Newsletter - The Week of December 12th 2021

Winter Break

Boone County Schools will be closed for Winter Break beginning on Monday, December 20th. Classes will resume on Monday, January 3rd 2022. 

2nd Quarter Grading Period

The 2nd quarter grading period ends this Friday, December 17th.  Students should ensure anything that can be turned in is completed and turned in prior to Friday, December 17th. 

2nd Quarter report cards will be available to view on Infinite Campus on on Thursday, January 13th 2022. 

Failing Grades, Summer School & Summer School

A reminder of how our grading structure works:

Yearlong courses have a running grade average throughout the year instead of each quarter. 

• Assessments count as 70% and assignments count as 30% of the total course grade.
• In the past, each quarter was averaged together at the end of the school year along with the final exam.  This year, the quarters are not averaged together, the grade is a running average throughout the school year
• As we progress through the school year, it will become increasingly difficult to see significant increase in a student's current course grade due to the number of assignments from the school year that is included in the average.
• In the past, students that had poor performance much of the school year, could earn a much higher grade in the 4th quarter to bump their grade up to passing for the year with the 4 quarters averaged together.  Now, all assignments are averaged over the course of the school year which could be 50 or more grades included in the averaging making it difficult to see a significant improvement in the overall grade.

• Remediation Plan - we are seeing a significant number of students not taking advantage of remediation opportunities to increase their grade-especially students that are earning failing grades.  
• How does this work:
• Students must complete additional learning as agreed to or determined by the teacher. 
• Additional learning may include, but is not limited to: attending tutoring, completion of all relevant assignments, completion of online learning (Canvas module, Edgenuity module, etc.).  These activities are not graded but will help them to perform better on the retest.
• These relearning assignments must be completed in order to receive feedback before a reassessment is given. 
• Reassessment will be available for any student who desires to increase an assessment score of 90% or less, not just those that fail. 
• The assessment grade recorded will be the most recent, not an average of multiple attempts. 
• The deadline for completing relearning and reassessing will be determined by department, but will be no shorter than 10 days after the original assessment. 
• Students with IEP's/LEP's will work with staff to develop a remediation plan that aligns with their specific IEP/LEP.

Summer School Information:

For students needing to recover their credit through summer school or credit recovery, there could be a charge this summer.  For planning purposes, summer school could cost up to $250 per course and credit recovery could cost up to $100 per course. 

Cooper NOW

Cooper NOW is a monthly video produced by our students. Our students work hard to produce a quality product with the supervision of business teacher, Ms. Jeri Giska. 

Cooper NOW December 2021 

Driver's Permit

Students who are planning on getting their driver's permit over break need to either email Mrs. Smith or call the front office by Tuesday, December 14th so forms can be completed and picked up on Wednesday, December 15th.

Graduation Slide Show 

Parents who wish to have their child's picture included on the video DVD and shown one-hour prior to the graduation ceremony, should do the following:

1. Scan a baby photo using a resolution of at least 1000 dpi.

2. Save this files as a JPEG with student's first & last name as the file name (JesseSmith)

3. E-mail photo to 

rchs.graduation@boone.kyschools.us

In regards to the senior picture that will appear in the video, it will be the formal picture taken from Lifetouch.

Questions about senior pictures should be directed to Ms. Erin Baumgardner. Baby picture questions should be directed to Ms. Karen Wiebe

Deadline to turn in photo is April 1st, 2022

Governor's School for the Arts - GSA 

Reminder: The GSA 2021 Application is due Sunday, January 9th 2021 by 11:59pm. 

The Governor's School for the Arts is a great opportunity for students involved in the Arts. GSA auditions promising high school sophomores and juniors in nine different arts disciplines: Architecture + Design, Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, Film + Photography, Instrumental Music, Musical Theatre, Visual Art and Vocal Music. 

This FREE three-week summer experience location is to be decided.  

In January and February adjudicators will review all applicants online and select finalists. These results will be announced online on Friday, February 18th, 2021.

In the second round, we anticipate the Final Round Auditions and Reviews to take place in person at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. These auditions will take place on March 18th and 19th 2022

Currently, we anticipate the Final Round Auditions and Reviews to take place in person at The University of Kentucky in Lexington..  

Final decisions for the 2022 GSA class will be made and all finalists will be notified on Friday, April 15th 2022. 

Governor's School for the Arts

Community Service Hours

As part of our graduation requirement, each student needs to have completed 20 hours of community service hours prior to graduating. Volunteering is a great way to identify interests and develop skills.

It is recommended that students perform 5 hours of community service each school year instead of accumulating the hours within one school year. Students are required to fill out a community service hours form and return the completed form to the Library Media Center.

Deadline for seniors to submit hours is February 15th 2022.

Students transferring to Cooper High School on or before September 30th of that school year, will be required to obtain five (5) hours of community service for that year. Students transferring to Cooper High School after September 30th will be exempt for that school year.

Click here for Community Service opportunities.

Click here for Service hour sheets. These are also available in the media center.

Examples of valid community service hours include services that benefit several people in an organized fashion. This includes, but is not limited to: school sponsored activities, Master Provisions, United Ministries, Brighton Center, River Sweep, Special Olympics, Welcome House, Mary Rose Mission, BCPL, YMCA, nursing homes, etc.

Community Services hours that are not organized activities and do not serve several people do not count towards graduation requirements. For example: mowing your neighbor's lawn, babysitting, providing a service that is not organized in nature.

Students can view service hours through their Infinite Campus Portal and are encouraged to keep track of their own hours. 

Upcoming Events   

Click here to view our upcoming events calendar.



Dec. 15 SBDM Council Meeting, 3pm

Dec. 16 Mid-Term Exams for periods 1, 3 and 5

Dec. 16 Winter Choral Concert, 7p

Dec. 17 Mid-Term Exams for periods 2, 4 and 6

Dec. 17 2nd Quarter Grading Period Ends

Dec. 20-31 Winter Break

Jan. 7 CAMS Application Due

Jan. 7 National ACT Registration Deadline for February 12

Jan. 9 GSA application deadline

Jan. 13 2nd Quarter Report Cards are available to view

Jan. 17 MLK Day - No School

Jan 19 SBDM Meeting

Jan. 24 GSE application deadline

Jan. 29 Senior Dinner Dance - Madison - 7-11pm

Apr. 1 Graduation Slide Show Pictures Due

Apr. 2 Prom at Paul Brown Stadium 7-11pm

May 2-6 AP Exams

May 9-13 AP Exams

All Sports Schedules are available to view on the Cooper Website. 

Go to Quick Links - Athletics - Sports Schedule - select the sport from the drop down calendar menu.

Sports/Non Sports Event Ticket Sales - Top of Cooper Homepage.

Live Streaming - Quick Links - Athletics - Live Sports Streaming.