High School Overview
CheyAnne Fant,
21st CCLC Director for Barren County Schools
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I can read a menu in French, English, and another language.
I have several favorite restaurants in different countries of the world.
During the holidays, I know how to hire a decorator to identify the
appropriate themes and items with which to decorate the house.
I know who my preferred financial advisory, legal service, designer,
domestic-employment service, and hairdresser are.
I have at least two residences that are staffed and maintained.
I have at least two or three “screens” that keep people whom I do not
wish to see away from me.
I fly in my own plane, the company plane, or the Concorde.
I know how to enroll my children in the preferred private school.
I support or buy the work of a particular artist.
I am on the boards of at least two charities.
I know the hidden rules of the Junior League.
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I know how to get my children into Little League, piano lessons,
soccer, etc.
I know how to properly set a table.
I know which stores are most likely to carry the clothing brands my
family wears.
My children know the best name brands in clothing.
I know how to use a credit card, checking account, and savings
account.
I have life insurance, home insurance, flood insurance, and/or car
insurance.
I talk to my children about going to college.
I understand the difference among the principle, interest, and escrow
statements on my house payment.
I know how to help my children with their homework or call the
school if I need additional help.
I know how to get a library card.
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I know which churches and sections of town have the best rummage
sales.
I know which grocery stores’ garbage bins can be accessed for
thrown-away food.
I know how to get someone out of jail.
I know how to physically fight and defend myself physically.
I know how to get a gun, even if I have a police record.
I know how to keep my clothes from being stolen at the
Laundromat.
I know how to live without a checking account, electricity, or a
phone.
I know what to do if I don’t have money to pay the bills.
I know how to move in half a day.
I can get by without a car.
I can entertain a group of friends with my personality and my
stories.
School customer service:
Who is your customer?
Who are the stakeholders?
Characteristics of Generational Poverty
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Background noise & significance of entertainment
Importance of personality, sense of humor,
relationships
Matriarchal structure
Survival orientation (relationships, job)
Importance of non-verbal communication
Ownership of people
Discipline – penance/forgiveness
Belief in fate
Polarized thinking
Time – present only; flexible and not measured
Lack of organization
Lives in the moment
Think about your worse
memory in school
Think about your best
memory in school
So, what can we do?
Make school inviting…
Provide background
noise – music, kids
playing
Make events “family
friendly”
Be approachable
Validate their contributions
 showing up
 supporting role as a
parent
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 Explain the hidden rules
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where’s the restroom,
 be funny, but not degrading
call to make an
 build relationships
appointment, how
 “own” the children
detention works)
 provide customer service
 dress “appropriately”
 Make your events
entertaining, then surprise
 Value the parents’
with information
time, even if they don’t
 Think of hosting events at
value yours
comfortable places
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#1 Rule of etiquette:
Make everyone feel
comfortable
How to communicate
•Instant
contact
•One Call System
•Email
•Thru entertainment
•Facebook
•Twitter
•Convenient times
•Already there for play,
ballgame, etc.
•Work schedule
•Feel Special
•Invitations
•Candy greetings
•Tickets to hospitality
room
•Walmart Greetings
Feel special
Our Model:
Families on Campus Uplifting Students – send home in 1st day
folder
 Trojan Ambassadors – Plan it…Own It!!!
 Freshmen Orientation Centered Upon Success
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 Meet the parents in a positive way before school even
starts
 Make it important to the kids, and the “family” will
follow (social event, free shirt, recruit the kids, get
schedule early)
Socials- Paint Up, Sophomore S’mores, Junior Mints, Senior
Sundaes
 Career and Technical Education Night – at the local ATC
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 Asked alumni to come back to talk about themselves
Pink Out & Gold Rush (combined with homecoming) – Hospitality
room open to all families – counselors there to talk about ACT,
senior info, FAFSA forms, career planning, etc.
 Afterschool awards night – family friendly, everyone recognized
 Show their students in a slideshow…They are a part
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Family Nights
Hidden Rules Among Classes
Poverty
Middle Class
Wealth
Possessions
People
Things
One-of-a-kind
objects, legacies,
pedigrees
Money
To be used, spent
To be managed
To be invested
Personality
For entertainment;
sense of humor is
highly valued
For acquisition and
stability; achievement
is highly valued
For connections;
financial, political,
social connections
are highly valued
Social
Emphasis
People they like
Self-sufficiency
Social exclusion
Food
“Did you have
enough?”
“Did you like it?”
“Was it presented
well?”
Clothing
Individual style and
expression of
personality
Label important,
quality
Designer important,
artistic sense and
expression
Hidden Rules Among Classes
Poverty
Middle Class
Wealth
Time
Present; decisions
based on feelings or
survival
Future; decisions
based on future
ramifications
Traditions/history;
decisions based on
tradition
Education
Valued and revered as Crucial for success
abstract; not a reality
and making money
Necessary for
tradition/maintaining
connections
Destiny
Fate
Choice
With power/prestige
comes responsibility
Family
Structure
Matriarchal
Patriarchal
Depends on who has
the money
World View
Local
National
International
Love
Based on “is the
person liked?”
Based on
achievements
Based on social
standing/connections
Driving
Force
Survival, relationships, Work, achievement
entertainment
Financial, political, and
social connections
Get in FOCUS
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Finding Our Careers Using STEM
Fun Opportunities Centered Upon Success
Fitness Opportunities Centered Upon Success
Fifth Opportunity Centered Upon Success
Freely Offering Communities Unconditional
Service
Families On Campus Uplifting Students
Freshmen Orientation Centered Upon Success
Focusing On Career and University Success
Get in FOCUS
Finding Our Careers Using STEM
Finding Our Careers Using STEM
•Alpha
Sigma Chi
(Applied Science
Club)
•Academic
Team
•Breakfast
Club
•Reading
•Mass
Concepts
Media
•Math
Tutoring and
Gaming
•Science
Tutoring
and Gaming
Fun Opportunities Centered Upon Success
More Fun Opportunities
Centered Upon Success
DRAMA PRODUCTION
-SKILLS BASED LEARNING
-FOR HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT
HOW TO SUSTAIN:
TICKET SALES VOLUNTEERS
PARTNERS
ONE SET TRANSFORMS
UNIVERSITY VISITORS
ON-LOAN ACTORS/SUPPLIES
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will
forget what you did, but people will never forget how you
made them feel.
Focusing on Career and University Success
TROJAN THREADS
CONNECTION TO THE
SCHOOL DAY:
FACS/FCCLA
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BUSINESS/FBLA
•SUSTAINABILITY
PROJECTS –TROJAN
THREADS
•SPEAKERS - FREE
THROUGH JUNIOR
ACHIEVEMENT
•HANDS-ON DESIGN
EXPERIENCE
•WORK EXPERIENCE
•OPERATIONS OF
BUSINESS
•ADVERTISING
•PLANNING FOR BUSINESS
GROWTH
•MONEY SKILLS
Fifth Opportunity Centered Upon Success
Credit Recovery
(Added Acceleration
this year)
•Barren
Academy of
Virtual and Extending
Learning –Curriculum
online with or without
teachers
•Students who need
to graduate
•Students who wish
to earn credits for
needed classes to
increase options
during the school
year
Fitness Opportunities Centered Upon Success
•BC
Stride – Couch to 5K, health, nutrition, Fuel Up to
Play 60, Zumba, student directed activities
•Bass Fishing – KHSAA, regional and state qualifiers
•Bowling – regional qualifiers, scholarship to
Campbellsville University
•Train and Tumble – gymnastics
•Train and Lift – weightlifting
•JROTC
•Off Season Training
Freshmen Orientation Centered Upon Success
•Trojan
Ambassador
Training (plan for day,
business etiquette,
customer service
training, school history,
tours, leadership/ropes
training)
•Student Day and
Family Night (schedule
pick up, meet teachers,
study habits, folders,
games planned by
Trojan Ambassadors –
all student lead and
teacher supervised)
Parent education
Fun Opportunities Centered Upon STEM – Mythbusters
Multimedia Science
Writing, Photography, Scientific Method, Lab Report, Video Production, Engineering, QR Codes, Communication, College
and Career Readiness – Speakers, Problem Solving with Minute to Win It Games/Experiments