Colorado River Collegiate Academy Class of 2024 Welcome

Colorado River Collegiate Academy Class of 2024 Welcome 1. Please sign in 2. Pick up materials 1. CRCA Student/Parent Contract 2. Enrollment must be done on – line through the BISD website

Agenda Congratulations and Introductions Attendance Starting a College Transcript Discipline Summer Bridge Program Summer TSI Camp Completion of Enrollment Form and Contract Online Registration

Introductions Superintendent – Barry Edwards Director of ECHS for Austin Community College – Dr. Melissa Biegert Associate Superintendent – Laila Olivarez CRCA Principal – Martin Conrardy CRCA Assistant Principal – Shawn Adams CRCA Counselor – Rick Longoria CRCA Teachers

Attendance 90% Attendance Rule ◦ In order for a student to earn credit in a course, they must have a passing grade and have attended that course for 90% or more of the days the class met during the semester.

Attendance Exceptions to the 90% Attendance Rule ◦ Absences for these reason do not count against the student for earning credit: ◦ Observing religious holy days ◦ Attending required court appearances ◦ Attending a government office to complete required paperwork for the student’s US citizenship ◦ Participating in a naturalization ceremony ◦ Serving as an election clerk ◦ A temporary absence resulting from health care professionals if that student commences classes or returns to school on the same day of the appointment

Attendance Why does my student need a note then? ◦ Notes create ‘excused absences’ which keep students out of court for truancy. ◦ A person commits an offense when he/she “fails to attend school on 10 or more days or part of days within a six-month period in the same school year or on three or more days or parts of days within a four-week period. ”

Starting a College Transcript Dropping and failing college classes can prevent a student from getting financial aid in the future. ◦ Don’t fail your courses. ◦ Don’t’ drop your courses. Taking courses that don’t apply to your major can effect the amount of financial aid a student is eligible for in the future. ◦ Don’t experiment and take courses you don’t need.

Discipline CRCA students will be held accountable to both BISD’s Student Code of Conduct and ACC’s Student Standards of Conduct and Disciplinary Process. ◦ DAEP placements – Gateway – will severely and negatively impact a student’s ability to graduate from CRCA with an associate’s degree from Austin Community College.

Summer Bridge Program Reserve the dates! ◦ June 8 th – 111 th and 15 th – 18 th ◦ 8: 30 – 12: 00 each day ◦ Required for each CRCA student ◦ Summer Bridge Bus Routes are on the website

Summer TSI Camp Reserve the dates! ◦ July 27 th through July 31 st ◦ 8: 30 to 12: 00 each day ◦ In order to take college courses at Austin Community College, CRCA students must pass the TSI reading and writing tests by the end of March in their 9 th grade year.

Summer Meeting with Counselor Parents will need to contact Rick Longoria to schedule their individual meetings. ◦ 1. Meeting with Mr. Longoria must take place before school starts in August. ◦ 2. The meeting will pertain to your student’s four year plan and class schedule. ◦ Mr. Longoria may be contacted at rlongoria@bisdtx. org or 512. 772. 7247

Online Registration 1. All CRCA students must register through the online portal at www. bisdtx. org ◦ ◦ Go to the Parents & Students Tab. Find 2019 – 2020 Registration Tab and click on it. A new window will come up called Student Enrollment and Registration. You will enroll your student as either a RETURNING STUDENT or a NEW STUDENT. Use returning student if your student was at BMS or CCMS in 2019 – 2020. ◦ If your student has never been enrolled in Bastrop ISD, OR if he/she was enrolled for only a part of a school year other than 2018 -2019, you must complete New Student Online Enrollment. A valid email account is required to register your child. 2. Please complete this process by Friday, May 8, 2020.

CRCA PTSA /CRCA Owls Abroad Connie Ramirez – President of the PTSA Josh Gordon – Owls Abroad

Complete Forms Please complete the enrollment form. Please sign and date the parent/student CRCA Contract. Mr. Longoria, our counselor, will be contacting each of you to finalize your 4 year plans. Thank you for your attendance tonight.