardian or eligible student wants changed and the specific TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS reason a change is being sought. Parent(s)/guardian(s) may request, from the principal, answers to the following questions about If the District decides not to amend the record, the District will notify the parent/guardian or eligible their children’s classroom teachers. student of the decision and advise him or her of their right to a hearing regarding the request for Has the teacher met state qualification and licensing criteria for the grades and subjects he/she teaches? amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the parent/ guardian or eligible student when notified of the right to a hearing. Is the teacher under emergency or provisional status? 4. the right to permit disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s What was the teacher’s college or university major course of study? education records, except to the extent that the FERPA or Illinois School Student Records What bachelor’s and master’s degrees has the teacher earned? Act authorizes disclosure without consent. What certifications in what subject areas does the teacher hold? Disclosure without consent is permitted to school officials with legitimate educational or administra- Does the child receive services from a paraprofessional, and if so, what are that person’s qualifications? tive interests. A school official is a person employed by the District as an administrator, supervisor, instructor, or support staff member (including health or medical staff and law enforcement unit STUDENT RECORDS POLICIES personnel); a person serving on the School Board; a person or company with whom the District has contracted to perform a special task (such as an attorney, auditor, medical consultant, or therapist); Belleville Township High School District 201 endeavors to protect its students from unwarranted invasion or any parent/guardian or student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance of privacy and to share information with students and parents. If at any time you have any questions committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a regarding the information contained in the school records or have any questions about the release of legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his this information, please contact the school’s principal. or her professional responsibility. A school student record is any writing or other recorded information concerning a student and by which Upon request, the District discloses education records without consent to officials of another school a student may be identified individually that is maintained by a school or at its direction or by a school district in which a student has enrolled or intends to enroll, as well as to any person as specifically employee, regardless of how or where the information is stored, except for certain records kept in a staff required by State or federal law. Before information is released to these individuals, the parents/ member’s sole possession; records maintained by law enforcement officers working in the school; video guardians or eligible student will receive prior written notice of the nature and substance of the and other electronic recordings that are created in part for law enforcement, security, or safety reasons information, and an opportunity to inspect, copy, and challenge such records. or purposes; and electronic recordings made on school buses. Academic grades and references to expulsions or out-of-school suspensions cannot be challenged at The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Illinois Student Records Act afford the time a student’s records are being forwarded to another school to which the student is transferring. parents/guardians and students over 18 years of age (“eligible students”) certain rights with respect to the student’s school records. They are: Disclosure is also permitted without consent to: any person for research, statistical reporting or planning, provided that no student or parent/guardian can be identified; any person named in a court 1. The right to inspect and copy the student’s education records within 15 school days of the order; appropriate persons if the knowledge of such information is necessary to protect the health day the District receives a request for access. or safety of the student or other persons; and juvenile authorities when necessary for the discharge The degree of access a student has to his or her records depends on the student’s age. Students of their official duties who request information before adjudication of the student. less than 18 years of age have the right to inspect and copy only their permanent record. Students 18 years of age or older have access and copy rights to both permanent and temporary records. A parent/guardian or student should submit to the building principal a written request that identifies the record(s) he or she wishes to inspect. The principal will make arrangements for access and notify the parent/guardian or student of the time and place where the records may be inspected.

30 31 5. the right to a copy of any school student record proposed to be destroyed or deleted. The permanent record is maintained for at least 60 years after the student transfers, graduates, or CALENDAR YEARS permanently withdraws. The temporary record is maintained for at least 5 years after the student transfers, graduates, or permanently withdraws. Temporary records that may be of assistance to a student with a disability who graduates or permanently withdraws, may, after 5 years, be transferred 2014 to the parent/guardian or to the student, if the student has succeeded to the rights of the parent/ S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S guardian. Student temporary records are reviewed every 4 years or upon a student’s change in 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 attendance centers, whichever occurs first. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 April

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 March 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 January 6. the right to prohibit the release of directory information. 26 27 28 29 30 31 February 23 24 25 26 27 28 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 30 31

Throughout the school year, the District may release directory information regarding students, limited to: S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 Name 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 July May June

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 August 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Address 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Gender 31 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Grade level 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Birth date and place 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 October December November

September 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 28 29 30 31 Parent/guardian names, addresses, electronic mail addresses, and telephone numbers 30 Photographs, videos, or digital images used for informational or news-related purposes (whether by a media outlet or by the school) of a student participating in school or school-sponsored 2015 activities, organizations, and athletics that have appeared in school publications, such as S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S yearbooks, newspapers, or sporting or fine arts programs 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 April

Academic awards, degrees, and honors 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 March 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 January 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 February 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 Information in relation to schoolsponsored activities, organizations, and athletics S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Major field of study 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

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17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 August 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Any parent/guardian or eligible student may prohibit the release of any or all of the above information 31 30 31 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S by delivering a written objection to the building principal within 30 days of the date of this notice. 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7. the right to request that military recruiters or institutions of higher learning not be granted 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 October December November access to your student’s information without your prior written consent. September 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 Federal law requires a secondary school to grant military recruiters and institutions of higher learning, upon their request, access to secondary school students’ names, addresses, and telephone numbers, unless the parent/guardian, or student who is 18 years of age or older, request that the information 2016 not be disclosed without prior written consent. If you wish to exercise this option, notify the building S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 principal. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 April

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obtuse – lacking in intellect. Because he was so obtuse, he could not -cise- (cut) – excise, incisors, incision, incisive, precise, concise, follow the teacher's reasoning. August decision August 12 Tuesday 16 Saturday

August 17 Sunday

August August

13 Wednesday Quote of “Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one the Week cannot be friends with anyone else.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Weekly Hall pass

Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher

August 14 Thursday

August 34 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 35 18 Monday 22 Friday 7:00 PM - Varsity Boys Football vs OPEN Blue/White Scrimmage (H) 7:00 PM - Varsity Girls FB Cheerleading vs OPEN Blue/White Scrimmage (H - Belleville East - Football Stadium)

sedentary – inactive; characterized by too little exercise. She led a -scrib- (write) – scribble, inscribe, scribe, describe, conscription, sedentary life filled with TV watching. August transcribe, subscribe, prescribe, manuscript August 19 Tuesday 1:00 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Alton 23 Saturday 8:30 AM - Varsity Girls Golf vs High School,OPEN Alton Redbird Mascoutah High School,OPEN Classic (A - Spencer T. Olin Golf Mascoutah Golf Invitational (A - Course) Locust Hills Golf Course) 12:00 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Quincy Senior High School ,OPEN Quincy Tourney (A - WestviewA uguGolf Course)st 24 Sunday

August August

20 Wednesday Quote of the Week A POLITE person has good manners and is courteous to others.

Weekly Hall pass

Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher

August 21 Thursday 3:30 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Belleville West H.S.,OPEN Belleville West Invitational (A - Triple Lakes Golf Course) 3:30 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Belleville West H.S.,OPEN Goalby/Haas Classic (A - St. Clair Country Club) 3:30 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs Belleville West H.S.,OPEN Goalby/Haas Classic (A - St. Clair Country Club) August 36 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 37 25 Monday 1:00 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Althoff 29 Friday 1:00 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs O’Fallon High School,Belleville West Township High School,OPEN Lady H.S. St. Clair Co. Tourney (A - Panthers Tournament (A - Tamarack Country Club) Tamarack Country Club) 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf Danville High School (A) vs Alton High School,OPEN Alton 7:00 PM - Varsity Boys Football vs Normal (H - Belleville East HS) Community High Sch (A) TBA - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs 7:00 PM - Varsity Girls FB Cheerleading vs Metro-East Lutheran,Belleville Normal Community High Sch (A) West H.S. Metro Boys Cup (A - TBA - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Belle Clair Soccer Fields) OPEN,Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Highland High School,Jacksonville High School,Marion High School,Mascoutah High School,Springfield High School Metro thwart – prevent from taking place. He felt that everyone was trying to -logy (study, science) – biology, anthropology, geology, neurology, Cup (A - Belle Clair Soccer Fields) thwart his plans. August entomology, philology, mythology August 8:00 AM - Varsity Coed Cross Country vs OPEN,Belleville West 26 Tuesday 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf vs 30 Saturday H.S.,O’Fallon Township High School OFALLON/B. West @ B. West (A - Belleville West H.S.) Collinsville High School (H - Clinton 8:00 AM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Champaign Centennial High School ,OPEN Champaign Invitational (A - Champaign Centennial HS) Hill Golf Course) 11:00 AM - Freshman Boys Football vs Normal Community High 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Sch (H) 1:00 PM - Sophomore Boys Football vs Normal Community High Triad High School (A) Sch (H) TBA - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs OPEN,Althoff High School,Belleville 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs West H.S.,Highland High School,Jacksonville High School,Marion High School,Mascoutah High School,Springfield High School Mater Dei High School (H) Metro Cup (A - Belleville East - Football Stadium) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball August vs Mater Dei High School (H - 31 Sunday Belleville East - Main Gym) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Waterloo High School (A) TBA - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Metro-East Lutheran,Belleville West H.S. Metro Boys Cup (A - Belle Clair Soccer Fields)August August 27 Wednesday 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs O’Fallon High School (H) Quote of A friend invites you to stay for dinner, but you don’t TBA - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs the Week like what’s being served. What do you do? Metro-East Lutheran,Belleville West H.S. Metro Boys Cup (A - Belle Clair Soccer Fields) Weekly Hall pass

Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher

August 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Golf vs 28 Thursday Edwardsville High School Edwardsville H. S. (A) 3:30 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs Edwardsville High School (A) 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs OPEN,Triad Community Schools Triad (H - Clinton Hill Golf Course) 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Freeburg High School (H - Belleville East - Annex Gym) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Freeburg High School (H - Belleville East - Main Gym) TBA - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Belleville West H.S. Metro Boys Cup (H) TBA - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs OPEN,Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Highland High School,Jacksonville High School,Marion High School,Mascoutah High School,Springfield High School Metro Cup (A - Belle Clair Soccer Fields)August 38 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 39 1 Monday Labor Day 5 Friday 3:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Labor Day Moline High School (A) 4:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs 7:00 PM - Varsity Boys Football vs Granite City High School (A) Normal Community West (H) 7:00 PM - Varsity Girls FB Cheerleading vs Normal Community West (H)

inundate – flood. The celebrity was inundated with requests for his -dict- (say) – dictionary, predict, malediction, dictation, interdict, autograph. September contradict, edict, verdict, benediction, abdicate September 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf 8:30 AM - Varsity Coed Cross Country vs Granite 2 Tuesday 6 Saturday City Senior High School,OPEN Granite City vs Granite City High School (H - Invitational (A - Granite City High School) Clinton Hill Golf Course) 8:30 AM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Moline Senior High School,OPEN Moline Invitational (A - 3:45 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Golf vs Moline HS) Edwardsville High School,Granite 11:00 AM - Freshman Boys Football vs Normal City Senior High School,O’Fallon Community West (A) 1:00 PM - Sophomore Boys Football vs Normal Township High School O’Fallon, Community West (A) Granite City, Edwardsville (H) September 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs 7 Sunday Edwardsville High School (A)

September September 3 Wednesday 3:30 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Alton High School (H - Clinton Hill Golf Quote of “One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone Course) the Week is to beat him at politeness.” – Josh Billings 3:30 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs Belleville West H.S. (A) 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Weekly Hall pass Waterloo Gibault (A) Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher

September 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf vs 4 Thursday Freeburg High School (H - Clinton Hill Golf Course) 3:30 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Freeburg High School (H - Clinton Hill Golf Course) 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs Freeburg High School,Marissa High School,OPEN Freeburg, Marissa (A) 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Waterloo High School (H - Belleville East - Annex Gym) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Quincy High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Waterloo High School (H - Belleville East - Main Gym) 5:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs Triad High School Septe(H) mber 40 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 41 8 Monday 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf vs 12 Friday 12:30 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Mascoutah High School (H) Carbondale Community High 3:30 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs School,Belleville West H.S.,OPEN Collinsville High School (A) Terrier 2 Man Challenge (A - 3:30 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs Triad Jackson Country Country Country High School (A) Club) 5:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball Mehlville High School (A) vs Lincoln High School,OPEN Lincoln Tournament (A - Lincoln High School) 7:00 PM - Varsity Boys Football vs Collinsville High School (A) 7:00 PM - Varsity Girls FB Cheerleading vs Collinsville High loquacious – talkative. He is very loquacious and spends hours on the -neo- (new) – neologism, neophyte, Neolithic, neoclassic, neoPlatonist, School (A) telephone. September neonatal September 8:00 AM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Bloomington High School,OPEN 3:30 PM - Varsity Boys Golf Bloomington Tourney (A - Bloomington High School) 9 Tuesday 13 Saturday 8:00 AM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Edwardsville High School,OPEN vs O’Fallon Township High Edwardsville JV Tourney (A - Edwardsville High School) 8:00 AM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Waterloo High School,Belleville West School,Althoff High School Althoff H.S.,OPEN Waterloo JV Tourney (A - Waterloo High School) 9:00 AM - Freshman Boys Football vs Collinsville High School (A) / O’Fallon (A - Tamarack Country 9:00 AM - Varsity Coed Cross Country vs Belleville West H.S.,OPEN Belleville West Invitational (A - Belleville West H.S.) Club) 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Lincoln High School,OPEN Lincoln Tournament (A - Lincoln High School) 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball 11:00 AM - Sophomore Boys Football vs Collinsville High School (A) 1:00 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs Alton High School,OPEN Alton Tourney vs Mascoutah High School (A) (A - Woodlands Golf Club) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball September vs Mascoutah High School (A) 14 Sunday 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Alton High School (H)

September September 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf vs Belleville 10 Wednesday West H.S.,Edwardsville High School Quote of Edwardsville, B. West (A - Triple Lakes Golf TRUTHFULNESS is being honest and sincere with others. Course) the Week 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Golf vs Edwardsville High School,Granite City Senior High School,Highland High School,O’Fallon Township High School O’Fallon, Highland, Edw, Weekly Hall pass Granite City (H) 3:30 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Edwardsville High School,Sparta High School Edwardsville/Sparta Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher (A - Oakbrook Golf Club) 4:00 PM - Varsity Coed Cross Country vs Edwardsville High School,OPEN Tiger Fall Classic (A - SIUE CC Course) 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Althoff High School (H) 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Alton High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Alton High School (H) September 11 Thursday 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf vs O’Fallon Township High School,Belleville West H.S. O’Fallon, B. West (A - Yorktown Golf Complex) 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (H) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Alton Marquette (A)

September 42 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 43 15 Monday 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls 19 Friday 1:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Golf vs Edwardsville High Jefferson City High School,Rock School,Highland High Bridge High School,OPEN Mid School,O’Fallon Township High Missouri Duals (A - Columbia MO- School Highland, Edwardsville, Bethel Park) O’Fallon (A) TBA - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs 4:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs Jacksonville High School,OPEN O’Fallon High School (A) Jacksonville JV Invitational (A - 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Mt. Jacksonville High School) Vernon High School,Centralia High School,OPEN Centralia/Mt. Vernon (A - Mt. Vernon-Green Hill G. C.)

repugnance – loathing. She looked at the criminal with repugnance. ad- (to) – adhesive, adapt, addendum, addition, adherent, advent, September advocate September 8:30 AM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Pekin Community High School ,OPEN 3:30 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs Pekin Dragon (A - Lick Creek Golf Course) 16 Tuesday 20 Saturday 9:00 AM - Freshman Boys Football vs Belleville West H.S. (H) Collinsville High School,Waterloo 9:00 AM - Varsity Coed Cross Country vs Hazelwood Central High School,OPEN Hazelwood Central Paul Enke Invite (A - Sioux High School Collinsville, Waterloo Passage) 9:15 AM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Francis Howell High School,OPEN (A) Francis Howell JV Tournament (A - Francis Howell High School) 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball 1:00 PM - Varsity Boys Football vs Belleville West H.S. (H) 1:00 PM - Varsity Girls FB Cheerleading vs Belleville West H.S. (H) vs O’Fallon High School (H) 1:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Triad High School (H) TBA - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Jacksonville High School,OPEN 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball Jacksonville JV Invitational (A - Jacksonville High School) vs O’Fallon High School (H) September 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs 21 Sunday O’Fallon High School (H)

September September 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf vs Althoff 17 Wednesday High School,Alton High School,Belleville Quote of West H.S.,Centralia High the Week Your younger sibling is punished for something you did wrong. What do you do? School,Collinsville High School,Columbia High School,Edwardsville High School,Freeburg High School,Granite City Senior High School,Marissa High Weekly Hall pass School,Mascoutah High School,O’Fallon Township High School,Waterloo High Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher School JV Yorktown Tourney (H - Yorktown Golf Complex) 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Golf vs Belleville West H.S. (A) 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs Alton High School,Granite City Senior High School Alton, Granite City (A) 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Alton High SchoolSepte (A) mber 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf vs Belleville West 18 Thursday H.S.,Collinsville High School Collinsville, B. West (H - Clinton Hill Golf Course) 3:30 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Belleville West H.S. (A) 3:30 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs Althoff High School,Alton High School,Belleville West H.S.,Civic Memorial HS,Collinsville High School,Columbia High School,Freeburg High School,Granite City Senior High School,Highland High School,Mascoutah High School,O’Fallon Township High School,Okawville Jr/Sr High School,Triad Community Schools,Waterloo High School Yorktown Tourney (H - Yorktown Golf Complex) 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Collinsville High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Collinsville High School (A) 5:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs Edwardsville High School (H - Belleville East - Underclass Soccer Field) September 44 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 45 4:00 PM - Freshman Boys 1:00 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Edwardsville High 22 Monday 26 Friday School,OPEN Edwardsville Invitational (A - Soccer vs O’Fallon Township Oakbrook Golf Club) High School,OPEN O’Fallon 1:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Althoff High Tournament (A - O’Fallon Family School,Belleville West H.S.,Edwardsville Sports Park) High School,Granite City Senior High School,Jefferson City High School,Normal 4:00 PM - Sophomore Boys Football Community High School,O’Fallon Township vs Belleville West H.S. (A) High School,Quincy Senior High School 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs ,Rock Bridge High School,Rock Island High School,Sacred Heart-griffin High Edwardsville High School,OPEN School,Triad Community Schools,University Edwardsville (JV) (A - Belleville High School-Normal Southern Ill. Duals- East HS) Varsity (H - Belleville East HS) 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Belleville West H.S. (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Belleville West H.S. (A) rescind – void. Because of public resentment, the legislature had to -centri- (center) – centrifugal, centripetal, centrist, concentric, 7:00 PM - Varsity Boys Football vs East St. Louis rescind the new law. September decentralize, eccentric Sr. High (A) September 9:00 AM - Freshman Boys Football vs East St. Louis Sr. High (H) First Day of Autumn 9:00 AM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Triad 23 Tuesday 27 Saturday Community Schools East Round Robin (H - Belleville East - Main & Annex 1 Gym) First Day of Autumn 9:00 AM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Centralia High School,OPEN Centralia Best-Ball Tourney (A - Greenview Golf Course) 3:45 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Granite City 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Edwardsville Senior High School,East St. Louis Sr High High School,Granite City Senior High School,Jefferson City High School,Normal Community High School,O’Fallon Township High School,Quincy Senior High School Granite City & E. St. Louis (A) School ,Rock Bridge High School,Rock Island High School,Sacred Heart-griffin High School,Triad Community Schools,University High School-Normal Southern Ill. 4:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs O’Fallon Duals-Varsity (H - Belleville East HS) 9:45 AM - Varsity Coed Cross Country vs Springfield High School (A - Springfield Township High School,OPEN O’Fallon - Lincoln Park) 11:00 AM - Sophomore Boys Football vs East St. Louis Sr. High (H) Tournament (A - O’Fallon Family Sports 1:00 PM - Varsity Girls FB Cheerleading vs East St. Louis Sr. High (A) Park) 1:30 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs OPEN,BellevilleSepte West H.S. Riverm Challengeber (A) 4:00 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf vs Alton High School,OPEN Alton JV Invitational 28 Sunday (A - Spencer T. Olin Golf Course) 4:00 PM - Varsity Coed Cross Country vs Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S. City Meet (H) 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs O’Fallon High School (A) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Belleville West H.S. (A)September September 24 Wednesday Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown Quote of “Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf vs the Week life and share with the people the same happiness.” – Kahlil Gibran O’Fallon High School (A) 4:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs O’Fallon Township Weekly Hall pass High School,OPEN O’Fallon Tournament (A - O’Fallon Family Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher Sports Park) 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Belleville West H.S. (H)

September 25 Thursday 3:30 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs Althoff High School (H) TBA - Freshman Boys Soccer vs O’Fallon Township High School,OPEN O’Fallon Tournament (A - O’Fallon Family Sports Park)

September 46 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 47 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf vs Eid al-Adha begins at sundown 29 Monday 3 Friday Yom Kippur begins at sundown Waterloo High School (A) Yom Kippur begins at sundown 3:30 PM - Varsity Boys Golf vs 7:00 PM - Varsity Boys Football vs Alton High School (H) Waterloo High School (A) 7:00 PM - Varsity Girls FB Cheerleading vs Alton High 5:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs School (H) TBA - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Quincy Senior High Alton High School (H) School ,OPEN Gateway Classic (A - Columbia High School) TBA - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Breese Mater Dei High School,Central High School,Champaign Centennial High School ,Columbia High School,Cor Jesu Academy,Fox High School,Incarnate Word Academy,Mascoutah High School,Mt. Pulaski High School,Nerinx Hall High School,Normal Community High School,Parkway West High School,Quincy Senior High School ,Ursuline Academy,Waterloo Gibault High School Belleville East Metro Classic (H - Belleville East - taut – tight. They pulled the rope taut for a firm hold. -duc-, -duct- (lead) – induce, seduce, produce, reduce, conduct, September ductile, abduct, product, reduction, reproduction Main & Annex 1 Gym) October 8:00 AM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs OPEN,Edwardsville High School Conference JV Tourney 9:00 AM - Varsity Girls Golf vs O’Fallon (A - Belleville West H.S.) 30 Tuesday 4 Saturday 9:00 AM - Freshman Boys Football vs Alton High School (A) Township High School,Belleville West 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Breese Mater Dei High School,Central High School,Champaign Centennial High School ,Columbia H.S.,OPEN SWC Tournament (A - Belk High School,Cor Jesu Academy,Fox High School,Incarnate Word Academy,Mascoutah High School,Mt. Pulaski High School,Nerinx Hall High School,Normal Community Park Golf Course) High School,Parkway West High School,Quincy Senior High School ,Ursuline Academy,Waterloo Gibault High School Belleville East Metro Classic (H - Belleville 9:30 AM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Granite East - Main & Annex 1 Gym) 10:30 AM - Varsity Coed Cross Country vs Peoria High School,OPEN Peoria Invitational City Senior High School,Belleville West (A - Peoria-Detweiller Park) 11:00 AM - Sophomore Boys Football vs Alton High School (A) TBA - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Quincy Senior High School ,OPEN Gateway Classic H.S.,OPEN Conference Tournament (A - (A - Columbia High School) TBA - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Quincy Senior High School ,OPEN Gateway Classic Stonewolf G.C.) (A - Columbia High School) 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf October vs O’Fallon Township High School,Belleville West H.S. O’Fallon, B. 5 Sunday West (A - Triple Lakes Golf Course) 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Granite City High School (H) 5:00 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Springfield High School (H) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Springfield HighSepte School (H)mber October 1 Wednesday 3:45 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Golf vs Granite City Senior High Quote of A CONSCIENTIOUS person recognizes the difference School,Edwardsville High School the Week between right and wrong and acts accordingly. Granite City, Edwardsville (A) 4:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs Collinsville High School (A) Weekly Hall pass 4:00 PM - Varsity Coed Cross Country vs Triad Community Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher Schools,OPEN Triad Invitational (A - Triad High School)

October 2 Thursday 1:00 PM - Varsity Girls Golf vs Edwardsville High School,OPEN Edwardsville Invitational (A - Oakbrook Golf Club) 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Edwardsville High School (H)

October 48 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 49 6 Monday 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Golf vs 10 Friday 12:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis O’Fallon High School (A) vs OPEN,Belleville West H.S. 4:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs Conference Tourney (A) Belleville West H.S. (A) 5:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Waterloo Gibault (H) Collinsville High School (H) 7:00 PM - Varsity Boys Football vs Granite City High School (H) 7:00 PM - Varsity Girls FB Cheerleading vs Granite City High School (H)

grandiose – imposing; pompous. The professor’s grandiose manner -spir- (breath) – spirit, conspire, inspire, aspire, expire, perspire, overwhelmed his students. October respiration, aspirator October 9:00 AM - Varsity Boys Golf vs Quincy 8:30 AM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs OPEN,Belleville West H.S. 7 Tuesday 11 Saturday Conference Tourney (A) Senior High School ,Belleville West 9:00 AM - Freshman Boys Football vs Granite City High School (A) 9:00 AM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Belleville West H.S.,OPEN H.S.,OPEN IHSA Regional (A) West Round Robin (A - Belleville West H.S.) 4:00 PM - Varsity Coed Cross Country vs 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Quincy Senior High School ,OPEN Quincy Invitational (A - Quincy High School) East St. Louis Sr High School,OPEN 9:30 AM - Varsity Coed Cross Country vs Centralia High St. Clair County Meet (A - E St. Louis Sr School,OPEN Centralia Invitational (A - Centralia High School) 11:00 AM - Sophomore Boys Football vs Granite City High High - Clyde C. Jordan Stadium) School (A) 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs 2:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Waterloo Gibault (A) Althoff High School (A) October 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Althoff High School (A) 12 Sunday 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Granite City High School (A) 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Football vs O’Fallon Township High School,Belleville West H.S. B Game O’Fallon Freshman Jamboree (A - O’Fallon High School)October October 8 Wednesday 9:00 AM - Varsity Girls Golf vs OPEN,Belleville West H.S. IHSA Quote of The clerk at the grocery store mistakenly gives you a Regional (A) the Week $10 bill instead of $1. What do you do? 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Alton Marquette (A) 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Weekly Hall pass East St. Louis Sr. High (H) 5:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher Columbia High School (H)

October 9 Thursday 1:00 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Golf vs O’Fallon Township High School,Belleville West H.S.,OPEN Futures Tourney (A) 3:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Golf vs O’Fallon Township High School,OPEN O’Fallon Par 3 Tournament (A - Yorktown Golf Complex) 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Edwardsville High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Edwardsville High School (H) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Althoff High SchoolO ctober(H) 50 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 51 13 Monday Columbus Day (Observed) 17 Friday 1:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Columbus Day (Observed) Belleville West H.S.,OPEN IHSA Sectional (A) 4:00 PM - Varsity Coed Cross Country vs Edwardsville High School,OPEN Conference Meet (A - Belleville West H.S.)

maniacal – insane; raving mad. His maniacal laughter frightened the -fer- (carry) – transfer, infer, refer, defer, ferry, confer, aquifer, children. October auriferous October 8:30 AM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Collinsville High 14 Tuesday 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Football 18 Saturday School,OPEN Collinsville Tourney (A - Collinsville High School) vs Mascoutah High School B 8:30 AM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Bradley-Bourbonnais game (A) Community High School,OPEN Darla Moldenhauer Classic (A - Bradley-Bourbonnais High School) 5:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs 9:00 AM - Freshman Boys Football vs O’Fallon High School (A) Waterloo High School (A) 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Girls Tennis vs Belleville West H.S.,OPEN IHSA Sectional (A) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs 1:00 PM - Varsity Boys Football vs O’Fallon High School (A) Collinsville High School (H) 1:00 PM - Varsity Girls FB Cheerleading vs O’Fallon High School (A) October 19 Sunday

October October 15 Wednesday 5:00 PM - Freshman Boys Soccer vs Mascoutah High School (A) Quote of “There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful the Week as conscience which dwells within us.” – Sophocles

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October 16 Thursday 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Granite City High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Granite City High School (A) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Carbondale High School (A)

October 52 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 53 20 Monday 4:00 PM - Sophomore Boys Football 24 Friday Muharram begins at sundown vs O’Fallon High School (H) Muharram begins at sundown 4:00 PM - Varsity Coed Cross 7:00 PM - Varsity Boys Football vs Country vs Edwardsville High Edwardsville High School (H) School,OPEN Tiger Fresh/Soph 7:00 PM - Varsity Girls FB Invitati (A - SIUE CC Course) Cheerleading vs Edwardsville High School (H)

expletive – profanity. The coach did not allow expletives to be used in -pend- (hang) – pending, pendulum, pendant, impending, depend, the locker room. October pendulous, suspend, appendage, expenditure October 21 Tuesday 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball 25 Saturday 9:00 AM - Freshman Boys Football vs vs Breese Central High School (A) Edwardsville High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball 11:00 AM - Sophomore Boys Football vs Breese Central High School (A) vs Edwardsville High School JV 7:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Soccer vs Game (A) Belleville West H.S.,Collinsville High School,OPEN IHSA Regional (A) October 26 Sunday

October October

22 Wednesday Quote of the Week SELF-RESPECT is pride in yourself and your abilities.

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October 23 Thursday 4:30 PM - Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Triad High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Volleyball vs Triad High School (A)

October 54 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 55 27 Monday 4:00 PM - Sophomore Boys Football 31 Friday Halloween vs Edwardsville High School (H) Halloween

remiss – negligent. He is remiss in his obligation if he doesn’t give a contribution. October -dom (quality, realm) – kingdom, freedom, wisdom, stardom, chiefdom October 28 Tuesday 1 Saturday

November 2 Sunday Standard Time returns Standard Time returns

October November

29 Wednesday Quote of A teammate says, “You missed an easy basket. It’s your the Week fault we lost the game!” How do you react?

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October 56 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 57 3 Monday 7 Friday

compatible – in harmony with. They were compatible neighbors, never -micro- (small) – micron, microscope, microwave, microfilm, arguing over anything. November microphone, microcosm, microorganism November 4 Tuesday Election Day 8 Saturday 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling Election Day vs Collinsville High School,OPEN Collinsville Kahok Boys Varsity Inv (A - Camelot Bowl) November 9 Sunday

November November

5 Wednesday Quote of “Character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life the Week – is the source from which self-respect springs.” – Joan Didion

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November 6 Thursday

November 58 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 59 10 Monday 14 Friday

mesmerize – hypnotize. The music seems to mesmerize her into a -hydro- (water) – hydroplane, hydroponics, hydraulic, dehydrate, trance. November hydrant, hydrogen, hydrophobia November 11 Tuesday Veterans Day 15 Saturday Veterans Day

November 16 Sunday

November November

12 Wednesday Quote of the Week You demonstrate PATRIOTISM by showing love and respect for your country.

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November 60 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 61 17 Monday 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling 21 Friday vs Belleville West H.S.,O’Fallon Township High School O’Fallon Triangular (H - Bel-Air Bowl)

genealogy – family tree; lineage. He was proud of his genealogy and -photo- (light) – photograph, photometer, photon, photogenic, referred to his ancestors often. November photosynthesis November 10:00 AM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs 18 Tuesday 22 Saturday Breese Central High School (A) 12:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Salem High School,OPEN Salem Thanksgiving Tournament vs. Salem (A) 7:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Salem High School,OPEN Salem Thanksgiving Tournament vs. Carlyle (A - Salem High School) November 23 Sunday

November November

19 Wednesday Quote of During an assembly, you notice kids around you who don’t the Week stand for the national anthem. What do you do?

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November 20 Thursday 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs O’Fallon High School Boys Only (H - St Clair Bowl) 8:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Salem High School,OPEN Salem Thanksgiving Tourn vs. Civic Memorial (A - Salem High School)

November 62 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 63 24 Monday 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Wrestling 28 Friday 7:45 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Vianney High School (A) vs Centralia High School,OPEN 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling Centralia Thanksgiving vs Vianney High School (A) Tournament vs. Centralia (A - 6:15 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball Centralia High School) vs Centralia High School,OPEN Centralia Thanksgiving Tournament vs. Mahomet Seymour (A - Centralia High School)

equitable – impartial; just. I am seeking an equitable solution to this -pan- (all) – panorama, panoply, pandemic, pantheism, pantheon, dispute. November pandemonium, Pan-American November 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs Collinsville High 25 Tuesday 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling 29 Saturday School,OPEN Collinsville Kahok Girls Varsity vs Edwardsville High School Boys Challenge (A - Camelot Bowl) 11:00 AM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Centralia High Only (A) School,OPEN Centralia Thanksgiving Tournament vs. 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Wrestling Jerseyville (A - Centralia High School) TBA - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs O’Fallon Township vs Mt. Vernon High School (A) High School,Belleville West H.S.,Edwardsville High 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball School,Marion High School,Normal Community West High School O’Fallon Multi Dual (A - O’Fallon vs Althoff High School (A) High School) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling November vs Mt. Vernon High School (A) 30 Sunday

November November 26 Wednesday 6:15 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Centralia High School,OPEN Quote of “A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers and woods, but it Centralia Thanksgiving the Week is a principle – and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.” – George William Curtis Tournament vs. Mascoutah (A - Centralia High School) Weekly Hall pass

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November 27 Thursday Thanksgiving Thanksgiving

November 64 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 65 1 Monday 5 Friday 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Fox High School,OPEN Fox HS Tourney (A - Fox High School)

replica – copy. This is a replica of the original U.S. Constitution. -ess (female) – goddess, lioness, actress, princess, baroness, priestess, December waitress December 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Fox High School,OPEN Fox HS 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs Tourney (A - Fox High School) 2 Tuesday 6 Saturday 9:30 AM - Freshman Boys Wrestling vs Granite City Senior High East St. Louis Sr. High (A) School,OPEN Granite City Fr. Tourney (A - Granite City High School) 10:00 AM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs Belleville West H.S. (A) 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball 11:30 AM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs Belleville West H.S.,OPEN Freshman B game v. B. West (A) vs Alton High School (H) 11:30 AM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Belleville West H.S. (A) 1:00 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs Harrisburg High School,OPEN 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball Harrisburg Bulldog Invitational(Boys Only) (A - Ross Cottom Lanes) vs Alton High School (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs Marion High School (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Marion High School (H - Belleville East - Main Gym) December 7 Sunday

December December 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling 3 Wednesday Quote of vs Granite City High School (H - A COURTEOUS person is polite and respectful. Bel-Air Bowl) the Week 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs O’Fallon High School (H) 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball Weekly Hall pass vs O’Fallon High School (A) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher vs O’Fallon High School (A) 7:30 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs O’Fallon Township High School,OPEN Freshman B Game vs. O’Fallon (H) 7:30 PM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs O’Fallon HighDece Schoolm (H)ber 4 Thursday 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs Alton High School (A - Bel-Air Bowl)

December 66 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 67 8 Monday 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Wrestling 12 Friday 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs vs Oakville High School (A) East St. Louis Sr. High (H) 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Mater Dei High School (A) vs East St. Louis Sr. High (H - 7:30 PM - Sophomore Boys Belleville East - Main Gym) Basketball vs Mater Dei High School (A)

affable – pleasant. Although our principal is firm, she is an affable -penta- (five) – pentagram, pentagon, pentameter, pentathlon, individual. December pentarchy, pentahedron December 9:00 AM - Freshman Boys Wrestling vs Collinsville High 9 Tuesday 3:30 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs 13 Saturday School,OPEN Collinsville Fr/So Invite (A - Collinsville Collinsville High School (H - Bel-Air High School) Bowl) 10:00 AM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (A) 5:00 PM - Freshman Boys Wrestling 10:00 AM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Pekin Community vs Edwardsville High School,OPEN High School ,Bloomington High School,OPEN Pekin / Bloomington Duals (A - Pekin High School) Edwardsville Freshman Wrestling 11:30 AM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs East St. Louis Series (A - Edwardsville Sports Sr. High (A) Complex) December 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball 14 Sunday vs Edwardsville High School (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs Edwardsville High School (A) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Edwardsville High School (A) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs EdwardsvilleD eceHigh Schoolmber (H) December 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball 10 Wednesday Quote of vs Edwardsville High School (H) An elderly woman boards the bus and cannot find an open seat. What do you do? 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling the Week vs Belleville West H.S.,Althoff High School B. West / Althoff (Var) @ (A) Weekly Hall pass 7:30 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs Edwardsville High Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher School,OPEN Freshman B Game vs. Edwardsville (H) 7:30 PM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Edwardsville High School (H) December 11 Thursday 3:30 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs Belleville West H.S. (H - Bel-Air Bowl) 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (A) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs East St. Louis Sr. High (H - E St. Louis Sr High) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (A)

December 68 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 69 15 Monday 19 Friday 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Mascoutah High School,OPEN Mascoutah Wrestling Tournament (A - Mascoutah High School) 4:15 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs O’Fallon High School (H - Belleville East - Main Gym) 4:15 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs O’Fallon High School (H) 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs O’Fallon High School (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs O’Fallon High School (H)

mores – customs, morals. Mores differ among social groups, depending -tele- (far) – telescope, telephone, telegraph, telegram, television, on accepted traditions. December telecast, telekinesis, telepathy, teleology December 16 Tuesday Hanukkah begins at sundown 20 Saturday 9:00 AM - Freshman Boys Wrestling vs Belleville Hanukkah begins at sundown West H.S.,Cahokia High School,Collinsville High School,Hazelwood East High 3:30 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs School,Mascoutah High School,Oakville O’Fallon High School (A) Senior High School Lancer Fr/So Tourney (H - 4:15 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Belleville East - Main Gym) Belleville West H.S. (A) 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Mascoutah 4:15 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs High School,OPEN Mascoutah Wrestling Tournament (A - Mascoutah High School) Belleville West H.S. (A) December 5:00 PM - Freshman Boys Wrestling vs Edwardsville High School,OPEN 21 Sunday First Day of Winter Edwardsville Freshman Wrestling First Day of Winter Series (A - Edwardsville Sports Complex) 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs Belleville West H.S. (A) 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs Belleville WestD H.S.ece (A) mber December

17 Wednesday Quote of “Life is not so short but that there is always time enough the Week for courtesy.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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December 18 Thursday 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs Alton High School (H - Bel-Air Bowl) 5:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Carbondale High School (A) 5:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs O’Fallon High School (A)

December 70 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 71 22 Monday 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball 26 Friday Kwanzaa begins vs Collinsville High School (A) Kwanzaa begins 7:30 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball 11:30 AM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Collinsville High School,OPEN vs Mascoutah High School,OPEN Freshman B Game vs. Collinsville Mascoutah Tourney (A - (A) Mascoutah High School) 7:30 PM - Sophomore Boys 12:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs Collinsville High Basketball vs Althoff High School (A) School,Belleville West H.S.,Breese Mater Dei High School,Central High School,Edwardsville High School,Freeburg High School,Mt. Vernon High School Lancer Fr. Tourney (H - Belleville East - Main nebulous – cloudy; vague. Your theories are too nebulous; please -vid-, -vis- (see) – video, evident, provide, providence, vide, visible, & Annex 1 Gym) clarify them. December revise, supervise, vista visit, vision December 5:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs Althoff High 23 Tuesday 27 Saturday School,Belleville West H.S.,Breese Mater Dei High School,Central High School,Edwardsville High School,Freeburg High School,Mt. Vernon High School Lancer Fr. Tourney (H - Belleville East - Main & Annex 1 Gym) TBA - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Collinsville High School,OPEN Collinsville Tourney (A) TBA - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Mascoutah High School,OPEN Mascoutah Tourney (A - Mascoutah High School) December 28 Sunday

December December

24 Wednesday Quote of the Week Being ADVENTUROUS means you are willing to take the risk of doing something new.

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December 25 Thursday Christmas Christmas

December 72 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 73 29 Monday 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball 2 Friday Mawlid al-Nabi begins at sundown vs Collinsville High School,OPEN Collinsville Tourney (A - Collinsville High School) 11:00 AM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Lincoln High School,OPEN Lincoln Tournament (A) TBA - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Mascoutah High School,OPEN Mascoutah Tourney (A - Mascoutah High School)

burly – big and sturdy. He easily hoisted the logs atop his burly -poly- (many) – polyphony, polygon, polychrome, polytheist, polygamy, shoulder. December polyp January 30 Tuesday 11:00 AM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling 3 Saturday 8:00 AM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs Lincoln High School,OPEN vs O’Fallon Township High Lincoln Tournament (A - Lincoln School,OPEN O’Fallon (Boys High School) Team Challenge) (A - St Clair TBA - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Bowl) Collinsville High School,OPEN Collinsville Tourney (A - Collinsville High School) January 4 Sunday

December January 31 Wednesday New Year’s Eve New Year’s Eve Quote of While at camp, you have the opportunity to go rafting, something the Week you’ve never done before. What do you do?

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January 74 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 75 5 Monday 9 Friday 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs Alton High School (A) 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs Collinsville High School (A) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Collinsville High School (A)

crevice – crack; fissure. The mountain climbers found footholds in the re- (back, again) – return, report, review, retract, regain, reiterate, tiny crevices in the mountainside. January retell, revive, revise, regenerate, regurgitate January 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs OPEN Morton 6 Tuesday 10 Saturday Invitational (A - Morton High School) Granite City High School (A) 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs O’Fallon 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball Township High School,OPEN Panther GIRLS Invitational - (A - St Clair Bowl) vs Alton High School (A) 10:00 AM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs Mater Dei 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs High School (H) Alton High School (H) 10:30 AM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs O’Fallon Township High School,OPEN O’Fallon Fr. 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball Tourney (A - O’Fallon HS Milburn Campus) vs Alton High School (H - Belleville January East - Main Gym) 11 Sunday 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Alton High School (A)

January January 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys 7 Wednesday Quote of Wrestling vs Roxana High “Adventure is not outside man; it is within.” – David Grayson School,Mascoutah High the Week School,OPEN,Vandalia High School Roxana/Vandalia/ Mascoutah @ (A) Weekly Hall pass 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs Alton High School (A) Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher 7:30 PM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Alton High School (A)

January 8 Thursday 3:30 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs Edwardsville High School (H - Bel-Air Bowl) 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs Collinsville High School (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Collinsville High School (A - Belleville East HS) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Collinsville High School (H)

January 76 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 77 12 Monday 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball 16 Friday 3:15 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs O’Fallon Township High vs Granite City High School (A - School,OPEN O’Fallon Fr. Tourney Bel-Air Bowl) (A - O’Fallon HS Milburn Campus) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Quincy Senior High School ,OPEN Quincy Invitational (A - Quincy High School) 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs Granite City High School (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Granite City High School (H - Belleville East - Main Gym)

alleviate – relieve. Aspirin should alleviate the pain of your sore throat. -ward (in the direction of) – westward, backward, toward, downward, January leeward, landward January 8:40 AM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs Cahokia High 13 Tuesday 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs 17 Saturday School,Belleville West H.S.,OPEN IHSA Regionals- East St. Louis Sr. High (H) Boys (A) 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Quincy Senior High 5:00 PM - Freshman Boys School ,OPEN Quincy Invitational (A - Quincy High School) 10:00 AM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs Mascoutah High Wrestling vs Edwardsville High School (A) School,OPEN Edwardsville 10:30 AM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs Centralia High School (H) Freshman Wrestling Series (A - 11:30 AM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Mascoutah High Edwardsville Sports Complex) School (A) 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball January vs Belleville West H.S. (H) 18 Sunday 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Triad Community Schools,OPEN Triad- JV (A) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Belleville West H.S. (H) January January 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs 14 Wednesday Quote of Collinsville High School (A) CHEERFULNESS is the quality of being happy and lively. 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys the Week Wrestling vs Roxana High School,Mascoutah High School,OPEN,Vandalia High Weekly Hall pass School O’Fallon JV Tourney (A) 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher vs Granite City High School (A) 7:30 PM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Granite City High School (A) January 15 Thursday 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs Belleville West H.S. (A - Bel-Air Bowl) 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs Althoff High School (H) 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs Granite City High School (A) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Granite City High School (H - Granite City High School) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Granite City High School (A) 7:30 PM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Althoff High School (H) January 78 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 79 19 Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 23 Friday 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball (Observed) vs Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Imagine College Preparatory HS,McCluer High School,Normandy High School,OPEN Chick-fil-A Classic at Belleville East (H) 7:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Imagine College Preparatory HS,McCluer High School,Normandy High School,OPEN Chick-fil-A Classic at Belleville East (H) docile – teachable; obedient. As docile as he seems, the lion was once -hypo- (below, beneath) – hypodermic, hypocrite, hypotenuse, very ferocious. January hypothermia, hypothesis January 9:00 AM - Freshman Boys Wrestling vs O’Fallon Township High School,OPEN O’Fallon Freshmen 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling vs Tourney (A - O’Fallon High School) 20 Tuesday 24 Saturday 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Centralia High School,OPEN Centralia JV Tourney (A - Centralia High School) O’Fallon High School Girls Only (H - 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Jerseyville High School,Alton High School,Cahokia High School,OPEN Cahokia/Jersey/Alton@ Jerseyville (A) 10:00 AM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs Belleville West H.S. (H) Bel-Air Bowl) 11:30 AM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs Belleville West H.S.,OPEN Freshman B Game vs. B. West (H) 11:30 AM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Belleville West H.S. (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Imagine College Preparatory HS,McCluer High School,Normandy High School Chick-fil-A Classic at Althoff High School,Belleville West Belleville East (H) 6:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Imagine College Preparatory HS,McCluer High School,Normandy High School Chick-fil-A Classic at H.S.,Imagine College Preparatory Belleville East (H) 8:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Imagine College HS,McCluer High School,Normandy Preparatory HS,McCluer High School,Normandy High School Chick-fil-A Classic at High School,OPEN Chick-fil-A Belleville East (H) January Classic at Belleville East (H) 7:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs 25 Sunday Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Imagine College Preparatory HS,McCluer High School,Normandy High School,OPEN Chick-fil-A Classic at Belleville East (H) January January 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling 21 Wednesday Quote of vs Belleville West H.S.,OPEN A friend is going through a difficult time and seems sad lately. What do you do? Belleville West (JV ) (H - Belleville the Week East HS) 6:30 PM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Cahokia High Weekly Hall pass School (A) Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher

January 22 Thursday 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Imagine College Preparatory HS,McCluer High School,Normandy High School,OPEN Chick-fil-A Classic at Belleville East (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Edwardsville High School (H - Edwardsville High School) 7:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S.,Imagine College Preparatory HS,McCluer High School,Normandy High School,OPEN Chick-fil-A Classic at Belleville East (H) January 80 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 81 26 Monday 30 Friday 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs East St. Louis Sr. High (A) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (A)

dexterous – skillful. The dexterous magician entertained the crowd pseudo- (false) – pseudonym, pseudopodia, pseudomorph, with his sleight of hand. January pseudoscience, pseudoevent January 9:00 AM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Belleville West 27 Tuesday 3:45 PM - Varsity JV Coed Bowling 31 Saturday H.S.,OPEN SWC JV Tourney @ (A - Belleville West H.S.) 10:00 AM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs Edwardsville High vs Edwardsville High School Girls School (A) Only (A) 10:00 AM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs O’Fallon Township High School,Normal Community High School,Normal Community 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball West High School ,OPEN North/South Shootout (A - Normal vs Edwardsville High School (A) Comm. West H S) 11:30 AM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs Edwardsville High 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs School,OPEN Freshman B game vs. Edwardsville (A) 11:30 AM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Edwardsville High Belleville West H.S. (H) School (A) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball January vs Belleville West H.S. (H - 1 Sunday Belleville East - Main Gym) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Edwardsville High School (A) January February 28 Wednesday 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Alton High School (H) Quote of “Cheerfulness is a very great help in fostering the virtue of charity. the Week Cheerfulness itself is a virtue.” – Lawrence G. Lovasik

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January 29 Thursday 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (H)

January 82 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 83 2 Monday Groundhog Day 6 Friday 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball Alton High School (A) vs Mascoutah High School (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Alton High School (A)

winsome – charming. She was elected homecoming queen because of -hood (order, condition) – manhood, adulthood, parenthood, her winsome attitude. February falsehood, sisterhood February 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs 9:30 AM - Varsity JV Boys Wrestling vs Granite 3 Tuesday 7 Saturday City Senior High School,OPEN IHSA Althoff High School (H) Regionals (A) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball 10:00 AM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs East vs Althoff High School (H) St. Louis Sr. High (H) 11:00 AM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Althoff High School (H) February 8 Sunday

February February 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball 4 Wednesday Quote of vs Collinsville High School (H) A FLEXIBLE person is willing to alter plans when necessary. 7:30 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball the Week vs Collinsville High School,OPEN Freshman B Game vs. Collinsville (H) Weekly Hall pass 7:30 PM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Collinsville High Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher School (H)

February 5 Thursday 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs Althoff High School (A) 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs Waterloo High School (A) 6:15 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Breese Central High School (A) 7:30 PM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Althoff High School (A)

February 84 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 85 9 Monday 13 Friday 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs O’Fallon High School (A) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs O’Fallon High School (A)

savory – tasty. The family feasted on Aunt Helen’s savory fried chicken. -neuro- (nerve) – neuron, neurosurgeon, neurosis, neurology, February neuralgia, neurotomy February 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball Valentine’s Day 10 Tuesday 14 Saturday 10:00 AM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs vs Collinsville High School (A) Granite City High School (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball 11:30 AM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs vs Collinsville High School (A) Granite City High School (H) 2:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs Belleville West H.S.,O’Fallon Township High School,OPEN Conference Tournament @ BEFebruary (H) 15 Sunday

February February 11 Wednesday 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball vs O’Fallon High School (A) Quote of You’ve been looking forward to playing soccer with your friends, 7:30 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball the Week but it rains all day and floods the field. What do you do? vs O’Fallon Township High School,OPEN Freshman B game vs. O’Fallon (A) Weekly Hall pass 7:30 PM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs O’Fallon High Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher School (A)

February 12 Thursday Lincoln’s Birthday 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball vs Granite City High School (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Basketball vs Granite City High School (H)

February 86 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 87 16 Monday Presidents’ Day 20 Friday 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs 6:00 PM - Freshman Girls Basketball Granite City High School (A) vs Belleville West H.S.,O’Fallon 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball Township High School,OPEN vs Granite City High School (A) Conference Tournament @ BE (H)

affinity – kinship. He felt a special affinity for anyone who struggled -tom-, -tomy- (cut) – atom, tonsillectomy, appendectomy, dichotomy, with foreign languages as he did. February anatomy, lobotomy February 17 Tuesday 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs 21 Saturday TBA - Freshman Boys Basketball vs Alton High School (H) Edwardsville High School,Collinsville High School SWC Freshman Tournament @ EDW (A) TBA - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Belleville West H.S.,Granite City Senior High School SWC Conference Tournament @ FebruaryGC (A) 22 Sunday Washington’s Birthday

February February Ash Wednesday 18 Wednesday Quote of 6:00 PM - Freshman Boys Basketball “Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.” – Tony Robbins vs Alton High School (H) the Week 7:30 PM - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Alton High School (H) Weekly Hall pass

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February 19 Thursday Chinese New Year

February 88 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 89 23 Monday TBA - Freshman Boys Basketball 27 Friday 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs vs Edwardsville High Edwardsville High School (H) School,Collinsville High School 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball SWC Conference Tournament @ vs Edwardsville High School (H - EDW (A) Belleville East - Main Gym) TBA - Sophomore Boys Basketball vs Belleville West H.S.,Granite City Senior High School SWC Conference Tournament @ GC (A)

noxious – harmful. The building was evacuated because of the noxious -hema- (blood) – hematic, hematite, hematology, hematoma, hemal, gases. February hematosis February 24 Tuesday 6:00 PM - Varsity Girls BB Cheer vs 28 Saturday Collinsville High School (H) 6:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Basketball vs Collinsville High School (H - Belleville East - Main Gym) February 1 Sunday

February March

25 Wednesday Quote of the Week A MORAL person acts in ways that are honest and good.

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February 26 Thursday 5:00 PM - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs Normal Community West High School ,OPEN Normal West Indoor Invitational (A - IWU - Shirk Center)

February 90 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 91 2 Monday 6 Friday 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Track and Field vs OPEN,Belleville West H.S. Southern Illinois Carbondale (A - SIU-Carbondale)

furtive – stealthy. The girl gave a furtive glance to the teacher’s open -proto- (first) – protoplasm, prototype, protocol, protagonist, grade book. March protozoan, proton, protohuman, protomorphic March 3 Tuesday 7 Saturday

March 8 Sunday Daylight-Saving Time begins

March March

4 Wednesday Quote of the Week You receive credit for another student’s idea. What do you do?

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March 92 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 93 9 Monday 13 Friday 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs Edwardsville High School,OPEN Principia Indoor Meet (A - Principia College)

shoddy – inferior. The carpenter went out of business due to his shoddy -fid-, -fide-, -feder- (faith, trust) – confidante, fidelity, confident, workmanship. March infidel, federal, confederacy March 10 Tuesday 14 Saturday 1:30 PM - Varsity Girls Track and Field vs Charleston High School,OPEN Eastern Illinois Indoor (A - Eastern Illinois University) March 15 Sunday

March March

11 Wednesday Quote of “If moral behavior were simply following rules, we could the Week program a computer to be moral.” – Samuel P. Ginder

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March 94 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 95 16 Monday 20 Friday First Day of Spring 3:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Marion High School Double Header (H) TBA - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs Metro-East Lutheran,OPEN Metro Girls Cup (A)

clamor – noise; shout. It was difficult to hear over the clamor in the -phon- (sound) – symphony, telephone, phonetic, phonograph, train station. The children clamor for more dessert. March euphony, cacophony, telephone March 17 Tuesday St. Patrick’s Day 21 Saturday 8:30 AM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Triad 7:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer Community Schools,OPEN Triad vs Metro-East Lutheran,OPEN Tennis Inv. (A - Triad High School) Metro Girls Cup (A - McKendree 1:30 PM - Varsity Boys Track and Field University) vs Charleston High School,OPEN Eastern Illinois Indoor (A - Eastern Illinois University) March 22 Sunday

March March TBA - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs 18 Wednesday Quote of Metro-East Lutheran,OPEN Metro CURIOSITY is a desire to investigate and seek understanding of your world. Girls Cup (A) the Week

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March 19 Thursday 4:15 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs Triad High School (H) 4:15 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Triad High School (H) TBA - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs Metro-East Lutheran,OPEN Metro Girls Cup (A)

March 96 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 97 23 Monday 4:15 PM - Junior Varsity Boys 27 Friday 4:00 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball Baseball vs Dupo High School (A) vs Waterloo High School (A) 4:15 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Dupo High School (H) Waterloo High School (A) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs Althoff High School (A)

sapient – wise. Grandmother was often consulted because she was sapient in her advice. March -ine (nature of) – masculine, genuine, medicine, opaline, Benedictine March 8:30 AM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Althoff High School,Belleville West 4:00 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball H.S.,Collinsville High School,Edwardsville High School,O’Fallon 24 Tuesday 28 Saturday Township High School,Triad Community Schools,Waterloo Gibault High vs Mascoutah High School (H) School B.East JV Trny (H - Belleville East HS) 10:00 AM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Jerseyville High School Double 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Header (A) 10:00 AM - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs Edwardsville High School,Belleville OPEN,Waterloo Gibault High West H.S. S.W. Relays (A - Edwardsville Sports Complex) 10:00 AM - Varsity Girls Track and Field vs Edwardsville High School,Belleville School JV vs. Waterloo Gibault (H) West H.S. S.W. Relays (A - Edwardsville Sports Complex) 11:00 AM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Belleville West H.S. Double Header (H) 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Track and 11:00 AM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs Belleville West H.S. Double Header (H) Field vs O’Fallon High School (A) 11:00 AM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Carterville High School Double Header (H) 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs March Mascoutah High School (H) 29 Sunday Palm Sunday 4:15 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Steeleville High School (H)

March March 25 Wednesday 4:00 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs Mascoutah High Quote of You’re assigned to research a country in Africa that you’ve School (H) the Week never heard of before. What do you do? 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Mascoutah High School (H) 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Weekly Hall pass Edwardsville High School,OPEN Edwardsville-JV (A) Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs Carbondale High School (A)

March 26 Thursday

March 98 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 99 30 Monday 4:15 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball 3 Friday Good Friday vs Civic Memorial HS (A) Passover begins at sundown 4:15 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs 12:00 PM - Varsity Boys Track and Civic Memorial HS (A) Field vs O’Fallon Township High 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs School,OPEN O’Fallon Relays (A - Wesclin High School (A) O’Fallon High School) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball 1:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs vs Althoff High School (H) Edwardsville High School,OPEN Tiger Invitational (A - Edwardsville High School) 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Track and Field vs Belleville West H.S.,OPEN Belleville West Inviational (A - Belleville West cajole – coax. His friends tried to cajole him into participating in their H.S.) prank. March -plac-, -pac- (please) – placid, placebo, placate, complacent, pacify April 31 Tuesday 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball 4 Saturday 8:30 AM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs vs Alton High School (A) Edwardsville High School,OPEN 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Tiger Invitational (A - Edwardsville Baseball vs Alton High School (H) High School) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs Alton High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Alton High School (H) April 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs 5 Sunday Easter Alton High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs Edwardsville High School (A) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs Collinsville High School (H) March April April Fools’ Day 1 Wednesday Quote of 4:00 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball “Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” – William A. Ward vs Columbia High School (A) the Week

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April 2 Thursday 4:15 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs Waterloo High School (H) 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Granite City High School (H) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs Granite City High School (A) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs Granite City High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Granite City High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Granite City High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs East St. Louis Sr. HighA pril(H) 100 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 101 6 Monday 1:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs 10 Friday 3:00 PM - Varsity Girls Track and Field Westminster Christian Academy (A vs Centralia High School,OPEN - Westminster Christian Academy) Orphan Annie Relays (A - Centralia 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Track and High School) Field vs Alton High School,OPEN 4:15 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Alton Fr/So Relays (A - Jim Wigger Waterloo High School (H) Track) 4:15 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs Mt. Vernon High School (A) 4:15 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs Columbia High School (H) 4:15 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Mt. Vernon High School (A) 4:15 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Columbia High School (A) quash – crush. Her dreams of medical school were quashed when she -mono- (one) – monopoly, monologue, monorail, monotonous, 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs failed her entrance exams. April monocular, monogamous, monolithic, monotone Freeburg High School (H)April 7 Tuesday 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs 11 Saturday 8:00 AM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs York Althoff High School (H) Comm High School,OPEN York City Suburb Classic (A - York High School) 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs 8:30 AM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Triad Granite City High School (A) Community Schools,OPEN Triad Invitational 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Duals Tournament (A - Triad High School) O’Fallon High School (A) 11:00 AM - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs Belleville West H.S.,OPEN Belleville West 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball Invitatio (A) vs O’Fallon High School (H) April 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball 12 Sunday vs O’Fallon High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs O’Fallon High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs O’Fallon High School (A) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs Edwardsville High SchoolA (A)pril April 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs 8 Wednesday Quote of Waterloo Gibault (H) A PROACTIVE person initiates positive change. 4:15 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball the Week vs Highland H.S. (A) 5:00 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs Waterloo Gibault (H) Weekly Hall pass

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April 9 Thursday 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs Edwardsville High School,OPEN Edwardsville Fr./So. Invi (A - Edwardsville Sports Complex) 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Edwardsville High School (A) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs Edwardsville High School (H) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs Edwardsville High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Edwardsville High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Edwardsville High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs Belleville West H.S. (H)April 102 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 103 13 Monday 4:00 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball 17 Friday 3:30 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs vs Red Bud High School Double Moline High School (A - Moline Header (A) HS) 4:15 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Christian Brothers High S (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Freeburg High School (H)

explicate – explain. The students were instructed to explicate their -sed-, -sess-, -sid- (sit) – sediment, session, obsession, possess, preside, points of view. April president, reside, subside April 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Track and Field 8:30 AM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Moline Senior High 14 Tuesday 18 Saturday School,OPEN Moline Tourney (A - Moline HS) vs Alton High School,OPEN Alton 10:00 AM - Varsity Girls Track and Field vs Lafayette High Invitational-FR/SO (A - Jim Wigger School,OPEN Lafayette Invitational (A) 11:00 AM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs Jacksonville High Track) School Double Header (A) 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs East 11:00 AM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Jacksonville High School Double Header (A) St. Louis Sr. High (H) 11:00 AM - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs Lanphier High 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs School,OPEN Capital City Classic (A - Springfield Lanphier) 11:00 AM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Murphysboro High School East St. Louis Sr. High (A) Double Header (A) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs April East St. Louis Sr. High (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs East St. 19 Sunday Louis Sr. High (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs Alton High School (A) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs Alton High School (H) April April 15 Wednesday 4:00 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs Mater Dei High School (A) Quote of The local food pantry anticipates an increase in demand 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs the Week over the next few months. What can you do? Belleville West H.S. (H) 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Mater Dei High School (A) Weekly Hall pass 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Track and Field vs Edwardsville High Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher School,OPEN Tiger Relays (A - Edwardsville Sports Complex) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs Wesclin High School (A) April 16 Thursday 10:00 AM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Edwardsville High School,OPEN JV vs. Edwardsville (H) 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Collinsville High School (A) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs Collinsville High School (H) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs Collinsville High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Collinsville High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Collinsville High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs Granite City High School (H) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs O’Fallon High School (H)April 104 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 105 2:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Althoff 20 Monday 24 Friday High School,Alton High School,Belleville West H.S.,Carbondale Community High School,Centralia High School,Chaminade College Prep School,Edwardsville High School,Effingham High School,Highland High School,Normal Community High School,O’Fallon High School,O’Fallon Township High School,Peoria Richwoods High School,Quincy Notre Dame High School,Quincy Senior High School Belleville East Invitational (H - Belleville East HS) 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Track and Field vs Edwardsville High School,OPEN Edwardsville Fr/So Invitational (A) 4:15 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs Waterloo High School (A) 4:15 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Waterloo umbrage – offense. He took umbrage that he was not cast as the lead High School (A) role in the play. April -tort- (twist) – torture, retort, extort, distort, contort April 8:30 AM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Althoff High School,Alton High School,Belleville 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs West H.S.,Carbondale Community High School,Centralia High 21 Tuesday 25 Saturday School,Chaminade College Prep School,Edwardsville High O’Fallon High School (H) School,Effingham High School,Highland High School,Normal Community High School,O’Fallon High School,O’Fallon Township High School,Peoria 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Richwoods High School,Quincy Notre Dame High School,Quincy Senior High School Belleville East Invitational (H) Belleville West H.S. (H) 8:30 AM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs Fox High School,OPEN Fox- JV Tourney (A) 10:00 AM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Carbondale Community High School,Highland 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball High School Carbondale/Highland- DH (A - SIU-Carbondale) 10:00 AM - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs Edwardsville High School,OPEN vs Belleville West H.S. (A) Wintson Brown Invitational (A - Edwardsville High School) TBA - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs O’Fallon Township High School,OPEN 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball O’Fallon JV Softball Tournament (A) vs Belleville West H.S. (H) April 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs 26 Sunday Belleville West H.S. (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Belleville West H.S. (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs O’Fallon High School (A) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs Granite City High SchoolA (A)pril April 22 Wednesday Earth Day 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Track Quote of “We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We and Field vs Althoff High the Week must take charge of our own destinies.” – Les Brown School,Belleville West H.S. City Track Championship (H) 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Track Weekly Hall pass and Field vs Althoff High School,Belleville West H.S. City Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher Track Championship (H) 4:15 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Althoff High School (H) 4:15 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Waterloo Gibault (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Freeburg High School (A)April 23 Thursday 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs O’Fallon Township High School,OPEN O’Fallon Frosh Invitationa (A) 4:15 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs OPEN Conference Make-up (H) 4:15 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs OPEN Conference Make-up (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs Metro-East Lutheran (A) TBA - Freshman Boys Baseball vs OPEN Conference Make-up (H) TBA - Varsity Boys Baseball vs OPEN DATE Conference Makeup (A) April 106 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 107 27 Monday 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer 1 Friday 1:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs vs O’Fallon Township High Edwardsville High School,OPEN School,OPEN O’Fallon JV Tourney Tiger Duals Tournament (A - (A) Edwardsville High School) 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball 3:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs vs East Alton-Wood River High Hersey High School,OPEN School (A) Pitchford Tournament (A - John 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Hersey HS) Baseball vs Centralia High School 3:45 PM - Varsity Boys Track and Field (H) vs O’Fallon High School,OPEN 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball Marion Freeman Track Invitational vs Red Bud High School (H) - Prelims (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball Centralia High School (H) vs O’Fallon Township High quiescent – quiet; still. The crowd grew quiescent during the death- -vale-, -vali-, -valu- (strength, value) – equivalent, valiant, validity, School,OPEN O’fallon JV Tourney defying trapeze act. April evaluate, value, valor (A - O’Fallon High School) May 3:30 PM - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs 8:00 AM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Hersey High School,OPEN 28 Tuesday 2 Saturday Pitchford Tournament (A) Belleville West H.S.,OPEN St. Clair Co. 8:30 AM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Edwardsville High Meet (A - Belleville West H.S.) School,OPEN Tiger Duals Tournament (A - Edwardsville High School) 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs 8:30 AM - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs O’Fallon High O’Fallon Township High School,OPEN School,OPEN Marion Freeman Track Invitational (A) 10:00 AM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs O’Fallon Township O’Fallon JV Tourney (A) High School,OPEN O’fallon JV Tourney (A) 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs TBA - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs Lafayette High School,OPEN Granite City High School (A) Lafayette Invitational (A - Lafayette High School) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs May Granite City High School (H) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs 3 Sunday Granite City High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Granite City High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Granite City High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (A) April May 3:30 PM - Varsity Girls Track and 29 Wednesday Quote of Field vs OPEN,Belleville West “Character is a stamp of good repute on a person.” – Euripides H.S. St. Clair Co. Meet (A) the Week 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Edwardsville High School (A) 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Track Weekly Hall pass and Field vs Belleville West H.S.,Mascoutah High Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher School,O’Fallon Township High School,OPEN East, West, Masc, OF @ Mascoutah (H) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs Belleville West H.S. (H) April 30 Thursday 4:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs O’Fallon Township High School,OPEN O’Fallon JV Tourney (A - O’Fallon Family Sports Park) 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Alton High School (H) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs Alton High School (A) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs Alton High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Alton High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Alton High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs Edwardsville High SchoolApril (H) 108 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 109 4 Monday 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Track and 8 Friday 2:30 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis Field vs Edwardsville High School vs University High School- Edwardsville-V/JV (H) Normal,OPEN Hill Tourney (A 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball - University High School) vs Fox High School (H) 4:15 PM - Junior Varsity Boys 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs Baseball vs Althoff High School (A) Alton Marquette (A) 4:15 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Althoff High School (A) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs O’Fallon Township High School,OPEN O’Fallon Tourney (A - O’Fallon High School)

trepidation – apprehension; involuntary trembling. He entered the pre- (before) prelude, preposition, premonition, premature, predict, dimly lit cave with trepidation. May predecessor, preview, premier, precedent May 8:00 AM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Edwardsville High 5 Tuesday Cinco de Mayo 9 Saturday School,OPEN Edwardsville-JV Tourney (A) 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Alton 8:00 AM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs University High School- Normal,OPEN Hill Tourney (A) High School (H) 8:30 AM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs O’Fallon Township High 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs East St. School,OPEN O’Fallon Tourney (A - O’Fallon High School) 10:00 AM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Columbia High Louis Sr. High (H) School,Triad Community Schools,Waterloo High School 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Lancer Fr. Tourney (H) 10:00 AM - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs Collinsville High Edwardsville High School (H) School,OPEN Collinsville Invitational (A - Collinsville 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball High School) May vs Edwardsville High School (A) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs 10 Sunday Mother’s Day Edwardsville High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Edwardsville High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Edwardsville High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs Belleville West H.S. (A) May May 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Track and 6 Wednesday Quote of Field vs Granite City Senior High HUMBLE people are not too proud and recognize their own faults. School,OPEN Granite City Fr/ the Week Soph Invite (A - Granite City High School) 4:00 PM - Varsity Girls Track Weekly Hall pass and Field vs Alton High School,Belleville West H.S. SWC Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher Meet-V/JV @ Granite City (A) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs Waterloo Gibault (H)

May 7 Thursday 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs O’Fallon High School (H) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs O’Fallon High School (A) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs O’Fallon High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs O’Fallon High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs O’Fallon High School (H)

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sultry – hot and humid. He could not adjust himself to the sultry semi- (half) semitone, semicircle, semiweekly, semiannual, climate of the tropics. May semiformal, semiconscious, semifinal May 12 Tuesday 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs 16 Saturday 9:00 AM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball Centralia High School (A) vs Belleville West H.S.,Edwardsville 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs High School,O’Fallon Township Collinsville High School (H) High School Lancer JV Tourney (H - 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Belleville East HS) Collinsville High School (H) 9:00 AM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs Alton High School,OPEN Conference 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball Tourney @ EDW (A) vs Collinsville High School (A) May 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball 17 Sunday vs Collinsville High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Collinsville High School (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Collinsville High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs Granite City High SchoolMay (A) May 13 Wednesday 4:00 PM - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs OPEN,Belleville West Quote of You accuse your sibling of losing your CD, but then find H.S. Southwestern Conference @ the Week it while cleaning your room. What do you do? O’Fallon (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Alton Marquette (H) Weekly Hall pass 6:00 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs Alton Marquette (H) Date Depart Time Destination Return Time Teacher

May 14 Thursday 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (A) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (H) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs East St. Louis Sr. High (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs Alton High School (H) 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Girls Soccer vs Marion High School (H) May 112 www.thezonelive.com www.thezonelive.com 113 18 Monday 4:15 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball 22 Friday 8:45 AM - Varsity Girls Track and Field vs Mt. Vernon High School (H) vs OPEN IHSA (A - Eastern Illinois 4:15 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Mt. University) Vernon High School (H) 1:00 PM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs OPEN,Belleville West H.S. IHSA Sectionals (A - Belleville East HS) 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball vs Jerseyville High School Double Header (A) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs Normal Community West (A - Normal - Maxwell Park) 5:00 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs Althoff High School (A) TBA - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs annotate – comment; make explanatory notes. The director chose to Belleville West H.S.,OPEN IHSA annotate the script for the benefit of the actors. May -vol- (will) malevolent, benevolent, volunteer, volition Sectionals (A) May 9:00 AM - Varsity Boys Tennis vs OPEN IHSA 19 Tuesday 4:30 PM - Freshman Boys Baseball 23 Saturday Sectionals (A - Belleville East HS) vs Belleville West H.S. (A) 11:00 AM - Junior Varsity Boys Baseball vs Marion High 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Boys School Double Header (H) 11:00 AM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Marion High Baseball vs Belleville West H.S. School Double Header (H) (H) 3:00 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs OPEN,Belleville West H.S. AA Softball Jamboree (A - Stone City Field) 4:30 PM - Junior Varsity Girls Softball TBA - Varsity Girls Track and Field vs OPEN IHSA (A - vs Belleville West H.S. (A) Eastern Illinois University) 4:30 PM - Varsity Girls Softball vs May Belleville West H.S. (A) 24 Sunday 4:30 PM - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs O’Fallon High School (H) 5:00 PM - Varsity Boys Baseball vs Belleville West H.S. (H) May May

20 Wednesday Quote of Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be the Week confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you. Nickolai Velimirovic

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scrupulous – conscientious; extremely thorough. I hired a scrupulous young woman for the position. May -fy (make) beautify, fortify, simplify, magnify, glorify, testify May 26 Tuesday TBA - Varsity JV Boys Volleyball vs 30 Saturday TBA - Varsity Boys Track and Field vs OPEN,Belleville West H.S. IHSA OPEN IHSA Finals (A) Regional (A)

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refurbish – renovate. The plan to refurbish the old building was met sub- (under, below) subterranean, subway, subtract, substandard, with much enthusiasm. June subordinate, submarine, submerge, subtle, subvert June 2 Tuesday 6 Saturday

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emollient – soothing remedy. He applied an emollient to the sunburned super- (over, above) supervise, superb, superior, supercede, area. June superscript, superfluous, supercilious, supernatural June 9 Tuesday 13 Saturday

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10 Wednesday Quote of the Week Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. Jacob Brownowski

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