8th grade parent high welcome to school info night 2018-2019€¦ · 08/02/2019  · welcome to 8th...

Welcome to8th Grade Parent High

School Info Night2018-2019

Agenda Items❖ Introductions❖ Why a focus on transition to ninth grade? - Ciftci❖ High School Expectations - Dok❖ Why Us? - Dok❖ AP/Dual Credit/PLTW Courses - Dok❖ Endorsements (Pathways) - Kose❖ Let’s review 9th Grade Courses - Kose❖ College Counseling Services - Dok❖ Extracurricular Activities - Kucuk❖ Course Selection Process, 9th Grade Core Classes - Ciftci❖ Question & Answer Session

2

8th Grade Transition to High School

Hello!We are a College Counseling Team at HSI-Sugar Land

Mr. Ciftci aciftci@harmonytx.org Starting with A (By Last Names)

Mrs. Dok sdok@harmonytx.org Starting with B-Ha (By Last Names)

Mrs. Kose skose@harmonytx.org Starting with He-Og (By Last Names)

Mrs. Pakoejoe tpakoejoe@harmonytx.org Starting with Oj-Z (By Last Names)

3

8th Grade Transition to High School

Why a focus on transition to ninth grade? Compared to other high school grades, ninth grade students nationally

have

+ Lowest grade point average

+ Most missed classes

+ Most failing grades

+ Most misbehavior referrals

+ Highest enrollment because 22% are repeating the grade

Success in ninth grade is critical to on-time graduation from high school.

4

8th Grade Transition to High School

High School Expectations + Monitor Academic Progress (check Report cards, use of Skyward,

schedule a meeting with teachers/counselors)

+ Encourage your child to become involved in a variety of activities

+ Review course selection process with your student in the spring of each school year

+ Counselor Information on summer programs are available in

counselors offices

5

8th Grade Transition to High School

#158 in the US Overall ranking by US News

#8th H School & #16 With Highest SAT In Houston Area

# 31 in the stateHigh School Ranking

6

Why us?

Why us? (Cont..)+ School Environment-cultural diversity, small safety school, faculty

quality, close relations between faculty and students

+ College Readiness-approximately 85%-90%

+ Graduation rates- approximately 99%

+ State Distinguished Award- all seven possible distinctions for academic

progress

7

8th Grade Transition to High School

Why us? (Cont…)+ Counseling Services-1-1 meeting, counselor student ratio is 1/200

compare to 1/450 at public schools, curriculum + Academically challenged curriculum+ Free SAT Classes within curriculum and free SAT test during Junior

years+ Academic competitions-Robotics, H-SEF, VEX, etc.+ College Acceptances-Brown, Cornell, Harvard, NYU, Notre Dame,

Emory, Stanford, USC, Yale, etc...+ Extracurricular Activities-more than 55 clubs

8

8th Grade Transition to High School

College Counseling Services+ Individual counseling

+ Individual Counseling+ Academic Advising+ Career Exploration+ Post-Secondary Education Planning

+ Parental counseling and support - Parent Nights, Workshops+ Academic support

+ College list recommendations+ Step-by-step application assistance; hands-on application workshops+ Brag sheet/resume development+ Essay workshops-organizing, brainstorming, development, revision, and improvement+ College visit recommendations and preparation+ Financial Aid preparation and workshops for parents+ Assistance with final college decision

9

8th Grade Transition to High School

Advanced Placement (AP) Courses + Advanced Placement (AP) courses are designed to help high achieving students

earn college credits while in high school.

+ In order for students to earn college credits through AP courses, students must take and pass the AP exam at the end of the school year

+ Students who earns a 3 or higher on the AP exam will earn college credit

+ If a student in unsuccessful on an AP exam, the AP exam grade will not appear on the student’s college transcript

+ All AP courses carry a 5.0 weight

10

8th Grade Transition to High School

Dual Credit+ Dual Credit courses are designed to help student earn college credits while in high school

+ Students must take and pass the TSI exam in order to take a Dual Credit course

+ Students who enroll in Dual Credit courses will earn college credit at the end of the semester

+ Unlike AP, students in Dual Credit do not have to take an exam in order to earn college credit

+ Unlike AP, if a student is unsuccessful in Dual Credit, the grade will appear on the student’s college transcript

+ All Dual Credit course carry an 5.0 weight

11

Project Lead The Way (PLTW)+ PLTW courses give students the opportunity to learn how to

solve real-world problems while collaborating with classmates

+ We offer courses in Computer Science, Biomedical Science and Engineering

+ The Engineering PLTW pathway provides students with an opportunity to earn college credit

+ All PLTW courses carry a 5.0 weight

12

13

14

15

Endorsements (Pathways)

16

8th Grade Transition to High School

Endorsements Students entering 9th Grade must choose from one of the following endorsements

+ STEM (Examples: Engineering, Computer Science)

+ Business & Industry (Examples: Business, Finance, Accounting)

+ Arts & Humanities (Examples: Literature, Art, Dance, Music)

+ Public Services (Examples: Hotel Management, Psychology, Teaching, Health)

+ Multidisciplinary Studies (Examples: Business, Sociology, Art)

17

Let’s review 9th Grade Courses Math

Algebra I ORHonors Algebra I ORGeometry Honors*Algebra II

Science

Biology ORBiology Honors

English

English I OREnglish I Honors

Social Studies

Geography World ORGeography AP Human

Electives/EndorsementsSTEM (IED, CS)

Public Service (PBS)

Art & Humanities (Art)

Business & IT (PIT, Networking)

Fine Arts/PE

Art I OR Music I Orchestra I OR Music I Choir I OR Music I Inst. Ensemble I

18

Extracurricular Activities+ Student Clubs

+ NHS, Key Club, Robotics Club, Student Council, etc..

+ Academic Competitions

+ After School Activities

+ Athletics

+ Volunteer Activities

+ Camps

19

8th Grade Transition to High School

Extracurricular Activities Student and Parent Engagement+ Extra curricular activities+ Home Visits+ Parent Academy+ Parent Nights + Volunteer Management Software (Voly)+ Alumni Services

20

8th Grade Transition to High School

IMPORTANT DATES!!! Course Selection+ Update your contact information in Skyward (Email, phone, etc..)

+ Setup a Course Selection Meeting with a Counselor (Jan 22-Feb 1)

+ Sign the PGP sheet before leaving a course selection meeting

+ Send your AP appeal request by March 7th, 2019 at 4:00 pm.

+ Schedules are Released/Distributed/Mailed on April 29-May 3

+ Send your “Schedule Change Request if needed” on May 3-May 24

21

8th Grade Transition to High School

Question & Answer Session

22

8th Grade Transition to High School

BIG CONCEPTBring the attention of your audience over a key concept

using icons or illustrations

23

8th Grade Transition to High School

WhiteIs the color of milk and fresh snow, the color produced by the combination of all the colors of the visible spectrum.

You can also split your contentBlackIs the color of coal, ebony, and of outer space. It is the darkest color, the result of the absence of or complete absorption of light.

24

In two or three columnsYellow

Is the color of gold, butter and ripe lemons. In the spectrum of visible light, yellow is found between green and orange.

Blue

Is the colour of the clear sky and the deep sea. It is located between violet and green on the optical spectrum.

Red

Is the color of blood, and because of this it has historically been associated with sacrifice, danger and courage.

25

A picture is worth a thousand wordsA complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image, namely making it possible to absorb large amounts of data quickly.

26

Want big impact? Use big image.

27

Use charts to explain your ideas

GrayWhite Black

28

And tables to compare data

A B C

Yellow 10 20 7

Blue 30 15 10

Orange 5 24 16

29

Maps

our office

30

89,526,124Whoa! That’s a big number, aren’t you proud?

31

Our process is easy

Pathway Selectio

n second last

32

You can insert graphs from Google Sheets

33

Android projectShow and explain your web, app or software projects using these gadget templates.

Place your screenshot here

34

iPhone projectShow and explain your web, app or software projects using these gadget templates.

Place your screenshot here

35

Tablet projectShow and explain your web, app or software projects using these gadget templates.

Place your screenshot here

36

Desktop projectShow and explain your web, app or software projects using these gadget templates.

Place your screenshot here

37

Thanks!Any questions?You can find me at:+ @username+ user@mail.me

38

Credits

Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free:+ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival+ Photographs by Unsplash

39

Presentation designThis presentation uses the following typographies and colors:

+ Titles: Patrick Hand SC+ Body copy: Sniglet

You can download the fonts on these pages:

https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/sniglet

http://www.1001freefonts.com/patrick_hand_sc.font

You don’t need to keep this slide in your presentation. It’s only here to serve you as a design guide if you need to create new slides or download the fonts to edit the presentation in PowerPoint®

40

SlidesCarnival icons are editable shapes.

This means that you can:● Resize them without losing quality.● Change fill color and opacity.

Isn’t that nice? :)

Examples:

41

Now you can use any emoji as an icon!And of course it resizes without losing quality and you can change the color.

How? Follow Google instructions https://twitter.com/googledocs/status/730087240156643328

✋👆👉👍👤👦👧👨👩👪💃🏃💑❤😂😉😋😒😭👶😸🐟🍒🍔💣📌📖🔨🎃🎈🎨🏈🏰🌏🔌🔑 and many more...

😉

42