Parkway South High School A+ Program

The A+ Program was started by the Outstanding Schools Act of 1993 as an incentive for improving Missouri's high schools. 

PROGRAM INFORMATION NIGHT

Follow A+ on Twitter @PSouthAPlus

Volunteer Fair on September 23 -- Information

Additional Information:

• A+ Tutoring Cadet Teaching Option
  
• A+ Tutor Handbook
• A+ Program Information Night
• Parent Informational Powerpoint
• A+ Participation Agreement
• Online A+ Tutor-Community Service Training
• Parkway A+ Handbook
• Parent Teacher Conferences
• Updated Spring 2011 A+ Tutoring Opportunities
• FAFSA Frenzy
• Service Learning Application--Senior Option for A+ Community Service Hours
• Service Learning Course Assignments
• A+ Job Shadowing Application

Scholarship Opportunities:
New A+ Scholarship for Missouri State - JUST ANNOUNCED
-Check it out: : http://www.missouristate.edu/financialaid/scholarships/freshmanscholarshipprograms.html

Upcoming Community Service & Tutoring Opportunities

August: Opportunities

Contact Bonnie Hoerner at the info below for more information:

Bonnie Hoerner
Health & Wellness Director
West County Family YMCA
636-532-6515 x 259
bhoerner@ymcastlouis.org

COLLEGE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Goals of the A+ Program:

• All students graduate high school
• All students complete high school studies that are challenging and that have identified learner expectations
• All students proceed from high school to college, post-secondary vocational/technical school, or a high wage job

Participating High Schools are encouraged to:

• Reduce the dropout rate
• Raise academic expectations by eliminating general track courses
• Provide career pathways for all students
• Work closely with business and educational leaders to better prepare students for their lives after graduation

Student Eligibility:

• Attend an A+ high school for three years immediately prior to graduation (10th-12th grade). , I will receive reimbursement for the college expenses determined by legislative approval and appropriation of funds each year. This is on the condition that I meet the following requirements:

1. Earn an accumulative high school grade point average of a 2.5 grade point or higher on a 4.0 scale (non-weighted).
   
2. Maintain a 95% high school attendance record for the 4 year period (attendance is not rounded up).
   
3. Perform 50 documented hours of unpaid tutoring or community service through a non-profit organization:

• a. 25 hours MUST BE tutoring
• b. 12.5 hours may be job shadowing

4. Establish a record of good citizenship with no drug or alcohol offenses.
5. Make a documented good faith effort to secure federal post-secondary student financial assistance funds during the last semester of the senior year so as to obtain the A+ financial incentive (FAFSA).
6. Register for Selective Service, if applicable (as required by law).
7. Beginning with the high school senior class of 2015, have achieved a score of proficient or advanced on the official Algebra I end of course exam, or complete the first semester at a postsecondary institution with a minimum of twelve (12) hours or the equivalent and a two and one-half (2.5) grade point average prior to receiving A+ tuition reimbursement.
   To retain this eligibility after high school graduation, I understand that I must enroll and attend on a full-time basis a Missouri public community college or public career/technical school, AND maintain a grade point average of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale.