• .5 or better overall grade point average

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YOUREE DRIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVANCED PLACEMENT MAGNET

ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

Openings Available for 6th Grade:

PLEASE NOTE: CPSB policy limits enrollment to 25 students who reside outside the Youree Drive Middle School attendance zone. Therefore, no more than 25 students will be accepted in 6th grade who live outside the Youree Drive Middle School attendance zone.

October 12, 2015Applications available. To qualify a student must:

  • Have at least a 2.5 grade point average in Reading, Math and Science
  • Review of Statewide Assessment results (pending state updates)
  • Have a C or better in conduct for each of the four grading periods
  • Have a 95% or better attendance record

PARENTS’/GUARDIANS’RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • To sign a contract agreeing to support the requirements for the Advanced Placement Magnet program
  • Agree to remove student from Youree Drive Middle School for discipline or attendance infractions, as recommended by the administration of YDMS

October 12, 2015– January 8, 2016

Application Acceptance Information

  • Applications must be turned in to Youree Drive Middle School between 7:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. if Youree Drive Middle School is the student’s first choice. On-line applications must be electronically submitted by 11:59 p.m., January 8, 2016.

The completed application packets should include the following information:

  • Completed application form with proof of residency, such as a gas, water, or electric bill for the address listed on the application.
  • Copy of 2nd nine weeks report card (Only private school students, out-of-state students, or non-Caddo Parish students) due after application deadline by date of January 21, 2016to the school where application is made.
  • Copy of 504 IAP/IEP Determination and Testing Modification Page(s) (if applicable). On-line applicants must submit a copy by email, fax, or hand delivery by January 12, 2016. (Email – ; FAX 318-603—6364; Hand deliver to Candice Perry at Caddo Parish Public Schools, 1961 Midway, Room 159).
  • Parents will be notified of disqualifications due to qualifications not being met.
  • Testing will be scheduled at a magnet elementary or neighborhood school if fifteen (15) or more students are to be tested. Parents will be notified if testing is scheduled for their child’s school during the January/February testing window.

January 2330, 2016

Middle School Entrance Test will be given at CaddoMiddleMagnet School and Herndon Middle Magnet.

  • These test dates are for any student who attends a Caddo Parish school, a private school, or an out-of-state school.
  • Students who did not receive a disqualifying letter should report to the testing site on their assigned date by 8:00 a.m. for testing.
  • Seventh and eighth grade applicants will be tested.

March 24, 2016 Placement results will be mailed to all students.

April 21 & 22, 2016Contracts will be signed. Contract signing will take approximately one hour.

June 9, 2016Students currently attending private schools or out of parish or out of state schools should mail a copy of the final report card and results of most recent statewide assessment results or standardized testing results to the appropriate schools. This does not apply to students currently enrolled in a Caddo Parish public school.

All acceptance contracts are dependent upon a review of the final report card, Statewide Assessment results or standardized testing results, discipline, attendance,and proof of current residence.

Students must maintain entrance requirements throughout the year. Parents will be notified of

disqualifications due to report card, Statewide Assessment results or standardized testing results, and

suspensions.

Additional Information:

  • After a contract has been signed, a student MAY NOT transfer to another magnet school during that school year.
  • Students who have a gifted evaluation must qualify to be considered for acceptance.
  • Please see the transportation policy at the top of this information sheet.

The Caddo Parish Test Security Policy (PolicyIL) applies to all magnet testing and placement.

Revised July 2015