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Class of 2015Senior Verification
The Last Leg of the Race
Check and Re-check!
• Number of Credits• Required Courses• Qualifications for Honors & Seals• GHSGT requirements
Number of CreditsYou must have a minimum of
23
credits to receive a diploma from Douglas County School System.
Required Courses
• 4 credits of English (including 9th Lit & Amer Lit)
• 4 credits of Math• 4 credits of Science* • 3 credits of Social Studies (4 courses)• ½ credit Health and ½ credit Personal Fitness• 3 Elective credits from CTAE, Fine Arts or Foreign
Language
Science Requirement
–4 units of Science, which must include:• 1 unit of Biology• 1 unit of Physical Science or Physics
• 1 unit of Chemistry, Earth Systems or Environmental Science
• 1 unit of a 4th science
Math Requirement
• 4 credits of Math are required for graduation• Support, Prep, and Lab classes DO NOT count
toward the 4 required credits.• Sample Path: Math I, Math II, Math III, Math IV
ORMath I, Math II, Math III, Adv. Math Decision MakingAP Calculus is also a 4th math credit if you were on the accelerated math track.
Foreign Language Alert!
• Foreign Language is not required for graduation.
• 2 and 4 year colleges still require 2 credits of the same foreign language for admissions.
Honors• Honor Grad
• 3.75 cumulative GPA• No F’s • Maximum credits (32)• 5 academic courses Senior year• 2 credits of Foreign Language
• Board Scholar• 3.5 cumulative GPA• No F’s• Maximum credits (32)• 1 extra academic course• 2 credits of Foreign Language
Seals• Fine Arts
– 4 credits (Band, Visual Arts, Chorus or Drama)– 2 credits must be from same discipline
• Foreign Language - 4 credits of the same foreign language
• Academic Seal– 3 Advanced Placement (AP) or Dual
Enrollment credits– 3 Certificate completions from technical school
dual enrollment program– Or a combination of the above
GHSGT vs. EOCT
• You must pass the Writing section of the GHSGT
If you have to take a class in credit recovery, you will still have to take the EOCT before you earn credit. EOCT’s
count as 20% of your final grade. EOCT’s MAY be replaced with the GA Milestone
test this year.
GHSGT
• Writing Test– September 24– February 25
Mark Your Calendar!
• Sept/Oct – PROBE College Fair (details to come)• Sept 25 – Senior Parent Night 7:00• Oct 11 – SAT @ DCHS• Oct 23 – ASVAB• Oct 25 - ACT• Nov 8– SAT @ CHHS• Nov 18 – Apply To College Day @ NMHS• Dec 13 - ACT
SAT / ACT Info
• Register for SAT or ACT online• SAT: sat.collegeboard.org • ACT: actstudent.org • See Mrs. Morris in the College &
Career Center for waiver and registration assistance (Room D1113)
Scholarship Information
• Scholarship Resource Network: www.srnexpress.com
Good places to start the search:www.FastWeb.comwww.gacollege411.org
Scholarships.comCollegescholarships.comAtlantascholarships.comScholarships360.org
More Financial Aid Help
• http://www.studentscholarships.org• http://studentaid.ed.gov/prepare-for-college/
choosing-schools/consider/cost• http://finaid.org.scholarships• http://www.meritaid.com• Updated HOPE Information – including
courses that count as rigor (you MUST have 2)• Rigor Explanation
Courses that count as rigor for HOPE(you MUST have 2)
• Courses Possessing Academic Rigor
New HOPE Rigor Requirements
• Rigor Courses: Advanced Math, Advanced Science, Advanced Foreign Language, Advanced Placement (AP) in core subjects, International Baccalaureate (IB) in core subjects, Dual Credit Enrollment courses in core subjects taken at an eligible postsecondary institution.
NMHS Classes that count toward HOPE Rigor
• English: AP Language, AP Literature• Math: Statistics, AP Calculus, Math III, Math IV,
Accelerated Math III• Science: Human Anatomy, Chemistry, AP Chemistry,
Physics, AP Physics, Forensic Science, • Social Studies: AP Psychology, AP Government, AP
Microeconomics, AP Human Geography, AP World History, AP United States History
• Foreign Language: French II, French III, Spanish II, Spanish III, Spanish IV, Spanish V
Sign It and Post It!
• Sign your Credit Summary.• Write any questions or concerns on the post-
it.
Counselor Contacts• [email protected]
– Last Names A-E• [email protected]• -Last Names F-L• [email protected]• -Last Names M-R• [email protected]
– Last Names S-Z, and Off Campus Programs
