WELCOME TO HAYDEN HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE

WELCOME TO HAYDEN HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE WILDCATS

H HS ADMINISTRATORS & COUNSELORS Principal Mr. A. Hargett School Website http: //blcshhs. ss 19. sharpschoo l. com/ Assistant Principals Counselors Mr. B. Smith Ms. Standridge Mrs. B. Smith Mrs. Parker

WHAT SHOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT BEING A 9 TH GRADER AT HAYDEN HIGH SCHOOL ?

LETS TALK CREDITS • Next August you will start earning credits towards your Alabama High School diploma! • At the end of each semester, you will receive. 5 credit for each class you pass with a 60 or higher. Once final grades are posted for the semester, credit will be awarded and your GPA will be calculated. This happens at the end of each semester. • You will need 24 credits to receive your Alabama High School diploma. • Since you have the opportunity to earn 7 or more credits most students graduate with more than 24.

HOW DO I CALCULATE MY GPA? • Your GPA is calculated based on semester averages only, NOT report card grades. – Each grading period is 45% of your semester average and your semester exam is 10%.

HOW DO I CALCULATE MY GPA? The following explains how to calculate your GPA: • A= 4 Points • Students are eligible to graduate with honors based on their GPA. • B= 3 Points – Honors (3. 5 -3. 7999) • C= 2 Points – High Honors (3. 8 -3. 999) • D= 1 Points – Highest Honors (4. 0) • F= 0 point Add the points and divide by the number of classes you took that semester. *** A student does NOT have to take honors, advanced, or AP classes to graduate with honors. ***

CONSIDERATIONS • Honors courses will be harder and more demanding. • ALL failures must be made up in credit recovery or summer school. (Both are done after school hours) • Once a student begins the year on an Honors course, he/she must complete the school year in that course. • It would be EXTREMEMLY difficult for a student to begin taking honors courses as a 10 th, 11 th, or 12 th grader.

WHAT DO IF I FAIL A CLASS? • If you fail a class (semester average below 60), see the counselor immediately. – The counselor will refer you to credit recovery. Credit recovery opportunities are after school and during the summer, each session costs $150. 00

WHAT CO URSES WILL YOU NEE D TO TAKE NEXT YEAR AT HHS?

REQUIRED COURSES FOR ALL 9 TH GRADERS: CORE CLASSES: English: (1. 0 credit required) • English 9 with Reading • English 9 Honors with Public Speaking Math: (1. 0 credit required) • Algebra 1 History: (1. 0 credit required) • World History 9 Science 8: (1. 0 credit required) • Biology ELECTIVES: • LIFE PE (or athletics) (1. 0 credit required) • Career Preparedness A (. 5 credit required) • Health (. 5 credit required) *If you are in the marching band you must still take 1. 0 credit of LIFE PE*

ATTENDANCE • Remember we do period attendance at HHS. To get credit for all day you must be present all day. • Students are to come to the library on the day following ANY type of absence (all day, check-in, check-out). • If you check a student in they must still bring a note to the attendance table the next morning. • Any student that fails to bring a note or get an unexcused slip will be called to the office to write a behavior statement.

CLUBS/EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES • Announcements about activities will be made on the screen in the lunchroom and in the hallways. • They will also be posted to out website. – Please visit www. haydenhigh. net

THANK YOU FOR COMING AND WE’LL SEE YOU AGAIN (WITH YOUR COMPLETED CHOICE SHEETS) AT HHS TOMORROW!!