Welcome to the Ninth Grade

A Fresh Start New teachers New opportunities Getting ready for life after high school Colleges look at your grades starting in the ninth grade. What you do now impacts the rest of high school and your future.

Changes Credits Attendance Grade Point Average Schedule Lunches Entrance in the morning No Sustained Silent Reading class

Credits What is a credit? How are credits earned? How do credits impact advancing to the next grade and graduation?

The Number of Credits Needed to Advance to the Next Grade…

Credits Needed 6 To enter 10th grade 13 To enter 11th grade Graduate 6 13 20 28

Attendance It’s the LAW! Math Department Failure to attend school on a regular basis may result in loss of credit and court action. Math Department Lose two points on your homework average for every class you are absent from.

Schedule/Classes Eighth grade classes are 66 minutes in length. High school classes are 84 minutes in length. You have three classes from Aug-Jan and then you have three different classes from Jan-June. Additionally, you have two classes that meet every other day, but they meet all year.

Schedule/Classes You will have: English Environmental Science Health/PE and Writing Skills Workshop (.50 credits each) World History/Government Math Semester 1 Math Semester 2 Elective (Special)

Schedule/Classes A and D blocks rotate. There are two B block classes and they alternate daily. C block class does not change.

Schedule Rotation Semester 1 A-Day D-Day A) World History 2 Honors English B) Art Comp. Info. Sys. C) Math D)

Schedule Rotation Semester 2 A-Day D-Day A) Environment Science Math B) Art Comp. Info. Sys. C) Writing Skills or Health/PE D) Environmental Science

Grade Point Average Each letter grade has a numerical value assigned to it from 0 to 4.3 (Honors and Advanced Placement Classes are weighted from 0 to 5.4). Honor Roll/High Honors Class Rank College Acceptance Scholarships Sports

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Lunches There are two different lunches. Lunches are either at the start of your C- block class (third period) or at the end of your C-block class. Lunches are mixed with students from grades 9-12.

In the Morning Must be in homeroom by 8:00 a.m. Students enter through the main entrance. Must be in homeroom by 8:00 a.m.

Weighted Course Values   Letter Grade Numerical Grade Weighted Course Values STANDARD ADVANCED AP A+ 98-100 4.3 4.7 5.4 A 94-97 4.0 4.4 5.0 A- 90-93 3.7 4.1 4.6 B+ 87-89 3.3 3.6 B 84-86 3.0 3.8 B- 80-83 2.7 3.4 C+ 77-79 2.3 2.5 2.9 C 74-76 2.0 2.2 C- 70-73 1.7 1.9 2.1 D 65-69 1.0 1.1 1.3 F Below 65

Environmental Science Class Grade GPA Credits Grade 9 English 9 A- 3.7 1 Geometry B+ 3.3 Alg. 1 Sem. 2 A 4.0 World History 2 Environmental Science A+ 4.3 Writing Skills 2.0 (4.0) .5 Health/PE Spanish 1 Comp. Info Systems C+ 2.3 28.6 8

Class Grade GPA Credits Grade 10 Honors English 10 A 4.4 1 Honors Biology B+ 3.6 Adv. Topics in Geom. 4.0 Algebra 2 A- 3.7 US History A+ 4.3 Spanish 2 Physical Education Art 1 B 3.0 31.3 8

Class Grade GPA Credits Grade 11 AP Eng. Lang. Comp A- 4.6 1 AP Biology 1 A 5.0 AP Biology 2 Pre-Calculus B+ 3.3 Honors Chemistry B Spanish 3 4.0 Psychology A+ 4.3 Physical Education 33.4 8

Totals 3.8875 33.4-Grade 11 31.3-Grade 10 + 28.6-Grade 9 93.3 8 Credits-Grade 11 8 Credits-Grade 10 8 Credits-Grade 9 24 Total Credits 3.8875

Remember It’s a clean start… What you do today, will impact tomorrow… Keep all of your doors open for you…make good choices and decisions.

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