1. 8th Grade Pre-Registration
Hello From PBL High School!

2. Changes
There are many things that are different from junior high to high school
The following slides will show a few of the important ones

3. Promotion to the Next Grade
No one looks at your grades at the end of the year and decides whether you will be promoted or “held back”
You gain sophomore, junior, and senior status by earning credits
You earn credits by passing classes

4. Promotion to the Next Grade
5 credits to be a sophomore
10 credits to be a junior
15 credits to be a senior
22 credits to graduate

5. How You Earn Credits Passing the semester is ½ credit Exception:
Drivers Ed is ¼ credit
Library Intern is ¼ credit
Remember you must have a passing grade at the end of the semester to earn any credit in a class

6. Required Classes
Besides earning 22 credits to graduate, you must pass certain courses every year
If you fail one of the semesters in one of these courses, you must take that semester over
If you fail both semesters in a required course, you must take the entire course over the following year

7. Course Load A normal load is 5 or 6 classes plus PE
Choose classes carefully
If requests are fulfilled, you may not change your schedule
You may NOT drop a class just because you don’t like it or are failing it
You’re stuck! So do your research!
You may have only 1 study hall

8. Driver’s Ed Eligibility
Pass 8 classes over the previous two semesters
Examples:
Freshman year, we will look at 8th grade grades
Sophomore year, we will look at all your freshman grades
Your birth date will determine when you can take driver’s ed

9. Extra Curricular Activities
Band, Flags, Jazz Band
Chorus, Show Choir, Madrigals
FBLA
FFA
Math Team
NHS
Scholastic Bowl
Speech Team
Student Council
Visions

10. Sports Boys Girls Baseball Basketball Cheerleading Cross Country
Football
Golf
Sports Mgmt.
Track
Wrestling
Girls
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Golf
Softball
Sports Mgmt.
Track
Volleyball
Wrestling

11. Graduation Requirements
English
4 credits
Math
3 credits (must have Math I & Math II)
Science
2 credits
Civics
½ credit
U.S. History
1 credit
Other Social Studies
Health
Drivers Ed
¼ credit
Consumer Ed PE
As required
Fine Arts/Career Tech/ Foreign Language

12. Sports Eligibility
You must be passing 6 academic classes to be eligible to play
This is checked weekly
Exceptions are ICE & Drivers Ed (5)
To play a sport in the next semester you must have passed 5 academic classes from the previous semester per the IHSA requirement
This continues throughout high school

13. Minimum Entrance Requirements for most 4-year Colleges
4 years of English
3 years of Math
3 years of Science
3 years of Social Studies
2 years of Fine Arts or Foreign Language
Math = Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, etc. . .
Science = Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Physical Chemistry
Social Studies = U.S. History, Geography, World History, Sociology, Psychology, Government, Economics
Fine Arts = Music, Art, or Foreign Language

14. Entrance Requirements for 2-year Colleges
No certain classes are required
It is highly recommended that students still take as many of the required courses for a 4-year college as possible

15. Freshman Courses English Pre-AP 102 or English 101 Math I, Math II
Block Math I--placement
Physical Science or Biology
Health/Physical Education
3 electives

16. Electives *Semester course Spanish I Tech. Concepts I* World History
Intro. To Family & Consumer Science
Intro. To Business
Keyboarding/Comp Apps I
Driver’s Ed (if eligible)
Adobe Photoshop/Photography
Tech. Concepts I*
Tech. Concepts II*
Intro. To Agriculture
Band
Flags*
Chorus
Visions
Art I
Adobe Illustrator/ Layout Design
*Semester course (1/2 year; 1/2 credit)
*Semester course

17. Making High School Count

18. PBL High School 700 W. Orleans Paxton, IL 60957 (217) 379-4331