WELCOME HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF

2020!!!!!

MiddleGrades do not count as credits

You go to the same class every day

HighGrades become credits that are required for graduation

You will follow a modified block schedule

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL

A student earns a credit when he or she successfully completes a course by earning a minimum grade of a 70 and being in attendance 90% of the time.

Students earn a half credit for each successfully completed semester class.

Students must earn a particular number of credits to be promoted from one grade to the next and to graduate.

HOW DO I EARN A CREDIT???

Modified Block

A DAY B DAY1st Block (55 minutes)

2A (90 minutes) 2B (90 minutes)

3A (90 minutes)/LUNCH

3B (90 minutes)/LUNCH

4A (90 minutes) 4B (90 minutes)

5th Block (55 minutes)

MODIFIED BLOCK SCHEDULING

School Begins: 8:50 am

School Ends: 4:10 pm

•English 1•Algebra 1•Biology

Freshman Year

•English 2Sophomore Year

•US HistoryJunior Year

EOC GRADUATION

REQUIREMENTS

All students must earn a Level 2 on the following STAAR/EOC

EXAMS:

Every student will select an Endorsement (major) under which he or she will graduate

All students graduating with an Endorsement are required to take an additional math and science credit.

ENDORSEMENTS

Why Choose an

Endorsement/Major?

Allows the student to apply

core curriculum in a practical way

Allows the student to earn licensures and certifications while in high

school

Helps the student build skills toward

college and/or career choices

Advance

d Technology

Complex (ATC

)

Why gradu

ate on the

Distinguish

ed Level

of Achieveme

nt?

Better preparation for college-level coursework

Must be earned to be admitted to

a Texas public university under

the Top 10 percent

automatic admission law

Ensures you are a more competitive applicant at the most selective colleges and universities

Performance Acknowledgemen

t

How do I earn a Performance

Acknowledgement?Dual CreditBilingualism and BiliteracyAP/IB ExamsNational Merit Scholarship

FinalistParticular score on PSAT,

SAT, or ACTBusiness/Industry

Certification

Performance Acknowledgemen

t

What can I do now to work toward earning a

performance acknowledgement?

Take rigorous courses your

freshman year and throughout

high school.

PRE AP & ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) PROGRAM

• Pre AP classes are available to all freshmen • Pre AP courses go into more depth and breadth

than other courses• Frequently, Pre AP courses have summer

reading and/or writing assignments• Pre AP courses help prepare students for AP

courses and college level work

Middle Years Programme (MYP) 9 th & 10th Grade ALL 9thgraders will take

MYP Design (HS 101/Professional Comm. )

Begin your 4 years of a World Language

Individual learning through Problem-Based Units and Personal Project

Gain technology and practical skills that will produce success in the DP

All 9 th & 10 th graders are MYP students

Diploma Programme (DP)11 t h & 12 t h Grade

Students receive a rigorous, college prep program valued throughout the world

Multiple assessments are used to achieve scores reported to colleges

TX HB 111 provides a minimum of 24 college credit hours at TX public universities for diploma earners

DP is a choice program for 11 t h and 12 t h graders but is required for all IB transfer students

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM

Counselors will work with students to make sure they are selecting the correct courses for 9th grade.

Only the courses being input for 9th grade on the PGP will be for course selection.

Students may not take a course in high school that they have already taken in middle school for HS credit. (Example – Algebra and/or Spanish)

Course

Selection

Students will write in their

endorsement and Sub

Endorsement. These can be

changed!

Arts & Humanities

Theater

Students will complete all of the demographic

information

With the assistance of the counselors,

students will select the courses they will

be taking as 9th graders.

With the assistance of the counselors,

students will develop the remainder of their Personal Graduation

Plans. This will be revisited each year of

high school!

The student and parent should sign the PGP

acknowledging the endorsement

choice and schedule change

policy

Dec. 2nd-Field trip to the ATC

Dec. 3rd & 4th-Course Selection Request Card/Personal Graduation Plan

Dec. 7th-Course Cards DUE H.S. counselors review 4 year plans

Dec. 10th & 11th-Students input 4 year plans into Naviance

DUE DAT

E Dec. 7

VERIFICATION LETTER

A VERIFICATION LETTER WILL BE

MAILED HOME IN EARLY APRIL FOR

STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO REVIEW.

April 28 will be the last date to make any changes to 9th grade selected courses.

GOT QUESTIONS??

?PLEASE REACH OUT TO

THE COUNSELOR

View this power point on the Denton ISD Counseling Website or the high school

websites.

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something

about it now. -Alan Lakein

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS???