JCHS_Student_Handbook - Geary County Schools USD 475

completed the service learning requirement. During first semester a student may request senior
release in order to take off-campus college classes. During second semester a student may request
senior release for college classes, because of a job, or for extenuating family circumstances.
HONOR ROLL
To be eligible for any Honor Roll, a student must be enrolled in at least four classes. A student who
receives one or more ―F’s‖ will not qualify for the Honor Roll in spite of his/her G.P.A.
Principal’s Honor Roll—4.0 or higher
Blue Jay Honor Roll—3.50-3.99
Honor Roll—3.00-3.49
ACADEMIC LETTER
Students maintaining an exemplary Grade Point Average will be awarded an academic letter
and/or bar at the Annual Academic Letter Banquet, held on a Monday in late January or early February.
Students who have established/maintained a 3.5 or better cumulative GPA will earn a letter
and the ―lamp of learning‖ pin. Bars will be awarded for each successive year in which 3.5 cumulative
GPA is maintained.
VALEDICTORIAN-SALUTATORIAN
In general, the JCHS Valedictorian and Salutatorian Awards will honor the students in the Senior
Class with the highest and second highest cumulative grade point averages respectively. The
JCHS Administration, however, reserves the right to review each candidate’s academic record and
to make appropriate adjustments in the number of awards given.
GRADE CARDS/PROGRESS REPORTS
Grades will be calculated every six (6) weeks. Grades will be distributed to students to take home
during the following weeks: September 27, November 8, February 21, and April 11. Grades will
be mailed at the end of each semester.
Six week grades will NOT be changed. They are only progress reports. Deadline for changing
semester grades (incompletes) is three (3) weeks after the semester has ended. Parents can gain
information such as grades, attendance, fees, etc. by using the Parent Portal. To gain access to
the Parent Portal, a parent/guardian should bring a photo id to the student’s academy office.
The academy counselor can provide a progress report approximately three weeks into each six
week grading period. If more frequent progress reports are desired, the counselors can explain the
use of the student handbook/planner for this purpose. Teachers can e-mail progress reports to
parents directly. For more information on this, contact your student’s teacher(s).
Parents are urged to contact their student’s classroom teacher(s) and/or counselor any time they
have a question or concern about their student’s academic progress.
PARENT RIGHT-TO-KNOW
Parents may obtain the school and district report cards via the school district’s website:
www.usd475.org. and /or acquire a copy through the high school principal’s office at 785 717-4220
or StanleyDodds@usd475.org.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS-STAFF
Parents may request information regarding the professional qualifications of the student’s classroom
teachers, including, at a minimum,
whether the teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and
subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction;
whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which
State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived;
the baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree
held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree; and whether the