EOC Summer School Clarification

ATTENTION Parents of students in grades 9-12 attending the end-of-course summer school program in GCISD:

With the passage of Texas House Bill 5, certain end-of-course exams are no longer a requirement for graduation under state law. Courses that have been eliminated from graduation requirements are Algebra II, Chemistry, English III, Geometry, Physics, World History and World Geography. As a result, students who were attending summer school for these courses no longer need to attend and they will not be retesting in July. However, GCISD is continuing to offer accelerated summer instruction on a voluntary basis for students who want to take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen their success in these courses.

Please note that if your child is attending summer accelerated instruction for English I Reading, English I Writing, English II Reading, English II Writing, Biology, Algebra I or US History, he/she will be retesting on these subjects in July and attendance in the summer course is highly encouraged. Passing the EOC exam for these subjects remains a requirement for graduation under state law.

More information about the TEA ruling is available here. Questions about the changes in end-of-course graduation requirements may be directed to your child's school counselor or to Gayle Smith, GCISD Director of Assessment, Research and Evaluation. Thank you for your support and we look forward to continuing to work with you to meet the academic goals of your student.

GHS is closed for the summer due to construction. Our summer location is the JPS Annex behind Timberline Elementary and our summer hours are: 8- 11 and 1 - 4 Monday - Thursday, closed all day Friday.

The phone number remains 817-251-5210.

Following are directions to our summer location:

The offices are located at the JPS annex on Timberline Drive, to the south and behind Timberline Elementary. The driveway that leads to the annex is located just south of the daycare/church that is adjacent to Timberline Elementary. When traveling from GHS to Timberline Elem. on Timberline Drive, go past the elementary school and church/daycare. The driveway leading to the annex is immediately past the daycare/church. Enter the annex through the door on the side that faces Timberline Elementary School.

Attention . . . TEA forms:

All requests must be in writing.

Please email Susan Hibbs at susan.hibbs@gcisd.net and include the student's name.

Attention . . . transcript requests:

All requests must be in writing.

Please email Susan Hibbs at susan.hibbs@gcisd.net and include the student's name, graduation year, name and address of where the transcript needs to be sent. Transcript requests received prior to Monday at 3:00 pm will be available the following Wednesday.

Transcripts are $3.00 each.

SUMMER TEST PREP PROGRAM INFORMATION

Please read for the summer SAT/PSAT test prep program information. This is being sponsored by the CHHS Advanced Academic Booster Club and is for current students from 8th grade and up. GHS will not be hosting due to construction on our campus. Please contact your counselor with any additional questions.

The 2013-2014 Program of Studies is here!

Also, check out the timeline of the scheduling process for next school year!