Juneau
Business Charter High School
HISTORY
Solomon Juneau Business High School, named for the first mayor of Milwaukee, was built in 1932 at a cost of $2,000,000. It is an impressive brick building located at 6415 W. Mt. Vernon Avenue.
The school was organized as Bluemound Junior High in 1930. In September 1933, the new building, designed to accommodate 1,000 pupils, was completed. There were 44 students in the first graduating class of January 1935.
Today, Juneau is a high school serving students in grades 9 through 12. On January 9, 1979, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors took action to open Juneau as a citywide specialty high school. In 1984, Juneau became Juneau Business High School.
James Lovell, an astronaut, graduated from Juneau High School. When he visited Milwaukee after his flight to the moon, he presented the school with several mementos of the space flight.
Juneau graduates have served with distinction in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm. Names of those who died in the wars are listed on plaques in the front entrance.
MOSAIC
Tradition is important in the life of a school; it ties the students of today with the students of the past. The mosaic is a symbol of our pioneer, BUCKY, who was created to typify the image and character of Solomon Juneau Business High School. Bucky has the vigor and enthusiasm of a pioneer citizen who says with firmness, “I’ll try, I’ll do, I’ll succeed. I’ll blaze a path and set a pace for others to follow.”
VISION
The vision of Solomon Juneau Business High School is to become a model business education partnership. Together with the school, workplaces, and community, Juneau prepares students not only for college and universities but also for the world of work.
Beginning with the 1999-2000 school year, Juneau incorporates a unique “Intersession” program, a 33-day session in the middle of the school year which allows students to remediate core classes or explore other areas in greater depth. A number of these classes are held off campus.
Juneau High School structures its curriculum around career pathways, each of which represents potential careers. Students elect the pathway that most closely mirrors their own career goals. These pathways consist of the following:
BUSINESS OWNERSHIP AND
OPERATIONS
Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Manufacturing Enterprises, Small Business Management. (Some areas of focus are Fashion Design, Restaurant Marketing, Arts and Crafts, Global Marketing, and On-the-Job Training.)
ADMINISTRATIVE AND
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Accounting and Office Services. (Some areas of focus are Banking, Word Processing, Business Law, Desktop Publishing, and On-the-Job Training.)
Health and ASSOCIATED
CAREERS
Allied Health Professions, Youth Health Apprenticeships, Allied Health Mentoring Programs, Community and Volunteer Services in the Allied Health Professions. (Several areas of special focus include Sports Medicine, Health Facility Operations, Diagnostic Health Services, Therapeutic Services, Medical Records and Transcription, Allied Health Supportive Services, and Certified Nursing Assistant.)
COLLEGE BOUND
Students enrolled in the college-bound program are expected to take rigorous coursework including Advances Placement classes in English, Biology, Calculus, History, and Foreign Language.
Students will not be limited to a specific career within a pathway; those whose interests change during high school can move into a different pathway. A pathway change may occur in the sophomore or junior year. This pathway - centered curriculum equips students with specific skills necessary for success in their chosen careers as well as the universal skills necessary for success in the work place.
Co-operative learning, applied academics and computers are the hallmarks for preparing students for the future. Thus, academic and vocational teachers work together to update and integrate their curricula on an ongoing basis for the shared goal of preparing students for life.
MISSION
The mission of Juneau Business High School is to provide each student with a quality and equitable education and the skills and abilities to pursue a variety of post-secondary options as a lifelong learner. Each student will be prepared for the post-secondary option of his/her choice through challenging, cross-curricular, multi-cultural course work; advanced placement; and articulation agreements with post-secondary institutions.
The mission includes the following strategies:
1. Applied and integrated curriculum.
2. Classroom-based career exploration.
3. School and work-based learning opportunities.
4. Partnerships with business, industry, parents, and the community, sharing the responsibility of creating lifelong learning.
5. Pathways of business ownership, administrative and financial services, and associated careers.
6. Quality and equitable education for each student.
7. Curriculum from a multi-cultural perspective.
8. Higher level thinking skills.
9. Tasks that link classroom activities to the world of work.
10. The concept of becoming a productive citizen with the community.
WE
THE JUNEAU STUDENTS AND STAFF BELIEVE THAT
1. All students can learn and that education is a lifelong process.
2. The school must demonstrate strong commitment to both the students and the community.
3. Home, students, staff, and community should work together as a part of the educational process in an environment of mutual respect and support.
4. The Juneau community must strive for a multicultural environment where differences are celebrated in order to develop a sense of the self as part of a global society.
5. Individuals should have high expectations for themselves and realize that a strong work ethic is necessary to realize their potentials.
6. Regular attendance is the first step to success.
7. Self-discipline holds the key to success.
8. Profanity is degrading to both the person who uses it and the one who hears it.
9. A clean, orderly, and safe environment must be maintained.
10. Responsible, successful students become successful, responsible adults.
EXPECTATIONS AND RULES
FOR STUDENTS
1 . Juneau students must attend class daily, complete all assignments, behave appropriately and bring necessary class materials.
2. Juneau students must be respectful of the rights of others.
3. Students must submit completed homework as required.
4. No student may be in the hall without proper authorization.
5. Every Juneau student must wear an ID at all times. Failure to do so will result in appropriate disciplinary action.
6. Possession and/or use of weapons, possession or sale of illegal substances, sexual assault or harassment, theft, battery, gambling, and all other violations of law will be referred to the Milwaukee Police Department and may result in expulsion from the Milwaukee Public Schools.
7. The throwing of any objects (including food) that endanger safety will result in immediate suspension, probable police involvement, and possible removal from Juneau.
8. Juneau is a Drug-Free School! Possession and/or use of tobacco products are prohibited in or on school property at any time.
9. No food or drink will be permitted in the classroom or consumed outside the cafeteria.
10. A
new Wisconsin law went into effect on April 1, 1992.
It states that all minors can be fined $25 for possession of tobacco
products. Tobacco products are
currently banned within a radius of 5OO feet from all schools.
This new law preempts that ban for minors, making it unlawful even to
possess tobacco products.
11.
Radios, tape decks and electronic games are to be stored in
lockers during the school day. Beepers
and cellular phones are prohibited and will be confiscated and not
returned. These items should
not be brought to school or athletic contests.
The school is not responsible for lost or stolen articles.
12. No jackets, coats, or jogging suits that contain pockets, which could conceal items, may be worn in school. These items must be left in the locker. Students are encouraged not to wear expensive jackets, etc. to school. If students so choose, they may place a Master Key lock on their lockers. These students must also give one of the keys to the lock, as well as the number of the locker, to the safety office. The school is not responsible for lost/stolen articles.
13. All students (male and female) do not wear hats, caps do-rags, headbands, stocking caps or scarves inside the building. These items must be kept in lockers during the school day.
14. Tardiness to school/class will not be permitted. Students who continue to be tardy will be referred to the administration for appropriate disciplinary action.
15. Fighting will not be tolerated. Students involved in fights will be referred to administrators for appropriate disciplinary action and to the Milwaukee Police Department for arrest and/or citation.
16. All food must be eaten in the cafeteria during the lunch hours. No fast food may be brought into the building.
17. Students are expected to make every effort to keep the building neat and quiet, especially the corridors.
18. Profanity will not be tolerated. Continued use of profanity by a student will result in disciplinary action. Students are expected to use appropriate language at all times.
19. No closed book bags, large purses or gym bags may be brought into the classroom. All such items must be left in the lockers until the end of the day. Students may purchase mesh book bags at the bookstore for carrying books to class.
20. No gang-related activity or posturing will be tolerated. Clothing identifying gang affiliation, clothing with drug symbols or messages and clothing with profanity or profane symbols is not permitted.
21. Students may not leave the building during the day unless they have permission from an administrator or student services secretary.
22. Students are to leave the building quickly at the end of the day. They must not loiter on the premises.
23. All magic markers and spray paint are banned from the building.
24. All laser type pointers or equipment are banned from the building and athletic activities.
25. The Juneau administration and faculty expect every student in class at all times, striving for the best education possible. Disruptions in the educational climate of our school are not permitted.
26. Students must remain in good financial standing to enjoy all school privileges.
27. Because school is a place for serious study and preparation for the future, students must maintain a businesslike standard of dress.
28. All clothing must be businesslike. Neatness and cleanliness are mandatory. No inappropriate tank tops, halters, cropped tops, tube tops, spaghetti strap tops, bare backs, tops revealing cleavage, fishnet tops or sheer tops, or tanks tops without a blouse or shirt over them are allowed. Half-shirts or shirts revealing midriff or navels are not to be worn as are pants below the waistline, Daisy Dukes or extremely short skirts. Shoes must be worn at all times.
DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
1. Any student who interferes with, intimidates, harasses, or injures another student at school, traveling to and from school, or at school-sponsored activities shall be referred to the administration for appropriate disciplinary action.
2. According to School Board policy, the police department will be called and the student shall be suspended when he/she is determined to have committed acts of theft; assault; narcotic, alcohol, or drug abuse; vandalism; graffiti; or other serious crimes.
3. Any student causing or attempting to cause physical injury to any teacher, aide, or other school personnel shall be suspended from school, transferred to another school, or expelled from all Milwaukee Public Schools.
4. Any student who repeatedly fails to comply with directions of the administrators, teachers, aides, or any other school personnel will be referred to an administrator for appropriate disciplinary action.
5. Any student who runs away from an administrator, teacher or any other school employee will be referred to an administrator for appropriate disciplinary action.
6. Proper disciplinary action shall be taken when a student destroys, tears, or intentionally loses an incident referral form.
7. The discipline policy of the Milwaukee Public Schools prohibits the possession or use of any chemical irritant spray or substance. Specifically, the policy bans “possessing or using any chemical irritant or spray, such as pepper spray or other substance which can cause bodily discomfort or injury.”
Students over the age of 18, who carry or use pepper spray or other chemical irritants while on school grounds, will be suspended. Students under 18, who carry or use chemical irritants while at school, will be suspended from school and the police will be called.
The police are called in cases involving students under 18 years of age because it is illegal for anyone younger that 18 to possess pepper spray. Because carrying pepper spray in a camouflaged container is also illegal, any student in possession of a camouflaged container containing pepper spray will be suspended and the police will also be called regardless of the student’s age and the student will be referred to the Department of Student Services.
8. Detentions are assigned to students for minor violations of school rules such as tardiness to class, not dressing for gym, and disrupting class. Detentions are to be served within 2 days and will end by 3:15 P.M.
ATTENDANCE
The school day begins at 7:30 A.M. and ends at 2:40 P.M.
1. Students arriving no earlier than 6:50 A.M. and before 7:20 A.M. remain outside unless they enter Door #6 on 64th Street and report to the cafeteria for the school breakfast program.
2. No student is permitted in the building proper before 7:20 A.M. without a written pass from an administrator, teacher, or school employee. These students must enter through the Main Entrance, Door #3.
3. Class periods are 57 minutes for the regular semesters and 113 minutes for the Intersession. Lunch/Activity periods are 30 minutes long.
a. A warning bell is sounded in the gymnasium, art classes and on the playing field ten minutes before the end of every period.
b. A warning bell is sounded in Family and Consumer Education classes five minutes before the end of the period.
4. Teachers are available after 2:40 P.M. to students who request special help or attend extra-curricular activities.
a. In activities which extend beyond 2:40 P.M., the sponsoring staff member is responsible for all students.
b. Students are required to leave the building by 2:50 p.m. unless they are with a supervising staff member.
Any student may be required to remain until 3:15 p.m. to serve a detention with a teacher who issued the detention. Students enrolled at Juneau Business High School are expected to attend daily. Being present in classes is vitally important and closely related to success at Juneau Business High School. Attendance records become part of the permanent record, available to colleges, employers, and the military.
Regular
Bell Schedule
Hour 1 7:30 - 8:27
Hour 2 8:31 - 9: 28
Hour 3 9:32 - 10: 29
Hour 4 10:33 - 11:30
Lunch/Activity 11:34 - 12:04
Lunch/Activity 12:08 - 12:38
Hour 6 12:42 - 1:39
Hour 7 1:43 - 2:40
Intersession
Schedule
Block 1 7:30 – 9:23
Block 2 9:33 - 11:25
Lunch/Activity 11:34 - 12:04
Activity/Lunch 12:08 - 12:38
Block 3 12:47 - 2:40
ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL
1 . A parent/guardian must call the Attendance Office before 9:15 A.M. at 256-8620 when a student is absent.
2. A written excuse must be presented to the first hour teacher within three days. (To maintain Learnfare benefits, an excuse must be provided to the classroom teacher within 2 days).
A note from home should contain the following:
a. Student’s full name
b. The exact day(s) or times absent
c. Reason for being absent- reason must be specific for the excuse to be valid.
d. Parent or legal guardian’s signature
e. Phone number where parent can be contacted
3. Acceptable reasons for being absent from school:
a. Personal illness
b. Death in the family
c. Designated religious holiday
d. Court appearance
e. Medical/dental appointment
f. Family emergency (nature of emergency must be stated and approved by an administrator)
g. Driver’s exam
Reasons for absence that are not previously listed are considered unexcused.
4. If a student has an excused absence, he/she should make arrangements with his/her teachers to make up missing work.
5. If an absence of several days or more is anticipated, the Guidance Office should be contacted. Guidance will request assignments from teachers and hold them for parent pickup.
6. After child delivery or long term medical leave, a doctor’s release is needed to return to school.
7. Students engaged in school-sponsored activities, such as field trips under the supervision of faculty members, are counted present for the time they are engaged in that activity. The sponsoring teacher will provide a list of names for all teachers in the building excusing each student.
8 Early Dismissals: Students who need to be excused from school for part of the morning or afternoon session are required to bring to the Student Services Office a request written and signed by the parent. This request must state the time at which the student is to leave school and the reason. Examples of acceptable reasons are medical appointments and funeral services. Students are responsible for their own transportation.
9. Students who are too ill to remain in school should get a pass from a teacher and report to the Student Services Office to telephone the parent at home or work for permission to leave the building.
10. Students having a modified schedule such as Marketing Education, Business Careers, Certified Nursing Assistant or E.P.I.C. must secure a Release Permit Card from the supervising teacher. Permits must be shown to any staff member upon request.
SCHOOL OR CLASSROOM
TARDINESS
Four minutes passing time is allowed between classes. This is ample time to allow students to get from one class to another without being tardy. Every student must be in his/her Activity/lunchroom, classroom or area of study on time. Teachers may, in addition, require students to be in their seats.
Teachers will admit tardy students to class. However, students who are tardy to class will be subject to disciplinary procedures as follows:
JUNEAU TARDY POLICIES
I. Tardy to School:
A. Students arriving after 7:30 A.M. but before 7:45 A.M. must scan in using the school I.D. and are issued a tardy pass to go to Period 1 class.
B. Students arriving after 7:45 A.M. are not allowed to enter the building until 8:25 A.M. unless they provide a written legitimate excuse. (Oversleeping is not a valid excuse.)
C. Students are not admitted to school after 8:30 A.M. without a written excuse from a parent/legal guardian. (Oversleeping is not a valid excuse. Acceptable reasons are listed on page 11 under the Absence from School Section #3.
II. Tardy to Class:
Four minutes passing time is allowed between classes. A few additional minutes are allowed when students leave the cafeteria. This is ample time for students to get from one class to another without being tardy. Every student must be in his/her activity/lunchroom, classroom, or assigned location on time.
A. Hall sweeps will be conducted each class period. Students caught in sweeps will be suspended at the end of the school day.
B. Students tardy to class are recorded as late and subject to the following as tardies accumulate during the semester.
3 Tardies = verbal warning to student
6 Tardies = notice to parent (carried by student)
9 Tardies = suspension/parent conference (notice carried by student and mailed to home)
Tardiness results in lost instruction time and disruption of classes for those students who were on time. The staff of Juneau High School is working together to assure equal learning opportunities for all students.
SPECIAL NOTE TO PARENTS:
Juneau High School does have a breakfast program. Students may enter the cafeteria using Door 6 between 6:50 A.M. and 7:15 A.M. Students are dismissed to lockers at 7:20 A.M.
LUNCH (CAFETERIA)
1 . Lunch hour at Juneau is closed. Students are required to go to the cafeteria or an activity and are not allowed to leave the building. Students may bring a bag lunch, but glass bottles are prohibited in the school.
2. Students must enter the Cafeteria using the northeast Door and show proper ID.
3. A lunch token will be sold for $.50 in the cafeteria at the beginning of the year. After the first two weeks lunch tokens can be replaced for $1.00 each. Students must present their lunch token to receive food.
4. Student must return trays and silver to designated area. Milk cartons and napkins should be placed in waste containers. A lunch token will be returned to the student as the tray is returned.
5. Students must remain in cafeteria during the full period. Students may use the restrooms located in the gym corridors. Boys use the stairways at the southwest corner and girls at the southeast.
6. Conduct - Students should display good manners in the cafeteria.
a. Students should wait in an orderly single line to be served.
b. Students should remain seated after receiving lunches.
c. Students should leave tables, chairs, and floor clean and should push in chairs at the table.
d. Students should leave the cafeteria through the exit indicated when dismissed by a staff member.
Proper conduct in a crowded cafeteria is most important. Students involved in problems will be referred to an administrator for appropriate disciplinary action.
7. No lunches will be served to students before or after the designated lunch periods.
Activity period
1. Students are required to select an activity period which will be for 30 minutes opposite the assigned lunch period.
2. Students are to attend activity period on a daily basis.
3. Students are to report to activity periods on time.
4. Students will select new activities each semester and during Intersession.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Academic Progress: Report cards are issued by mail six times during the school year. Parents may obtain report cards at parent conferences after the first mark period of each semester and during the Intersession.
Questions about grades should be discussed with teachers. Grade correction cards are available to teachers in the IBM office in the Guidance Office. Students dropped from classes will receive a failing grade for the semester. Failure notices may be mailed or student carried at the midpoint of each grade period. Daily progress reports are available in the Guidance Office. It is important to notify the Student Services Office of any address changes.
Accidents: Students must report their accidents or injuries immediately to the teacher or administrator in charge or to the Student Services Office. An accident report must be filled out at the time the accident or injury occurs.
Bookstore: School supplies may be obtained from the Bookstore between 7:20 A.M. – 7:30 A.M. Students are charged an annual school fee of $10.00; free lunch students are required to pay $5.00. These fees must be paid at the Bookstore.
Bus Pass Procedures: Students must personally pick up bus passes during third hour classes on the last two days of the week, usually Thursday and Friday. In the event of an absence, a parent must call before noon on Friday to hold a bus pass for the following week. If this procedure is not followed, students are responsible for getting to and from school at their own expense. No individual bus tickets are available for this situation. Lost or stolen passes are not replaced.
Bus pass problems will be eliminated if a student is in his/her 3rd hour class to obtain a bus pass. Students must safeguard passes at all times and sign their names immediately upon obtaining their passes.
Elevator Use: Elevator use is restricted to Staff Members and disabled persons who cannot use the stairs. A student who uses the elevator must have a medical excuse written by a doctor. An administrator must approve this excuse. Illegal use of the elevator can result in disciplinary action.
Identification Cards: All students are expected to wear an ID card while attending school and extra-curricular activities. This card is essential. ID cards will be made early in the school year on a scheduled basis. The initial identification card will be made at no charge to the student. Replacement cards will cost $5.00.
Library Use: The Library is open to students at 7:25 A.M. Students can use the Library during study hall periods with a pass from one of their classroom teachers. They can also come from class to do research or work on other class assignments. During the lunch hours, students may elect to go to the Library instead of going to the Cafeteria. Students will not need a pass but must be in the Library by the time the tardy bell rings. ID’s will be checked to verify lunch hours.
Lockers: At the beginning of each school year, a locker is issued to each student. To eliminate theft, locker combinations MUST NOT be shared with anyone. The lockers are not to be abused in any way, including writing on the lockers. If a student has a locker problem, he/she should report it to safety personnel.
Since the lockers are provided as a convenience for students, the school does not accept responsibility for anything stored in the lockers. For the students’ own protection, valuable items should not be kept in the lockers.
School personnel can open and search student
lockers at any time and without notice.
Lost and Found: Found articles should be turned in to the Student Services Office at any time of the day. Purses, watches, money, eyeglasses and any other valuable articles can be claimed in the Student Services Office. If you have lost something, please make a point of checking with Student Services. Each year the school disposes of boxes of gloves, hats, jackets, books, shoes, and glasses.
Telephones: Students
may not receive phone calls at school.
Emergency telephone messages from parents may be taken at the Student
Services Office. Any out-going
personal calls can be made from the public telephone in the Main Lobby of the
first floor. Any student desiring to
use the pay phone during the day must have a pass from a teacher and permission
from an administrator.
Transportation: Students with Special Education needs will receive transportation services as determined by the appropriate IEP team. Students assigned to regular education classes will receive yellow bus and/or county transit bus passes as deemed appropriate or as available.
Work Permits: Under Wisconsin law, a person under 18 years of age who desires employment is required to obtain a work permit. When applying for a work permit, the student must have the following:
1. Birth
or baptismal certificate
2. Social
Security Card (School does not have social security information available
through student records)
3. Note
from the employer to verify employment
4. Note
from parent giving consent to work
5. $5.
00 fee-reimbursable by employer on the first check
6. A student must have a minimum 2.0 GPA and good school attendance
Point 6 is School Board policy. There are no exceptions to the 2.0 GPA rule. Students may pick up the work permit application at the Main Office. Students must return the required documents and the application before school and the work permit may be picked up at the end of the school day. A permit may be denied if attendance and school performance is poor. If attendance and school performance decline after obtaining a work permit, it is possible the permit may be withdrawn.
ATHLETICS AND
ELIGIBILITY REGULATIONS
Athletic Eligibility: Athletic eligibility requirements are published in the Juneau Athletic Handbook available from the athletic director.
Transfers: A student who is transferred by a Student Services specialist for disciplinary reasons will be declared ineligible for ninety school days from the date of transfer.
Any student who transfers from any public or private school into an MPS high school is ineligible for participation in interscholastic athletics for a period of ninety days from the date of transfer. This includes transfers between MPS schools. Unusual cases may be appealed to the Commissioner of Athletics, whose decision will be final.
Appeal of Eligibility: The appeal is to be made to Jan Doleschal, Commissioner of Athletics, Milwaukee Public Schools, 5225 West Vliet Street, Milwaukee, WI 53208.
The appeal must be made in writing and is to include all pertinent information regarding the reasons for the transfer.
Recruitment of Athletes: Any student who is determined to be attending a high school as a result of substantiated recruitment by a coach after the student’s initial enrollment in another high school shall be declared ineligible unless he/she returns to the former school of assignment.
Medical: A student may not participate in interscholastic athletics until the school has written evidence on file in its office attesting to (a) parental permission and (b) current physical fitness as determined by a licensed physician. Physical examination cards must be on file at the school before students are allowed to practice and/or compete in interscholastic athletics. WIAA policy requires the signature of the parent or guardian regardless of the age of the student. Cards used for this purpose are entitled “MPS Physical Examination Card” and are available from the Interscholastic Athletics Office.
Insurance: On
August 6, 1957, the Board of School Directors passed the following resolution:
That high schools be and they hereby are authorized to continue requiring each
participant in our interscholastic sports to provide for themselves some form of
accident insurance comparable to that presently offered by the WIAA.
A section related to this is included on the Milwaukee Public
Schools-Athletic Permit Card.
Informed Consent: Prior to participating in athletics, students must view the videocassette Informed Consent: The First Step to Participation in Sports and Physical Education and must complete the Warning Form. Information regarding this viewing is also included on the MPS-Athletic Permit Card.
GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT
Each student is assigned to a counselor to help with educational, vocational, and social problems. A pass is required to be in the Guidance Office after 7:30 A.M.
Counselor Letters of Alphabet
Ms. Lolkes A - L
Mr. Doepke M - Z
Mr. Koepp Testing
Students may also see the psychologist or the social worker for counseling or help with personal problems.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS/
PROFICIENCY EXAMINATIONS
On August 26, 1993 the Board of School Directors approved the Administration’s recommendations to move from a competency requirement for high school graduation to a system of proficiency requirements in Mathematics and Writing.
2002 - 2003 SCHOOL YEAR
November Seniors take examinations if they have not demonstrated proficiency the previous spring.
In addition to meeting proficiency standards in Writing and Mathematics, a minimum of 23 units is required for high school graduation, 16 Units are required as follows: These requirements may change at the discretion of the school board.
4 units of English 3 units of Social Studies as follows:
3 units of Mathematics 1 unit of US History
3 units of Science 1 unit of World History or
1.5 units of Physical Education World Geography
.5 unit of Health 1 unit of Citizenship or
1 unit of Fine Arts .5 unit of Amer. Government and
.5 unit of Economics (gr. 11-12)
Students must meet learning proficiency assessment requirements in the areas of Mathematical Reasoning, Scientific Reasoning, Communication, and Social Studies.
STUDENT RECOGNITION
National Honor Society: For over seventy years the National Honor Society has worked to bring the achievements of outstanding high school students to the attention of their classmates, their parents, their communities, and the colleges they plan to attend. Chapters in more than 20,000 secondary schools continue to strive to give practical meaning to the Society’s dedication to scholarship, service, leadership, and character.
National Honor Society Requirements:
Junior G.P.A. 3.25
Service Points 7
Volunteer/Comm. Service 36
Senior G.P.A. 3.25
Service Points 10
Volunteer/Comm. Service 36
Membership Obligations
To maintain their membership, National Honor Society members must do the following:
1. Maintain their qualifying GPA.
2. Provide 36 hours of community service each year of membership.
3. Maintain a strong academic program through both their junior and senior year.
4. Continue to have good attendance and good conduct.
An induction ceremony is held in the fall in which new members are officially recognized. This ceremony is the required initiation to official membership in the National Honor Society. This initiation is a serious step in life and should be looked upon with great pride. Families will be asked to attend as students receive this recognition.
Honor Roll: Names of the Honor Roll students (3.0 or better) each mark period will be placed in the school newspaper and/or parent newsletter and posted in the Main Lobby. Awards are provided each mark period.
Juneau Excellence: Students are elected to Juneau Excellence at the end of each completed semester. Student’s mush have a GPA of 2.5 or better and less than five total absences and/or tardies to School and class. Awards are provided.
Service Points: Service points are awarded to students who provide service to Juneau and/or are involved in competition with other high school students while representing Juneau.
To earn underclass honors, juniors must earn 30 points, sophomores 20 points, and freshmen 10 points. Eligible underclassmen are awarded certificates at a spring awards reception.
Seniors will be honored at a spring honors ceremony:
a. Top number of service points in class— BUCKY
b. 40 or more points— Silver cord and Service Pin
c. 20-39 points — Service Pin
No seniors are eligible for awards unless some service points are earned as seniors.
Service points are awarded by activity sponsors on a card that the student receives near the end of the year. Cards will be stored with the service recognition chairperson. Service points may not be awarded retroactively.
The Lovell Medallion: Former Astronaut James A. Lovell is a graduate of Juneau High School who carried on the Pioneer tradition by volunteering for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration program (NASA). James Lovell went on several missions including Apollo 13, the trip that led the way to the first moon landing.
To commemorate Lovell’s accomplishments, the school created a medallion first presented in 1963. It was cast in his honor and is given to a student in recognition of outstanding performance in science and mathematics. The recipient’s name is inscribed on the Lovell Medallion.
The Juneau Medallion: This award was established nearly 40 years ago to recognize a Juneau senior for leadership, character, scholarship, and outstanding service to the school. Each year staff members are asked to nominate a graduating senior whom they feel is deserving of this award.
Students will be able to participate in various in-school activities during the regularly scheduled activity period including student council, newspaper, memory book, ethnic clubs, and many more.
Freshmen will be provided a booklet describing activities available at Juneau High School.
Juneau offers a number of after-school sports and activities:
after-school sports and
activities
Clubs and
Organizations
Chess
Team
Debate
DECA
Forensics
Mock
Trial
Pom
Pon Squad
Sports
Baseball
Basketball
(Boys’)
Basketball
(Girls’)
Football
Golf
(Coed)
Softball
Volleyball