STARTING HIGH SCHOOLFROM 8TH TO 9TH GRADE

2012 – 2013

JUNE 11, 2012

Brian Wharton YHS Principal

John Johnson RMS Principal

Heidi Bunker YMS Principal

WELCOME TO HIGH SCHOOL!

430+ 9th graders next year If 9th Grade were on Campus we would have

nearly 1,600 students Next year, we will have 1,200 + students on

the YHS campus next year Combined sports program for 9-12 grades,

between 3 campuses. We move up to AAAA (4A) classification.

ATHLETIC INFORMATION

Thad Nelson, Assistant Principal and Athletic Director Fall sports Buses Eligibility Paperwork Important Fall Dates

THE MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGES TONIGHT… What your student accomplishes in 9th grade

classes counts toward graduation

Grades and report cards have always mattered, but now the students are “on the clock” towards meeting their graduation requirements

CORE ACADEMICSSemester Courses Natural Resource Science/Integrated Science

Year Long Courses Tech Communications English Math

ELECTIVES

Pre-Engineering - Semester Art - Semester Band – All Year Choir – All Year Spanish – All Year PASS - Semester *Intervention Reading or Math PE and/or Health - Semester Leadership – All Year

WHAT IS A CREDIT?

Means that a high school class has been passed at end of a semester

Credits are added to official transcripts at end of fall and spring semesters

Students take 6 classes per semester Earn 3 credits per semester/6 credits per year

Students can earn 24 credits in grades 9-12

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS – INCREASED FOR CLASS OF 2016

22 credits to graduate and earn a diploma Must earn credits in English, social studies, math,

science, CTE, health, PE, fine arts and electives Must do a culminating project Must do a high school and beyond plan -

WOIS Must complete state testing requirements

Pass reading, writing, algebra, geometry and biology tests

Admissions requirements for 4 year colleges exceed those required to earn diploma

GETTING OFF TO A GOOD START For students who struggle, most problems occur

in the 9th or 10th grade year Attendance! Get ahead and you have more choices in classes

and programs College bound students should take at least

one honors or Advanced Placement course each year

Set time and place to study on regular basis Involved in a positive school activity

Parents stay closely involved Family access – improved features add to

communication Strong contact with teachers and counselor Monitor social media

GETTING OFF TO A GOOD START

Get behind and it is hard to catch up We have to start picking classes – fewer electives Hard to repeat classes “I can easily catch up by…” Credit retrieval costly Middle schools and high school have similar

support and intervention services

ACADEMIC SUPPORTS

We don’t want any student to fall behind. Students should never be failing a class because… Grade checks required Parent grade monitoring Opportunity Time 2 or 5 days per week PASS Support Class Administration and Counselors monitor student

progress and identify support for individual students

Lunch Study Hall, Academic Achievement, OT, Parent Contact/Staffing

ACADEMIC SUPPORTS AT YHS We don’t want any student to fall behind.

Students should never be failing a class because… Grade checks required Parent grade monitoring Learning Lab 3 days per week after school Saturday Learning Lab twice monthly if not

passing Peer tutoring available – after school and during

the school day Counselor checks on graduation status each year

with parent sign off Students need to be passing (or making

significant progress toward passing) to participate in sports and activities

COMMUNICATION FROM SCHOOL

School Website Newsletters online

Autodial Calls Roughly one per week Schedule and activity information

Family Access functions

Encourage teachers to use Skyward messaging to families

ATHLETICS

RMS Nicole Minor, ASB Secretary YMS Kim Gosney, ASB Secretary Activity Bus from both schools to YHS Turn in paperwork to the middle school your

student attends Fall – Winter – Spring

IN SUMMARY…WE ASK OUR 9TH GRADERS TO DO THE FOLLOWING…

Attend school every dayRead every dayDo the work that is assigned

Look out for each other

RMS AND YMS EMAIL/PHONE CONTACT

RMS John_johnson@ycs.wednet.edu 400-0872 Ron_barnard@ycs.wednet.edu 400-0867 Stacey_jansen@ycs.wednet.edu 400-1100 ex 11104 Melanie_keller@ycs.wednet.edu 400-1100 ex 11103 Nicole_minor@ycs.wednet.edu 400-1100 ex 11101 ASB Sharilyn_howell@ycs.wednet.edu 400-1100 ex11122 Admin.

AssistantYMS Heidi_bunker@ycs.wednet.edu 458-6176 Corrina_durocher@ycs.wednet.edu 458-6159 Michelle_merlitti @ycs.wednet.edu 458-6154 Sahja_cove@ycs.wednet.edu 458-8288 Kim_gosney@ycs.wednet.edu 458-3600 ASB Linda_davis@ycs.wednet.edu 458-3600 Admin. Assistant

YHS CONTACT INFORMATION

Principal Brian Wharton

Kari Polzin – Administrative Assistant 458-6212

Athletics and Activities Thad Nelson, Asst. Principal and Athletic Director Martha Auldredge, Asst. Principal and Activities

Deb McLean – ASB office 458-6205

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