• Your Envelope might include:

Invitation to Summer School

Invitation to participate in testing

to qualify for Advanced

Placement Seminar class

Learning Mindset Report

Resources and Information

http://www.phs.d211.org/

Fred Rasmussen @DrFred PHS

Palatine High School @PalatineHS

PHS Homeroom Website:

http://phshomeroom.wixsite.com/phshom

eroom

http://phs.d211.org/parents/incoming-freshmen/

Career Cruising & Career Clusters

www.careercruising.comCareer Cruising:• Students Completed an Interest Inventory in early November at

their junior high. • This program assists in the Selection of a Career Pathway (1 of

16 Career Clusters)• Career Pathways - Group of jobs and industries that are related

by skills or products• Your student’s top two Career Cluster recommendations are on

the cover letter in your envelope

For students who have not completed the Career Cruising Interest Inventory, their password and directions to create a Career Cruising account are included in your envelope!

/

HTTP://D211CAREERCLUSTER.ORG

http://www.d211careercluster.org

Career

Cruising

Program

Career Matchmaker

(completed at junior

high)

Identification of 2 career clusters (matching

students self-identified interests) Included on

Letter in Envelope

Ten Potential Careers associated with your

students identified Career Clusters (Handout

included in your envelope)

Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Year –

Revisit Career Cruising and revise plan.

Impact on Scheduling, Power of 15, College

Selection, Post-High School Planning

This is Not Static or Fixed; Dynamic and Evolving!

SAT Suite of Assessments; PSAT 8/9 (Eight Grade & Freshman year) PSAT 10

(Sophomore) SAT (All juniors in the State of Illinois – Graduation Requirement)

• Your students have received PSAT 8/9 Scores in the

following areas:

• Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Two Scores

120-720 and 6-36)

• Reading

• Writing and Language

• Mathematics (Score Range 120-720 and 6-36)

• Cross-Test Scores (Score Range 6-36 only)

• Analysis in History/Social Studies

• Analysis in Science

What does the PSAT 8/9 score mean?

YOUR SCORE REPORT

Your Score

What do we do with the PSAT 8/9

Results?

Assist in course selection and placement.

Identify areas of academic strength.

Identify areas for additional academic growth.

The Placement Puzzle:

PSAT 8/9 Test Scores

8th Grade Teacher Recommendations

YOU!

Course Selection8 Periods

ENGLISH (Based on PSAT8/9 and Teacher Rec.)

MATHEMATICS (Based on PSAT8/9 and Teacher Rec.)

SCIENCE (Based on PSAT 8/9 and Teacher Rec.)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

LUNCH

STUDY HALL (Students with a PSAT 8/9 Composite Score in the top 50%

of incoming class are eligible for 3rd Elective in place of Study Hall

ELECTIVE (GRAY SHEET) (Student Selected)

ELECTIVE (GRAY SHEET) (Student Selected)

HOMEROOM – Automatically Assigned

ENGLISHEnglish 1

SCIENCEBiology

MATHAlgebra

Developmental

LevelE101

(WL 6-17 R 6-18)

S131 M113

(M 6-17)

College-Prep

LevelE102

(WL18-25 R19-27)

S137 M114/M117

(M 18-36)

Advanced E108

(WL26-36 R28-36)

S138 M217 or M218

Geometry

(M18-36)

M32801 Adv. Trig/

Pre Calc.

M439 Trig/Calc. A

Freshman Core Curriculum

“Students Graduating with 15 or more Dual Credits and/or

AP Credits not only complete college at a higher rate, but

also finish on time!”

• Dual Credit Courses– Credit earned through partnership with local Colleges &

Universities.

– Credit Awarded through completing of the class at PHS – No

exam Needed

• AP Courses– Credit earned by exam at the conclusion of the course

Power of 15

• Course selection

sheets due

December 15

• Course placement

info mailed home

January 26

• Deadline to change

electives February 2

Special Summer Courses and Programs for Freshman

• Incoming Freshman Academy (Invitation) R924/R925

• Freshman Reading (Invitation) R926

• Freshman Mathematics (Invitation) R927

– Additional Summer Mathematics courses = M917, M925, M992 and M993

• Advanced Placement Human Geography Preparation = G992

Notification of placement into R924, R925, R926 and R927 is included in your Envelope!

Transition Programs for Incoming

Freshman II

Transition Programs for

Incoming Freshman II• STRIDE, Project

Excel

• Guided Study Hall, Mentoring, PST’s, Homeroom

• Advanced Placement, Dual Credit, Freshman Leadership Program, Harper’s Promise, AP Seminar Course

• Summer Orientation Sessions

Advanced Placement Seminar

Curriculum

• Students will be invited to take a additional test based on

their PSAT 8/9 results. (Student composite score in the

top 20% of incoming class)

• Students will complete a D211 created assessment.

• There is a limit on the number of students who will be

invited to take the course.

• Curriculum - “Advanced Placement Seminar”

*Invitations to take the test are included in your envelope.

Question

Understand

Evaluate

Synthesize

Team, Transform, and Transmit

Advanced Placement Seminar

-Using the QUEST model

students will learn to research

-Report (paper and presentation)

-Student chosen topics

-AP Test offered for College

Credit at the end of the Course

*An AP Seminar instructor is available to answer

questions tonight in the Cafeteria

Summer School

Summer School Calendar for 2018:

• Semester 1: May 30 – June 20

• Semester 2: June 21 – July 16

• Classes will be held Monday – Thursday;

no classes on Friday

• Summer School Hours:

– 8:00 a.m. until 1:15 p.m.

Advanced Placement Human

Geography

• Requires placement in Accelerated

English (E108)

• AP Summer Preparation Program

*Additional information in your envelope!

Next Steps1. Complete and return Elective Course Selection Sheet by

December 15. (You can turn it in tonight!)

2. Complete the enrollment process ASAP (master enrollment

form, birth certificate, proof of residency) Enrollment Status

included in your envelope!

(Green is good and complete )

(Yellow – additional documents required )

3. Submit 9th grade physical and immunization records to

school nurse (yellow form in your envelope)

4. Complete registration process and pay annual instructional

fees. Information will be mailed home in late June.

5. Sign-up and Attend a Summer Orientation Program and

Summer School.