Handbook - Midlothian ISD

DUAL CREDIT COURSES / COLLEGE COURSESDual credit and college courses are available for juniors and seniors at MHS. A studentmay enroll in a maximum of two dual credit courses in any year, unless approved byhis/her counselor to take more than two. Dual credit courses that are available at MHSrequire prerequisites. Information about these courses is dispersed in the spring whenstudents make course selections for the upcoming year. Please see your counselor formore information.CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSThe District offers career and technology programs in cooperation with Waxahachie ISDin the following areas: auto mechanics, auto technology, auto collision, health/sciencetechnology, cosmetology, and computer application careers. Additionally, the followingcareer and vocational programs are offered at Midlothian High School: agriculture,welding, home improvement, business education, family/consumer science, and mediatechnology. Admission to these programs is based on academic achievement, attendance,and the student’s discipline record. Prerequisites are required for some areas of study.Midlothian High School will take steps to ensure that lack of English language skills willnot be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs.EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, CLUBS, ANDORGANIZATIONSParticipation in school and school-related activities is an excellent way for a student todevelop talents, receive individual recognition, and build strong friendships with otherstudents; participation, however, is a privilege, not a right.Eligibility for participation in many of these activities is governed by state law as well asrules of the University Interscholastic League (UIL)—a statewide association overseeinginterdistrict competition. The following requirements apply to all extracurricularactivities:• A student who receives at the end of a grading period a grade below 70 in anyacademic class—other than a class identified as honors or advanced by either theState Board of Education or by the local Board of Trustees—may not participate inextracurricular activities for at least three school weeks.• A student with learning disabilities who fails to meet the standards in theindividualized education program (IEP) may not participate for at least three schoolweeks.• An ineligible student may practice or rehearse.• A student is allowed, in a school year, up to ten absences not related to post-districtcompetition, a maximum of five absences for post-district competition prior to state,and a maximum of two absences for state competition. All extracurricular activitiesand public performances, whether UIL activities or other activities approved by theBoard, are subject to these restrictions.- 33 -