Freshmen Orientation Williamsburg Jr./Sr. High School

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Freshmen Orientation Williamsburg Jr./Sr. High School August 19 th , 2013 Mrs. Carrie Loose, School Counselor Mr. Travis R. Lee, High School Principal

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Mrs. Carrie Loose, School Counselor Mr. Travis R. Lee, High School Principal. Freshmen Orientation Williamsburg Jr./Sr. High School. August 19 th , 2013. WHS – Home of the BLUE PIRATES . AGENDA. Welcome Credits Graduation Portfolio Academic Advisors Student Assistance Program (SAP) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Freshmen Orientation

Williamsburg Jr./Sr. High School

August 19th, 2013

Mrs. Carrie Loose,School Counselor

Mr. Travis R. Lee,High School

Principal

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AGENDA Welcome Credits Graduation Portfolio Academic Advisors Student Assistance Program (SAP) GACTC Agricultural Program Dual Enrollment Keystone Exams PA Core (Common Core State Standards) E-Alert System School Mission Q & A

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Credits 26 Credits for graduation

4 English 4 Mathematics 4 Science 4 Social Students 2 Arts and Humanities 2.6 Health/Physical Education 5.4 Electives

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Credits 26 Credits for graduation (GACTC)

4 English 4 Mathematics 3 Science 3 Social Students 2 Arts and Humanities 2.6 Health/Physical Education 7.4 Electives

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Credits Credits for Grade Promotion

6 Credits – Sophomore 13 Credits – Junior 19 Credits – Senior

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Welcome

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AGENDA Welcome Credits Graduation Portfolio Academic Advisors Student Assistance Program (SAP) GACTC Agricultural Program Dual Enrollment Keystone Exams PA Core (Common Core State Standards) E-Alert System School Mission Q & A

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Graduation Portfolio Career Paper – Grade 10 Letter of Interest for Employment – Grade 11 Resume – Grade 11 Interview – Grade 12 2 Completed Applications – Advisors

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Graduation Portfolio 3 Letters of Reference 20 Community Service Hours

See guidelines Presentations? Electronic Submission? Grade level service projects?

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AGENDA Welcome Credits Graduation Portfolio Academic Advisors Student Assistance Program (SAP) GACTC Agricultural Program Dual Enrollment Keystone Exams PA Core (Common Core State Standards) E-Alert System School Mission Q & A

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Academic Advisors Academic Advisors serve students by

helping them record and keep graduation requirements and to give guidance about various school issues

Students will have the same advisor from 9th grade until graduation

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Academic Advisors Homeroom teachers Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

Team Meetings Mid-point progress reports and report

cards May help students with electronic

graduation projects in the future

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Academic Advisors Advisors for the Class of 2017

Mr. Mike Farrell Mrs. Cathy Mock

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AGENDA Welcome Credits Graduation Portfolio Academic Advisors Student Assistance Program (SAP) GACTC Agricultural Program Dual Enrollment Keystone Exams PA Core (Common Core State Standards) E-Alert System School Mission Q & A

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Student Assistance Program (SAP) SAP is utilized to help students that may

be struggling with school or dealing with social and/or emotional issues

Confidential process Used on an as-needed basis that gives

students the varied level of supports that they need

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Student Assistance Program (SAP) Referrals may come from:

Parent, student, teacher, self Referrals followed-up with a phone call

home and parent permission letter

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AGENDA Welcome Credits Graduation Portfolio Academic Advisors Student Assistance Program (SAP) GACTC Agricultural Program Dual Enrollment Keystone Exams PA Core (Common Core State Standards) E-Alert System School Mission Q & A

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Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center (GACTC) GACTC provides nearly 30 programs and

certifications for technical employment and opportunities See Student Handbook for programs

Fall presentation at WHS by GACTC school counselor

Fall 9th grade tour of GACTC GACTC open house for parents Applications due before Winter Break

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AGENDA Welcome Credits Graduation Portfolio Academic Advisors Student Assistance Program (SAP) GACTC Agricultural Program Dual Enrollment Keystone Exams PA Core (Common Core State Standards) E-Alert System School Mission Q & A

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Agricultural Program Many agricultural classes available

Delaware Valley articulation agreement FFA

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AGENDA Welcome Credits Graduation Portfolio Academic Advisors Student Assistance Program (SAP) GACTC Agricultural Program Dual Enrollment Keystone Exams PA Core (Common Core State Standards) E-Alert System School Mission Q & A

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Dual Enrollment College courses available beginning

with the junior year On-Campus

Allegany College of Maryland Penn Highlands Mount Aloysius

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Dual Enrollment College courses available beginning

with the junior year Off-campus

Juniata College PSU – Altoona

Must maintain a 93% (“A”) average Must have credits aligned to graduate

and be in good standing

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AGENDA Welcome Credits Graduation Portfolio Academic Advisors Student Assistance Program (SAP) GACTC Agricultural Program Dual Enrollment Keystone Exams PA Core (Common Core State Standards) E-Alert System School Mission Q & A

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Keystone Exams End of course assessments for Career and

College-Readiness Skills Proficiency in Algebra I, Literature, and

Biology are graduation requirements for the class of 2017 Multiple opportunities to remediate skills and re-

take exams Project-Based Assessments

http://www.pdesas.org/module/assessment/Keystone.aspx http://www.pdesas.org/module/assessment/About.aspx http://www.pdesas.org/module/assessment/Graduation.aspx

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AGENDA Welcome Credits Graduation Portfolio Academic Advisors Student Assistance Program (SAP) GACTC Agricultural Program Dual Enrollment Keystone Exams PA Core (Common Core State Standards) E-Alert System School Mission Q & A

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PA Core New standards for learning expectations Standards, Anchors, and Eligible Content Standards inform the curriculum, but are

not the curriculum “Teaching to the test”

“PA Core” – “PA Common Core” – “Common Core State Standards”

FACT SHEET hand-out

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Common Core Why the Common Core? Video clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxefsLG2eps&list=UUF0pa3nE3aZAfBMT8

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Common Core College and Career readiness expectations Rigorous content and applications Stress conceptual understanding as well as

procedural skills Organized around Mathematics/ELA

principles Focus and Coherence Designed around research-based learning

progressions whenever possible

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Rigor Text Complexity

Lexile score ranges Depth of Knowledge

Webb’s DOK, Bloom’s Taxonomy Habits of Mind

ELA, Math Assessments

PSSAs, Keystone Exams, PBAs

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Habits of Mind ELA – Capacities of a Literate Individual (7)

They demonstrate independence They build strong content knowledge They respond to the varying demands of

audience, task, purpose, and discipline They comprehend as well as critique

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Habits of Mind ELA – Capacities of a Literate Individual (7)

They value evidence They use technology and digital media

strategically and capably They come to understand other

perspectives and cultures

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Habits of Mind Standards for Mathematical

Practice (8) Make sense of problems and persevere in

solving them Reason abstractly and quantitatively Construct viable arguments and critique

the reasoning of others Model with mathematics

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Habits of Mind Standards for Mathematical

Practice (8) Use appropriate tools strategically Attend to precision Look for and make use of structure Look for and express regularity in

repeated reasoning

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Common Core Something to Think About . . . Sir Ken Robinson: Changing Paradigms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZF

cDGpL4U

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AGENDA Welcome Credits Graduation Portfolio Academic Advisors Student Assistance Program (SAP) GACTC Agricultural Program Dual Enrollment Keystone Exams PA Core (Common Core State Standards) E-Alert System School Mission Q & A

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Emergency Alerts E-Alert System

Email alert Text message alert

Facebook District Website

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AGENDA Welcome Credits Graduation Portfolio Academic Advisors Student Assistance Program (SAP) GACTC Agricultural Program Dual Enrollment Keystone Exams PA Core (Common Core State Standards) E-Alert System School Mission Q & A

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WCSD Mission Statement

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“All students will be given the opportunity to succeed in a changing

world and become positive contributors to society.”

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Questions?

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