Manchester Students, Teachers Recount San Diego Marine Experience
March 15, 2017 at 6:19 p.m.
By Keri Koenig-
A group of students and teachers left from Indianapolis to experience what it is like to be a Marine. The group participated in training techniques, received military instruction, completed obstacle courses, were taught safety procedures, visited the Maritime Museum for a tour of Marine memorabilia, and attended events such as a Marine graduation ceremony and the “warrior breakfast.”
A policy for the participation of home-schooled students in Manchester Community Schools athletics has become a new point of interest. A grandparent recently called in to request if a granddaughter could participate in soccer next year.
According to the IHSAA state guidelines for a homeschooled student participating in a public Indiana school: They must have been taught in the home for three years, live in the school district of the school they wish to participate with, they must take at minimum one class at the chosen public school, they must provide a report card to the school, and they must be passing five out of their seven studies in a similar way to how class periods would be set up.
The MCS board is currently in debate about whether to simply follow the IHSAA minimal regulations or develop their own policy.
The board is considering the creation of a plan to allow homeschooled students to become involved in all extracurricular activities. The negative impact this could have is that there could be some issue with homeschooled students taking away opportunity from full-time students. However, the board is hopeful that giving these students a taste of their school system will encourage them to become students of MCS.
Principal Dr. Jon Lippe is especially excited for the chance to see more potential students. “I am confident that when these kids come, they will want to enroll. Even when students look at other schools, they come into our building and this is where they want to come. With our teachers, and our programs, and everything we have, we want to give them a chance to come here.”
The discussion brought up many important issues that will need to be discussed in further detail.
Sally Krouse finally stated, “This is not going to be something we can draft tonight. We need more information and more guidance on how to proceed.”
The school board will be working on a draft for an extracurricular participation policy for these home-schooled students to discuss in April.
The Science Olympiad high school team is having their overnight field trip this upcoming weekend. They will be in Bloomington for their competition and the board wishes them good luck and to have a fun time.
Spring break is three weeks from now. MCS’s spring break will begin the first week of April. There will be no school from April 3 to 7.
The 2017 Manchester Summer camps will be May 30 to June 22. Camps that will be offered are soccer, basketball, tennis and volleyball. Students receive a T-shirt.
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A group of students and teachers left from Indianapolis to experience what it is like to be a Marine. The group participated in training techniques, received military instruction, completed obstacle courses, were taught safety procedures, visited the Maritime Museum for a tour of Marine memorabilia, and attended events such as a Marine graduation ceremony and the “warrior breakfast.”
A policy for the participation of home-schooled students in Manchester Community Schools athletics has become a new point of interest. A grandparent recently called in to request if a granddaughter could participate in soccer next year.
According to the IHSAA state guidelines for a homeschooled student participating in a public Indiana school: They must have been taught in the home for three years, live in the school district of the school they wish to participate with, they must take at minimum one class at the chosen public school, they must provide a report card to the school, and they must be passing five out of their seven studies in a similar way to how class periods would be set up.
The MCS board is currently in debate about whether to simply follow the IHSAA minimal regulations or develop their own policy.
The board is considering the creation of a plan to allow homeschooled students to become involved in all extracurricular activities. The negative impact this could have is that there could be some issue with homeschooled students taking away opportunity from full-time students. However, the board is hopeful that giving these students a taste of their school system will encourage them to become students of MCS.
Principal Dr. Jon Lippe is especially excited for the chance to see more potential students. “I am confident that when these kids come, they will want to enroll. Even when students look at other schools, they come into our building and this is where they want to come. With our teachers, and our programs, and everything we have, we want to give them a chance to come here.”
The discussion brought up many important issues that will need to be discussed in further detail.
Sally Krouse finally stated, “This is not going to be something we can draft tonight. We need more information and more guidance on how to proceed.”
The school board will be working on a draft for an extracurricular participation policy for these home-schooled students to discuss in April.
The Science Olympiad high school team is having their overnight field trip this upcoming weekend. They will be in Bloomington for their competition and the board wishes them good luck and to have a fun time.
Spring break is three weeks from now. MCS’s spring break will begin the first week of April. There will be no school from April 3 to 7.
The 2017 Manchester Summer camps will be May 30 to June 22. Camps that will be offered are soccer, basketball, tennis and volleyball. Students receive a T-shirt.
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