SECTION 1: WHO WE ARE 3
Our Mission
Our Vision
Our Philosophy
Our Shared Beliefs & Expectations
Conduct and Code of Honor
Our History
Alma Mater
Personnel Directory 2016-17
SECTION 2: GENERAL INFORMATION 10
Opening and Closing Times
School Visitors
Daily Schedules
Attendance
Lockers
Announcements/Signage
Traffic Safety Information
Medication
Expected Expenses for Students & Families
Class Expenses
Academic Expenses
National Assessment Expenses
Extra-Curricular Expenses
Textbook/Device Liability
Miscellaneous Expenses
Family Budget Worksheet
SECTION 3: ENGAGE 19
Academics at HFA
Exceptional Education
Graduation Requirements
Graduating with Honors or Distinction
High School Transcripts
Class Ranking
Grading Scale
Course Recovery and Grade Improvement
Final Exams
Senior Exemptions
Academic Progress
Infinite Campus MNPS Family Portal
Testing
National Tests
State Tests
Scheduling Policies
Course Levels
Course Offerings
HFA Individual Graduation Plan
4-Year Planning Worksheet
SECTION 4: EQUIP 29
Advisor System
School Counseling
Library Services
Technology
Independent Study
SECTION 5: EMPOWER 31
Student Leadership
Interscholastic Sports
Clubs
School Publications
Student Discipline
Student Dress Code Policy
Cell Phone Policy for Students
ADA
WHO WE ARE
Our Mission
Our mission is to engage, equip, and empower the academically talented and culturally diverse students we serve.
· engage them in a high quality college preparatory program of study
· equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary for success
· empower them to be people of courage, compassion, and character
Our Vision
Our vision is that every Hume-Fogg student will graduate and enter college with a love of learning, a knowledge of self, and a respect for others and ideas, resulting not only in academic success and personal fulfillment but also in meaningful and sustained contributions to society.
Our Philosophy
The Hume-Fogg community, which draws its population from the entire Metropolitan area, is committed to each student’s academic, personal, and social development. The program provides challenging academic opportunities through liberal arts course work. Based on the assumption that graduates will pursue post-secondary education, the cornerstones of our philosophy are creative thinking, abstract reasoning, cooperative learning, and self-discipline. This approach encompasses a commitment to maximizing individual potential, including emotional and physical well-being, through hard work and personal responsibility while promoting sensitivity to natural, social, and cultural environments. Our work is deeply rooted in our shared beliefs and expectations.
Our Shared Beliefs & Expectations
· The school community should provide direction and opportunities for students to develop and enhance individual skills in areas of leadership, community action, the arts, the sciences, the humanities, languages, athletics, and responsible citizenship.
· The school community should acknowledge, appreciate, celebrate, promote, and strive to foster our multifaceted cultural and ethnic diversity.
· The school community should share the responsibilities of maintaining student achievement and a challenging learning environment by fostering open communication between home and school.
· All students and teachers should be competent and discerning users of available information and communication technologies.
· The learning process is enhanced when it takes place in a physically and emotionally safe, comfortable, and mutually respectful environment.
· The school community should develop and maintain open and tolerant attitudes with respect to both individuals and ideas and to recognize and respect the value and dignity of every individual.
· All students should acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to move from the known to inquiry about the unknown.
· All students should be encouraged to develop divergent thinking skills and creative problem-solving abilities.
· All students should continue to develop and improve effective communication skills through both the written and the spoken word.
· Assessments of student learning and achievement should be structured to provide students with a creative variety of opportunities to demonstrate their mastery of essential skills, knowledge, and concepts in authentic and meaningful contexts.
· All students should be provided with a program that balances independent and cooperative learning skills.
· All students should be encouraged to pursue enrichment opportunities inside and outside the classroom.
· All students should understand that plagiarism and other misrepresentations of the truth are antithetical to the pursuit of learning and personal growth and that they have no place in an academic environment committed to excellence.
Conduct and Code of Honor
Hume-Fogg students are trustworthy and responsible. Students and teachers alike value our very positive climate of trust and freedom and recognize the responsibility required of each of us to make it work. We expect behavior demonstrative of high standards of civility, decency, and cleanliness from every student and adult in the building. Moreover, these expectations extend into the community at-large. Hume-Fogg students must be responsible for their behavior during school hours, on and off campus, at school events, and on school trips.
These expectations also frame our conduct academically. The Hume-Fogg learning community recognizes the importance of intellectual honesty. The morale of conscientious students, the authenticity of truly meaningful learning, and the validity of grades are vital components of our rigorous academic environment. Therefore, we operate on an honor system. Established through a collaboration between the student body and faculty during the 2006-07 school year, this written Code of Honor is now provided to each student in each class every year with the expectation that every student sign and abide by the agreement.
A complete copy of the Hume-Fogg Honor Code may be found below. Students are given a copy of the code at the start of each school year.
They are required to sign the acknowledge agreement stating that they have read and understood the provisions of the Hume-Fogg Academic High School Honor Code set forth, including the disciplinary actions that may be imposed for violations. Additionally, a parent/guardian is required to sign an acknowledgement. The signed copy is kept on file in advisory.
Hume-Fogg Academic High School Honor Code
We are a community of scholars. As such, we understand the importance of honesty and integrity in pursuing our academic goals. We recognize that high standards and expectations for student achievement, which are hallmarks at Hume-Fogg Academic High School, must be accompanied by equally high ethical standards and expectations, since academic excellence without integrity is a hollow accomplishment. Accordingly, we, as a student body, have adopted this Honor Code as a reflection of our belief that cheating, dishonesty, and the misappropriation of the work of others and falsely claiming it as our own constitute behavior that is antithetical to our sense of who we are, both individually and as a community. We acknowledge that dishonesty is not only disrespectful to our academic community as a whole but also unfair to individuals in that community who work diligently and honestly to complete assignments in the proper manner.
More specifically, we declare that cheating and dishonesty in any form is inconsistent with our values and aspirations, and in particular, the following forms of behavior will not be tolerated at our school:
1. Copying the work (including homework, written assignments, or projects of any kind) of another student and representing it as one’s own;
2. Copying the answers of another student during an exam, a test, or a quiz;
3. Completing any assignment in a fashion forbidden by the teacher who makes the assignment;
4. Plagiarism (which we define as “to represent the words or unique ideas of another as one’s own, or to quote the words of another individual or source in a written assignment without giving appropriate attribution to the true source”);
5. Obtaining from another student who has previously taken an exam, test, or quiz, information relating to either the questions on the exam, test, or quiz, or any responses to such questions;
6. Lying to a teacher about an assignment or about one’s reason for failing to complete or turn in an assignment;
7. Lying to a teacher about anything else having to do with one’s schoolwork, attendance, or tardiness to class.
We further declare that a student who aids or abets another student in his or her commission of any of the above-described forms of dishonesty is equally guilty of the kind of behavior that we as a community will not tolerate.
We acknowledge that we as students have unique opportunities to discourage, disrupt, and diminish acts of cheating and other forms of dishonesty as we observe or learn of them, and we understand that the faculty and administration of Hume-Fogg are committed to protecting and ensuring the confidentiality of any conversations we may have with them about our observations or awareness of acts of dishonesty.
We will undertake to reinforce the foregoing principles each time we complete an exam, test, quiz, paper, or other assignment, by writing and signing our names to the following pledge:
“I have abided by the HFA Honor Code in completing this assignment.”
We understand that any student who is determined to have engaged in any of the seven prohibited acts set forth above may be subjected to disciplinary action, which may include:
(1) Receiving a 50 on any assignment associated with the prohibited action;
(2) Being brought before the Hume-Fogg Honesty Committee for a hearing and the possible imposition of additional appropriate discipline;
(3) A determination by the school administration of other warranted discipline including, in appropriate cases, suspension or revocation of continuation at Hume-Fogg in accordance with the Magnet School Policy for MNPS.
We also understand that any disciplinary action taken because of a violation of the Honor Code may become a part of the permanent record of the offending student and may be reported to colleges or universities to which the offending student applies for admission.
Our History
Hume-High School, Nashville’s first public school, opened in 1855 at the corner of Eighth Avenue (Spruce Street) and Broad. In 1875, the second public school, Fogg High School, was started on the same property facing Broad Street. The schools were combined into a new facility on the same site in 1912 and became known as Hume-Fogg High School. In 1919 Hume-Fogg High School became the first school in Tennessee to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Until 1940, the curriculum followed the classic format which included requirements in Latin, English, advanced mathematics, and science. After that time and until 1983, the curriculum was changed to include technical and vocational subjects.
The 1983 advent of the first secondary magnet school to serve Nashville’s academically talented students was another milestone for Hume-Fogg. As a part of the desegregation court order, it was designed to attract a voluntary cross-section of academically accelerated students from all racial, ethnic, and economic groups in Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. It began with grades 9 and 10, adding a grade a year through the 1985-1986 school year.
Alma Mater
Verse 1
On the city’s central corner
Reared against the sky,
Proudly stands our Alma Mater
As the years roll by.
Chorus
Forward ever be our watchword,
Conquer and prevail.
Hail to thee our Alma Mater!
Hume-Fogg High, all Hail!
Verse 2
Cherished by her own forever,
Memories sweet shall throng.
‘Round our hearts our Alma Mater
As we sing our song.
Chorus
Forward ever be our watchword,
Conquer and prevail.
Hail to thee our Alma Mater!
Hume-Fogg High, all Hail!
School Colors: Blue and White
School Mascot: Blue Knights
Hume-Fogg Academic High School
Personnel Directory 2016-17
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICESHargis, Kellie (Dr.) / Executive Principal /
Harned, Kelly / Assistant Principal /
Bonelli, Lisa / Assistant Principal /
Barnett, Susan / Bookkeeper /
Kraski, Debbie / Attendance Clerk /
Whited, Tammie / Administrative Secretary /
STUDENT/INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORTS
Amundson, Annie, Exceptional Education /
Arent, Tamara, Guidance Secretary /
Biondi, Taylor, Psychologist /
Carroll, Kevin, Ex. Ed. Student Assistance /
Cash, Tom, Consulting Teacher /
Childress, Kanika, Counselor /
Crolley, Amie, Social Worker /
Garrett, Terri, Ex. Ed. Student Assistance /
Graves, Sarah, Counselor /
North, Cherri, Library Clerk /
Pate, Stephanie, Counselor /
Sanford, Katherine, Counselor /
Smithfield, Amanda, Librarian /
TEACHING AND LEARNING
ARTS
Bruce, Daron * /
Forbis, Lisa /
Miller, Anna Maria /
Ripani, Richard (Dr.) /
Snider, Shayna /
ENGLISH
Anderson, Meghan /
Handy, Alesha /
Louis, Laura /
Moore, Emily * /
Parsons, Cathy /
Ray, Damon /
Shultz, Courtney /
Smith, M. Elizabeth /
Social Studies
Chinoda, Peri (Dr.) /
Halbrook, Allison /
Hedglin, Christopher /
Kmiec, Brett * /
Lovell, Philip /
Robinson, Marty /
MATH
Bates, Danielle /
Boyd, Natalie /
Burgess, P. Nicole /
Caldwell, Michael /
Gambill, Eric * /
Givens, Angela /
Leake, Cindy /
Metts, Elizabeth /
World Languages
Bush, Kurstin /
Carter, Marina (Dr.) /
Jarman, Christina /
Pruitt, Jan /
Russell, Timothy /
Sexton, Jessica /
Sychareune, Jennifer * /
Science
Bagsby, Chasity /
Davis, Natasha /
Davis, Rita (Dr.) /
Kessler, Richard (Dr.) * /
Lee, John (Dr.) /
Montenegro, Justin /
Roberts, Wesley /
Stanley, Rick /
Phys. Ed/Wellness
Givens, David /
Hubbard, Angela /
McClain, Tracey * /
* Department Chairperson
BUILDING AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTBurnette, Chris / Campus Supervisor /
Cascon, Raul / Evening Custodial Manager
Higdon, Chris / Resource Officer /
Kornprobst, Debra / Campus Supervisor /
Mahat, Dick / Day Custodial Manager
Warren, Kirk / Technology Specialist (TSS) /
FOOD SERVICES
Brickell, Justin /
Cook, Mary /
Holland, Sherri / Café Manager /
Knecht, Cindy /
Randals, Margaret /
GENERAL INFORMATION
Opening and Closing Times
Our school day is 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
The building opens at 7:00 a.m. and closes at 3:30 p.m. Students must be out of the building by 3:30 p.m. unless supervised by a MNPS employee. The Downtown Public Library is available for our students after school.
When school is scheduled for a half day, our school day is 8:00 a.m. until 11:15 a.m. The building opens at 7:00 a.m. Students must be out of the building by 11:45 a.m. unless supervised by a MNPS employee.
Inclement Weather
If school is canceled, early dismissal notice will be given over local radio and TV stations. Parents should feel free to implement predetermined arrangements for pickup and early release.