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Abingdon High School offers the following services, activities, and organizations to its students.
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- Guidance
Counseling
Services - More
information may be found at the Guidance Department site.
- Student Assistance Program -
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SAP Counselor, TBA
- The Student Assistance Program is a service provided to AHS students by Highlands Community Service Board in conjunction with the Washington County School Board. SAP is designed to provide support to students on an array of topics which may include relationship and emotional problems, academic failure, and drug and alcohol issues. Parents, students, and faculty may refer students who may be experiencing any or all of the above situations. The SAP is confidential, voluntary, and free to all AHS students. The SAP counselor is available at AHS on Monday through Friday. You may contact SAP Counselor at 739-3229, or you may call Highlands Community Counseling Center at 628-9504.
- Lockers - Lockers are assigned at the beginning of the school year. A student should use only his or her assigned locker, and students should not give out their combinations. Sharing of lockers is discouraged. Personal locks are not permitted. Valuables should never be kept in a locker. The school is not responsible for lost or stolen items. Per School Board Policy, the school administration has the right to search lockers, desks, and other storage facilities for items that violate school policies and regulations or the law or for items that may be harmful to the school or its students. Student use is on a rental basis only.
- Textbook Rental - Textbooks are furnished to students free-of-charge. Students are responsible for lost or damaged books, and costs must be paid by the students before transferring or before taking exams. Damaged fees will be charged according to the amount of damage.
- AHS Media Center - TThe mission of the Abingdon High School Library/Media Center is to provide our students with diversified resources to support and enhance the school's prescribed curriculum, to further research, and to encourage the development of lifelong learners. The media staff assists students in the research process as they locate, analyze, evaluate, interpret, and communicate information. The media center also provides an environment conducive to developing student interests and exploration beyond the required studies. The opportunity is afforded students to think critically, to solve problems, to educate themselves about the rights and responsibilities regarding information, and to appreciate the value of reading literature in an educated society. The media center is open Monday through Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. during the school year and operates on the regular school calendar. Authentic, Authoritative information for research is available through online electronic resources 24-7. Students wishing to go to the Media Center during the school day must obtain a pass from their classroom teacher.
- Food Service - The Abingdon High School Food Service provides well-balanced meals. Please check out this site for more information. A letter is mailed home prior to the beginning of each school year announcing prices for lunches.
- Insurance - Student accident insurance is provided at no cost for each student enrolled. However, students may purchase an additional insurance policy for accident coverage. The cost and various types of policies are announced at the beginning of the school year. All students participating in athletic programs must have adequate coverage. Football insurance or a waiver stating adequate coverage is required and is in addition to regular school accidental insurance coverage. This coverage must be obtained prior to beginning practice. The school will not be responsible for injury to uninsured persons nor will it be responsible for expenses beyond the limitations stated in the policy.
- Tutoring - Abingdon High School provides tutoring services free of charge to students before and after school. Teachers are available during this time to assist in tutoring assignments. For more information please contact the principal or the teachers.
- Class Pictures and Classrings - Abingdon High School recognizes Coleman Studios as its official photographer. Students are encouraged to use this photographer. Students are also encouraged to patronize Balfour Company, the official supplier of AHS classrings.
- Fee Payment by Check - Abingdon High School will accept checks for any school-related fees or payments necessary for required expenditures, e.g., fund raisers, class projects, yearbook payments, field trips, behind-the-wheel fees, lunches, etc. However, there is a $15.00 service charge on all returned checks. School Board Policy prohibits Abingdon High School from cashing checks as a service to students and employees. Checks for school-related services, fees, etc. should be made for the amount of the fee or service only. Please be reminded that payment for classrings and graduation orders to Balfour Company may be made only by cashier's check, cash, or money order.
- Immunization Regulations & Records - In accordance with the Code of Virginia (Section 3.00 through 5.04) every new student and every student seeking to be readmitted shall provide documentary proof of adequate immunization before he/she can be admitted to Abingdon High School. The school will abide by all aspects of the immunization regulations. Students from another state must have a physical examination prior to being enrolled at Abingdon High School.
- Use of Telephone and
Student Messages - All office phones are for business use only.
Non-emergency messages will be delivered to students at
the end of the school day unless otherwise arranged. Any
emergency situation will be handled immediately by administration on an
individual basis. Students who may become ill and need to call a
parent/guardian, should do so from the attendance office.
- Senior Privileges - For certain assembly programs, seniors will gather in the gym and enter to their reserved seat in the auditorium after the remainder of the school has been seated. Underclass students will rise as seniors enter. Other privileges may be designated throughout the year as so approved and deemed by the principal.
- Bus - Transportation to and from school is a free service provided by the Washington County School Board. To ride a different bus, students must present a written note from home. The principal's designee will issue a permission slip to ride the designated bus. Should discipline problems arise, students may lose their privilege to ride the bus. Students should follow the advice of the bus driver -- he/she is responsible for the safety of all the passengers.
- Hall Passes - Students excused into the halls from class must secure a pass from the teacher from whose class they were released. A teacher is assigned to monitor hallways during each period.
- Motor Vehicles - The
Washington
County
School
Board
provides
public
transportation
which
is
free
and
readily accessible to every student in the county. For this
reason, permission for a student to drive or to ride in private
vehicles to school will be granted by the principal of the school and
with the provision that students obey all Virginia laws and school
regulations relative to the operation of motor vehicles. Principals
reserve the right to deny requests by a student to drive whenever this
decision is in the best interest of the student and/or the school. If a
student leaves school without permission, his or her rights to drive
may be suspended.
Permission to drive to school or to ride any conveyance other than the school bus will be obtained under the conditions established by the school.
Under no circumstances will a motor vehicle be moved during the school day without permission of the principal or a teacher designated by the principal.
All drivers will observe all speed limits and safety rules and will, in all cases, yield the right-of-way to students who are walking.
Vehicles will not pass a school bus which is loading or unloading on the school grounds. (State law and school board regulation)
Vehicles are not to pass a moving school bus while it is on school property or while within the boundaries of the "School Zone" signs. Student violation of any state, school board, or local school driving regulation will result in immediate loss of driving privilege to school in addition to whatever penalty is imposed by law.
All automobiles are to be locked upon arrival at school, and the student is not to be in or around the car until the end of his/her school day.
Students and employees will park only in those areas designated by the principal of the school. Students should purchase a parking permit and park in a valid parking space in the east or west parking lots. Students parked in a "no parking" space will be subject to a discipline referral and/or lose driving privileges.
No high school student will be permitted to drive to classes at the Washington County Technical School or the Neff Vocational Center, unless permission granted by principal.
- Student Appeals - Students
shall
have
the
right
to
appeal
any
administrative
decision
of
action
taken against them by school administrators to the next highest
authority with steps reaching to the board. An appeal is a formal
request for reconsideration of any action taken against or punishment
imposed on a student by a principal or central office administrator. A
student or his parents or guardian has the right to initiate an appeal.
All appeals must be placed in writing within five (5) school days of
the action taken, or the punishment upon which the appeal is based will
be imposed.
- CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
(Click on above for Club Information)
- Membership in the National
Honor Society of Secondary Schools is based on scholarship, service,
leadership, and character. To be eligible for consideration, a student
must
A. Be a junior or senior,
B. Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 and show exemplary characteristics of leadership, service, and character,
C. Have been enrolled at AHS for at least one semester.- To be selected, eligible
students MUST pick up and return an informational sheet from the NHS
sponsors. PS announcements and/or notification through English
classes will take place in the early spring (shortly after the end of
the 1st semester) regarding the availability of these informational
sheets. The sheets will provide eligible students the opportunity
to list scholarship, leadership, and service activities, as well as
provide a short essay as to why it is important to them to become a
member of the NHS.
- Faculty members will be invited to comment on the candidates.
- The NHS Faculty Council (appointed by the principal) will choose the students to be inducted into the NHS.
- Failure to maintain the four criteria of scholarship (GPA), leadership (participation in clubs), service (NHS will conduct service activities throughout the year), and character (discipline within AHS) may prevent membership or warrant dismissal.
- School discipline problems may prevent membership or warrant dismissal.
- The NHS Faculty Council will make all decisions regarding membership.
- Inductions will take place in the spring. Invitations will be mailed home.
- The principal makes final
decisions regarding NHS at Abingdon High School
- To be selected, eligible
students MUST pick up and return an informational sheet from the NHS
sponsors. PS announcements and/or notification through English
classes will take place in the early spring (shortly after the end of
the 1st semester) regarding the availability of these informational
sheets. The sheets will provide eligible students the opportunity
to list scholarship, leadership, and service activities, as well as
provide a short essay as to why it is important to them to become a
member of the NHS.
- ACTIVITIES
The following are school-related activities in which a student may participate at Abingdon High School.
- ATHLETICS - Please check out this site for more information. You may also contact Tim Duncan, Athletic Director for further information.
- FORENSICS, DEBATE, ONE-ACT, CREATIVE WRITING - Students who hold an interest in these areas of fine arts may participate in them by regulations established by Abingdon High School and the Fine Arts Department. The Forensics Program is a member of the National Forensics League. Both the Forensics and Debate Teams compete on a national level throughout the United States as well as in Virginia High School League competition. Abingdon High School is a member of the Virginia Theatre Association. This program offers strong one-act competition. A creative writing folder containing student literary work is submitted each year to Virginia High School League competition. This features essays, poems, and short stories composed by students. Points earned in all of these areas, as well as academic competition, count toward the Wachovia Cup competition in academics.
- LITERARY MAGAZINE - Wings, Abingdon High School's literary magazine, is published in the spring. Students are encouraged to submit poetry, prose, photography, and art to its editorial board. This publication has received first-place rankings in Virginia High School League competition, earning points toward the Wachovia Cup in academics.
- NEWSPAPER - The school newspaper, The Talon, is published approximately five times per year. The staff is composed of students in the writing journalism-newspaper class. The paper has won first-place rankings in Virginia High School League judging, earning points toward the Wachovia Cup in academics.
- SWAC - The Southwest Academic Conference (SWAC) was organized in 1987 to allow the students of area high schools an opportunity to compete with their peers in the academic subjects of the schools' curriculum areas. The content of contest questins comes from the courses offered at the member schools in the curriculum areas of English, mathematics, Science, and social sciences. The five teams in SWAC are English, Math, Science, Social Sciences, and All-Around. To be eligible to participate students must be in good standing and have the permission of the parent or guardian. The selection of team members is the responsibility of the school. Regular season matches are held in March.
- SCHOLASTIC BOWL - Scholastic Bowl includes academic competition of the Virginia High School League at the District, Region, and State levels.
- YEARBOOK - The school yearbook, the Beacon, is published monthly and serves to preserve the year's events. The book is designed and created totally by students enrolled in the creative writing journalism-yearbook class. The publication is an award-winning production judged each year at Virginia High School League competition with points earned counting toward the Wachovia Cup in academics. Students may order a yearbook in the fall and receive a discount.
- Guidance
Counseling
Services - More
information may be found at the Guidance Department site.
