Back-to-School Information

Information to prepare for the 2020-2021 school year will be posted here for your convenience. Flyers or forms will not be mailed home as in previous years.

Additional resources will be added as they become available.

Reopening Plan

2020-2021 School Calendar (8-12-2020)

Quarter 1 Daily Schedule (8-12-2020)

Start of Year and Calendar

We want to fully support your son as he adjusts to our hybrid model. While MUHS teachers have participated in professional development and planning throughout the summer, we will continue to make adjustments to support and care for your son as he returns to school in a safe manner. We appreciate your continued understanding as we make adjustments to address the many needs of our current situation.

We will commence the school year with a gradual return.
The registration and welcome back process for sophomores, juniors, and seniors will be streamlined and is optional for in-person participation on Wednesday, Aug. 19.
Freshman registration, orientation, and the first days of classes will occur on Thursday, Aug. 20, and Friday, Aug. 21, starting at 8 a.m.
The first day of in-person classes for Team Blue is Monday, Aug. 24. (Team Gold will not report virtually on this day).
The first day of in-person classes for Team Gold is Tuesday, Aug. 25. (Team Blue will not report virtually on this day.).
The first day of classes for those participating as full-time Hilltoppers@Home students is Wednesday, Aug. 26. These are students whose families have completed the opt-in form. (Students who attended on Monday or Tuesday will not report virtually on Wednesday.).
On Thursday, Aug. 27, Team Blue will attend classes at MUHS; Team Gold and Hilltoppers@Home will attend virtually.
Please see the first quarter calendar of classes.

Bell Schedule -- Scenario B

Classes are being offered in-person and online due to restrictions to room occupancy at 50% in order to apply social distancing requirements. Students have been assigned a cohort (Blue or Gold) and report to school two or three days a week. The cohort not in the building on a given day will learn and engage in classes from home.

Class transition time is 6 minutes (instead of 4 minutes) to accommodate adjusted traffic patterns and social distancing norms.
Homerooms will meet three times per week to provide student activities and socialization during the day.
Dedicated Advising time will be provided to address the socio-emotional well being of students.
Late start will be offered every Wednesday (instead of Thursday) with a Liturgy period for worship and faith formation.

Student Schedules

Please read through this information carefully. We appreciate your cooperation and adherence to these guidelines.

Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors - Schedules are in PowerSchool

Freshmen - Schedules were mailed home on July 15

Please review your schedule
Make sure you have at least 5 classes scheduled each semester.
Make sure that semesters have a balanced number of classes.
Schedule changes will only be made to correct errors.
Review the guidelines posted on this webpage carefully.
If your schedule is blank, you have not yet made course selections. Please contact Christie Odenwald at 414-933-7220, as soon as possible in order to select courses and confirm your registration.

Incoming freshmen can access their MUHS email and PowerSchool accounts by following these directions:

Directions to Log into Email and PowerSchool (PDF)

Schedule Error Corrections

Please check your schedule carefully for each of the following:

Do all required courses appear: Theology, English, Math, Social Studies, and Science?
Do you have a minimum of 5 classes EACH semester?
Are classes properly balanced between first and second semester? (If you have four classes one semester and six the next, that is a problem.)
Are consecutive classes in the proper order? (Is Drawing before Adv Drawing?)
Are you on track to fulfill all graduation requirements? This is your responsibility. Failure to check now could result in serious problems. Students must earn 23 credits in order to graduate. See graduation requirements below.
Do you have class scheduled when you should be in lunch (4^th period for Freshmen/Sophomores and 5^th period for Juniors/Seniors)?

SCHEDULE CORRECTIONS ARE LIMITED TO ERRORS LISTED IN THE BULLET POINTS ABOVE.

If there is an error in your schedule, contact Ms. Maloney, Assistant Principal for Academics, via email at maloney@muhs.edu or call (414) 933-7220, x3031 by July 24.

At Course Selection alternate courses were indicated for Theology, English and Social Studies. When a conflict arose in scheduling, these alternate choices were used. Requests to have or not have a specific teacher or to have a specific free period will not be honored and so should not be made.

Graduation Requirements: 23 credits total

Year courses = 1 credit Semester courses = 0.5 credit

English ........................... 4 credits

Mathematics ............... 3 credits

Social Studies ............. 3 credits

Science .......................... 3 credits

World Language ...... 2 credits

World Language .......... 2 credits

Theology ......................... 4 credits

Fine Arts ......................... .5 credits

Additional Courses .... 3 credits

Service ............................. .5 credits

(service credit awarded senior year)

Students and parents should check schedules to ensure they are progressing toward these graduation requirements.

Schedule Error Corrections (PDF)

Course Change and Withdrawal Policy

The Course Selection process at the beginning of the 2^nd semester each year requires students, parents, and advisors to choose carefully and thoughtfully the courses for the year. The master schedule and individual student schedules are created based on these selections. These selections are also used to determine teaching assignments and hiring decisions. Because of this, subsequent changes are only permissible if all of the following conditions are met:

Student meets all prerequisites for the course.
Parents and advisor (and teacher, where required) agree to the change. Because balance is an important part of scheduling, this should be taken into consideration.
Overloads receive the approval of the Asst Principal for Academics.
There is adequate space in the course. Courses do reach the maximum seating capacity, and students are not permitted to add classes where there is not space.
The course a student drops will not fall below the level required to run the course.
Changes can be made without requiring a student’s schedule to be re-worked.
The student maintains the minimum number of credits required (5.5 for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors; 5 for Seniors).
Requests are not for specific teachers or periods, which cannot and will not be honored.

Additionally, once the school year begins:

Courses may not be added after the third day of the semester.
Courses may be dropped during the first three weeks of each semester only.
Requests for changes to a level of a course should be initiated by the teacher.
Seniors are required to notify colleges of any course changes during the year.

The school may consider course changes if a student has been placed in a course inappropriate for his background and talent or withdrawals if a student becomes seriously ill or faces unique personal circumstances. Discussions with the Asst. Principal for Academics about moving a student between levels of a course should be initiated by the teacher.

Process for Course changes (Summer):

Discuss with your parents. One of them must send an email indicating that they are ok with the change.
Contact your advisor. He/she must send an email indicating that he/she is ok with the change.
Fill out the electronic form by the deadline. There are three deadlines and the form will be open for the 3 days up to the deadline (June 24 - 26, July 15 - 17, and August 3- 5). Forms submitted after each deadline will not be considered until the next deadline. You will need to be signed into your MUHS Google account to complete the form.

Process for Course changes (School year):

Discuss with your parents. One of them must send an email indicating that they are ok with the change.
Discuss with your advisor.
Fill out the course change form. Forms are available in the main office. Courses can only be added for the first 3 days of the semester. Courses may only be dropped in the first three weeks of the semester.
Return to the Asst Principal for Academics. All forms will be reviewed to ensure the request meets the criteria outlined above.

Seniors are required to notify colleges of any course changes during the year.

Course Change and Withdrawal Policy (PDF)

AP Course and Exam Information

Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, the College Board made some changes to their registration process for AP Exams as well as introduced new resources for students. These include:

Students register for all AP Exams in the fall. AP Exams continue to be administered in May.
In August and September, students will receive information about registration in class.
The exam fee is approximately $94/exam. The fee for a student who registers to take an exam but does not do so is $40. MUHS will invoice families for AP exams in the fall semester.
A student may register for an AP exam even if he is not enrolled in the corresponding course. To do so, he must see Ms. Maloney at the beginning of the year to meet the registration deadlines.

More information is available at parents.collegeboard.org.

AP Course and Exam Information (PDF)

Purchasing Textbooks

Two methods to purchase textbooks are available. Information about the Used Books Sale sponsored by Mothers Guild and our online bookstore eCampus can be found on the MUHS Bookstore webpage:

Bookstore

Textbooks should be purchased by the first day of school. We advise students to purchase all other school supplies after the first day of classes when teachers will distribute course syllabi stating required course materials.

2020-2021 Registration

Due to COVID-19 we will be streamlining the registration process for sophomores, juniors and seniors. Please only come during your registration time.

Note - All freshmen will be in attendance both Thursday, Aug. 20, and Friday, Aug. 21, for combined registration and orientation days.

Wednesday, August 19
Sophomore Registration (A - L Blue) -- 8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Sophomore Registration (M - Z Gold) -- 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Junior Registration (A - L Blue) -- 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Junior Registration (M - Z Gold) -- 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Senior Registration (A - L Blue) -- 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Senior Registration (M - Z Gold) -- 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Steps for Aug. 19 Registration Day:

Arrive to the school during the designated date and time. The first stop at registration is the Tuition Station. Tuition must be paid in full or loan papers must be signed before a student can proceed through registration. All students who have fulfilled this requirement will be given a pass to move through registration; all stations will check this pass.
Report to Student ID photo station. A SHIRT AND TIE MUST BE WORN FOR THIS PICTURE. This picture will appear in the yearbook.
Additional stations will be added as needed.