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On Tuesday of last week, we hosted the KHSAA regional meeting. We hosted principals, ADs and other athletic admins for updates and training for another great year of sports.
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Quick Links:
Voluntary Tutoring Coming Soon
After School Tutoring Coming Soon
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Our Vision
Aspire.Achieve.Excel
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Congrats to sophomore, Makenna Lanham! 4H Ham Speech Competition at the KY State Fair: 1st place in Speech; 2nd place in cured Non-Smoked Ham & 1st in Overall Score (Speech/Ham). 1st overall in Smoked/Non-Smoked Hams Speech/Ham Combined, placed Reserved Grand Champion.
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Our Vision
Aspire.Achieve.Excel
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Our student leadership council (SLC) providing activities for students during lunch to earn a Klondike bar!
Our Vision
Aspire.Achieve.Excel
Tips from ACT specifically for students in their junior year of high school.
Our Vision
Aspire.Achieve.Excel
Congrats to both our JV and Varsity cross country teams this past weekend. JV finished 1st; Varsity finished 3rd.
Our Vision
Aspire.Achieve.Excel
Congrats to our women's cross country JV and varsity teams this past weekend. JV placed 4th overall ad Varsity placed 2nd overall.
Our outstanding marching band creates an even more exciting atmosphere for Friday night football games. They sound great and put on an outstanding half-time show!
We had a full student section at our first home football game of the season.
Our outstanding Student Leadership Council (SLC) treating every student to a cookie last Friday at the end of the school day.
OFFICE HOURS
7:00-3:30 P.M.
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College & Career Coach
Our College and Career Readiness Coach, Dr. Jennifer Warford will be working with the majority of the seniors as well as all other grades in regards to planning and providing college and career opportunities throughout the school year. If your student would prefer to remain with their current counselor for their senior year (Hinton: A-G, Vickers: H-O, Guthrie: P-Z), please
sign up here.
This request will be on a first come, first served basis, with a cap of 30 for each counselor. The deadline to request to remain with your current counselor will be September 1st or until the cap is reached, whichever comes first.
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First of Year Paperwork
With a little more than a week into the school year, help us ensure that your child's JAM teacher receives the required paperwork no later than Monday, August 27.
We need the following paperwork returned (if you haven't already) with parent and student signatures:
- Code of Conduct/Student Handbook Signature Page-All students
- BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology/Device)-everyone
- Emergency Card (White Form)-freshman only
- Acceptable Use Policy-everyone
- Student Directory Form-only return if you do not want your child photographed, which includes yearbook.
For quick reference, I have included important links below these can also be found on our website as well as the district website.
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Picture Day!
Picture day is Tuesday, Aug. 28th! All students will have the opportunity to have their picture taken through their English class.
There is no obligation to purchase pictures but very important that each student has their picture taken to update our picture identification system.
Students will also receive a student ID card that can be used for admittance into dances and other things where official identification is needed.
Picture order forms were given to all students earlier this week. In case the order form didn't make it home, below are details to order online.
Picture ID Code: JC118018Q0
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CERT Testing
ePrep, Inc., was founded in 2005 by fellow Princeton University graduates Karl Schellscheidt and Eric Barnes. Since the launch of its first products in 2007, ePrep has been offering online, video-based test-preparation programs to students around the world. To date, ePrep has helped hundreds of thousands of students prepare for the ACT, PLAN, SAT, PSAT, and other standardized tests.
Early in 2013, ePrep developed CERT, an online assessment product that provides administrators, teachers, parents, and students with the information they need to maximize career and college opportunities for students. In order to accomplish its goal of providing assessment reports that are both incredibly detailed and easy to understand, ePrep sought the guidance of Kentucky principals and teachers.
In the summer of 2013, ePrep released CERT, the College Equipped Readiness Tool.
Here are just a few features that make CERT the only assessment tool of its kind:
CERT allows schools to assess students through either online or offline test administrations. Furthermore:
- All CERT tests are age appropriate and aligned with the Career and College Readiness Standards
- All CERT tests cover the content areas included in the ACT: English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science
- All CERT tests match the format (i.e., # of questions, question types, difficulty level, timing, etc.) of the current ACT, PLAN, and EXPLORE tests
CERT provides valuable data to EVERY stakeholder. Students, Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents can, as appropriate, access reports on:
- Individual and group composite performance
- Individual and group performance by subject area (English, Mathematics, Reading, or Science)
- Individual and group performance on three levels of the Career and College Readiness Standards
- Individual and group performance on subject-specific content that is organized using language that is generally familiar to students and teachers
In addition to its assessment functionality, CERT provides remedial instruction to students through researched-based, instructional video lessons. Lessons can be accessed via:
- An online Exam Room that provides each student performance feedback and video answer explanations for each and every test question
- An online Study Hall that recommends subject-matter and strategy video lessons based on each individual student's performance
CERT quickly gained statewide popularity in Kentucky upon its release as an interim assessment tool, and it has continued to attract new users throughout the United States.
Here is a link to a 3 minute video of its potential.
This will be a valuable tool for students, parents and teachers. This is accessible online anywhere so students can also
reinforce skills needed to improve on at home in addition to teachers using this in the classroom. The first assessment in September will be all content areas (English, Math, Science and Reading)-nearly 4 hours. The mid-year assessment will only be English, Reading and Math for those students that are predicted to fall below benchmark on the ACT. The end of the year assessment will be the same as the mid-year as far as who and what content. This will give us the data and resources to help our students grow throughout the school year.
Diagnostic testing will occur August 30th in periods 1,3 and 5 and August 31st in periods 2,4 and 6. through English, Science, Math and Social Studies classes.
Teachers and students will have access to practice tests, quizzes, etc. until the mid November.
Students will take a mid-year test the first of December and after this will have access again to practice tests, quizzes, etc. to help them for the spring diagnostic.
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GrandParent Camp, NKY
GrandParent Camp is coming to NKY! Saturday, September 15th - Registration begins at 8:30am, kick off at 9:00
am and we will wrap up at 11:30am at Sherman Elementary School,
3987 Dixie Highway, Dry Ridge, KY 41035
To learn more about GrandParent Camp please
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Missing Assignment
We use a missing assignment feature in Infinite Campus to send you an automated e-mail notification when an assignment is missing. This notification goes out once a week on Monday afternoon/evening to alert you and keep you informed.
Make sure we have your most up-to-date e-mail address.
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Cheer Team Golf Outing
The Cheer Team Golf Outing is a four person team with a shotgun start on Saturday, Sept. 15th @ 1:30 p.m.
Cost: $80 per person (includes cart, green fees, prizes and post golf barbecue).
Deadline: September 7th
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Student Drop Off
If your car is in the 2
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row at morning drop-off, please make sure your student exits the car and walks towards the parking lot sidewalk (away from school) and then proceeds to the marked crosswalk in front of the car line to enter the building through the main entrance doors. We appreciate your help in keeping our students safe each morning.
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Did You Know?
Any student who qualifies for free or reduced lunch can take the ACT for FREE two times during high school.
If your student is on free/reduced lunch please see the guidance office for a waiver form before registering for the ACT.
All juniors are strongly advised to take the October and/or December ACT. This allows time to review and study any areas needed to improve your score.
Upcoming ACT Dates:
Sept 21st: Deadline to register for the October 27th ACT test date.
Nov 2nd: Deadline to register for the December 8th ACT test date.
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Infinite Campus - Parent Portal
The Parent Portal is a web-based formation system that all Boone County Scho
ols use to house information and data about
your child. It is a great way to stay on top of your child's progress throughout the school year. Your child's grades are updated on a weekly basis so you can be as update to date with their progress as possible.
Your log in works from school to school within Boone County, so if you had access from the elementary or middle school in prior years, you can use that access information for your child @ Cooper.
TWO IMPORTANT THINGS:
1. If you do not have access to log-in; please stop by our main office to obtain the activation code and step-by-step instructions. You will need a photo ID in order to receive the activation code. See our receptionist, Rhonda Pearson.
2. Once you have access; please check the information we have on file to ensure it is correct. An e-mail address is one item that tends to change frequently. Please help us have the most up-to-date demographic contact information in order to for to communicate with you.
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Class Officer Application
Students that are interested in running for class officer positions should turn in an application
no later than Thursday, August 30.
Posters are due August 31st
Voting will take place on Sept 10th, 13th and 14th
Please
click here for the Class Officer Application
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National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is the nation's premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students demonstrating excellence in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Applications for NHS can be accessed via the link below or on the twitter page @Cooper_NHS.
Please click here for the NHS application form. Only students can access the application form using their school gmail account.
Applications and signature form are due
Wednesday, September 5th
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School Spirit Store
The Great RC School Spirit Store is now open daily from 11:10 - 12:30 in the cafeteria.
Cash, checks, MasterCard and Visa are accepted.
You can also order online and pick up in our main office or better yet, we can give this to your student to bring home. Just visit the spirit store website here:
Cooper Spirit Store
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Student Portal
All students have an Infinite Campus student portal account to access their schedules and grades online.
- Username to login is now: Boone Co student email address
- Password is now the same password they use to login to everything: PC, email, Canvas, Google
Students DO NOT have to login from a school PC the first time, however, if they already have the IC app on their phone, and it is connected with the old District ID it will not work and they will get an error message. They must logout and click the change district link to choose Boone and then click on Boone County to re-establish the connection to our district. Then they should be able to login using the app.
If they still have trouble logging in - your student should stop by the library for troubleshooting login issues.
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Aug. 27 Curriculum Night, 6-8:15p
Aug. 27 College Affordability Workshop, 8:20p
Aug. 28 Picture Day
Aug. 30-31 CERT Testing
Sept. 3 Labor Day--No School
Sept. 8 National ACT Test Date, 8 a.m.
Sept. 8 Mini Cheer Camp, 8:00-12 noon
Sept. 15 Grandparent Camp 8:30- 11:30am
Sept. 18 Senior & Parent Night, 6:30pm
Sept. 19 SBDM Council Meeting, 5:30 pm
Sept. 21 Registration deadline for Oct. ACT
Oct. 5-8 Fall Break
Oct. 12 Homecoming Parade, 6pm
Oct. 12 Homecoming Game, 7:30pm
Oct. 13 Homecoming Dance, 7-11pm
Oct. 27 National ACT Test Date, 8 a.m.
Nov. 2 Registration deadline for Dec. ACT
Nov. 15 Senior Portrait Deadline
Fall Sports Schedules:
Football
Golf-Women
Golf-Men
Soccer-Women
Soccer-Men
Volleyball
Cross Country-Men
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