Cattaraugus-Little Valley High School
STUDENT SERVICES HANDBOOK
Mr. Jeff Goodridge, School Counselor (5th 8th) Mrs. Charity Burlingame, School Counselor (9th 12th) Mrs. Sheryl Williams, School Counselor (MS/HS IEP)
Last revised March 2012
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION: 6
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS: 7 Class entering Grade 9 in year 2002 and classes thereafter
TESTING REQUIREMENTS: 8
STUDENTS NOT PURSUING A LANGUAGE SEQUENCE:9 for the Advanced Regents Diploma
MATRICULATION POLICIES
Minimum credits for Full-Time Study: ........................................................10 Minimum Credits for Grade Classification: .................................................10
"Doubling"..10 Dropping Courses ......................................................................................10 Weighting Marks.10 Regents Examinations & Course Credit ......................................................11 Repeating Failed Courses for a Half-Year....................................................11 Summer School Attendance Criteria ...........................................................11 College Level Courses Off Campus..............................................................12 Valedictorian & Salutatorian ......................................................................12 Grade Conversions .....................................................................................12 The Wolves Den..13
Academic Intervention Assistance.13 NCAA Rules and Regulations..14
PREPARATION FOR POST-SECONDARY STUDY
Four Year Colleges .....................................................................................15 Two year Community Colleges or Private Schools .......................................15 Technical Colleges......................................................................................15 Business Colleges.......................................................................................16 Private Training or Proprietary Schools.......................................................16 Other Schools ............................................................................................16
COLLEGE STUDY OFF CAMPUS
Jamestown Community College Pre-Enrollment Program (PEP)...................17 St. Bonaventure University Giant Step Program .........................................17 SUNY College at Fredonia 3-1-3 Program....................................................17 College Level Courses on the CLVCS Campus.............................................17
College Visits and College Representatives.18 College Admission Testing18 Military Recriuters..19
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ENGLISH Special Department Requirement ...............................................................20 English 9....................................................................................................20 English 10..................................................................................................20 English 11..................................................................................................20 English 12..................................................................................................21 Journalism (Semester)................................................................................21 Contemporary Literature and Film (Semester).............................................21 Speaking.22
Jamestown Community College English Courses CLVCS Campus
ENG 1530: College Composition ................................................................22 ENG 1540: Writing About Literature..........................................................22 ENG 1510: English Composition I 22 CMM 1610: Public Speaking...23
HISTORY Global Studies I and II................................................................................23 U.S. History & Government ........................................................................23 Honors American History .....................................................................24
AP European History..25 Economics. 25 Government ...............................................................................................25
MATHEMATICS Algebra 9 and 10..26 Algebra....26
Geometry.26 Algebra 2/Triganometry....27
Applied Practical Problem Solving "APPS" ..27 Math Progression Chart.28
Jamestown Community College Math Courses CLVCS Campus
MAT 150028 MAT 171: Calculus and Analytic Geometry I33
SCIENCE Biology/The Living Environment ................................................................29 Earth Science29 Chemistry ..................................................................................................30 Physical Chemistry.30 Physics.......................................................................................................30 Forensic Science ........................................................................................31
Advanced Geology31 Honors Biology...........................................................................................32 Conceptual Physics ....................................................................................32
Environmental Science.32 Introduction to Psychology (Semester)....33 Introduction to Philosophy (Semester).33
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE Spanish I ...................................................................................................34 Spanish II & III...........................................................................................34 Spanish IV .................................................................................................35
Honors Spanish35 BUSINESS
Keyboarding ...............................................................................................36 Buisness Ownership/E Commerce .............................................................36 Sports entertainment marketing.................................................................36 Webpage Design .........................................................................................37 Buisness Computer Application..................................................................37 Buisness Law.............................................................................................37 Accounting.38 Business of Music...38 Finance 10138
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE COURSES Clothing and Textiles..39 Chef 139 Regional Cultural Foods.39 Survival After Highschool39 Food and Nutrition40 Housing Environment..40 Life Span Studies..40
TECHNOLOGY Architectual Drawing..................................................................................41 Computer Aided Design..............................................................................41 Manufacturing Systems (Semester).............................................................41 Materials Processing (Semester)..................................................................41 Technical Drawing (Semester).....................................................................41
Construction Systems42 Cabinet Making I42 Cabinet Making II..42
AGRICULTURE Food Science Technology..43
Animal Science.43 Agriculture Science I.43 Veterinary Science/ Small Animal Care.44 Introduction to Horticulture..44 Advanced Animal Science/ Biotech.44 Agribusiness Management .45 Mechanical Skills I.45 Mechanical Skills II45
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ADDITIONAL OPTIONS Testniques.46 Debate46 Student Aide46 Peer Tutoring..47 Borders, Boundaries, and Frontiers47 Broadcasting48 County Government..48 Modern Communications49 Fashion.49
ART Studio in Art..49 Ceramics (Semester)49
Crafts..49
Computer Graphics.50 Drawing and Painting.50 Sculpture (Semester)...50 Watercolor/Acrylics.50
Digital Video Art50 Stage Design..51
MUSIC
Senior Chorus52 Senior Band...52 Choral Ensembles52 Foundations of Music.53 Music in Our Lives..53 Advanced Woodwind Ensembles.54 Advanced Music Analysis..54
Music Theory 1-654
HEALTH Health Education..55 Parenting..55 Human Physiology.55
American Red Cross Certification...55
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Required Physical Education.56 Competitive Recreation & Intramurals...56 Fit for life...57 Foundations of Fitness.57
CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER IN ELLICOTTVILLE
Vocational Programs..58
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INTRODUCTION Counseling is the core or heart around which all other services revolve. In fact, the other services are valuable only in their contribution to the counseling process. When a counselor talks with a student in the privacy of their office, they are concerned with three questions: (1) Can the student be helped to a meaningful understanding of themselves? (2) Can the student be brought to a meaningful conception of the world around them? (3) Can the student realize a meaningful harmony of the first two? Counseling is not giving advice. Telling a student which companions to avoid or what college to attend bears no relation to the goals expressed above. A counselor does not make the choices. Professional skills are used to help the student gain insight for proper choices for themselves. Counseling is concerned not with the easiest solution to an immediate problem, but with the students entire process of problem solving. If a student can solve this problem for themselves at age twelve and that problem for themselves at age sixteen, the pr
