Competency
Program Description
The Competency Graduation Program is an opportunity for
severely credit deficient seniors to complete academic work
in order to graduate on time with a regular high school
diploma.
Students who join the Competency Graduation Program must be entering
their 4th year of high school – regardless of
credit status. Students who prefer guided instruction do
well within the program. Each student must
complete and pass work to a state-set standard in the four
core academic areas. All work is finished on a pass/fail basis.
All work is completed in class with the guidance of the
instructors. There are no exams and no homework. Competency
Students must finish to a passing level all work assigned as well as
accumulate the
required employment hours and volunteer experiences. As is the case
with all Harvey Philip Programs, class size in Competency
Graduation Program is
kept at 15.
Volunteer Work
Seniors at Harvey Philip are required to complete four
volunteer "missions" within the academic school year. All
volunteer missions are set up by staff and held during the
regular school day. Volunteer missions can include doing
actual physical labor (raking leaves/painting buildings,
hauling lumber) or office work (stuffing envelopes or making
phone calls). Students may opt to do their own volunteer
work. This must be pre-approved by staff and documented
officially. In this case students must complete 40 hours of
volunteer work within the school year.
Volunteer missions have included working for the Leukemia
Society, Public Television Stations, working with brain-injured
adults, decorating nursing homes for the holidays, or raking
leaves and preparing homes for the elderly for winter.
Volunteer work gives students a chance to demonstrate
GENEROSITY
and build a stronger sense of
BELONGING
both to the school and to the larger community
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Classes
run Monday through Friday. School District of
Waukesha calendar is followed.
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Time
lost from late
arrivals count AGAINST your total attendance hours
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No absence
hours can be made up. All work must be caught up.
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All
absences/late arrivals must be called in by MIDNIGHT of
the day absent. The number to call is 262-970-4376.
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All
absences must be acknowledged by parent/guardian (even
if you’re 18)
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All
work is designed to be completed IN CLASS. There is no
homework – nor will work done outside the classroom be
accepted unless previously arranged with the teacher.
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Diploma
earned is a School District of Waukesha
Competency Diploma- making you eligible to ‘walk’ with
your class at graduation.
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Students
are required to hold and keep a job. Work hours will be
logged through official pay stubs. Twenty (20) hours/week is the
required workload.
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All
students are to complete four volunteer missions during
the school year or, if you choose to do so on your own,
FORTY (40) hours of volunteer work. All outside
community service work
must be pre-approved.
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All
benchmarks must be passed by the end of each quarter.
If work is not completed the student must repeat the
entire quarter.
