WELCOME HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS OF 2020!!!!!

Middle

Grades do not

count as credits

You go to the same

class every day

High

Grades 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 DAY

1st 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)

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School Begins: 8:50 am

School Ends: 4:10 pm

•English 1

•Algebra 1

•Biology

Freshman Year

•English 2Sophomore

Year

•US HistoryJunior Year

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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.

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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

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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

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How do I earn a Performance

Acknowledgement?

Dual Credit

Bilingualism and Biliteracy

AP/IB Exams

National Merit Scholarship

Finalist

Particular score on PSAT, SAT,

or ACT

Business/Industry Certification

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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 & 10 th Grade

ALL 9thgraders wil l 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

skil ls that wil l produce

success in the DP

All 9 th & 10 th graders are MYP

students

Diploma Programme (DP)

11 th & 12 th 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 th and 12 th 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)

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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

Calhoun Middle School

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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.

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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

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