Junior/Senior Guidance

Welcome

Counseling Staff Amanda Breeden 469.742.8713 All Students A-F

Lissa Testa 469.742.8709 All Students G-M

Nancy Schweikhard 469.742.8714 All Students N-Z

Addison Snyder 469.742.8716 College & Career A-K

Randy Trevino 469-742-8799 College & Career L-Z

Debbie Barnes 469.742.8710 Registrar

Wendy Herring 469.742.8711 Office Coordinator

Tips for Academic Success

The student should: START with the TEACHER first

Email teachers when absent to stay current on assignments

Talk with teacher when having difficulty in a class

Attend LHS tutorials Contact counselors about classes or other

concerns Use an academic planner or something else to

organize assignments (time management) Look at Power School each week and share the

information with parents Get enough sleep!

TRANSCRIPTS – available Sept 14

Transcripts- PLEASE CHECK CAREFULLY- Middle School grades

- Summer school, CBE, Correspondence, etc.

- GPA - Class rank Top 10% rule (Automatic Admission to Public

State Universities)› (UT top 8%)

Graduation Plans – 26 credits

Recommended Distinguished

English 4.0 4.0Mathematics 4.0 4.0Science 4.0 4.0Social Studies 4.0 4.0Lovejoy Leadership (speech) 0.5 0.5Health 0.5 0.5Fine Arts 1.0 1.0Physical Education 1.0 1.0Technology 1.0 1.0 Foreign Language 2.0 3.0Additional Electives 4.0 3.0

TOTAL CREDITS 26 26

***The Distinguished Plan requires 4 advanced measures

Distinguished Achievement Plan (DAP)

What is an Advanced Measure?

A student needs any 4 of the following:

Senior Project AP Scores – 3 or higher Dual Credit Classes – A or B in class PSAT score Commended or higher – from

Junior year

Additional Graduation Requirements

Senior Project› LHS website – “Academics & Schedules”

– “Senior Project” STAAR Tests – Successfully complete all

5› ELA 1› ELA 2› Biology› Algebra› US History

Testing – Save the Date PSAT – October 14, 2015

(Junior year = National Merit Scholarship Program)

STAAR – US History – week of May 4, 2016

AP Tests – May 2-13, 2016

SAT, ACT, SAT II (Subject Tests) (Schedule your own tests)

GPA

GPA Table – page 14 of the Course Guide (Lovejoy High School Webpage – Academics and Schedules – Course Guide)

Rank GPA vs Official GPA

Tier 1 – All AP ClassesTier 2 – All Pre-AP Classes Tier 3 – All other courses

Students must earn the 26 credits required for graduation. For each additional credit earned beyond the required 26, students may exclude a maximum of eight semester grades from his/her GPA calculation. Excluded grades may not include the required 26 credits.

Some classes are automatically excludedOff Campus PECorrespondence ClassesSummer SchoolDual Credit ClassesCAT classesMath LabsAudited Classes

Exclusions

Exclusions – Timeline

First Time – June after Junior YearBoth Rank and Official GPA

Second Time – January of Senior YearBoth Rank and Official GPA

Third Time – After the 3rd quarter Senior YearRank GPA only (this locks the rank for

graduation)Fourth Time – June after graduation

Official GPA only for final transcript

Important Dates Open House – September 14, 2015

› 6:00 – 6:30 Parent meeting 10th grade› 6:30 – 8:00 Open House

College Fair – September 16, 2015› 1:00 – 2:30 -- Main Gym