1. WELCOME BIENVENIDOS BEM VINDOS

2. Charles E. Shea High School2 1 4
Charles E. Shea High School
Graduation Requirements
Presented by Your Guidance Counselors:
Mrs. King, Mr. Kucal, Mrs. Rihani, Mrs. Kane, Mr. Casey
And Administrators:
Mr. Miller, Ms. Voss, Mr. Smith, Dr. Jacob, Mr. Andrade

3. 4 things you need to graduate
Required Courses (totaling 20 credits)
New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP)
Graduation Portfolio
Review dates: To be announced
Portfolio Presentation
May 2014: To be announced

4. What you need to graduate courses & testing
Required Courses
4 years of English (in the United States) = 4 credits
4 years of Math = 4 credits
3 years including Algebra and Geometry + a math-related
4 years of traditional math (ex. Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, PreCalculus)
3 years of Science (including 2 lab science courses) = 3 credits
3 years of Social Studies (including 1 US History) = 3 credits
4 Phys.Ed/Health courses = 2 credits
1 technology = .5 credit
1 visual or performing arts = .5 credit
A variety of electives including languagues, family & consumer science, technology, internships, etc.
New England Common Assessment Program – Score of 2 in Reading and Math automatically qualifies for graduation – NECAP retests or alternate tests may be rquired

5. Be professional students
Be in school everyday
Work hard – in every class
Respect school rules; be positive
Join a sports team, or afterschool club

6. Shea Contact InFORMATION
If absent/late/dismissed/: Main Office
Class / Teacher questions: Guidance (Mr. Kucal) or for Portuguese / Spanish
Nurse (Mrs. Riley):

7. After School Help
Work with Teachers
Department Night
Credit Recovery
Questions? Ask teachers or
Mr. Kucal

8. Finish STRONG!
Semester One ends on January 24, 2014! Every day is important!

10. What you need to graduate the portfolio
SAVE EVERYTHING
So that you can show growth in your skills

11. What you need to graduate the portfolio
Graduation Portfolio (Assembled in this order)
Declaration of Ethical Conduct (This must be signed by you and a parent/guardian.)
Graduation Portfolio Cover Sheet (refer to handout)
List each of your 26 artifacts identifying Academic Expectations and Applied Learning
Summative Reflection Essay
This will be scored on a rubric – you must make necessary revisions before presentations
26 Artifacts (refer to handouts)
You must have a signed rubric and/or cover sheet for every artifact
26 artifacts:
4 Writing from 3 different genres,
4 Math from 2 different strands,
4 science from 2 different courses,
4 social studies with 1 from US History (Civics)
10 Other Artifacts:
1 from technology
1 from visual/performing arts
8 from any course (foreign language, business, health, FCS, etc.)
Portfolio Presentation:
Scheduled for Students with Proficient Portfolios – MAY 2014
Exceptions to this requirement on next slide.

12. Exceptions to portfolio requirements
3-year student:
Minimally, student should have 19 artifacts:
3 writing artifacts; 2 different genres
3 mathematics artifacts; two different strands
3 social studies artifacts; no restrictions
3 science artifacts; no restrictions
7 other artifacts
2-year student:
Minimally, student should have 13 artifacts:
2 writing artifacts; 2 different genres
2 mathematics artifacts; no restrictions
1 - 2 social studies artifacts; no restrictions
1 - 2 science artifacts; no restrictions
5 - 7 other artifacts
1-year student:
Minimally, student should have 9 artifacts:
2 writing artifacts; 2 different genres
1 mathematics artifact
0-1 social studies artifacts; no restrictions
0-1 science artifacts; no restrictions
other artifacts
DISCLAIMER: These guidelines reflect students having had the opportunity to take core content classes each year they were enrolled in Pawtucket. It is possible, especially for students who have been with us one or two years, that they would not have had the opportunity to take science and/or social studies courses. In this case, you should expect to see additional artifacts in the other artifacts section and the portfolio should include a student transcript to support the choice of artifacts.

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14. ACCESS TEST (Jan.-Feb.) Measure English skills
Helps decide classes next year
May help for graduation (2014)

15. Academic AWARDS
Honor Roll (all grades 80+) High Honors (all grades 90+)