Enrollment/Registration of New Students

Welcome to Mac! To enroll at MacArthurHigh School, you will need to present the following documents:

• Birth certificate
• Student’s social security card
• Immunization records. Required shots are 3 DTP, 3 Polio, 2 MMR, Hep B (2 or 3 shot series) and 2 Hep A. Proof of residency (lease/purchase agreement or current utility bill with parent’s name and address, along with parent’s identification.
• Need to provide an unofficial transcript to assist counselor in course selection. If enrolling during school year, you need to provide withdrawal records.
• If you are not legal guardian, you will need to obtain "Custody Affivadit" papers from our district office, Shoemaker Education Center, Student Services Department.
• Name, address, and phone number of previous school for us to obtain your official school records.You may also provide an emergency contact person’s name and phone number such as a relative or local friend other than parents. This person would be permitted to excuse your child from school.

Counselors will be able to assist you with enrollment. Their office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. If you have questions or would like to receive an enrollment bulletin, please contact our office at (580) 355-5230.

Withdrawal or Transfer

On the day before a student plans to withdraw or transfer from the school for any reason, parentsshould call explaining the situation. All books are to be returned, locker cleared, and all fees paid before clearance is issued.

Attendance Policies

Reasons for Absences

Absence and the Ability to Receive Credit

No student shall receive semester credit in a course in which the student is absent more than ten (10) days per semester, excluding approved activity absences, court appearances, or illnesses documented by a licensed medical practitioner. The building principal shall have discretionary to approve any make up waiver for days missed beyond the 10-day limit.

Special passes

Parents or guardians wanting to excuse a student from school during the day should call the attendance secretary for a special pass. Students must report to the main office to contact a parent or guardian for permission to leave school. Students not following this procedure will be considered truant and will be disciplined according to regulations.

Students are assigned to counselors as follows:

Graduation Requirements

Requirements for graduates of 2003-2004 will be 24 credits.

Fifteen of these units must be from grades 10, 11, and 12.

The 24 units must include the following: 4 English units, 3 Math, 3 Science units, 3 Social Studies including 1 unit American history 1 unit World History 1/2 unit government and 1/2 unit Oklahoma History and units, 2 units or sets of competencies in the arts. (Art and music are incorporated through world history.)

To be classified as a sophomore, a student must have 4 credits; a junior, 11, and a senior, 17. All students must enroll in six classes. The number of elective units that may be counted toward graduation is limited with respect to the following three groups of subjects. Only four units may be counted from the performance-type music or speech classes. Only two units may be counted from the activity classes: physical education, Highlanderette, competitive athletics, cheerleaders, and yearbook staff. Students may count one additional unit from performance music, speech, or activity courses, if they have not exceeded the limit in any of those three groups.

Competitive Athletics

A student participating in competitive athletics must be enrolled in six classes and will engage in competitive athletics after the sixth hour for no credit. To participate in interscholastic competition in athletics or other activities he must have passed at least five classes the previous semester. In addition, a student must be passing all classes on a week-to-week basis to participate weekly during each semester.

Honor Roll

Honor rolls are published in the Lawton daily paper at the end of each nine-week term. A student must attain an average of 3.1 or more in all subjects to be eligible for the MacArthur Honor Roll. A student must attain an average of 4.0 in all subjects to be eligible for the Principal’s Honor Roll.

Certain Honors and AP classes are weighted an extra point when computing grade point averages. If a particular college requests that non-weighted grades be sent, the school complies with that request.