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DAP 2003 - 2004 egb 1
LISD Distinguished LISD Distinguished Achievement ProgramAchievement Program
District Committee, Co-Chairs
Zulema Mata-Perez and Isaura T. Garcia
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DAP District CommitteeDr. Leo G. Cigarroa High School J. W. Nixon High School
Esther G. Buckley M. E. Perez Annie Barrientos
Isaura T. Garcia Adriana Laurel
Mario Guzman Julio Mendez
Laura Nañez
F. S. Lara Academy
Sonia Q. Garcia
R. and T. Martin High School V. Trevino Magnet School
Guadalupe Aguiar Diana Pentecost
Adriana M. Guzman
Zulema Mata-Perez Christina G. Treviño
Sandra G. Rodriguez
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DAP Goals
Provide information on the DAP to the school community (presentations, brochures)
Increase the percentage of students graduating DAP by 5%
Systematize the implementation of the district DAP plan at all campuses
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Description Students in LISD may earn a Distinguished
Achievement Seal to be affixed to his/her transcript by completing the state’s DAP requirements
Students must meet course requirements set by the state and earn four advanced measures
Contact any of the DAP District Committee members. At each campus, there also is a DAP Campus Committee. In addition, all counselors are completely aware of all the requirements of this program.
FOR MORE INFO...
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Graduation Course Requirements24 credits + four advanced measures
English 4 Health .5
Math 3 Other Languages
3
Social Studies
3.5 Technology Application
1
Economics .5 Fine Arts 1
Science 3 Speech .5
P. E. 1.5 Electives 2.5
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Graduation Course Requirements
For Class of 2005 and thereafter– Electives (2.5) may be chosen from
state approved listThere are current changes underway
at the State Board of Education and will be announced in July, 2004. This information will be updated at that time.
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Advanced Measures
Test DataCollege CoursesOriginal Research/Project
LISD publishes a Curriculum Bulletin every spring that explains all the graduation programs and requirements.
FOR MORE INFO...
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Test Data A score on the PSAT that qualifies him/her for
recognition as a Commended Scholar or higher by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation
A score on the PSAT that qualifies him/her for recognition as a National Hispanic Scholar Program of the College Board
A score on the PSAT that qualifies him/her for recognition as an Outstanding Negro Student of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation
A score of 3 or higher on any AP Exam
LISD counselors are responsible for disseminating information about SAT and ACT tests. Scores from PSAT are reported to schools and students. Registrations for AP tests are taken care of at each campus.
FOR MORE INFO...
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College Courses Concurrent Enrollment
– Students attend a college/university while still in high school
Dual Credit Program– Students register for a college class and receive
credit for graduation requirements from high school
Tech Prep Program- Students take a high school course that is articulated with the Tech Prep Program
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Concurrent Enrollment Students must be eligible to take college
courses– With new TAKS requirements, these are still
pending– meet college entrance requirements (THEA,
SAT, ACT, required GPA)– be enrolled in a minimum of two (2) courses
per semester for high school credit if enrolled in fall or spring semester
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Concurrent Enrollment (cont’d)
Students may earn up to four (4) measures– Must receive a grade of B or better in each
course– May enroll as early as the summer after the
junior year (exit level TAKS)– Should be prepared to pay for tuition and
books and have transportation– May take as many college courses as desired
but only 4 will count as measures
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Dual Credit Program Dual Credit Program allows a high school
student to take courses at a college/university and receive high school credit for the course IF STUDENT RECEIVES A GRADE OF C OR BETTER.
IF a student receives a grade of B or better on a dual credit course, the student will EARN AN ADVANCED MEASURE.
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Dual Credit Courses: American National Government 2305 English 1302* Fundamentals of Speech 1311 Principles of Economics 2301 (LCC) Principles of Macroeconomics ECO 2301
(TAMIU) Special Issues in Economics: Entrepreneurship
(TAMIU) U. S. History 1302 Spanish 2311
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Tech Prep Program Students earn up to four (4) measures by
scoring a grade of B or better– The course must be articulated with LCC or other
receiving institution– Student must be following a coherent Tech Prep
Articulated Plan
Articulated classes• Accounting• BCIS• Word Processing Applications• Health Science Technology II* (only counts as one measure)• International Business• Keyboarding• Marketing Dynamics
FOR MORE COURSES... Visit LCC website (www.laredo.cc.tx.us)
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Original Research/Project Students may earn one advanced measure per original
research/project.– Maximum of 2 projects
Students must sign up for a TEKS approved course– Principals at each campus may allow exceptions
Students must follow Original Research/Project District Guide– A mentor will be assigned to each student during
the duration of the project Students must present product or performance to an
outside panel of judges.– DAP District Committee will make the
arrangements for all presentations.
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Student A Test Data
– AP Score of 5 Spanish Language*– AP Score of 4 Spanish Literature*
Articulated Courses/College Credit– Keyboarding*– BCIS*– Accounting
• *only 4 measures are needed but students may take additional courses
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Student B Test Data
– AP Score of 4 English Language– AP Score of 3 Calculus
College Credit/Concurrent Enrollment– Psychology with grade of A
Independent Study/Research Project
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Student C Test Data
– National Hispanic Scholar*– AP Score of 3 English Language*– AP Score of 3 English Literature*– AP Score of 4 Government*– AP Score of 5 Calculus
• *Only need 4 measures but may obtain many more
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A Success Story
1997 - 1998 Only one school had
DAP scholars. 11 students at Cigarroa were able to achieve the four advanced measures
1998 - 1999 All three high schools
had DAP scholars 26 CHS, 15 MHS,
and 6 NHS (Total 47) 430% increase in
DAP scholars
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A Continued Success Story
1999 – 2000* CHS – 38 DAP
scholars MHS – 40 DAP
scholars NHS – 37 DAP
scholars (Total 115)
*as of August
2000 – 2001* • DAP scholars - 70
CHS, 83 MHS, and 48 NHS (Total 201)
2001 – 2002
DAP scholars – 50 CHS, 64 MHS and 61 NHS
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1999 - 2002
0
50
100
150
200
250
1999 2000 2001 2002
Class of
LISD DAP Scholars
NixonMartinCigarroa
August, 2002, results are still pending.