DAP egb1 LISD Distinguished Achievement Program District Committee, Co-Chairs Zulema Mata-Perez and Isaura T. Garcia

DAP egb 2 DAP District Committee Dr. Leo G. Cigarroa High SchoolJ. W. Nixon High School Esther G. Buckley M. E. Perez Annie Barrientos Isaura T. GarciaAdriana Laurel Mario GuzmanJulio Mendez Laura Nañez F. S. Lara Academy Sonia Q. Garcia R. and T. Martin High SchoolV. Trevino Magnet School Guadalupe Aguiar Diana Pentecost Adriana M. Guzman Zulema Mata-PerezChristina G. Treviño Sandra G. Rodriguez

DAP egb 3 DAP Goals  Provide information on the DAP to the school community (presentations, brochures)  Increase the percentage of students graduating DAP by 5%  Systematize the implementation of the district DAP plan at all campuses

DAP egb 4 Description  Students in LISD may earn a Distinguished Achievement Seal to be affixed to his/her transcript by completing the state’s DAP requirements  Students must meet course requirements set by the state and earn four advanced measures Contact any of the DAP District Committee members. At each campus, there also is a DAP Campus Committee. In addition, all counselors are completely aware of all the requirements of this program. FOR MORE INFO...

DAP egb 5 Graduation Course Requirements 24 credits + four advanced measures English4Health.5 Math3Other Languages 3 Social Studies 3.5Technology Application 1 Economics.5Fine Arts1 Science3Speech.5 P. E.1.5Electives2.5

DAP egb 6 Graduation Course Requirements  For Class of 2005 and thereafter – Electives (2.5) may be chosen from state approved list  There are current changes underway at the State Board of Education and will be announced in July, This information will be updated at that time.

DAP egb 7 Advanced Measures  Test Data  College Courses  Original Research/Project LISD publishes a Curriculum Bulletin every spring that explains all the graduation programs and requirements. FOR MORE INFO...

DAP egb 8 Test Data  A score on the PSAT that qualifies him/her for recognition as a Commended Scholar or higher by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation  A score on the PSAT that qualifies him/her for recognition as a National Hispanic Scholar Program of the College Board  A score on the PSAT that qualifies him/her for recognition as an Outstanding Negro Student of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation  A score of 3 or higher on any AP Exam LISD counselors are responsible for disseminating information about SAT and ACT tests. Scores from PSAT are reported to schools and students. Registrations for AP tests are taken care of at each campus. FOR MORE INFO...

DAP egb 9 College Courses  Concurrent Enrollment – Students attend a college/university while still in high school  Dual Credit Program – Students register for a college class and receive credit for graduation requirements from high school  Tech Prep Program - Students take a high school course that is articulated with the Tech Prep Program

DAP egb 10 Concurrent Enrollment  Students must be eligible to take college courses – With new TAKS requirements, these are still pending – meet college entrance requirements (THEA, SAT, ACT, required GPA) – be enrolled in a minimum of two (2) courses per semester for high school credit if enrolled in fall or spring semester

DAP egb 11 Concurrent Enrollment (cont’d)  Students may earn up to four (4) measures – Must receive a grade of B or better in each course – May enroll as early as the summer after the junior year (exit level TAKS) – Should be prepared to pay for tuition and books and have transportation – May take as many college courses as desired but only 4 will count as measures

DAP egb 12 Dual Credit Program  Dual Credit Program allows a high school student to take courses at a college/university and receive high school credit for the course IF STUDENT RECEIVES A GRADE OF C OR BETTER.  IF a student receives a grade of B or better on a dual credit course, the student will EARN AN ADVANCED MEASURE.

DAP egb 13 Dual Credit Courses:  American National Government 2305  English 1302*  Fundamentals of Speech 1311  Principles of Economics 2301 (LCC)  Principles of Macroeconomics ECO 2301 (TAMIU)  Special Issues in Economics: Entrepreneurship (TAMIU)  U. S. History 1302  Spanish 2311

DAP egb 14 Tech Prep Program  Students earn up to four (4) measures by scoring a grade of B or better – The course must be articulated with LCC or other receiving institution – Student must be following a coherent Tech Prep Articulated Plan  Articulated classes Accounting BCIS Word Processing Applications Health Science Technology II* (only counts as one measure) International Business Keyboarding Marketing Dynamics FOR MORE COURSES... Visit LCC website (

DAP egb 15 Original Research/Project  Students may earn one advanced measure per original research/project. – Maximum of 2 projects  Students must sign up for a TEKS approved course – Principals at each campus may allow exceptions  Students must follow Original Research/Project District Guide – A mentor will be assigned to each student during the duration of the project  Students must present product or performance to an outside panel of judges. – DAP District Committee will make the arrangements for all presentations.

DAP egb 16 Student A  Test Data – AP Score of 5 Spanish Language* – AP Score of 4 Spanish Literature*  Articulated Courses/College Credit – Keyboarding* – BCIS* – Accounting *only 4 measures are needed but students may take additional courses

DAP egb 17 Student B  Test Data – AP Score of 4 English Language – AP Score of 3 Calculus  College Credit/Concurrent Enrollment – Psychology with grade of A  Independent Study/Research Project

DAP egb 18 Student C  Test Data – National Hispanic Scholar* – AP Score of 3 English Language* – AP Score of 3 English Literature* – AP Score of 4 Government* – AP Score of 5 Calculus * Only need 4 measures but may obtain many more

DAP egb 19 A Success Story   Only one school had DAP scholars. 11 students at Cigarroa were able to achieve the four advanced measures   All three high schools had DAP scholars  26 CHS, 15 MHS, and 6 NHS (Total 47)  430% increase in DAP scholars

DAP egb 20 A Continued Success Story 1999 – 2000*  CHS – 38 DAP scholars  MHS – 40 DAP scholars  NHS – 37 DAP scholars (Total 115) *as of August 2000 – 2001* DAP scholars - 70 CHS, 83 MHS, and 48 NHS (Total 201) 2001 – 2002 DAP scholars – 50 CHS, 64 MHS and 61 NHS

DAP egb August, 2002, results are still pending.