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Welcome to the Ninth Grade. A Fresh Start. New teachers New opportunities Getting ready for life after high school Colleges look at your grades starting in the ninth grade. What you do now impacts the rest of high school and your future. Changes. Credits Attendance
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A Fresh Start • New teachers • New opportunities • Getting ready for life after high school • Colleges look at your grades starting in the ninth grade. • What you do now impacts the rest of high school and your future.
Changes • Credits • Attendance • Grade Point Average • Schedule • Lunches • Entrance in the morning • No Sustained Silent Reading class
Credits • What is a credit? • How are credits earned? • How do credits impact advancing to the next grade and graduation?
Credits Needed • To enter 10th grade • To enter 11th grade • To enter 12th grade • Graduate • 6 • 13 • 20 • 28
Attendance • It’s the LAW! • Failure to attend school on a regular basis may result in loss of credit and court action. • Math Department • Lose two points on your homework average for every class you are absent from.
Schedule/Classes • Eighth grade classes are 66 minutes in length. • High school classes are 84 minutes in length. • You have three classes from Aug-Jan and then you have three different classes from Jan-June. • Additionally, you have two classes that meet every other day, but they meet all year.
Schedule/Classes • You will have: • English • Environmental Science • Health/PE and Writing Skills Workshop (.50 credits each) • World History/Government • Math Semester 1 • Math Semester 2 • Elective (Special) • Elective (Special)
Schedule/Classes • A and D blocks rotate. • There are two B block classes and they alternate daily. • C block class does not change.
Grade Point Average • Each letter grade has a numerical value assigned to it from 0 to 4.3 (Honors and Advanced Placement Classes are weighted from 0 to 5.4). • Honor Roll/High Honors • Class Rank • College Acceptance • Scholarships • Sports
Lunches • There are two different lunches. • Lunches are either at the start of your C-block class (third period) or at the end of your C-block class. • Lunches are mixed with students from grades 9-12.
In the Morning • Students enter through the main entrance. • Must be in homeroom by 8:00 a.m.
3.8875 Totals • 33.4-Grade 11 • 31.3-Grade 10 • + 28.6-Grade 9 • 93.3 • 8 Credits-Grade 11 • 8 Credits-Grade 10 • 8 Credits-Grade 9 • 24 Total Credits
Remember • It’s a clean start… • What you do today, will impact tomorrow… • Keep all of your doors open for you…make good choices and decisions.
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