Seeing the Forest through the Trees Windsor Forest

Seeing the Forest through the Trees: Windsor Forest High School Earning Your Shield Welcome to the Castle!

Administration Derrick Butler Building Principal Jennifer Dobbins Freshman Academy Assistant Principal Michelle Williams Freshman Academy Counselor Page 2

Graduation Day Earning Your Shield Students need 24 units to graduate Credits need to be earned in specific subject areas Students are required to complete at least one career pathway Students are required to complete 20 hours of community service by the completion of junior year. Page 3

Requirements for graduating High School Required Area of Study 1 Units Required English Language Arts 4 Mathematics 4 Science 4 Social Studies 3 Health & Physical Education 1 World Language 3 College Prep Pathway or Or 1 CTAE Pathway *(must be in approved sequence of courses) 4 CTAE Pathway only Electives 5 College Prep Pathway Students OR 3 CTAE Pathway Students Total Minimum Units 24 Page 4

Requirements for promotion to the 10 th grade Students must: q q q Earn 1 Credit in Mathematics Earn 1 Credit in Science Earn 1 Credit in Social Studies Earn 1 Credit in Language Arts Earn 1 Credit in an elective course Page 5

Students who enter Grade 9 in 2013 -2014 and beyond are required to complete a Career Pathway. There are four (4) Pathway Options: CTAE (Career Technical and Agricultural) 4 units in a coherent sequence of CTAE courses leading to college readiness and a career readiness certificate endorsed by related industries Advanced Academic English, Math, Science, Social Studies Fine Arts Visual Arts, Theater, Music, World Languages French, Spanish Page 6

EOC Testing Some of your courses have End Of Course Exams which are 20% of your final grade: Algebra I Biology 9 th Grade Literature Geometry Physical Science Georgia Milestones End of Course Study/Resource Guides http: //www. gadoe. org/Curriculum-Instruction-and. Assessment/Pages/EOC-Study-Resource. Guides. aspx Page 7 7 7

9 th Grade Course Rigor Class of 2020 must have 4 rigor courses to be eligible for the HOPE Scholarship What are the requirements? Advanced Placement Language/Composition (American Literature/Composition) IB Communication IB English B SL IB English B HL Advanced Placement Literature/Composition IB English 11 / IB English SL (American Literature) IB English 12 / IB English HL (World Literarture) Statistics* IB Math Methods IB Math Studies SL IB Math HL GPS Advanced Algebra GPS Pre-Calculus Advanced Placement Calculus AB Calculus Mathmatics III: Advanced Algebra / Statistics Mathematics IV: Pre. Calculus/Trigonometry/Statistics Accelerated Mathematics III: Pre. Calculus/Trigonometry/Statistics CCGPS Advanced Algebra CCGPS Pre-Calculus Accelerated CCGPS Pre-Calculus IB Biology SL IB Biology HL IB Enviromental Systems Human Anatomy/Physiology Chemistry I Physics I AP World History IB History of the Americas SL IB 20 th Century History IB History of the Americas HL IB French SL IB French HL French III French IV IB Spanish SL IB Spanish HL Spanish III Spanish IV Page 8

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Tardies §Lost Instructional Time §Possible missed work (i. e. Bellringers) §Class Disruptions §School Time Lost §Decreases potential success rate in class §Decreases on-time cohort graduation rate If you have a yellow form in your folder. Please meet in room B 3 after this session. Page 10

Helping Your Child Succeed Page 11

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Support Structures for Students and Parents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. After school tutorials PBIS RTI Peer Mediation Freshman Newsletters Gear Up Program Helpful websites for parents § § § Usa. Test. Prep. com Khan. Academy. com Teachertube. com Weebly page: robidermath. weebly. com http: //www. gavirtuallearning. org/Resourc es/Shared. Landing. Page. aspx Page 13

Please remember to visit our schools website for up to date information. You may also schedule an appointment with the counseling office for specific student needs. WELCOME TO THE CASTLE! Page 14