1. Welcome to the Ninth Grade

2. A Fresh Start New teachers New opportunities
Getting ready for life after high school
Colleges base their acceptance decision off of grades earned in 9th, 10th, 11th, AND 12TH GRADES
What you do now impacts the rest of high school and your future.

3. Changes Credits Attendance Grade Point Average Schedule Lunches
Entrance in the morning
No Sustained Silent Reading class

4. Credits What is a credit? How are credits earned?
How do credits impact
advancing to the next
grade and graduation?

5. The Number of Credits Needed to Advance to the Next Grade…

6. Credits Needed To enter 10th grade: 6 To enter 11th grade: 13
Graduate: 28

7. Attendance It’s the LAW!
Failure to attend school on a regular basis may result in loss of credit and/or court action.
Math Department
Lose two points on your homework average for every class you are absent from.

8. Schedule/Classes High school classes are 84 minutes in length
You have three classes from Aug-Jan and then you have three different classes from Jan-June
Additionally, you have two classes that meet every other day, but they meet all year

9. Schedule/Classes You will have: English Environmental Science
Health/PE and Writing Skills Workshop (.50 credits each)
World History/Government
Math Semester 1
Math Semester 2
Elective (Special)

10. Schedule/Classes A and D blocks rotate.
There are two B block classes and they alternate daily.
C block class does not change.

11. Schedule Rotation Semester 1
A-Day
D-Day A)
World History 2
Honors English B)
Art
Comp. Info. Sys. C)
Math D)

12. Schedule Rotation Semester 2
A-Day
D-Day A)
Environment Science
Math B)
Art
Comp. Info. Sys. C)
Writing Skills or Health/PE D)
Environmental Science

13. Grade Point Average
Each letter grade has a numerical value assigned to it from 0 to 4.3 (Honors and Advanced Placement Classes are weighted from 0 to 5.4).
Honor Roll/High Honors
Class Rank
College Acceptance
Scholarships
Sports

14. More on that Later

15. Lunches There are two different lunches.
Lunches are either at the start of your C-block class (third period) or at the end of your C-block class.
Lunches are mixed with students from grades 9-12.

16. In the Morning Students enter through the main entrance.
Must be in homeroom by 8:00 a.m.

17. Remember It’s a clean start… What you do today, will impact tomorrow…
Keep all of your doors open for you…make good choices and decisions.

18. Statistics on Education Level and Salary
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19. Hard Work

21. Review Questions 1) How do you advance to the 10th grade?
2) How do you earn credit?
3) Why is attendance important?
4) What happens if you miss a lot of school?
5) How does performance in 9th grade classes impact college?
6) What does it mean by a fresh start?

22. Review Answers 1) Earn at least 6 credits (preferably all 8 credits)
2) By earning a passing grade in each class
3) Perform better in school, more opportunities, avoids loss of credit and/or legal trouble
4) Credit can be taken away (thus repeating the grade level), Possible legal issues
5) College acceptance decisions, financial aid
6) New opportunities, it’s a clean slate

23. Questions???

24. Enjoy Your Summer Vacation