WELCOME TO JASPER HIGH SCHOOL

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WELCOMETOJASPER HIGH SCHOOL

• CLASS OF
• 2013

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Choices

• Are you ready for all of the choices that you
  have to make?
• Type of Diploma
• Core 40
• Core 40 with Academic Honors
• Core 40 with Technical Honors
• Elective courses
• Sports
• Clubs
• Working while in school

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Are you prepared?

• Where you are going depends on where you have
  been.
• Does your future career require education after
  high school?
• Are you planning on enrolling in challenging high
  school courses?
• Are you ready to work hard and study in the
  classes you take?

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Basic Preparation

• Meet GQE requirements in English 10 and Algebra I
• Earn a diploma
• Core 40 diploma
• Core 40 with Academic Honors diploma
• Core 40 with Technical Honors diploma

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GQE Requirements

• Meet ECA standards in Algebra I and English 10
• Waiver (if it stays the same as now)
• Retest at least once a year
• Complete all remediation provided by school
• Maintain 95 attendance rate
• Achieve a C- average (1.5 GPA) in the 34 credits
  specifically required for graduation
• Complete all graduation requirements
• Complete requirements for Evidence-based waiver
  or Work-readiness waiver

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Core 40 Diploma
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Core 40 with Academic Honors Diploma
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Additional considerations for Academic Honors
Diploma

• Must complete ONE of the following
• 2 AP courses and corresponding AP exams OR-
• Dual HS/college courses resulting in 6 college
  credits OR-
• 1 AP course and corresponding AP exam and a dual
  HS/college course resulting in 3 college credits
  OR-
• 1200 or higher on SAT combined critical reading
  and math OR-
• ACT composite of 26 or above

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Core 40 with Technical Honors Diploma
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Additional requirements for Core 40 with
Technical Honors

• Must complete TWO of the options below, one of
  which must be A or B
• A. Score at or above the following levels on
  Work Keys
• Reading for Info 6
• Applied Math 6
• Locating Info 5 -OR-
• B. Earn 6 college credits in technical,
  transferable dual credit courses
• C. Complete a professional career internship or
  cooperative education course
• D. Earn a state approved industry recognized
  certification
• B, C, and D must be in the career/technical
  program area of study

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General Diploma

• Beginning with students who enter high school in
  2007-2008, completion of Core 40 becomes a
  graduation requirement.
• A general diploma is only available to students
  whose parents feel students are unable to
  complete the Core 40 curriculum.
• To graduate with less than Core 40, a formal
  Opt-out process must be completed.
• Beginning in fall 2011, Core 40 will be an
  admissions requirement to attend a public
  four-year university in Indiana (Core 40 is a
  minimum requirement colleges may have
  additional admissions requirements).

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Core 40 Opt-Out Triggers

• A parent may request that a student be exempted
  from the Core 40 curriculum and be required to
  complete the general diploma to graduate, or
• The student does not pass at least three (3)
  courses required under the Core 40 curriculum, or
• The student receives a score on the graduation
  examination that is in the twenty-fifth
  percentile or lower (score still being discussed
  by state) when taking the graduation exam for the
  first time.
• If the decision is made to opt-out of Core 40,
  the student is required to complete the
  course/credit requirements for a general diploma
  and the career/academic sequence the student will
  pursue is determined.

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Core 40 Opt-Out Process

• The student, the students parent/guardian, and
  the students counselor meet to discuss the
  students progress.
• The students career/course plan is reviewed.
• The students parent/guardian determines whether
  the student will achieve greater educational
  benefits by completing the general curriculum or
  the Core 40 curriculum.

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General Diploma
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A Change from Middle School

• At the end of a semester, if you complete courses
  with a passing grade of D- or better, you earn
  one credit in each of those courses.
• If you fail a required course - you must repeat
  each semester of all required classes until you
  earn the credit.

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Not to Worry

• We have seven periods in each day.
• If you take just six classes each semester, and
  pass all your classes, you will graduate with 48
  credits.

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Ninth Grade Enrollment Decisions

• Required
• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• Health/PE

• Electives
• Agriculture
• Art
• Business
• Family/Consumer Science
• Foreign Language
• Language Arts
• Music
• Technology

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English

• English 9
• English 9, Honors
• Language Arts Lab

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English Guidelines

• Students with As in 7th and 8th grade English
  and Pass achievement on ISTEP Language Arts may
  apply for admission to English 9 Honors
• Must also have written recommendation of 8th
  grade English teacher
• Any student not meeting the English standard on
  ISTEP will be required to take Language Arts Lab
• Language Arts Lab will count as elective credit,
  NOT as credit in English
• Enrollment form is marked if Language Arts Lab is
  required

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Mathematics

• Math Lab
• Pre-Algebra
• Algebra I
• Algebra I, Honors
• Geometry, Honors

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Mathematics Guidelines

• State guidelines require that all students
  complete Algebra I as two of their math credits
  required for graduation.
• Eighth grade math teachers will make the math
  placement recommendation.
• Any student not meeting the Eighth grade math
  standard on ISTEP will be required to take Math
  lab when enrolled in Algebra I.
• Enrollment form is marked if Math lab is
  required.
• Math lab will count as elective credit, NOT as
  credit in mathematics.

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Eighth Grade Algebra

• Completion of Algebra in the 8th grade is
  required for Geometry, Honors
• Grades earned in 8th grade Algebra will go on
  high school transcript and start the students
  GPA
• Student can choose to remove Algebra grades at
  the end of the junior year if they would rather
  count grades in AP Calculus for their 8 credits
  of math for an honors diploma

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Science

• Biology Ior
• Biology I, Honors

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Health and P.E.

• All freshmen will take
• Health one semester
• And
• P.E. one semester
• Students will need to take PE I and PE II
  before taking any other elective PE

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The Question Is

• P.E. this summer, during the school year, or
  both?
• Summer P.E. is May 27 June 27 (5 weeks)
• Cost for P.E. - 80
• Time commitment
• Some days 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
• Some days are 8 hours for a special activity

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Now For
Electives
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Agriculture

• First Semester
• Fundamentals of Ag Science and Business

• Second Semester
• Plant/Soil Science

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Art

• Introduction and Advanced 2D Art
• This is a full year course.
• This course is required before taking any other
  art classes.

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Business

• First Semester only
• Business Foundation

• Second Semester only
• Marketing
• Adv Comp Apps

May be either First or Second Semester Computer
Applications Digital Communication
Tools Must have good keyboarding skills
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Family Consumer Science

• Full year courses
• Nutrition/Wellness
• Textiles/Fashion Technology
• Available Second Semester only
• Interpersonal Relations

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Foreign Language
All are two semester classes
French I
German I
Spanish I
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Language Arts

• Student Publications
• This is a full year course
• This class produces the school newspaper and
  yearbook

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Music

• Instrumental Music
• Dance Performance -
• One semester only
• Marching guard
• Audition required
• If not enrolled in band
• Band
• Full year

• Vocal Music
• Beginning Chorus
• Full year

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Technology

• One Semester courses
• Construction Sys
• Manufacturing Sys
• Transportation Sys

• Full Year Course
• Intro to Eng Design- PLTW
• Algebra I required completed or enrolled in
• National pre-engineering program
• Introduction to the scope and rigor of engineering

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Weighted Grades

• Three directives for a weighted grading system
• Reward students that take more rigorous courses
• Reward students that have a percentage in a class
  above 98 (A)
• Recognize students taking a full schedule with no
  study hall

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Courses that are weightedReceive AP weight.
All others receive Honors weight

• English 9, Honors
• English 10, Honors
• English 11, Honors
• English Lit/Composition
• World History, Honors
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Algebra I, Honors
• Geometry, Honors
• Algebra II, Honors

• Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry
• AP Calculus
• Biology I, Honors
• Earth/Space Science, Honors
• Chemistry II
• Anatomy Physiology
• Physics, Honors
• Spanish IV
• German IV
• French IV

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Weighted Grading Scale
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Example Assume all courses are 1 credit courses
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Example Assume all courses are 1 credit courses
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Course Enrollment Decisions

• Planning to enroll in seven classes each
  semester?
• Consider
• Homework
• Extra-curricular activities
• Work
• Goals
• Interests
• Most students take six classes and a study hall.

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Enrollment Worksheet