Conway High School
Student & Parent Guide
A Quick Reference for
Frequently Asked Questions
Conway High School
Student & Parent Guide
Table of Contents
Bell & Student Schedule ................................................................. 2
2014-2015 SCHOOL CALENDAR ................................................ 3
Conway High School Contact Information ..................................... 4
Absences .......................................................................................... 5
Bus Procedures ................................................................................ 5
Check-out Procedures...................................................................... 5
Counseling Center ........................................................................... 6
Driver’s Test Form .......................................................................... 6
Extracurricular Activities and Organizations .................................. 6
Home School Students .................................................................... 6
Lockers/ID ....................................................................................... 7
Lunch Procedures ............................................................................ 7
Media Center ................................................................................... 7
Parking............................................................................................. 8
Schedule Changes............................................................................ 8
School Property including Textbooks ............................................. 9
Scholarship Information ................................................................ 10
Student Announcements ................................................................ 10
Student Deliveries ......................................................................... 10
Tardies ........................................................................................... 10
Visitors .......................................................................................... 11
Volunteers ..................................................................................... 11
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Bell & Student Schedule
2014-2015
Time
Period
8:00
8:05
8:10 – 9:01
9:07 – 10:02
10:08 – 10:59
Entry Bell
Second Bell
10:59 – 11:29
11:34 – 12:27
1st Lunch
4th Period
Subject
1st Period
2nd Period
3rd Period
(1st Lunch)
11:04 – 11:57
11:57 – 12:27
4th Period
(2nd Lunch)
2nd Lunch
12:33 – 1:23
1:29 – 2:19
2:25 – 3:15
5th Period
6th Period
7th Period
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Teacher
2013-2014 SCHOOL CALENDAR
2014
Aug. 11-15
Aug. 18
Teacher Professional Development
First Day of School – 1st Semester Begins
Sept. 1
Sept. 23-24
Labor Day Holiday – School Dismissed
Parent/Teacher Conferences – Secondary
Oct. 3
Oct. 15
Oct. 22-23
Homecoming
1st 9 weeks ends
Parent/Teacher Conferences – Elementary
Nov. 24-25
Nov. 26-28
Teacher Professional Development - Students Dismissed
Thanksgiving Holidays/School Dismissed
Dec. 19
Dec. 22-Jan. 2
2nd 9 weeks / 1st semester ends
Christmas Holidays – School Dismissed
2015
Jan. 5
Jan. 6
Jan. 19
Feb. 11-12
Teacher Professional Development – Students Dismissed
(Make-up day for extenuating circumstances if needed*)
3rd 9 weeks / 2nd semester begins – Students Return
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday–School Dismissed
Parent/Teacher Conferences – Secondary
Feb. 16
President’s Day-School Dismissed
(Make-up day for extenuating circumstances if needed*)
March 13
March 18-19
March 23-27
3rd 9 weeks ends
Parent /Teacher Conferences – Elementary
Spring Break – School Dismissed
April 11
May 1
Prom
Teacher Professional Development – Students Dismissed
(Make-up day for extenuating circumstances if needed*)
May 17
May 25
May 28
Graduation
Memorial Day Holiday – School Dismissed
4th 9 weeks / 2nd semester ends
May 29
June 1
Make-up day for extenuating circumstances if needed*
Make-up day for extenuating circumstances if needed*
* In accordance with ACT 1469, five (5) days have been added to the end of the calendar as approved by the Conway School
Board. These days will not be used unless extenuating circumstances facilitate the necessity to do so.
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Conway High School Contact Information
Conway High School:
501-450-4880
Principal: Joel Linn
Bookkeeping: Teresa McConnell
Counseling Center:
10th – 11th
Sheila Counts
Kathie Houston
Belinda Claunch
A – Gi
Gl – M
N–Z
12th
Jan Armstrong
Jeanie Moore
A–K
L–Z
Willie Jones
Registrar
Nurse: Cheryl Bramlett
Special Education Designee: Kyndell Rea
Bilingual Liaison: Grace Smith
School Resource Officers: Officer Townsend
Officer Flowers
Assistant Principals:
Ferris Delph-Jackson
A–D
Nick Newman
E–J
Larry Joe Smith
K–Q
Melinda Wright
R-Z
Media Center: Leigh Masterton
Leigha Nguyen
Cafeteria Manager: Rebecca Kelley
Faculty and Staff may also be contacted through e-mail.
The employee e-mail directory is located at the
Conway Public Schools website:
http://www.conwayschools.org/email-directory1.html
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Conway High School Procedures
Absences
A student will be counted absent in a class if he or she misses 15 minutes or
more of the class period.
A students who is under 18 and who misses the equivalent of 10 days in a
semester or who shows a consistent pattern of non-attendance in one or
more periods may be reported to juvenile court as truant. A student will be
given no credit in a class if he or she misses 10 unexcused days within a
semester.
A student who has medical or court-related documents for an absence or
tardy should turn in the document to the attendance secretary in the front
office on the first floor of the main building as soon after the absence as
reasonably possible.
Bus Procedures
1. School busses run on a very tight schedule. Students must report to
busses or bus stops promptly. Students who do not report promptly
will be left.
2. No bus passes will be written for friends accompanying students
home.
3. Students should ride their assigned busses unless a change
(temporary or permanent) has been approved by a principal and the
transportation department in advance.
4. Students must board busses at the assigned location.
5. Students suspended from their bus may not ride any Conway Public
School bus during the time of their suspension.
Check-out Procedures
All students arriving after a tardy bell will be counted tardy unless medical
or court-ordered documentation is presented.
Students checking out at any time of the day must have parental consent by
phone or in person, and students must sign out at the front desk in the
administrative area.
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Counseling Center
The Conway High School Counseling Center is located in the administrative
office area at the front of the main building. The counselors provide
academic and social support for the students of Conway High School. The
counselors are also responsible for working with building administration in
coordinating scheduling and standardized assessments, overseeing the
enrollment and withdrawal process, and providing information to students
concerning post-secondary plans. The counselors can also assist in
scheduling individual parent/teacher conferences as needed. If a student or
parent/guardian has a question or concern that the counselors may be able to
assist with, they can contact them using the assignments listed in this
booklet.
Driver’s Test Form
Act 831/876 of 1991 requires students to present a Driver’s Attendance
Form before taking tests for a driver’s license. This form verifies that the
student is properly enrolled and maintaining a C average. Students may
sign up for this form in the front office.
Extracurricular Activities and Organizations
Conway High School offers a wide range of clubs, activities, and
organizations that are designed to supplement the educational program. All
CHS extracurricular activities are governed by any applicable guidelines
from national organization requirements, rules of the Arkansas Activities
Associations, and/or local school district/school policy. Student
membership and participation in extracurricular activities and organizations
is considered a privilege and can be revoked based on academic and/or
behavior issues. This revocation may also apply to field trips and/or
competitions.
Home School Students
Students must attend an accredited public school for nine (9) consecutive
months in order to receive a public school diploma. Students who have
home schooled for any part of grades 9 – 12 are not eligible to be
considered for honor graduate status. Students returning from home school
will be tested to determine which credits they will be awarded.
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Lockers/ID
Lockers are issued throughout the school year on a first come first served
basis. The cost to rent a locker is $ 5.00.
Upon request all students must identify themselves to proper school
authorities in the school building, on school grounds, or at school sponsored
events by showing a current school ID. Students must have a current school
ID card to check out library books and to gain admittance to school dances
including homecoming and prom.
Lunch Procedures
The campuses of Conway Public Schools are closed during lunch which
means students are not allowed to check out in order to leave campus for
lunch, and no visitors are allowed on campus during lunch without
permission from the building principal prior to the day of the visit.
Lunches can be purchased in the cafeteria for $2.25 or brought from home
and students may eat in the cafeteria or outside in the courtyard area.
Students found leaving their tray or trash will be subject to disciplinary
action or loss of privilege.
There are two separate lunch periods at Conway High School for 20132014:
1st Lunch
2nd Lunch
10:59 – 11:29
11:57 – 12:27
All lunches brought to students during the school day must be taken to
the front office in the main building. Students will not be notified by the
front office that a lunch has been delivered. Please do not make
arrangements with your child to pick up his or her lunch from you at your
car.
Breakfast is served daily beginning at 7:45 for $1.25
Media Center
The media center is located on the second floor of the main building. The
media center is available for student book checkout, research, and other
technology/media related services. Any student wishing to check out
materials must have a current Conway High School student ID. No food or
drinks are allowed in the media center at any time.
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Parking
1. In order to park at Conway High School Campus students must
register their vehicles through the Main Office. (Cost for tags is
$5.00)The students must then display the tag on the rear-view
mirror.
2. Students may park only in the designated student parking areas.
Parking in the faculty and staff designated area will result in a fine
($5.00) and possible loss of driving privileges. Fines not paid
within 30 days of issuance will be doubled. All fines must be
paid before a student will receive his or her high school diploma
after graduation.
3. After arriving at school, students are to immediately leave their
cars and not return to them for the reminder of the school day.
Students must secure permission from a principal before going to
a car during the school day.
4. Motorcycles or any other vehicles occupying a regular parking
place must have a parking tag.
5. Operating a vehicle is a privilege. Any student breaking the rules or
driving in an unsafe manner will lose that privilege and could be
suspended from school.
6. At the end of the school day, students must leave campus
immediately unless they have a school-related after-school activity
to attend.
Schedule Changes
Schedule changes have serious effects both on each student’s individual
schedule and on the class size of the course into which he/she is
transferring. Decisions about the number of sections per department are
made in the spring based upon students’ course selections during the
registration process. Each student is registered individually and given
ample opportunities to make his/her schedule choices. Students are
expected to enroll in the classes they selected at that time.
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1. Schedule changes will be made only for the following reasons:
 There was a misplacement due to lack of prerequisite or
background;
 A student earns credit over the summer;
 A senior is not scheduled in a class needed for graduation;
 There is a conflict in the master schedule that requires a
schedule change.
2. No classes will be changed after the 5th day of a new semester other
than a student dropping a class and being placed in study hall
(provided the student doesn’t already have a study hall). A student
must be registered for six (6) subjects each semester or have
permission from the principal to do otherwise.
3. Dropping any class after the first four (4) weeks will result in a
“WF” for that semester in that course.
4. Elective class changes are made only for classes that have an out-ofschool practice/time commitment that can no longer be honored by
the student.
5. Students enrolled in a full-year course (including Pre-AP) will
remain in that course for the full year. The only exception to
dropping a year-long course at semester will be a student having a
failing first semester grade (or a “D” with teacher recommendation).
6. Teachers cannot be selected – all teachers will work hard for the
success of each student, and students are expected to work hard to
be successful with the schedule received.
7. Changing from an AP class to a regular class will be considered at
the end of the first nine weeks and at semester only, with the
following requirement:
 Percentage grade of less than 70 percent;
 A parent/teacher/student conference has been held to
discuss what can be done for the student to be successful in
the current class;
 Space is available.
8. Students must always attend the classes on his/her schedule until
receiving an official schedule from the counseling center reflecting
the new class or classes.
School Property including Textbooks
All students will be held accountable for lost or damaged school property
and textbooks issued to them. This includes required novels issued by the
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English department. The average replacement cost for a textbook is $65.00;
therefore, students are required to sign a textbook inventory form verifying
they received a textbook and the condition of the text. When they return the
textbook at the end of the school year, they will sign the same inventory
form indicating they have returned the textbook and verifying the condition
of the text. The assessed value for fines or replacement will be determined
at that time and the teacher will notify the student and parent of the fine or
replacement cost.
When a textbook is lost by a student, he/she should notify the teacher who
issued the text. The teacher will issue a replacement text after the student
has paid for the lost text. Students will be refunded if they locate the lost
text and provide a receipt showing they paid for the lost book.
Students will be responsible for paying for damaged or lost textbooks at
the conclusion of each semester. Lost or damaged novels issued by the
English department will be paid at the conclusion of the academic unit
covering the novel. Students will not receive their high school diplomas
after graduation unless all of their fines have been paid.
All payments will be made to Mrs. McConnell in the main building.
Scholarship Information
Scholarship information is posted at
http://chs.conwayschools.org/scholarships.html
Student Announcements
Daily student announcement contain important information about upcoming
events; academic and extracurricular activities; deadlines; etc. The Conway
High School daily announcements may be found at
http://chs.conwayschools.org/announcements.html
Student Deliveries
Conway High School Campus does not accept delivery of gifts, food, or
flowers for students.
Parents may bring textbooks, school supplies, homework, lunch, medicine
or clothing to the front desk in the administrative office area.
Tardies
Tardies are disruptive to the classroom. Students should be in class by the
time the tardy bell sounds. Students who are late to one class because of
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another class will not be excused. All tardies are considered to be unexcused
unless a doctor, dentist, court, or counseling appointment card (or excuse) is
presented to the attendance secretary. Administrators may write tardy passes
for extenuating circumstances.
Students who miss more than 15 minutes of a class period without an
excuse will be counted absent and may be considered truant.
Visitors
All visitors must register at the front desk in the administrative office area
and provide a photo ID. All visitors will receive a visitor’s pass. The
visitor’s pass must be visible and worn during the entire visit. Classroom
visitations must have prior approval by the administration at least 24-hours
in advance of the visit.
Volunteers
Parental involvement at Conway High School is encouraged.
Parent/Community members wishing to volunteer should contact the
parental involvement coordinator to obtain further information about
opportunities to serve.
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