1. Parents of the Freshman Class of ____

2.  Career Cluster and Pathway choices  Freshman required courses  Elective courses available to Freshman  Requirements for graduation

3. Career Clusters Pathways Professional Planning to attend a 4 year college or beyond Skilled Planning to attend a 2 year community college, technical school, or military Business & Marketing Human Services Health Science & Natural Resources Engineering & Technology Fine Arts & Humanities

4. English 9 (H) Physical Science (H) World History (H) Health Math – Math block – Algebra I – Geometry Honors Requirements – A in subject 8 th grade – Teacher signature – Recommended for professional pathway Math Block – Receive math support first semester and Algebra I second semester; 2 periods a day all year

5. Recommended: Foreign Language Fine Art Keyboarding Career Major Course Other Electives: Young Adult Fiction Creative Writing Sociology Intro to Bus. & Marketing Travel WV Drafting Tech Ed I Infant Development Parent/Child Development Nutritional Foods Fashion Design Housing Design Agriculture & Natural Resources JROTC

6. Require Auditions Special Conditions Required  Dance Team  Show Choir  Women’s Choir  Chamber Choir  Jazz Band  Steel Drums Marching Band must attend summer band camp and after school practices and events JROTC must wear uniform to school every Tuesday and after school practices and events

7. Professional PathwaySkilled Pathway 4 English 4 Science (3 labs) 4 Social Studies 4 Math 1 Fine Art 1 Health 1 Physical Education 2 foreign language (same) 24 total credits 4 English 3 Science (no lab req.) 4 Social Studies 4 Math 1 Fine Art 1 Health 1 Physical Education 24 total credits

8. Professional PathwaySkilled Pathway Physical Science 9 (H) Advanced Biology (H) Advanced Chemistry (H) AP Chemistry AP Biology Advanced Human Anatomy Zoology En. Earth Science Forensic Science  Physical Science 9  Conceptual Biology  Conceptual Chemistry  Conceptual Physics  En. Earth Science  Zoology  Forensic Science

9. Professional PathwaySkilled Pathway  World History (H)  US History I (H)  US History II (H)  AP History  Civics  AP Government  World History  US History I  US History II  Civics

10. Professional Pathway Skilled Pathway Algebra I (H) Geometry (H) Algebra II (H) Trigonometry Pre-Calculus AP Calculus Prob. Stats/Discrete Math  Math Block  Algebra Support(2 periods)  Algebra I (2 periods)  Algebra I  Applied Geometry  Conceptual Math  Algebra II

11.  Art I  Band I  Dance I  Chorus I  Theatre I  Music Appreciation

12.  Spanish  French  Latin

13.  NCAA Clearinghouse Regulations  www.ncaaclearinghouse.net www.ncaaclearinghouse.net  Promise Scholarship Eligibility Criteria  www.promisescholarships.org www.promisescholarships.org  Summer School  Applications available mid-April in the middle schools

14.  Now is the time to think about what artifacts your student should collect to represent his/her best assets to: Apply for work Earn scholarships Present to technical schools Earn apprenticeship positions Get into their first college choice See handout…. Student Portfolios WE RECOMMEND BOTH AN ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO THROUGH WWW.CFWV.COM AND A Paper Copy WWW.CFWV.COM

15.  Take a few minutes to review the Tips for Parents resource.  Discuss with the persons setting near you the key points and share other parent tips you have learned over the years.

16.  Requires parent signature  Requires teacher signatures for honors classes  We do not change elective choices  We will only change computer mistakes

17.  QUESTIONS……