10 th grade Large Group Advising Sessions 2015

10 th grade Large Group Advising Sessions 2015 – 2016 Junior Year

College and Career Readiness What are your plans after high school graduation?

College? Career? o What course of study are you on? o What is your career major pathway? o Take rigorous course work throughout high school to prepare you for college work! n Pre-AP and AP o Look at opportunities for earning college credits while you are still in high school! n n n Dual credit options through Early College Advanced Placement – pass AP exams Articulation agreements – complete career majors & pass KOSSA tests in Career Technical Education programs at ACHS and Harrodsburg Area Technical Center

Sample AP College Savings…

Sample Articulation Agreements College Savings…

Industry Certifications Career Cluster Communications Construction Health Science Industry Certifications Adobe Certified Expert NCCER & AWS Medicaid Nurse Aid (MNA) Information Technology IC 3 – Certiport, A+ Comp. Tia NCCER & AWS Manufacturing NATEF/ ASE Transportation

Going into the Workforce? o Armed Forces n n Take the ASVAB in high school Meet with recruiter o Use your time at ACHS to… n n Explore your options. Develop skills for life. Build relationships. Increase your opportunities. Let’s face it… the world you will enter today is much different than it has ever been.

ACT Matters! o EXPLORE – 8 th grade o PLAN – 10 th grade- NEXT FALL o ACT – 11 th grade o CPE Benchmark scores: n English, 18; Math, 19; Reading, 20 p p Practice ACT embedded in individual classrooms ACHS ACT Online – www. actpreponline. com ACT – www. actstudent. org & Study Island ACHS Boot Camp

More ACT information o College scholarships- $$$ o What if I don’t meet the ACT benchmarks? n College – take remediation classes; p You n $$pay$$ for class = 0 credit ACHS tiered interventions in reading and math next year for seniors who do not meet benchmarks

Course of Study o What course of study are you on?

Advanced Kentucky Scholars

Anderson County High School Requirements (General Education) o English o Math o Science o Social Studies o Physical Education o Health o Humanities (Music/Dance) o Humanities (Art/Drama) o Electives 4 credits 4. 5 credits 3 credits. 5 credit 9. 5 credits 16. 5 required credits (above) + 9. 5 elective credits = 26 total credits required for graduation

Humanities Credit To earn the Humanities credit required for graduation, students must follow one of the two criteria below. o 1. Students must have completed 3 trimesters of a performance based/standards based specialized arts courses based on the student’s individual learning plan. (Examples include Band A, B, C; Advanced Chorus A, B, C; AP Music Theory, or AP Art. ) --OR-- o 2. Students must choose at least one class from each column. Art/Drama Music/dance Art I A Guitar Art I B Piano Lab Sculpture Men’s choir Ceramics I Women’s choir Drama General chorus Humanities Art & Drama Humanities Music & dance

Anderson County High School Requirements (Pre-College Curriculum) o English o Math o Science o Social Studies o Physical Education o Health o Humanities (Music/Dance) o Humanities (Art/Drama) o Foreign Language o Electives 4 credits 4. 5 credits 3 credits. 5 credit 2 credits 7. 5 credits

Anderson County High School Requirements (Kentucky Scholars Certificate) o o o English 4 credits Math 4. 5 credits Science 4 credits Social Studies 4 credits Physical Education. 5 credit Health. 5 credit Humanities (Music/Dance). 5 credit Humanities (Art/Drama). 5 credit Foreign Language 2 credits Electives 5. 5 credits No Grade below a “C” will be accepted as credit. Minimum 2. 5 GPA required

Anderson County High School Requirements Advanced Kentucky Scholars English 4 credits Math 4. 5 credits Science 4 credits Social Studies 4 credits Physical Education. 5 credit Health. 5 credit Humanities (Music/Dance). 5 credit Humanities (Art/Drama). 5 credit Foreign Language 2 credits Electives 5. 5 credits No Grade below a “C” will be accepted as credit. Minimum 2. 5 GPA required o 4 AP Courses: AP Eng, AP Science or Math, 2 AP Electives o o o

Pre-Registration & Course Selection Sheets

Completing the Course Selection Sheet o Circle 15 courses/course numbers. o Identify 4 courses as Alternates by marking A 1, A 2, A 3, and A 4 in the space beside the course number. o Any courses that are *highlighted require teacher’s signature. o Courses that are in BOLD are required courses for graduation. o Humanities Credit – go ahead and take care of it next year, especially if you are going to vocational school or taking lots of AP/BCTC classes junior and senior year.

Schedule for 2015 -16 o Whatever is on your selection sheet will go into the computer and your class schedule will be based on those classes. You will not get to change classes that are on your selection sheet list.

What are Sophomore Requirements? Trimesters £ 2 Subject English: o 3 Math: English III A and B or AP Lang A, B and C or ENG 101 and Eng III B Geo A and B or *Pre AP Pre- Cal A and B o 2 Science: Chemistry 11 A & Chemistry 11 B o 2 (3 for AP) Social Studies: or AP Chemistry A, B, C US History A and B or AP US History A, B, and C or HIS 109 o 7 Electives

11 TH Grade Sample Schedule TRIMESTER 1 TRIMESTER 2 TRIMESTER 3 *ENG III A * ENG III B *Elective *Geo A *Geo B * Art 1 A (Humanities) *Humanities Music & Dance ELECTIVE *Chemistry 11 A *Chemistry 11 B *US History A *US History B ELECTIVE

Pre-Registration Individual Scheduling Conferences o March 9 th & 10 th – 9 th grade individual advising in SWS homerooms o March 10 th – 10 th and 11 th grade Parent Connection night for Scheduling n Encourage all parents/students to attend. o March 24 th – 8 th grade Parent Night n Encourage all parents/students to attend. o March 27 th – 8 th graders