1. WELCOME NINTH GRADE STUDENTS NINTH GRADE COUNTS
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2. WELCOME NINTH GRADERS Do you know who your counselor is?
Ms. Reveron : A -- Barrett
Ms. Palchick (Ms. Smith): Barrios -- Curic
Mr. DeMunter: Dahiya -- Gonzalez
Mr. Gordon: Goodmen -- Kesterman
Ms. Toole: Khan -- Melmed
Ms. Mayo-Blake: Membreno -- Raisner
Ms. Showker: Ramos -- Starr
Ms. Khani: Steele -- Z
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3. We invited you to: 1. Review graduation requirements
2. Go over transcripts to understand why Ninth grade counts
3. Learn about Edison HS
4. Set up your Naviance Account and create goals
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4. Graduation Requirements
English credits
Social Studies credits
Mathematics credits
Science credits
Fine Arts credit
Tech Education 1 credit
Physical Education credit
Health ½ credit
Completer (foreign language 2 credits
OR advanced tech. OR
approved career program)
Elective credits 2 ½ credits
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5. TOTAL REQUIRED TO GRADUATE:
22 credits
(Please remember this number)
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6. To graduate, you must also:
Pass PARCC and High School Assessments (HSA’s) after completing
Algebra NSL Gov’t
Biology English 10
Complete 75 Student Service Learning hours
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7. Grade Point Average (GPA) & Transcripts
What you need to know:
What is and how to calculate your marking period GPA
What is a transcript
What is and how to calculate your Weighted GPA
What is a Cumulative GPA
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8. Grades are assigned quality points.
B=3
C=2
D=1
E=0
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9. Calculating Your Marking Period GPA (quality points are averaged)
If your grades are
English A = 4
US History B = 3
Algebra B = 3
Biology A = 4
Spanish A = 4
Gen. PE A = 4
Found. of Tech B = 3
total = 25
Divide by 7 (# of grades) =3.57
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10. TRANSCRIPT Is a record of your cumulative grades.
This document is sent to colleges when you are applying to college
What information do you see on the transcript? (see following slide)
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13. Weighted GPA: Recorded on Transcript
Honors, AP, IB and advanced
courses are weighted.
A = 5
B = 4
C = 3
D = 1
E = 0
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14. Weighted GPA, an example:
Honors English 9 A = 5
Honor US History B = 4
Honors Geometry A = 5
Honors Biology B = 4
Honors Span B = 4
General PE A = 4
Chorus A = 4
total = 30
Divide by WGPA =
What do you notice about PE and chorus?
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15. How to get better grades?
Go to your teacher and ask for help
Get a Peer Partner or NHS tutor
Go to TAP -- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 2:45 to 3:45 in the Cafeteria
English
Science
Social Studies
Math
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16. How to Succeed in High School?
Come to school every day and make the day count
Take rigorous courses & focus on your achievement
Seek out help when you need it
Get involved: join a school club or a team
Be a productive member of the school community
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17. EDISON High School
Edison YouTube Video
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18. NAVIANCE
Naviance is a college and career readiness platform that helps you connect academic achievement to post-secondary goals and success. Using Family Connection, you can: research careers and colleges, take assessments and surveys, and create goals and to-dos
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19. You will now create a Family Connection account
Then you will create 2 SMART Goals
Click on My Planner - Create 1 Academic SMART Goal for this school year
Next task - Create 1 Personal/Social SMART Goal for this school year
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