This document provides information from Del Valle High School's 2017-2018 freshman orientation. It includes presentations on graduation requirements, attendance policies, meeting with administrators and counselors, and technology resources for parents and students. Families learned about using the school mobile app and Hero app to monitor grades and attendance. The upward bound program was also described.

1. Del Valle High School
2017-2018
Freshmen
Orientation

2. Welcome Parents and Students!
Graduation Requirements Presentation
Melba De La Fuente
Assistant Principal, 9th Grade Academy
Sarah Buchanan
Administrator Intern
Andrea Ruedas & Mark Bradley
9th Grade Academy Counselors
Leticia Segovia & Megan Rockwood
Parent Liaison Upward Bound

3. Meeting with your AP
NGC Assistant Principals
•Melba De La Fuente 512-386-3282
•Pete Medellin 512-386-3216
•K100 (NGC)
Process
•Parent meetings/conferences need to be scheduled in advance
•Contact Mary Guzman (NGC Secretary) 512-386-3709
•In case of an emergency contact the NGC immediately
•NGC 512-386-3700
For all non-emergency concerns please allow 24-48 hours for assistant principal to respond

4. Meeting with your Counselor
Who Are We?
•Andrea Ruedas (A-L) & Mark Bradley (M-Z)
–K100 (NGC)
Process
•Report to the NGC (before/after school or during lunch)
•Fill out Request to See a Counselor form
•State the reason for your visit, ID number, and name.
•Please allow 24-48 hours for counselor to respond
•If it is an emergency, let someone in NGC know immediately
***September 1st is the deadline for submitting Semester I schedule changes.

5. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
1. Pass STAAR
2. Earn 26 credits with Endorsement(s)
3. 90% Attendance Rule

6. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
STAAR Requirements:
• English I (9)
• Algebra I (9)
• Biology (9)
• English II (10)
• U.S. History (11)

7. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Foundation with Endorsements
26 credits to graduate
4 credits English
4 credits Math
4 credits Science
3 credits Social Studies (World Geography recommended)
1 credit Physical Education
2 credits World Language (In the same language)
1 credit Fine Arts
7 credits Electives (Associated with Endorsements)

8. 90% Attendance Requirement
A student must attend class 90% of the time it is
offered in order to receive credit.
If the student fails to meet this requirement
he/she will be denied credit for the class(es) in
which 90% attendance was not met.
The student will need to retake the course(s) in
summer school or via credit recovery.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

9. ATTENDANCE
Semester I (August 2017 – December 2017) 77 days
Semester II (January 2018 – June 2018) 99 days
Absent > 8 days = credit denial with options to recover
Absent > 19 days = credit denial, required to attend summer school
Absent > 10 = credit denial with options to recover
Absent > 25 days = credit denial, required to attend summer school
Academic Recovery Options
1. After school tutoring
- Student is responsible for tracking & submitting hours owed
- Due: Semester I- December 22nd, 2017 & Semester II- June 7th, 2018
2. Saturday school (TBA)
3. Summer school (TBA)
4. Apply for attendance appeal (Extenuating circumstance)
- Attendance appeal committee will review your child’s circumstance
- Possible outcomes: hours cleared, reduce the number of hours owed or request denied

10. 90% Attendance Requirement
What is acceptable
under the 90% rule
What is not acceptable
under the 90% rule
Partial day absence with a
doctor’s note
Full day absence with or without
doctor’s note
Observing a religious holy
day(s)
Parent notes
Student required court
appearance w/documentation
Cleared by the nurse to go home
however no doctor’s note
Appearing at a governmental
office to complete paperwork
for students U.S. citizenship
w/documentation
Truancy, etc.

11. ATTENDANCE LETTERS- Semester I
Under both TEC 25.092 and DVISD FEC (LOCAL): Except as provided below, a student shall not be given credit for a
class unless the student is in attendance 90 percent of the days the class is offered. Therefore, students will not receive
credit for a class if they miss more than 8 days semester I.
In order to recover any potentially lost credits, students may complete Academic Tutoring (AST or ARC). Academic
tutoring may be completed before and after school. To track your academic tutoring hours, students can pick up a
academic tutoring log sheet in the NGC. In doing so, students will need to have their teachers sign off on their academic
tutoring log sheets and submit them to the Freshmen Office at the end of each week. Your total absences and the
required number of tutoring hours to be completed are listed in the table below.
For more information regarding your attendance and tutoring requirements please see:
Ms. De La Fuente, Mr. Medellin or Ms. Guzman in the NGC.
Student Name: Student ID: 7th Period Teacher
Class Period
→
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
Total # Hours of
Tutoring needed
to regain credits
Absences per period
→
Academic Tutoring Hours
needed per period →
20 8 8 8 8 12 12
12 0 0 0 0 4 4
20

12. TRANSCRIPTSCHOOL AWARDING CREDIT
S1 S2 AVG CR
LANGUAGE ARTS
16/17 ENG 1 85 82 84 1.00
MATHEMATICS
16/17 ALG 1 58 81 70 1.00
SCIENCE
16/17 BIO 70 63 67 .50
SOCIAL STUDIES
16/17 W GEO 70 74N 72 .50
P.E./EQUIVALENT
16/17 PEFOUND 90N 58 74 .00
TECH APPLICATIONS
16/17 BUSIM1 58N 90 88 .50
Credit Totals: State 3.5 Local ___
Passing is 70 or above
N - credit denied, excessive absences
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13. It’s a New School Year!
What to expect regarding attendance:
● Attendance Acknowledgment Form
○ Notifies the parent of the truancy laws and must
be signed as part of the new and returning
student registration process.
● Automated Phone Calls
○ Every time your student is absent or not in their
assigned class you will receive a phone call
notifying you of the absence.
● Attendance Warning Letter
○ You will be notified in writing when your student
is absent without excuse on 3 or more
days/parts of days within 4 weeks. This letter
requests you to contact the school and set up a
meeting so the school may begin Truancy
Prevention Measures.
Let’s work together to make it a great one!

14. Del Valle ISD Mobile App
A One Stop Shop for all of your DVISD needs!
Select “Del Valle High School” and the other schools
that pertain to your family
• Access Parent Skyward to check student’s
grades, schedule and attendance
• Access school meal payment and café menu
• Receive important messages from the school.
(If school is canceled, be the first to know.)
• View bus routes, pickup/drop off information,
calendars, athletic events and more

15. ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY
RESOURCES
Text Messages
• Anyone, including parents, can opt in to receiving text messages from DVISD
and applicable district campuses to any cell phone, by texting “Y” or “Yes” to
68453 from the cell phone on which you wish to receive sms texts.
E-News Emails
• Please make sure that your email is current and listed in your annual
registration forms
New Website
• DVISD has an all new and easy to navigate website where you can find
updates and district or school calendars easily
Twitter
● Follow us on Twitter at @DVISD_DVHS
● Don’t have a Twitter? No problem, simply search for us on twitter or google.

16. Hero-Students Mobile App
Hero provides parent and student with a tool to
• Access student ID & class schedule
• View tutoring schedule and monitor tutoring attendance
• Monitor student behavior, good or bad:
- points earned for positive behavior(s)
- dress code, restroom, tardy violation(s)

17. Setting Up and Activating
Parent Hero & Skyward Accounts
After orientation, provide parent/guardian with assistance in
• Activate Hero account (activation code & student ID #)
Please note:
• Only parent/guardian listed in Skyward are allowed access to
school records
• Parent must present a picture ID
• Parent email (required for Hero)

18. TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
Go to your to download & install:
Del Valle ISD
mobile APP
Hero-Students
mobile APP
If you don’t have a mobile phone you can access Hero &
Skyward from a computer
Hero- access.heropowered.com
Skyward- www.dvisd.net

19. Setting Up and Activating
Parent + Student Hero Accounts
Getting Started (for Parents)
Before you get started, make sure you have:
✓Access to a web browser to activate Hero account
✓Parent email address
✓Student ID number (all ID’s start with a 0)
✓ Parent Activation Key (case sensitive)

20. 7available points
-10total points
1
5
Hero Overview
AARRC on 10/13/17 5:12
PM
Points: 0
Action: AARRC
Action Date: 10/17/17
Complied: not complied
Tardy
LOIT
AARRC
Tardy
+1
10/13/17
10/15/17
10/16/17
10/16/17
10/2017

21. What is Upward Bound?
•Upward Bound is an early intervention academic program
designed to: (1) Help students graduate from high school and
(2) Enroll in a program of post secondary education
•Born out of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 in response
to President L.B. Johnson’s “war on poverty”
•We are Federally funded by the US Department of Education
(5 year federally funded grant)
•We are housed out of Texas State University and have been at
Texas State for over 40 years

22. UB Activities
Academic Enrichment Sessions
- After School Academic Enrichment (2hrs)
- GPA Monitoring: Report Cards, Grade Checks, required to
maintain a 2.5 GPA
- College/Career Counseling
Academic Saturdays
- Once a month from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Texas State
University or Various Colleges/Cultural Visits
College Visits/Trips
- Tours and Admissions Presentations, Cultural Activities

23. UB Summer Residential Program
A six-week, academic program that provides scholars with
supplemental academic instruction in English/Language Arts
and Mathematics and offers a variety of elective courses.
The program is held at the Texas State University campus.
The scholars get a real experience of “college life” and
independence by living in a residence hall and eating in school
dining halls four days a week. Evening activities are scheduled
to enhance academic and interpersonal skills of all
participating scholars.
This program is not optional (No exceptions)

24. UB Application Process
1. Application (12 pages)
- Student Info
- Parents Info
2. Signed Copy previous year tax return
3. Report Card, STARR Scores
4. Copy of Birth Certificate
5. Copy of Social Security Card

25. End of 1st Rotation
Next Session: Auditorium
Reminders
1. Form one line along the wall
Thank You!

26. End of 2nd Rotation
What’s next?
Students- K118 for picture IDs
Parents- NGC Learning commons to activate Hero
Return back to the NGC Cafeteria
Campus Tour- Auditorium doors (E-hallway)
Check-out- “Start earning Hero points”
 Freshmen Orientation Schedule &
 Question Cards
Thank You!