Kingman Unified School District 20 has a comprehensive dropout plan for grades 4-12.  Programs are available for different grades and various needs within the main schools and off-campus sites.

KUSD 20 believes that students want to learn, they want to succeed in school, and they want to graduate. If they believe that they can succeed, they WILL succeed. We offer academic programs that are relevant to their lives, and a positive, supportive atmosphere, so students will commit to attendance and academic progress. If a student needs help at any level, help can be found.

Students in grades 4-6 who need assistance to be successful in school will have a counselor available to them, remedial programs, and on-site management of at-risk students, rather than off-site alternative programs.

Students in grades 7-12 who need an alternative program to be successful to stay in school will have a program available to them which offers small student-teacher ratio, support to stay in school, and assistance in core subjects.

The PALS program offers a "hands on" approach for students behind credits and at risk.

The PASS program offers an environment where nontraditional students can successfully complete their secondary education.

The I-CARE program offers high school students a last chance to stay in school and work on changing their habits for the better.

For students Grades 4 - 5,
FOCUS ON PREVENTION

All KUSD elementary schools provide:

• Access to at-risk counselor trained in crisis intervention • Staff academy to train teachers in functional behavior assessment, behavior intervention plans • Before or after school tutoring available • Reading assistance • School Resource Officers at each school provide law-related education • A point system determines promotion and retention for students in grades 3-8.  Students with significant attendance, behavioral or academic problems would be retained; plans may include an alternative site to help retained students succeed. • Integrated Thematic Instruction (ITI) is implemented district-wide, with training and model teaching weeks. The primary purpose of the model is to grow responsible citizens. The ITI model is a brain-compatible instructional model grounded in the biology of effective instructional strategies, and the development of conceptual curriculum.

Hualapai Elementary • Cooperative learning, Life Skills, and Real World Experience • Peer Mediation • RadKids Self-Defense Program Cerbat Elementary • Bridges Program facilitates learning blockages by motor or kinesthetic exercises • Peer Tutors • Rotary readers • RadKids Self-Defense Program • Redirected Time and In School Suspension • Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program • Reading Buddies with other classrooms • Tribes Learning Communities Program Black Mountain Elementary K-8 • Bridges Program facilitates learning blockages by motor or kinesthetic exercises • Peer Tutors • Big Brothers & Sisters Program K-8 Palo Christi K-5 Grade School • Remedial classroom with small teacher/pupil ratio targets students with academic, behavioral or attendance problems	Manzanita Elementary • Saturday school and before school detention and in-school suspension • RadKids Self-Defense Program • Peer and adult tutors • Character building, anti-bullying campaign • Reading buddies with other classrooms La Senita Elementary • Bridges Program facilitates learning blockages by motor or kinesthetic exercises • Reading and Math Buddies • Peer Tutors • Parent Volunteers • Walkabout - with reading benchmarks Mount Tipton K-12 Grade School • In-School Suspension and Temporary Time Out • PLATO Individualized Computer-based Learning for Grades 7-12th • School-wide character education program • RadKids Self-Defense Program • SAVE Program Alternative Classroom for students with academic, attendance or behavioral problems. Student hours range from 1-5 days per week. (Grades 7-12)

Programs for 6th-8th graders
Kingman Junior High School & White Cliffs Middle School

Kingman's middle schools both offer a progression of alternative programs, from short-term Opportunity Room to The Alternative Classroom Training (ACT) Program, to the continuation classroom at White Cliffs.

Contact:	KJHS Main Office: 753-3855
	WCMS Main Office: 753-6216

The Alternative Classroom Training (ACT) Program

Alternative classroom for 7th and 8th graders who are below grade level, failing, or who have truancy, social, behavioral or emotional problems utilizes mediation and preparation for re-entry into mainstream classes.  Students are guided through low student to teacher ratio, individualized instruction, a flexible program, and parent communication.

Continuation classroom at White Cliffs

The continuation classroom at White Cliffs, available to students attending either middle school serves two types of students: • Special education students who get in serious trouble with drugs or alcohol, weapons, or serious bodily harm to another student are placed in the continuation classroom for 45 days, with mainstream teachers sending work. When the 45 days are up, these students return to their home campus. • Regular education students who have been long-term suspended (for the remainder of the year) are referred for 45 days as well, with teachers sending the work. At the end of the 45 day period, these students finish out the remainder of their long-term suspension. An at-risk counselor will be available to work with continuation students daily.

After School Tutoring and Computer Lab

Bus available for rides home

School Resource Officers

White Cliffs Middle School - A Team Approach

White Cliffs Middle School students are enrolled in teams for their required classes. This team approach allows a small-school atmosphere, which will provide more support for the success of at-risk students.

Mount Tipton K-12 Grade School
•	In-School Suspension and Temporary Time Out
•	PLATO Individualized Computer-based Learning for Grades 7-12th
•	School-wide character education program
•	RadKids Self-Defense Program
•	SAVE Program Alternative Classroom for students with academic, attendance or behavioral problems. Student hours range from 1-5 days per week. (Grades 7-12)

Programs for 9-12th Graders

Programs Offered at the Alternative Campus
515 West Beale
PALS, PASS School, & I-CARE

A "hands on" approach for students
behind on credits and at risk

PALS Program (Positive Applied Learning Styles)

Contact: North Campus Guidance

The PALS Program is designed for second year freshmen/first year sophomores and juniors who are “at-risk” of not graduating.  This program is intended to reduce the dropout rate by assisting students in understanding their learning process while providing them with graduation requirements. Eligibility of this program consists of the following, but is not limited to: Failed at least one or more classes at the freshman/sophomore or junior levelGrade point average below 2.0, credits between 3 and 5 after freshman yearOver-age for grade level due to retentionAre below grade level in the areas of reading, writing, or math based on 8th grade AIMS scoresIdentified as second language learnersRecommended by teachers as needing additional support Want to graduate, want to be employed, and/or attend college Classes: PALS is a full-day, 6 period program. Bus service is provided. PALS offers integrated curriculum for the core subject areas using career pathways and hands-on projects.Sophomores take English, Biology, Algebra, World History, PE, Word Processing, Horticulture, and Grand Canyon.Juniors take English, Horticulture, Geometry, US History, JR Hero, PE and Directed Study. Speakers and field trips are part of the career pathway curriculum. Enrollment in the PALS program is voluntary, not mandatory. PALS students may only enroll at the beginning of the semester

A nontraditional school for students
needing a flexible part-time schedule:

PASS School (Positive Alternatives for Student Success)

Contact: Ms. McCoy - 753-8400

PASS offers self-paced packets of both required and elective courses to earn graduation credits. Students attend 4 hours per day and meet academic progress standards to remain in PASS. All work and tests must be completed at 80% or better. Elective courses emphasize job skills, career exploration, computer literacy, environmental awareness, and life-long fitness. Students graduate with a Kingman High School diploma and may participate in Kingman High School graduation ceremony and extra-curricular activities, including sports.

For 9th-12th Grade Students Who
Chronically Disrupt the Classroom:

I-CARE (I Choose Attitude, Responsibility, Effort)	Contact:  Ms. McCoy - 753-8400
I-CARE is an alternative to expulsion or long-term suspension which students may be assigned to, provided they agree to meet all I-CARE conditions. Students are referred to I-CARE for the following:   • Abuse of Staff  • Disorderly conduct  • Fighting • Harassment   • Verbal abuse  • Insubordination   • Vulgarity, profanity, obscenity   • Other discipline at Superintendent’s or Hearing Officer's Discretion I-CARE students are half-time students, attending ten hours per week    • 2:30-5:00pm, Monday – Thursday Students who have been referred to I-CARE are not eligible to return to Kingman High School  or PASS until they have completed 4 I-CARE classes which equals 2 credits. If students have not yet received 2 full credits at the end of the school year, they will be required to return to I-CARE at the beginning of the next school year to finish classes I-CARE students are not permitted to attend any KHS extracurricular activities, including participation in sports or band, or attending KHS dances
A Special Education I-CARE is also available.	Contact: Special Education 692-6425