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Understanding Windham High School Acronyms

An Acronym is a "make-believe" word that stands for several words. An acronym is usually all uppercase letters and it is usually made up of the first letters of the words that it replaces. WHS in these web pages, therefore, stands for Windham High School. It is a way for people to process more information while using fewer words. As you go through the WHS web site, you'll find a lot of acronyms. We've assembled a list of many of them here to help you navigate these web pages successfully.


Common Acronyms at Windham High School

Acronym

Words It Replaces

A

Absent

AA

Absent Unassigned

AC

Absent with Counselor

ACE American Council on Education®  (Regulators of the GED Tests)

AD

Administrative Absence

AE

Absent Excused

AF

Absent Field Trip

AH

Absent Health Center

AP

Advanced Placement

AT

Absent Tardy

AU

Absent Unexcused

AW

Absent Withdrawn

BS

Bus Suspension

CAPT

Connecticut Academic Performance Test

CE

Continuing Education

CIAC

Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference

CLEP

College Level Examination Program (College Board term)

CR

Credits

CST

Child Study Team

D

Dismissal

DAO

District Attendance Office

DD

Detained with Administrator

DECA

Distributive Educational Club of America

ECC

Eastern Connecticut Conference

ECE

Early College Experience
(formerly known as the UConn Coop Program for Superior High School Students)

ECSU

Eastern Connecticut State University

ED

Extended Detention

EFC

Expected Family Contribution

ERA

Eastern Regional Academy

ERG

Educational Reference Group

ESOL

English for Speakers of Other Languages

ET

Tardy Excused

EX

Tardy Excused

FT

Field Trip

FAFSA

Free Application for Federal Student Aid

FWSN

Family with Service Needs

GED

General Educational Development

GEDTS General Educational Development Testing Service™

H

Honors

HH

High Honors

IEP

Individual Education Plan

INC

Incomplete

IPR

Interim Progress Report

ISS

In-School Suspension

LEP

Limited English Proficiency

LMC

Library and Media Center

MP

Marking Period

NC

No Credit

NEASC

New England Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges

NHS

National Honor Society

NMSQT

National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (usually PSAT/NMSQT)

OSS

Our-of-School Suspension

P

Passing

P

Present

PAC

Parent Advisory Counsel

PDP

Partial Day Program

PGR

Performance Graduation Requirements

PPT

Planning and Placement Team

PQRST

Preview, Question, Read, State, Test

PSAT

Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (usually PSAT/NMSQT)

QVCC

Quinebaug Valley Community College

R

Return

ROC

Recovery of Credit

RP

Recorded Present

SAT

Scholastic Assessment Test

SEM

Semester

SSD

Services for Students with Disabilities (College Board term)

T

Tardy

TA

Tardy Unassigned

TE

Tardy Excused

TOEFL

Test of English as a Foreign Language (College Board term)

TR

Truant

TU

Tardy Unexcused

UConn

University of Connecticut

W

Withdraw

WAC

Windham Academy

WHIP

Windham High Incentive Program

WHS

Windham High School

WPS

Windham Public Schools

YACHS

Young Adult Credit High School

 


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Windham High School Counseling Department
355 High Street Willimantic, CT 06226
Tel: (860) 465-2470
FAX: (860) 465-2463
E-Mail: Counseling Department Co-Directors

 

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