Second semester is under way and we find ourselves beginning the process of enrollment for the 2013-2014 school year. This is such an important time for parents and students to sit down and discuss course options. It is important to encourage our students to challenge themselves in the courses they select. Next year we will have additional Advanced Placement (AP) and dual credit course offerings. These include AP Calculus, dual credit Environmental Science, and dual credit Advanced Speech. This brings our number of AP course offerings to nine, and dual credit to eight. We are committed to challenging our students to be successful beyond high school. Students that score a 3, 4, or 5 on AP course exams traditionally are awarded college credit in that subject area. We are proud to announce sixteen Platte County High School students that have been named AP Scholars. To qualify as an AP Scholar a student must score a 3 or higher on three different AP exams. Congratulations to the following Pirate AP Scholars: Jessica Armstrong, Callie Curtis, Rhiannon Fowler, Logan Freeman, Hailey Godburn, Daniel Goering, Devin Kaveler, Taylor Laures, Kristen Manion, Anna Menninger, Sarah Regan, Lindsey Reichert, Jordan Richardson, Claire Schlimm, Benjamin Shively, and Elizabeth Witsken Alan Bunch, PCHS Principal The Captain’s Corner ATTENDANCE MATTERS: Our attempt to keep parents/guardians informed about students includes the call that goes out daily around 10:30 a.m. letting you know your student is absent and you have not called to verify their absence. We also send out letters through e-mail or postal mail keeping you informed on the number of days, between 4 and ten, that your student has not been present. Per handbook, “any student absent for more than 10 days per semester for reasons other than those listed excused, will be required to make up those days or possibly be denied credit.” Excused absences include medical appointments, illness or injury, religious observances, funeral, other appointments that cannot be scheduled outside attendance hours, out-of-school suspension, and visits with parents in military. An excused absence is still counted as absent from school because they are not physically present. Volume 1, Issue 2 * Platte County High School * JANUARY 2013 The PCHS Porthole PCHS will be establishing a Pirate Parent Advisory group. If you would be interested in serving on it, please contact Mr. Bunch.
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Second semester is under way and we find ourselves beginning the process of enrollment for the 2013-2014 school year. This is such an important time for parents and students to sit down and discuss course options. It is important to encourage our students to challenge themselves in the courses they select.
Next year we will have additional Advanced Placement (AP) and dual credit course offerings. These include AP Calculus, dual credit Environmental Science, and dual credit Advanced Speech. This brings our number of AP course offerings to nine, and dual credit to eight. We are committed to challenging our students to be successful beyond high school.
Students that score a 3, 4, or 5 on AP course exams traditionally are awarded college credit in that subject area. We are proud to announce sixteen Platte County High School students that have been named AP Scholars. To qualify as an AP Scholar a student must score a 3 or higher on three different AP exams.
Congratulations to the following Pirate AP Scholars: Jessica Armstrong, Callie Curtis, Rhiannon Fowler, Logan Freeman, Hailey Godburn, Daniel Goering, Devin Kaveler, Taylor Laures, Kristen Manion, Anna Menninger, Sarah Regan, Lindsey Reichert, Jordan Richardson, Claire Schlimm, Benjamin Shively, and Elizabeth Witsken
Alan Bunch, PCHS Principal
The Captain’s Corner
ATTENDANCE MATTERS:
Our attempt to keep parents/guardians
informed about students includes the
call that goes out daily around 10:30
a.m. letting you know your student is
absent and you have not called to verify
their absence. We also send out letters
through e-mail or postal mail keeping
you informed on the number of days,
between 4 and ten, that your student
has not been present. Per handbook,
“any student absent for more than 10
days per semester for reasons other than
those listed excused, will be required to
make up those days or possibly be
denied credit.” Excused absences
include medical appointments,
illness or injury, religious
observances, funeral, other
appointments that cannot be
scheduled outside attendance
hours, out-of-school suspension,
and visits with parents in
military. An excused absence is still
counted as absent from school because
they are not physically present. Vo
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PCHS will be establishing a Pirate Parent Advisory group. If you
would be interested in serving on it, please contact Mr. Bunch.
February 25th. **************** The PCHS Wrestling Team placed 6th out of 44 teams at the Deep South Bayou Duals in Baton Rouge, LA, competing against teams from LA, TN, FL, OK, TX and NY. Both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams have struggled throughout the first half of their seasons. The Pirate Hoopsters still have some time to end their seasons on more posi-tive notes and will contin-ue to work hard to do so. Former PCHS Principal, Craig Robinson, former PCHS longtime counselor, Oleda Cooper and former PCR-3 Superintendent, Mark Harpst were induct-ed into the Pirate Hall of Fame on January 3rd.
