1. Welcome

2.  Amanda Breeden 469.742.8713 All Students A-F  Lissa Testa 469.742.8709 All Students G-M  Nancy Schweikhard 469.742.8714 All Students N-Z  Addison Snyder469.742.8716 College & Career A-K  Randy Trevino469-742-8799 College & Career L-Z  Debbie Barnes 469.742.8710Registrar  Wendy Herring469.742.8711Office Coordinator

4. The student should:  START with the TEACHER first  Email teachers when absent to stay current on assignments  Talk with teacher when having difficulty in a class  Attend LHS tutorials  Contact counselors about classes or other concerns  Use an academic planner or something else to organize assignments (time management)  Look at Power School each week and share the information with parents  Get enough sleep!

5. Transcripts - PLEASE CHECK CAREFULLY - Middle School grades - Summer school, CBE, Correspondence, etc. - Summer school, CBE, Correspondence, etc. - GPA - GPA - Class rank - Class rank  Top 10% rule (Automatic Admission to Public State Universities) › (UT top 8%)

7. Recommended Distinguished Recommended Distinguished English4.0 4.0 Mathematics 4.0 4.0 Science4.0 4.0 Social Studies 4.0 4.0 Lovejoy Leadership (speech)0.5 0.5 Health 0.5 0.5 Fine Arts1.0 1.0 Physical Education 1.0 1.0 Technology 1.0 1.0 Foreign Language 2.0 3.0 Additional Electives 4.0 3.0 TOTAL CREDITS26 26 ***The Distinguished Plan requires 4 advanced measures

8. What is an Advanced Measure? A student needs any 4 of the following:  Senior Project  AP Scores – 3 or higher  Dual Credit Classes – A or B in class  PSAT score Commended or higher – from Junior year

9.  Senior Project › LHS website – “Academics & Schedules” – “Senior Project”  STAAR Tests – Successfully complete all 5 › ELA 1 › ELA 2 › Biology › Algebra › US History

10.  PSAT – October 14, 2015  (Junior year = National Merit Scholarship Program)  STAAR – US History – week of May 4, 2016  AP Tests – May 2-13, 2016  SAT, ACT, SAT II (Subject Tests) (Schedule your own tests) 

11.  GPA Table – page 14 of the Course Guide (Lovejoy High School Webpage – Academics and Schedules – Course Guide) GPA Table GPA Table  Rank GPA vs Official GPA

14. Tier 1 – All AP Classes Tier 2 – All Pre-AP Classes Tier 3 – All other courses

15.  Students must earn the 26 credits required for graduation. For each additional credit earned beyond the required 26, students may exclude a maximum of eight semester grades from his/her GPA calculation. Excluded grades may not include the required 26 credits.  Some classes are automatically excluded Off Campus PE Off Campus PE Correspondence Classes Correspondence Classes Summer School Summer School Dual Credit Classes Dual Credit Classes CAT classes CAT classes Math Labs Math Labs Audited Classes Audited Classes

16. First Time – June after Junior Year Both Rank and Official GPA Second Time – January of Senior Year Both Rank and Official GPA Third Time – After the 3 rd quarter Senior Year Rank GPA only (this locks the rank for graduation) Fourth Time – June after graduation Official GPA only for final transcript

17.  Open House – September 14, 2015 › 6:00 – 6:30 Parent meeting 10 th grade › 6:30 – 8:00 Open House  College Fair – September 16, 2015 › 1:00 – 2:30 -- Main Gym