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2017- 2018 STUDENT HANDBOOK H. HICKMAN DAVID HIGH SCHOOL Home of the Kewpies 8 PRIDE IN HICKMAN HIGH KEWPIE T.I.D.E. SCHOOL Tradition Nationally Recognized Blue Ribbon School Integrity 1984 -85 and 1994 -96 Diversity Excellence 2017 -2018 IMPORTANT DATES* (More activities, including some listed below, ar e included on the Hickman website, click on calendar.) Please check the monthly PTSA newsletter or the Hickman Calendar (www.cpsk12.org/hhs ) for updates. AUGUST JANUARY 14 ........ Jump Start Day for Freshman (9 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.) 03 ........ No School/Teacher Work Day ........ 15 ........ School Begins 04 School Begins ........ 05 ........ First semester grade cards mailed home 21 Solar Eclipse Day 15 ........ Martin Luther King’s Birthday/No School 31 ........ Back to School Night (7 p.m.) 18 ........ Curriculum Fair (5 -7 p.m.) SEPTEMBER 27 ........ ACT Super Saturday ........ 04 No School/Labor Day FEBRUARY 09 ........ ACT 05 ........ No School/Faculty PD Day 15 ........ Interim Progress Reports distributed 09 ........ Interim Progress Reports distributed 20 ........ Freshman Family Supper Night (6:15 p.m.) 09 ........ Courtwarming Game and Dance 25 ........ No School/Faculty PD Day 10 ........ ACT 27 ........ Queen’s Charity Fair 16 ........ No School/Teacher Work Day 27 ........ PSAT/NMSQT Prep Course (4:15 - 6:15) 19 ........ No School/President’s Day 29 ........ Homecoming Game 21 ........ Parent Open House “A” Day ........ 30 Homecoming Dance MARCH 02 ........ True/False Visit for Sophomores OCTOBER ........ 07 ........ SAT 10 SAT 10 ........ Spring Practice ACT (1:00 - 5:00 pm) TBD .... Pre -ACT test for all Sophomores (8 - 11 a.m.) ........ ........ - - 16 Interim Progress Reports distributed 11 PSAT (off campus 8 a.m. 12 noon) 19 ........ PTSA Recognition Night (7:00 p.m.) 12 ........ PICTURE RETAKE DAY (7:30 —11:30 a.m.) 19 ........ ACT Prep I (4:15 - 6:15 p.m.) 13 ........ Interim Progress Reports distributed 21 ........ ACT Prep II (4:15 - 6:15 p.m.) 17 ........ Early Release Day (1:00 dismissal) 22 ........ ACT Prep III (4:15 - 6:15 p.m.) 21 ........ ACT Super Saturday 26 -30 .. Spring Break/No School 24 ........ Senior Meeting ........ APRIL 25 Sophomore Family Supper Night (6:15 p.m.) 11 ........ Early Release Day (1:00 pm) 25/26 .. SENIOR TUX/DRAPE DAY (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.) ........ ........ 11 Super Kewp Ceremony (7:00 p.m.) 28 ACT 14 ........ ACT 30 ........ No School/Teacher Work Day TBD .... ACT for all juniors ........ NOVEMBER 19 PTSA Recognition Ceremony 20 ........ Interim Progress Reports distributed 02 -03 .. Cap, Gown, Invitation Ordering (8 a.m. -1 p.m.) 04 ........ SAT MAY 04 ........ Fall Practice ACT (1:00 - 5:00 p.m.) TBA .... Makeup ACT for juniors 08 ........ Parent Open House “B” Day 05 ........ SAT 08 ........ PICTURE RETAKE DAY (7:30 -11:30 a.m.) 05 ........ Senior Prom (8 - 11:30 p.m.) 10 ........ No School/Faculty PD Day 07 -18 .. AP Testing ........ - 10 -11 .. Senior Finals 13 ACT Prep I (4:15 6:15 p.m.) ........ 15 ........ ACT Prep II (4:15 - 6:15 p.m.) 11 Last Day for Seniors 13 ........ Baccalaureate (6:00 p.m.) 16 ........ ACT Prep III (4:15 - 6:15 p.m.) ........ ........ 14 Departmental Awards (7:00 p.m.) 17 Interim Progress Report distributed 15 ........ Senior Awards Ceremony (7:00 p.m.) 22 -24 .. Thanksgiving/No School ........ 16 Senior Memories Assembly/Senior Picnic DECEMBER TBD .... Finals (will depend on date of last day of school) ........ 18 ........ Last Day of School (no snow days taken - tentative) 02 SAT ........ - 09 ........ ACT 18 Early Release Day (1:00 dismissal tentative) - .. 19 ........ Graduation (11:00 a.m.) 18 20 Finals 28 ........ Memorial Day/No School 22 -1/02 .Winter Break/No School JUNE 02 ........ SAT .... TBA Final grade cards mailed home All dates are subject to change! 09 ........ ACT MISSION STATEMENT “Hickman High School empowers students to achieve academic excellence, to develop personal integrity and responsibility, to value diversity, and to become continuous learners capable of contributing to a changing society.” (Adopted 1997; Reaffirmed 2008) 1 HICKMAN PHONE NUMBERS HICKMAN FAX NUMBERS A+ Office ............................................................. 214 -3028 Activities/Athletics Office ........................................ 214 -3056 Activities/Athletics Office .................................... 214 -3011 Assistant Principal’s Office (A -K) ........................... 214 -3022 Activities/Athletics Assistant. .............................. 214 -3007 Assistant Principal’s Office (L -R) ............................ 214 -3024 Agriculture Education Office ............................... 214 -3043 Assistant Principal’s Office (S -Z) ............................ 214 -3057 Art Office ............................................................. 214 -3031 CASA ....................................................................... 214 -3010 Assistant Principal’s Offices ................................ 214 -3070 Counseling Office .................................................... 214 -3058 Health Office ............................................................ 214 -3064 Denise Herndon (A -D) ............. press 1 - ................ Main Office .............................................................. 214 -3057 Matthew Ross (E K) press 2 ............................................................ - Andrew McCarthy (L -R) ......... press 3 Media Center 214 3040 Jerome Sally (S -Z) ................... press 4 Fine Arts Office ........................................................ 214 -3023 ............................................................ - CASA Lab 214 3026 DISTRICT PHONE NUMBERS CASA Lab ............................................................ 214 -3044 ................................................... - ................................................ - Battle High School 214 3300 Counseling Office 214 3008 Board of Education Building - Aslin Building ......... 214 -3400 Faculty Workroom ............................................... 214 -3037 .................................. - ................................... - Columbia Area Career Center 214 3800 Fine Arts Resource Center 214 3038 Douglass High School ............................................. 214 -3680 Kitchen ................................................................. 214 -3032 .............................................. - .......................................................... - Gentry Middle School 214 3240 Main Office 214 3000 Jefferson Middle School ........................................... 214 -3210 Media Center ........................................................ 214 -3034 ............................................... - ........................................................ - Lange Middle School 214 3250 Music Office 214 3005 Oakland Middle School ............................................ 214 -3220 Health Office ........................................................ 214 -3006 ....................................... - ................................................. - Rock Bridge High School 214 3100 Registrar’s Office 214 3039 Smithton Middle School .......................................... 214 -3260 School Resource Officer ...................................... 214 -3049 ............... - ...................................... - Student Transportation of America (Bus) 214 3860 Special Education Office 214 3015 West Middle School ................................................. 214 -3230 Vocational Office ................................................. 214 -3036 All Hickman High School staff have voice mail. If you know the voice mail number of the person you are calling, you may enter it at any time during the message. Staff are encouraged to check their voice mail every day. 2017 -18 BELL SCHEDULES REGULAR DAY BELL SCHEDULE (COLD) LATE START BELL SCHEDULE 0 Block 7:20 -8:46 1st Block 10:55 -12:00 1st Block 8:55 -10:30 2nd Block 2nd Block 1st Lunch 2nd Lunch - - 1st Lunch 2nd Lunch Lunch 12:00 12:32 Class 12:08 1:11 Class 12:40 -1:43 Lunch 1:11 -1:43 Lunch 10:30 -11:02 Class 10:38 -12:11 3rd Block 1:51 -2:54 Class 11:10 -12:43 Lunch 12:11 -12:43 4th Block 3:02 -4:05 3rd Block 12:51 -2:24 4th Block 2:32 -4:05 ASSEMBLY BELL SCHEDULE 0 Block 7:20 -8:46 EARLY RELEASE BELL SCHEDULE 1st Block 8:55 -10:12 0 Block 7:20 -8:46 2nd Block 1st Block 8:55 -9:51 1st Lunch 2nd Lunch - 2nd Block 9:59 10:54 Lunch 10:12 -10:44 Class 10:20 -11:36 3rd Block - 11:02 11:57 Class 10:52 -12:08 Lunch 11:36 -12:08 4th Block 12:05 -1:00 3rd Block 12:16 -1:31 Lunch 1:00 -1:35 4th Block* 1:39 -4:05 One assembly - 3:05 -3:55 Two assemblies - First - 1:50 -2:40, Second - 3:05 -3:55 2 COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: 2017-2018 School Year Calendar First Day of Classes ............................ August 15 First Day of Summer School 2018..............June 5 First Day of Kindergarten ..................... August 17 Last Day of Summer School 2018 ............ June 29 End of First Semester ..................... December 21 High School Summer School 2018* End of First Trimester ......................... October 27 First Day HS Summer School ........June 5 End of Second Trimester .................... January 26 Last Day HS Summer School ....... June 29 Last Projected Day of Classes .................. May 29 AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 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 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18