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High School Summer Spark Guidelines

Please see your high school counselor to begin the Summer Spark registration process.

ACADEMIC COURSES

Instruction will match student individual needs and be designed to support growth for all students.

COURSE RECOVERY
EOC PREPARATION
HB 4545 TUTORING
SOCIAL STUDIES
SCIENCE
ENGLISH
MATH

TUITION FOR ACCELERATION COURSES & OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS

Payment by cash, check, or credit card is due to the campus bookkeeper at the time of registration. Checks should be made payable to Abilene ISD and include HS Summer Spark in the memo line.

MEALS

All meals are provided at no cost to all Summer Spark students. Additionally, Summer Spark sites will serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all children ages 1-18 who come to the campus during meal serving times even if they are not attending Summer Spark.

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation is provided only for students completing EOC Prep or HB 4545 State-required accelerated instruction June 6-16 and for EOC retests June 21-23. Buses will serve neighborhood stops. A map of neighborhood stops and times will be posted online no later than May 31, 2022, at www.abileneisd.org/departments/transportation.

GPA & CLASS RANKING

Summer School offers both teacher-led and distance learning through the web-based Edgenuity program. Families should carefully review the High School Summer Spark Handbook to understand how the course format may impact the student’s grade point average (GPA) and class rank.

SITE

ABILENE HIGH SCHOOL

2800 N. 6TH STREET

325.677.1731

SUMMER SPARK GUIDELINES FOR PARENTS & STUDENTS

PROMOTION

Students in Grades 1-8 who do not meet district promotion criteria must successfully complete both Session 1 and Session 2 to be considered for promotion to the next grade. Please remember that Summer Spark Curriculum for promotion is presented at an extremely intense pace in order to cover the state-required Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in a limited time period. ALL students enrolled in Summer Spark courses for promotion will be expected to master at least 70% of the material presented.

Students in Grades 1-5 whose annual course average was less than 60 must successfully complete Summer Spark and complete a locally-developed grade level exam to be considered for promotion.

HB 4545 STATE REQUIRED ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION

Grades 3-8

Any student who does not score approaches or higher on a STAAR test in Grades 3-8 is required by the State of Texas to complete 30 hours of accelerated instruction for each subject in which the student was not successful. Summer Spark Sessions 1-3 will count toward the required hours.

Grades 9-12

Any student who does not score approaches or higher on a STAAR test in Grades 9-12 is required by the State of Texas to complete 30 hours of accelerated instruction for each subject in which the student was not successful. Summer Spark Sessions 1-2 will count toward the required hours.

HB 4545 State-Required Accelerated Instruction | EOC Prep Courses

English I, English II, US History, Biology, Algebra I

June 6 - 16 Only
Meets at home campus - NO CHARGE
Can choose two or pair one with a single semester of credit recovery coursework.
**Transportation is provided only for students completing EOC Prep and retesting in June.**

ATTENDANCE POLICY FOR PROMOTION & COURSE RECOVERY

FOR PROMOTION IN GRADES 1-8

A student planning to attend Summer Spark for promotion must attend all 15 days offered in Sessions 1 and 2. In order to meet the 90% attendance requirement, any student with more than two absences per course MUST continue attending class in Session 3 to make up the missed days or will have to repeat the grade level.

FOR COURSE RECOVERY IN GRADES 9-12

Students must complete all required coursework within the Summer Spark program dates.

TARDY POLICY

Because of the short length of class sessions and academic intensity of Summer Spark, prompt and consistent attendance is required. Under the Discipline Management System of Summer Spark, students who are persistently tardy to class may be dropped from attendance at Summer Spark. Five tardies of fewer than 10 minutes each shall count as one absence and being late 10 minutes or more shall count as one absence for the course missed.

DRESS CODE & DISCIPLINE

Grades 1-5

All students attending Summer Spark sessions in AISD schools will be subject to the dress code as well as the disciplinary policies of AISD. Students will be subject to removal from the Summer Spark program if referred to school administration more than twice.

Grades 6-8

All students attending Summer School sessions in AISD schools will be subject to the dress code as well as the disciplinary policies of AISD. Students will NOT wear middle school standard dress unless they disregard the dress code. Students will be subject to removal from Summer School WITHOUT a refund if referred to school administration more than twice.

Grades 9-12

All students attending summer school sessions in AISD schools will be subject to the dress code as well as the disciplinary policies of AISD. Students will be subject to removal from the summer school program WITHOUT a refund if referred to school administration more than twice.

COURSE SELECTION

Schedules are made by the administration based on enrollment. Courses canceled due to insufficient enrollment will result in a refund or the opportunity for the selection of another course. Pre-AP/AP courses will not be offered.

REFUND POLICY

Students who are dropped for disciplinary reasons from enrollment in summer school or who have been dropped because of excessive tardies or absences will NOT be refunded any tuition or fee. Refunds cannot be made after the third day of classes. All requests must be approved by the administration.

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