our four year plan session!
Planning for Vines and Beyond!
TIMELINE January 30th and 31st - Mrs. Hale- PACE and AVID Feb. 1st 13th Mrs. Hale - PE and Athletics Feb. 7th – Vines Counselor visit – PE and Athletics Feb. 8th –PSHS counselor and students—PE and Athletics Feb. 6th & 7th - Counselor’s check rough draft 4 year plan Feb. 9th – Parent Night 4 Year Plans and EXPLORE info
February 13th - On-line registration for 8th -9th
Create a Future Folder! Report Cards Award/Certificates Clubs and Organizations Volunteer Hours College Ed Booklet 4 year plan information Keep all of this for your college application!
Grade Point Average (GPA) Chart Your Transcript is your academic portrait!
Recommended Program • • • • • • • • • •
English- 4 credits Math- 4 credits Science- 4 credits Social Studies- 4 credits Fine Arts- 1 credit Speech- .5 credit Health- .5 credit Foreign Language- 2 credits (DAP- 3 credits) P.E.- 1 credit Electives- 5 credits
• Total 26 credits ( DAP- 4 advanced measures)
English You are required to have 4 credits
Math You are required to have 4 credits
Science You are required to have 4 credits
Social Studies You are required to have 4 credits
Students may take two Social Studies courses simultaneously
Fine Arts You are required to have 1.0 credit Principles & Elements of Floral Design Art Band Choir Orchestra Theater Dance
Other Requirements • Health (.5) OR • Principles of Health Science (1.0) • Communication Applications (.5) 9th grade AVID students will be taking this through their AVID course and test with CBE for credit in Communication Applications
Physical Education You are required to have 1.0 credit • • • • •
Physical Education Athletics Cheerleading/Drill Team (tryouts required) JROTC- Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Marching Band- Fall semester
Foreign Languages You are required to have 2.0 credits of the same language for the Recommended Program and 3.0 credits of the same language for the Distinguished Achievement Program.
• • • • • •
American Sign Language Chinese French German Latin Spanish
Choose 5 credits of Electives for the Recommended Program and 4 credits of Electives for the DAP DAP(Distinguished Achievement Program)
Check the course catalog for possible electives…..right now just write “elective” in those slots!
Keys to College Admission •School Achievement •Test Scores - SAT/ACT •Recommendations •Community service •Essay •Activities •Automatic admission for top 10% of graduates to Texas colleges and universities
Reminders • Seek balance in schedule
• Look through the course catalog • Academic plan evaluated with a counselor at each grade level – 9th, 10th, and 11th grades. • Applications for Yearbook are available in the counselor’s office. • The Get Set for College/ The RoadMap to College contains valuable information for college readiness.
Reminders Summer school classes that are good for acceleration are: • Communication Applications • Health • PE • Government • Economics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* 2012 High School Summer School (grades 9-12) Dates Are: Two Locations Depending of the subject……. Student Late Registration ---June 12 at PWSH 1st Session—June 14-July 3 Session Break—July 4-6 2nd Session—July 9-July 26 *Summer School Guide are available in the counseling office. Summer School is approximately $250.00 a course. Guides usually arrive after spring break to the counseling office. *High School courses are also available through Plano e-School in the course catalog or contact [email protected]
Reminders • Students graduating under the SBOE Recommended Program or the Distinguished Achievement Program may qualify for TEXAS (Towards EXcellence, Access and Success) Grant pg. 9-10 in your course catalog. • The Plano ISD Web site address for the Course Catalog is as follows: http://www.pisd.edu/students/courses/index.shtml
• The Web site contains the current year and previous years for student/parent reference.
Remember! Online registration will be Monday, Feb. 13th…all four year plan sheets and 9th grade registration cards are due to Mrs. Hale on this day. There will be schedule change sheets in the Haggard counselor’s office if a change in the 9th grade schedule needs to happen.
TIMELINE January 30th and 31st - Mrs. Hale- PACE and AVID Feb. 1st 13th Mrs. Hale - PE and Athletics Feb. 7th – Vines Counselor visit – PE and Athletics Feb. 8th –PSHS counselor and students—PE and Athletics Feb. 6th & 7th - Counselor’s check rough draft 4 year plan Feb. 9th – Parent Night 4 Year Plans and EXPLORE info
February 13th - On-line registration for 8th -9th
Create a Future Folder! Report Cards Award/Certificates Clubs and Organizations Volunteer Hours College Ed Booklet 4 year plan information Keep all of this for your college application!
Grade Point Average (GPA) Chart Your Transcript is your academic portrait!
Recommended Program • • • • • • • • • •
English- 4 credits Math- 4 credits Science- 4 credits Social Studies- 4 credits Fine Arts- 1 credit Speech- .5 credit Health- .5 credit Foreign Language- 2 credits (DAP- 3 credits) P.E.- 1 credit Electives- 5 credits
• Total 26 credits ( DAP- 4 advanced measures)
English You are required to have 4 credits
Math You are required to have 4 credits
Science You are required to have 4 credits
Social Studies You are required to have 4 credits
Students may take two Social Studies courses simultaneously
Fine Arts You are required to have 1.0 credit Principles & Elements of Floral Design Art Band Choir Orchestra Theater Dance
Other Requirements • Health (.5) OR • Principles of Health Science (1.0) • Communication Applications (.5) 9th grade AVID students will be taking this through their AVID course and test with CBE for credit in Communication Applications
Physical Education You are required to have 1.0 credit • • • • •
Physical Education Athletics Cheerleading/Drill Team (tryouts required) JROTC- Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Marching Band- Fall semester
Foreign Languages You are required to have 2.0 credits of the same language for the Recommended Program and 3.0 credits of the same language for the Distinguished Achievement Program.
• • • • • •
American Sign Language Chinese French German Latin Spanish
Choose 5 credits of Electives for the Recommended Program and 4 credits of Electives for the DAP DAP(Distinguished Achievement Program)
Check the course catalog for possible electives…..right now just write “elective” in those slots!
Keys to College Admission •School Achievement •Test Scores - SAT/ACT •Recommendations •Community service •Essay •Activities •Automatic admission for top 10% of graduates to Texas colleges and universities
Reminders • Seek balance in schedule
• Look through the course catalog • Academic plan evaluated with a counselor at each grade level – 9th, 10th, and 11th grades. • Applications for Yearbook are available in the counselor’s office. • The Get Set for College/ The RoadMap to College contains valuable information for college readiness.
Reminders Summer school classes that are good for acceleration are: • Communication Applications • Health • PE • Government • Economics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* 2012 High School Summer School (grades 9-12) Dates Are: Two Locations Depending of the subject……. Student Late Registration ---June 12 at PWSH 1st Session—June 14-July 3 Session Break—July 4-6 2nd Session—July 9-July 26 *Summer School Guide are available in the counseling office. Summer School is approximately $250.00 a course. Guides usually arrive after spring break to the counseling office. *High School courses are also available through Plano e-School in the course catalog or contact [email protected]
Reminders • Students graduating under the SBOE Recommended Program or the Distinguished Achievement Program may qualify for TEXAS (Towards EXcellence, Access and Success) Grant pg. 9-10 in your course catalog. • The Plano ISD Web site address for the Course Catalog is as follows: http://www.pisd.edu/students/courses/index.shtml
• The Web site contains the current year and previous years for student/parent reference.
Remember! Online registration will be Monday, Feb. 13th…all four year plan sheets and 9th grade registration cards are due to Mrs. Hale on this day. There will be schedule change sheets in the Haggard counselor’s office if a change in the 9th grade schedule needs to happen.
