Welcome Welcome Incoming Incoming

99thth and 10 and 10thth Grade Grade Students Students

Principal – Renee Pentecost

Associate Principal – Ruben Molinar

Associate Principal – Clint Miller

Assistant Principals – Randall Ball, Chris Reza, and Terilyn Monday

Counselors – Denise Jensen, Juan Schmidt, Elizabeth Reed and Kristen Barger

LEHS Administration

Current high school courses offered at the junior high

********Do not retake these classes unless you fail********

Algebra IArt IGateway to Technology IGateway to Technology IIIHealthHeritage Spanish IIHeritage Spanish IIIPrinciples of Health SciencePrinciples of Education & TrainingPrinciples of Arts and AV ProductionProfessional CommunicationsSpanish ISpanish IITheatre I

Programs that require teacher approval

Examples:

Sports Medicine/Athletic Trainer

Athletics (students will be placed into PE until counselors receive approval from a coach)

Choir: Show Choir

Band: Winter Guard

Check course guide for additional classes

Prerequisites

Prerequisites - required or necessary as a prior condition

Examples:

Geometry

Prerequisite: Algebra I

Spanish II

Prerequisite: Spanish I

Creates a Foundation High School Program

Allows a student to earn an Endorsement in one of the following:

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Arts and Humanities Business and Industry Public Service Multidisciplinary

Provides for a Distinguished Level of Achievement

Texas New Graduation Plans (HB 5)

State Assessments

5 STAAR END-OF-COURSE (EOC) EXAMS

ENGLISH I ENGLISH II ALGEBRA I BIOLOGY US HISTORY

***You must pass all of the above to graduate!

CORE CLASSES

( SPECIFICALLY FOR 9TH GRADE)

ENGLISH/ LANGUAGE ARTS – ENG 1 ( REG OR PREAP)

MATHEMATICS – ALGEBRA I (REG) OR GEOMETRY( REG OR PREAP)

SCIENCE – BIOLOGY ( REG OR PREAP)

SOCIAL STUDIES – WORLD HISTORY ( REG OR PREAP)

Physical Education (Up to 4 Credits Total)

P.E.

ATHLETICS

DRILL TEAM (1 credit – afterwards only local credit, no elective credit)

CHEERLEADING (1 credit - afterwards only local credit, no elective credit)

BAND (1 credit - afterwards only local credit, no elective credit)

COLOR GUARD

Fine Arts

TECHNICAL THEATRE

ART

CHOIR

THEATRE

DANCE

BAND

COLOR GUARD

Foreign Language

2 credits in the same Foreign Language

Naviance

- Naviance is a college and career readiness platform that helps connect academic achievement to post-secondary goals.

- This college and career readiness program empowers students and their families to connect learning and life and provides schools and districts with the information they need to help students prepare for life after high school.

- Allows students to create a plan for their future by helping them discover individual strengths and learning styles and explore college and career options based on their results.

- http://www.naviance.com/

MiscellaneousInformation

Course offerings and teacher assignments are based on choices students make during spring scheduling

We make every effort to place each student in the classes indicated on the student’s course selection form

You may not get all classes of your choice, these are requests

For more information regarding PREAP/AP, Dual Credit or OnRamps, attend the Advanced Academics Presentation every 30 minutes in the library.

Any of the courses are subject to change per Little Elm policy or HB5

To view our Academic Course Guide, please visit http://www.edline.net/pages/lehs/academics/counselors

Registration

You will receive more information via school messenger with the registration dates and course

selection form…