1. Wayne County High School
9th Grade Orientation

2. Mr. Adams, Principal Welcome to WCHS

3. Wayne County BOE Mission:
“Our mission is to empower all students to reach their highest levels of achievement.”
WCHS Mission:
“All students at WCHS will
earn a meaningful high school diploma.”

4. Researchers have identified 9th grade as the most critical point to intervene and prevent students from losing motivation, failing, and dropping out of school.
Steer them in the right direction.

5. Dr. Blanton, Asst. Principal and Testing Coordinator

6. GEORGIA MILESTONES TESTING
Any student enrolled in and/or receiving credit for a GA Milestone course, regardless of grade level, will be required to take the Exam upon completion of that course.
The Exam is 20% of the final grade.
Students must have a final course grade of a 70 or above to earn credit toward graduation.
9th Grade GA Milestone Courses : Algebra, Physical Science, Economics (optional)
Opt-Out program
Students must pass course with 20% EOCT averaged in to gain credit toward graduation.

7. Dr. Blackwell, Asst. Principal and Alternative School Administrator

8. Discipline Excessive Tardies: 1st – 4th Tardy – Teacher Warnings
5th Tardy will result in a behavior referral
Lunch Detention
ISS

9. Cell Phones 1st Referral – Warning
2nd Referral – 3 Days Lunch Detention
3rd Referral – 1 Day of ISS
4th Referral – 2 Days of ISS
5th Referral 3 Days of ISS and Phone Must be picked up by Parent/Guardian
Always surrender your phone when asked to do so.
No cell phone use in the halls!

10. Skipping Class Being out of class without permission
Leaving campus without permission
Off-Limits Area
Q: If you have permission to go to the restroom and you stay gone for 20 minutes is that considered skipping class?

11. Student incivility Drinking/Eating in Unauthorized Areas
Failure to Complete Classroom Assignments
Failure to Follow Directions
Disruption of Class
Failure to Follow School Rules

12. Blatant insubordination
Refusal to comply with a request of faculty or any staff member.
1st Referral – 3 Days ISS
1st Referral for cell phone violation results in a warning.
1st Refusal to hand over your cell phone when asked results in 3 Days ISS
PS – We don’t keep cell phones, so just hand it over

13. Mr. White, Assistant Principal

14. Attendance Attendance Policy Being absent will effect grades Tardies
Attendance Incentives
Exemption Policy

15. Mrs. Roach, Lead Counselor

16. WCHS Graduation Requirements 26 Carnegie Units
English units
Math units
Science units
Social Studies units
Health ½ unit
PE ½ unit
Fine Arts/CTAE/
Modern Language units
Electives units

17. All 9th graders will take the following required academic courses next year:
Algebra or Foundations to Algebra
Introduction to Literature and Composition
Physical Science or Environmental Science
American Government (Civics)
Health/Personal Fitness
Economics (optional)
NOTE: If students do not take Accelerated Math in 9th grade they will not be able to take Accelerated Math later.

18. Block Schedule
Students will have the opportunity to earn 4 Carnegie units a semester, totaling 8 Carnegie units a year.
Students must earn 6 of the 8 Carnegie units to be promoted to the 10th grade.
Students must have a passing grade of 70 or above to earn credit for a course.
At the end of each semester, final grades for the courses taken are entered on the permanent record.
These grades are part of transcript which will be the record sent to post secondary schools.

19. GRADES ARE Permanent IN HIGH SCHOOL
Grades help gain entrance into post-secondary schools
Semester grades are part of your student’s grade point average (GPA).
Colleges will look at grades starting in the ninth grade.
Scholarships (HOPE) are based on grades and rigor of courses.
You will receive grades below 60
Eligibility for sports – Coach Cribb

20. Promotion: Earn 6 units = 10th Grade Earn 12 units= 11th Grade

21. Mrs. White, 9th Grade Counselor

22. HIGH SCHOOL IS A TIME Of CHANGE
You will be:
Taking new courses
Starting a PATHWAY
Meeting new teachers
Making new friends
Having more independence
Having more responsibilities

23. SUCCESS DEPENDS ON:
ATTITUDE
WORK ETHIC
BEING INVOLVED
COMMUNICATION

24. ORGANIZATION MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
The keys are:
Budgeting time
Planning how to do quality work and getting it done on time
Students should write down assignments for the day, week, month and semester in a planner or calendar. (Include any papers and tests)

25. Coach Cribb, athletic Director

26. Athletic eligibility requirements
To be eligible to play, practice, and/or try out a student must be academically eligible.
All first year 9th grade students are eligible when they begin high school.
Students gain or lose eligibility on the first day of the subsequent semester.
Must pass a minimum of three classes each semester.
Second-year students must have accumulated 5 total units in the first year and passed 3 classes the previous semester.

27. Protecting dreams
The previous slide on athletic eligibility provided the minimum number of classes that must be passed to participate in high school athletics in the state of Georgia.
If you have a dream of playing college athletics, you have to exceed the minimum grades.
A’s and B’s will open doors!
C’s and F’s will close doors!
Remember NCAA Division 1 Requirements include all the academic mentioned earlier.

28. Pass to play rule

29. Dr. McDaniel, Asst. Principal and CTAE Director

32. CTAE Classroom Tour

33. Graduation
Class of 2022