NEW BEGINNINGS: COUNTDOWN TO HIGH SCHOOL

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NEW BEGINNINGSCOUNTDOWN TO HIGH SCHOOL

• Presented by the Northview Counseling Department

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So you want to be a Northview Titan?

• Heres what you need to know

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Northview Life
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Counseling Office Who are we???

• Students are assigned to a counselor by
• their last name (Subject to Change)
• Mrs. Samiah Garcia A - Ch
• Mr. Jamie D. Brown Ci - Gr
• Ms. Renee Ferrerio Gu - Kim
• Mrs. Allison Leja Kin - Mi
• Mrs. Clair Greenaway Mo - Par
• Mr. Jay Mercer Pas - Sp
• Mr. Steve Creel Sr - Z

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Counseling OfficeWho are we???

• Mr. Alan Hogan Ms. Jenny Cole,
• Counselors
• Mrs. Bonnie Lee Mr. Bob Mangan,
• Graduation Coaches
• Mrs. Gail Polizzi,
• College Career Coordinator
• Mrs. Shirley Unger,
• Records Coordinator
• Mrs. Dorothy Donelson,
• Counseling Secretary

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What can we do for you?

• Coordinate Parent/Student/Teacher Conference
• Study Skills Seminars
• Peer STARS program
• (Diversity, Translation, Mentoring Programs)
• Information Nights
• College Fair Night

• Individual counseling
• Small group counseling guidance
• Scheduling/Registration
• (Educational advisement)
• Classroom Guidance
• Post-secondary educational planning
• Career planning
• Administer school-wide
  standardized tests

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HIGH SCHOOLEarning Your Way - BY THE NUMBERS

• 23
• Number of units of credits
• needed to graduate (specific
• course requirements)
• 0.5
• 1 semester course
• 2
• Number of 18-week
• semesters in a school year
• 6
• Number of classes taken
• each semester

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High School Diploma Graduation
Requirements for the Class of 2012 and beyond

• All students will be required to complete a total
• of 23 units for graduation. All students will
  take
• 4 units of ENGLISH
• 4 units of MATHEMATICS
• 4 units of SCIENCE
• 3 units of SOCIAL STUDIES
• At least 3 units required from FOREIGN LANGUAGE
  and/or CTAE (Career, Technical, and Agricultural
  Education programs) and/or FINE ARTS for all
  students
• At least 4 units of additional ELECTIVES
• 1 unit in HEALTH/PHYSICAL EDUCATION
• Students planning to enter or transfer into a
  4-year college must take 2 units of the same
  foreign language

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English/Language Arts
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Mathematics
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Mathematics
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Science
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ScienceExamples

• 9th Biology
• 10th Physical Science
• 11th Chemistry, Environmental Sci, Earth Sys,
  or AP
• 12th Sci Selective

• 9th Biology
• 10th Chemistry
• 11th Physics or Science Selective
• 12th Physics or Science Selective

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4th Year Science Requirement

• AP Physics B/C
• AP Biology
• AP Chemistry
• AP Environmental
• Science
• Organic Chemistry Biochemistry H
• Human Anatomy and Physiology

• Genetics Honors
• Environmental Science
• Earth Systems
• AP Computer Science A/AB
• Engineering Applications
• Food Nutrition through Lifespan

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Social Studies
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE and/or CTAE (Career, Technical,
and Agricultural Education programs) and/or FINE
ARTS

• 3 UNITS

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World (Foreign) Language
WORLD LANGUAGE
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CTAE (Career, Technical, and Agricultural
Education Programs)

• Business Computer Science
• Engineering Technology
• Family Consumer Sciences
• Broadcast Video Production
• Government Public Safety
• (Army JROTC)

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Fine Arts

• Music
• Drama
• Visual Art

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General Health/Physical Education
Personal Fitness is waived if student takes three
years of JROTC
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Electives4 UNITS

• Art classes
• Orchestra
• Band
• Guitar
• Piano
• Chorus
• Drama
• JROTC
• Business

• Computer Science
• Engineering Technology
• Family Consumer
• Sciences
• World Geography
• Speech/Forensics
• World Language
• Broadcast Video
• Production
• Physical Education

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Typical Freshman Schedule
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Registration for Courses

• COURSE PLACEMENT FORM
• Includes course placements from current subject
  teacher (not the students schedule)
• Grid to indicate electives choices
• Spaces to request an Honor course be changed to
  an on-level (regular) course
• Return to homeroom teacher on Tuesday, March 11th

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Waiver Forms Guidelines

• Students are placed in courses based on specific
  criteria. Prerequisite requirements reflect
  skills and levels of achievement needed for
  success in a desired course.
• Proper academic placement is essential for
  academic success therefore, students will not be
  placed in courses in which the prerequisite
  requirements have not been met.
• Course placement is contingent upon the final
  unweighted course grade.
• If a student fails to meet a prerequisite
  unweighted grade requirement by three or less
  points but has fulfilled all other
  pre-requisites, a parent may request placement in
  the desired course by completing a placement
  waiver.
• This is the only circumstance for which placement
  waivers will be offered. Forms available in May.

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Selecting Electives

• Electives may be just a semester or yearlong.
• Review the course descriptions and prerequisites
  of electives found in the NHS Academic Catalogue.
• Select elective choices as well as alternates
  just in case we are unable to schedule you into
  your first choice.

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Fine Art Electives

• Music - audition required for appropriate
  placement
• Concert Band I
• Concert Orchestra I
• Chorus Intermediate Mixed Chorus
• Drama Acting 1A
• or Technical Theater I
• Visual Art
• Introduction to Art

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Registration for Courses

• Make sure computer numbers are correct and that
  your total credits equal six
• Yearlong course (YR) 1.0
• Semester course (SX) 0.5
• Give registration packet (Course Placement Form
  and Academic Catalogue) to your parents to bring
  to Academic Advisement Night for Rising 9th Grade
  Parents on Thursday, March 6th at 700 pm, NHS
  Theater
• Return to M.S. homeroom teacher on Tuesday, March
  11th

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Completing the Course Request Form

• Course Name Credits
• 9th Lit/Comp H 1.0 Course Placements by
• Math I 1.0 current
  subject teacher
• Biology 1.0
• Spanish II H 1.0
• American Gov/Civics 0.5
• General Health 0.5
• Elective Choices Alternate
  Elective Choices
• Intro to Art 0.5 General PE 1
• World Geography 0.5 Guitar 1A_________
• TOTAL UNITS 6.0

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Advanced Level Courses

• Honors (available to 9th graders)
• Advanced Placement
• College Courses

• Seven (7) additional points are added
• at the end of each semester to passing grades in
  advanced level courses.

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How do Honors Points work?

• COURSE GRADE GRADE ON
  TRANSCRIPT
• Lit/Comp H 90 97
• Math I 90 90
• Biology 90 90
• American Gov/Civics 90 90
• Intro to Art 90 90
• Spanish II H 90 97
• Total 540 554
• Grade Average 90.0 92.3

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TESTING

• Georgia High School Graduation Tests (GHSGT)
• Students must pass all portions of the test in
• order to graduate from a Georgia high school as
• well as participate in the graduation ceremony.
• Students with failing scores on any portion of
  the
• test will have five more opportunities to retest.
  
• The schedule for testing is as follows
• Sept/Oct Writing
• March English/Lang. Arts
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies
• www.doe.k12.ga.us

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TESTING

• End of Course Tests (EOCT) - Beginning in
  December
• 2003, the Georgia Department of Education
  requires
• students in certain courses to take an
  End-of-Course-Test
• (EOCT).
• There are eight End of Course Tests
• Math I Math II Physical
  Science Biology
• Economics U.S. History
• 9th Grade Lit/Comp American Lit/Comp
• Counts 15 of final course grade
• Students taking Online, Night School, Summer
  School or college courses in EOCT subjects must
  take the test.
• http//www.doe.k12.ga.us/curriculum/testing/eoct.a
  sp

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TESTING

• Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT)
• Abbreviated form of the SAT I designed to give
• students an opportunity to practice taking a test
• which is similar but shorter than the SAT I
• It is given in October to 9th (fee), 10th, 11th
  graders
• National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
  (NMSQT) In the junior year, scores from the
  PSATs are used to determine if a student
  qualifies for a National Merit Scholarship.
• www.collegeboard.com

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What if I fail a class?

• Making Up Failed Courses
• In schedule
• Night School
• Online H.S. Courses
• Summer School

• Retention Policy
• 5 units to be promoted to the 10th grade
• 10 units to be promoted to the 11th grade
• 16 units to be promoted to the 12th grade

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No Pass, No Play

• To participate in sports, you must have passed
  FIVE classes the previous semester
• Must be on track to graduate according to GHSA
  standards

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High School Success

• Proper Placement in classes
• Complete Homework
• Study, Study, Study
• Be organized
• (Keep an agenda)
• Seek help when needed
• Get involved

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iTitanFreshman Orientation CampNorthview High
SchoolTuesday, July 29, 2008815 am 800
pmCost 25Registration forms due by Friday,
June 20thLearn the ins and outs of the NHS
campus, high school basics and Northview
traditions.

• ALL SUMMER CAMPS WILL BE ON THE SCHOOLS WEBSITE

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The End

• Q A
• NHS website
• www.northviewhigh.com