Welcome to Muncie Southside High School
Adult Education Graduation Ceremony
Thursday, May 17, 2012 beginning at 7:00 PM
Southside High School Auditorium
Adult learners who have participated in the Muncie Community Schools Adult Education program will be earning GED Certificates and high school diplomas during the commencement program.
SENIOR / COMMENCEMENT INFORMATION
Commencement Practice
June 12, 2012
Arrive at 12:30 p.m.
Emens Auditorium
We have only one practice for one of the most Important events of your life. Arrive at 12:30 p.m., but plan ahead. Parking on campus is always a problem. Play it safe and park in the parking garages for $1.00 per hour. Please see the enclosed parking letter from BSU. Cars parked illegally have been towed during past practices. Don’t forget to bring your Commencement cap and tassel to practice. Check in at the main lobby of Emens to get your seating assignment. Practice will last until approximately 2:00 p.m.
Commencement
June 12, 2012
Arrive at 6:30 p.m.
Emens Auditorium
Arrive early and go to the lower lobby for final preparations, pictures, and good-byes.
Do not go into the auditorium. It’s bad luck to be seen by the audience in your cap and gown before you officially enter with your entire class.
Your line leaders and the ROTC Marshals will begin the line-up at 6:45 p.m. The band will begin the fanfare at exactly 7:30 p.m.
TARDIES
If you happened to read the front page article of the Star Press Sunday issue on February 26th , you were introduced the Eight Step process that Muncie Community Schools is implementing corporation wide. This process outlines definite steps and practices to improve student achievement. We have been working with the creators of the Eight Step process and our Muncie Community School’s Administrators so that Southside can successfully implement the process to benefit our students. Many of the eight steps and processes are already in place. Next year we will implement what is called a “Success Period”. This will be a half hour block of time dedicated to tutorials and/or enrichment for each student. Those students identified as needing extra instruction in core subject areas in order to pass the End of Course Assessments will have this time for extra one on one help and tutoring. Those students who have already successfully completed the End of Course Assessments will have the opportunity to attend sessions designed to “enrich” their high school experience. Activities and topics will be designed to inform and educate students about the work world, personal finances, post secondary education, or a deeper look into particular subject material in their current curriculum. We are confident that the “Success Period” will benefit every student by allowing those who need or want more instruction in core subjects time while not impeding those ready to move on to new subject matter. We are excited about this change to the schedule and we hope you will support the Eight Step process with your student.
Students have met the challenge and we have seen a remarkable decrease in student tardiness to class. The first week we instituted the tardy room 450 students were late to school or class. The first day we had 96 tardies. Last week in contrast we had 121 tardy, while yesterday we had only 23 late. Hooray! To show our appreciation we rewarded over 500 students with soda pop at lunch for being tardy free.
Thanks for your continued dedication to Southside High School. And, as always thank you for everything you do in support of our students.
Tardy Room Protocol and Procedures
Students late to school will be sent to the tardy room.
Location: Cafeteria will be used periods 1,2,3,4,6, and 7
Room 2014 will be used period 5
Seating and Storing of Supplies: Students will not be allowed to go to lockers. They will store any items they have with them on the shelf on the west end of the cafeteria.
Record Keeping Procedures: The supervisor will record the tardies on a spreadsheet.
Work Protocol for Tardy Room: Students may read, study, or work on homework.
Protocol for homework: Students will sign a carbon copy tardy room slip to record their presence in the tardy room. The original will go with the student. The student must present the tardy room slip to the classroom teacher in order to receive homework. The carbon copy will go to the teacher for his/her records.
Behavioral Expectations: All student handbook rules will be enforced. In addition, students may not talk, get out of their seats, or leave the room.
Protocol for further tardies: The teacher will continue to write paper referrals for the 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th tardies according to School Board Policy.
While School Board Policy for tardy violations will be followed, as an added intervention students will be assigned Friday night school from 3:00 to 4:00 pm if they are tardy three times to a class. Students will be assigned to Friday night school from 3:00 to 5:00 pm if they are tardy five times to a class. Friday night school will be located in the ISS or Resource room. Student Services will contact a parent if Friday detention is assigned. Students who do not serve the Friday detention will be suspended out of school the following Monday and serve the 2 hour detention the next Friday.
Friday Detention
Schoolwork Protocol: Students may read, study, or work on homework.
Behavioral Expectations: All student handbook rules will be enforced. In addition, students may not talk, get out of their seats, or leave the room.
