Junior/Senior Guidance Welcome

Counseling Staff Amanda Breeden 469.742.8713 All Students A-Go Lissa Testa 469.742.8709 All Students Gp-O Nancy Schweikhard 469.742.8714 All Students P-Z Addison Snyder 469.742.8716 College & Career A-K Randy Trevino 469-742-8799 College & Career L-Z Jan McGill 469.742.8710 Registrar Wendy Herring 469.742.8711 Office Coordinator

TRANSCRIPTS Transcripts- PLEASE CHECK CAREFULLY - Middle School grades - Summer school, CBE, Correspondence, etc. - GPA - Class rank Top 10% rule (Automatic Admission to Public State Universities) (UT top 7% or 8%)

Graduation Plans – 26 credits Recommended Distinguished English 4.0 4.0 Mathematics 4.0 4.0 Science 4.0 4.0 Social Studies 4.0 4.0 Lovejoy Leadership (speech) 0.5 0.5 Health 0.5 0.5 Fine Arts 1.0 1.0 Physical Education 1.0 1.0 Technology 1.0 1.0 Foreign Language 2.0 3.0 Additional Electives 4.0 3.0 TOTAL CREDITS 26 26 ***Class of 2017 -- The Distinguished Plan requires 4 advanced measures. *** Class of 2018 – have to be distinguished to be in top 10%

Distinguished Achievement Plan (DAP) What is an Advanced Measure? A student needs any 4 of the following: Senior Project AP Scores – 3 or higher Dual Credit Classes – A or B in class PSAT score Commended or higher – from Junior year

Additional Graduation Requirements Senior Project LHS website Academics  Resources  Senior Project STAAR Tests – Successfully complete all 5 ELA 1 ELA 2 Biology Algebra US History

Exclusions Beyond the required 26 credits, a maximum of 8 semester grades will be excluded from GPA calculation. Purpose – to encourage students to take rigorous electives without concern to GPA Excluded classes will remain on the transcript.

Exclusions Possible Exclusions Automatic Exclusions Off Campus PE Additional credits in Fine Arts, Technology, PE, LOTE 5th math or science class Psychology Automatic Exclusions Off Campus PE Correspondence Classes Summer School Dual Credit Classes CAT classes Math Labs

Exclusions – Timeline First Time – Summer before Senior Year Second Time – After the first semester of Senior Year Third Time – After the 3rd quarter Senior Year Rank GPA only (this locks the rank for graduation) Fourth Time – After 2nd semester Senior Year

Dual Credit Information What classes are offered? Fall Spring English 1301 English 1302 Econ 2301 Govt 2305 Math 1314 (College Algebra) Math 1342 (Statistics) Does my student need to pass these classes? All students need to pass English, Economics and Government for graduation requirements Math – if a student has 4 math credits, it is not needed as a graduation requirement

Dual Credit Information How do the grades affect GPA? Not counted in Lovejoy GPA Begins the college GPA and transcript How will I know how my student is doing? Midterm grades will be posted in powerschool around mid October We only receive midterm and final grades. Students should be able to see their progress on Cougarweb – ask to see their grades

Dual Credit Information Do we have access to Collin College information? Any questions students have about classes should be directed to their professors. We do not have Cougar Web login information. Why do some students have an off period? What does my student do when class is not meeting?

On Campus Non Instructional Dual Credit Schedules Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1st DC Algebra DC Econ   2nd DC English 3rd Forensics 4th Choir 5th Animation 6th Prin of HS 7th On Campus Non Instructional 8th Basketball

Dual Credit Schedules Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday 1st DC Algebra Wednesday Thursday Friday 1st DC Algebra Off   2nd DC Econ 3rd Forensics 4th Choir 5th Animation 6th Prin of HS 7th DC English 8th Basketball

Testing – Save the Date PSAT – October 19, 2016 (Junior year = National Merit Scholarship Program) STAAR – US History – week of May 1, 2017 AP Tests – May 1-12, 2017 SAT, ACT, SAT II (Subject Tests) (Schedule your own tests)

Important Dates Open House – September 12, 2016 6:00 – 6:30 Parent meeting 10th grade 6:30 – 8:00 Open House College Fair – September 14, 2016 1:00 – 3:00 -- Main Gym