Welcome to Lemoore High School

1. Welcome to Lemoore High School Welcome Parents of the class of 2023!!

2. School Wide Expectations Respect Responsibility Resiliency

3. LHS Team Organization: Tradition, Innovation, and Excellence • Principal – Rodney Brumit • Principal’s Secretary – Diane Schuh • Assistant Principal Curriculum and Instruction: Michelle King • Secretary: Jamie Langley • Counselor: • Christina Braaten: Cl-Go, AVID c/o 2020, Career Pathways

4. Team Tradition • Assistant Principal of School Climate (Discipline): Nicole Mora • Secretary: Francie Washburn • Counselors: • Laura Haney: A-Ch and Native American Students • Kathy Erickson: Me-R and AVID c/o 2018 • Lori Luna: PBIS Coach

5. Team Innovation • Assistant Principal of Special Education and Testing: Sonia Gonzales • Secretary: Astrid Garrovillo • Secretary: Tammi Goff • Counselors: • Wey Wyrick: Gr-Mc • Yvette Hansen: S-Z, AVID c/o 2019 and 2021 • School Psychologists: Crystal Melgarejo & Christian Loeffler

6. Student Service Center • Director of Student Services: Kris Saavedra • Social Worker: • Nathaniel Pennington • Kings County Mental Health Service Providers • Native American Service Providers • Migrant • WestCare

7. Athletics • Athletic Director – Brady Holaday • Secretary: Deb Murphy

8. Counselors • What student discuss with their counselors • Post secondary plans (The Next Step Program) • Four Year Plan and registration for 10th Grade • Testing (California Standards Test, Common Core Assessment, PFT, PSAT, SAT, ACT, AP) • CSF (California Scholarship Federation) • Review Attendance requirements • Discuss transcripts • Summer School

9. Community Service • All students are required to complete 40 hours of community service, 10 hours per grade.  A Community Service Log must be kept, documenting the location and hours worked and signed by the adult supervising the service.  Upon completion of 40 hours the Community Service Log is turned in to Team Tradition. For questions about community service contact Team Tradition @924-6600 ext 2101 or 2243. Logs may be obtained in the career center or team offices and on-line at www.luhsd.k12.ca.us. • A list of possible acceptable and unacceptable community service ideas are located in the Student/Parent Handbook.

10. Attendance • Please read and review attendance policies for LHS in the Student and Parent handbook. Attendance pages are on 6-11. • Excused Absences • Unexcused Absences • Procedures • Tardies • Automated Calls/Emails • Parent Portal • Leaving/Returning to Campus • Signing out during Lunch • Closed Campus Policies • Cuts • 90% Attendance Rule – must sustain 90% attendance in order to participate in graduation ceremonies • A student can not be absent or tardy more than 126 periods (or 18 days) per year! More than 126 periods?? --Saturday School may also be utilized to make up less than 90% attendance. It only counts for the year in which the absences occurred and does not clear a tardy.

11. Student Tiger Passports • Lemoore All students are issued a Tiger Passport at the beginning of the school year as a means of keeping students accountable for time out of class as well as tardies. • Each student is expected to keep the Tiger Passport available all times in their possession. • The students name and ID number must be written on the passport. • Whenever the student needs to leave the classroom, the event is documented on the Tiger Passport to review the frequency of trips out of the classroom (nurse, office, restroom, etc.) • If a student loses a passport a new one may be obtained in Team Tradition and the appropriate consequences and tardies will be applied. THIS MAY NOT BE DONE DURING CLASS.

12. Tiger Passport

13. Classroom Step Policy • The Step Policy - Consequences for Failing to Meet Behavior Expectations in the Classroom • In the assertive discipline process, Steps are given by the teacher for behavior that is disruptive to the learning environment and interferes with the learning of other students. • Step 1: Teacher/student conference; student signs the log form • Step 2: Teacher will contact the parent. If the teacher was unsuccessful in contacting the parent by phone, a letter will be sent home; the letter will contain information on how the parent may contact the teacher. • Step 3: Letter sent home from the teacher, with a copy to the student’s counselor. Parent informed in the letter on how to initiate a teacher/parent conference. • Step 4:Administrator or designee meets with the student to discuss the continuing behavior Administrator contacts parent, and a letter to parents mailed home. • Step 5: Assistant Principal will contact parent, and the student may be removed from the class. A discipline referral will also be issued upon reaching Step 5.

14. Reset Room • ReSet Room Detention • A student should be sent to the ReSet Room when their continued presence in the classroom constitutes an intolerable disruption to the learning environment.   • Teachers will call home, email, or use communicator to inform you they have sent your student to the ReSet room for the period. • When a student has accumulated five trips to the ReSet room, the student will be provided the choice to attend Friday School or be suspended for 1 day. • PE Non Dress – Students not dressed out for PE will be sent to the ReSet room for that period. 5 PE Non Dresses will result in a Friday School.

15. Wednesday Detention • Wednesday Lunch Detention is an initial intervention for “minor” infractions such as students receiving referrals for being issued a new passport referral during class, dress code referrals, and electronic referral’s. It is designed to allow all students to self-reflect on their personal and academic growth at • The time frame will be from 11:50am-12:19pm. Students not taking advantage of the Wednesday lunch detention will be assigned a Friday School intervention.

16. Friday School • Friday School • Friday School is an intervention program designed to change student behavior. It is an educational opportunity for students rather than a punitive consequence. Students will be required to participate in campus beautification as well as participate in social skills training. The hours will be from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Fridays. Students must be on time and stay for the duration of Friday School. All extra and co-curricular programs will not interfere with Friday School. Students may reschedule Friday School once; however, it cannot be for any school related event. Failure to attend and complete Friday School will result in a 1-2 day suspension. Friday School is a consequence for excessive tardies and does NOT clear absences or tardies.

17. Discipline Demerits • Each disciplinary infraction is assigned a Demerit (See Parent Handbook, Discipline Section). In order to be eligible to participate in the Commencement Ceremony upon graduation, students may not exceed 20 Demerits in the four years of high school, and no more than 5 of those Demerits may be incurred in the Senior Year. • Profanity, Verified Truants, Leaving Campus/Checking out, Dress code, Electronic, Fight spectator

18. Dress Code • Students are expected to dress in a manner appropriate for the workplace. Therefore, all students are to adhere to the following dress code… • Shoes at all times • No hats or head coverings (including bandanas, beanies, do-rags) • No blankets • No pajamas should be worn to school • No sunglasses in the classroom • Clothing and jewelry shall be free of writing, pictures, or any other insignia which are crude, vulgar, profane or sexually suggestive, or which advocate racial, ethnic, religious prejudice, violence, gang activities, or the use of drugs or alcohol. • Clothing shall be sufficient to conceal undergarments including straps, cleavage, and midriffs. • Jeans/pants, with holes, are allowed if the holes are not larger than the palm of the hand and are not 8 inches above the knee. • Tops with spaghetti straps and halter tops must be accompanied by a shirt or blouse to sufficiently cover the shoulders. • Tank tops must have a minimum width of 1 ½ inches and be fitted at the arm pits. • PE clothes are only to be worn to PE

19. ABI Accessing Your Student’s Records Go to www.luhsd.k12.ca.us Click on Parent Portal link Under the Quick Links Tab This information can also be accessed at http://parent.luhsd.k12.ca.us/

20. ABI Accessing Your Student’s Records To create your account click on Create New Account

21. ABI Accessing Your Student’s Records Select account type: Parent Click Next

22. ABI Accessing Your Student’s Records Enter your email address and select a password… Just a reminder, the email address must match the email address in your student’s Aeries record Also be sure to add techcoord@luhsd.k12.ca.us to your contacts, so your verification email does not end up in your SPAM folder

23. ABI Accessing Your Student’s Records Once you have entered your email address and password you will be sent a verification email… Do not click next, wait for the verification email and follow the directions provided.

24. ABI Accessing Your Student’s Records Sample Verification Email Click on Confirm Current Email

25. ABI Accessing Your Student’s Records Once you have verified your account, you can click on the Click Here link to complete the registration process

26. ABI Accessing Your Student’s Records Once you have confirmed your email you are ready to login! Enter your email and password and click Log In

27. ABI Accessing Your Student’s Records Grades and Assignments Basic Student Info Attendance Discipline

28. Closed Campus • Lemoore High School is a Closed Campus for Grades 9 and 10, only juniors and seniors will be allowed off campus for lunch • The Lemoore Union High School Food Service Department has worked tirelessly to provide food service options for all students.

29. Closed Campus – Food Service • The Food Service Department prefers the use of the EZ School Pay lunch payment program. • This is a cashless program that utilizes your student’s student body card as a debit card. • The cards are scanned and the amount is deducted from their account. • Accounts are monitored via the EZ School Pay online program. • The use of this program expedites the food service lines. • Cash is accepted as well.

30. Food Service EZ School Pay Go to www.ezschoolpay.com

31. Food Service EZ School Pay Already have an account? You can add you LHS student to your existing account!

32. Food Service EZ School Pay Complete the parent registration page After completing the parent registration page you will receive a confirmation email with additional instructions

33. Food Service EZ School Pay Activate your account using the activation code provided in your confirmation email

34. Food Service EZ School Pay Click on My Students to add a student To add a student you must have access to their permanent student ID number, this is a 6 digit number beginning with an 8. If you have an account already established , you can start with this step!

35. Food Service EZ School Pay Enter Student ID and Last Name and pick School Need to add money to your student’s account? Click on On-line Credits and have your Visa or Master Card ready!

36. Other Information • School starts on Wednesday, August 14th • No School on Monday, September 2nd - Labor Day and Monday, October 14th – Columbus Day • Back To School Night is Tuesday, August 27th at 6:00pm • First Block Days are August 29th and 30th.

37. Questions Thank you for coming and welcome to Tiger Country! Your student will be ready for pick up around 12:00pm, at the Event Center!