Welcome Class of 2021 to Meridian High School

Welcome Class of 2021 to Meridian High School

Meridian High School Warriors

Block Schedule ü 4 classes per day 90 minutes each ü “A” days and “B” days ü 8 classes per semester

Daily Schedule 7: 15 to 7: 40 Intervention (not on Wednesdays) 7: 40 to 7: 45 Passing 7: 45 to 9: 15 1 st Period 9: 15 to 9: 20 Passing 9: 20 to 10: 52 2 nd Period 10: 52 to 11: 32 Lunch Closed Campus for 9 and 10 11: 32 to 11: 37 Passing 11: 37 to 1: 07 3 rd Period 1: 07 to 1: 12 Passing 1: 12 to 2: 42 4 th Period th th

2021 Graduation Requirements English 8 credits Humanities 2 credits Health 1 credit Speech 1 credit Math (must pass Common Core 1 and Common Core 2 + take math their Senior year) 6 credits Physical Education 2 credits Lab Sciences 6 credits Global Perspectives 1 credit U. S. History 10 A/B 2 credits U. S. History 11 A/B 2 credits Government 2 credits Economics 1 credit Electives Minimum 20 credits TOTAL 56 credits

All students must earn at least 14 credits each year to be on track to graduate in four years.

STUDENTS üEvery grade counts toward your GPA. You will need to work for your grades! üYou can lose credit for absences and tardies! *FYI* A LARGE number of freshmen lost credits due to tardies and absences last semester at MHS!

Must Do’s for a successful freshman year: CHECK POWERSCHOOL WEEKLY üMissing Assignments üAttendance & Tardies üCommunication with teachers

Must Do’s for a successful freshman year: MAKE GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME üUse class time wisely üGo to Intervention before school or Wednesday/Thursday after school tutoring. üAsk teachers for help when you need it. Don’t wait.

Must Do’s for a successful Freshman year: CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS WISELY Real Friends don’t pressure you to do something that you do not want to do. Fair or not, you are who you hang out with.

Must Do’s for a successful Freshman year: GET INVOLVED IN YOUR SCHOOL ü Join a sports team ü Join a club ü Join any activity

Welcome to MHS…Go Warriors!! LET’S MAKE IT A GREAT 4 YEARS!

Administration Principal Vice Principals Mrs. Groth-Landis Mrs. Lilienkamp Mr. Connors Mrs. Haener

Counseling Staff Ms. Swafford Mrs. Robinson Ms. Beristain Mr. O’Brien Mrs. Decker Mrs. Hunt-Lowman

MHS renovation to be completed by October 2017!

New front entrance of Meridian High School

Meridian High School new construction at night!

New Library

Entrance and Commons Area Outside Deck

College Application Week at MHS 88. 5% of our current seniors applied to college!

2016 -17 MHS Concurrent Credit Courses For semester 1 at MHS – 380 students are earning 1670 college credits!! More coming semester 2! Please note: All concurrent credit courses are dependent upon instructor and course approvals by the local universities. A course may not be offered as listed based upon movement of staff. Accounting I Computer Applications III College Speech Education Assistant Sports Medicine III Medical Terminology Introduction to College Composition HS Math III Honors HS Math III AP Statistics AP Calculus Principles of Engineering Adv. Fitness Engineering Design & Development AP Biology Anatomy AP Environmental Science AP Physics Veterinary Assistant Internship Honors US History 10 AP US Government AP Macroeconomics AP Microeconomics German III German IV Japanese III Japanese IV AP Japanese Language & Culture Spanish III Spanish IV Spanish V Upward Bound Welding IV

Advanced Placement (AP) Classes • • • • AP AP AP AP Computer Science Principles English 11 English 12 Statistics Calculus Biology Chemistry Physics II Environmental Science US History 11 Japanese US Government Macro. Economics Micro. Economics

TRIO Upward Bound is a FREE program for students who want to go on to college after graduating from high school. Upward Bound helps prepare students for college through skill building and assisting in the college process. TRIO UB is a program students must apply and qualify for. • Students in TRIO are low-income and/or first-generation (parents didn’t graduate from college with a 4 year degree). • Students have a 2. 5 GPA or higher and can commit to taking the Upward Bound class at MHS throughout their HS career. • Students go to a 6 week residential summer program at Boise State University.

Meridian Career Technical Center (located at Meridian High School) • • FFA in Washington DC • • • Programs Offered Animal Science Automotive Technology Collision Repair Masonry Plant Science/Natural Resources Small Gasoline Engines Welding/Fabrication

Ada Professional. Technical Center • Certified Nursing Assistant & EMT • Culinary Arts • Digital Home Technology Integration • Fire Services and EMT • Law Enforcement, Detention, and Corrections • Pharmacy Technician • Pre-Engineering • Residential Construction

MHS Homecoming Tradition - The Burning of the “M”

Warrior Clubs and Sports

Clubs • • • • • Academic Decathlon Band Business Professionals of America Choir Dance Drama FCCLA FFA Foods/Consumer Science Honor Society Key Club Orchestra Ski/Snow Boarding Team Speech/Debate HOSA Swim Writer’s Guild Yearbook

Sports • • • • • Baseball Boys Basketball Boys Rugby Boys Soccer Cheer Football Girls Basketball Girls Rugby Girls Soccer Golf Hockey Lacrosse Softball Swimming Tennis Track and Field Volleyball Wrestling X-Country

Questions?