Clear Creek High School Updates

Teachers will have an instructional planning day on Monday, October 10th.

There is no school for students.

October 12th, all students at CCHS will engage in activities designed to support college and career readiness. The chart below shows what each student group will participate in on this day.

Freshmen: PSAT 8/9

Sophomores: PSAT NMSQT

Juniors: Practice SAT/PSAT NMSQT (juniors who signed up and paid)

**Students must provide their own calculator for the PSAT, SAT, and practice SAT**

Seniors: Senior Symposium

The Senior Symposium will be a self-selected workshop-style model that will include a menu of options for our students to engage. Topics such as interviewing skills, how to tie a tie, and basic first aid, along with a host of other choices, will be available. Your senior will receive more information during their Cat Tracks period. The Senior Symposium is not an optional event. All students are expected to be present on Wednesday, October 12th -- it is a regularly scheduled attendance day.

Friday, October 7th marks the end of the first nine-week grading period (Q1). Grades will be finalized by Tuesday, October 11th, and report cards will be available on Thursday, October 13th. The Q1 grading period is also a UIL eligibility check for any student who is participating in extracurricular activities.

• 9th-11th grade students will take yearbook pictures October 13th and 14th through their history classes.
• Students who have Dual Credit or do not have a History teacher will need to stop by the C100’s to pick up their QR code.

• Students will receive a QR code the day of their picture from their History teacher that will provide access to the picture once they are uploaded.
• Seniors must have a scheduled appointment with Cady to take their yearbook picture: cady.com/schedule. Senior pictures will not be taken on October 13th & 14th. The LAST opportunity for Seniors to take pictures on campus is November 15th.
• Contact Ms. Richardson with questions related to school pictures: shrichardson@ccisd.net

AP and Honors Course Level Down Window:

The final level down window will be Tues, Oct 11 – Fri, Oct 14 by 3:00 pm. If your student is struggling in an AP or Honors course and needing to level down, please have your student submit the CCHS Level Down Request Form found HERE. Please only submit once. Reminder – some AP courses do not have a level down and will have to wait until the end of the fall semester to then submit a course change request. More information on the level down process as well as a list of courses that do not have a level down can be found on page 56 of the CCISD Educational Planning Guide found HERE.

22-23 AP Exam Registration & Payment Information:

AP Exam registration opens on Mon, Oct 17 and will close on Tues, Nov 1 at 3:00 pm. College Board has very strict guidelines and due dates so please read the AP Exam Registration Instructions attached below to avoid paying additional late fees. If your student is having difficulty with their College Board account or log-in, please contact College Board at 888-225-5427. If your student has questions about the registration process for AP Exams, please contact CCHS Lead Counselor, Mrs. Gailey, at kgailey@ccisd.net or visit the Counseling Center.

Dress as your favorite music genre on Friday, October 14th as we prepare to Beat Brook!

Come support Wildcat Theatre in the first performance of the year: Leading Ladies. All shows will be held in the CCHS Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on October 7 & 8 and 14 & 15.

Attached below please find the CCHS Student Club List for 2022-2023.

Join us on Wednesday, October 19th from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the main parking lot for the FIRST CCHS Trunk or Treat!

Our campus has made some great strides in staff culture building this school year and would like to keep that momentum going with an October luncheon for our teachers. Please consider donating any of the items listed in this link. We greatly appreciate your donation and it will be used to continue to boost staff morale. Items may be dropped off at the front desk to the attention of Ms. Richardson.

CCHS Weekly Attendance Average (Sept 26-30) = 93.33%

Student attendance in every class every day is crucial to their academic success. Compulsory attendance laws require a student to attend each class at least 90 percent of the days it is offered in order to receive credit or a final grade in a class.

If a student is absent, a parent/guardian must provide a note showing the dates and an explanation for any absence within three (3) days after the student’s arrival or return to school. If this note is not sent within the allocated three (3) days, the absence will be unexcused.

Some revisions have been made to the CCISD Exemption policy. Please see the attachment for the final version of the requirements for exemptions. The biggest changes are:

• Semester long AP courses are now eligible for fall exemptions (Economics & Government)
• Further defined core vs. elective courses
• If the student meets the grade and attendance requirements that all other courses require, they DO NOT have to take the AP exam to qualify for the exemption.

Senior Families -- please consider supporting project graduation by purchasing a yard sign for your Senior!

Junior class shirts are in! Stop by Mrs. Hernandez’s room in E211 before or after school to pick one up. They are $20 cash or check made out to Clear Creek High School.