Student Services

Guidance Secretary
Phone: (216) 429-5770

Fax: (216) 429-5713

Scholarships

Please visit the Guidance Office for specific information regarding local, state, and national college scholarships.

A Review of the high school's programs and offerings

• HS Profile

School to Career Program

The CVCC School to Career Program provides additional resources to staff and students. It unites business, organized labor, parents, schools, community organizations, and higher education in a partnership to promote lifelong learning among students and workers. It also attempts to ensure that every student who graduates from CHHS and beyone will develop skills needed to succeed in the ever-changing world of work. The Career Specialist, when requested, will help infuse career concepts into the curriculum in order to link learning to life and to help create realistic career expectations for the students. Participation by parents and other community members as career speakers or mentors is welcomed and provides a benefit.

SAT Preparation Information

SCHOOL FACTS

• Comprehensive High School - Grades 9-12 included
• Enrollment: Senior Class 76 students (2010-11)
• Accreditation:
  • Ohio Department of Education
  • Ohio High School Athletic Association

CERTIFIED STAFF

• Faculty: 28 (Pupil/Teacher ratio 15:1)
• Advanced Degrees: 66%

COMMUNITY FACTS

The district, located about four miles from Midtown Cleveland, encompasses 15.3 square miles and serves the villages of Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga Heights, and Valley View. With over 600 businesses, about 25,000 people come into and work in the district each day. Population: 4,600

CLASS RANK

A student's rank in class is determined by his/her accumulated quality point value total. The student with the greatest number of points earned is ranked number 1, the second greatest, number 2, and so on. Thus, students who take heavy academic loads are not penalized. All subjects with credit are counted. Class ranks are computed after each semester in grades 9 through 12. Honors classes are weighted with a factor of .50 and Advanced Placement classes are weighted with a factor of 1.00. This weight applies only to grades of "A" or "B".

Point Values

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Our high school functions on a two-semester schedule, each consisting of approximately 18 weeks. In order to graduate, a student must earn a minimum of 22 credits. Required subjects are English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Health, and Physical Education. Sixty hours of community service are required for graduation. The Ohio Legislature and Ohio Department of Education have been working together to develop new State Standards to raise student accountability and achievement.

Basic Requirements for the Class of 2011 to graduate

*Starting with the class of 2014, students will have to earn 4 credits of mathematics for graduation . In addition, students will be required to:

• Earn elective credits of at least one unit or two half units in the following areas: technology, fine arts, and/or foreign language.
• Complete 60 community service hours by May 1st of the senior year.
• Complete a Capstone Project.
• Passage of the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT) or an ACT-like test.

RECORDS RELEASE
The release of student information can be done only upon written request of a student.

A.C.T. MEAN SCORES

S.A.T. MEAN SCORES

CLASS OF 2010 Profile

2010-11 COURSE OFFERINGS

CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL courses are offered on either a semester or yearly basis. Credit varies from 1/2 to 1 full credit in non-vocational programs, and up to 3 1/2 credits in vocational programs.
* Denotes Semester Course

ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSE OFFERINGS:

• AP Biology
• AP Chemistry
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Statistics*
• AP Studio Art*
• AP Drawing and Painting
• AP Literature & Composition
• AP Language & Composition
• AP U.S. History
• AP U.S. Government

ART

• Introduction to Art*
• Advanced Art*
• Applied Fine Arts*
  • (Basic Drawing and Painting)
  • (Ceramics)
  • (Jewelry Making and Enameling)
• Photography 1, 2*
• Art Appreciation*
• Advanced Placement Art Studio

TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

• Electronics
• Construction Technology*
• Engineering Graphics and CAD
• Machining and Metals Technology*
• Woodworking 1
• Advanced Woodworking
• Robotics
• CAD/CAD Automation Systems*

• Computer Applications *
• Digital Media*

ENGLISH

• English 1
• Honors English 1
• English 2
• Pre-AP English 2
• English 3
• AP Language & Composition
• English 4
• AP Literature & Composition
• Stage*
• Creative Writing*
• Poetry*
• Communication Skills 1, 2*
• Journalism 1, 2, 3, 4

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

• Spanish 1, 2, 3
• Honors Spanish 4, 5

FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES

• Nutrition and Wellness*
• Regional Foods*
• Child Development and Parenting*
• Resource Management*
• International Foods*

MATHEMATICS

• Transitions Geometry
• Geometry/Honors Geometry
• Transitions Algebra
• Algebra 1 / Honors Algebra 1
• Algebra 2 / Honors Algebra 2
• Probability and Statistics*
• Advanced Placement Statistics*
• Functions, Statistics and Trigonometry
• Honors Pre-Calculus
• Advanced Placement Calculus AB and BC

MUSIC

• Band
• Chorus
• Orchestra
• Music Theory*
• Music Technology*

PHYSICAL EDUCATION & HEALTH

• Physical Education I
• Health*
• Sports & Conditioning*
• Personal Fitness*
• Dance Movement*
• Athletic Training

SCIENCE

• Conceptual Science
• Honors Conceptual Science
• Biological Science
• Science in the News
• Biology
• Pre-AP Biology
• Advanced Placement Biology
• Chemistry 1
• Pre-AP Chemistry
• Advanced Placement Chemistry
• Physics
• Genetics
• Meteorology
• Astronomy

SOCIAL STUDIES

• World History / Honors World History
• Consumer Economics*
• Global Geography*
• Law*
• Modern Society* / Pre-AP US History
• US History
• AP US History
• History of Psychology*
• Sociology*
• US Government
• AP Government
• Applied Economics

SPECIAL OFFERINGS

• Independent Study
• Post-Secondary Enrollment Option
• Interactive Distance Learning
• Credit Flexibility

Another option for high school students is to elect a course instructed via Interactive Distance Learning (IDL). Students will be connected electronically to a teacher and students in another school district. Courses which have the potential for IDL instruction this year include Astronomy and Humanities.

Independent study courses are pursued by students as an expansion of the standard curriculum, under the tutelage of participating staff members and approval of principal.

In conjunction with Senate Bill 140, students who meet the eligibility requirements are able to participate in our post-secondary enrollment options program and attend a local college on a part or full-time basis.

Intervention courses are available to Special Education students, as well as mainstreamed classes.

Cuyahoga Valley Career Center
Vocational Offerings:

• Auto Body Repair and Refinishing
• Auto Service Technology
• Building and Property Maintenance
• Computer-Aided Design
• Computer Networking Academy
• Construction Trades
• Cooperative Business Education (seniors only)
• Cosmetology
• Culinary Arts and Food Services
• Dental Assisting
• Digital Design
• Electrical Trades
• Electronics
• Graphic Imaging Technology
• Health Careers
• Heating and Air Conditioning
• Horticulture
• Hotels and Resorts
• Job Training
• Legal Secretary
• Machine Technology
• Marketing Technology (seniors only)
• Media Technology
• Power Equipment Technology
• Programming and Software Development
• Public Health and Safety
• Sales and Service Fundamentals
• Teaching Professions (seniors only)
• The Company
• Transition to Work

Guidance Services
Pre-Kindergarten - Grade 12

• Small group and individual counseling.
• Various career related programs.
• Coordinate and administer all forms of student assessment - Interest Test, Proficiency Tests, PLAN, PSAT, and Achievement and Aptitude Tests.
• Specific need programs at different levels, i.e., Stranger Danger, Making Friends, Conflict Mediation Dealing With Divorce, Reducing Stress, Test Preparation, Gifted and Talented, Decision Making and Social Skills, Career Shadowing, etc.
• Monitor student progress and bring together parents, teachers, and students to confer when needed.
• Monthly newsletters to parents highlighting various issues such as dealing with children in the most effective manner, using school as a resource, what, when and how of college financial aid.
• Involve "at-risk" children in a variety of activities both in and out of school.
• Organize career seminars/fairs EC-12.
• Interpret test results for staff, parents and students.
• Serve as participants in IEP planning for children.
• Participate in the development of drug prevention activities and programs throughout the year.
• Serve as a conduit to various ancillary programs, i.e., Post Secondary (half day at high school and half day at college), Home Tutoring, College Visitation and Career Shadowing, Night School, Vocational School Programming, etc.
• Monitor student progress via progress reports, report cards, on-going classroom assessment and work as part of a team to maximize student achievement.
• Oversee and organize data and paper work involving student records, transcript and reports, statistical data involving student assessment, attendance, and state mandates via EMIS reporting.