MANTECA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND PARENT HANDBOOK 2007-2008

 

 

 


Mission
Statement

 

We believe that all students can be successful.  We are committed to working together as a community to create a caring and safe environment which fosters personal growth and results in all students becoming life-long learners and effective citizens.

 

Expected Schoolwide Learning Results (ESLR’s)

 

Manteca High School will prepare its graduates to be…

 

  Effective Communicators who:

-Communicate through verbal, artistic, visual and written means

-Interact successfully in a working or social environment

 

 

  Critical Thinkers who:

-Analyze a variety of information, make decisions and evaluate outcomes

-Adapt to changing resources

 

 Productive Citizens who:

-Develop personal and civic responsibility

-Pursue appropriate education and career goals

 

  Informed Individuals who:

-Utilize core knowledge

-Meet or exceed California content standards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Message from Stephen Winter

Principal of Manteca High School

 

 

Welcome to Manteca High. It is our hope that this handbook answers many of your questions about Manteca High School. It communicates our expectations of students in addition to offering general information about the school. The staff and administration welcome you and your student to our school. We look forward to an exciting and productive year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directory

 

Manteca High School

450 E. Yosemite Avenue

Manteca, CA 95336

Phone:  825-3150     Fax:  825-3158

Office Hours: 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Night Caller Hours:  4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

 

 

Administration:  825-3150

 

Principal:  Stephen Winter

Assistant Principal:  Doug McCreath VM # 512

Vice Principal:  Raul Mora  A-L VM # 505

Vice Principal:  Linda Cumby  M-Z VM # 506

 

Activities and Athletics:  825-3150

 

Activities Director:   VM #518

Athletic Director:  Ron Inderbitzin VM # 519

Spirit Advisor:  Tiffany Gerstel   VM # 798

 

School Resource Officer:  825-3150

 

Clei DeFreitas   VM #568

 

MHS Support Staff

 

Accounts:  825-3150                                             Athletics:  825-3150

Doreen Arucan  ext. 545                      Mary Jones ext. 519

Mary Jones ext. 567

               

 

                             Attendance:  825-3150

 

                                    Ruth Crawford  ext. 508                      Tish Hart ext. 503

                                    Angie Behmer ext. 513                             Carolyn Furtado ext. 510                                                                                           

                           Sandy Avelar  ext. 508

 

 

Career Center:  825-3172                                                               Counseling: 825-3150

 Barbara McFadden ext. 541                                                         Jerrian Brown ext. 546

 

ELD AIDE:                                                                                            Night Caller:

    Maelena Casteneda ext. 590                                                                Laura Leyva  ext. 510

 

Library:

Nina Norton ext. 617

                                                                        Mary Buchanan

 

 

 

 

                Principal’s Secretary:                                                           Receptionist:

                                 Barbara Chiapale ext. 507                                              Lisa Sloan ext. 501

 

                                                      Registrar:

                                   Denise Elling  ext. 543

 

 

 

 

                                   Campus Monitors           

 

                     Essex Davis                                                                               Wilma  Gonsalez

                     George Rose                                                                              Christy Tavares

 

                                                                               Groundsman

 

                                                                                 Juan Arcos

                                                                                 John Lopez, Jr.

 

                                                                            Cafeteria Staff

 

                     Sandra Amaral                          Connie Moon                         Julie Saunders

                     Sara Aranda                               Dorothy Persinger                Sheila Cass

                     Carmen Holzer                          Joe Waltman                         Angie Pollard

 

                                                                         Faith Fennelly

 

 

                                                                               Computer Lab               

 

                                                                           Michelle Halla VM 755

 

 

 

                                                                                 Custodians

 

                       Ray Cavazos VM 584                                                               Cris Crawford

                       Richard Tiscareno                                                                     Terry Dowell

                       Alberto Morales                                                                        Melvin Nelson

                       Howard Nunnaly                                                                     Horath Taing

Lola Torres

 

 

                                                                            Instructional Aides

 

                       Sheryl Aubuchon                                                                      Diane Bowden

                       Laura Conway                                                                           Teresa Rossi                                                                                                                              

                       Debbie Wilson                                                                           Darsi Wilson

                                                                               Darren Margie

 

Manteca Unified District Personnel

 

825-3200

 

Superintendent

DR. CATHERINE NICHOLS-WASHER, Ed.D.

 

Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services

JASON MESSER

 

Assistant Superintendent, Personnel

DON HALSETH

 

Assistant Superintendent, Business Services

MICHAEL DODGE

 

Senior Director of Student Services

John McKillip

 

Senior Director of Elementary Education

Dr. Cheryl Meeker

 

Senior Director of Secondary Education

Robert E. Lee

 

 Director of Certificated Personnel

Dr. Margaret Barnett

 

Director of Special Education

Janice Callanan

 

Director Child Welfare and Attendance (CWA)

Debbie Houck

 

Director of Student Data Systems/Testing

John Fultz

 

Director of Operations

Steven Trantham

 

Director of Compensatory Education

Frances Roberts

 

Director of Health Services

Caroline Thibodeau

 

Director of Nutrition Services

Mary Tolan-Davi

 

Coordinator of Teacher Development

Bonnie Bennett

 

 

                                                                                       

               

       

             Teaching Staff

 

 

 

ALAMEDA, JOHN – English   

HUGHES, JIM – Math/Science 

ANDERSON, ELDON – Math   

INDERBITZIN, RON – Life Skills

ASUNCION, DAVID – Math

JACOBS, JOEY – PE

BEEBE, JANET – English 

JENSEN, TIM  - English

BLANKENSHIP, CONNIE – Special Needs 

KNAUSS, ROGER – Special Needs

BOLDING, KEVIN – Business

KNEPP, VANESSA – PE

BUCHANAN, TIM -  English

LIEL, ADAM – Special Needs

BURR, CHRIS -  Spanish

LINCK, REBECCA – Science

CASTLE, DOUG – Special Needs

LORETELLI, MATTHEW – Social Science

COENENBERG, JUSTIN – Social Science 

MAC DANNALD, NEIL – Math 

CONWAY, GREG – Science

MC CULLOUGH, MICHAEL – English

 

MELLO, MARY – English

COSTA, RYAN – Ag

MILLER, JACK – Social Science

COYAN, DAWN – English /VAPA

MONAGHAN, MARY - VAPA

CRESTER, DALE – Special Needs

NAGY, HARRY – Life Skills 

DAHL, ANTHONY - VAPA

NOONKESTER, ALICIA - English

DE SA CAMPOS, CAROL – Spanish/ELD

OBRIGAWITCH, DOUG – Math

DOLSON, MINDIE - VAPA

PASION, DENISE – PE

DOLSON, SAMUEL – Industrial Tech

REIS, ERIC – PE

DOMENIGONI, REBECCA - Ag 

REYES, MICAELA – English

ECK, DAVID – Industrial Tech

RUBLE, ELYCE – English

EVANS, VICKI – English

SAPP, BRIDGETT – Life Skills

FIX, TERRY – VAPA

SILVA, NICK – Social Science

FONTANA, FRANK – Social Science

SPITSEN, SCOTT – Special Needs

FONTANILLA, DAVID – English

STONE, BRAD – Special Needs

FOX, SARAH – Math

SUTTON HJELMSTAD, STEPHANIE- English 

GARLETS, BRAD – Math

SVOBODA, BO – JROTC

GIBSON, JOHN – Social  Science

TAYLOR, DONNA – Math

GIOVANNONI, KIRT – VAPA 

TAYLOR, SANDRA – Science

GODINEZ, TERRI - Business 

TOUCHON, CLAIRELYSE - French

GRANT,  STEVE - Math

VALENCIA, MIGUEL – Spanish

HANSON, DANIEL – Spanish 

VARAGAS, RYAN – Spanish

HASKETT, SARAH - English

VU, AI – Science

HAZELTON, GLENN – JROTC

WHITE, KRISTY – Ag

HIATT, ANDREA – PE

WHITE, TROY – Science

HILL, DEBBIE – Business

 

HOGAN, SEAN – Life Skills/PE

 

HORNING, TIM – Science 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counseling Information

 

The MHS counseling staff is comprised of the following personnel:

  

 Joe Mora-Career VM 521                                        Lisa Miscione- Psychologist VM 542

 Stuart Farrell, A-F  VM 539                                    Rob Ackerman –Psychologist VM 540

 Martha Dias-Linn, MI-SN VM 536                      Scott Eckerle, G-ME  VM 537                                                  

Angeleena Thornburg, SO-Z/AVID  VM 538    Crisis Counselor  VM 517          

 

              Counselors will return to school on August 6.  New student registration will take place   on August 7 and 8.   Schedule correction days are August 9 and 10.                                                                               A crisis counselor is available during certain hours of the week to assist students with special needs and problems.

 

Counseling Services

 

 

                MHS counselors provide a large number of services for students.  Here is a brief listing of some of those services offered.  For more information please refer to the Guidance-Counseling Handbook.

 

        •progress reports                                                                        •tutoring programs               

        •study skills assistance                                                              •vocational/military info.

        •parent/student                                                                 •homework when absent

        •referral for Special Education                                         • peer counseling

        •nonacademic counseling                                                 • newsletter

        •substance abuse                                                                       • career info.                                           

        •AVID counseling                                                                      • at-risk counseling

        •college tours/presentation                                              • Valley Community Counseling 

                                                                                •testing

                                                             •financial aid assistance/workshops

 

Career Path Approach

 

Now is the time to plan for the future.

                A carefully selected curricular path will better prepare the student for a more productive work life.

                We encourage all students to choose the most challenging curriculum.

                The counseling department of MHS has prepared a series of program majors to assist students in planning their educational programs.

                Our counselors will be giving incoming freshmen students COIN interest inventory tests to assist them and their parents in choosing a career path that best suits the student and his or her future aspirations.

                There will be two paths in each program major:  professional and skilled.

•               The professional path assumes that a student is preparing for a four-year college degree and meets all entrance requirements for the California university system.

•               The skills path would prepare students for community college, trade or technical schools, and/or entry level jobs.

 

                Check your Course Selection Guide for more information.

 

Graduation Requirements

 

 

English                   40 units                                  

Math                       30 units (may earn units in other areas: see Course Selection Guide)

                                **Algebra I or equivalent

Social Science      30 units

                                Modern World History                          10 units

                                United States History                             10 units

                                American Govt./Econ.                            10 units

Science                  20 units

                                Physical                                                  10 units

                                Biological (Life)                                      10 units

Physical Ed.           40 units

Health Ed.              5 units

Safety/

Driver Ed.              5 units

Fine Arts/

Foreign Lang.        10 units

Electives                 55 units

 

 

**COMPLETION of Algebra I or its equivalent, Algebra A and Algebra B, is a high school graduation requirement.  All students must pass this in order to graduate from high school.

 

*All students must pass the California High School Exit Exam, and/or differential standards where applicable in order to receive a diploma.

 

 

Credit Deficiency Policy

 

Credit deficient students and their parents will be notified of deficiencies and will be contacted for supplemental counseling and exploration of alternative programs to get caught up.

                Students may make up credit deficiencies by completion of Summer School, Night School, or by placement in one of the district’s alternative educational programs, i.e. Calla Continuation High School, Independent Study, Adult Education.

                Students will be evaluated for grade placement in the fall of each school year.