Four year plan for 9th grade

Foothill Technology High School

2012 - 2013

Welcome Freshmen Dragons!!

We are excited that you are here!!


Today we are going to talk about:

Graduation from FTHSCollege admissionYour goals and yourFour Year Plan


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Mr. Boyd:

Last Names A - GH


Ms. Freeman: Last Names GI - O

Mrs. VegaLast Names P - Z



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Counselor


FTHS Graduation Requirements: 230 total credits

Required class + Electives

75 hours community service

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English: 40 credits REQUIRED•English 9 P/ 9H

•English 10 P/10 H

•English 11 P/AP Eng Lang

•English 12 P/ AP Eng Lit


Mathematics: 30 credits REQUIRED MUST complete Algebra 1 4 years of Math are strongly

recommended


SCIENCE: 20 credits REQUIRED 10 credits of a LIFE science (Biology) 10 credits of a PHYSICAL science (Chemistry, Physics) 3 to 4 years of science are Strongly

recommended At FTHS all 11th grade students

will be enrolled in a science class


Social Studies: 35 credits REQUIRED

5 credits of Geography (Gr.9) 10 credits of World History (Gr.10) 10 credits of US History (Gr.11) 5 credits of Government (Gr.12) 5 credits of Economics (Gr. 12)


Physical Education:

20 credits REQUIRED

On-campus P.E. class

YMCA

Mavericks

Sports

Independent Study P.E.


Health Education: 5 credits REQUIRED

(usually taken in9th Grade)


Fine Arts: 10 credits REQUIRED

Foreign Language, Art, Drama, Filmmaking, Digital Photography

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Applied Arts – 10 credits REQUIRED EDA fulfills this requirement! WEB DESIGN, DIGITAL ART AND DESIGN,

Yearbook, ROP offerings

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Electives: 60 credits required!

An elective class is any class that you choose above and beyond

the core requirements.


Community Service – 75 hours required 20 hours in the 9th grade year recommended 20 hours in the 10th grade year

recommended 20 hours in the 11th grade year

recommended 15 hours in the 12th grade year

Two different organizations


UC/CSU A – G RequirementsA. History/Social Science: 2 years requiredB. English: 4 years required C. Mathematics: 3 years required/4 recommendedD. Laboratory Science: 2 years required/3

recommendedE. Language Other Than English: 2 years

required/3 recommendedF. Visual & Performing Arts: 1 FULL year requiredG. College Preparatory Electives: 1 year required

All Classes must be passed with an A, B, or C for college eligibility! D = FAIL!!!

Foothill Technology High School Four-Year PlanSUBJECT Ninth Grade Tenth Grade Eleventh Grade Twelfth Grade

ENGLISHEnglish 9 orEnglish 9 H

English 10 or English 10 H

English 11 or AP English Lang

English 12 or AP English Lit

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Geography/ Health

World History or World History H

US History or US History AP

Amer. Gov/EconAP Amer. Gov /Econ H

MATH

Algebra 1 GeometryIntermediate Algebra Algebra 2

Algebra 2Trig/Pre-Calculus

Geometry

Algebra 2 Trig/Pre-Calculus AP Calculus AB

Geometry/trig H Algebra 2 H Trig/Pre-Calculus H AP Calculus BC

SCIENCE BiologyConceptual PhysicsChemistryChemistry H

Chemistry Physics Physiology H

Physiology HAP Physics

LANGUAGE Spanish 1 Spanish 2 Spanish 3 AP Spanish 4

ELECTIVE OPTIONS

Intro to ArtOral InterpSpeech 1YearbookAVIDLeadership

All Grade 9 options PLUS: Art 2Drama 2Speech 2 (Forensics) Digital PhotographyFilmmakingJournalism

All Grade 9/10 options PLUS: Web DesignAdvanced Dig Photo Art 3Digital Animation and Art/DesignTeachers Assistant orOffice Assistant

All Grade 9/10/11 options PLUS: Art 4 APAdvanced Digital PhotographyPsychologyAP Psychology


Please review your four year plan with your parents!!

You will be going over the four year plan in your EDA

class

Four year plan for 9th grade

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