Advanced Placement-Dual Credit: UCCHS students can now graduate with college credits in English, Science, and Mathematics. Some vocational students can also earn credit from IVY Tech for their work at the Muncie Area Career Center.
At Risk: This program provides in-school assistance for those students with poor or failing grades and are considered academically "at risk." It is an opportunity for grade improvement and helps prevent possible dropouts.
Cadet Teaching: Students use study halls to work with North Side Elementary students and classes.
Community Service: This is designed to give something back to the community. Past and continuing programs include: canned food drives, clearing brush, collecting coats for kids, Senior Citizen Center visits, etc. Through this program, a downtown park has been established on the former site of a burned-out building.
DECA: Two businesses are operated by Senior Marketing students: The TeePee, the school store, and Apache Design, a screen-printing business. These businesses give practical experience and are run as profit-making enterprises. Proceeds are used to defray trip costs and for program materials. Senior students may elect to work part-time in local businesses. Our DECA instructor, Mr. Tom Johnson, was a recent Indiana DECA Teacher of the Year.
FFA: This program promotes agricultural careers in and out of the classroom. Our 4H programs are an integral part of this.
Friday Night School: Students can be assigned to Friday Night School as another option for discipline.
Rescue Academy: This is the Randolph County alternative school that serves four of the five school districts. The Academy's purpose is to prevent dropouts, allow certain students to catch up on credits for graduation and eventually get back to their home high school.RESTORE Club: This is an environmental club that maintains the RESC Outdoor Lab. Wood-chip trails and cleared areas have been recently added. A butterfly garden has been established outside the science rooms to attract various species of butterflies. This group also recycles UCCHS scrap paper.
School To Work: A progressive program offering career exploration activities to all UCCHS students. Testing, career information, visitations, interviews and job shadowing are primary components of the program.
Study Skills: Students who have attendance or academic problems can be assigned to this special class. Small groups of students are assisted every period.
Tech Prep: This is for students entering the work force after graduation or for those who will be attending up to a two-year vocational school. The focus is on building entry-level skills and connecting the school curriculum to the world of work.
Work Ethics: UCCHS is a pilot school for the Randolph County Economic Development and the Indiana Workforce Development Boards. It is a program for juniors and seniors to earn a "Work Ethics" certificate to show future employers or educational institutions they are ready for the world of work. Points are earned for attendance, behavior, promptness, cooperation, academics, and community service
Learn about all the things going on in guidance! Come back often for the latest news from UCCHS Counselors Mrs. Joyce Husmann and Mrs. Shaunna Stamm.
The UCCHS guidance department strives to help all students become better students, workers and citizens. Programming follows guidelines for academic, career and personal development in the Indiana Student Standards for Guidance:
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Indiana Student Standards for Guidance
Standard 1 – Academic Development
9-12.1.2 Analyze their most recent standardized test results to identify strengths and challenges.
9-12.1.3 Identify sources of extra help available to 9-12 students needing academic support.
9-12.1.4 Make annual revisions as appropriate to their academic improvement plan based on their most recent classroom work, high school grades, standardized test scores, teacher comments, and life experiences.
9-12.1.5 Annually revise their postsecondary education goals as appropriate to reflect changes in their career plans.
9-12.1.6 Annually revise their four-year high school course plans as appropriate to reflect changes in their career and postsecondary plans, standardized test scores, report card grades, and life experiences.
9-12.1.7 Develop a postsecondary transition plan (e.g., campus exploration, admissions applications, financial aid to be sought).
9-12.1.8 Describe how to find and apply for merit-based financial aid.
9-12.1.9 Describe how to find and apply for need-based financial aid.
9-12.1.10 Discuss annually the current relationship between their flexible career plans, postsecondary education goals, four-year high school course plans, report card grades, standardized test scores, and academic improvement plans, and revise each as appropriate.
Standard 2 – Career Development
9-12.2.1 Reexamine their career interests annually based on their additional life experiences and/or an updated career interest inventory.
9-12.2.2 Discuss the employment outlook for occupation(s) of interest.
9-12.2.5 Make annual revisions as appropriate to their flexible career plans.
9-12.2.6 Revise their resume annually to include their most recent experiences.
9-12.2.7 Research specific occupations identified in their revised career plans.
9-12.2.8 Identify several resources for finding employment (e.g., newspapers, professional associations, professional networks).
9-12.2.9 Describe effective practices for interviewing.
9-12.3.1 Describe the unique rights and responsibilities students have as young adults.
9-12.3.3 Describe decisions young adults make and the possible consequences of those decisions.
9-12.3.4 Describe the obligations young adults have to their family, community, and society (e.g., voting and paying taxes)
9-12.3.7 Identify at-risk behaviors that challenge young adults and set healthy goals in those areas.
9-12.3.8 Identify stressors common to young adults and describe appropriate stress management techniques.
9-12.3.9 Identify conflicts common to young adults and describe appropriate conflict management techniques.
9-12.3.10 Identify appropriate resources available to young adults to help them address stressors and conflicts common to young adults (e.g., parents, crisis hotlines, school counselors).
