1. Senior Parent Night Presentation Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Class of 2019

2. Agenda for tonight Senior events & dates Rutherford Works
Financial aid
Graduation information
Attendance
College app week
Guest speaker-regina ward
Work ethic distinction
Guest speaker-eric farmer
TSac outreach specialist

3. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 7:00 PM murphy center
Student check in at 6:00 PM
Rehearsal TBA

4. Requirements to participate
Must have a cap and gown 1
Must complete all graduation requirements  2
Must meet the attendance policy 3
Must be in dress code 4

5. Graduation Requirements
23 required credits!
ACT
Civics Exam
attendance
Final Exam week (May 6-10)

6. Required Courses for Graduation
4 English
4 Math
3 Science
3 Social Studies
3 POS
2 Foreign Language
2 Electives
1.5 Wellness
1 Fine Art
.5 Personal Finance

7. No registration is required
ACT Senior Retake
Tuesday, October 16
No registration is required
Must pre-bubble
ACT prep

8. Civics Exam
T.C.A A
U.S. Citizenship Test
Minimum score = 70

9. Attendance policy
No more than 10 unexcused absences

10. Dress code policy
Females Black dress, skirt, or dress pants Black dress shoes Keep it simple
Males Black dress pants Dress shirt with a collar Tie or bow tie Black dress shoes

11. Cap & gown orders jostens
Tuesday, October 9, 2019 during pat
Girls in the main cafe/boys in the auditorium
October 18 – josten orders all 4 lunches

12. Honor Cords Sold through the bank or club sponsor Honor Distinction
Honors with Distinction
Work ethic disctinction

13. What is Honors?
Must meet ACT Benchmarks in all 4 areas English – 18 Math – 22 Reading – 22 Science - 23

14. What is Distinction?
Must have a 7th semester cumulative GPA of 3.0 plus one of the following:
National Merit Finalist/Semi Finalist
ACT composite of 31 or higher
IB diploma candidate
12 or more postsecondary credit hours
Industry certification
Governors school/boys or girls state
All state music
3 or higher on 2 ib/ap exams

15. What is Work ethic distinction?
Special guest – regina ward Rutherford county chamber of commerce rutherworks

16. October 8-12 Thursday, October 11 – TN promise meeting (pat)
College app week
October 8-12
Thursday, October 11 – TN promise meeting (pat)

17. Tn promise 2 years tuition free
Community college or tcats
Deadline is november 1, 2018
Submit fafsa by february 1, 2019 (opens October 1, 2018)
Attend Mandatory Meeting on april 4, 2019 at 5:30 pm
Complete 8 hours of community service by July 1, 2019

18. All students should be actively applying!! Application fee transcript
College applications
All students should be actively applying!!
Application fee
transcript

19. Eric farmer tsac student outreach
Everything you need to know about FAFSA!!
Cha ching

20. Before you go! Fall break – october 1-5 Job shadow – march 12
Spring break – march 25-29
Prom – april 19
Student s!!

21. Thank you for being here!
Once a patriot always a patriot!