IAHS Information

Indianhead Academy Alternative School
2235 Paddock Rd
Weiser, ID 83672
Phone: (208) 707-6500 or (208) 44-0617
email: reedj2611@gmail.com

Philosophy of Indianhead Academy
Indianhead Academy was established to address the educational issues of students who have had difficulty with traditional education. The Indianhead Academy educational environment provides a small, caring, individualized and nontraditional approach to assist students in meeting their educational goals. Students accepted into the program must make a substantial commitment to complete their high school education. The program has established a teaching staff with small caseloads that set high expectations by holding students accountable to meet heir educational objectives and assists them in discovering the ways to achieve those expectations.

Purpose
Indianhead Academy is a grade 9-12 program that is operated by the Weiser School District. It's purpose is to provide an alternative form of education for students who meet the program's eligibility criteria and are accepted by the program's admissions team. Students from neighboring school districts may make application to the program. Out-of-district students must also submit an Open Enrollment Form (available at the Weiser School District Office). The diploma granted through this program by the Weiser School District Board of Trustees is a 46 credit diploma that meets the criteria of the Idaho State Board of Education. Credits earned at IAHS can be transferred to any Idaho high school. Students also have to pass the Sate of Idaho graduation assessment at a proficient level and complete a senior project in order to graduate.

Eligibility
An at-risk student is any secondary student (grades 7-12) who meets any one (1) of the conditions numbered 1 through 7 below OR who meets any three (3) of the conditions in the bulleted list.

Is pregnant or a parent
Is a previous dropout
Is an emancipated youth
Is court or agency ordered to apply to the Academy
Is recommended by the school district as determined by locally developed criteria for disruptive student behavior
Has substance abuse behavior as verified by a medical professional or law
Has serious personal, emotional, or medical problems

Has repeated at least one grade
Has absenteeism greater than 10% during the preceding semester
Has a GPA less than 1.5 prior to enrolling in an alternative secondary program
Has failed one or more academic subjects
Is behind two or more semester credits per year of the rate required to graduate
Is a limited English proficient student who has not been in a program more than three years.

IAHS Belief Statement for our Students (revised January, 2017)

Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make. Period.

Information Brochure

A list of Indianhead Academy Graduates

March 2013 Harley Hester May, 2015 Skylar Crowson
May 2013 Baili McIntosh May, 2015 Michelle Polmanteer
May 2013 Nohe Newsom June, 2015 Tessa Ransom
May 2013 Ian Tate June, 2015 Katie Bybee
July 2013 Austyn Knutson October, 2015 Robyn Dickerson
July 2013 Tyler Relka December, 2015 Jeremy Quick
October 2013 Tonya Hagan December, 2015 Andrea Wilson
October 2013 Justin Stephens   February, 2016 Zach Boyle
February 2014 Nicol Crowson March, 2016 Austin Grant
April 2014 Kayla Shelby May 2016 Britni Colyer Miller
April 2014 Tristen Butterfield July 2016 Makayla Mock
May 2014 Sophia Burgos (WHS) February 2017 Jarod Dixon
May 2014 Christopher Huerta (WHS) April 2017 Danasia Faulkner
May 2014 Zachery Hinton April 2017 Rachel Kimball
July 2014 Alexander Hernandez December 2017 Arron Poyner
July 2014 Joel Jones December 2017 Timberly Lozano
December 2014 Nishanne Kress April 2018 Joseph Michael Rodgers
December 2014 Charlotte Newsom May 2018 Steven Schembri
December 2014 Jessica Speer May 2018 Daisy Parga
April 2015 Deanna Alba-Casares July 2018 Brandon Prather
April 2015 Kayley Sigfrit October 2018 Aaron Lowe
April 2015 Holly Sprinkle October 2018 Trista States

November 2018 Dominic Tompkins
December 2018 Blake Winters
January 2019 Zoe Rasmussen
January 2019 Harold Freeze
March 2019 Kelsey Koeppen
June 2019 Cole Downs
October 2019 Leighann Coriell
January 2020 Keidon Decker
January 2020 Sam Grindstaff
January 2020 Rayden Presher
January 2020 Kyred Roth
March 2020 Raven Jorgenson
March 2020 Adriana Lopez
March 2020 Jesse Perez-McCallister
March 2020 Sam Strange