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What is the Level Up Program at JHS?

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Dedicated School Time for Extra Support

Starting in January 2026, all Joplin High School students will have the opportunity to receive dedicated, in-school support services to help them Level Up their academic success in the classes and subjects they need it most. Level Up options will fill the former Transitions period, and will be offered every day of the week.

Level Up is designed to help students improve grades, build skills, and stay on track for graduation before small problems become large obstacles. The time is focused on individual growth and success, not punishment. We understand that everyone needs support sometimes, even when the grade card shows an A or a B, and Level Up is designed to meet those needs right in the middle of the school day, without asking students to come early or stay late for tutoring. The goal is effectively to help students take ownership of their own learning so they can Level Up their academics.

Three Levels of Opportunity

  • Intervention: Targeted Support
    This is a 30-minute session that provides focused help on a SPECIFIC LEARNING STANDARD. Students will work with a teacher to relearn, practice, and retest to master a specific standard in a specific content area.
  • Academic Opportunity: The Catch-Up
    This is 30 minutes of structured time for students who have a D or an F to work with a teacher to improve their grades, complete missing work, retake assessments, and get help.
  • Eagle Time: The Reward
    This is a 30-minute reward period for students who are meeting expectations and mastering standards as expected. Students can choose from a variety of non-classroom locations to socialize, get ahead on work, read, or relax.

Learn More about how to Level Up at JHS

INTERVENTION: TARGETED SUPPORT

Students will be requested by a teacher to join them for a three-week period of intervention that provides focused help on a specific learning standard. Requests will automatically be updated in the student's schedule, noting the location and teacher for their Intervention (RTI). The student will work with the teacher to relearn, practice, and retest to master the content. This time is geared toward any student not yet proficient on a specific learning standard, and is not related to a letter grade

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY: CATCH UP

Students who have a D or an F in any class will be requested by a teacher to join them for a three-week period of Academic Opportunity. This time will provide structured resources to help students improve their grades, complete missing work, retake assessments, and get broad help from a teacher. Requests will automatically be updated in the student's schedule, noting the location and teacher for their Academic Opportunity time.

EAGLE TIME: REWARD

Students who have an A, B, or C in all classes and are meeting proficiency in all standards will be allowed to spend this period relaxing, catching up on school work, hanging out with friends, or reading, in one of several Eagle Time locations like the library, the cafeteria, the gym, or the Rose Garden. Students will be supervised by staff at all times, and are required to uphold all school procecures including the cell phone ban.

Have a Question about the Level Up Program?

  • At Joplin High School, our goal is to support every student to reach success – however that looks for them as individuals. We noticed that when we tried to schedule extras supports like tutoring outside of school hours, many students were unable to take advantage of the opportunity due to transportation issues, work schedules, or personal reasons. 

    For many years now, we have used a 30-minute Transitions period on Mondays and Fridays each week to help students navigate their high school experience and prepare for adulthood. With the start of Freshman Academy last year, we noticed that course would satisfy all of the Transition requirements in one school year.

    So in anticipation of starting the Level Up program this semester, we updated the daily schedule to include Transitions courses every day of the week, then condensed that course material to be completed in the first three weeks of the semester. We will henceforth use the Transitions period (11:00-11:30am daily) for the rest of the school year as Level Up time.

    A student will recieve their 3-week Level Up assignment (Intervention, Academic Opportunity, or Eagle Time) through an automatic PowerSchool update every three weeks. The 3-week cycle allows three chances for a student to Level Up within a 9-week academic quarter.

  • Students in Intervention can Level Up by successfully mastering the specific learning standard for which they were assigned intervention.

    Students in Academic Opportunity can Level Up by successfully raising their D or F letter grade to an A, B, or C.

  • Each day of the week is associated with a certain subject area. This allows students who need support in more than one subject area to not be limited to a choice of which subject area to focus on.

    Mondays: Electives
    Tuesdays: Math
    Wednesdays: Science
    Thursdays: English
    Fridays: Social Studies

    If a student only needs to close learning gaps in math, but is successfully meeting standards in all other subject areas, they will only be scheduled for intervention on Tuesdays, for example. If they also are missing a standard in English, they will attend on Thursdays as well, and so on as needed.

  • A learning standard is a specific topic of mastery within a unit of study in a core or elective subject area. For example, a student enrolled in Biology could be studying a unit on the Scientific Method and Metric System. Within that unit, there are standards to: 

    • Actively demonstrate the steps of the scientific method
    • Utilize laboratory equipment safely & effectively
    • Calculate data using the metric system (SI)
    • Analyze data and construct meaningful graphs/ data tables
    • Evaluate quantitative and qualitative data
    • Communicate results effectively

    Perhaps the student was absent during the week the class focused on calculating data using the metric system and analyzing data to construct graphs and data tables, and they’ve missed mastery of those particular standards. Perhaps they still have an A, B, or C in the class, but the teacher notices that by missing those standards, the student lacks understanding that will be imperative for mastery of upcoming units and tests. This student is a good candidate for intervention, and can be requested to recieve targeted support in just these standards to support their further success.

  • No. Students who are requested to attend an Intervention or Academic Opportunity session are required to comply. Their schedule will be automatically updated and they will be expected to arrive to the appointed classroom during Level Up time (11:00am to 11:30am daily) during their 3-week session. Attendance will be taken in Intervention and Academic Opportunity classes as usual.

  • At the end of each 3-week period each quarter, teachers will upload all grades into PowerSchool. At that time, they will also note which students need additional support to close the gap on a particular learning standard, and which students have a D or an F. Students with those needs will be requested to join Intervention or Academic Opportunity sessions for the following 3 week period.

An infographic depicting the Level Up Program at JHS. All info in the graphic is included in HTML in various places on this webpage.