A brief orientation of Minarets Charter HS

2. The background

3. 2012-13: Approximately 500 students in
Minarets and Minarets Charter
A $70 million 300+ acre facility

4. MINARETS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
a new type of school for a new type of student
• A new school for a new type of student....
• Guiding Principles -
Rigor, Relevance, Relationships and Engagement
• Teaching Cyber Safety and Internet Responsibility
• Young Professionalism
• Connections to community and career.......

5. MINARETS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
a new type of school for a new type of student
• School starts later
• A different schedule - what could eight periods
mean to students? More electives, more
choices, more credits towards graduation.....
• What does it mean to be student-oriented?
• A better Freshman transition

6. MOST HIGH SCHOOLS
Make students wait to use technology
Video Production? Internet?
You can start as a junior
(if you make it into the ROP program) Only on lab day or tech elective
(if you make it into the class)
Wireless Access?
Not for students Laptop?
Don’t even bring one.
School email?
Nope. Not a chance.

7. But it’s a NEW Century
With NEW demands
for our Students

8. Minarets High School
Our technology is infused
Internet?
Have it anytime, anywhere - really
Video Production?
freshman are producing one video per week
Laptop? Wireless Access?
Yes! Bring one, it’s ok! Campus-wide, secure wifi access
School email?
Yes, even at school, for assignments, tests and questions

9. Minarets High School
Career Options
We offer career path
options from day one in fields like:
Media and the Arts, Science and Agriculture,
Military Science, Fire Science and
Information Technology

11. Charter Student Orientation

12. Welcome to Minarets Charter High School.
We are glad you chose to attend our High
Performance, 21st Century, 1:1 computer supplied,
Project based high school.

13. Here are some things you will enjoy as a Minarets Charter High School Young Professional:
• An unmatched degree of staff support -
including access to teachers via Google Products, email and cell phones.
• A rigorous, engaging and relevant learning environment -
featuring state of the art technology which features, MacBooks, schoolwide
wifi and Pro class software for each student.
• A very safe, clean, learning environment.

14. Here are some things you will enjoy as a Minarets Charter High School Young Professional:
• A wide variety of career paths, including-
FFA Ag and Science, Music, Film, Art, Fire, Information Technology, Military
Science as well as college prep classes such as Honors and AP Certified
classes. Minarets Charter students have access to the California Scholarship
Federation, Key Club and many other groups and clubs.
• Full access to a variety of CIF sports opportunities
(almost 40% of Minarets students participated in sports in 2010-2011).
• Many social opportunities, including FFA events -
formals, prom, dances and Minarets original events like Camp Out for a Cause,
‘Stangfest, the Minarets Media Awards and Senior Legacy Projects.

15. Here are some things you will enjoy as a Minarets Charter High School Young Professional:
Summer Camp at Fresno State
NEW FOR 2012:
• Students attending Minarets Charter HS for the first time in 2012 will be
eligible to attend a TWO day Summer Orientation Camp at CSU Fresno. Minarets Charter
students will stay in the dorms overnight at CSU Fresno, eat in the Residence Dining Hall and
work in the Kremen Education Building while they get to know each other, Minarets staff and
Get a head start on Minarets culture, technology and workflows.
The Minarets Charter Summer Orientation Summer Camp is NO CHARGE for MCHS students.
The camp will be held in July, dates TBA.

16. Some characteristics of a potential Minarets Charter High School candidate:
• Any 9 through 12th grade student who wants to be serious about their future and present.
• A willingness to attend a Multiday Summer Tech Camp or a couple of evenings during the year
• A willingness to have great attendance, great communication and great citizenship
• A willingness to push oneself to be creative and aggressive in their use of technology.
Minarets Charter High School accepts grade 9-12 students from a wide area of the Central Valley area,
currently with student guests from as far away as Chowchilla and Visalia.

17. Behavior and performance:
Minarets Charter High School students are guests of
Chawanakee Unified and Minarets High School, and need to be
aware that their attendance can be revoked at any time.

18. Minarets Charter HS is preparing our
students for the workforce and our
standards emulate the same
standards one will find in most any
employer’s policy handbook.
This list is meant to cover common situations and is not to be considered “all inclusive”.

19. Reasons for Disenrollment
Citizenship
1: If a Minarets Charter Student commits a crime that
involves any law enforcement agency, they will be
removed from MCHS. (examples: fighting, drug sale,
drug use or drug possession, property destruction)

20. Reasons for Disenrollment
Academic Effort
2: If a Minarets Charter Student fails to provide their
best effort (an abundance of missing assignments,
poor classroom behavior or poor grades) they may be
removed from MCHS.

21. Reasons for Disenrollment
Technology Use
3: If a Minarets Charter Student fails to abide by
technology use parameters set forth by the district
(modifying or misusing their laptop or the Chawanakee
network, cyberbullying), they may be disenrolled from
MCHS.

22. Reasons for Disenrollment
Collaboration and Honesty
4: Minarets Charter students are expected to
collaborate effectively with a wide selection of
of students, doing so effectively and honestly, any kind
of copying of cheating can be a cause for
disenrollment.

23. Reasons for Disenrollment
Attendance
5: Minarets Charter Students should not be absent
more than 5% of the school year. Minarets has a
multiyear history of schoolwide attendance over than
95%. If you aren’t here, you can’t learn.
Poor attendance can be a reason for dismissal.

24. Participation Requirement:
Support and Participation*
6: As a Charter school, Minarets requires a higher degree
of parental support. This can be accomplished in one of two
manners: A donation of $150 to the MCHS Charter Support
Fund or an agreement to volunteer 20 hours during the
school year as a chaperone, aid, snack bar assistant, guest
lecturer or support person*.
* There are many ways to satisfy the participation requirement,
contact the Director of Charter for questions, ideas or concerns.

25. The items detailed are not every possible
example, and unique situations may arise.

26. Thanks for choosing Minarets Charter High School,
which is rapidly becoming a West Coast leader in
educational practice, with partnerships that include
Apple Computer, Google, CSU Fresno, UC Merced,
Computer Using Educators that are bringing our
program to schools throughout our region.

27. Jon Corippo
Director of Charter
JCorippo@mychawanakee.org