Welcome to Sophomore Year

Class of 2019

Clear Horizons Early College High School

Tonight’s Agenda

• 10th Grade Schedule

• Expectation of Dual Credit Classes

• Standardized Testing

• Academic Honors

• GPA

• Naviance

• How can parent’s help

10th Grade Schedule

• 4 or 5 high school classes

• English II Pre-AP

• AP World History

• *Chemistry Pre-AP or Physics (regular or AP)

• Math (Geometry Pre-AP, Alg II pre-AP, or MATH 1314)

• World Languages and Culture (Spanish II pre-AP or Spanish III pre-AP)

*Chemistry Pre-AP Summer Camp

10th Grade Schedule…

•2 or 3 San Jac classes per semester

• Fall Semester

• Humanities 1300 or Philosophy 1301

• Speech 1315

• Spring Semester

• Fine Arts Class

• Academic Elective

Dual Credit Academic Expectations• Academic expectations will increase

• Final semester grades

derive mostly from 2-3 exams and a final exam.

• 3 credit hours (1 course)= 3 hours in classroom per week= 6 to 9 hours study time per week

10th Grade Assessments

• PSAT

• October 2016

• English II STAAR

• AP Tests (May 2017)

• World History

• Physics * (If your student is enrolled in Physics AP)

National Honor Society

• Requirements

• 4.5 GPA on a 6.0 scale (high school and college courses)

• Students invited during spring semester of 10th grade

• Can not have ISS or severe disciplinary referral in fall of 10th grade

• Membership fee

• Once accepted into NHS, must adhere to the same eligibility requirements and be an active member of NHS.

• 20 hours per semester of service is required while an NHS member

Superintendent's Scholars

• Requirements

• Must earn a grade of at least 95 in all courses, each semester, in which the student is enrolled (85 in PreAP, AP, Dual credit)

• Not have been assigned to In-School Suspension (ISS) or AEP or removed from school for disciplinary reasons during the period in which the academic honor is earned.

• Superintendent's Scholars are recognized in the spring semester.

San Jacinto College Honors• Phi Theta Kappa (PTK)

• Must have completed 12 college credits

• 3.5 grade point average

• Qualified students will receive an invitation

• Honors Program

• Complete an Honors Application

• Academic history used as an indicator for acceptance

• Graduate with an Honors certificate from San Jac

GPA and Rank

• 5.0 weighted GPA

• All Clear Horizons courses are Level I GPA

• GPA includes San Jac courses

• GPA chart can be found in CCISD’s Educational and Planning Guide.

• The 6 semester GPA, used for college admissions, is calculated at the end of junior year.

• 9th grade counts!

• *GPA does not include grades from summer school courses, correspondence courses, intermediate school grades.

What Should I Be Doing Now ?

9th grade…

Rigorous academic curriculum

Importance of gradesThe STUDENT should be the person most invested in grades

Resume

Research colleges

Career interest inventories

SAT question of the day https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/practice/daily-

practice-app

Remember 9th grade counts

Summer before 10th grade

• Volunteer

• Summer job

• Use Naviance/Family Connection for college planning

• SAT/ACT prep- Naviance

• Khan Academy

Read, read, read…

Naviance

• https://connection.naviance.com/clearhorizons

Resume – Things to Include• Student Government

• Performing Arts Activities

• Community Service

• Other Activities (i.e. church activities, hobbies, clubs, etc.)

• Summer or special travel experiences (domestic or international)

• Employment

• Honors and Awards

• Leadership roles, formal and informal

• Time commitment

What do colleges look for:• There is no “magic

formula”• Small schools focus

on the entire picture of the student

• Large schools often use a mathematical formula based on GPA, ACT/SAT and favor in-state applicants

• Courses- colleges look for academic discipline and challenge

• Grades/Rank• SAT/ACT Scores• Essays• Recommendations• Extracurricular

Activitieso truly commit to 2-3

activities• Interviews

Most Significant Factor in Admission

•Grades Earned in Academic Courses!

• Transcript is the most important factor in college admissions.

Questions??