1. Freshmen Orientation Williamsburg Jr./Sr. High School August 19 th, 2013 Mrs. Carrie Loose, School Counselor Mr. Travis R. Lee, High School Principal

2. AGENDA  Welcome  Credits  Graduation Portfolio  Academic Advisors  Student Assistance Program (SAP)  GACTC  Agricultural Program  Dual Enrollment  Keystone Exams  PA Core (Common Core State Standards)  E-Alert System  School Mission  Q & A WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

3. Credits  26 Credits for graduation  4 English  4 Mathematics  4 Science  4 Social Students  2 Arts and Humanities  2.6 Health/Physical Education  5.4 Electives WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

4. Credits  26 Credits for graduation (GACTC)  4 English  4 Mathematics  3 Science  3 Social Students  2 Arts and Humanities  2.6 Health/Physical Education  7.4 Electives WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

5. Credits  Credits for Grade Promotion  6 Credits – Sophomore  13 Credits – Junior  19 Credits – Senior WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES Welcome

6. AGENDA  Welcome  Credits  Graduation Portfolio  Academic Advisors  Student Assistance Program (SAP)  GACTC  Agricultural Program  Dual Enrollment  Keystone Exams  PA Core (Common Core State Standards)  E-Alert System  School Mission  Q & A WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

7. Graduation Portfolio  Career Paper – Grade 10  Letter of Interest for Employment – Grade 11  Resume – Grade 11  Interview – Grade 12  2 Completed Applications – Advisors WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

8. Graduation Portfolio  3 Letters of Reference  20 Community Service Hours  See guidelines  Presentations?  Electronic Submission?  Grade level service projects? WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

9. AGENDA  Welcome  Credits  Graduation Portfolio  Academic Advisors  Student Assistance Program (SAP)  GACTC  Agricultural Program  Dual Enrollment  Keystone Exams  PA Core (Common Core State Standards)  E-Alert System  School Mission  Q & A WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

10. Academic Advisors  Academic Advisors serve students by helping them record and keep graduation requirements and to give guidance about various school issues  Students will have the same advisor from 9 th grade until graduation WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

11. Academic Advisors  Homeroom teachers  Olweus Bullying Prevention Program Team Meetings  Mid-point progress reports and report cards  May help students with electronic graduation projects in the future WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

12. Academic Advisors  Advisors for the Class of 2017  Mr. Mike Farrell  Mrs. Cathy Mock WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

13. AGENDA  Welcome  Credits  Graduation Portfolio  Academic Advisors  Student Assistance Program (SAP)  GACTC  Agricultural Program  Dual Enrollment  Keystone Exams  PA Core (Common Core State Standards)  E-Alert System  School Mission  Q & A WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

14. Student Assistance Program (SAP)  SAP is utilized to help students that may be struggling with school or dealing with social and/or emotional issues  Confidential process  Used on an as-needed basis that gives students the varied level of supports that they need WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

15. Student Assistance Program (SAP)  Referrals may come from:  Parent, student, teacher, self  Referrals followed-up with a phone call home and parent permission letter WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

16. AGENDA  Welcome  Credits  Graduation Portfolio  Academic Advisors  Student Assistance Program (SAP)  GACTC  Agricultural Program  Dual Enrollment  Keystone Exams  PA Core (Common Core State Standards)  E-Alert System  School Mission  Q & A WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

17. Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center (GACTC)  GACTC provides nearly 30 programs and certifications for technical employment and opportunities  See Student Handbook for programs  Fall presentation at WHS by GACTC school counselor  Fall 9 th grade tour of GACTC  GACTC open house for parents  Applications due before Winter Break WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

18. AGENDA  Welcome  Credits  Graduation Portfolio  Academic Advisors  Student Assistance Program (SAP)  GACTC  Agricultural Program  Dual Enrollment  Keystone Exams  PA Core (Common Core State Standards)  E-Alert System  School Mission  Q & A WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

19. Agricultural Program  Many agricultural classes available  Delaware Valley articulation agreement  FFA WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

20. AGENDA  Welcome  Credits  Graduation Portfolio  Academic Advisors  Student Assistance Program (SAP)  GACTC  Agricultural Program  Dual Enrollment  Keystone Exams  PA Core (Common Core State Standards)  E-Alert System  School Mission  Q & A WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

21. Dual Enrollment  College courses available beginning with the junior year  On-Campus  Allegany College of Maryland  Penn Highlands  Mount Aloysius WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

22. Dual Enrollment  College courses available beginning with the junior year  Off-campus  Juniata College  PSU – Altoona  Must maintain a 93% (“A”) average  Must have credits aligned to graduate and be in good standing WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

23. AGENDA  Welcome  Credits  Graduation Portfolio  Academic Advisors  Student Assistance Program (SAP)  GACTC  Agricultural Program  Dual Enrollment  Keystone Exams  PA Core (Common Core State Standards)  E-Alert System  School Mission  Q & A WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

24. Keystone Exams  End of course assessments for Career and College-Readiness Skills  Proficiency in Algebra I, Literature, and Biology are graduation requirements for the class of 2017  Multiple opportunities to remediate skills and re- take exams  Project-Based Assessments  http://www.pdesas.org/module/assessment/Keystone.aspx http://www.pdesas.org/module/assessment/Keystone.aspx  http://www.pdesas.org/module/assessment/About.aspx http://www.pdesas.org/module/assessment/About.aspx  http://www.pdesas.org/module/assessment/Graduation.aspx http://www.pdesas.org/module/assessment/Graduation.aspx WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

25. AGENDA  Welcome  Credits  Graduation Portfolio  Academic Advisors  Student Assistance Program (SAP)  GACTC  Agricultural Program  Dual Enrollment  Keystone Exams  PA Core (Common Core State Standards)  E-Alert System  School Mission  Q & A WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

26. PA Core  New standards for learning expectations  Standards, Anchors, and Eligible Content  Standards inform the curriculum, but are not the curriculum  “Teaching to the test”  “PA Core” – “PA Common Core” – “Common Core State Standards”  FACT SHEET hand-out WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

27. Common Core  Why the Common Core?  Video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxefsL G2eps&list=UUF0pa3nE3aZAfBMT8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxefsL G2eps&list=UUF0pa3nE3aZAfBMT8 WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

28. Common Core  College and Career readiness expectations  Rigorous content and applications  Stress conceptual understanding as well as procedural skills  Organized around Mathematics/ELA principles  Focus and Coherence  Designed around research-based learning progressions whenever possible WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

29. Common Core WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

30. Rigor  Text Complexity  Lexile score ranges  Depth of Knowledge  Webb’s DOK, Bloom’s Taxonomy  Habits of Mind  ELA, Math  Assessments  PSSAs, Keystone Exams, PBAs WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

31. Habits of Mind  ELA – Capacities of a Literate Individual (7)  They demonstrate independence  They build strong content knowledge  They respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline  They comprehend as well as critique WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

32. Habits of Mind  ELA – Capacities of a Literate Individual (7)  They value evidence  They use technology and digital media strategically and capably  They come to understand other perspectives and cultures WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

33. Habits of Mind  Standards for Mathematical Practice (8)  Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them  Reason abstractly and quantitatively  Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others  Model with mathematics WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

34. Habits of Mind  Standards for Mathematical Practice (8)  Use appropriate tools strategically  Attend to precision  Look for and make use of structure  Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

35. Common Core  Something to Think About...  Sir Ken Robinson: Changing Paradigms  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZF cDGpL4U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZF cDGpL4U WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

36. AGENDA  Welcome  Credits  Graduation Portfolio  Academic Advisors  Student Assistance Program (SAP)  GACTC  Agricultural Program  Dual Enrollment  Keystone Exams  PA Core (Common Core State Standards)  E-Alert System  School Mission  Q & A WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

37. Emergency Alerts  E-Alert System  Email alert  Text message alert  Facebook  District Website WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

38. AGENDA  Welcome  Credits  Graduation Portfolio  Academic Advisors  Student Assistance Program (SAP)  GACTC  Agricultural Program  Dual Enrollment  Keystone Exams  PA Core (Common Core State Standards)  E-Alert System  School Mission  Q & A WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES

39. WCSD Mission Statement WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES “All students will be given the opportunity to succeed in a changing world and become positive contributors to society.”

40. Questions? WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES