Fall Parent Night · 2019-08-30 · Fall Parent Night August 27, 2019. Tonight •People to know...
Transcript of Fall Parent Night · 2019-08-30 · Fall Parent Night August 27, 2019. Tonight •People to know...
Fall Parent Night August 27, 2019
Tonight
• People to know
• Grades, Promotion, and Graduation Requirements
• GPA and transcript
• GaFutures.org
• After High School
• Naviance
• High School Success
Hot Topics
• Social Media
• Phones and Harrison expectations
• Vaping
• Exam Exemptions
Coffee with the Counselors
• 8AM Monthly meetings with parents
• In College and Career Center
• Discuss a variety of topics
Administration & Counselors
Principal Mrs. Campbell
• A – Cl Mrs. Poole & Mrs. Schmit
• Cm – G Mr. Barilow & Mrs. Moody
• H – L Mrs. Sitten & Mrs. Campbell
• M – R Mr. O'Neill & Mr. Evans
• S – Z Mr. Hawk & Mrs. Hoptroff
Grades
• A- 90-100
• B- 80-89
• C- 74-79
• D- 70-73
• F- 69 and below
• Each course passed earns 1.0 credit• except Health/BPE and Gov/Econ • (½ each)
• Only final grades are posted on transcripts NOT progress report grades
Promotion
• 10th grade
• 5 total credits- 1 English, 1 Math and 1 Science
• 11th grade
• 10 total credits- 2 English, 2 Math and 2 Science
• 12th grade
• 16 total credits
• 23 credits to graduate
Athletic Eligibility
Grade Total Credits
9th 3 for Spring
10th 5
11th 11
12th 17
3 out of 4 passed in semester before season
Graduation
SubjectArea Required
LanguageArts 4
Math 4
Science 4
Social Studies 3
CareerTech/World Lang/Fine Arts
3
Health and Personal Fitness (BPE)
1
Electives 4
Total 23 (minimum)
Language Arts (4)
Math(4)
Science (4)
Social Studies (3)
Health & BPE
• Health: .5 Credit
• Personal Fitness: .5 credit
• 3 years of ROTC meets this requirement
World LanguageFine Art
Career Tech(3)
• Any combination
• USG World Language requirements recently changed. Students are still encouraged to take the most challenging courses they will be successful in
EOCEnd of Course Testing
• Not the course final
• Standardized Test in the state of Georgia
• Algebra, Geometry
• Ninth Literature/Composition
• Biology
• 20% of final course grade!!!
PSAT
• PSAT – Wed, October 16, 2019• No charge• Familiarize themselves to the test
format• Great feedback for students to begin
test prep
• ***www.collegeboard.com***
• All students should register for a free account to get free SAT tutorials with Khan Academy.
Transcript vs Progress Report
Transcript Progress Report• Check-ins during the semester
• First Semester
• September 20: 6 week progress report on Parent Vue
• November 8: 12 week progress report on Parent Vue
• Second Semester-
• February 28: 6 week progress report on Parent Vue
• April 17: 12 week progress report on Parent Vue
• Record of all semester final grades
• Weighted and Unweighted GPA
• Class Rank
• Identifying personal information• SS#, DOB, address
• Official document• Used by colleges, military, scholarship
organizations and employers
GPA• A = 4.0 90-100
• B = 3.0 80-89
• C = 2.0 74-79
• D = 1.0 70-73
• F = 69 and below
• Honors = .5
• AP = 1.0
• 1 - Assign each letter grade a numeric value
• 2 – add all numeric values together and divide by total number of grades
• Failed courses stay on transcript and are included in GPA calculations
Types of GPA's• Weighted
• On Harrison transcript
• Cumulative
• Includes Honors/AP wt
• Unweighted
• On Harrison transcript
• Cumulative
• Removes Honors/AP wt
• Academic/Core
• Only academic
• Removes Electives
• HOPE
• Only Academic
• NOT on Harrison transcript
• Different weight assigned than Harrison
HOPE• gafutures.org
• HOPE GPA• English• Math• Science• Social Studies• World Language
• Social security number
• Check it each semester!!!• GPA requirement• Rigor requirement• Zell (test scores)• Honors, AP, and DE weighted differently
Honors & AP
• Improve study skills/work ethic
• Prepares student for college level work
• Improve GPA
• SAT/ACT
• Can earn college credit
• Improves analytical/critical thinking skills
• Colleges favor higher level courses
• Take more rigorous level of coursework that is appropriate
• Students need to compare their course profile to the admission profile
College Admissions
• UGA class of 2023• 29,308 applied• First-Year Students Enrolled: 5,515
• SAT Middle-50% 1300-1460• ACT Middle-50% 30-34• Middle-50% AP, IB and DE 6-11• Middle-50% GPA 3.95-4.20
• Georgia Tech class of 2023• 36,936 applications• 3,105 enrolled• 1400-1530 SAT• 31-34 ACT
• Kennesaw State (mid 50%) class of 2022• GPA 3.31• SAT 1170• ACT 23
Naviance• Go to http://www.cobbk12.org/
• At the top click “Parents”
• Look to the right under “Resources (Cont.)”
• Click “Naviance”
• Use your Office 365 credentials to log in• Username: [email protected]• Password: Use the personal password you created for
school
• After the first time you log-on go to the ABOUT ME tab. Under “My Account”, add your email address to your contact information.
• 9th grade – Resume
• Record high school activities, awards, volunteer experiences, etc
• Students can rearrange their information into multiple printable versions of their resume