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Upcoming Events & INFO

Covenant's Italy trip is coming up in spring break 2025! More information can be found here or at one of the parent info meetings. Meetings are open to parents of current freshmen, sophomores, and juniors on Tuesday, May 7, at 3:45 and Friday, May 10, at 2:00 in Rhetoric Hall 323. Direct inquiries to Amber Whitehead ([email protected]) and learn about your student's chance to experience bella Italia!

Seniors & Senior Parents - It's time to pull out those Senior May Calendars and Senior Guides. These contain more details than just the dates listed below.

Congrats to our State JCL team -- details listed on the front page!

Friday, May 3 - Casual Dress Day - Students may wear jeans or pants on casual dress days. Sleeveless shirts, shorts, knit pants, sweatpants, leggings (without a skirt), joggers, overalls, and cutoffs will not be permitted. No immodest or revealing clothing will be permitted. Students may also wear their school uniforms on these days.

Monday, May 6 - Rhetoric Academic Awards Ceremony, 7 PM, Carson Leslie Center - All students attend in chapel uniform. Parents are welcome to attend as well.

May 6-13 - Senior Exams

May 6-17 - AP Exams --Students who have two exams in a day should bring a snack and/or lunch. They will have a 10 minute break in the middle of each exam for a snack as well. Students wear uniforms.

May 6th Gov/Econ 8-11:45 @ Church In Dallas
   Chemistry 12-3:30  @ Church In Dallas
May 7th Stats 12-3:30  @ Church In Dallas
May 8th Lit & Comp 8- 11:45 @ Rhetoric School
May 9th Environmental Science 8-11:15 @ Church In Dallas
May 10th European History 8-11:45 @ Rhetoric School
US History 8 - 11:45 @ Rhetoric School
May 13th Calc AB/BC 8-11:45 @ Church in Dallas
Pre-Cal 12-3:30  @ Church in Dallas
May 14th Lang & Comp 8-11:45 @ Rhetoric School
May 17th Physics 8-11:30  @ Church In Dallas

Monday, May 13 - Seniors' lunch with the Covenant Board of Trustees, 12:15 pm, The Commons. Seniors wear school uniform.

Thursday, May 16 - 8 am - Seniors Walk through Campus in cap & gown. Parents welcome to attend. Seniors remain on campus for Development Meeting & Alumni Panel. Seniors wear school uniform under graduation gown.

Friday, May 17 - 6:30 pm - Senior Blessings Banquet

Wednesday, May 22 - Commencement Rehearsal (Seniors) 10 AM - 12 PM -- seniors will have dress shoes on and be ready for photos at 10 AM.

Friday, May 24 - Commencement, 2 PM (Seniors arrive at 12 PM, Rhetoric Choir arrives at 12:20 PM)

college Counselor corner

Looking for outside volunteer or academic enrichment activities to complement your Covenant curriculum? Here is a list of offerings.

Does your Rhetoric student need before or after-school tutoring? Some Honor Society students need service hours and would love to tutor. Please contact Mrs. Traywick to set up.

Don't miss these Summer Programs! See the listings HERE and continue to check for updates.

Career Exploration (also noted above)

This year, a Covenant student founded a health careers club that meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. The students in this club (open to all rhetoric students) have heard from people representing several different careers in health care.

In addition to this, we will be hosting lunch meetings to learn about other careers that students may find interesting! We will post upcoming meetings in the SCOIR calendar as well as in the Covenant Copy.

All meetings will take place during lunch in Rm. 200 in Rhetoric Hall. April 30- Supply Chain

Want to learn more about taking a gap year? Click Here for information.

October PSAT scores are in your College Board account. If you do not have a college board account, please create one, using your personal email. This will be the account you will use through your college years so please use a valid email address and all your correct information.

Trying to determine if you should take the ACT or the SAT? Use this tool to determine: https://www.compassprep.com/using-psat-scores-to-compare-sat-and-act/

Service Hours: Covenant does not include service hours as a graduation requirement. However, most students complete many service hours over the course of their high school years. College applications include a section where students can detail their community service experiences, so it is important for students to keep a record of these hours. SCOIR is the best place for students to record their service hours. The college counseling office does not keep a record of these for students. Students in grades 10-12 may access SCOIR by using their Covenant email and a password they created. Have questions or are interested in learning about more opportunities for service? Contact Sheri Heasley or Angela Traywick.

Rhetoric School Bell Schedule 2023-2024

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (50 min classes)
8:30-9:20 1st Period
9:25-10:15 2nd Period
10:20-11:10 3rd Period
11:15-12:05 4th Period
12:05-12:35 Lunch
12:35-12:50 Flex Time -- Lunch into Clubs (M/T), Advisory (W)
12:55-1:45 5th Period
1:50-2:40 6th Period
2:45-3:35 7th Period

Thursday (85 min blocks)
8:30-9:55 Block ( 3rd Period)
10:00-10:35 Chapel
10:40-12:05 Block ( 7th Period)
12:05-12:35 Lunch
12:40-2:05 Block ( 6th Period)
2:10-3:35 Block (5th Period)

Friday (85 min blocks)
8:30-9:55 Block ( 2nd Period)
9:55-10:15 Flex time
10:20-11:45 Block (4th Period)
11:45-12:15 Lunch
12:20-1:45 Block ( 1st Period)
1:45-3:35 Co-curriculars

Club Name	Faculty Sponsor	Day/Time	Location
House Lunch/Meeting		4th Mondays - lunch & flex	Commons
Roots	Heather Roberts	1st & 3rd Mondays	RH 200
Spreading the Warmth	Amber Whitehead	2nd Thursday - lunch	RH 323
Poetry Cub	Kenny Marchetti	1st & 3rd Tuesdays - lunch	RH 112
Thespian (ITS)	April Miller	1st Thursday of the month - lunch	Attic
Spanish	Karla Adams	tbd
Naming the Animals	Brett Tohlen	Every Friday - lunch	RH 115
Student Council	Phil Gibson/Heather Roberts	4th Friday - lunch & flex	RH 200
NAHS	Gail Smith	tbd
Mu Alpha Theta	Heather Roberts	tbd
Investing	John Dawson	1st and 3rd Tuesday @ flex
Greek	Sander Gonzalez	Mondays - lunch & flex	RH 323
Current Events/World Affairs	Wendy Krauss	2nd Mondays - lunch & flex	CLC 201
Health Club	Katherine Agouridis	2nd Thursdays	RH 206

Reminders & useful info

Senior Parents & Seniors: Please note three forms in Resource Documents for you and/or your student to sign and return in order to acquire certain senior privileges. These forms are also available under "Forms" in the Covenant app. No printing required.
Consumable book fees will soon be billed through FACTS.
Please review our Rhetoric Carpool and Parking Procedures.
Student drivers have received parking stickers and should have them applied to their front windshield above the inspection sticker. If you have not received your parking sticker, student, please see Mrs. Tompkins. Parents should call Debbie Paul with any parent parking sticker questions.

Attendance Procedures

If your student is home sick or has an appointment, please email Jennifer Tompkins at [email protected]. Students should check FACTS for missed assignments and contact teachers if they need clarification.

If your student has a pre-planned absence, he or she must get a pre-planned absence form from Mrs. Tompkins (also available on the Parent Portal) and obtain required signatures. All work is to be made up beforehand or at the direction of the teacher. For college visits, students must also get an official note from the college to confirm that they attended admissions events.

If your student gets sick while at school, he or she may visit the nurse, and the nurse will contact you. Students are not permitted to text parents during the school day and will not be permitted to leave unless the nurse has spoken to a parent.

academic warning/suspension

Student grades are assessed every two weeks, on Wednesdays at 8am. These grade pulls act as progress reports and determine a student’s eligibility for extra-curricular participation.

-If a student is failing a class at the time of a grade pull, the student will go on “Warning” for two weeks. A student on “Warning” may continue to participate in all extra-curricular activities.

-If at the next grade pull, the student is still failing that class, the student will go on “Suspension.” A student on “Suspension” may continue to practice with the team/group, but will be unable to participate in any contests or performances, ie. football games, drama production. This means a student may not dress out and sit with the team, etc., but could attend the contest/production with their family or friends. A student will remain on “Suspension” until they are not failing the class on a grade pull day.

-If a student fails a course for the semester, that student will be put on “Sustained Academic Suspension.” The student will fall under the restrictions of “Suspension” for four weeks until the 1st grade pull of the semester.

*On any grade pull day, a student failing 2 or more courses, and/or with 5 or more absences may not attend athletic practices until he/she has met with the teacher of the failing courses or courses from which the absences have occurred for tutoring and has a signed pass from the teacher.

The Rhetoric School Head, in consultation with the Athletic Director, if applicable, may remove the student from all extracurricular activities at any time throughout the school year until the student’s grades and/or attendance record significantly improve.

The purpose of this policy is to provide an environment that encourages students who are struggling in one or more courses to attend to their chief concern: to serve the Lord faithfully through their academic life at Covenant.

Attention Rhetoric School Students Needing Service Hours or PE Credits:

Be a manager or a student athletic training aide and earn hours or credits while having fun with a team sport! Contact Mrs. Traywick if you are interested.