United Township High School
Counselor Quarterly
Volume 26, Number 4, May 2017
Abbey Demory
A-El
752-1670
Stacey Drish
Lu-Rod
752-1673
Jon Mychel Nelson
Em-Lo
752-1644
Patrick Green
Roe-Z
752-1643
Holly Schneider
Secretary
752-1640
Marcy Johnson
Registrar
752-1650
Finals Schedule
Tuesday, May 30
Wednesday, May 31
I mp o r t a n t U T H S
P h o n e N u mb e r s :
Thursday, June 1
Period 1 - 8:00-9:30
Period 3 - 8:00-9:30
Period 5 - 8:00– 10:10
Period 2 - 9:40-11:10
Period 4 - 9:40-11:10
Period 6 - 10:15-11:40
Period 7 - 11:45-1:10
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Summer School
We now have information on summer school programs. Students may take a
summer school class if they have previously failed the course. Any student
wishing to take a summer school class should pick up information from his/her
counselor.
Regular summer school will run from Thursday, June 8 thru Friday July 21.
Cost per class will be free this year for all in district students. All classes will
be done through Plato. There will be limited spaces available.
8 Period Day for Next Year
General Office
752 –1600
Student Services
752-1630
Counseling
752-1640
Athletic Office
752-1621
Special Ed. Office
752-1658
ACC Office
752-1605
Nurse’s
Office
752-1647
Next fall UTHS will go to an 8 period day. Students will have 7 periods of classes
(similar to this year) and 1 period for lunch. The schedule of a normal day is listed
below. Please call if you have any questions or concerns.
Special Days of
Interest:
Period 1 8 - 8:47
Period 5 11:38-12:25
May 13….Prom
Period 2 8:52– 9:39
Period 6 12:30-1:17
DEAR
Period 7 1:22-2:09
9:39-9:49
Period 3 9:54-10:41
***Periods 4,5 & 6 will be
used as lunch periods.
Period 8 2:14-3:01
Period 4 10:46-11:33
Project Graduation
This annual event is an all night party for our graduating seniors. The event is made
possible through the combined efforts of the UTHS Boosters, parent and teacher
volunteers and the generous contributions of our community leaders. With your help
we will once again be able to provide a safe, fun, drug and alcohol free night for our
seniors as they spend one last night together as a class. This night will include games,
prizes, food, and lots of fun and memories. Please consider giving your time to
volunteer. We will take whatever time you can give. Project Graduation will be held
Saturday, June 3, from 11pm to 4am at UTHS. Students must participate in the
graduation ceremony and check in by midnight to take part in Project Graduation.
Please contact Scott Ronnebeck at 309 738 3240 or email at [email protected]
May 29….No School
Memorial Day
May 30-31 & June 1
UT Finals
June 3…Graduation
June 8 to July 21
Summer School
July 26 & 27 High
School Registration
August 2...First day of
school for freshman
August 3….First day of
school for ALL
students
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United Township High School
Counseling Quarterly
Dual Credit Information
If your student signed up for one or more dual credit courses next year, there are several steps they need
to complete to ensure they are properly enrolled in the course.
1. Online application.. This can be done at www.bhc.edu
2. Registration: BHC has registration forms (copies are in the counseling office) that need to be signed
by students and parents. They then need to be returned to the counseling office.
3. Take the Accuplacer test if you are enrolled in English Composition. This is given in April and May
at UT and is Black Hawk’s entrance exam. Results are immediate so students know if they qualify.
Scores of 90 on the Reading and a 5 on the Writing tests are required. Retakes are offered at $15 per
test.
All three of the above steps must be completed for enrollment in a dual credit course. Registration will
not be final until the end of the school year. Payment for fall classes will be due around mid September
to Black Hawk College. Failure to pay or register properly could result in either no credit from BHC or
full tuition required for credit. If you have any questions please call Stacey Drish at 752-1673.
Registration dates for
2016-2017 school year
Wednesday, July 26th 10:00am—6:oo pm
Thursday,
July 27th 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
On-Line Registration
Information will be available on the UT
web site, this summer, on how to use online registration for the 2017-2018 school
year. Have a Great Summer!
UTHS School Report Card and Budget
The school report card an annual UTHS budget can be
located at our website uths.net Both can be found under the
compliance docs tab. If you have any questions please feel
free to call the school 752 1600.
No Child Left Behind and Highly Qualified
Teachers
Federal legislation requires us to notify our community, parents and students of the qualifications of our teaching and para-professional staff. The legislation requires that we have
only “highly qualified” staff in place by 2006. The legislation
Parents/Guardians Important clearly sets forth the standards that define “highly qualified”.
In short, it means that teachers are certified in the specific areInformation
as they are teaching and that paraprofessionals have at least
If you have changed your phone number or sixty (60) credit hours of college work. A list of our current
home address have your son/daughter come staff is available for review in our administration center.
into the counseling office to update our records. You can also call Holly Schneider at
752-1640 to make any changes.