Harrisonburg City Public Schools And Harrisonburg High School ...

Student Cooperative Association (SCA)ATHLETICS, CLUBS, AND ORGANIZATIONSEvery student is a member of the Student Cooperative Association. The SCA strives to improvecommunication and cooperation between the student, faculty, and administration. The ExecutiveCommittee, the Student Council, and the Honor Council are the three major sections of the SCA. TheSCA fosters a belief in the democratic process and upholds the honor, integrity, and scholastic standing ofour school.DancesAny group sponsoring a dance must adhere to all regulations that are established by the administration,including rules regarding music selection and dance styles. The activities advisor will provideinformation regarding these regulations. Students and their guests must adhere to all regulations ofstudent conduct at Harrisonburg High School.Students wishing to invite any outside guest to any Harrisonburg High School dance, including theJunior/Senior prom, must register their intended guest with the advisor/monitor in charge of the respectiveactivity no later than Wednesday of the week of the dance.The administration of Harrisonburg High School reserves the right to deny access by any person to anyschool-sponsored activity if that person's presence can be reasonably expected to cause or present adisruption to the activity at hand.If an individual refuses to leave a school sponsored activity after having been directed to do so byappropriate and authorized school personnel, then they will contact the police and the individual will becharged with trespassing.Student PublicationsPublications, such as annuals, literary magazine, school newspaper, and bulletins, are encouraged atHarrisonburg High School with proper faculty sponsorship; these publications are to exist to implementclassroom instruction as well as to keep the citizens and parents of the city informed. When anypublication becomes a vehicle for sensationalism, thereby destroying the worthiness of being aninstructional and informing instrument, then that publication has no place in our school. All materialsdistributed on school property must have the explicit permission and prior approval of the principal.RenaissanceThe Renaissance Program is commonly referred to as "Academics with an Attitude". Sponsored byJostens, the program has been called "one of the most positive developments on the American educationallandscape in the last 10 years." As the name indicates, the drive behind the Renaissance idea is the rebirthof the educational mission in America. Renaissance uses REWARD and RECOGNITION to generateenergy, motivation, commitment, and buy-in from all sectors of the community: students, faculty andstaff members, parents, local government and businesses, and national businesses. Using very visiblemeans of recognition, the Renaissance program will kick off with a rally in the fall where we will unveilour improvement goals for the school year. The Renaissance program is designed so that individualschools can tailor fit the core ideas to their particular needs and opportunities. Our ultimate goal will beto create a positive, safe school environment where children thrive academically. The program ispowerful, motivational, innovative, proven and energetic. It is a new way of thinking about education andthe behaviors we are trying to teach and encourage. Supported by our PTSA, we have developed a corecommittee of student leaders, parents, faculty and administrators that will be planning the program.32