Clark High School eNews
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Welcome to the 2017-2018 Clark High School eNews
This Week's Events
Get Plugged In!
For up-to-date information, we encourage you to access the following:
- Website - k12.pisd.edu/clark-high-school
- Clark PTSA website - www.clarkptsa.org
- Clark eNews - http://elist.pisd.edu/
- Twitter - follow us @ClarkHSCougars
- Clark AVID site - https://tinyurl.com/ycgtazga
News from the Counselors
Robotics Club Starting
Clark’s FTC Robotics Team
The first meeting of Clark’s FTC Robotics Team will be on Tuesday, September 19, at 4:20 in Room B108, with Mrs.Ginger Williams as sponsor. Meetings will be on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons as well as on Thursdays during B Block Lunch. Anyone interested in being a part of our first FTC Robotics’ team, please come by and see what it’s all about.
Yearbook Information
Yearbooks can be ordered by going to jostensyearbooks.com to make your purchase. Please like us on Facebook at facebook.com/ClarkYearbook or follow Clark Yearbook on Instagram @clarkhighyearbook and @clarkhighYB on Twitter for updates and information. For yearbook questions, please contact Mrs. Denson at evelyn.denson@pisd.edu.
Clark PTSA News
2017-18 Membership
VOLUNTEERS
PISD requires that all volunteers complete a new background check every year. If you have not done so since July 1, 2017, please go to pisd.edu and fill out your volunteer application. Make sure to select Clark H.S. as one of the campuses where you would like to volunteer.
Athletic News
Athletic Schedules
Athletic schedules can be found on the Clark website at:
http://k12.pisd.edu/clark-high-school/contributions/16951-athletic-schedules.
PISD Dress Code, Student/Parent Policy Guide and School Calendar
Dress Code
We want to remind everyone to keep the PISD dress code in mind when making back to school clothing purchases. The district's dress code may be found below:
Students’ dress and grooming are expected to be in keeping with accepted community standards.
1. Shoes must be worn at all times.
2. Students in grades 3–12 may wear shorts but must meet the following standards:
a. Must be loose-fitting; no biking shorts/running shorts, cutoffs, boxer shorts or combination thereof.
b. Must be hemmed or cuffed.
c. Length must be to the fingertips or longer.
3. Dresses or skirts must be longer than fingertips.
4. Tank tops, tube tops, halter-type blouses, or mesh shirts will not be permitted.
Sundresses will be permitted if modestly cut. Shirts should overlap the
waistband of skirts, shorts, or pants.
5. Items with provocative, offensive, violent, or drug-related pictures
and/or slogans will not be permitted. Items advertising alcoholic beverages and/or tobacco products will not be permitted.
6. No hats, caps, bandannas, hoods, wallet chains, or sunglasses.
7. No type of clothing that has been torn or has holes will be allowed.
8. No sagging pants or shorts.
9. No gang paraphernalia.
10. No visible pierced jewelry other than earrings.
11. All students are expected to meet community standards and school policies
with regard to health, cleanliness, and appearance.
All safety rules must be obeyed. [See FNCA (LOCAL)]
Any student in violation of the dress code will report to ISS to correct the problem. Students may call a parent for clothing items to be brought to school, or they may be loaned clothing. If the problem cannot be solved, the student will remain in ISS for the day.
STUDENT/PARENT POLICY GUIDE
Below please find a link to the 2017-18 Policy Guide for the district:
https://www.pisd.edu/cms/lib/TX02215173/Centricity/domain/143/policy%20guide/PolicyGuide.English.pdf
It is also available in Spanish here: https://www.pisd.edu/cms/lib/TX02215173/Centricity/domain/143/policy%20guide/PolicyGuide.Spanish.pdf
2017-2018 PISD School Calendar
You can view the 2017-2018 PISD school calendar on the district’s website at.: https://www.pisd.edu/cms/lib/TX02215173/Centricity/domain/239/other%20calendar%20options/FINAL_2017_18calendar_Updated030817.pdf
Attendance Procedure for 2017-2018 School Year
Reporting a student absent: A parent/guardian should call the Student Absence Line to report a student absence. Call 469-752-7200 option 1 for English, or option 2 for Spanish, next press option 3 to leave a message. Please leave the student's name, ID#, reason for the absence, date of the absence and who is reporting the absence.
Parent notes: A student has up to (3) three days after an absence to turn in a parent/doctor note in order to receive an excused absence. The note should include the student's name, ID number, reason and date of the absence. A parent call does not excuse the absence.
Leaving school ill: If a student becomes ill while at school, he/she should go to the nurse's office. The nurse will contact the parents. The student and parent must then sign out at the attendance office before leaving. A student should not call/text you from their cell phone to tell you they are sick and to pick them up. Cell phone use is not allowed during class time. We have a phone available for students in the front office.
Doctor/Dental appointments: If a student must leave school early, PLEASE send a note with him or her to turn into the attendance office. The student will get a pass to leave the class at the time you will pick him/her up. The student will wait for you in the front office so that you may sign him/her out. A doctor's note is required when the student returns to school. The state requires us to have a doctor's note when a student is gone for an appointment.
If the student is driving themselves to an appointment, we need a written note with a parent signature for us to release the student from class.
Other absences: Non-school activities must be pre-approved by the principal in order for the student to make up missed work. The Student Absence Request Form is available in the front office and on the Clark website in the FORMS section. The form needs to be filled out and turned in to the attendance office at least a week before the absence.
REMEMBER - NOTES CAN PREVENT UNEXCUSED ABSENCES!
Clark Bell Schedule 2017-2018
Clark Lunch Schedule 2017-2018
Clark High School
Email: bill.freeman@pisd.edu
Website: k12.pisd.edu/clark-high-school
Location: 523 Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX 75023
Phone: 469-752-7200
Facebook: facebook.com/ClarkHSCougars
Twitter: @ClarkHSCougars