First Days of School
2014-2015
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School Mission
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Honesty
Attitude
Work Ethic
Knowledge
Success
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“Positive Inches”
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Success is achieved through inches.
Success is achieved through baby steps.
Baby steps are the royal road to skill.
Your future is a confluence of many small decisions that
will contribute to your success. LITTLE becomes BIG!
 Each decision and action you make is either leading you
towards success or failures
 Are your actions leading towards positive inches or
negative inches?
 GO HAWKS!
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Daily Schedule
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Monday and Friday
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 1 Period
7:45 – 8:32 (47 min)
 2nd Period
8:37 – 9:24 (47 min)
 3rd Period
9:29 – 10:16 (47 min)
 4th Period
10:21 – 11:08 (47 min)
 Lunch11:08 – 11:39 (30 min)
 5th Period
11:44 – 12:31 (47 min)
 6th Period
12:36 – 1:23 (47 min)
 7th Period
1:28 – 2:15 (47 min)
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
 1-2 Period
7:45 – 8:55 (70 min)
 2-3 Period
9:00 – 10:10 (70 min)
 4th Period
10:15-11:03 (48 min0
 Lunch
11:03-11:45 (42 min)
 5-6 Period
11: 50 – 1:00 (70 min)
 6 – 7 Period
1:05 – 2:15 (70 min)
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School Arrival
Expectations
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 Busses will drop students off at the bus loop.
 Students will be dismissed via administration signal to
the bus drivers at 7:30 AM.
 Late busses will drop students off at the front entrance of
the school.
 Students will walk along the sidewalk located next to the
football field and cross at the designated crosswalk.
 Breakfast will be available to students in the cafeteria
until 7:40 AM.
 Students need to clean up their area.
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School Arrival
Expectations
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 Students dropped off at school or driving to school
need to remain in supervised areas until 7:15 AM
 Students driving to school will need to park in the
designated student parking and will need to obtain a
parking permit from Mrs. Humphreys.
 The first period warning bell will ring at 7:40 AM
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“Work Hard, Be Nice.”
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Dress and Appearance
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 Prohibited Clothing includes revealing clothing that
is transparent or extremely low cut, visible
undergarments including attire with holes above the
knee: shirts or tops that do not cover the waistband
of pants. Shorts or skirts, and shorts, dresses, and
skirts higher than 3 inches above the knee. (If you are
unsure- use the short side of a 3X5 notebook card).
 Leotards and spandex must be covered to the thighs.
 Pants should be high enough to cover
underwear.
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Dress and Appearance
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 Clothing and accessories must not display racial or
ethnic slurs or symbols, gang affiliations, vulgar,
subversive, sexually suggestive, or otherwise
inappropriate language or images; promotion of
products that students may not legally buy such as
alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs; or anything that
promotes harm to another or oneself. (This includes
Salty Dog Saloon and Brewery insignia- If you have
a question-See Mr. Ainsworth).
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Dress and Appearance
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 Prohibited Items include hats, hoods, headbands,
studded jewelry, chains, sunglasses, sleep-wear or
clothing resembling sleep-wear or blankets.
 Hats and Hoods are to be removed prior to entering
the school building.
 Hats are allowed at the end of the day (2:15)
 Special circumstances will have specific procedures
for construction trades, welding, culinary arts and
lunch workers.
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Lunch Expectations
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 Four microwaves are available in the cafeteria for
student use.
 Utensils and napkins are located by the hot lunch
line.
 Students will need to clean up their lunch area.
Garbage cans are located throughout the lunch
room.
 Closed campus- If a student needs to leave the
building, they must sign out with the main office
and get a pass.
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Lunch Expectations
cont…
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 Monday & Friday 30 minute Lunch
 Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 42 minute lunch
 Closed Campus
 Academic Wings open for students during lunch as
long as garbage is picked up
 Library Open
 Individual arrangements with teachers for
classroom- passes required
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Lunch Expectations
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 Foosball Tables Located on the stage- game balls
available for check out in the main office.
 Snack shack open in the Construction Trades
Hallway
 Italian Sodas available in the commons
 Outside organizations will have materials available
in front of guidance as announced
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Mistakes
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“You will make mistakes. You will
mess up. We will too. But we will
all work hard and have AWESOME
behavior. Because everything in life
is earned. Everything is earned.
Everything is earned.”
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Hall Passes
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 Students must obtain a pass before leaving class.
 It is up to the individual teacher to determine their
hall pass.
 For extended time passes, the office will provide an
alternative such as a tardy or administration pass.
 Student aides will have designated passes.
 Students aren’t allowed to leave class before the 1st
10 minutes
 Students who abuse hall passes will be put on
a temporary hall pass moratorium
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No Passes
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1
10 Minutes
of
Class
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HHS-C H A M P S
Bathroom Expectations
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C - Conversation: 0 or 1 talking levels
H - Help: clean-up after yourself and flush toilet.
A - Activity: quickly going to the bathroom.
M - Movement: walk slowly and promptly return
to class within 2-5 minutes.
P - Participation: use the bathroom, wash hands for 30 seconds, use 2
squirts of soap, and dry hands.
S - Success: “Positive Inches”
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Tardies
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 A warning bell will ring one minute prior to the class
bell.
 Teachers will shut and lock doors when the tardy
bell rings. Students remaining in the halls will report
to the main office.
 Tardy students will quietly stand in a line and sign
in on the tardy student sheet.
 Students will be issued a pass and sent back to class.
 Students should promptly return to class
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Tardy Consequences:
1st Tardy
Warning
2nd Tardy
Warning and student calls parent/guardian
3rd Tardy
Student calls parent/guardian and assistant principal contacts parent
20 minute lunch detention
4th Tardy
Assistant Principal contacts parent and meets with student
20 minute lunch detention
5th Tardy
Assistant Principal contacts parent and meets with student
2 20 minute lunch detentions
6th Tardy
Assistant Principal contacts parent and meets with student
1/2 ISS (in-school suspension)
*Students are allowed 3 excused late arrivals to school before lunch detention is applied
**Tardies start over per quarter
***Additional tardies will result in progressive consequences at the discretion of the administration
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SLANT
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 S-Sit up
 L-Listen
 A-Ask and Answer Questions
 N-Nod your Head
 T-Track the Speaker
Are you SLANTing?
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School Dismissal
Expectations
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 Students are expected to stay in their designated
classes until the final school day bell. Students in PE
will need to wait behind the closed gym doors.
 Students who need a bus pass, must get a pass before
school or during lunch from the main office. Do not
wait until the end of the school day.
 Students must have a bus pass per parent permission
to ride a different bus. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!!
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BUS EXPECTATIONS
BE RESPONSIBLE
BE SAFE
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 Treat everyone with
 Remain in assigned seat
facing forward
 Keep hands, feet and
objects to yourself and
out of the aisle
 Use voice level 2 while
riding the bus
 Maintain silence at
Railroad Tracks
respect
 Use polite language
 Report any harassment to
bus driver, parent or
teacher as soon as
possible
 No eating or drinking on
the bus
Mat-Su School District Requires Assigned Seating on All Buses
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School Dismissal
Expectations
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 Bus Riders will need to stay on the sidewalk and cross at
the designated crosswalks.
 Busses will be released via an administration schedule at
2:25 PM.
 Students will need to be respectful to every adult at the
bus loop and follow their instructions.
 Walkers and Bike Riders will need to follow the “Rules of
the Road.”
 Reminder- All vehicles must be street legal to drive or
park on school property. Off road vehicles such as dirt
bikes, motorcycles and snow machines are not permitted
on school property.
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School Dismissal
Expectations
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 Student vehicles- Driving a vehicle of any kind to
school is a privilege – not a right.
 All students must exit the building within 15
minutes after the PM dismissal time unless involved
in a sanctioned school activity or directly supervised
by a sponsor, advisor or coach.
 Students waiting for transportation should remain in
the main foyer.
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“Self-discipline not IQ is the key
to success---discipline is 2x more
accurate than IQ at predicting
success.” –Dr. Dweck
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Non-Negotiables
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 The following will not be tolerated at HHS and are grounds for
suspension
Harassment: behavior intended to trouble or annoy someone.
Hazing: is defined as any action taken or situation created,
intentionally, whether on or off the school grounds, (i.e. trips) to
produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment,
or ridicule.
Discrimination: may be based on culture, ability, physical appearance,
size, sexuality, or religion among other things.
Bullying: an intentional electronic, written, verbal or physical act or
series of acts directed at another student or students, or staff, which
occurs in a school setting that is severe, persistent or pervasive.
Cyberbullying: misuses of technology to harass, tease, intimidate,
threaten or terrorize another student or staff member.
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After School Tutoring
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 After school tutoring is available Monday through
Thursday in the library for FREE.
 After school tutoring will be from 2:30 -4:30 PM.
 Students should have transportation arrangements
prior to staying for tutoring.
 Students will sign in with Mr. Hall and designate the
purpose for their attendance.
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Co-Curricular Activities
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Athletics
Fall: Cheerleading, Cross Country Running, Football,
Volleyball
Winter: Basketball, Cheerleading, Hockey, Wrestling
Spring: Baseball, NYO, Soccer, Softball, Track
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Clubs
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BPA- Business Professionals of America
Clay Target Shooting
Drama
Guitar Club
National Honor Society
Peer Helpers
SAB- School Advisory Board
Skills USA
Student Government
T.A.T.U- Teens Against Tobacco Use
Yearbook
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Goals:
“I want X, so I better do Y like
crazy right now.”
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Student Government
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Sophomores
President
Nichole Radmer
Vice President/Rep
Christen Bohl
SecretaryDakota Watson
TreasurerMason Norman
Juniors
President
Megan Wilbur
Vice President
Amanda Carver
Secretary/ Treasurer
William Matzke
Seniorsors
President
Samantha Nida
Vice President
Samantha Beaman
Secretary/ Treasurer
Teddi Irvin
Executive Board
President –
Victoria Baybado( SAB)
Secretary Russell Clark
Treasurer –
Warren O'Mara
Comm. Dir. –
Kimberly Quincy
Activities Dir. –
Jace taylor
Jaden Sears (SAB)
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Student Code of
Conduct
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 Middle School Visitation: No high school student is
permitted to visit the middle schools during the
school hours unless previous arrangements and
approval has been granted.
 Public Display of Affection: Students are to conduct
themselves in a SOCIALLY acceptable manner at all
times within the school. Excessive displays of
affection will not be tolerated and may result in
disciplinary actions. NO KISSING!
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“I have always maintained
that excepting fools, men did
not differ much in intellect,
only in zeal and hard work.”
-Charles Darwin
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Student Code of Conduct
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 Failure to Identify Self: All students in school
building, on school grounds, or at a school
sponsored event, upon request, identify themselves
to authorized school district personnel or their
designee.
 Fighting: A physical altercation where shoving,
pushing, striking, kicking, and or other physical
violence is used against another person. Provoking a
fight will be dealt with through the same sanction
applied to fighting.
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Student Code of
Conduct
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 Guests: Parents/guardians are welcome as guests at
HHS.
 Students from other schools aren’t permitted to visit
during the academic day.
 All lunch time visitors must be approved by the
front office.
 All guests must sign in at the front office and wear a
Visitor Badge.
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Student Code of
Conduct
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 Leaving school during the school day.
 HHS is a CLOSED Campus per MSBSD policy.
 Students are not permitted to eat lunch off campus.
 Once a student has arrived on the school campus, they may
not leave before normal dismissal hours unless
parent/guardian consent is obtained.
 All students leaving campus must sign out in the main
office.
 No student, regardless of age may leave campus without
parental consent and signing out in the front office before
leaving.
 Students may not go to the parking lot without signing out
in the main office.
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Electronic Devices
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 Cell phones, pagers, electronic games, personal
music devices and all other electronic devices are not
permitted to be used during academic time/class
time. This includes when in the hall with a hall pass.
 Students are allowed to use cell phones in class with
teacher and administrative approval for academic
purposes.
 Electronic devices with the capability to take pictures
are not permitted in the locker rooms or bathrooms.
This is considered a federal offense.
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After School Tutoring
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 Mr. Hall will coordinate after school tutoring.
 The library will be open after school MondayThursday from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
 Tutoring will provide a quiet place for students to
get homework help.
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Student Code of
Conduct
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 Truancy: an absence from school/class without the
prior knowledge or consent of the student’s
parent/legal guardian AND school official.
 A student that is more than 10 minutes late to a class
without a valid reason from the office will be
considered truant.
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Tap Out
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WHAT IS THE ‘CHOKING GAME’?
 It's a generations old oxygen deprivation activity passed on by youth on play-grounds, the
internet, at school, slumber par-ties, at camp, and from friends. The goal is a desired 'floaty',
'tingling', 'high' sensation accomplished through depriving the brain of oxygen. Not all
participants are seeking a high, some play as a pass time, out of curiosity, or as a result of peer
pressure.
WHO IS ‘PLAYING”?
 Unlike other risk-taking behaviors, oxygen deprivation activity (Choking Game) occurs across the
spectrum of adolescents; Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, wealthy, low income and those in
between. Some participants do not typically engage in risk taking behavior, while others are
looking for an alternative ‘high’. Age 9 -16 is the common age. Both boy and girls participate.
Males are more likely to participate alone and therefore have a higher fatality rate. It often begins
among a group of teens and is then taken home by a solo player.
CONSEQUENCES
 Falling upon unconsciousness can result in brain injury and broken bones. Brain cells die when
deprived of oxygen and do not regenerate. The lack of oxygen also causes short term memory
loss, seizures, strokes, heart attack and retinal damage. If the pressure is not released, death will
occur.
Students participating in Tap Out/Choking Game on the school campus or school sponsored activities
will receive disciplinary consequences.
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Student Code of
Conduct
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 Lockers: A locker or other container provided by the
school or the school district may be searched and
examined with the permission of the principal to
determine compliance with school regulations,
school district regulations, and local, state, and
federal laws.
 Personal Property: The MSBSD and HHS are not
responsible for damage, theft or loss of property on
school grounds. Do not bring large sums of cash or
other valuable items onto school grounds.
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Lost and Found
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 All lost and found items of personal nature (watches,
rings, etc.) are held in the school office.
 Library materials are routed to the library and
textbooks to the appropriate department.
 General items are placed on the Lost and Found
table located in the lunch room.
 Items not picked up for 30 days will be given to the
local charitable organization.
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Questions and Answers
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Specific Information Regarding this Presentation can be found in The Houston
High School Student Handbook.
Student Handbook can be located on our HHS website
Mat Su Borough School District Student Handbook can be found at the following
web address:
http://matsuk12.us
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Assignment
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What was the muddiest point
and why?
What 2-3 points were the
clearest?
Have students sign agreement
form and collect
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