1. Guidance Presentation Mrs. Young - 9th Grade Counselor Miss Davis - Guidance Intern

2. What we will cover: 1. Pre-test 2. Credits 3. Transcripts 4. GPA 5. Progress Reports/Report Cards 6. College & Career Survey 7. Progress Report Goal 8. Post-test

3. Jaguar Credits ● What is a credit? ● How do you earn a credit? ● What happens if you fail a class? o Credit Recovery - 40% & above o Repeat course - 39% & below

4. Jaguar Transcripts Document that records high school courses taken and credits earned.

5. Sample Jaguar Transcript

7. What is a Grade Point Average GPA - The average obtained by dividing the total number of grade points earned by the total number of credits attempted. It is simple!

8. Calculating your GPA Semester 1 2014-1015 English 9 - B Algebra 1 - C World Hy - A Biology - B Career Prep - A PE - A Art 1 - C

9. Continued…. 4.0 Scale A = 4 B = 3 C = 2 D = 1 F = 0 PreAP =.25 A = 4.25 B = 3.25 AP = 1.0 A = 5 B = 4

10. So…... Semester 1 2014-1015 English 9 - B3 Algebra 1 - D 1 World Hy - A4 Biology - B3 Career Prep - A4 PE - A4 Art 1 - C2 21 / 7 = 3.0 GPA

11. Progress Reports vs. Report Cards Progress reports tell you how you are doing at that point. Report cards grades impact your transcript...they average into the semester grades that are recorded on your transcript.

12. Semester Averages - Dec & May 1st 9 Weeks- 40% 2nd 9 Weeks -40% Semester Exam - 20% 85 X.40 = 34.0 81 X.40 = 32.4 90 X.20 = 18.0 84.4 Sem. Aver.: 84

13. HOMEWORK and INOW ● It is very important…. ● DO THE HOMEWORK ● STUDY ● Zero’s will sink your grade ● Us your resources o AO o Peer helpers INow Login & Password ● You have your own ● Your parents have their own

14. College and Career Readiness Began in 8th grade 1. 4 year college 2. 2 year college/Trades 3. military 4. workforce Tell me about it on the on the Google Form...

15. No Zero’s on Progress Report I have set an ambitious goal of 90% of the freshman class have NO ZEROS on their first progress report…..

16. Post Test Please complete the post-test …. Thank you all for your attention Mrs. Young & Miss Davis