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Announcements

2023 Test Administrations at Higley High-Arizona State Assessments

Attention Knights! This upcoming April 4-6th are very important dates. Mark your calendars now for HUSD’s mandatory state assessments, to be administered to ALL 9th & 11th grade students on site at Higley High School during the school day; see bell schedules below. All planned absences (ex. doctor appointment) should be scheduled to accommodate HHS’ special three-day testing schedule. Students that are absent due to personal illness must makeup test the following week during the school day 4/11-4/13. In the event of a student absence due to personal illness during testing, all missed schoolwork will be the responsibility of the student to coordinate, as HUSD is mandated to test 100% of enrolled students. Late arrivals will also not be permitted to test; they will be rescheduled during the makeup testing window.

All 11th grade students will take the ACT and AzSCI Tests Tuesday and Thursday 4/4 and 4/6. All 9th grade students will take the ACT ASPIRE Test Wednesday and Thursday 4/5 and 4/6.

10th and 12th grade students will adhere to the late start schedules by arriving to school for lunch and afternoon classes each of these three days.

ACT: ALL 11th grade students, Tuesday April 4th

ACT ASPIRE: ALL 9th grade students, Wednesday & Thursday April 5-6th

AzSCI: ALL 11th grade students, Thursday April 6th

2023 HHS ACT/ASPIRE/AzSCI Bell Schedules
Day 1: Tuesday, April 4th
Time:	Schedule Details:	Who:
7:25-12:20	ACT Testing	ALL 11th
12:20-1:05	Lunch	ALL Students
1:10-1:40	5th Hour
1:45-2:15	6th Hour

Day 2: Wednesday, April 5th
Time:	Schedule Details:	Who:
7:25-10:50	ACT ASPIRE Testing	ALL 9th
10:50-11:35	Lunch	ALL Students
11:40-12:15	1st Hour
12:20-12:55	2nd Hour
1:00-1:35	3rd Hour
1:40-2:15	4th Hour

Day 3: Thursday, April 6th
Time:	Schedule Details:	Who:	Time:	Schedule Details:		Who:
7:25-10:30	ACT ASPIRE Testing	ALL 9th	7:25-11:10	AzSCI Testing	ALL 11th
10:30-11:10	Classroom Time	ALL 9th
11:10-11:45	Lunch	ALL Students	11:10-11:45	Lunch	ALL Students
11:50-12:10	1st Hour		11:50-12:10	1st Hour
12:15-12:35	2nd Hour		12:15-12:35	2nd Hour
12:40-1:00	3rd Hour		12:40-1:00	3rd Hour
1:05-1:25	4th Hour		1:05-1:25	4th Hour
1:30-1:50	5th Hour		1:30-1:50	5th Hour
1:55-2:15	6th Hour		1:55-2:15	6th Hour

State Assessment Test Prep Items

ALL three state assessments will be taken online this year using students’ school issued devices. To ensure successful test administrations, students MUST practice regular device restarts, accept all updates, and be familiar with our Student Tech Troubleshooting Guide for Online Testing linked HERE.

Test Prep Resources:

ACT HERE:

Digital instructions for completing MyACT non-test information (will be completed @ HHS in history classes on 3/28)
Checklist for taking the ACT

Acceptable forms of ID

Prohibited calculator list
Receiving and sending your scores
Testing rules and policies for the ACT Test

ACT Sample Tests

AzSCI: HERE

Do not attempt to log in. Click “Mic Check & Sample Tests”
Under “Arizona Online Sample Tests and Assessment Tutorials” see the following:

AzSCI TestNav 8 Tutorial
AzSCI TestNav Sample Tests

ACT ASPIRE HERE:

Student Sandbox, Exemplar Booklets, & TestNav8 Tutorial

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HUSD Takes Proactive Approach to Ensure Students Thrive Academically and Emotionally

To increase awareness of mental health challenges among young people, Higley Unified School District has implemented a Healthy Higley Wellness Initiative. This initiative is designed to provide community members in the Gilbert area with the resources needed to ensure students thrive academically and emotionally.

As part of Higley Unified School District's updated strategic plan, maximizing each student's academic and social-emotional growth is of the utmost importance.

HUSD has taken a proactive approach to ensure the District is providing resources to support the social-emotional growth of each student and the development of positive student behavior. To do so, HUSD has developed and implemented a K-12 comprehensive counseling program, with additional counselors available to all students. This increase in counselors includes the addition of one District led counselor to support the K-12 counselor group, three counselors to service all nine elementary schools, and a District behavior coach. This model enhances the ability for all students to fully utilize all the opportunities that are available to them related to emotional well-being.

The District has also improved its process of training employees, families, and students on social-emotional growth. This year's focus is resiliency, which includes proactive and preventative ways to overcome obstacles and develop positive life skills.

Additionally, the District is focusing on suicide awareness and drug prevention. One of the strategies the District is using to increase suicide awareness is through additional training for all school site employees. HUSD is currently developing and refining its process associated with Suicide Risk Management, which includes training K-12 employees with step-by-step guidelines to better help them observe concerning behavior and respond appropriately. Administrators have already received additional training on this process earlier this school year, but all K-12 employees will be trained with these additional steps starting in December 2022.

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Parchment.com for your Transcript Needs

Higley High School is proud to offer Parchment.com services for all of your transcript needs. For details on requesting transcripts please go to the Programs/Services tab, choose the Registration tab, and then choose the Requesting a High School Transcript tab.

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Register My Athlete

In an attempt to streamline the athletic clearance process, Higley High School is going paperless.

Using the enclosed instructions, you will now complete the athletic clearance packet electronically at RegisterMyAthlete.com. All forms can be viewed and signed electronically, and additional required forms (i.e.-physical forms, etc.) can be uploaded to your account.

Please follow the enclosed instructions to register your students for athletic clearance, for the 2020-2021 academic school year. If you have any questions, contact the Elizabeth Lafayette Ronchetto in Athletic Department at 480.279.7317

Instructions for Register My Athlete

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Headlines & Features

AFJROTC Receives Highest Rating on Evaluation

The Air Force Junior ROTC instructors and cadets of Higley Unified School District earned an overall unit assessment score of “Exceeds Standards.”

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Higley High School Student Receives Young Hero Award

Avery Jackson, a student at Higley High School was presented with the Young Hero award at the 2022 Gilbert Community Excellence Awards for her service to the Town of Gilbert.

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Higley High School Parent Receives Volunteer of the Year Award

Higley High School volunteer Caroline Lamoreaux was presented with the Volunteer of the Year award at the 2022 Gilbert Community Excellence Awards for her dedication and service to Higley Unified School District.

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HUSD Teacher Helps Students Learn French Through Pen Pal Program

Mrs. Inman, who teaches French at Higley High School and Williams Field High School, started the program during her first-year teaching at HUSD in 2016. She currently has 13 students in advanced French classes participating in the pen pal program this year.

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