Olympic High School
2730 Salvio Street, Concord, CA 94519
Phone: 925-682-8000 OR 925-687-0363
Fax: 925-798-6317
2012-13
Parent – Student Handbook
(Issue date 11/26/12
Mount Diablo Unified School District
Contacts: The main Olympic office can be reached on (925) 682-8000. Specific staff members can be reached by dialing the office number, plus the extensions shown below. All staff can also be reached via district email.
ADMINISTRATION / OFFICE / EXT # / EMAILLopes, Marc / Principal / 3000 /
Correa, Rick - VP / Vice Principal / 3011 /
Spring, Alma / Student Service Coord. / 3016 /
OFFICE / SITE STAFF / OFFICE / EXT # / EMAIL
Faix, Linda / Office manager / 3001 /
Reilley, Trina / Attendance / 3002 /
Baker, Heawon / Registrar / 3010 /
Michels, Sandy / Career Center / 3020 /
TEACHER / SUBJECT / EXT # / EMAIL
Agee, Lila / JROTC / 3035 /
Bation, Marissa / English / 3049 /
Bream, Josh / Gov./ Econ / 3053 /
Cabezas, David / Resource / 3059 /
Cooper, Teri / Biology / 3043 /
Curtis, Peri / History / 3048 /
Davis, Karen / Resource / 3056 /
Forsland, Jesse / History / 3052 /
Giordano, David / English / 3051 /
Godinez, Bill / Computer / 3078 /
Khalil, Maya / Math / 3041 /
Krajcar, Nancy / Earth Sci. / 3045 /
Martinez, Terri / English/Resource / 3047 /
Navarro, Sheila / English / 3021 /
Niemela, Douglas / JROTC / 3035 /
Rich, Megan / Art / 3036 /
Soto, Luis / Math / 3042 /
Weinstock, Skip / Service Learning / 3050 /
OLYMPIC MISSION STATEMENT:
The mission of Olympic High School is to help students achieve academic goals, to develop appropriate interpersonal skills, to make intelligent independent choices, and to become self-directed and responsible.
OLYMPIC VISION STATEMENT:
In order to prepare students for the diverse, constantly changing world of the 21st century, we, the Olympic community, will continue to offer and develop a variety of special programs, resources, and alternative learning opportunities which encourage all students to live and work peacefully and collaboratively with others.
ESLRs:
All curriculum is designed to support students in achieving the school ESLR goals:
1) Acquire and apply standards-based LITERACY skills and knowledge (listening, speaking, reading and writing) across disciplines.
2) Acquire and apply standards-based MATH skills and concepts in order to pass Algebra 1 and the CAHSEE.
3) Develop and use critical thinking, problems solving, and research skills for strong communications and technological proficiency.
4) Develop habits and traits which contribute to independence, lifelong enrichment and learning, and appreciation for a multicultural society.
PRINCIPAL’S WELCOME
Greetings Olympic and Alliance Program Families:
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you and your student to the 2012-13 school year at Olympic High School. I hope that your summer has been filled with fun family activities enjoyed at a leisurely pace under beautiful, blue skies filled with sunshine. How quickly summer concludes and our thoughts eagerly turn to preparing the commencement of another school year. This is always an exciting time of the year! The faculty, staff, and administrators eagerly await welcoming our new families and students and catching up with great summer stories and memories with returning families and students. As the new Principal, I am looking forward to meeting all of you and forming strong and positive partnerships.
I am focused on creating a strong sense of leadership and stability at Olympic High School. I am committed to empowering Youth to reach their academic and social potentials and become leaders on our campus and in our surrounding communities. My goal is to create and maintain a community that validates and acknowledges the unique gifts and qualities of each individual person that walks through the gates of our campus. My desire is to build positive relationships between people, which allow communication to flow openly between students, student’s parents/guardians, teachers, faculty, and staff members. My vision is to create an atmosphere of ‘UNITY’ that serves as the foundation to maintain a healthy, clean, and safe environment for all stake-holders.
My education philosophy focuses on keeping all people Safe, all people Learning, and all people Included in the culture and structure of Olympic High School. My administrative philosophy is to allow leadership to emerge and transform our school into a model alternative education program and high school. My theory on education is based primarily on best practices focusing on developing specialized classroom management strategies and administrative techniques that serve the needs of all students. I look forward to building positive relationships with you and hope you choose to become part of a TEAM. It is important that you and I work collectively to develop solutions to problems and strategies to help students and staff members adjust to changes in the culture and structure of our campus during the new school year.
Another main goal is to improve the communication between school and home. We will be making a concerted effort to inform you and community members of all the great things that are happening within our walls.
You are invited to phone me or visit the school any time you have a question concerning your child’s progress. If you have an expertise in a certain field, an unusual hobby, or have a different culture that you would like to share, please let me know. I would be happy to visit with you about the possibility of sharing with our students and faculty members.
I consider it a great privilege and responsibility to be your child’s Principal this year. I look forward to meeting you. I am very excited to be part of this community and look forward to be part of Olympic High School. I will make myself available to meet with parents, students, and community members on a regular basis.
Sincerely,
Marc Lopes, Principal
SCHOOL SCHEDULE
Regular Schedule
Period 1 / 8:45 - 9:32Period 2 / 9:35 - 10:27
Period 3 / 10:30 - 11:17
Brunch / 11:17 - 11:37
Period 4 / 11:40 - 12:27
Period 5 / 12:30 - 1:17
Impact Fridays
Period 1 / 8:45 - 9:27Period 2 / 9:30 - 10:14
Period 3 / 10:17 - 10:59
Brunch / 10:59 - 11:19
Period 4 / 11:22 - 12:04
Advisory / Assembly / 12:07 - 12:32
Period 5 / 12:35 - 1:17
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
August 29: First day of school
September 3: Labor Day Holiday
October 12: End of Term 1
November 12: Veteran’s Day Holiday
November 19 – 23: Thanksgiving break
November 30: End of Term 2
December 24 – January 4: Winter recess
January 21: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
February 11: Lincoln’s Day Holiday
February 18: President’s Day Holiday
April 1 – 5: Spring recess
May 27: Memorial day Holiday
June 13: Last day of school
FAMILY ORIENTATION
EMERGENCY CARDS / IMMUNIZATIONS: All students are required to have a current emergency card on file in the school office. Please update your information if there are any changes during the school year. Students will be unable to start school without an emergency card and current immunization record, which includes the T-dap requirement effective July 1, 2011.
VISITORS: Visitors are required to check into the office, sign in/out and wear a visitor badge during school hours. This includes former students visiting the campus, guest speakers and outside support personnel such as social workers, mental health providers and probation officers.
TECHNOLOGY USE AGREEMENT: Parents are required to sign a “Technology Use Agreement” prior to students having access to the internet at school. If a student misuses the internet or a computer, then that student will lose use of the computer for 2 weeks or more for the first violation.
MEDICATION: Medication, including over the counter drugs, are only allowed on our campus if the form “Medication During School Hours” is completed by a health care provider and parent/guardian. Office staff will assist students according to the doctor’s instructions and store medication in the office.
TRANSPORTATION: Bus service is not provided for Olympic students. Bus service to Mount Diablo High School is available from some residential areas. Mount Diablo High School is only a few blocks from Olympic High. Public bus service, the County Connection, is available. See www.cccta.org for more information.
FOOD SERVICE: Meals may be purchased daily. Free and Reduced Priced meals are available for qualified students who apply. Applications for Free and Reduced Priced meals are available in the main office and must be completed each year.
FIELD TRIPS: Students may attend special outings or take brief, supervised walking trips into the local community with staff. Permission forms are necessary for these activities and will be sent home as needed. (CAMPUS AND STUDENT SAFETY: Students must follow rules and expectations on their way to and from school. Students may not loiter in front or near the school. Students may not return to campus after they have left for the day, unless it is for a school activity. Campus supervisors and school staff provide supervision before and after school, during breaks and after school hours.
LOST AND FOUND: Found items will be turned into the office. If not claimed, they may be donated to a local charity.
LIBRARY AND CAREER CENTER: The library is open before and after school and during brunch. The Career Center provides college and career information and schedules regular guest speakers, and field trips to local colleges.
SCHOOL PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES: Students are expected to respect school property, including textbooks. Students who deface school property, damage or lose a textbook will be required to clean, paint, and/or repair any damages and pay for textbook replacements. Student grades, transcripts, or diplomas may be held until payment is completed.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES: Olympic has a Leadership and Yearbook class. The student Leadership team will plan school wide events such as the Thanksgiving Feast, Ice Cream Social, etc. and provides student voice to the administration about issues of concern on our campus.
ATTENDANCE POLICIES
“California compulsory education law requires everyone between 6 and 18 years of age to attend school, except 16 and 17 year-olds who have graduated from high school or passed the California High School Proficiency Exam and obtained parental permission.”
DAILY ATTENDANCE: Academic progress is dependent upon regular attendance since credit is earned through productive periods (completed class work). Most students miss no more than 9 days of school each year. When a student is absent, they cannot make up productive days. Please try to schedule appointments for your student before or after school hours. Positive attendance is rewarded through incentives such as an early brunch pass and term attendance recognition events.
TARDIES: Being on time is important. Students lose productive points for each tardy. Tardy sweeps may be conducted periodically by administration. Students found out of class in a tardy sweep will be assigned after school detention.
EXCUSED ABSENCES: Absences and tardies need to be reported within 72 hours or are considered unexcused. Please call 682-8000 extension 3002 to report your child’s absence or send a note with your student, specifying the reason absent, the date absent, name of your students, and signed by a parent/guardian. Legal absences include personal illness, medical, dental, and optical appointments, death in an immediate family and quarantine directed by county or city health managers. Valid absences include family illness, court visits, or funeral for family death (1 day if in California, 3 days if outside California).
OTHER ABSENCES: Invalid absences include personal business, family business, needed time at home, taking care of a family member, oversleeping and vacation. Illegal absences include truancy and period cuts. Three unexcused absences will trigger the truancy process which may result in a referral to SARB, (School Attendance Review Board). An automated phone call will occur when a student is absent or tardy, so please have an up to date emergency card so we can keep you informed. Teachers are expected to call the homes of habitually absent or tardy students. Call logs will be collected by administration. Attendance interventions include detentions for makeup time, counseling students, or pursuing the SARB truancy process.
SARB/TRUANCY: A student with unexcused absences and/or excessive excused absences will be required to attend a School Attendance Review Team (SART) meeting. The parent/guardian may be required to provide medical verification if a child continues to be absent frequently. If the problem does not improve, the school must refer the family to the District’s School Attendance Review Board (SARB). The school district defines truancy as absent from school without valid excuse on 3 occasions in one school year. Absences include missing any single period of class within the school day. If efforts to improve attendance fail, the SARB process may result in your child having to appear in Juvenile Court, and other consequences such as Home Supervision, suspension of driver’s privileges, community service and fines.
PROGRAM AND POLICY EXPECTATIONS
ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY: Plagiarism (copying) will not be tolerated. All work submitted to teachers must be written in a student’s own words. A student who copies directly from another student, a textbook, the internet, or another source is guilty of academic dishonesty or plagiarism and will not receive credit for the work.
ADVISORY: Your students’ fourth period teacher is his or her advisory teacher. The advisory teacher will review progress with your student at the end of each term.
CLASSROOM CONDUCT: Students are expected to enter class quietly, remove caps and/or hoodies and have all electronic devices turned off and put away. Students will quietly participate in the warm up activity. They will listen quietly while the teacher instructs the class, and then ask clarifying questions as needed. Students will listen quietly while the teacher provides direct instruction, taking notes as needed. They will work on the in-class assignment, asking for help as needed from the teacher. Students will participate in wrap-up class activities; put away all materials, place the assignment in the appropriate location, and return to their seats until dismissed. Students are not allowed to eat or sleep in class. They will not leave class without permission. At the end of the period, students are expected to leave class quietly, continuing to have all electronic devices off and put away.