AHS Counseling Team

Counselors will be conducting classroom guidance November 4th-13th to present information about graduation requirements and to help students begin working on their career plan and next year's schedule. See the timeline below for upcoming dates for review of course choices for next year.

If a student fails a class for the 9 weeks, they have the opportunity to complete quarter recovery to bring the grade to passing. This applies to the 1st 9 weeks and the 3rd 9 weeks (not the 2nd or the 4th).

Quarter Recovery for the first 9 weeks is due on Friday, November 6th.

SMILE!!!

Picture retakes will take place on November 17th and 18th!!

Retakes will take place in the upper PAC

The second and final opportunity for students to level down from an Advanced or AP course is coming up soon. The changes requested, if granted, will take effect second semester. The level change form will open on November 12th and will close on November 17th. Students MUST be logged into his/her AHS account in order to complete the form. Students MUST fill out the form to be eligible for a level change at the start of the second semester.

Friday November 20th will be our annual Eagle Give Day. Students are encouraged sign up to participate in one of the Eagle Give Day projects. Students will also have Early Release on this day. Thanksgiving Break is the following week.

Texas Law requires all students to attend each class for at least 90% of the days it is offered to receive credit for the course.

The 90% rule applies to both excused and unexcused absences, including parent notes, vacations, and routine doctor or therapy appointments. Only specific statutorily exempt absences (such as religious holy days or documented court/military appearances) do not count.

Students that have missed more than the allowable days have the opportunity to make up the hours before or after school in 2 ways: either in the 90% room (M158) or with a teacher in tutoring (they must tell the teacher to submit the 90% form for them to get credit). Students cannot make up hours during their privilege period, it must be before school or after school and it must be either in the 90% room or with one of their academic teachers.

The final day to make up 90% hours is December 14th. If a student still owes hours in a class after that date, they will lose credit for the class regardless of the grade and will have to retake the course. It will also average as a zero into GPA for the failure due to absences.

See below for the 90% room hours opportunities.

Counselors are committed to supporting all students as they graduate from high school and enter their next step as College, Career and/or Military ready (CCMR.) Our campus goal is that 100% of our seniors graduate having demonstrated their post-secondary readiness.

Each student's plan for being CCMR met will be listed in their Personal Graduation Plan (PGP). Here are some of the ways our students can earn their College, Career, or Military Readiness (CCMR) indicator:

• Earn a 480+ Reading and a 530+ Math on the SAT
• Pass the TSI Assessment
• Earn a score of 3+ on an AP exam
• Complete Texas College Bridge
• Complete Dual Credit or OnRamp classes
• Earn an Industry Based Certificate and complete a program of study
• Complete the workforce goals in an IEP
• Enlist in the Military

Celebrated annually on November 13th, World Kindness Day is a global observation that emphasizes the need to be kind to one another in order to thrive peacefully as a global community. World Kindness Day was initiated by the World Kindness Movement at a 1998 Tokyo conference and has been celebrated around the world ever since. Participants believe that kindness has the power to change the world. World Kindness Week starts on World Kindness Day, November 13th, and ends on November 18th.

There are many ways to get involved and spread kindness. Kindness is a force that goes to the heart of how people respect, love, honor, communicate with and treat one another. World Kindness Day is an opportunity for children and adults worldwide to make a commitment to intentionally extend good to others in actions and words. Saying a kind word, calling a friend, helping a neighbor, hugging a loved one, and volunteering or making a donation to a non-profit are just a few examples.

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