District’s students. The super-

intendent, or his/her designee,

shall select the composition of

the review panel.

Sufficient information relat-

ing to Smart Core and the

District’s graduation require-

ments shall be communicated

to parents and students to

ensure their informed under-

standing of each. This may be

accomplished through any or

all of the following means.

Inclusion in the student hand-

book of the Smart Core

curriculum and gradua-

tion requirements;

Discussion of the Smart Core

curriculum and gradua-

tion requirements at the

school’s annual public

meeting, PTA meetings,

or a meeting held specifi-

cally for the purpose of

informing the public on

this matter;

Discussions held by the

school’s counselors with

students and their par-

ents; and/or

Distribution of a newsletter(s)

to parents or guardians of

the District’s students.

The first year of this policy’s

implementation all employees

Goza Handbook Addendum

Goza Newsletter

Please add the APSD policy

4.45 to your Goza Student

Handbook between pages 32

and 33.

4.45—SMART CORE

CURRICULUM AND

GRADUATION RE-

QUIREMENTS

All students are required to

participate in the Smart Core

curriculum unless their par-

ents or guardians, or the stu-

dents if they are 18 years of

age or older, sign a Smart

Core Waiver Form to not

participate. While Smart Core

is the default option, both a

Smart Core Informed Con-

sent Form and a Smart Core

Waiver Form will be sent

home with students prior to

their enrolling in seventh

grade, or when a 7-12 grade

student enrolls in the district

for the first time and there is

not a signed form in the stu-

dent’s permanent record. Par-

ents must sign one of the

forms and return it to the

school so it can be placed in

the students’ permanent re-

cords. This policy is to be

included in student handbooks

for grades 6-12 and both stu-

dents and parents must sign

an acknowledgement they

have received the policy.

Those students not participat-

ing in the Smart Core curricu-

lum will be required to fulfill

the Core curriculum or the

requirements of their IEP

(when applicable) to be eligi-

ble for graduation. Counsel-

ing by trained personnel shall

be available to students and

their parents or legal guardi-

ans prior to the time they are

required to sign the consent

forms.

While there are similarities

between the two curriculums,

following the Core curriculum

may not qualify students for

some scholarships and admis-

sion to certain colleges could

be jeopardized. Students ini-

tially choosing the Core cur-

riculum may subsequently

change to the Smart Core

curriculum providing they

would be able to complete the

required course of study by

the end of their senior year.

Students wishing to change

their choice of curriculums

must consult with their coun-

selor to determine the feasi-

bility of changing.

This policy, the Smart Core

curriculum, and the courses

necessary for graduation shall

be reviewed by staff, students,

and parents at least every

other year to determine if

changes need to be made to

better serve the needs of the

Arkad e lp h i a Pub l i c S ch oo l D i s t r i c t

Special points of interest:

Goza Band bonfire is 5-8

p.m. on Thursday, Nov.

13.

Picture retake day is Tues-

day, Nov. 18.

Youth Act will be going to

OBU from 12-2 p.m. on

Friday, Nov. 7 to pack mo-

bile packs for Feed My

Starving Children.

November 2014

Inside this issue:

New art class for 7th and

8th grades 3

Art Studio 109 news 4

Online safety tips 4

100s Club 4

Band bonfire 4

November calendar 5

See ADDENDUM, page 2

Fine Arts: one-half (1/2) unit

CAREER FOCUS: - Six (6) units

All career focus unit requirements shall

be established through guidance and

counseling based on the student’s con-

templated work aspirations. Career focus

courses shall conform to the curriculum

policy of the district and reflect state cur-

riculum frameworks through course se-

quencing and career course concentra-

tions where appropriate.

The Smart Core and career focus units

must total at least twenty-two (22) units

to graduate. Additionally, the district re-

quires 4 units for a total of 26 units to

graduate which may be taken from any

electives offered by the district6

CORE: Sixteen (16) units

English: four (4) units – 9, 10, 11, and 12

Oral Communications: one-half (1/2) unit

Mathematics: four (4) units

Algebra or its equivalent* - 1 unit

Geometry or its equivalent* - 1 unit

All math units must build on the base of

algebra and geometry knowledge and

skills.

(Comparable concurrent credit college

courses may be substituted where

applicable)

*A two-year algebra equivalent or a two-

year geometry equivalent may each be

counted as two units of the four (4) unit

requirement.

Science: three (3) units

at least one (1) unit of biology or its

equivalent

one (1) unit of a physical science

required to be licensed as a condition of

their employment shall receive training

regarding this policy so that they will be

able to help successfully implement it. In

subsequent years, administrators, or their

designees, shall train newly hired employ-

ees, required to be licensed as a condition

of their employment, regarding this pol-

icy. The district’s annual professional

development shall include the training

required by this paragraph.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

The number of units students must earn to

be eligible for high school graduation is

to be earned from the categories listed

below. A minimum of 22 units is required

for graduation for a student participating

in either the Smart Core or Core curricu-

lum. In addition to the 22 units required

for graduation by the Arkansas Depart-

ment of Education, the District requires

an additional 4 units to graduate for a

total of 26 units. The additional required

units may be taken from any electives

offered by the District. There are some

distinctions made between Smart Core

units and Graduation units. Not all units

earned toward graduation necessarily

apply to Smart Core requirements.

SMART CORE: Sixteen (16) units

English: four (4) units – 9th, 10th, 11th,

and 12th

Oral Communications: one-half (1/2) unit

Mathematics: four (4) units (all students

under Smart Core must take a mathemat-

ics course in grade 11 or 12 and complete

Algebra II.)

Algebra I or Algebra A & B* which may

be taken in grades 7-8 or 8-9

Geometry or Investigating Geometry or

Geometry A & B* which may be

taken in grades 8-9 or 9-10

*A two-year algebra equivalent or a two-

year geometry equivalent may each be

counted as two units of the four-unit re-

quirement for the purpose of meeting the

graduation requirement, but only serve

as one unit each toward fulfilling the

Smart Core requirement.

Algebra II

Beyond Algebra II: this can include Pre-

Calculus, Calculus, AP Statistics,

Algebra III, Advanced Topic and

Modeling in Mathematics, Mathe-

matical Applications and Algorithms,

Linear Systems and Statistics, or any

of several IB or Advanced Placement

math courses

(Comparable concurrent credit college

courses may be substituted where applica-

ble)

Natural Science: a total of three (3) units

with lab experience chosen from

One unit of Biology; and

Two units chosen from the following

three categories (there are acceptable op-

tions listed by the ADE for each)

Physical Science

Chemistry

Physics or Principles of Technology I &

II or PIC Physics

Social Studies: three (3) units

Civics one-half (½) unit

World History - one unit

American History - one unit

Physical Education: one-half (1/2) unit

Note: While one-half (1/2) unit is re-

quired for graduation, no more than one

(1) unit may be applied toward fulfilling

the necessary units to graduate.

Health and Safety: one-half (1/2) unit

Economics – one half (½) unit – depend-

ent upon the licensure of the teacher

teaching the course, this can count toward

the required three (3) social studies cred-

its or the six (6) required Career Focus

elective credits.8

ADDENDUM

Page 2 Goza Newsletter

Continued from page 1

See ADDENDUM, page 3

Page 3

Art to be taught in 7th, 8th grades

Art will be taught to 7th and

8th grade students once a week

during their scheduled health

class. The Arkansas Art Frame-

works will be used to plan for

each lesson that will be taught to

these students.

Mrs. Tamara Jackson has

joined the

Goza faculty

and will be

teaching

these classes.

Parents will receive information

from Mrs. Jackson when the stu-

dents meet with her for the first

time.

5.11—

PROMOTION/RETENTION/COURSE

CREDIT FOR ?-12 SCHOOLS

5.12—

PROMOTION/RETENTION/COURSE

CREDIT FOR K-? SCHOOLS

Legal References: Standards of

Accreditation 9.03 – 9.03.1.9, 14.02

ADE Guide-

lines for the Development of Smart Core

Curriculum Policy

Smart Core

Informed Consent Form 2014

Smart Core

Waiver Form 2014

Date Adopted: 10/17/06

Last Revised: 06/17/2014

ARKADELPHIA SCHOOL DIS-

TRICT NO. 1

Social Studies: three (3) units

Civics one-half (1/2) unit

World history, one (1) unit

American History, one (1) unit

Physical Education: one-half (1/2) unit

Note: While one-half (1/2) unit is re-

quired for graduation, no more than one

(1) unit may be applied toward fulfilling

the necessary units to graduate.

Health and Safety: one-half (1/2) unit

Economics – one half (½) unit – depend-

ent upon the licensure of the teacher

teaching the course, this can count toward

the required three (3) social studies cred-

its or the six (6) required Career Focus

elective credits

Fine Arts: one-half (1/2) unit

CAREER FOCUS: - Six (6) units

All career focus unit requirements shall

be established through guidance and

counseling based on the student’s con-

templated work aspirations. Career focus

courses shall conform to the curriculum

policy of the district and reflect state cur-

riculum frameworks through course se-

quencing and career course concentra-

tions where appropriate.

The Core and career focus units must

total at least twenty-two (22) units to

graduate. Additionally, the district re-

quires 4 units for a total of 26_ units to

graduate which may be taken from any

electives offered by the district.

Cross References: Policy

5.16.1—GRADUATION REQUIRE-

MENTS

ADDENDUM

Continued from page 2

Goza Band Bonfire Thursday, Nov. 13

5-8 p.m.

At Forthman Manor

2542 Hwy 26W

Hot dogs, s’mores and

more will be served!

Bring your own weenie

roaster/coat hanger

Goza Basketball Season begins

Monday, Nov. 10

Tips for online safety

Don’t provide personal infor-

mation online.

Remember: Anything you

share online becomes public.

Don’t send a picture to some-

one you do not know

Never assume the person you

are talking to online is really

who they say they are.

Never agree to a face-to-face

meeting with someone you’ve

met online.

Don’t respond to mean or

threatening messages.

If someone makes you feel

uncomfortable - TELL

SOMEONE.

If you feel you or a friend are in im-

mediate danger, call local law en-

forcement. If you have received

threatening, sexually, explicit, or

other inappropriate messages or

photographs, please report them to

the Cyber Tipline. You can go to

www.cybertipline.com or call 1-800-

842-5678.

This information is from the Arkan-

sas Attorney General’s Office

www.ArkansasAG.gov

Page 4 Goza Newsletter

Art students create portraits from ‘selfies’

stuffed animals in

class. The stuffed ani-

mals have enjoyed

the outing to the art

room. The change of

scenery has been good

for them. They like

the art room; it smells good, and their

portraits have been outstanding.

Our fifth period students are draw-

ing action figures complete with shad-

ing to show their three-dimensional

qualities. Those action figures have

included transformers, iron man and

Mater from Disney’s Cars.

Our studio time has come face-to-face

with “selfies” and the results have been a

completion of self-portraits that really

look like the students who produced them.

Getting the likeness in a portrait is

never easy; and, in fact, it is one of the

most difficult things to accomplish in

making a portrait. The students have

really done well with the likeness and the

abstracted colors they have been using,

which really stand out in our gallery lo-

cated at the bottom of the stairs just out-

side the art studio classroom.

We have a teacher intern this time

from Henderson State University - Ms.

Regan Renfro. Her teaching duties have

included our beginning mask lesson fea-

turing venetian masks. The masks will

be completed before Halloween, but

masks are universal. They are in all cul-

tures. In Ms. Renfro’s lessons we have

continued to stress the art history com-

ponent of our curriculum.

Seventh graders just completed a

metal-carving project that resembled

art work done in the Middle ages. Sixth

grade students have just completed

their animal paintings that have in-

cluded the art standards of drawing

from an observable object. The students

have enjoyed drawing their favorite

These Goza students have been included

in the 2014-15 100s Club by scoring a

100 percent on their TLI test.

Writing Module 1

8th Grade

Kacie Allen, Mary Jane Adame, Ke’ar-

lyn Anderson, Caleb Bird, Carl Brim,

Sandra Burnett, Caroline Cissell, Josie

Cooper, Sam Coventry, Myauna Cum-

mings, Prince Dalal, Morgan Daniel,

Bradley Davis, Caroline Derby, Hannah

Fenocchi, Ethan Fielding, Sumner

Huerkamp, Henry Hunley, Mary Kate

Jester, Camille Jones, Madison Lamb,

Kailynn Langley, Nicholas Leeper,

Alexzandria Leguin, Nicholas Levar,

Colleen Lloyd, Simon Loy, Rodrigo

Mendez, Jaylen Mitchell, Brantley Neel,

Briana Nono, Faith Ochello, Kylee

Overturf, Jenna Patterson, Owen Phil-

lips, Alec Rubel, Kylie Shackelford,

Diana Summerville, Savneet Thiara,

Kaitlyn Thomas, Lily Tibbs, Kamryn

Thorne, Trudy Vo, Josh Wallace, Drew

Webb, Kolton West, and Kyle Whittle.

100s Club

Picture retake day is

Tuesday, Nov. 18

Page 5

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Goza Choir’s pro-duction of Annie

Jr. 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

All Saints’ Day

2 Daylight Saving Time ends. Fall

back 1 hour

3 4 5 p.m. - Board of Education agenda

meeting 5:30 p.m. - 8th-

grade Badgers vs Nashville

5 6 7 7 p.m. - AHS

Badgers at Mal-vern

8

9 10 5 p.m. - 8th-grade Badger basketball

at Lakeside

11

Veterans Day

12 13 5 p.m. - 8th-grade Badger basketball

vs Hope

5-8 p.m. - Goza Band Bonfire

14 Goza progress reports go out

15 9 a.m. - 7th-grade

Badgers and 7th & 8th-grade Lady

Badgers at Lake-side

16 17 5 p.m. - 8th-grade Badgers and Lady Badgers at Center-

point

18 Goza picture re-

take day

6 p.m. - Board of Education regular

meeting

19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

November 2014

30 Thanksgiving Break Nov. 24-28 - No School