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

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

In order to Graduate Earning Your Shield Students need 24 units to graduate Credits need to be earned in specific subject areas Students are required to complete 20 hours of community service by the completion of junior year.

Requirements for graduating High School Required Area of Study1 Units Required English Language Arts 4 Mathematics Science Social Studies 3 Health & Physical Education 1 World Language 3 College Prep Pathway or Or 1 CTAE Pathway CTAE Pathway *(must be in approved sequence of courses) Electives 5 College Prep Pathway Students OR 4 CTAE Pathway Students Total Minimum Units 24

Requirements for promotion to the 10th grade Students must: 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

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

EOC Testing Some of your courses have End Of Course Exams which are 20% of your final grade: Algebra I Biology 9th Grade Literature Geometry Physical Science 7

How is Your Grade Calculated? (Q1 + Q2)/2 = FINAL GRADE (Q1 + Q2 )/2= Class Average Class Average x 80% = Grade 1 EOC x 20% = Grade 2 Grade 1 + Grade 2 = FINAL GRADE

How is Your GPA Calculated? GPA Scale Example Student First Semester 2015 Grade of A = 4 points Grade of B = 3 points Grade of C = 2 points Grade of F = 0 points Total points earned/Number of classes World History : A = 4 points Environmental Science: C = 2 points Algebra I: F = 0 points 9th Grade Lit: B = 3 points 9 points/4 classes = GPA of 2.25 What does that mean? The average GPA for students accepted for early admissions at the University of Georgia was a…….4.0 That means these students never received less than an “A” in EVERY class they took in high school!

High School Core Program of Study Grade English Math Social Studies Science 9th 9th Comp/Lit Algebra I World History Biology /Environmental Science 10th Grade 10th Comp/Lit Geometry American Government Physical Science 11th Grade American Literature Algebra II US History Chemistry 12th Grade British Literature Fourth Math Course Option Economics Physics/Oceanography AP,IB courses may substitute

9th Grade Course Rigor Class of 2021 must have 4 rigor courses to be eligible for the HOPE Scholarship What are the requirements? Advanced Placement Language/Composition 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 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 Accelerated GPS Pre-Calculus 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 20th Century History IB History of the Americas HL IB French SL IB French HL French II French III French IV IB Spanish SL IB Spanish HL Spanish II Spanish III Spanish IV

4 x 4 Block Schedule (Sample) 9th Grade Environmental Science Semester 1 Aug – Dec Semester 2 Jan - May 1st Block 9th Grade Literature 90 min 1st Block World History 2nd JROTC I JROTC II 3rd Algebra 1 Environmental Science 4th Health/PE Intro to Business and Technology Students will take 4 classes during the first semester. Each class will be 90 minutes long. Grades for these classes will be issued after the first semester. Students will then take four different classes second semester. Grades for these classes will be issued at the end of the year. Students will take 8 classes during the 2014-2015 school year. Students, ideally, will take 2 academic classes each semester.

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

Helping Your Child Succeed

Support Structures for Students and Parents Freshman Academy After school tutorials Freshman Newsletter Peer Mediation Twilight (Knight School) RTI Progress Monitoring Mission Evolve Mentoring Program

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