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Southwest Miami High School

Eagle Strong!. Southwest Miami High School. Class of 2018 9 th Grade Parent Night. Graduation Requirements. 4 ENGLISH 4 MATH 3 SCIENCE 3 SOCIAL STUDIES 1 FINE ART ½ PERSONAL FITNESS ½ PHYSICAL EDUCATION 8 ELECTIVES 24 CREDITS TOTAL (Where one credit must be Virtual School).

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Southwest Miami High School

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  1. Eagle Strong! Southwest Miami High School Class of 2018 9th Grade Parent Night

  2. Graduation Requirements • 4 ENGLISH • 4 MATH • 3 SCIENCE • 3 SOCIAL STUDIES • 1 FINE ART • ½ PERSONAL FITNESS • ½ PHYSICAL EDUCATION • 8 ELECTIVES 24 CREDITS TOTAL (Where one credit must be Virtual School)

  3. Passing score on the Language Arts Assessment Pass Algebra 1 EOC test Participation in other EOCs: Bio, Geom, US Hist… Minimum 2.0 GPA 20 Community Service Hours 100 hours for many scholarships, like Bright Futures

  4. What is F.L.V.S ? • Florida Virtual School • All students must take one class to graduate • Variety of courses offered on-line • Credit earned for courses completed • Counselor recommendation required • Student needs to be self-disciplined • Suggested course for 9th graders- P.E.

  5. Academics • ACADEMICS COME FIRST! • An unweighted 2.0 GPA is required to participate in Athletics and Activities. • Also, students must maintain good standing in attendance • Ineligible upon the 10th absence,20th day tardy and/or excused early,or the 6th day suspended

  6. Honors/Gifted/AP: What’s the Difference Honors: 1 extra point with C or above Gifted Honors: 1 extra point with C or above ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adv. Placement: College Level Course: 2 extra points with A or B 1 extra point with C AP Test: College credit may be awarded with a passing score of 3, 4, 5 Dual Enrollment: College credit awarded 2 extra points

  7. Honors/Gifted/AP: Grading Scales

  8. AP COURSES OFFERED 14-15 • CAPSTONE: SEMINAR • ENGLISH LITERATURE & COMP. • ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMP. • CALCULUS AB • CALCULUS BC • STATISTICS • COMPUTER SCIENCE A • BIOLOGY • CHEMISTRY • PHYSICS 1 • PHYSICS C: MECHANICS • ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE • WORLD HISTORY • UNITED STATES HISTORY • US GOVERNMENT & POLITICS • MACROECONOMICS • EUROPEAN HISTORY • HUMAN GEOGRAPHY • PSYCHOLOGY • SPANISH LANGUAGE & CULTURE • SPANISH LITERATURE & CULTURE • STUDIO ART: 2D-DESIGN • STUDIO ART: 3D-DESIGN • STUDIO ART: DRAWING

  9. What do colleges want? • Rigorous curriculum all four years • Students who have challenged themselves • Well rounded • Community Service • Ethics/Discipline

  10. Tests that are a Must!A quick Timeline • PSAT: 9th, 10th, 11th • Practice SAT • October 15th, 2014 • $14 Registration fee from September 3-12 in Main Lobby • SAT: late 11th, 12th • Measures aptitude for success in college • Reading, Mathematics, Writing • www.collegeboard.com • ACT: late 11th, 12th • English, Reading, Mathematics, Science, Writing (opt.) • www.act.org

  11. Bright Futures & Other Scholarship criteria • Based on GPA of core classes • English, Math, Science, Social Sci., World Lang. • SAT/ACT scores • 100 hours of community service • www.facts.org • Scholarships • mostly Senior Year

  12. Silver Knight Award Program & Community Service Projects • Miami Herald, American Airlines Co-Sponsor • Outstanding service to the community in addition to stellar academics • Focus is on impact not a number of hours

  13. What we want our students to be… • Responsible • Self-motivated • Goal Oriented • Ethical • Well-rounded • Creative/Original

  14. What we want our parents to remember … • Keep your sense of humor • Trust that you have done an amazing job • You do have great kids • Be realistic • Integrity, respect, and citizenship leads to excellence

  15. What’s Happening at SW? • School Website • Sweagles.org • Advanced Academics Page • Like us on Facebook • www.facebook.com/ SouthwestMiamiHigh • Follow us on Twitter • www.twitter.com/SouthwestEagles

  16. Advanced Academics InformationJsotorrio@dadeschools.net(305) 274-0181 ext: 2249Thank you for Joining Us Tonight. we look forward to four great years!

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