Transcript Cherokee High School

Cherokee High School
2015-16
One History, One Vision, One Nation…
Our TIME!
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act,
but a habit.”
Aristotle
One History, One Vision, One
Nation…Our Time!
Tonight’s meeting is about new beginnings! We
hope you have a better understanding of the
following when you leave tonight:
New People: Introductions
The WARRIOR Five R Philosophy
Transitioning from MS to HS
The registration process, how student’s classes are
selected.
Pathway Components required for graduation.
HOPE rigor components needed to qualify for the
scholarship.
Administration
The Power of Transition
Teacher Meeting in January
Student group meetings with individual
teams/larger groups at our feeder middle
schools with our Leadership 56 Team!
FMS/TMS visited for Tours last week.
Other Future Warriors have been/will be
invited in for group/individual tours soon.
The Power of Transition
TMS and FMS toured with the Leadership 56
Team as guides.
CHS holds Elective/Club Fair and Parent
Meeting
CHS travels to FMS/TMS with administrators
and counselors to individual register incoming
freshmen.
Parents receive course request for approval.
Students receive schedule in the mail.
Guidance Counselors
Students with the LAST NAME beginning
with the letters:
A-El
El-Lob
Loc-Riv
Ro-Z
Tracy Tuck
Sonia Murillo
Gayle Cuomo
Karen Holton
Guidance Counselors
Guidance Counselors are available to
students for a wide variety of services:
Academic Counseling
College and Career Counseling
Recommendations
Social/Emotional
Parent Conferences/Reviews
The WARRIOR Way!
Relevance
Relationships
Respect
Rigor
Responsibility
Academic Relevance
CCGPS
Clear instructional goals
Effective Instruction
Use of data and research-based
strategies
Career Tech Programs including new
Healthcare/Engineering Pathways
Additions of high tech fabrication labs
Academic Rigor
Continued growth of our Honor’s,
AP, CTAE and core programs.
Find opportunities for all students to
grow in academic rigor.
Support rigorous learning with an
aggressive ExP tutoring program
that includes SAT/ACT Prep.
Relationships
Warrior Wednesday-Teacher as Advisor
Clubs/Sports
Tutoring
Mentoring
Join the Tribe!
Live or delayed sports coverage with Play On
Sports.
Family Passes for CHS sporting events
Bring on more clubs including gymnastics,
Model UN, etc.
Responsibility
High expectations for all.
Character education
Warrior Monday-Teacher As Advisory
Homerooms
Exciting, well-developed lessons
Become an active member of the
Warrior community.
RESPECT
Firm, fair and consistent discipline
Open-door policy.
Model good behaviors
Make an investment in your school,
work and life.
Course Selection and
Recommendations
Courses generally “roll” from one Instructional
Setting to the next for students. For example: a
student in Advanced 8th Lit/Comp in MS would
“roll” into Honors 9th Lit/Comp.
Factors that could change a students placement
for HS courses:
 Grades
 Standardized Test Scores
 Attendance
 Teacher Recommendation
Course Selection and
Recommendations
Students should carefully consider their
academic schedule and rigor “load”.
Students will want to balance their
academic course work, electives and
extra-curricular opportunities in order to
make the most of their high school
education!
The FRESHMAN Academy
Freshmen have classes together to foster
community.
Dedicated Administrator: Kelly Strickland
Dedicated Teaching Staff and Counselor to
focus on transitioning students.
All Freshmen have lunch together, no upper
classmen.
Academy Teachers apply for membership
The FRESHMEN Academy
Students who are failing any
academic subject at the 4 ½ week
grading period will give up ½ of the
lunch period for mandatory tutoring.
Special classes (Peer Leadership,
etc.) and opportunities for Freshmen
to develop good leadership (Teach
one, Lead one)
Graduation Requirement for the Class
of 2019
In order to complete the requirements for
GRADUATION, students must complete the
following:
Earn 23 units in the appropriate academic areas
Pass the Georgia High School Writing Test
Complete the requirements for a Pathway
Pathway Options
Graduation Requirement: Pathway
Completion
World Language
Career, Technical,
Agricultural
Education
Advanced Academic
Fine Arts
Graduation Requirement: Pathway
Completion-World Language
Students become World Language Completers
by taking three years of the same World
Language
 American Sign Language
 French
 Latin
 Spanish
** Most four year universities require three years of a
World Language. All four-year colleges require at
least two years of a World Language.
Graduation Requirement: Pathway
Completion-Advanced Academics
Students earning an Advanced Academic Pathway must have
THREE years of course work in an academic discipline AND
complete either an Advanced Placement or Dual Enrollment
course.
For example:
 Honors 9th Lit, Honors 10th Lit, American Lit, AP Language.
 Honors World Geography, Honors World History, Honors
US History, AP Macro Economics, Government
 Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry, Honors Physics, AP
Environmental
 Honors Accel Alg/Geo; Honors Accel Geo/Adv Alg; Honors
Accel Pre-Cal; AP Stats or AP Calculus
Graduation Requirement: Pathway
Completion-Career Technical
Agriculture Education
FACS
And JROTC
Metals/Welding
And
Automotive
Healthcare
CTAEStudents complete
3 years in the same
pathway.
Engineering
And
Work-based
Learning
Business Tech
And
Video
Production
Agriculture and
Construction
Graduation Requirement: Pathway
Completion-Fine Arts
Students are considered Fine Arts Pathway completers if
they complete THREE years (earn three credits) in the
same fine arts concentration.
 BAND
 CHORUS
 DRAMA
 VISUAL ARTS
 JOURNALISM
Pathway Options
Graduation Requirement: Pathway
Completion
World Language
Career, Technical,
Agricultural
Education
Advanced Academic
Fine Arts
HOPE Rigor CHANGES
HB 326, Georgia Code 20-2-157 requires that
certain course credits be earned in order for
students to be HOPE Scholarship eligible.
 Students graduating from high school on or after May
1, 2017 must receive FOUR credits from the following
categories:
 Advanced Math
 Advanced Science
 Advanced English
 Advanced Foreign Language Course
 AP course work in one of the above categories.
HOPE Rigor CHANGES
Rigor COUNTS at CHS! We have 45 Rigor
compatible courses!
 MATH: Adv Algebra, Statistics, Pre-Cal, Calculus, AP Calculus, AP
Stats
 English: AP Language, AP Literature
 Science: Chemistry, Physics, Forensics, Scientific Research, Human
Anatomy/Physiology, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP
Environmental
 Social Studies: AP Psychology, AP Gov, AP Micro Econ, AP Macro
Econ, AP Human Geo, AP World History, AP US History
 Foreign Language: Any level II, III, or higher
HOPE Rigor CHANGES
Typical Sophomore Schedule:
 Geometry
 Chemistry (1 rigor credit)
 World History
 Foreign Language II (1 rigor credit)
 World Literature
 1 electives
Typical Junior Schedule:
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Advanced Algebra (1 Rigor credit)
Foreign Language III (1 Rigor credit)
Physics (1 Rigor Credit)
US History
American Literature
1 Elective
HOPE Rigor CHANGES
 Typical Senior Schedule
 Statistics or Pre-Cal (1 rigor credit)
 Human Anatomy or Forensics or Science Research or AP course (1 rigor
credit)
 Econ/Gov OR AP Econ/AP Gov (2 rigor credits for AP)
 Honors Comp or Comp or Brit Lit or AP course (1 rigor credit for AP)
 Electives:
 Foreign Language (rigor credit)
 AP course (rigor credit)
Advanced Placement: AP Courses
AP, Honors and College Prep Course Work
21 AP Course Offerings
 Science: Biology, Physics 1, Physics C, Environmental
Science, Chemistry
 Math: Statistics, Calculus
 English: Language, Literature
 Social Studies: Macro Econ, Micro Econ,
Government, US History, World History, Human
Geography, Psychology
 Foreign Language: Spanish, Latin, French
 Electives: Music Theory, Art Design, Computer
Science
One History, One Vision, One
Nation…Our Time!
Tonight’s meeting is about new beginnings! We
hope you have a better understanding of the
following when you leave tonight:
The WARRIOR Five R Philosophy
Transitioning from MS to HS
The registration process, how my student’s classes
are selected.
Pathway Components required for graduation.
HOPE rigor components needed to qualify for the
scholarship.
Once a Warrior, Always a Warrior
Remind 101 Messages for the
Class of 2019
Text to this number 81010 this
message: @525e0