1. Graduation and Beyond!

2. BRIDGE Graduation Plan Advisement Opportunity
Goals for this evening:
To create the Individual Graduation Plan for each student.
Provide an overview of graduation requirements.
Information on Core academic courses may also be found in the Career Planner on the Paulding County School District Website. 2

3. Then, students must have a minimum of credits earned.
Students are promoted to the next grade level based on the Cohort Year.
Cohort Year 1 = Grade 9
Cohort Year 2 = Grade 10
Cohort Year 3 = Grade 11
Cohort Year 4 = Grade 12
Then, students must have a minimum of credits earned.
From 9th to 10th grade-5 credits
From 10th to 11th grade-11 credits,
From 11th to 12th grade-17 credits

4. BLOCK SCHEDULE FOUR 90-MINUTE BLOCKS OF TIME ENGLISH AND SCIENCE ARE PAIRED TOGETHER MATH AND SOCIAL STUDIES ARE PAIRED TOGETHER FALL SEMESTER ½ STUDENTS ARE IN ENGLISH AND SCIENCE WITH THE OTHER ½ STUDENTS IN MATH AND SOCIAL STUDIES EVERY ATTEMPT IS MADE TO NOT SKIP MORE THAN ONE SEMESTER IN A CONTENT AREA SEMESTER SEMESTER 2 1
English 2
Science 3
CTAE, Fine Arts, World Language Pathway Course(s) 4
Health/Personal Fitness (9)
Another course from CTAE, Fine Arts or World Language
Elective (Academic and/or true Elective) 1
Math 2
Social Studies 3
CTAE, Fine Arts, World Language Pathway Course(s) 4
Health/Personal Fitness (9)
Another course from CTAE, Fine Arts or World Language
Elective (Academic and/or true Elective)

5. Graduation Requirements (Grades 9-12)
4 Units of English
4 Units of Science
4 Units of Mathematics
3 Units of Social Studies
3 Units of Career/Technology and/or World Language and/or Fine Arts
1 Unit of Health & Physical Education
4 Units of Electives (minimum)
A total of 23 Units
Note: World Language (Foreign Language) is not required for Graduation BUT is required for acceptance into a 4 year College or University 5

6. In order to graduate, students must complete one (1) unit of health and physical education (each course is worth ½ unit). These courses will be 9-weeks long.
Students will participate in the state’s Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program as part of their health course. Students who successfully complete the test given at the end of this program will receive an ADAP card.
Teenagers wishing to receive a driver’s license must have an ADAP card.
Students wishing to take additional PE courses throughout high school may do so, but those courses will be listed under the Electives section of this form.

7. English/Language Arts Requirements
4 TOTAL units of English/Language Arts
The 4 units must include:
* 1 unit of 9th grade Literature and Composition
* 1 unit of American Literature and Composition
*2 additional units in English/Language Arts
Honors and AP level courses are available in all 4 years of high school.
Some middle school students may have taken their 9th Grade English course. 7

8. Math Requirements 9th Grade: Foundations of Algebra
Some students will take the IKAN Assessment prior to Spring Break. Some students may have scores that indicate the need for the Foundations of Algebra course.
9th Grade: GSE Algebra I
10th Grade: GSE Geometry
11th Grade: GSE Algebra II
12 Grade: GSE Pre-Calculus Or
AP Calculus AB or AP Statistics or another advanced math course
Dual Enrollment Math may also be considered. 8

9. Science Requirements 4 Total Units of Science Required
1 unit of Biology
1 unit of Chemistry, Earth Systems, or Environmental Science or an AP
1 unit of Physical Science or Physics (AP)
1 unit of a 4th science – Earth Systems, Environmental Science, Forensic Science, Zoology, Anatomy and Physiology, AP Chemistry, AP Biology. (Honors courses are offered as well).
Honors and AP Level Courses are available. 9

10. Social Studies 3 Units of Social Studies Required
1 Unit of World History (10th Grade)
1 Unit of United States History (11th Grade)
½ Unit of American Government (12th Grade)
½ Unit of Economics (12th Grade)
Honors and AP Level Courses are available.
World Geography counts as an academic social studies elective. The Honors format is available in World Geography. AP Human Geography is the only AP course available to 9th graders at some high schools. 10

11. Course Grade Criteria Teacher Recommendation Pre-requisite
Academic course rigor placement is based on teacher recommendation and the following requirements.
Course
Grade Criteria
Teacher Recommendation
Pre-requisite
Honors 9th Literature
Average Grade in subject of 80 or higher
Considering attendance, homework completion, participation, and student work habits
None
Honors World Literature
Rising 9th grade students must have completed Honors 9th Literature in 8th grade No prerequisite for current 9th graders
Honors Geometry
Completion of Honors Algebra I in 8th grade
Honors Biology
Honors World Geography
AP Human Geography
Honors Spanish II
Rising 9th grade students must have completed Spanish I in 8th grade No prerequisite for current 9th graders

12. Pathway
Pathway: a plan of study in sequential courses with an Area of Focus:
Career, Technical and Agricultural Eduation Area of Focus: sequence of 3 courses within a defined pathway
World Language Area of Focus: a sequence of three world language courses with a defined pathway
Fine Arts Area of Focus: a sequence of three Fine Arts courses with a defined pathway 12

13. World Language Courses
Taking a World Language course is NOT required for graduation, but students who wish to gain admission to a college/university must complete two (2) units of the same World (foreign) Language.
If your student completed the Spanish program in middle school (7th and 8th grades; not 6th), they should make a course request for Honors Spanish II for 9th grade.
Your student may declare a pathway/Plan of Study in World Language or may select one of the other pathway choices in CTAE, Advanced Academic or Fine Arts areas.

15. CAREER PLANNER

16. High School 101

17. Individualized Graduation Plan

18. Please view Sections 2-5 of the BRIDGE Advisement Graduation Plan form
Please view Sections 2-5 of the BRIDGE Advisement Graduation Plan form. You will see the courses that your student is signed up to take at the high school level.
Please note that this is a plan, not a contract. You are not committing your student to take these classes with no ability to make changes in the future. However, for Section 2 (9th grade year) you and your student need to be sure about the course requests for
Beginning in the 9th grade year, you and your student will be given the opportunity annually to make adjustments to his or her BRIDGE Plan.

20. Using Sections 2-5 of the form, your students has listed courses he/she is interested in taking.
Please remember that you and your student will be given the opportunity to make adjustments to his or her BRIDGE Plan during each year of high school.

21. Sections 2-5 of the form, you will see the names of four (4) elective courses that your student plans to take during high school per year.
The courses are in order of preference!
Your student will not be placed in all of these courses, but it identifies optional classes if they do not get into their first or second choices.

22. https://apps.gsfc.org/SecureNextGen/dsp_award_amou nts.cfm
Currently, the HOPE scholarship is determined by the calculation of all academic core courses that the student has taken and completed (grades 9-12). Class of 2022 students need four (4) additional “rigorous” academic courses to qualify for the HOPE Scholarship.
Georgia Student Finance Commission Rigorous CoursesCourse Chart
List.pdf
Changes in the eligibility guidelines are posted and updated on the GAfutures website (there are often annual changes in HOPE Scholarship regulations). For current HOPE tuition payments use this link:
nts.cfm

23. Dual Enrollment refers to a program that allows high school students to earn both college and high school credit simultaneously. This program is available to students who are enrolled in 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grades.
Advanced Placement courses and Articulated Credit courses may receive college credit. Parents and students must always check with the college or technical college.
Additional information about Dual Enrollment will again be presented during annual BRIDGE Advisement opportunities during the 9th, 10th, and 11th grade years.
Dual Enrollment Summit – March 8, 2018 at HHS-6:30 pm.

24. These are the mandated advisement steps that counselors will be working on with you and your student during high school.

25. The EOC’s are administered during select academic classes, and they also count as 20% of the student’s final grades in those courses.
Currently, district 10th grade students take the PSAT in October.
If a student plans to apply to a college or university, he or she should plan to take the SAT and/or ACT.

26. Each student declares one pathway area also known as a Plan of Study in 8th grade.
While a student may take courses from all four of these pathway areas, one is declared for this plan.
Students may change the declared pathway area if adequate time remains.
Please select the appropriate career pathway at this time.

27. Students will select from the choices provided in this section.
It may be helpful to think about the Reality/Pathway Fair experience from this fall.
Please select the appropriate post- secondary plan at this time.
We do understand that this may change at anytime throughout your child’s high school career.

28. At the bottom of Page 2 (left corner), complete the necessary signatures and dates in the box labeled “8th to 9th Advisement Plan Reviewed by:”
Please sign at this time.
Parent/Guardian Signature under the ninth grade year also indicates approval for courses on page 1 in Section 2.

29. CARE Project

30. Resources for a student in need:

31. Please tear off page 3 (pink copy) of both IGP documents
Please tear off page 3 (pink copy) of both IGP documents. Retain the pink copy for your records.
Please turn in page 1 and page 2 (white and yellow copies) to our SPHS Ambassadors.
Please note the tubs are labeled based on your student’s middle school.
If you have further questions, please pick up the “I still have questions card” as you exit the theatre and turn it in at the T-Shirt table in the Commons Area.
If you would like to turn in your Freshman Soiree reservation form, you may do so at the T-Shirt Table.

32. Thank You
For Coming!
Let us know if you have any additional questions about BRIDGE Advisement!
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