Student Life at South Providence
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Not only do our students thrive inside the classroom, but they receive an endless amount of support from teachers and staff in the areas of counseling, mental health resources, school health, and more!
Every student can chart their unique path to success and develop friendships and memories that will last a lifetime!
Student Resources
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Counseling
- Kimberly Culpeper, Middle School Counselor
- Stephanie Bimson, High School Counselor
- Rachel Patton, Mental Health Therapist
Counseling Resources
- Get Mental Health Support
- Complete the parent authorization form
- Schedule an intake with Ms. Patton
- Mental Health
- Academics
How Do Students Enter and Exit the Program at South Providence?
Students enter South Providence through a reassignment process facilitated by the Student Support Office. Once students have been approved for reassignment to South Providence, the South Providence staff will schedule an orientation meeting. During this meeting, students and families or guardians will learn about the safety, support, and resources provided by our school. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to set some goals to work toward during their time at South Providence.
South Providence School believes that all students can be successful when they are provided appropriate, accessible academics as well as behavioral instruction and support. We feel that students must be taught appropriate behaviors that demonstrate the characteristics of our school motto RISE: Respect, Integrity, Safety and Excellence. Students who have the ability to make positive choices will be successful in all aspects of home and community life and can successfully transition back to a traditional educational environment.
To measure these changes in behavior and determine a student’s readiness to exit our program, South Providence School has designed a school wide Level System. It is a program that helps students identify inappropriate behaviors and replace them with appropriate ones, as well as encourages scholarly behavior of completing academic interventions and maintaining good attendance. All students will have to be passing 75% of their classes to be eligible to move to Level 3 and 4.
Parents may have access to their child’s electronic point sheet by contacting the counselor and requesting to have the point sheet shared through a gmail account.
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Student Support Team
Student Support Team
- Counselor (Middle School): Kimberly Culpeper
- Counselor (High School): Stephanie Bimson
- School Social Worker: Cielo Poloche
- School Therapist: Rachel Patton
- Student Engagement Coordinator: Juany Lago
- Transition & MTSS Coordinator: Anne Berryhill
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Social and Emotional Support
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Need mental health help fast? Not sure where to turn? If you need to talk to someone, this is free and available 24/7. - Say Something App Reporting System
Students and adults can easily and completely confidentially report safety concerns to help prevent violence and tragedies. Tips can be submitted 24/7 through the website, app or by phone, and a crisis center reviews and sends all submissions to law enforcement and/or school administration for intervention. - HOPE4NC 855-581-3463
Mental health and resilience support is available for anyone in North Carolina to help during this time of crisis. - Optum
Has a toll-free 24-hour Emotional Support Help Line at 866-342-6892 for people who may be experiencing anxiety or stress around COVID-19. - Cardinal Innovations
Mental health referrals-multiple languages) 1-800-939-5911. - Mobile Crisis
(Mental Health Crisis 24/7) 1-866-275-9552 - The National Suicide Prevention Hotline
(1-800-273-TALK) offers free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources 24/7. Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a trained Crisis Counselor 24/7. - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Disaster Distress Helpline:
1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746. (TTY 1-800-846-8517) - 911
When someone needs help right away because of an injury or an immediate danger. - Financial Assistance Resource:
Text finances to 474747 - Governor Roy Cooper announced NC 2-1-1 by the United Way of North Carolina as a resource for citizens.
Dial 2-1-1 or 888-892-1162. Sign up for updates by texting COVIDNC to 898211 - National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233 or text LOVEIS to 22522
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Technology Services Resources
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Guidelines, Policies & Procedures
- Technology Donation Guidelines
- Copyright Guidelines from the UCPS BOE Policy Manual
- 5-01 Selection of Instructional Materials
- Responsibility For Selecting Media
- Objectives For Selecting Media
- Criteria For Selecting Media
- Procedures For Selecting And Maintaining The Media Collection
- Procedures For Challenged Materials
- Request For Reconsideration Of Instructional Material
- 5-01 Administrative Guidelines
- 5-01 Form
- 5-02 Copyright
- 5-20 Computers, Networks and Related Technology
- 5-21 Internet Safety
- 5-22 Social Media
- 5-01 Selection of Instructional Materials
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Apps and Services
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Tutorials for Students and Parents
- LANSchool Share Screen Prompt
- How to Care for your Chromebook Video
- UCPS Chromebook General Care and Precautions
- Chromebook FAQ
- How To Connect a Chromebook to the Internet
- How To Sign In To Student ZSCALER
- How To Save a File on Google Drive
- How To Print from a Chromebook
- Sign In and Use Teams
- Claim your account in NCEdcloud
- Claiming Your NCEdCloud Parent Account
- Fix authorization problems for Google access inside of Canvas
- How to Take Screen Shots on a Chromebook
- Student Chromebook Booklet
- Electrical Safety
- How to Transfer a File from Google Drive
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UCPS partners with Project 10Million
Project 10Million is an initiative aimed at delivering internet connectivity to millions of underserved student households at no cost to them. Project 10Million offers 100GBs/year of free data and free mobile hotspots to eligible students participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)--one per household. Schools will need to identify and qualify students as being NSLP-participants. Applications for the National School Lunch Program are available online at https://www.lunchapplication.com/ or by contacting your school’s cafeteria. Approval letters are sent to qualifying students and the letter must be presented to the School Hotspot Administrator to prove eligibility for the Project 10Million program. Schools will then request a hotspot for the eligible student from Technology Services and it will be available for the student to pick up at the school.
UCPS has applied for Emergency Connectivity Funding through USAC to provide devices to students who are not eligible for the Project 10Million program. Funding announcements will be made in September. At this time there are no hotspots available except through Project 10Million. Check back for updates.
Enquirer Journal Article - UCPS Distributes Hot Spots to Students
