IHS PTA Guide (2015-2016)
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ITHACA HIGH SCHOOL Guide & Staff Directory A resource for parents created by the IHS PTA 2015-2016 Principal: Jason Trumble Main Office: 274-2143 1401 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850 ICSD website — ithacacityschools.org ICSD web calendar — ithacacity.tandemcal.com IHS PTA — ihspta.info Welcome from the PTA Co-Presidents Dear Ithaca High School (IHS) Families, Another exciting school year has begun! This guide is put together by the IHS Parent Teachers Association (PTA). We hope it will be a useful guide for information pertain- ing to all things IHS, including attendance, courses, student services, activities, specialty programs, community support groups, staff directory and more. Thanks to the many local businesses that have generously sponsored the Guide, we are able to provide this resource to you at no cost. We greatly appreciate their support! The IHS PTA is a volunteer group of parents and caregivers working to advocate for and support our students. There are many ways the PTA supports IHS such as assist- ing with events like Open House, Prep for College Night, the family liaison program, teaching-mini grants for teachers and achievement awards. We also hold several meetings each year and sponsor informative programs that bring people together. One of the main goals of the PTA is to foster communication between school and home while also connecting students and families with community-wide opportuni- ties. In addition to this Guide we maintain a website and listserv, as well as produce The WORD, The Ithaca High School Newsletter that gets mailed home with your student’s report card. Follow our website at www.ihspta.info and join our listserv at IHSPTA- [email protected]. You’ll receive weekly e-newsletters with lots of information about programs and activities available to your family and children. Keep up on what’s happening at IHS and in our community. None of this would be possible without your membership support. We invite you to join and welcome your presence in the PTA. This is an excellent opportunity to get involved in your child’s school, as much or as little as you like, by volunteering for PTA activities. What a great way to find out what’s going on at school. To join you can download the form at our website and send it to the address on the form with pay- ment. The membership fee helps support all the activities that we provide throughout the year. Thank you for considering joining the PTA. Your involvement matters! Have a great year! Vanessa Wagner IHS PTA co-president ([email protected]) Jacquie Lopez IHS PTA co-president ([email protected]) 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Ithaca High School Administration 4 Primary Resources 4 ICSD website 4 SchoolTool ParentPortal 4 Student Handbook 4 IHS Daily Announcements 4 Secondary Student Conduct Manual 4 Daily Calendar (link) 4 Academic Calendar 2015-2016 (link) 4 School Hours Daily Bell Schedule 5 Academic Calendar 5 Marking Period Schedule 5 Parking & Student Drop-off and Pick-up 6 Student Drop-off and Pick-up 6 Visitor Parking 6 Parking after 5 P.M. 6 Parking Permits for Students 6 Buses / Transportation 8 School Cancellations 8 Emergency Procedures 8-9 Attendance 10 Attendance Policy 10 Late Arrival/Tardy 10 Illness During the School Day 10 Appointments & Early Dismissal 10 Planned Absences 10-11 Policy for Requesting Homework 11 Phone messages & forgotten items 11 Cafeteria / Nutrition Services 11 Hours / Costs 11 Student Accounts 11 PaySchools Online School Meal Accounts 12 Free and Reduced-price Meal Plans 12 Course requirements / exams / grades / returning textbooks 12 Course Requirements 12 Exams 12 Grade reports 12 Returning textbooks, equipment, and calculators 13 Medical Office 13 Immunizations 13 Physical exams 13 Medications / self-medication form 13 Physical Education exemption 13 Elevator 13 Vision, Hearing, Scoliosis Screening 13 Working Papers 13 Sports participation must be approved by Medical Office 14 3 Produced by the IHS PTA Note: This Guide and Directory is for the students, families and staff of Ithaca High School, and may not be used for any commercial purposes.We thank our advertisers for their support, which allows us provide this booklet to families free-of-charge. Student Services Department 14 School Counselors 14 Family Liaisons, Transportation Liaison, Social Workers and School Psychologists 14 Student Assistance Counselor 14 College & Career Center 15 Registrar 15 Changes in address, phone or emergency contacts 15 Leaving Ithaca High School in early June 15 Media/Publication Permission 15 Military Recruiter Access 16 Visitors to IHS 16 Withdrawing from Ithaca High School 16 Library 16 Student Activities 16 Athletics and Wellness for ICSD 17 Fine & Performing Arts for ICSD 17 Specialty Programs and Services 17 AVID 17 Career and Tech Program 17 DASA 17 EDGE 17 ESOL 18 Learning Web 18 Link Crew 18 New Visions 18 Project Lead the Way 18 WISE 18 YES 18 Parent/Guardian and Community Support Groups 19 FABG 19 IHS PTA 19 IPEI 19 SEPTA 19 Sports Boosters 19 IthacaSTEM Advocates 19 Directories 21 Ithaca City School District (ICSD) 21 Ithaca High School (IHS) Departments, Offices and Services 22-23 Contacts Outside Ithaca High School 24 Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) Contacts 24 Board of Education 24 Ithaca High School Staff (alphabetical) 25-28 4 ITHACA HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION Principal Jason Trumble J 15 274-2145 Secretary Beth Hardesty Assoc. Principal A-L* Tokinma Killins G 109A 274-2257 Senior Typist Mary Heffner Assoc. Principal M-Z* Martha Hardesty E 23 274-2147 Senior Typist Jay Barnes * Case load is split alphabetically. PRIMARY RESOURCES ICSD Website – http://www.ithacacityschools.org The Ithaca City School District (ICSD) unveiled its new and improved website in September 2013. This is a good place to start looking for any and all information. Check it out at: www.ithacacityschools.org. SchoolTool ParentPortal This software tracks student attendance and provides a method for parents/ guardians to access school records regarding their children’s attendance, grades, schedules, discipline, etc. Sign-up information is included in the information packet mailed to parents in August. On the ICSD website, following ICSD > Quick Links > SchoolTool ParentPortal opens the SchoolTool login page immediately. You can also find a link to SchoolTool ParentPortal under the FAMILIES tab. Your username is the email address that you submitted when you signed up for SchoolTool. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]. Ithaca High School Student Handbook 2015-2016 The Student Handbook is provided to every IHS student at the beginning of the year. A copy may be obtained in Marilyn Sgrecci’s office (J18) or you may also download a PDF copy by clicking the tiny Ithaca High School link in the upper right hand corner on the home page at www.ithacacityschools.org and then choosing Student Handbook under Quick Links on the left. IHS Daily Announcements For up to date information on daily activities at the high school you may read the IHS daily announcements at http://www.ihsannouncements.blogspot.com/. The Ithaca City School District Secondary Student Conduct Manual The ICSD publishes this manual to guide students, educators and families on appropriate student behavior. A PDF is available from Angelique Sapone, administrative assistant in the Office of Secondary Schools (274-2251), or from the ICSD website: ICSD > FAMILIES, click on Student Code of Conduct-Secondary, then click on Code of Conduct. Ithaca City School District Daily Calendar A listing of all daily activities throughout the school district is available at: http:// ithacacity.tandemcal.com. http://ithacacity.tandemcal.com. Ithaca City School District Academic Calendar 2015-2016 A link to the ICSD calendar can be found at: http://www.ithacacityschools.org/docs/ ICSD/2015-2016_Academic_Calendar.pdf 5 DAILY BELL SCHEDULE SCHOOL HOURS Period Begins Ends 0 8:05 8:50 School opens for most students at 8:30 a.m. Students arriving before 1 8:55 9:40 first period may go to the Cafeteria. 2 9:45 10:32 All students are expected to be in 3 10:37 11:22 class by the beginning of first period except for students with Zero period 4 11:27 12:12 classes that start by 8:05. 5 12:17 1:02 6 1:07 1:52 7 1:57 2:42 8 2:47 3:32 2014-2015 ACADEMIC CALENDAR September 9/9 first day for 9th grade 9/10 first day for 10th-12th grades October 10/5 Early Release (15 minutes) for Emergency Drill 10/8 PTA Open House 10/12 Columbus Day Recess November 11/11 Veterans’ Day Recess 11/25-27 Thanksgiving Recess December 12/24-1/1 Winter Recess January 1/1 Happy New Year! 1/18 Martin Luther King Jr. Recess 1/26-29 Regents exams (no school for IHS except for students taking exams) February 2/12-16 February Recess March Lots of School! April 4/25-29 April Recess May 5/27 School Recess UNLESS district is making up a snow day 5/30 Memorial Day Recess June 6/14-22 Regents Exams (School only for students taking exams) 6/25 Graduation Rehearsal and Commencement MARKING PERIOD SCHEDULE • Marking Period 1: Thurs., 9/10-Fri., 11/13 (reports mailed 11/20/15) • Marking Period 2: Mon., 11/16-Fri.,1/29 (reports mailed 2/5/16) • Marking Period 3: Mon., 1/2- Fri.,4/8 (reports mailed 4/15/16) • Marking Period 4: Mon.,4/11-Wed., 6/22 (reports mailed 7/1/16) 6 PARKING, DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP Student drop-off and pick-up Student drop-off and pick-up should occur via the large parking lot (C lot) to the west of the Wellness Center and north of Kulp Auditorium.