Freshman Academy Parent information meeting How to help your student navigate through high school

credits FALL SEMESTER 8 CLASSES x 5 CREDITS (FOR EVERY CLASS YOU PASS) ____________________ 40 CREDITS SPRING SEMESTER X 5 CREDITS (FOR EVERY CLASS YOU PASS) ___________________ 40 CREDITS **80 total possible credits

BCCHS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS A grade of D or better is considered passing. Students will earn 5 credits for each class he/she passes. Students will earn 0 credits for any class that he/she fails.

A-G Requirements To apply to college and satisfy the A-G Requirements, students must earn a grade of C or better. Colleges do not accept D’s or F’s. It is recommended that students take more than the minimum A-G requirements to become academically competitive.

A-g classes sorted by subject area One year must be from subject area “D” “D” Biological Sciences BIOLOGY AB PHYSIOLOGY AB   “D” Physical Sciences CHEMISTRY AB ♦ H CHEMISTRY AB PHYSICS AB PHYSICS EN AB ♦ H PHYSICS AB ♦ AP CHEMISTRY AB ^♦ AP PHYSICS 1AB ♦ AP BIOLOGY AB “D” Interdisciplinary ♦ AP ENV SCI AB ^ ENV SCI AB 1 year: Biological Science from “D” or “G”** 1 year: Physical Science from “D” or “G”** 1 year US History or ½ US History and ½ Am Gov Civics 1 year World History, Geog, Culture, History/Social Science from “A” or “G” World History, Geog, Culture ♦ AP EUR HIS AB ♦ AP HUMAN GEO AB ♦ AP WLD HIST AB WLD HIST AB US History ♦ AP US HIST AB ♦ H US HIST AB US HIST 20TH AB Government & Civics ♦ AP GOVT & POL PRIN AM DEMOCR ^♦ H PRIN AM DEMOCR 4 years: English ENGLISH 9AB ENGLISH 10AB AM LIT COMP CONT COMP ERWC AB ^ COMM WRIT AB ♦ H AM LIT AB ♦ AP ENGLISH LANG AB ♦ AP ENGLISH LIT AB English Language Development ELL 3 ELL 4 ^ LIT & LANG AB * May be used to validate 3 year requirement as long as Geometry AB was attempted Alg 1, Alg 2, Statistics ALGEBRA 1AB ALGEBRA 2AB ADV ALG CPT AB (Alg 2/Trg) STATS & PROB AB ♦ AP STATISTICS AB Geometry GEOMETRY AB GEOMETRY EN AB Advanced Level Math* DISCR MATH AB TRG/MATH AN AB ^♦ H TRG/ MATH AN AB ^♦ H PRECALC AB ♦ AP CALCULUS AB ♦ AP CALCULUS BC 3 years: Alg 1, Geo, Alg 2 FRENCH 1AB FRENCH 2AB FRENCH 3AB ^♦ H FRENCH 3AB AP FRENCH AB SPANISH 1AB SPANISH 2AB SPANISH 3AB ^♦ H SPANISH 3AB SPAN SP 1AB (2 yrs) SPAN SPK 2AB (3 yrs) ♦ AP SPAN LANG AB ♦ AP SPAN LIT AB ♦ AP FR LANG AB Language other than English 2 Years (LOTE) Dance BEG DANCE AB Music ^♦ AP MUSIC THY AB ADV BAND AB ^ CONCERT BAND CHOIR AB CHORUS AB CHAMBER SING AB GLEE AB ^ GUITAR 1AB ^ EXPL MUSIC AB 1 Year: Same Discipline: Visual & Performing Arts Visual Arts AMER IMAG AB ♦ AP ART HIS AB ♦ AP ART STU AB ♦ AP STU ART AB ANIMATION 2D AB ^ ANIMATION 3D AB CERAMICS 1AB ^ CERAMICS 2AB DESIGN AB DIG MEDIA AB DRAWING AB FILMAKING 1AB LIFE DRAW AB PAINTING 1AB PHOTO 1AB 1 Year: Elective Biological Science FORENSIC SCI AB SPORTS MED 1AB SPORTS MED 2AB Physical Science PHYS GEOL AB Social Science ♦ AP PSYCH AB ECONOMICS INTRO PSYCH INTRO SOCIO HUM PSY SOC AB CHILD FAM COM AB Disciplines: Visual Arts, Dance, Music, Theater CSU: Biological & Physical, meet “D” requirement** CSU: Social Science meets “A” requirements INSTRUMENTS AB JAZZ ENS AB MU HST LT AN AB ^ PERCUSSION AB VOC ENS AB Theatre THEA CMPNY AB THEA ENSM AB THEA INTRO AB THEA PROD AB ^ THEA IMPROV AB Other JOURNALISM HORT 1AB YEARBOOK AB Mathematics ^ COMP SCI AB

Resources AERIES- Portal that allows you to access your student’s grades, attendance and overall record. Must complete an application and have an email address. BILY- Parent/student support group that focuses on families with issues involving negative attitude, drugs, run-aways, physical/emotional abuse, and poor grades/attendance. BILY meets every Tuesday from 7:00:9:30 PM in the Library. TUTORING- Peer tutoring available every morning before school in the Library. More tutoring options will be available October 16.

Questions? Concerns? Sami Brown, Counselor (A-L) 818-758-6553 s.brown@birminghamcharter.com Ana Palacios, Counselor (M-Z) 818-758-6555 a.palacios@birminghamcharter.com Julie, Zeller, Freshman Academy Director 818-758-5217 j.zeller@birminghamcharter.com