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The Road to Success: Becoming a High School Student and Achieving Your Goals Class of 2017

The Road to Success: Becoming a High School Student and Achieving Your Goals Class of 2017. Agenda. Scheduling Timeline Process Teacher recommendations Academic Performance Why does it matter? Your academic transcript Progress toward graduation requirements How to calculate your GPA

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The Road to Success: Becoming a High School Student and Achieving Your Goals Class of 2017

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  1. The Road to Success:Becoming a High School Student and Achieving Your GoalsClass of 2017

  2. Agenda • Scheduling • Timeline • Process • Teacher recommendations • Academic Performance • Why does it matter? • Your academic transcript • Progress toward graduation requirements • How to calculate your GPA • What’s After High School?

  3. Scheduling Timeline/Process • Early February – students received course recommendations for next year • Late February – students entered initial course requests into scheduling system • March – parents came into Titan Time to speak with teachers if needed about recommendations • February – June • I meet with each and every student in Titan Time • Your Titan will come home with a purple sheet indicating final course selections • I welcome any and all appointments (I will do my best to work with your schedule!)

  4. Scheduling Timeline/Process continued • Summer school information • I will know as soon as the budget is passed • Look for information on the LCPS website and contact me via phone or email • June 6th • The LAST day to change courses • This is a firm deadline!! • Summer • Administrators build student schedules • Zero Day – come get your schedule! • Thursday, August 28th 2014

  5. Your Academic Performance: Importance in Teacher Recommendations In recommending what course they believe you should take in your sophomore year, teachers will consider your: • Grades & progress throughout the year • Effort • Self-discipline • Responsibility • Goals & Interests • Feel free to email teachers directly with questions

  6. Important Options to Consider for Next Year…. • English 10 Honors or Academic • AP World History or World History Academic • Math – what’s your recommended course? • Science – Biology Honors or Academic • Are you currently in Earth Science Honors? • Continuing in a foreign language • From a college perspective, discontinuing a foreign language after freshman year is not a good idea! • Continuing in an elective • It is most important to find BALANCE in your life

  7. Your Academic Performance: Importance in College Admission • Your grades & the difficulty of the courses you take are the two most important factors in college admission decisions • Activities, recommendations, and application essays are important and allow you to set yourself apart from others, BUT... your grades and the rigor of your courses will be what determines whether a college will consider you a competitive candidate

  8. What Colleges Look for in applicants

  9. What JMU has to say… “The Admissions Committee is most interested in the quality of the applicant's high school program of study. Students with solid achievement in four or more academic courses each year of high school will have a distinct advantage in the admission process. Competitive candidates for admission will have taken upper level coursework (i.e. Honors, AP, IB, Dual Enrollment) in the core academic areas when available in their high school. Competitive candidates will have mostly As and Bs in the core academic areas: English, math, lab science, social science and foreign language. While we focus on the individual grades in each core academic class the admissions committee notes the high school grade point average and class rank if reported by the high school.” http://www.jmu.edu/admissions/process/freshman.shtml

  10. Academic Transcript • Freshman year is the foundation of your academic transcript! • Your transcript includes: • Classes taken each year • Semester 1, Semester 2, and Final Grades in each class • Credits earned • Verified credits earned (passing the class & the SOL) • Absences each year • Grade Point Average • Class Rank

  11. Graduation Requirements

  12. What’s This I Hear About An Online Course Requirement? • “students must complete one virtual course, which may be non-credit bearing” • What does that mean?!? • Built in to Personal Finance

  13. Grade Point Average (GPA) • Current Year GPA • Average of the grades you earned in courses you’ve taken in a particular school year • This GPA will appear on your report card • Cumulative GPA • Average of the grades you earned in all high school courses you’ve taken from 9th – 12th grade (includes high school courses taken in middle school) • This GPA will appear on your academic transcript

  14. Grade Point Average (GPA) Each letter grade you earn receives quality points that are used to calculate your GPA

  15. Calculate Your 9th grade GPA English 9 Honors Pre-AP WH Honors Geometry Earth Science A Health/PE 9 Spanish 2 Gourmet Foods Fashion Design A B+ A B- A+ A- A A- 4.5 3.8 4.0 2.7 4.3 3.7 4.0 3.7 1 1 1 1 1 1 .5 .5 4.5 3.8 4.0 2.7 4.3 3.7 2.0 1.85 Course Name Letter Grade Quality Points x Credit Earned = Total Quality Points TOTAL QUALITY POINTS ÷ TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS = CURRENT YEAR GPA • 26.85 ÷ 7 = 3.84

  16. Calculate Your Cumulative GPA Quality Points Credits Year GPA 8th Grade 7.3 2 3.65 9th Grade 26.85 7 3.84 10th Grade 27.3 7 3.9 TOTAL: 61.45 16 Cumulative GPA: 61.45 ÷ 16 = 3.84

  17. What a Difference Each Year can Make…

  18. Average GPA for Admitted Students

  19. What About Standardized Tests? • PSAT • Given each year at the beginning of October to 9th, 10th, and 11th graders • It matters in 11th grade! • Use My College QuickStart • It’s not too early to think about the SAT/ACT • www.collegeboard.com • www.actstudent.org • Take one of each at the beginning of junior year

  20. What’s Naviance? • Your Titan has used it to put in course requests and take a Career Cluster Survey • Can be used to… • Build a resume • Search for college and career options • Understand how you match up to certain colleges and careers • www.connection.naviance.com/dominion

  21. College and Career Fairs • September 2014 at Rock Ridge High School • All colleges (see LCPS website) • March 2015 at Dominion High School • Some colleges but mostly careers an career clusters (see LCPS website)

  22. Leaving A Legacy Are you proud of… • who you are? • the decisions you make everyday? • the risks you take? • your role and the influence you have in your family, school, group of friends, and community? • your academic progress and achievement? • the first impressions you’ve made here at DHS?

  23. Extracurricular Involvement • Get involved – consistency is important! • Volunteer • It is okay to be “pointy”! • Look beyond just the academics…

  24. What Colleges Look for in applicants

  25. We Challenge the Class of 2017 to: • Be a person of good character, integrity, & respect • Make healthy decisions & take healthy risks • Be a positive influence in the lives of those around you • Strive for your best in all that you do • Distinguish yourself as a person & as a leader

  26. Questions?

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