Beginning Your Freshman Year at Century High School

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Beginning Your Freshman Year at Century High
School
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What does a credit mean?

• 1 course per semester .50 credit 
• Semester grades are put on your transcript
• These grades determine your GPA and rank
• 6 courses per semester 3 credits
• 6 courses times 2 semesters per year 6 credits
• 6 credits per year times 4 years 24 credits
• 24 Total Credits are Required for Graduation
• These Credits Include Required and Elective
  Courses

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What is a Passing Grade?

• A passing grade is required to earn any credit
  for a class
• If a failing grade is earned in a required
  course, the course must be retaken

• Passing grades are
• A
• B
• C
• D
• P
• Failing grades are
• F

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What is a GPA?

• Grade point average (GPA) is the numeric average
  of your semester or overall semester grades.
• Add up the numeric equivalent of your semester
  grades and divide by the number of classes GPA

• Passing grades are
• A 4.0
• B 3.0
• C 2.0
• D 1.0
• P Neutral
• Failing grades are
• F 0

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COURSE/CREDIT REQUIREMENTS

• Page 5 in the course guide

• Courses Credits Required
• English .4
• English 9 (1.0 credits)
• American Lit (1.0)
• World Literature (1.0)
• English 4 (0.5)
• Speech (0.5)
• Math (through Alg. II)..3
• Science .3
• Biology (1.0)
• Chemistry (1.0)
• Physics (1.0)
• Social Studies ...3
• World History (1.0)
• American History (1.0)
• Human Geography (0.5)
• Government (0.5)

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COURSE/CREDIT REQUIREMENTS (cont).
Page 5 in the course guide

• Courses Credits Required
• Economics .5
• Physical Education .5
• Health .5
• Fine Arts 1.0
• Arts, Music, Interior Design,
• Fashion Design, Intro to Engineering,
• Culinary Arts, Drama, pg 37-40
• Electives 8.5
• Total Credits 24

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Required 9th Grade Courses
Page 23 in the course guide
English Options (Full Year) English Learner
Program English Foundations English Foundations
Honors
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Required 9th Grade Courses
Page 62 in the course guide
Social Studies Options (Full Year) World
History EL World History
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Required 9th Grade Courses
Page 57 in the course guide
Science Options (Full Year) Biology Biology
Honors PLTW Principles of Biomedical Science
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Required 9th Grade Courses
Page 49 in the course guide
Math Options (Full Year) Intermediate
Algebra Intermediate Algebra Honors Geometry
Honors Algebra 2 Honors
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Required Course PE
Page 53 in the course guide

• 0.5 credits of Physical Education is required to
  graduate
• Students must take one of the following
  introductory courses to meet graduation
  requirements
• Foundations of Fitness
• Individual Movement and Fitness
• Introduction to Weight Training and Conditioning

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9th Grade Courses
Pages are marked on your blue registration sheet
Electives in Many Subject Areas
Business Speech Engineering Physical
Education Culinary Arts Industrial
Technology Agriculture Art/Music Science
World Language Information Technology
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Filling Out Your Registration Sheet

• You will have at least 6 classes
• Important If you want music as a 7th class
  include it on 7th line
• Other 7th choices will be awarded on a space
  available basis
• Page 12 Career Pathways

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Alternates

• The Alternate section on your card will be used
  for alternate choices in the event your first
  choice for an elective in line 5 and 6 are
  unavailable
• Alternates are important in the event that we
  have to cancel or restrict availability of a
  particular class
• Not a bad idea to have a first and second choice
  for your language
• Prioritize the order of alternatives-Pick what
  you would be happy with.

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Balance/ Prioritize
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Get Involved!In Activities Athletics.

• 25 Boys and Girls Sports
• Danceline
• Drama and Art Club
• Vocational and Business Clubs
• Model UN

• Service Clubs
• Student Council
• Chess Club
• Math League
• Speech
• Many other ways to get involved and have fun!

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Returning Your Registration Form

• Bring completed forms with courses for 9th grade
  chosen to Century Panther Night on January 25
• Or return it to your school by January 28 if you
  or your parents are unable to attend Panther
  Night

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I wish I had known

• Read EVERYTHING the teacher tells you to read,
  even the textbook stories.
• Time management
• Honors classes will have more homework
• A lot of writing (5 paragraph essays)
• Dont procrastinate
• Group work

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I wish I had known

• Do the packets and worksheets
• Take notes
• It is difficult to catch up if you fall behind
• You need to study/review notes
• Important to ask for help when you need it/take
  advantage of the help that is offered
• Pay attention!!
• Math homework seems repetitive, gets boring, but
  it helps with the learning

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Questions???
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Contacts

• If you have questions please contact
• Eileen Strabala-Backus, 9th grade counselor
• 328-5003,
• eistrabala-backus_at_rochester.k12.mn.us
• Kurt Verdoorn, registrar
• kuverdoorn_at_rochester.k12.mn.us
• Molly Murphy, 9th grade administrator
• momurphy_at_rochester.k12.mn.us