Dear Student and Parents:
This Program of Studies has been prepared to assist you in planning your high school course of studies to enable you to make the most effective use of your years at Hanover High School. As you think about those years there are immediate concerns and long-range concerns. Certain questions must be answered if you are to determine the program which is best for you.
Some of the questions you should consider:
1. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
2. What kind of grades are you presently getting? What kind of grades do you want to get?
3. How can you find out more about the courses before you select them?
4. At this point in time what are your goals upon graduation?
5. What courses do you think you should take to achieve these goals?
6. Are you aware of what the courses will require before you select them?
7. Are you making long-term plans or merely planning one year at a time?
8. Will you be working to your full capacity and realizing your potential?
9. What are your out-of-school activities? Will you be able to balance your school needs with other needs?
Students should take advantage of the human resources that are available in order to identify the best possible school program. Your School Counselor, subject area teachers, school administrators, Dresden Plan Advisor, Special Education Case Manager, and upper class students that you know or that are in your Common Ground group are resources you should consider. Do not plan your program in isolation.
This Program of Studies outlines the academic and elective course content offered to students in grades 9-12. In addition, it outlines the sequence of courses. Use this guide not only at this time but for future reference as well.
Please Note: Parents and students need to realize that due to financial restrictions (1) all courses that are described within the Program of Studies will not necessarily be offered and (2) all individual student/parent requests will not necessarily be met. We will do the best we can to meet requests, but it is possible that some course titles will not be taught or some course enrollments will be capped.
Best wishes for a successful 2016-17 school year.
Justin Campbell Julie Stevenson
Principal Dean of Students
Accreditation Statement
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Hanover High School is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., a non-governmental, nationally recognized organization whose affiliated institutions include elementary schools through collegiate institutions offering post-graduate instruction.
Accreditation of an institution by the NEASC indicates that it meets or exceeds criteria for the assessment of institutional quality periodically applied through a peer group review process. An accredited school or college is one which has available the necessary resources to achieve its stated purposes through appropriate educational programs, is substantially doing so, and gives reasonable evidence that it will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. Institutional integrity is also addressed through accreditation.
Accreditation by the NEASC is not partial but applies to the institution as a whole. As such, it is not a guarantee of the quality of every course or program offered, or the competence of individual graduates. Rather, it provides reasonable assurance about the quality of opportunities available to students who attend the institution.
School Administrative Unit #70
41 Lebanon Street, Hanover, NH 03755
603-643-6050
Serving the Districts of Dresden, Hanover, and Norwich, Vermont
Our schools are committed to the following:
1. No person shall be excluded from or discriminated against in admission to a public school or in obtaining the advantages or privileges of any services, programs, activities, or extra-curricular activities on the basis of her/his race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, or national origin.
2. No otherwise qualified handicapped individual shall, solely by reason of her/his handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity offered by these districts.
3. No applicants for employment shall be discriminated against on the basis of age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or handicap. Further, SAU 70 is committed to equal employment opportunity and encourages applications from minorities and men and women in non-traditional fields.
The Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator is the Assistant Superintendent for Student Services.
Inquiries regarding compliance may be directed to the above named person or to the Director of the Office of Civil Rights, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D. C., or the Office of Civil Rights, Region I, 140 Federal Street, 14th Floor, Boston, MA 02110.