Schedule:Alta Vista High School offers classes Monday-Friday, with Friday being an early dismissal day. Our newly adopted class schedule allows faculty to provide more tutoring hours. The class schedule is as follows:
Classes are held Monday–Friday. Additionally, students earning a D or F during the block in any class are required to attend tutoring with their teacher(s) Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, until the grade has been raised.
The campus will be open at 7:00 each morning. Students may wait in the office or designated areas of the campus until their first class begins. A warning bell will sound at 7:55 a.m. A second bell will sound at 7:58 a.m.. Students not in the classroom and in their seat by 8:00 a.m. will be marked tardy. A bell will signal the end of each class period. Only students, who are involved in supervised extracurricular activities, including tutoring, should remain on campus at the end of their scheduled day. |
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Block Scheduling
Alta Vista High School utilizes a unique block schedule system. We offer four blocks during the regular school year. Each block is approximately 45 days long. During each block, the student takes three or more courses. At the end of the block, the earned credit is applied to the transcript. This system offers the student the motivational advantage of being able to earn a positive reward in a shorter amount of time. It also allows the student who has fallen behind to catch up and graduate with his/her cohort class.
Arizona state law requires sixty-one and a half hours of “seat time” to receive one-half credit. Therefore, if a student is absent on any day of the week; he or she is required to make-up the missed assignments within one week of returning to school. Failure to do so may have a negative impact on the grade earned in the class. Student absences will be monitored by the teachers and administrative staff, and students will be held accountable. These criteria meet the state requirements for class attendance and earned credit.
Arizona state law requires sixty-one and a half hours of “seat time” to receive one-half credit. Therefore, if a student is absent on any day of the week; he or she is required to make-up the missed assignments within one week of returning to school. Failure to do so may have a negative impact on the grade earned in the class. Student absences will be monitored by the teachers and administrative staff, and students will be held accountable. These criteria meet the state requirements for class attendance and earned credit.
Schedule Changes
There will be no schedule changes except for valid reasons. The following are considered valid reasons:
* The student has already taken and passed the course
* No further credit is needed in the assigned area for graduation
* The student wishes to change sessions (A.M. to P.M. or P.M. to A.M.)
* The student wishes to drop an optional 4th period class.
*Administration may require a student take a 4th class.
* The student has already taken and passed the course
* No further credit is needed in the assigned area for graduation
* The student wishes to change sessions (A.M. to P.M. or P.M. to A.M.)
* The student wishes to drop an optional 4th period class.
*Administration may require a student take a 4th class.
