Madison PEOPLE Program

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Parent/Student Handbook

2005–2006 Academic Year

Welcome to the 2005–2006 Academic Year

MADISON PEOPLE PROGRAM

Please make note of these important dates:

Parent Go To School Night Schedule for Fall 2005

(Please verify the time and date with your schools)

East High School 9/26/05 7:00–9:00 pm

Black Hawk 9/21/05 7:00–8:30 pm

O’Keefe 9/28/05 6:30–9:00 pm

Sherman 9/21/05 6:30–8:00 pm

LaFollette High School 9/26/05 7:00–8:00 pm

Sennett 9/28/05 6:15–8:00 pm

Whitehorse 9/14/05 6:30–8:30 pm

Memorial High School 9/26/05 6:30–9:00 pm

Jefferson 9/27/05 7:00–9:00 pm

Spring Harbor 9/28/05 6:45–8:30 pm

Toki 9/29/05 6:30–9:00 pm

West High School 9/26/05 7:00–9:00 pm

Cherokee 9/21/05 7:00–8:30 pm

Hamilton 9/21/05 6:40–9:00 pm

Wright 9/22/05 7:00–8:30 pm

Summer 2006 Schedule

Madison PEOPLE Program for

Rising 7^th, 8^th and 9^th Grade Students

Sunday, June 11^th Parent Summer Orientation

Monday, June 12^th – Friday June 30^th 3 Week Workshops

(For Rising 7^th and 8^th Grade Students)

Monday, June 12^th – Friday July 14^th 5 Week Workshops and Transition

(For Rising 9^th Grade Students)

PEOPLE Residential Program for

Rising 10^th, 11^th and 12^th Grade Students

Sunday, June 18^th Parent Summer Orientation

June 19^th – July 7^th 3 Week Program

(For Rising 10^th and 11^th Grade Students)

June 19^th – July 28th 6 Week Program

(For Rising 12^th Grade Students)

PEOPLE 8–Week Bridge–to–College Program

for Rising College Freshman

The dates for this program will be announced soon!

2005–2006 School Year Calendar

DATES		MMSD 2005–2006 SCHOOL YEAR	UW–MADISON/PEOPLE
September 1, 2005		Schools open Elementary: Monday Schedule	*****************************
September 2, 2005		Elementary: Monday Schedule	UW–Campus–Instruction resumes
September 5, 2005		Schools Closed for Labor Day	***************************
September 19, 2005		Back to School Night @ Verona High	Tutoring sites open!!!!!! Middle Schools: Einstein Cafeteria–Union South, High Schools: site opens at perspective high school. Monday–Thursday 3:00 pm –6:00 pm
September 27, 2005		Schools Closed for Staff Development	PEOPLE Program Closed
October 26, 2005		Verona High Closed	***************************
October 29, 2005		*****************************	7^th and 8^th grade Middle School Cohort Meeting Saturday: 9:00–3:00 pm (Attendance is a requirement)
October 27–28, 2005		Schools closed for WEAC Convention 10/27 Edgewood Teacher/Student Conf.	PEOPLE Program Closed
October 31, 2005		Verona High Closed	******************************
November 2, 2005			Special Event – 10:00 am Play – “Crumbs From the Table of Joy” Mitchell Theater – UW Campus
November 5, 2005		*************************	Expanding Your Horizons Conference (7^th and 8^th Grade Girls only) 8:30 am– 3:30 pm
November 7, 2005		End of 1^st Quarter (44 days)	*******************************
November 8, 2005		2^nd Quarter Begins Middle and High School Staff Development–Early Release. La Follette at 12:45 pm, other High Schools at 12:30pm; Middle Schools at 11:40am; Spring Harbor and Wright at 11:30am Edgewood and Verona OPEN	PEOPLE Program Closed
November 11, 2005		End of 1^st Quarter @ Verona High	**************************
November 17, 2005		Parent/Teacher Conferences Elementary and Middle Schools–No School High Schools Early Release– La Follette at 12:45pm, other High Schools at 12:30	PEOPLE Program Closed
November 18, 2005		Parent/Teacher Conferences Middle and High Schools–Closed (except La Follette)	PEOPLE Program Closed
Nov. 24–25, 2005		Schools closed for Thanksgiving	PEOPLE Program Closed
December 15, 2005		***************************	UW Campus Last Day of Classes
December 22, 2005		Verona High Early Release	************************
Dec. 15, 2005 –Jan. 3, 2006		****************************	PEOPLE Program Closed
Dec. 26, 2005– Jan. 3, 2006		Schools Closed for Winter Break	*****************************
January 2, 2006		Verona High REOPENS	*****************************
January 4, 2006		Schools REOPENS (Edgewood reopens 1/9/6)	PEOPLE Program REOPENS
January 16, 2006		Schools closed–Martin Luther King Jr. Day	PEOPLE Program Closed
January 17, 2006		*****************************	UW Campus Instruction Resumes
January 20, 2006		K–12 Grade Reporting– All Schools Early Release. Elementary Schools at 10:45am or 11:30am; Middle School at 11:40am; Spring Harbor & Wright at 11:30am: High Schools at 12:30pm End of 1^st Semester (88 days) End of 2^nd Semester (44 days)	PEOPLE Program Closed
January 23, 2006		2^nd Semester and 3^rd Quarter begin	****************************
January 24–27, 2006		Verona High Final Exams; End of 2^nd Quarter	****************************
January 31, 2006		K–12 Staff Development –All Schools Early Release. Elementary schools at 10:45am or 11:30am; Middle School at 11:40am; Spring Harbor & Wright at 11:30am; High Schools at 12:30pm Verona High OPEN	PEOPLE Program Closed
February 10, 2006		Middle School Parent/Teacher Conferences–Middle Schools Closed	*******************************
February 23, 2006		Verona High Closed	*****************************
February 24, 2006		Schools Closed for SWEIO Convention	****************************
March 4, 2006		***************************	7^th and 8^th grade Middle School *Cohort Meeting* 9:00 –3:00 pm (Attendance is a program requirement)
March 6, 2006		*District–wide Kindergarten registration for 2006–2007 school year	*****************************
March 13–17, 2006		Schools closed for Spring Break	PEOPLE Program Closed (UW students are on Spring Break)
March 20, 2006		Schools REOPEN	UW Instruction Resumes
March 31, 2006		End of 3^rd Quarter @ Verona High	******************************
April 4, 2006		K–5 Grade Reporting–Elementary Schools Early Release at 10:45am or 11:30am Middle and High School Staff Development–Early Release Middle School at 11:40am; Spring Harbor & Wright at 11:30am; High Schools at 12:30 pm End of 3^rd Quarter (46 days)	***************************
April 5, 2006		4^th Quarter Begins	*****************************
April 8, 2006		****************************	9^th – 12^th Grade High School Cohort Meeting 9:00 am –3:00 pm (Attendance is a program requirement) Focus: “College Days”
April 10 – 17, 2006		Edgewood and Verona Closed for Spring Break	***************************
April 17, 2006		Schools Closed–April Break	PEOPLE Program Closed
May 4, 2006		******************************	Middle School Tutoring Ends (Last day of van service)
May 5, 2006		*****************************	UW Campus–Last day of Instruction
May 8, 2006		K–12 Staff Development–All Schools Regular Monday Release for Elementary Schools (1:00pm or 1:45 pm). Early Release Middle School at 11:40am; Spring Harbor & Wright at 11:30am; High Schools at 12:30 pm (Except La Follette) Verona High OPEN	****************************
May 18, 2006		****************************	HIGH SCHOOL TUTORING ENDS
May 29, 2006	Schools closed for observance for Memorial Day		****************************
June 2, 2006	Last day of school for Edgewood		*****************************
June 9, 2006	Last day of school–Morning Early Release End of 2^nd semester (92 days) End of 4^th Quarter (46 days)		****************************

PEOPLE PROGRAM STAFF AND SERVICES

Spanish Interpreters: Yeri Lopez

Hmong Interpreters: Mai Vang and Sa Seng Xiong

School Liaisons

The University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) have established a partnership wherein liaisons from the PEOPLE Program
and liaisons from every middle and high school within MMSD maintain ongoing communication and an open exchange of information, in order to assist PEOPLE students and parents with accessing resources, navigating the school system, home–school community networking, and to address any concerns, questions, issues, and/or interventions that might be necessary in order to assist in the success of our students.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has also established a partnership with Edgewood, Shabazz and Verona High Schools. School Liaisons hold various positions within your schools. At the High School level, Guidance Counselors and Minority Service Counselors serve as our school liaisons. At the Middle School Level, the majority of our school liaisons are guidance counselors. Please make sure that you meet and establish a good working relationship with both your PEOPLE and School Liaisons.

PEOPLE Liaisons Attending Schools School Liaison

Adey Assefa East High Richard Scott

219–4019

Yeri Lopez LaFollette High Michelle Olson

219–5314 Edgewood High Lori Mullen

Verona High Shuntay McCoy

Shabazz High Anita Simansky

Maggie Mengesha Memorial High TBA

219–1964

Daniel Kigeya West High TBA

219–5231

David O’Connor Black Hawk Middle Coletta Bina

516–5986 O’Keefe Middle Paul Chotlos

Whitehorse TBA

Sennett Middle TBA

Sherman Middle Mary Helfrich

Abiola Oluwafunmilayo Akira Toki Middle Vaunce Ashby

235–2197 Jefferson Middle Jan Hallack

Spring Harbor Middle Sherry Lucille

Cherokee Middle Lucern Rice

Hamilton Middle Jim Schneider

Wright Middle Laurel Finn

Onsite Coordinators

Each of the tutorial sites will have a site coordinator who is responsible for the day–to–day operations and supervision of the tutorial site. The coordinator is responsible for direct communication between the school administrators, tutorial staff, and the PEOPLE Liaison. In addition, the coordinator will be available for communication with the family and school when needed.

Currently, we have five (5) tutorial sites to serve our students. The four MMSD High Schools has a PEOPLE tutoring site to serve our 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th grade students. The UW Campus site will continue to serve the 7^th and 8^th grade students. Students who are attending Edgewood, Shabazz, and Verona High Schools will also report to the campus site as those schools will not have a tutoring site.

SITE COORDINATORS

East High – Ruth Latham

219–4834

LaFollette High – Jarley Ruiz

235–2758

Memorial High – Cheniqua White

219–0484

West High – Virginia Lee

219–5467

UW Campus – Joyce Gilmer and LaVar Charleston

219–4076

516–6829

The best time to reach your child’s Site Coordinator is after 3:00 pm on tutoring days.

Academic Leads

Academic Leads are responsible for the academic advancement of PEOPLE students and assisting with supervision of tutorial staff. Academic leads assess and/or oversee the assessment of the academic needs of PEOPLE students, develop plans of action, ensure that adequate resources are available, and monitor weekly progress. All leads are responsible to schedule weekly meetings with designated tutoring staff. In addition Academic leads will also be responsible to meet with various MMSD teachers in their respective subject area.

Tutors

Responsible for providing tutorial services and homework help to PEOPLE Students, including: teaching concept and formats, learning strategies, computer searches, research assistance, listening to presentation, engaging in dialogue exchanges (foreign language), test preparation, reviewing, special projects, and other academic activities.

Onsite Tutoring Logistics

All students must come prepared for tutoring with the necessary instructional materials,
a strong academic work ethic, and respect for the maintenance of a quiet study environment. Please make sure that your child brings their daily planner, homework, special projects, books, syllabus, test review materials, and any other necessary instructional material to site.

Tutoring services are only open to PEOPLE students who are actively working on homework, special projects, tutoring activity, reading, and preparing for tests. Visitors
or inactive PEOPLE students will not be allowed on the premises.

In addition, students who have completed their work will be allowed to leave site unless waiting to be picked up by parents. While waiting, students must continue to engage in some form of educational work until they leave the site. Parents will be notified if students refuse to engage in academic work, are disruptive, or continually arrive without schoolwork and/or appropriate materials and the student will be asked to leave the premises. This restriction is necessary to insure that other students are not distracted while working. If there is a concern regarding your child leaving campus early, please
let us know.

Arriving to Tutorial Sites – Campus Site only

Students will be provided with bus tickets for transportation to and from campus site.

PEOPLE Program parents are encouraged to network with each other to develop carpool arrangements. To assist parents in this and other networking efforts, the PEOPLE Program will be distributing an updated telephone directory of parents who provided authorization to release their contact information.

The following is a list of the assigned tutoring days:

School Days of the Week

Hamilton Monday and Wednesday

Wright Monday and Wednesday

*Cherokee Monday and Wednesday

*Jefferson Monday and Wednesday

*Spring Harbor Monday and Wednesday

*Toki Monday and Wednesday

*Out–of–District Monday and Wednesday

Sherman Tuesday and Thursday

Okeefe Tuesday and Thursday

White Horse Tuesday and Thursday

*Sennett Tuesday and Thursday

*Black Hawk Tuesday and Thursday

* It is possible that some schools may have access to van transportation from their schools to campus. Please note: Transportation home is determined by each family.

Students are required to report immediately to Einstein Cafeteria for attendance check–in and tutor assignment. A light snack will be provided. However, if students desire additional snacks beyond what is provided by the PEOPLE Program, they should bring those items to campus with them.

Program Participation Requirements:

1. Attend all assigned tutoring sessions.
1. Students who have achieved a 3.5 or higher cumulative G.P.A.