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MHS Cat Foundations

Road to Graduation

Road to Recovery - Year two of program implementation with an 85% success rate

Courses Offered through Cat Foundations

  • English I 
  • English II 
  • English III 
  • English IV
  • Algebra I 
  • Geometry 
  • Intermediate Algebra 
  • Personal Finance
  • World History
  • American/Arizona History 
  • Biology 
  • Chemistry 
  • Earth 
  • Environmental 
  • Gov/Econ
 

Credit Replaced

Students in the Foundations Program:

  • Can earn .5 Credit within a Quarter
  • Direct Instruction will be provided by Core Content Teachers
    • Using Buzz Curriculum - approved by the state to use Instructional Time Model (ITM)
  • Elective credits will be acquired through CFS course options
 

Expected Course Progress

Cat Foundations Class Completion Rate

Week Percentage Completed
End of Week 1 20
End of Week 2 30
End of Week 3 40
End of Week 4 50
End of Week 5 60
End of Week 6 70
End of Week 7 80
End of Week 8 90
End of Week 9 100

 

Expected Credits by Grade Level

Grade Expected Credits to be Earned What credit amount means you are "at risk" of not graduating
9th 6 4
10th 12 10
11th 18 16
12th 22  

Students At Risk

What has been historically done

Traditional Credit Recovery Options:

  • Summer School

    • Only able to make up one full credit

  • Concurrent Enrollment/CFS courses

    • No specific time frame but can be completed in one quarter

  • Alternative Placement/Canyon Valley School 

    • Students are enrolled at Canyon Valley located near Guadalupe & Power
    • Students are now able to attend full-day

Tiered Intervention Plan

Tier 1 (80 - 90%)

Universal support for all students. 

  • Lunch Tutoring
  • Saturday School Program
  • Opportunities for re-test

Tier 2 (5 - 15%)

Targeted support for some students who are at risk. 

Pre-slugged Freshman cohort into Survival Courses

Quarter Based Intervention for Freshman

  1. Intersession
  2. No Intersession - Elective pulled replaced with Academic Success course

Cat Foundations - Credit Recovery

If student is considered at risk, or is in need of two or more core classes, they will be enrolled in a cat foundations course

Tier 3 (1 - 5%)

Individualized support for the few students with intensive and persistent challenges. 

Canyon Valley School - Alternative Campus

If students are not successful within the interventions provided through Tier 1 and 2, they may be considered for placement at Canyon Valley. 

Benefits

Credits to be earned

  • For courses that are identified as foundation courses, they can earn .5 credit each quarter. 
  • Students can have no more than two Cat Course in their scheduled day. 
    • Freshmen and Sophomore students will only be allowed to take one Cat Course at a time.
# of Foundation Courses
(Two semesters of a course)		 Potential Additional Semeseter Credit
1 Period Up to 2
2 Periods Up to 4
 

Cat Course Follow the Same Schedule

Regular Schedule

Regular Schedule
Period Class Times
A 6:30 am-7:25 am
1 7:30 am-8:24 am
2 8:29 am-9:23 am
3 9:28 am-10:27 am
4 10:32 am-11:25 am
5 (LUNCH/CLASS) 11:30 am-12:23 pm
6 12:28 pm-1:22 pm
7 1:27 pm-2:20 pm

 

PLC Early Release Wednesday

PLC Early Release (Wednesday)
Period Class Times
A 6:30 am-7:25 am
1 7:30 am-8:10 am
2 8:15 am-8:55 am
ADVISORY 9:00 am-9:35 am
3 9:40 am-10:20 am
4 10:25 am-11:05 am
5 (LUNCH/CLASS) 11:10 am-11:50 am
6 11:55 am-12:35 pm
7 12:40 pm-1:20 pm