Welcome to Coral Shores High School Hurricane Showcase

Hurricane Showcase Agenda  Opening Remarks and Introduction (6:00 – 6:15)  Open Campus to visit elective areas and core areas (6:15 – 7:15)  Take the opportunity to visit both core areas and elective area teachers and ask questions! 2

Key People to Know  Kay MacKenzie - 9th Grade Guidance Counselor (Main Office)  Dawn Michelini - 10th/11th Grade Guidance Counselor (Main Office)  Chris Harris - 12th Grade/College and Career Counselor (Main Office)  Blake Fry and Kristy Bedell - CSHS Assistant Principals  FKCC (Outside PAC)  Athletics - Cafeteria 3

Welcome and Orientation  Students have been provided the information needed to complete their elective requests!  Our school staff and course offerings hinge on the choices that students make  Graduation Requirements and Bright Futures Requirements are listed in the curriculum guide – READ THE GUIDE! 4

What is NEW for  Career and Technical CLASSES are now Career and Technical Pathways  Selection of a class comes with an expectation of completing a sequence  Sequence/class ends with industry certification in an area related to that sequence  Example: Computers for College and Careers  Microsoft Office Certification  If in DOUBT, wait until grade 10 to select 5

What is NEW for  Driver Education – Recreation  Keyboarding (the piano kind)  Sound Engineering  Leadership (requires application)  Probability & Statistics Honors  DE Marine Biology-DE Marine Oceanography  Liberal Arts Math 2  AP Environmental Science  AP Music Theory  AP Spanish Language  AP Art History  Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism 6

Issues Coral Shores Faces  78% Graduation Rate (8.3 – 6.2 – 4.5)  66% College Readiness in Math (90 – 66)  63% Grade 09 students reading at grade level (37)  SAT Writing – 479 ( )  10% Grade 09 retention rate 7

What might be NEW for  Considering a Freshman Focus Elective  Focus on the student’s needs by groups  Focus on technology infusion  Focus on writing and argumentative literacy  Focus on College and Career planning  Focus on support for where the student needs support (Honors to Intensive)  Focus on academic skill building – organization – self advocacy – goal setting – planning 8

Considerations and Unknowns  Budget!  Discussions ongoing with School Advisory, Teachers, and Students about ninth grade elective  Impact of other required coursework  Courses offered – and why tonight does matter 9