Gadsden City High School Student Handbook 2018-2019

Gadsden City High School Student Handbook

2018-2019

Dear Students:

Welcome to Gadsden City High School, home of the Titans! I am glad to be back at Gadsden City as your principal. On behalf of the faculty and staff, we look forward to making the 2018-19 school year, the best year yet at GCHS. At Gadsden City you will find a caring and inviting place, and a faculty that will strive to help you reach your goals.

As principal, I implore you to take advantage of the many opportunities provided to you as Titans. You will find the curriculum has the diversity and rigor needed to prepare you for your future, whether that be college, career, or military. We also offer a wide range of extracurricular activities including, athletics, fine arts, and career technical education. Our athletic teams represent the school well, on and off the field, and have had success in putting athletes at the next level. The fine arts program is without a doubt the best in northeast Alabama. Career technical programs offer students the opportunity to learn skills and knowledge to compete in today's workforce.

GCHS also offers many clubs and organizations in which to join and meet new friends, help in our community, and make a difference in our school. We want you involved in our many Titan traditions.

Prepare yourself to take advantage of the many wonderful opportunities you will be given at Gadsden City High School. We, the faculty and staff of GCHS, wish you a wonderful school year.

Sincerely,

Kevin Young Principal

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MISSION STATEMENT

Increasing in Learning, Service, Performance, and Leadership, we prepare

for the future.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Academic Dishonesty .................................................................................................................................................................................. Access to Programs and Services................................................................................................................................................................. Accreditation.............................................................................................................................................................................................. Acknowledgement Form............................................................................................................................................................................... Advanced Placement Policies........................................................................................................................................................................ After-School Policy........................................................................................................................................................................................ Advertisements and Flyers............................................................................................................................................................................ Alma Mater.................................................................................................................................................................................................... Athletics......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Attendance Policy Gadsden City Secondary Schools........................................................................................................................ Attendance.................................................................................................................................................................................................... Bell Schedule (REGULAR)......(SPECIAL BELL SCHEDULES p. 41)................................................................................................................ Bus Conduct.................................................................................................................................................................................................. Campus Map................................................................................................................................................................................................. Checkout Procedures.................................................................................................................................................................................... Class Materials.............................................................................................................................................................................................. Code of Student Behavior........................................................................................................................................................................... Code of Student Behavior for Athletes......................................................................................................................................................... Course Fees................................................................................................................................................................................................... Diploma Options........................................................................................................................................................................................... Dress Code.................................................................................................................................................................................................... Drug-Free Policy........................................................................................................................................................................................... Dual Enrollment............................................................................................................................................................................................ Early Morning Students................................................................................................................................................................................ Electronic Devices......................................................................................................................................................................................... Emergency Drills........................................................................................................................................................................................... Enrollment Procedures for New Students.................................................................................................................................................... Excused Absences......................................................................................................................................................................................... Field Trips..................................................................................................................................................................................................... Fighting on Campus...................................................................................................................................................................................... Finals Exemptions......................................................................................................................................................................................... Food Services................................................................................................................................................................................................ Fund Raising Projects................................................................................................................................................................................... Gadsden City Board of Education Administrative Staff and Board Members.............................................................................................. Gadsden City High School Faculty................................................................................................................................................................ Grade Placement and Promotion Requirements......................................................................................................................................... Grading System and Report Cards............................................................................................................................................................... Graduation Clearance................................................................................................................................................................................... Graduation Prerequisites.............................................................................................................................................................................. Hall Passes.................................................................................................................................................................................................... iNow Information......................................................................................................................................................................................... Library .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Locker Service Charge and Use.................................................................................................................................................................... Lost and Found............................................................................................................................................................................................. Make-Up Work.............................................................................................................................................................................................. Medication..................................................................................................................................................................................................... Office Telephones......................................................................................................................................................................................... Parent ? Teacher Conferences..................................................................................................................................................................... Parent/Teacher/Student Organization (PTSO)............................................................................................................................................. Parking ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Performing Arts Academy............................................................................................................................................................................. Preventative Health Maintenance/Immunization Card............................................................................................................................... Purpose and Scope of Handbook................................................................................................................................................................. Returned Check Policy................................................................................................................................................................................. Schedule Change Policy.................................................................................... .......................................................................................... School Calendar............................................................................................................................................................................................ School Colors and Mascot................................................................................................................................................................... School Visitors/Trespassing/Deliveries......................................................................................................................................................... Skipping Policy.............................................................................................................................................................................................. Search and Seizure....................................................................................................................................................................................... Student Council............................................................................................................................................................................................. Student Organizations.................................................................................................................................................................................. Summer Enrollment...................................................................................................................................................................................... Tardy Policy (...To School and ...To Class).................................................................................................................................................. Technical Agreement................................................................................................................................................................................... Technical Resource Policy............................................................................................................................................................................ Textbooks.................................................................................................................................................................................................... Title IX Policy Statement.............................................................................................................................................................................. Transcripts.................................................................................................................................................................................................... Unauthorized Group Activities...................................................................................................................................................................... Withdrawal/Dropout Procedures.................................................................................................................................................................. Web Site Information ...................................................................................................................................................................................

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GADSDEN CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION 1026 Chestnut Street 256-543-3512

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD Kelly Cochran Frank Cylar Mike Haney

Deborah Howard - President Andre Huff

Nancy Stewart Wayne Watts

BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Tony Reddick ? Superintendent

David Asbury, Ed.D. ? Technology Coordinator/Human Resources Dr. Donna Smoot ? Coordinator of Secondary Alternative School and Attendance Rhonda Perry ? Director of School Improvement and Accountability and Secondary Schools

Sharon Maness - Coordinator of Special Education and Elementary Schools Johnnie Parker ? Testing Coordinator Hector Baeza ? Title I Coordinator

Keith Blackwell ? Director of School Operations

Gadsden City High School Web Site: gchs.gcs.k12.al.us

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GADSDEN CITY HIGH SCHOOL 1917 Black Creek Parkway 256-543-3614 Fax 256-543-4251

GADSDEN CITY HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY & STAFF

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Kevin Young - Principal Latoya Campbell- Assistant Principal, Curriculum Brent Morgan- Assistant Principal, Career Technical Education Adrian Ragland - Assistant Principal, Transportation

Guidance and Counseling

Richelle Williams ?12th Grade Counselor Jay Dowdy ?11th Grade Counselor Tasha Cylar ? 10th Grade Counselor Dawn Tumlin ? 9th Grade Counselor

Departmental Directors

Paul Edmondson ? Fine Arts Director Craig Hines - STEP Academy Director

Todd Lamberth - Athletic Director Kendra Tolleson ? Freshman Academy Administrator

Ashlin Cole - Special Education Specialist

SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS Sylvia Flick

Douglas Guyton

ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT STAFF

Brandy Brooks Cathy Freeman Trevia Graham Reagan Lowe

Laura Martin Kelly Robertson Kelly Swafford

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