GILBERT HIGH SCHOOL Student Handbook 2018-2019
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GILBERT HIGH SCHOOL Student Handbook 2018-2019 Gilbert School District Mission Statement ”The Gilbert Learning Community will foster a passion for learning and empower each student to become a productive citizen in today’s global society. Every Student. Every Day. GILBERT HIGH SCHOOL VISION STATEMENT Members of the Gilbert High School community share a commitment to create a respectful, caring atmosphere which allows all involved to learn and grow while maintaining high integrity. The daily actions of all members will fulfill the following statements to create a culture of encouragement and pride. STUDENTS PROGRAMS AND CURRICULUM Respect: Respect: ● Value all students, staff, equipment, and materials ● Value all students regardless of ability level ● Be fair, inclusive, and tolerant of differences ● Support a simultaneous, balanced participation in multiple programs ● Appreciate our facilities and the people maintaining them Integrity: Integrity: ● Model and discuss good ethics and morals ● Reflect high moral standards by doing the right thing even when no one is ● Cultivate values of teamwork, including trusting teammates and looking classmates ● Be trustworthy and honest Growth: Growth: ● Empower leaders to be creative and non-traditional in their approach to ● Challenge themselves academically and in extra-curricular activities. instructional delivery ● Inspire students to reach their full potential by helping them build a strong ● Show initiative and responsibility for their own learning work ethic ● Become productive, confident members of society through achievement in ● Produce a well-rounded individual through providing diverse opportunities academic and extracurricular programs Caring: ● Incorporate character development to ensure post-high school success ● Take pride in being a part of the Tiger Family ● Develop student leaders who not only lead by example, but verbally encourage others to do the same ● Foster positive relationships with both students and staff to create an Caring: environment where all feel safe and welcome ● Encourage positive relationships and a sense of belonging ● Make an effort to get to know peers ● Provide a safe environment for all STAFF Respect: ● Promote awareness of character, academic, and program achievements ● Value the opportunity to be an educator COMMUNITY Respect: ● Maintain consistent expectations for student conduct ● Support the school’s vision, goals, and mission. ● Be fair, inclusive, and tolerant of differences ● Appreciate our facilities and the people maintaining them ● Provide timely feedback to students Integrity: ● Appreciate our facilities and the people maintaining them ● Expect academic success from our students Integrity: ● Model appropriate social behavior for our students and hold them ● Reflect high moral standards by doing the right thing even when no one is accountable looking Growth: ● Be trustworthy and honest ● Monitor the academic progress of students and work with teachers to Growth: encourage student success ● Seek out and use new and innovative teaching practices that promote higher ● Play an active role in the education and character development of order thinking students ● Advocate for development of a well-rounded student through participation in Caring: a variety of activities ● Foster positive relationships with students and staff to create a ● Exhibit leadership by inspiring others to reach their potential welcoming, safe environment for all ● Work collaboratively to improve teaching practices and to ensure student ● Participate in the life of the school by volunteering services and attending success events Caring: ● Take pride in being a part of the Tiger Family ● Take pride in being a part of the Tiger Family ● Foster positive relationships with both students and staff to create an environment where all feel safe and welcome ● Create an environment where all staff feel free to voice their ideas, knowing they will be valued ● Use a Response to Intervention approach to collaboratively help students succeed 2 Gilbert High School Schedules Regular Daily Schedules M-T-Fr 9 Period Day Wednesday Odd Block Two Hour Late Start Thursday Even Block (Snow Days) Period 1 8:00 – 8:42 Period 1/2 8:00 - 9:25 Period 1 10:00 – 10:31 Period 2 8:46 – 9:28 Period 3/4 9:30 - 10:55 Period 2 10:35 – 11:06 Period 3 9:32 – 10:14 Period 3 11:10 – 11:41 Period 4 10:18 – 11:00 Period 7/6 Lunch Class Period 5(Success Center) 11:04–11:31 Period 4 LUNCH CLASS A 11:00 - 11:25 11:30 - 12:55 B 12:30 - 12:55 11:00 - 12:25 A 11:45 – 12:11 12:15 – 12:46 Period 6 LUNCH CLASS B 12:20 – 12:46 11:45 – 12:16 A 11:35 – 12:01 12:05 – 12:47 Period 9/8 1:00 - 2:25 Period 5 (Success Center) NONE B 12:21 – 12:47 11:35 – 12:17 2:30 - 3:05 Wed. Collaboration 2:30 - 3:05 Thur. Success Period 6 12:50 – 1:21 Period 7 12:51 – 1:33 Center Period 7 1:25 – 1:56 Period 8 1:37 – 2:19 Period 8 2:00 – 2:30 Period 9 2:23 – 3:05 Period 9 2:34 – 3:05 12:20 Dismissal Wed/Thurs Schedule | Choir, S.H., PE Days Wednesday 12:20 Early Out Thursday after Early Out Special’s Period Days Block Day (3 periods) Wednesday (5 periods) Period 1 8:00 - 9:14 Period 2 8:00 - 9:14 Period 3 9:20 - 10:34 Period 4 9:20 - 10:34 Two Week Cycle for Choir, Period 7 10:40 - 11:54 Period 6 Lunch Class Study Hall and P.E. Lunch 11:54 - 12:20 A 10:40-11:06 11:10-12:24 B 11:58-12:24 10:40-11:54 Week One: M T W Th F Period 8 12:30 - 1:44 R B R R B Period 9 1:50 - 3:05 Week Two: M T W Th F B R B B R R = Red B = Black 3 Late Start Snow Days and Semester Test Schedule Two Hour Late Start Semester Test Schedule Semester Test Two Hour Block Schedule (Snow Late Start Days) Odd Period Schedule (Wed): Odd Period Schedule: Odd Period Schedule: Period 1 10:00 - 10:56 Period 1 8:05-9:20 Period 3 Lunch Class Period 3 9:25-10:40 Period 1 10:05-11:20 A 11:00 - 11:26 11:30 - 12:26 Period 7 10:45-12:00 Period 3 11:25-12:40 B 12:00 to 12:26 11:00 to 11:56 Period 7 12:30 - 1:26 Lunch 12:45-1:15 Period 9 1:30 - 2:26 Lunch 12:05-12:35 Period 7 1:20-2:35 Teacher Collaboration 2:26-3:05 Period 9 12:40-1:55 Even Period Schedule: Even Period Schedule (Thur): Extra Test Session 2:00-3:15 Period 2 10:00 - 11:06 Period 4 Lunch Class A Even Period Schedule: Period 2 10:05-11:20 Period 4 11:25-12:40 11:10 - 11:36 11:40 - 12:46 B Period 2 8:05-9:20 12:20 - 12:46 11:10 - 12:16 Period Period 4 9:25-10:40 6 12:50 - 1:56 Period 8 Lunch 12:45-1:15 2:00 - 3:05 Period 6 10:45-12:00 Period 6 1:20-2:35 Lunch 12:05-12:35 Period 9 will be made up the next Period 8 12:40-1:55 day during the Extra Test Extra Test Session 2:00-3:15 Session if there is a late start the first day of testing. If there is a late start the second day of testing period 8 semester tests will take place at the beginning of the next day and Success Center will be canceled for the day. We would then go to normal classes. 4 Snow Days and Block Schedule Block Periods will not take place on the following weeks during the 2017-18 school year: If one Block Day is canceled then the schedule will be November 13 - 17 moved back one day so that Thursday and Friday would become a Block Day (Wednesday and Friday March 5-9 if Thursday is canceled). If both Block days are canceled then the schedule will proceed as usual and November 15, Wednesday - No Block Periods at the block days will not be moved. the High School (Regular Bell Schedule) November 16, Thursday - No Block Periods at the High School (12:20 Early Out- all periods except Success Center) March 7, Wednesday No Block Periods at the High School (Regular Bell Schedule) March 8, Thursday No Block Periods at the High School (12:20 Early Out - all periods except Success Center) Purpose of this Handbook This handbook is designed to accomplish the following goals: -To document school district policies and rules to serve as a guide for students and their families and to clarify the school district and school building’s processes and procedures. -To serve as a source of information for students and their families about the school district and the school building, the organizational structure and overall philosophy. -To provide students and their families with up-to-date, easy to understand information on the range of opportunities and programs available through the school and the school district. -To be used as a general guide. This handbook does not contain all rules or procedures under which the Gilbert High School is governed. The principal or designee will communicate to the students any rules that may apply in their specific areas. The principal or designee will be fair and consistent with any discipline associated with all rules. Definitions In this handbook, the word “parent” also means “guardian” unless otherwise stated. An administrator’s title, such as superintendent or principal, also means that individual’s designee unless otherwise stated.