PatriotConnectionFor the Parents, Staff, Students & Community of Beyer High School

March 2016 • Volume 9 • Issue 2

Beyer High School

1717 Sylvan Ave.Modesto, California 95355

Phone (209) 576-4311Fax (209) 576-4301

Administration

Dan ParkPrincipal

Sara GilAssociate Principal

David AntinettiAssistant Principal

Nadene GalasAssistant Principal

To download a PDF version of this newsletter, go to http://academypublishing.com/schools/beyer/beyer.php

Principal’s MessageEducational Acronyms Like any large governmental bureaucracy, education is filled with confusing acronyms that even those in the bureaucracy struggle with always clearly understanding them. There have been three new acronyms used frequently over the past few years that may have caused confusion.

• SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium)• CAASPP (California Assessment of Student Performance and

Progress)• CCSS (Common Core State Standards)

I will direct you to websites where you can access clear information about these acronyms, but let me try to summarize. The CAASPP has replaced the old testing system known as the STAR (State Testing and Reporting). That system was comprised of several tests including tests for Special Education students. In the old system, students took the CST (California Standards Tests). Since 2013-14, the CAASPP has replaced the STAR testing system and students take the SBAC test. These are tests created by a consortium of educators for the purpose of testing students’ abilities and knowledge of the skills found in the Common Core Sate Standards. More information about the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium can be found here: www.smarterbalanced.org. I would like to direct you to several web resources where additional information can be found:1. On the Modesto City Schools web page you will find information on the Parent

tab under Resources. Great information about Common Core and SBAC testing.2. Excellent website for questions about the CAASPP found at the California Dept.

of Education webpage: http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/re/ht/caasppfaq.asp3. CCSS Resources for Parents and Guardians webpage at the California Department

of Education: http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/ccssresourcesparents.asp

2Page News from the Student Supervision Office

School Safety Officer: Rich Fontana will be joining our office this month as our School Safety Officer. Rich comes to us from Elliot Continuation School where he served as a campus supervisor for 6 months. Previously Rich served as a long term campus supervisor at Johansen for 2 years and was an independent business owner for 10 years. We are excited to have Rich joining our staff!

Perfect Attendance Awards: The following students won the January drawing for perfect attendance gift cards. Nicolas Underwood, Bruno Bigelow, Juliana Leon Marin, William Rocha and Jacob Flores were presented with $10 gift cards to Burger King. Students with perfect attendance during the month of February will have their names placed in a drawing for 5 $10 gift cards to Yogurt Mill. Attending school every day is one of the most important factors in ensuring academic success!

Social Media: Beyer 9th and 10th grade students attended a special presentation called #iCANHELP to raise awareness of cyber bullying on January 26th, 2016. Please check your student’s phone on a daily basis for text messages and photos they are sending and social media sites such as SnapChat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Kik. We are experiencing a some incidences with student cyber bullying other students. Please discuss this with your child and ensure that they are using social media sites wisely.

Seniors and Senior Parents: A phone dialer went home on February 1st, 2016 explaining that Mrs. Galas spoke with all senior classes regarding maintaining good academic and citizenship during 3rd and 4th quarters. A copy of the letter is available on our website. Copies were given to students who were absent by their teacher upon their return to class. Below is a brief snapshot: As we quickly move closer to the end of the school year, the goal of graduation becomes significantly more focused for both students and parents. This can be the most positive and exciting time of a student’s high school career. Many memorable activities, including the graduation ceremony will take place. To qualify for graduation and participation in the ceremony, a senior must have successfully completed a minimum of 230 credits, passed both portions of the California High School Exit Exam, and completed district-adopted course requirements. In addition to the academic requirements, a senior must comply with the district’s expectations of behavior and attendance to qualify for the graduation ceremony and senior activities. It is very important that seniors maintain good citizenship during the third and fourth quarters. The Student Conduct Code is clear regarding expectations of behavior and attendance.

INFRACTIONS LOSS OF PRIVILEGESA. Citizenship

•Two or more unsatisfactory citizenship marks (U)*B. Conduct Code

•Step 6 Truancy•Four-day or five-day home suspension (9-week ineligibility)•Two or more suspensions (9-week ineligibility)•Involuntary transfer to Alternative Education•Substance abuse

C. Unpaid Debt•Including loss of books or damage to school property

For Infractions A, B, & C:•All privileges listed on p.

45 of the 2015-16 Student Conduct Code AND graduation ceremony, senior trip and prom.(pg. 49)

*REMINDER: Board policy states a teacher will issue an unsatisfactory citizenship mark if a student has 3 or more unexcused period absences or 5 or more unexcused tardies in any quarter. It is our goal and hope that your 12th grade student will be eligible for all senior activities, including the graduation ceremony. In order to achieve this goal, we need your cooperation and that of your student. The administrative staff at Beyer will discuss these expectations and consequences with the seniors in their economics classes. We ask that you take a few moments to discuss this letter with your student. If you have any questions regarding these expectations, please refer to 2015-16 Student Conduct Code pages 44-49, or contact the Student Supervision Office at 576-4328.

REMINDERS: 1. Students are reminded that their ID lanyards must be on the minute

they step foot on campus. Only the black safety lanyard issued with the ID card or the Beyer PRIDE safety lanyards are allowed.

2. As warm weather approaches, students are reminded of the Beyer Site Specific Dress Code. Low cut, bare midriff, backless, spaghetti straps or strapless tops are not allowed. Any clothing that shows undergarments is also not allowed.

3. During lunch, students are not allowed to be in a teacher’s classroom without a teacher present. Students who are in classrooms without a teacher present will be asked to leave the room. If we have to continue asking the same students to leave the room we will issue lunch detentions.

4. Parents - PLEASE bring lunch items or any other items you need to give to your student to the Main Office. Please don’t ask your student to meet you in the staff or student parking lots as these areas are out of bounds.

5. #thisisourhouse – students are reminded to please place all their trash in the garbage cans at lunch time. Please don’t leave your trash for others to pick up! #beyerpride

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“Patriot Connection” • Mar. 2016Published Six Times Per Year

Modesto City Schools426 Locust Street

Modesto, California 95351-2699Issue # 2

Beyer Academic Decathlon• Beyer’s Academic Decathlon Team won big again at the 37th annual Stanislaus County Academic Decathlon

Championships on Feb 6 at Davis High School.• Beyer took home the Club Championship for the 3rd straight year.• Beyer has also been the most improved team for 4 out of the last 5 years.• Academic Decathlon consists of 10 events: Math, Science, History, Economics, Literature, Art, Music,

Speech, Interview and Essay. • 3 categories of competition exist. Honors, scholastic and varsity as well as many alternates. • Beyer competes against schools such as Oakdale and Ceres that have an Academic Decathlon class. • “Beyer competes with our backs against the wall every year yet we always do well. This is a testimony to the

academic talent we have at Beyer as well as our top notch educators” -Coach Scott BradleyTeam Members: StartersPratima GangupantulaGreg PaganiBethany HarperAndrea SamanoKatherine HenningsSkyler Griifin

Nina Ines GarmaEd WagnerEliseo GeorgeAlternatesBriteil DanipourJacqueline KhannaAnna Smolinski

Kara LuiShawlene PalRajjit MandAndreana BaliJorge GomezTanner SchellKarli Bump

Tabitha BandyJenna StanislawVincent BenenatiStacy OleaEddie ReyesJohn PerezJared Bingham

• Essay Winners: Molly Jensen, Stacey Olea, Shawlene Pal, Nina Ines Garma, Andrea Samano and Skyler Griffin.

• Speech Winner: Andrea Samano and Ed Wagner• Interview: Nina Ines Garma, Andrea Samano, Greg Pagani• Mathematics: Kara Liu, Ed Wagner, Eliseo George, Andrea Samano, Katherine Hennings and Skyler Griffin.• Economics: Skyler Griffin, Katherine Hennings.• Science: Ed Wagner, Andrea Samano, Pratima Gangupantula• Literature: Andrea Samano, Katherine Hennings• Music: None• Art: Kara Liu, Jorge Gomez, Katherine Hennings• History: Skyler Griffin, Katherine Hennings, Greg Pagani

Ashley GarelickRyan LewisNour PolesAlexa KasselsBroneka KovarkezKatherine HenningsMolly Jensen

College Board Exams Parents, with all the scoring changes on the redesigned College Board exams, what counts as a “good score” on the PSAT these days? Read this article posted by Prep Scholar:http://blog.prepscholar.com/whats-a-good-psat-score-for-2015?utm_source=email&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=btnWhat’s a Good PSAT Score for 2015? - PrepScholarblog.prepscholar.com With all the scoring changes on the redesigned College Board exams, what counts as a “good score” on the PSAT these days? There are a few factors you can use to ...

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Beyer FFA On February 4th, 2016, Beyer FFA held their annual tri-tip dinner in their own Ag Mechanics Shop, providing take-away dinners for those who provided their pre-bought tickets at the door. Both single meals and family meals were sold, providing tri-tip, a roll, salad, and beans. The family meal provided all of this for four people. 900 pounds of meat were cooked and about 85 gallons of beans. Rewards were given for the FFA members that made the most money off of sponsorships and ticket sales, and raffles were drawn for the rest of the FFA members who contributed. Beyer FFA is still finishing their two-year Exclusive Sponsorship with Orchard Supply Hardware, Sisk Road, who continues to donate supplies to both the tri-tip dinner and Beyer FFA’s small engine team. 86 students volunteered to help the day of the dinner and worked packing meals and directing traffic, and members participated total, which includes selling tickets and sponsorships in addition to working at the dinner directly. Beyer FFA continues to be active in FFA activities in and outside of the district, and four Beyer FFA members recently attended a conference held at The Double Tree in downtown Modesto on February 12th and 13th. Schools from all over California attended this Advanced Leadership Academy Conference, or ALA. The members did several leadership workshops and did team building activities in addition to getting the chance to speak to other chapters about their ideas and events in their chapters. The members also had the chance to forge new relationships with other FFA members, serving to remind members what the purpose of FFA is. Another event Beyer FFA recently participated in was the preliminary and regional job interview contest. Beyer FFA’s Malia Seuga and Danny Stanfield were sent as contenders, and Danny Stanfield will be moving on to the state competition. Beyer FFA continues to offer extracurricular opportunities for members who are interested in furthering their agricultural, mechanical, and horticultural knowledge. Beyer FFA’s farm records team will be competing at the Chico State Field Day on March 12th, taking tests on their knowledge of the business accounting involved with agriculture and the FFA. The farm records team will participate in three more field days and are expected to do well at all of them. The small engines team has started practices and their first competition will be in Hilmar on April 16th. The Beyer small engines team has a history of success, and took the state championship in 2007, 2011, 2013, and 2015. In horticulture the Beyer Garden and Floral Club meets every Thursday and continues to make arrangements and grow various plants in our greenhouse. They are also planning a drought tolerant garden that will be planted in the front of the school. This garden will be completed over the summer.Beyer FFA thanks all of their sponsors for the tri-tip dinner.Exclusive Sponsor•Orchard Supply HardwareSilver + Sponsor•Weisner & Cerato Machine ShopDonations – Flowers Baking CompanySilver Sponsor•No Limit Customs•Honda Kawasaki KTM of Modesto•Copy King Printers•CheapGeeks•American Ag Credit•Stanislaus Farm Supply•Belkorp Ag John Deere•Garton Tractor Inc.•Coit and Hewes, LLC•Van De Pol Petroleum

Bronze Sponsors•All West/Select Sires•Flory Industries•Belkorp Ag John Deere•Parkview Christian Estates•Mistyware.my.tupperware.comFriends of Beyer FFA Sponsors•Guthrie Family•SYMCOM•Carnitas El Bajio•La Huerta Vieja•La Bodeguita •Roxanne Bernal•Dave’s Meat Service•The Rodriguez Family•Devine Family

College Counseling News from Mrs. Pitts

You only have a few weeks left to file your FAFSA, or if you are an undocumented student, your Dream Act application. Don’t be left out of the chance to get financial help for college. Apply now! Cal Grant: There is NO additional form needed to apply for Cal Grant, GPA verification is done electronically for all seniors. New scholarships coming out daily! Check out scholarship lists on Beyer website, coming soon, Beyer only scholarships! Senior Awards Night: May 17, 2016 Please notify Mrs. Pitts of all college acceptances and scholarships students receive! Students should bring in all offers of financial aid (even from colleges they will not attend) and scholarships. MJC News: There is a lot happening for students who plan to attend MJC in the summer or fall after graduation. Listed below are the most important things you need to know! New Multiple Measures! Students may be exempt from taking the MJC math and English placement tests with a new assessment option now in place at MJC. Students can use the Multiple Measures in two ways:• Adjust or increase their current placement/assessment score to a

college-level course• Be eligible for a college-level course without having to take the MJC

assessment tests

How do students know if they are eligible? Students must be exempt or conditionally exempt. • Go to this website to get scores: http://www.csusuccess.org/eap_results • Go to www.mjc.edu testing information page, multiple measures for

more informationMJC New Student Days Saturday, April 18th, 8:00 am, main auditorium of Performing and Media Arts Center, East Campus. You can gain priority registration for fall classes, complete your application, orientation, assessment, and educational advising all in one day! There will be sessions to show you how to uses the Pirates Net to search the class schedule, set up fall classes, and access your MJC email. Special sessions for parents!• RegistrationforMJCSummerclassesbeginsonMarch30th!(Indicate

on your application that your graduation date is May 1st in order to register for summer classes)

• RegistrationforFallclassesbeginsonMay4th

Students are strongly encouraged to fill out applications and complete orientation and assessment before coming, they will be able to go directly to the final step, educational advising!MJC Counselor Advising at Beyer March 3rd: MJC counselors will be on campus to do educational plans for those students who did their MJC assessment testing here at Beyer in the portables on February 16th. Mrs. Pitts will send out notices to those students with their appointment times. CSU/UC News Please be sure that you are checking your portals regularly to update any requests from the colleges! Make sure all test scores, transcripts, etc. have been sent if requested. CSU EAP Placement tests: It is critical that students are registered to take English and/or math placement tests for CSU as needed. Go to CSU Mentor to check your scores to see if you are exempt or conditionally exempt. Register immediately if you need to test! http://www.csusuccess.org/eap_results. UC Admissions will start coming out in March and continue throughout the month. Modesto City Schools College Nights: March 8th and March 15th for students and parents, grades 9-11. Hear presentations from MCS College Counselors and from UC, CSU, MJC, and UOP representatives. March 8, Modesto High School @ 6:30 p.m., Modesto, Davis and Gregori High Schools. March 15, Downey High School @ 6:30 p.m., Beyer, Enochs, Downey, and Johansen High Schools.

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Beyer’s 2015/2016 Teens Run Modesto Team (TRM) After 22 weeks of intense training and determination, the following Beyer students are 4 weeks away from the start line of The Modesto Marathon! The event is Sunday, March 20th, starting at 7:00 a.m. in downtown Modesto. These “hearty” students will be out on the course 4 to 7 hours; fighting aches, pains and fatigue in order to successfully cross the finish line at mile 26.2! Please wish these students success and let them know you admire them for taking on this daunting task. Rhiannon Adams, Jared Bingham, Joel Boudreaux, Christian Bradley, Eddie Charles, Cameron DeAtely, Connor Farrow, Tori Farrow, Calvin Flores, Jeff Fu, Eliseo George, Joe Huerta, Amanda Lial, Natalie Mitchell, Nathaniel Mohr, Kyle Moore, Erik Nunnally, John Perez, Isaac Rager, Kaci Reasoner, Matt Rosa, Grace Sanders, Ryan Sellers, Jenna Stanislaw, Alfred Surigo Ilog, Sue Vang, and Derek Villegas. (Team mentors: Evan Sellers, Kris Lewis, Julia Hicks and Judy McCullough).

Band With the fall marching season over, the band and music program have been busy with fundraisers, concert preparation, and the start of the winter competition season. Rehearsals for winter guard and winter percussion started back in December with each group rehearsing between 8-12 hours a week. Both groups compete in the Central Valley Guard and Percussion Circuit (CVGPC) which includes schools from Lodi and Stockton to Los Banos and Merced.

Winter percussion involves students playing all the drums, percussion, and mallet instruments of the band performing a choreographed piece inside a gym. Winter guard students perform with the flags, rifles and sabers in a dance piece set to pre-recorded music. Both groups perform on their own custom vinyl floor which is brought in and carried out. Each group has a time limit for their performance which includes, setup, performance, and exit. Thanks to each group supporting one another, and parent participation, our groups are able to move in, perform, and exit without any time penalties.

Competitions started on February 6 with the winter guard taking third place then first place, and the winter percussion taking third place then second place. Future competition dates are:• March 19 at Enochs High School• March 26 at Gregori High School

You can get more information concerning winter season competitions by going to the band’s website www.beyerband.org or www.cvgpc.net.

The music program also had a night of Dessert, Dance, and Music on Friday March 4. Each of the performing groups had the opportunity to showcase their talents for several hundred parents, friends and supporters. Winter guard, winter percussion, concert band, orchestra, and choir all performed making it a great night of music. The band’s next big fundraiser is our annual Spring Benefit Day, which will be held Saturday, April 16 in the Beyer parking lot. We’ll have our fly-by Tri-Tip meal with all the trimmings and our large rummage sale. If you would like to donate rummage, please contact Tonya at fundraising@beyerband.org or go to our website www.beyerband.org

Love Your Library! Ø Electronic databases accessible in library or

remotely 24/7: ○ Gale: http://find.galegroup.com/menu/commonmenu.

do?userGroupName=mode86562 (Contact Librarian, Mrs. James for username/

password information) Ø Donations are greatly appreciated Ø Credentialed librarian/Information competency

instructor, Jennifer James: james.je@monet.k12.ca.us or 209-576-4322

Ø Special shout-out to the top 10 student “checker-outters”:Raven Schippers Marialuisa Ramirez Sarah ChristianMcKenzie CelelloAshley De Vine

Rylan RootJohn-Carter NewmanSamuel BejaranoEmily Hartz MastersJesinda Williams

Please join us for our 3rd annual revolutionary 5 k run on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 8:00am! All proceeds go to support athletics here at Beyer and to help fund athletic scholarships for 2016! Register at Active.com or pick up a registration form in the front office. It’s a great family event that you don’t want to miss! Beyer Pride!

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MCS College NightMARCH 15, 2016

YOU’RE INVITEDModesto City Schools College Counselors are hosting college information nightsWHO: ALL 9th -11th grade Parents and StudentsWHERE: Downey High School auditorium, 1000 Coffee RdWHEN: 6:30pm• College Info presentation• Various college representatives• Q&A with counselors and reps

*Spanish translation provided*

Parents! Is Your Student Enrolled in Secondary Math I?Nothing contributes more to a child’s success than an involved parent! Current educational research and developments in instructional practice have made it possible for your child to learn mathematics through a better way than the traditional mode of instruction. The MVP path to learning focuses on conceptual understanding, supported by factual knowledge and procedural facility. Your child’s mathematical adventure will begin in a special classroom setting, where he will be encouraged to actively engage in tasks that have been carefully designed to help him deepen and connect his mathematical knowledge. During the classroom experience, your student will enhance his understanding through discourse with his peers as they share their ways of seeing the mathematics unfold. Regular attendance is imperative because what happens daily in the classroom cannot be replicated at home or by reading the textbook. Following each classroom experience, your child will be assigned a Ready, Set, Go! homework assignment. These assignments have been correlated to the daily classroom experience and should be completed each day, so that the student is prepared (Ready) for the next lesson. If there are areas in the Ready, Set, Go! homework assignments, where your student feels uncertain and needs guidance, you can follow the internet links, where you and your child can find a tutorial video with verbal instructions and additional examples. When such videos are unavailable, develop the habit of searching the internet for the content topics. There are many math sites that contain print instructions for the many topics your student will be studying. Finally, always encourage your child to ask his teacher about problems and ideas they are working on.Here is how you can help your child succeed in mathematics:• Support your child’s teacher by valuing the classroom experience. • Make sure your student attends school every day. • Encourage your child to do the homework assignment every night.• Use the instructional examples on the Homework Help.• Follow the links on the Ready, Set, Go! pages to find additional tutorial help for you student.• Become an informed parent by reading the articles that support the MVP pedagogical philosophy.For more information: http://www.mathematicsvisionproject.org/for-parents.html.

For Students Enrolled in Secondary Math ILearning mathematics is a lot like learning to ride a bike. You can’t do it by watching someone else. You must hop on your bike, get ready, set, and go! The MVP way of learning mathematics requires much of you, the student. The classroom experience has been carefully orchestrated to help you make sense of the mathematics that is being developed and connect it to prior learning. Each student must come to class prepared to participate fully in the experience. He or she must learn to listen to the thinking of the other classmates as well as be willing to voice one’s own understandings and ways of seeing the mathematics unfold. Regular attendance is imperative because what happens daily in the classroom cannot be replicated at home or by reading the textbook. The Ready, Set, Go! homework assignments have been correlated to the daily classroom experience and should be completed each day that they are assigned, so that you are prepared (Ready) for the next lesson. The homework is organized into three parts. The Ready section is to help you get Ready to learn. The Set section is for practicing the skills that are being developed in the current lessons. As you practice, your new mathematical skills become more Set or fluent. The last section of homework, called Go!, is to help you remember the skills and procedures that you have learned previously. As you mature mathematically, there are many math problems that you should be able to do whenever you encounter them. The procedures for solving them become automatic. When you see these problems, you should be able to take off and Go! with them. If there are areas in the Ready, Set, Go! assignments, where you feel uncertain and you need guidance, you will be able to access a Homework Help page that offers print explanations and examples for the Ready, Set, Go! assignment you are on. When available, the Homework Help page will also provide internet links to video instruction. One of the skills that a student doesn’t usually associate with learning mathematics is listening. Most students know they should listen to the teacher, but often they don’t realize that they can learn the most by listening to their classmates, when they are sharing how they think about the mathematics they are doing. In the classroom experience, listening is a practice of learning. When you are listening to your classmates or your teacher, you should do the following:1. Write down key ideas and strategies that you see other students using.2. Ask questions of your classmates or the teacher to make sure that you understand the conversations about

the mathematics.3. Add your own ideas to the ideas of others.4. Try to restate what you hear others saying. Ask, “Is this what you mean?”5. Be flexible and understand that there are many ways to think about a math problem. You and your classmates

might think differently and both be right.For more information: http://www.mathematicsvisionproject.org/for-students.html.

Black History Month Activity

In recognition of Black History month, Beyer was privileged to have two local leaders, Charlie Crane and Carl Bryant (both local pastors) present to 200+ students and parents concerning their experiences with the Civil Rights movement. It was an eye-opening experience for the students to hear first-hand accounts from these living witnesses to another era in the history of the United States.

Beyer Dance Production Beyer High’s Dance Production has been working hard all year to prepare for an awesome dance performance! The dance concert will be performed at Modesto High School’s auditorium on April 21st and 22nd at 7:00pm. Tickets will be $7. The theme of this year’s dance concert is “Dancing Through the Decades” and includes student and teacher choreographed works in the dance styles of jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, and modern; there’s even a sword-fighting dance! Support our Dance Production members by enjoying an evening of dance! Thank you!

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MODESTO CITY SCHOOLSPermissible School Fees, Fundraising And Donations

The following are specific exceptions to the prohibition on fees, charges and deposits at the kindergarten through 12th grade level. These fees, charges and deposits are legally permissible because they are specifically permitted by law.1. Charges for optional attendance as a spectator at a school or District sponsored

activity.2. Charges for food served to students, subject to free and reduced price meal

program eligibility and other restrictions specified in law.3. Paying the replacement cost for District books or supplies loaned to a student

that the student fails to return, or that is willfully cut, defaced or otherwise injured, up to an amount not to exceed $10,000.

4. Fees for field trips and excursions in connection with courses of instruction or school related social, educational, cultural, athletic, or school band activities, as long as no student is prevented from making the field trip or excursion because of lack of sufficient funds.

5. Medical or hospital insurance for field trips that is made available by the school district.

6. Charges for required medical and accident insurance for athletic team members, so long as there is a waiver for financial hardship.

7. Charges for standardized physical education attire of a particular color and design, but the school may not mandate that the attire be purchased from the school and no physical education grade of a student may be impacted based on the failure to wear standardized apparel “arising from circumstances beyond the control” of the student.

8. Charging for the parking of vehicles on school grounds.9. Fees for school camp programs, so long as no student is denied the opportunity

to participate because of nonpayment of the fee.10. Reimbursement for the direct cost of materials provided to a student for

property the student has fabricated from such materials for his/her own

possession and use, such as wood shop, art, or sewing projects kept by the student.

11. Reimbursement for the actual cost of duplicating public records, student records, or a prospectus of the school curriculum.

12. Fees for transportation to and from school, and transportation between school and regional occupational centers, programs or classes, as long as the fee does not exceed the statewide average nonsubsidized cost per student and provided there is a waiver provision based on financial need.

13. Fees for transportation of pupils to places of summer employment.14. Tuition fees charged to pupils whose parents are actual and legal residents of

an adjacent foreign country or an adjacent state.15. Tuition fees collected from foreign students attending a District school

pursuant to an F-1 visa, equal to the full unsubsidized per capita cost of providing education during the period of attendance.

16. Fees for an optional fingerprinting program for kindergarten or other newly enrolled students, if the fee does not exceed the actual costs associated with the program.

17. Fees for community classes in civic, vocational, literacy, health, homemaking, and technical and general education, not to exceed the cost of maintaining the community classes.

18. Deposits for band instruments, music, uniforms and other regalia which school band members take on excursions to foreign countries.

19. Charges for eye safety devices, at a price not to exceed the district’s actual costs, in specified courses or activities in which students are engaged in, or are observing, an activity or the use of hazardous substances likely to cause injury to the eyes.

20. A family may be charged for a program of supervision of children before and after school.

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Important Senior Year End DatesMay 2 – May 13 AP TestingMay 13 – 14 Senior TripMay 17 Senior Awards Night (by invitation)May 17 – 18 Senior Final Exams (Suggested dates; exam days will vary by teacher)May 20 Senior Clearance Forms DUE

Senior SunsetMay 23 Senior Social (Beyer Gym) – Senior Slide Show, Yearbook SigningMay 24 Senior Brunch @ John’s Incredible PizzaMay 25 Graduation Practice @ MJC – 8:30 AM

Graduation Ceremony @ MJC Stadium – 6:30 PM

Important Activities Hello there, Patriots! Here are some important activities coming up toward the beginning of 4th quarter! Do you have a special talent? Come sign up in the Student Body Office for Tournament of Talent auditions. Every high school in Modesto City Schools picks two acts from their site to compete in a Talent Show which will be on May 10. Auditions will be after school on April 7 in the Little Theater, but you must sign up prior to that date. Spring Break will be from March 25- April 3! Have a fun and safe break! We’ll see you back at school on April 4. Prom is coming up on April 16 at The Century from 8-11! Tickets will be on sale from March 21-24 for $40, April 4-8 for $45, and from April 11-15 for $50, so don’t wait to purchase your tickets! You must have your dance contract signed and turned in; you can pick one up in the Student Body Office. Renaissance’s 4th Quarter reward, Day on the Green, will be on April 22! It will be a double lunch period with a barbecue, along with games! Make sure you keep your grades up so you can make it to this awesome event! Spring Homecoming will be April 18-22 and will honor the spring sports here at Beyer! The week will include a dress-up week and we’ll crown Spring Homecoming Royalty at the Boys’ Volleyball game that week, so don’t miss out! The final blood drive of the school year will be on April 28! You can pick up and turn in permission slips in the SBO during the month of April! Every donor saves 3 lives!

Early Release Days Due to teacher collaboration meetings, the following dates are student early release days with dismissal at 12:48pm.• Wednesday, March 9• Wednesday, April 13• Wednesday, May 4• Wednesday, May 11

No School: Spring Break Friday, March 25 – Friday, April 1Last day of School: Wednesday, May 25