Carlisle County High School
4557 State Route 1377
Bardwell, Kentucky 42023
(270) 628-3800 Ext. 4300
Kelli Edging, Principal
Angel Thompson, Guidance Counselor
Sabrina Morris, Secretary
Tanya Deweese, Attendance Clerk
School-Based Decision-Making Council
Kelli Edging, Principal
Miles Hargrove, Teacher
Michelle Trevathan, Teacher
Sarah Workman, Teacher
Amy Reddick, Parent
Jami Williams, Parent
Mission Statement
The faculty and staff of Carlisle County High School will promote the
pursuit of proficiency in the Kentucky Core Academic Standards and
develop life-long critical thinking skills that will encourage successful
transition from school to adult life.
School Motto
Failure is not an option. Believe, Achieve, Succeed!!
2015-2016 School Calendar
August 4
August 5
September 7
October 5-9
October 12
November 25-27
Opening Day
First Day for Students
Labor Day
Fall Break
Teacher Planning/PD
Thanksgiving Break
December 21-January 1
January 18
February 12
February 15
March 18
March 21
Apr. 4-8
May 17
May 18
May 19
Christmas Break
M.L. King, Jr. Day
No School
Teacher Planning/PD
No School
Teacher Planning/PD
Spring Break
Election Day
Students’ Last Day
Closing Day
Nine-Week Grading Schedule
Nine-Week Grading Schedule
2015-2016
Terms
1st 9
Weeks
2nd 9
Weeks
3rd 9
Weeks
4th 9
Weeks
9 Week
Starting
Dates
08/5/15
Midterm
Dates
09/2/15
Midterm
Grades
Posted
09/4/15
9 Week
Ending
Dates
10/2/15
Quarter
Grades
Posted
10/12/15
Number of
Instructional Days
42
10/13/15
11/13/15
11/16/15
12/18/15
01/4/16
44
01/4/16
02/3/16
02/5/16
03/8/16
03/11/16
44
03/9/16
04/15/16
04/18/16
05/18/16
05/18/16
43
TOTAL
173
Parent/Teacher Conferences 10/15/15 & 3/15/16
Fee Schedule
Voc. School, Office Aide/PALS, WKCTC Off-Campus
ALL OTHER COURSES
$5.00
$9.00
*Students taking a math course will need a TI82, TI83, TI 84
calculator. Cost is approximately $80-$100.
*All fees are due when students register for school.
Checks should be made payable to CCHS. Fees should be
paid to the high school secretary.
Grading System
The following grading system has been adopted by the Carlisle County
Board of Education and is to be used by all teachers in all classes.
A- Excellent
B-Good
C-Average
D-Poor
F-Failure
I-Incomplete
100-90
89-80
79-70
69-60
59-below
Incomplete work
Athletic Physicals
Individual student athletes shall have an annual physical examination
by a medical doctor and provide documentation of private health
insurance prior to being allowed to practice or compete in athletics.
This is mandatory for all athletes in grades 9-12. Athletes will be given
a physical form from their coach and are required to have a physician
complete the form. Forms will be turned in to the coach, and the coach
will turn the form in to the school nurse and athletic director.
Athletes/Organization Participation
Any student who has less than a “C” average in all courses combined
for a nine-week grading period shall not be allowed to participate in
any extracurricular activities which are not an integral part of the
instructional program and which occur outside of normal school hours.
The student may be reinstated to active participation as soon as he/she
regains a “C” average in all courses combined. KHSAA requires
weekly grade checks for student athletes.
Fundraising
During the school year, various school organizations will be involved in
fundraising activities. Fundraising activities must receive advance
approval of the principal, and all moneys involved must be handled
through the school's internal accounting system.
Office Telephone Policy
The office telephone is a business telephone. Therefore, use by
students will be limited to calls that are absolutely necessary. Students
should obtain approval from the principal or principal designee before
using the office telephone. All phone calls should be made during
lunch or between classes. When personal phone calls for students are
received in the office, the office will take a message, and the student
can return the calls during lunch or between classes. Students will not
be called out of class due to personal phone calls.
Scholastic Policy
Students shall follow scholastic guidelines that ensure successful
transition from school to adult life.
Graduation Requirements
Program Areas
Language Arts
Social Studies
Required
Units
4
3
Mathematics
4
Science
3
Health
1/2
Courses
English I, II, III IV
U.S. History, Gov/Econ,
World Civ
Alg. I, Alg II, Geometry,
Elective
Biology, Earth/Space &
Physics, Chemistry
Health & P.E
Physical Ed.
History & Appreciation of
Performing Arts
1/2
1
Health & P.E.
Arts & Humanities
* Total: 16 required credits plus electives= 24 Credits required to
graduate from CCHS
Office Assistants
Twelfth grade students who have a 3.0 GPA or higher, and have been
approved by the guidance counselor or principal, shall be allowed to
assist in one of the schools for one period. The student shall earn a
grade and may earn college credit for the assistantship.
Honor Graduates
Honor graduates must have a 3.30 GPA after 8 semesters and must take
the following specified courses:
Foreign Language I, Foreign Language II
Honors Geometry, Honors Algebra II
College Algebra or meet the ACT/COMPASS math benchmark (Class
of 2017)
Physics or Anatomy
AP Odysseyware Course or Dual Credit Course (if off-campus one per
semester)
Honors English III & IV
**Students must have at least C in prerequisite courses and/or teacher
recommendation to be enrolled in honor graduate courses.
**Honor graduate students cannot fail any courses.
Classifications for Honor Graduates:
Summa Cum Laude – 3.80 – 4.0 GPA
Magna Cum Laude – 3.60 – 3.79 GPA
Cum Laude – 3.30 – 3.59 GPA
*Honors English, Honors Math, and AP U.S. History will be
weighted. An “A” will be worth 5 points instead of 4.
GPA is determined through a numeric scale rather than a point scale.
Promotion Requirements
Students must have passed the following number of credits in order to
be promoted to the next grade:
Freshmen Class
Sophomore Class
Junior Class
Senior Class
Graduate
Successful Completion of 8th Grade
Completed 5 Credits
Completed 10 Credits
Completed 17 Credits
Completed 24 Credits
* Credit requirements for students transferring to Carlisle County High
School during or after their freshman year will be dealt with on an
individual basis. However, these students must meet the minimum state
requirements for graduation as applicable at the time.
Fifth Year Seniors
Students who will not have enough credits to graduate until the
following year (fifth year seniors) will be included as a senior in the
yearbook when the student graduates with the senior class at the end of
the fifth school year and may participate in all senior activities during
their fifth year. No one is allowed to graduate at Christmas. Fifth year
students may request from the Board of Education to attend school a
half day during their fifth year if enough credits may be received.
Graduation Policy
Students who have completed 8 semesters and all state requirements
shall be permitted to participate in all graduation exercises. The school
shall notify the parent as early as possible of any student in jeopardy of
not graduating.
Graduation Dress Code
Students participating in graduation exercises must wear appropriate
dress. Boys must wear a white dress shirt, tie, dark slacks, and dress
shoes. Girls must wear neat skirts or dresses with black shoes. Jeans
and tennis shoes are not appropriate. Jewelry should be kept to a
minimum, and gowns should be neatly pressed.
Midterm & Final Exams
In order to prepare students for the future, all students at Carlisle
County High School are required to take midterm and final exams
(unless they earn attendance exemptions). Midterm exams shall be
given prior to Christmas break and will count as a test grade in the
course. Final exams shall be comprehensive and account for 20% of a
student's final average. Also, any student who misses an exam due to
an excused absence will make-up the exam during the first Saturday
school after Christmas vacation or during summer school.
Visitor’s Policy
All visitors to Carlisle County High School shall report immediately to
the office to sign in and state the purpose of the visit.
Parents/Guardians are welcome to visit the school or classrooms or
have lunch with their child at any time. However, prior approval of the
principal or principal designee is required.
Persons wishing to visit faculty and/or staff members shall make an
appointment during the faculty member’s planning period or the staff
member’s scheduled breaks. Visitors without prior appointments will
be admitted only in emergency situations.
Visitors other than parents/guardians who wish to see students will be
limited to emergency situations only. All visits must take place in the
office in the presence of a school official.
Building Lockdowns
KRS 158 requires building lockdown practice to be implemented at
least twice during the school year. Building lockdowns are used to
protect building occupants from potential dangers in the building. The
following procedures will be followed for building lockdowns:
 Students are cleared from the halls immediately and report to
the nearest classroom.
 Those needing special assistance are taken to nearest available
classroom.
 All windows and doors are locked and covered, including
exterior doors, and lights are shut off
 All occupants move to interior walls, staying away from all
doors and windows.
 All occupants remain quiet and do not leave classroom for any
reason.
 No one, other than emergency and school personnel, are
admitted to the building while it is under lockdown.
 This policy is under review and may be revised during the
school year.
Library Policy
 Students will be allowed to check out 2 books at a time.
 Books are checked out for two weeks. (A due date is stamped in
the back of their book upon checkout to remind them of when
their book is due).
 Books can be renewed for an additional week to prevent
overdue fines.
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Overdue Books
If a book becomes overdue the student is charged .05 (5 cents)
for each day the book is overdue.
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Students cannot check out another book until all fines are paid
in full. (It is very important to keep charges paid due to
classroom check outs being part of the student’s grades.)
Once the book is 1 month overdue it will be considered lost and
the student will be responsible for the cost of the book and any
fines that have accumulated. Parents will be notified by mail.
If the book is found at a later date, the student will be refunded
the price of the book. Fines will not be refunded.
Each semester there will be 1 amnesty day ( total of 2 per year)
when fines will be forgiven with the return of the overdue book.
The amnesty day date will be posted in the library and noted in
the school’s daily announcements.
Any student entering high school from middle school will still
be responsible for any fines or charges owed at the middle
school. They will not be allowed to check out books until they
have settled their account with the middle school.
All fines and/or lost book charges must be paid before the end
of the school year.
Classroom Checkouts
 Books checked out as a class will be automatically renewed
until the teacher is finished with the book. At this point the
students will have 1 day to return books before fines are
incurred.
Prom Policy
1. Prom is a closed dance, but CCHS students are allowed to bring
an outside guest.
a. An outside guest is any individual who is not in grades 9-12
at CCHS.
b. Prom is closed to guests below grade 9.
2. CCHS students are responsible for all items contained in the
Carlisle County Public Schools Behavior Code and Carlisle
County High School student handbook.
3. The CCHS student and parent/guardian are responsible for
informing the guest about the Carlisle County Public Schools
Behavior Code and the Carlisle County High School student
handbook.
4. An outside guest form must be completed and approved before
tickets can be purchased. This form must be turned in 1 week
prior to prom.
5. Persons not permitted to attend prom are as follows:
a. Anyone over age 22
b. Anyone who is a high school drop-out
c. Anyone on probation with the court system
d. Anyone convicted of a serious crime
e. Anyone who does not receive a positive recommendation
from his/her current principal
f. Anyone who is currently in alternative school at CCHS or
another school
g. Other individuals as determined by the principal or principal
designee
6. Prom dress code is as follows:
a. Boys must wear dress shirt, dress pants, and a tie.
b. Girls must wear a dress, skirt/blouse, or dress pants/blouse.
c. No clothing exposing cleavage or midriff are permitted.
d. Skirt/dress length must be mid-thigh or longer.
7. No students or guests are allowed on the parking lot after
arriving for prom unless accompanied by a school chaperone.
8. If a student and his/her guest choose to leave the campus during
prom, they will not be allowed to reenter the prom.
9. Smoking, dip tobacco, and alcohol/drugs are prohibited for
students and their guests.
10. Dancing at prom should be appropriate at all times. Any
dancing deemed inappropriate by school chaperones will result
in a warning on the first offense. Any further incidents of
inappropriate dancing will result in dismissal from prom.
11. Any breaking of the policy above or other behavior deemed
inappropriate by the chaperones will result in dismissal from the
prom. Consequences outlined in the student behavior code will
be applied to the CCHS student. Any illegal activity will be
reported to law enforcement.
Attendance Rewards Plan
Explanation:
All Carlisle County High School students (9-12) are eligible to
participate in the attendance reward program.
Students are rewarded for minimum grade outcomes and outstanding
attendance during the school year. The intention of this plan is to
reward students and in no way should this policy be construed as a
punishment.
Attendance and task success are critical areas in the workforce and
CCHS is attempting to teach the soft skill of admirable and outstanding
attendance as well as task success in order to promote the importance of
attendance and success in the job market beyond years in high school.
Outstanding attendance includes limiting unexcused and excused
absences during the school year in order to produce students that have a
keen sense of work ethic and obligation. (Please keep in mind that an
accumulation of unexcused absences are, by law, a legal issue for the
District Director of Pupil Personnel.)
Outstanding attendance provides a greater opportunity for excellent
grades, improved college and career preparation, success on required
tests (ACT, PLAN, state testing), developing relationships, less stress
through makeup activities, and an overall improved school experience.
Classroom success is defined by meeting minimum grade outcomes
defined below.
Criteria:
The reward for school attendance will be based on a combination of
grade success and attendance in a specific class and class period as
follows:
Grade in the class
Total allowable unexcused and
excused absences
A (taking final optional)
6 or 3 for sem. course
B (taking final optional)
4 or 2 for sem. course
C (taking final optional)
2 or 1 for sem. course
D
must take the final examination
F
must take the final examination
The intent of making the final optional for A’s, B’s, and C’s is to
enable the student that feels the final examination could improve
his/her grade or numerical average to another level of performance to
have this option.
Reward:
The reward for meeting the minimum criteria for school attendance will
be exemption from final examinations for a specific class in a specific
period of the day.
This does not exempt the student from attending school on the day of
the final examination. During testing an exempt student will be
expected to read or study pertinent curriculum materials while
classmates are completing the final examination.
In the event a student is absent on finals day and the absence
disqualifies the student from finals exemption, the student will be given
an “I” in the class until the time in which the final test is completed
(Instructor’s discretion).
**Students taking an “End of Course” state required examination
(Algebra 2, Biology, US History, English 2) cannot be exempt from the
state required final. Students taking a college dual-credit course cannot
be exempt from the college final. However, if there is another teacher
made final aside from the state required or college exams, students may
be deemed exempt from the additional finals required by the teacher.
In addition, students taking a college dual credit course or an APEX
course cannot be exempted from a final exam.
College/Career Readiness (CCR) Rewards Plan
Explanation:
All Carlisle County High School students (9-12) are eligible to
participate in the CCR reward plan.
Students are rewarded for meeting CCR criteria during their four years
of high school. The intention of the SBDM plan is to reward students
and in no way should this plan be construed as a punishment.
College/Career Readiness is critical to post-secondary success in the
workforce, college, or military. CCHS is attempting to teach the soft
skills of work ethic and self-motivation in order to promote the
importance of College/Career Readiness and therefore success in life
beyond high school graduation.
Criteria & Reward:
Students will be awarded up to 4 mentoring days to be used within the
last week of school during the senior year of high school provided the
student accurately completes and submits an Educational Enhancement
Opportunity (EHO) form for each mentoring day earned. If students
must take a final exam in a course, the students shall attend school for
the time of the exam and then be excused for the mentoring day. The
rewards for CCR will be based on successful completion of the
following criteria:
College Ready or Career Ready
=
1 mentoring day
College & Career Ready
=
2 mentoring days
ASVAB score of 50 or higher OR
PLAN to ACT Growth Score
on state assessment results OR
Meet 3 out of 4 Benchmarks on ACT =
Complete a Career Pathway
=
1 mentoring day
1 mentoring day