Alter High School Student Resources
Alter High School provides assistance to eligible students in a small group setting where students work with highly qualified staff members for one period daily or on a consultation basis. Intervention Specialists reinforce content area academics, organizational and study skills. Individualized goals are monitored and collaboration between Intervention Specialist/ Teacher/Parent is established. The Learning Center’s goal is to teach students strategies they need to compensate for learning problems and to encourage students to use those strategies to become independent, successful learners while in high school and beyond.
Alter High School is committed to including individuals with disabilities as full participants in its programs, services and activities through compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the American Disabilities Act of 1990 and the applicable provisions of IDEIA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004).
The Kettering public School Psychologist works in conjunction with the Learning Center staff in regards to Multi Factored evaluations as mandated by the state of Ohio.
Library
Hours: Monday – Friday 7:30 am to 3:30 pm
Alter’s Library Media Center strives to ensure that all students are effective users of information and ideas. In addition to our 10,000 print resources we also have many online resources available to students as well. With close to 900 reference eBooks that students can access simultaneously 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, we also offer subscriptions to 12 of today’s leading information databases in fields like Literature, History, and Science. For more information about the Library and to catch up on the the latest news, please check out ourLibrary Student Portal or contact Mrs. Metter.
Information Technology Services
Technology is an intrinsic part of Archbishop Alter High School. For this reason we have established an Information Technology Services Department, known as Alter ITS. Our department has several important functions. All of them are meant to support the learning of your student when they attend our school.
We have committed our school to a 1 to 1 technology program. All four classes of Alter students have an interactive laptop computer that they can use both in school and at home. This allows the student to have the tools to engage in learning with them throughout the day, everyday.
Alter has a wireless campus designed to support the 1 to 1 program. Wireless access is available in all classrooms, the library, cafeteria, and the gym. We have a network in place that allows students, teachers and staff to utilize the Internet and software necessary for their activities.
Software has been chosen to support and engage students and teachers on the path to 21st Century Skills. Alter students have email, a portal for accessing their grades, a digital notebook on their computer, a learning management system that is used in college, and an interactive teaching software called DyKnow. Individual classes use specific software with students also. Teachers have chosen online components for their textbooks, eBooks, and programs used in and out of the class to support student learning.
Lastly, Alter ITS is staffed with a full time Help Desk Technician, a Webmaster, a Network Engineer and a Director of Technology who are all committed to serving and supporting students, teachers, and staff in their learning and professional tasks.
Scheduling
Freshman
A committee composed of the department chairs and guidance counselors review the incoming freshman academic records. Courses are recommended after reviewing the student’s placement test performance, elementary school records including standardized test scores, and elementary school teachers’ recommendations.
Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
The guidance counselors oversee the student scheduling process. Each year the students review and evaluate his/her program of studies with their parents/guardians, teachers, and guidance counselor.
Updated scheduling information for the following school year is provided in the second semester. While students may choose elective courses, certain upper-level courses have a prerequisite for enrollment.
During the second semester, students secure signatures for all classes with a prerequisite from their current subject teacher or the teacher of the course they are requesting. All course request forms must be signed by a parent. Forms without required signatures will not be processed.
Schedule Changes
Since student scheduling requests are used to plan the
master schedule and hire teachers for the following year, once scheduling is completed, changes are not ordinarily permitted. As a rule, schedule changes are made only:
- If the student has been academically misplaced by the teachers and/or has not met the requirements of the course or
- If there is an irresolvable scheduling conflict.
Students must confer with teachers, parents, and their Guidance Counselor prior to requesting a change in schedule. The fee
for dropping a class is $100 and must accompany the parent permission. The Guidance Counselor will not process the schedule change without the $100 fee and parent permission in writing.
All schedule changes must be requested within the first two full weeks of the classes of each semester. After that, the course will appear as withdrawn on the student’s transcript. If the student is passing at the time of withdraw, the transcript will state WP, or withdrawn while passing. If the student is failing at the time of withdraw, the transcript will state WF, or withdrawn while failing. Students with a C or above in a particular class may not drop to a lower level class until the end of the semester.
ParentsWeb
RenWeb School Management Software gives you, the busy parent, an opportunity to get
more involved in your child’s academic progress and future success – all via the Internet!
RenWeb’s ParentsWeb is a private and secure parents’ portal that will allow parents to view academic information specific to their children, while protecting their children’s information from others. You can see your child’s grades, attendance, homework and conduct, as well as other useful school information. You can also communicate with teachers and other school staff online whenever necessary. All you need is an Internet-capable computer.
Here’s how to access our easy-to-use RenWeb ParentsWeb:
- First, you need to make sure that the school has your email address in RenWeb.
- Next, go to www.alterhs.org and find the QuickLinks hyperlink at the top right. Click on this.
- In the window click the button located to the right of the Renweb topic.
- Click Create New ParentsWeb Account in the new window.
- Type your email address and click the link, Create an Email Address. An email (like the one below) is sent to you.
In the email, click the Click to create your Parents Web login link. This link is only valid for 6 hours.
A web browser displays your Name and RenWeb ID number.
You can now log into ParentsWeb using your new User Name and Password. You will access your Parents Web by starting at the Alter homepage and clicking on the QuickLinks link, just as you did at the beginning of this document.
We look forward to your participation. Together we can continue to improve our children’s academic development as well as communication between our school and your home.
***Please note: You can also access your parent
