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ARC (ACADEMIC RESOURCE CENTER)

The Academic Resource Center is available to all students any period of the day, any day of the week in room A106 or
room A202-A for academic assistance or a quiet place to study. ARC also offers online APEX coursework assigned through
the office of the Unit Principals.

NHS PEER TUTORING

Peer Tutoring is one of our NHS Hudson Chapter projects. Peer Tutoring is available every day of the week, every period
of the day in the ARC room A106. They may also be available in AST, After School Tutoring, or the Homework Connection
at the Hudson Public Library where National Honor Society students are available to tutor every Monday and Tuesday
from 7:00 to 8:30pm when Hudson schools are in session.

AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING

Open Thursday from 3:00-4:30 PM in room A106. An adult tutor is available to help students get back on track and to
provide academic support.

HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

The Hudson City Schools’ Student Assistance Team consists of staff and support staff who received basic alcohol and other
drug prevention and intervention training. The team meets weekly to manage the program and to discuss student issues.
All members are available for students who have concerns about another student, a friend, a family member or
themselves. The district-wide Student Assistance Team supports the team.

Saturday Family Workshop is a family-based program offered through the Six District Educational Compact to middle and
high school students and their parents or legal guardians as an alternative consequence of an alcohol/other drug school
policy violation or a juvenile justice referral. Student Support Groups are offered to students needing support for their
recovery from chemical dependency. Additional drug education support groups are offered as needed.

H.U.D.D.L.E. (Membership in Drug Free Clubs of America required of all HUDDLE students)

HUDDLE, which stands for Helping Us Develop Dedication, Leadership and Enthusiasm is a mentoring program in which
high school students educate younger students about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. The high school
mentors help younger students learn about ways of saying “No” to peer pressure. Mentor-led learning is a type of role-
modeling that enables youth to see good examples of people who are older and living a tobacco, alcohol and drug-free
lifestyle. This program has been adapted to fit the Hudson City Schools curriculum standards.

The HUDDLE program targets many of the developmental assets, which have been identified by the Search Institute and
Hudson’s Community First as the building blocks of healthy development. It also meets the instructional objectives of the
Health curriculum developed for fourth and sixth grades.

High school students are selected to be HUDDLE mentors after completing an extensive application and interview process,
and committing to being completely tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs-free. HUDDLE mentors also complete a training
session to learn how to effectively teach the HUDDLE lessons to the younger students. They present three lessons to
fourth grade students, and three lessons to sixth grade students. Mentors are also being responsible for the Freshman
Mentoring program which kicks off with Freshman Orientation.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Students may earn one-quarter credit for Community Service on their transcript by obtaining 30 volunteer service hours
through any combination of school and/or community organizations. Students must complete a Service Log and submit
it to the School Counseling Office. Service hours must be verified (signature) by the adult in charge of the organization.
The one-quarter credit will appear on the student’s transcript with a “P/Pass” for a grade. No more than one-quarter
credit can be earned in a school year regardless of the number of hours submitted.

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