1. Parent Information Night
Dulaney High School
November 16, 2017

2. Today’s Presentation High School Schedule Graduation Requirements
Completer Programs at Dulaney
GPA, QPA, Athletic Eligibility
Registration Process

3. A Day - B Day A Day Period 1 English Period 2 Art/Music
Period 3 Science
Period 4 PE
B Day
Period 1 Math
Period 2 World Lang
Period 3 History
Period 4 Elective

4. What Is a CREDIT?
Any course that meets for 1 full period, for 1 year earns 1 credit.
Any course that meets for 1 full period for 1 semester earns ½ credit.
Any course that meets for 1 full period everyday earns 2 credits.
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5. What is a Prerequisite?
A course that prepares you to succeed in a more challenging course. For example:
Latin 1 Latin 2
Chemistry  Forensics Honors
Fundamentals of Art Photography
Physical Education  Weight Training
Algebra 1 to Geometry to Algebra 2
Drop the Math Science

6. Levels of Course Rigor Standard-ST Honors-H
Accelerated Academics-AA/GT
Dual Enrollment-COLL
Advanced Placement-AP

7. Graduation Requirements
English 4 credits
English 9
English 10 PARCC
English 11
English 12
Social Studies 3.5 credits
Government HSA
World History
US History
Economics and Public Issues EPI .5 or AP Micro/Macro

8. Graduation requirements
You have to be enrolled in math every year of high school.
You must earn 3 credits of math
You must pass Algebra 1 and Geometry
University of Maryland Systems and most other colleges require Algebra 2

9. Graduation Requirements
Science-Graduation year 2021 (current 9th grade and younger)
This is the new Next Generation Science Sequence (NGSS)
Earth Systems
Living Systems
Integrated Physics and Chemistry (IPC)
or forgo IPC and take Chemistry and Physics for 2 separate credits
Current 9th grade students in Biology will go into Earth Systems next year

10. Graduation Requirements
It will be important for students rising out of 9th grade to identify what capstone science class he or she intends to take senior year.
Some students may elect to break IPC into two separate courses of Chemistry and Physics.
Students who do this will be allowed to double Science sophomore year in order to reach their capstone goal. (ES and Chemistry) or take Chemistry junior year and Physics senior year.

11. Graduation requirements
Science-requirements for current 10th grade students and older
Biology
Science elective

12. Graduation Requirements
Physical Education credit
Fitness: Foundations and Mastery
Fine Art credit
Fundamentals of Art
Theater Arts
Dance
Guitar
Band
Chorus
Orchestra
Piano
Music Technology
Guitar and Dance placement auditions will be on Dec 12th at 3:00 pm

13. Graduation Requirements
Technology 1 credit
Foundations of Engineering (Available to all students)
PLTW Intro to Engineering Design (Freshman Year if Algebra 1 has been completed)
Foundations of Computer Science Honors
AP Computer Science Principles
Health .5 credit

14. Graduation Requirements
English 4 credits
Social Studies credits
Math 3 credits
Science credits
Physical Education 1 credit
Fine Arts credit
Technology 1 credit
Health credit
Completer 4 credit
Total credits

15. Graduation Requirements Continued
Completer Program of 4 additional credits
HSA, MISA & PARCC Test requirements
75 Service Learning Hours

16. Completers World Language I in high school
The College Completer
World Language I in high school
World Language II in high school
Elective (Science strongly recommended)
Elective (Math strongly recommended)
Many students will take more then two credits of World Language during High school. Dulaney offers World Language up to Advanced Placement 6 or 7.

17. Career and Technology Education (CTE) Completers
CCBC agrees to grant college credit to high school students who successfully complete a specific CTE program through BCPS.
The student must complete the minimum four credits with a GPA of 3.0 or better in the CTE program of study.
The student must register for a course at CCBC within three years of high school graduation to receive the articulated college credit.

18. Completer CTE programs
Finance and Accounting
Principles of Business Administration & Management
Accounting 1 Honors
Accounting 2 Honors
AP Economics or Internship or Capstone
Business Management
Principles of Business Administration & Management
Accounting 1 Honors
Advanced Business Management Honors
AP Economics or Internship or Capstone

19. Completer CTE programs
Marketing
Principles of Business Administration & Management
Accounting 1 Honors
Marketing 1 Honors
Marketing 2 Honors
Computer Science
Foundations of Comp Science
AP Comp Science Principles
AP Comp Science A
IT College Course or Internship

20. Completer CTE Programs
Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
HVAC 1
HVAC 2
HVAC 3 Honors
HVAC 4 Honors

21. Completer CTE programs
Project Lead the Way (PLTW): Engineering
Intro to Engineering Design Honors
Digital Electronics Honors
Principles of Engineering Honors
Engineering Design & Development GT
Aerospace and Civil Engineering GT electives

22. Completer CTE Programs
School to Career
Career Research & Development 1
Career Research & Development 2
2 credits of work experience

23. Other potential programs
Art-Fine Art, Digital Art, Photography
AVID
Dance
English- Journalism, Yearbook, Speech, Writing
Music- Band, Orchestra, Chorus, Guitar
Theatre
These are not completers. You must complete another program such as the College Completer in addition to any of these programs.

24. Early College Access Programs at CCBC
Dual Enrollment - Take up to four classes tuition free, Fall and Spring semester only. Eligibility requirements overall 2.5 GPA sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Parallel Enrollment PEP - Pay only 50% of the tuition rate. All students eligible including Fall, Winter , Spring and Summer sessions.
Dual Credits between BCPS and CCBC

25. Special Programs for Seniors
Internships
Release time: Parent permission required. Students with release time are not permitted to be on campus during school hours.

26. GPA and QPA GPA – Grade Point Average-unweighted GPA
This is a straight mean or average calculation of your grades
QPA – Quality Point Average-weighted GPA
This factors the rigor of your course selections. Honors and AA/AP/COLL classes earn more points, therefore result in a higher QPA.
Class rank is always reported based on QPA

27. Athletic Eligibility
2 E’s the quarter prior to the sport season results in athletic ineligibility. In addition you must maintain a 2.0 or C average in that same quarter.
This includes from fourth quarter, not the final grade, into the following fall sports season as a students rises.
Incoming 9th grade students get a fresh start.

28. Automatic Course requests
Course recommendations are generated by logical course progressions and by the current teacher’s level recommendation.

29. 09 Grade 09 Course Credit Dulaney High School
2017 – 2018 Pre-Registration Form
Grade 09
Extra, Juan
Course Credit
English 9 Hon
American Government GT 1.0
Geometry Honors
Earth Systems Honors
Chinese 3 Honors

30. Things to think about Appropriate academic placement
The third level of rigor in High School
World Language
Balance with other activities
Appeals
Engagement with the Dulaney Community
More is not always better
Depth of engagement is important
Leadership
Club Rush in the Fall
Athletic website

31. What happens next
School counselors will be in the Dulaney classrooms 11/27 through 12/4 and in the middle schools on December 7th and 8th to review the process and provide materials for the students to bring home to share with you all.
Dulaney students will then have an individual meeting with their school counselor Dec 14th – Dec 21st to collect the materials and review the student’s Six Year Plan.
Middle School Students will turn their forms in to their current school counselor for review before they are returned to Dulaney.

32. It’s Time To: Ask questions
Seek Information
Ask questions
If questions arise in the future, please call your student’s guidance counselor