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Dear Ben Lomond High School Community,
We are excited to welcome you back to school for the 2020-2021 academic year. The safety and well-being of our students, employees and all school visitors has always been our highest priority.
Each new year brings its own unique circumstances that cause us to adjust and adapt. The challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the need to change more than ever before. Despite these changes, we are committed to providing a learning environment that is clean, sanitary and safe while also retaining a sense of familiarity and comfort for students.
Ogden School District has developed the plan, “Keeping Ogden Healthy”. This district-wide system was created using the established guidelines set forth by the governor of Utah, the Utah State Board of Education and the state and local health departments. Here at Ben Lomond we will be following the “Keeping Ogden Healthy” plan while making necessary, school-specific adaptations to fit our needs.
Each member of our school community has a responsibility to protect themselves and each other. Please join me and the members of our school staff in choosing to embrace these protective measures:
Sanitation & Hygiene
Personal Protective Equipment
Physical Distancing
Additional details regarding our operational processes and procedures can be found here.
While Ben Lomond High School is eager for students to return to our campus this year, we understand that some students and families have unique needs which can be best served by learning through an alternative to in-person instruction. For those students, we are happy to offer the consideration of Ogden Online. This is the official online learning platform delivering core curriculum instruction for students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Whether your family’s preference is to attend school in person or online, the standard registration process should be completed for each student. Following registration, families will be provided additional instructions for proceeding with enrollment in Ogden Online if that is their preference.
I appreciate every member of our school community for your dedication to student learning and growth and the health and well-being of everyone. Thank you for choosing Ogden and thank you for choosing Ben Lomond High School.
Sincerely,
Steve Poll,
Principal
Español
Estimada comunidad de Ben Lomond High School,
Nos complace darle la bienvenida de regreso a la escuela para el año académico 2020-2021. La seguridad y el bienestar de nuestros estudiantes, empleados y todos los visitantes de la escuela siempre han sido nuestra máxima prioridad.
Cada año escolar trae sus propias circunstancias únicas que nos hacen adaptarnos a las situaciones. Los desafíos asociados con la pandemia de COVID-19 han resultado en la necesidad de hacer cambios. A pesar de estos cambios, estamos comprometidos a proporcionar un ambiente de aprendizaje que sea limpio, sanitario y seguro, mientras conservamos un sentido de familiaridad y comodidad para los estudiantes.
El Distrito Escolar de Ogden ha desarrollado el plan "Manteniendo Saludable a Ogden". Este sistema fue creado para todo el distrito usando las pautas establecidas por el gobernador de Utah, la Junta de Educación del Estado de Utah y los departamentos de salud estatales y locales. Aquí en Ben Lomond seguiremos el plan "Manteniendo Saludable a Ogden" mientras hacemos las adaptaciones necesarias que son específicas en cómo apoyar nuestras necesidades en nuestra escuela.
Cada miembro de nuestra comunidad escolar tiene la responsabilidad de protegerse y proteger a los demás. Únase a mí y a los miembros de nuestro personal de la escuela al adoptar estas medidas de protección:
Saneamiento e higiene
Equipo de protección personal
Distanciamiento físico
Detalles adicionales sobre nuestros procesos y procedimientos operativos se pueden encontrar aquí.
Mientras el personal de Ben Lomond High School está ansioso por ver a los estudiantes y para verlos regresar a nuestra escuela este año, entendemos que algunos estudiantes y familias tienen necesidades únicas que tal vez pueden aprender mejor a través de una alternativa a la instrucción en persona. Para esos estudiantes, nos complace ofrecer la consideración de Ogden Online (Ogden en linea). Esta es la plataforma oficial de aprendizaje en línea que ofrece instrucción curricular básica para los estudiantes del kinder al 12º grado. Si la preferencia de su familia es asistir a la escuela en persona o en línea, el proceso de registración estándar debe llenar el formulario para cada estudiante. Después de la registración, si su preferencia es inscribirse en Ogden Online, las familias recibirán instrucciones adicionales para proceder con la la registración para el programa.
Yo agradecemos a cada miembro de nuestra comunidad escolar por su dedicación al aprendizaje y crecimiento académico de los estudiantes y la salud y el bienestar de todos. Gracias por elegir a Ogden y gracias por elegir a Ben Lomond.
Sinceramente,
Steve Poll,
Director
Important Information
- School Fees & Extracurricular Fees
- Parent Engagement | Participación de los Padres
- School - Parent - Student Compact
- Student Code of Conduct | Código de Conducta del Estudiante
- School Plan
School Fees & Extracurricular Fees
Parent Engagement | Participación de los Padres
School - Parent - Student Compact
Ben Lomond High School
School - Parent – Student Compact 2020-21
Ben Lomond High School faculty and staff, the parents of the students attending Ben Lomond High School, and the students agree that this compact outlines how the school staff, parents, and students will share the responsibilities for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership that will help the students achieve academic success.
THE SCHOOL AGREES TO:
- Establish school goals and individual student’s achievement standards.
- Align curriculum, instruction, and assessment to meet the Utah core curriculum, performance and accountability standards.
- Provide extended learning time opportunities to disadvantaged children.
- Provide high quality curriculum that allows opportunity for all students to achieve.
- Provide grading practices that reflect student learning.
- Ensure that educational services are provided by highly qualified teachers and para-professionals.
- Ensure that high quality, on-going professional development activities are available to staff to increase teacher capacity in making instructional decisions.
- Provide a safe climate conducive to student learning.
- Provide opportunity for parents and students in the development of goals and expectations.
- Build the capacity of parents to help their children achieve.
- Share assessment and evaluation data with parents.
- Communicate with parents about student concerns and successes.
PARENTS AGREE TO:
- Ensure that their children attend school regularly and arrives on time.
- Notify the school of reason for student absence.
- Monitor homework assignments.
- Monitor student grade performance on SIS website.
- Participate in school decisions as they relate to their child’s education.
- Ensure that their child gets proper rest and nourishment.
- Attend parent-teacher conferences.
- Return school communication in a timely manner.
- Support the enforcement of school rules.
STUDENT AGREES TO:
- Act responsibly by coming to school every day and being on time to all of my classes.
- Ready to come to school prepared to make an honest effort to learn the required curriculum.
- Ask for help when I do not understand.
- Follow school-wide and classroom rules.
- Participate in creating a safe school environment.
- Respect self, others and property.
Student Code of Conduct | Código de Conducta del Estudiante
The purpose of this conduct code is to assist all students, parents, guardians, teachers, administrators, and other school personnel in understanding their rights and responsibilities, the consequences for violation of school rules, and the procedures that are used for dealing with rules’ violations. Care has been taken to ensure that this code is aligned to school board policies and district wide procedures so that all students receive consistent, equitable behavioral intervention, support, and discipline.
School Plan
General Information
- Bell Schedule
- Transcript
- Title I
- Parent/Guardian SIS Access (HOW TO) | Cómo Registrarse Para el Acceso de Contacto
- Course Guide & Class Descriptions
- School Fee Schedule
- School Newsletter
Bell Schedule
Transcript
Title I
What is TITLE I?
Title I is a federal education program under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. There are four parts to Title I : improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged, even start family literacy, migrant education, and services for neglected or delinquent children and youth.
What are the goals of TITLE I?
The goals of Title I are to help students to achieve academic success in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics; increase student performance in high poverty schools through school-wide reform; build teacher capacity through quality professional development; and enhance parents' abilities to help their children succeed through quality parental involvement activities.
Ben Lomond is a Schoolwide Title I Program. That means:
The school uses Title I funds to supplement and improve the entire educational program of the school.
Title I funds are used to serve all children in order to raise academic achievement.
Title I funds will be used to provide additional assistance to all students who experience difficulties in meeting the State’s performance targets.
To be a Schoolwide Program:
The school must collect and analyze data that affects student achievement.
The school must develop a comprehensive site plan and annually review the effectiveness of the plan.
The school must assess student progress.
The school must involve parents in the decision making process.
The school must provide evidence based professional development for teachers.
The school must develop a plan for ensuring all teachers become highly qualified and successful in all subjects taught.
Parent/Guardian SIS Access (HOW TO) | Cómo Registrarse Para el Acceso de Contacto
HOW TO REGISTER FOR CONTACT ACCESS
Contacts with web access to their children may create their own account to access all of their associated children’s academic information. If you do not already have an account created by yourself, then click on Request a USERNAME from the SIS Login screen. As shown below.

You will then need to know one of your children’s Student ID along with their associated date of birth. Then click on “Lookup Student” .
The next screen will present the available contact names. Click on the contact that represents your name. Then type in a username that you would like to use as your login. Also type your password you would like to use and confirm the password. And finally check the box that certifies you are who you say you are. Then click “Create Account”.
That is it. Your account is now created and you can login with these credentials to view your children’s grades, attendance, tardy, missing assignments, email the child’s teacher, update your address, phone number and contact information. You can also subscribe to receive daily or weekly emails with grades, attendance, tardys and missing assignments.
Contactos con acceso web para sus hijos. Puede crear su propia cuenta para acceder a la información académica de sus hijos.
Contactos con acceso web para sus hijos. Puede crear su propia cuenta para acceder a la información académica de sus hijos.
Si no tiene una cuenta creada por usted, entonces de clic en "Request Username" desde la pantalla de inicio de sesión SIS como se muestra abajo.
Necesitará saber el número de ID de su hijo(s) y la fecha de nacimiento . Despues de clic en “Lookup Student”
La siguiente pantalla mostrará los nombres de contacto disponibles. Haga clic en el contacto que representará su nombre. A continuación escriba un nombre de usuario que desee utilizar como nombre de usuario. Escriba su contraseña y confirmela escribiendola de nuevo. Después de clic en el cuadrito blanco donde certifica que usted es quien dice ser. Para finzalizar haga clic en “Create Account”
Eso es todo. Su cuenta ya está creada y puede acceder para ver las calificaciones de sus hijos, asistencia, retardos, tareas no entregadas, correo electrónico del maestro(s), actualizar su información de contacto, tal como dirección, teléfono, etc. También puede subscribirse para recibir diaria o semanalmente las calificaciones, asistencia, retardos y tareas no entregadas.
Course Guide & Class Descriptions
School Fee Schedule
School Newsletter
School & Attendance Policy
- Attendance Policy
- Citizenship Policy
- Credit Recovery Program
- Grade Change Policy
- Graduation Requirements
Attendance Policy
Attendance Policy
High expectations are the backbone of school districts that have high graduation rates. To this end, each semester, we expect every student to have 100% attendance in every class, every school day and no tardies.
Absences
There may be an occasion with a valid/legitimate parent excuse that a student can be excused from school. In the event a student will be absent, the parents are expected to call the school before 8:00 am or send a written note with the student when they return to school. Students will have the right to make-up homework for excused absences for full credit within five school days of their return to school. Extenuating circumstances will be dealt with on a case by case basis. Legitimate excuses are:
1. Illness
2. Medical/dental appointment
3. Court Date
4. Bereavement for a close family relative
5. Pre-arranged absence
All other absence will be considered unexcused. Extenuating circumstances will be dealt with on a case by case basis. If a student "sluffs" no assignments/homework will be allowed to be made up. All absences need to be excused within three days after returning back to school.
After School Hours
All students must be out of building and off campus by 3:00 pm unless under the supervision of a teacher, coach, or advisor.
Attendance on Activity and Game Days
Students who participate in any after school activities must attend all scheduled classes on the day of the activity or game. There may be extenuating circumstances that may arise which may cause the student not to be present in some or all classes for the day. It is the responsibility of the student to contact their designated secretary so they are excused for those classes. Truancies may result in the students missing the next activity or game.
Check-out/Check-in Policy
Ben Lomond High School is a closed campus, unless you are a privilege card holder. Privilege card holder are only entitled to leave campus during the one hour lunch. At all other times, Ben Lomond is a closed campus and you must have parent permission to leave campus. Students must check out through their designated secretary whenever they leave school. A parental contact via a note, phone call or in person must be made before the student leaves. When a student is returning back to school they must check in with their Designated secretary. Any student who fails to check out of school missing their scheduled classes will be considered unexcused/truant.
Make-up Policy
* Class work or tests missed because of an excused absence or a school activity must be promptly made up. The work must be completed within 5 school days. If it is made up within this time, full credit will be given.
* It is the responsibility of each student to make contact with their individual teachers to arrange for his/her own make-up work when absent, whether it is due to illness, suspension, vacation or other school parental excused activities.
* To arrange for make-up work, a student and/or parent may contact the student's designed secretary to excuse the absence(s), then talk with each individual teacher directly, get the work beforehand, or pick up the homework when he/she returns to school.
* When a student's absence is unexcused, the school is under no obligation to provide for make-up work or examinations.
Pre-Arranged Absence
* Any student who is leaving out of town will need to have prior administrator approval.
* Before the absence, students must obtain and return to their designated secretary a "Pre-Arranged Request" form signed by each teacher and parent/guardian.
Parent Notification of Absences
BLHS uses the district school messenger system to notify parents of student absenteeism. These calls occur during the evening and are strictly for absences, not tardies. If parents are not aware of their students absences or tardies they may call their student's designated secretary for more information or check online.
Suspensions
* Suspensions do count an excused absence.
* Students will be allowed to make up assignments/homework/quizzes/tests missed while suspended to be completed within 5 school days of returning to school for full credit.
* Work turned in after 5 school days may incur an additional penalty to be determined by the teacher.
Tardy
A tardy is given when a student is not present in the assigned classroom by the end of the bell. If students are late to 4+ classes in a two week period, they will be assigned to 30 minutes of after school or lunch time detention the following week.
Truancies
Truancy is considered an unexcused absence and will result in afterschool detention.
Parents may access their student's attendance records via internet at www.sis.ogdensd.org. Passwords are available from the student's advisor and designated secretary.
A parent or guardian may request instructional materials for a student if an accident or illness necessitates more than three consecutive days of absence. Homework requests for more than three days absence may require a doctor's note. In cases of long-term illness, a request should be made to the administration for Home and Hospital instructions. Requests need to be made with your secretary.
Last Name (A-F) Cheryle Johnson 737-7976
Last Name (G-O) Anna Fay Montoya 737-7906
Last Name (P-Z) Shannon Brown 737-7903
Citizenship Policy
Citizenship Policy
The purpose of having citizenship policy is to improve behavior and attendance at school and school sponsored activities.
Citizenship Policy Determination
The citizenship grade will be determined by a student's behavior and attendance for each class. Non class related behavior issues will affect a student's citizenship grade in advisory.
Citizenship Grades
Honors (H) = No behavior issues or 1 absence per quarter.
Satisfactory (S) = No more than two documented Level I or Level II offenses or 2-3 absences per quarter.
Needs Improvement (N) = No more than three documented Level I or Level II offense or 1 documented level III offense or 4 absences per quarter.
Unsatisfactory (U) = 4 or more documented Level I or Level II offenses, more than 1 documented Level III offense, or 1 or more documented Level IV or Level V offense or 5 or more absences per quarter.
Extenuating circumstances will be considered on a case by case basis.
Citizenship Credit Make-up:
* Once a "U" has been posted, student will be required to make-up the grade. The make-up option selected must be completed by the end of the next grading period.
* See Mrs. O'Grady in the counseling office for information on how to make up "U"s.
** If not completed by the end of the next grading period it will automatically become a fine of $20 per "U".
** Seniors must have all "U" grades taken care of prior to being cleared for graduation.
** 4th quarter make-up must be completed by the last day of school.
Potential Make-up Opportunities:
* Perfect attendance for the first grading period.
* Pay a monetary value for each "U" given - $20 for each "U" earned.
* Work with a teacher on a service project approved by teacher and administrator.
* Youth Court for 1st time / non-chronic offenders.
* Pre-approved community service - 2 hours for each "U" earned.
* Attend After School Tutoring/PM School or On-Track for a determined period of time.
Once a "U" is cleared it will become an "N" on the report card.
Credit Recovery Program
Credit Recovery Program
ON TRACK
ON TRACK is designed to assist students who have failed to pass a class at Ben Lomond High School. When a student fails a class, they have not earned the .25 credit towards obtaining their diploma. In order to immediately help students who have failed, BLHS will be instituting a special intervention called ON TRACK. The goal of ON TRACK will be to immediately have students make up the failing grade so they can receive credit for that class.
Listed below are the guidelines of the ON TRACK program:
* Once a student has failed a class, there is a fee of $20 changed to that student for make-up credit.
* Priority for ON TRACK classes will be given to those classes specifically required for graduation. Language Arts classes are most critical to recover because students are required to have four years of Language Arts classes in order to graduate.
* The default material for credit remediation will be Granite School District recovery packets. A teacher has the right to substitute work in their class to remedy the grade.
* In order for students to receive credit, they need to demonstrate an acceptable level of proficiency either by passing assessments at 80% accuracy, or through completion of modules/projects and review by overseeing teacher.
* Students have 4-weeks to complete the packet and demonstrate proficiency for each packet or they will need to re-pay for the recovery credit. This is designed to help students work on recovering the credit in a timely manner.
* Packets stay with the assigned teacher, and are NOT allowed to be taken home for completion.
* If students need additional time beyond the 3-week period allotted during the first of the quarter, then they will be assigned to PM school to complete the packet.
* A student's transcript will still have the failing grade recorded for the class they did not pass. Once they have successfully completed ON TRACK for the failed class, a second entry will be made in the transcript with the course title and the passing grade which is indicated by a P.
* Administration reserves the right to work with individual students on a case by case basis.
Grade Change Policy
Grade Change Policy
Report cards are issued four times each year, They are issued to enable the home and the student to be informed of the student's progress.
The following terms are used in describing grades.
A Superior quality of work
B Above average work
C Average work
D Passing but poor quality
F Failure (no credit given)
NG Student has a passing grade, but it will not be given until attendance issues have been resolved by making up detentions or cleared by an administrator within two weeks from the end of the semester.
I Incomplete (can change to passing grade if made up within two weeks from the end of the semester, unless falling under university concurrent enrollment classification)
(Typically teachers do not give I grades for the 4th quarter.)
Extenuating circumstances will be handled on a case by case basis.
Once a teacher assigns a grade to a student, that grade can only be changed by the teacher giving the grade. An administrator does not recommend or become involved with grade changes in any way. He or She will direct inquires to the teacher giving the grade.
An "incomplete" or "I" grade may (1) be requested by the student if illness or other extenuating circumstance arise which will prevent him/her from completing the required course work or (2) be given in a performance-based class by the instructor if the student has not yet demonstrated mastery. The "I" grade may be given for purpose of remediation only, not for postponement or evasion of a failing grade. Regardless of reason, students who retake a class should understand that the previous grade received for the class retaken remains on their transcript and is unaffected by the new grade in the class retaken.
Graduation Requirements
Graduation Requirements
The purpose of having citizenship policy is to improve behavior and attendance at school and school sponsored activities.
Language Arts | English 9 English 10 English 11 English 12 | 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 |
Social Science | Geography World Civ US History US Gov’t Elective | 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 |
Mathematics | Secondary Math I Secondary Math II Secondary Math III | 1.0 1.0 1.0 |
Science | Three different courses | 3.0 |
Healthy Lifestyles | Health Participation Beg. Fit Elective PE | 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 |
Fine Arts | 1.5 | |
Computer Tech | 0.5 | |
Financial Literacy | 0.5 | |
Vocational | 1.0 | |
Electives | 8.5 | |
Total | 27 |
Communicating With Ogden School District
Ogden School District and its schools support conservation through decreased use of paper communication and increased use of electronic communication. Electronic communication is particularly vital in the event of an emergency.
Parents and guardians are urged to provide a phone number (preferably a cellular phone number) and an email address to their student's school and to update the school any time the phone number or email address changes.
Parents and guardians who do not currently have an email account can learn how to create a free email address by clicking here.
Las instrucciones en español para crear una dirección de correo electrónico gratuita se pueden encontrar haciendo clic aquí.