Transcript Dual Enrollment

PSAT, AP, & Dual Enrollment
WHITE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
LYNNETTE GRIFFIN
KEITH FUTCH
Presenters
 Keith Futch, White County High School
 Lynnette Griffin, White County High School
 Kallan Williams, North Georgia Technical College
AGENDA
 Graduation Requirements
 Hope Rigor Requirements
 PSAT
 AP Potential
 AP Program
 Dual Enrollment Options
Graduation Requirements
To Graduate WCHS
 4 English
 4 Math
 4 Social Studies
 4 Science
 .5 Health and .5 Personal Fitness (or students can
have 3 JROTC Classes)
 3 any combination of Fine Arts, CTAE or Foreign
Language
 4 electives
 28 credits total
ENGLISH
 ENGLISH 9
 ENGLISH 10
 ENGLISH 11 OR AP LANGUAGE AND
COMPOSITION
 ENGLISH 12 OR ADVANCED COMPOSITION OR
AP LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
MATH
Class of 2015
 MATH I OR
ACCELLERATED MATH I
 MATH II OR
ACCELLERATED MATH II
 MATH III OR
ACCELLERATED MATH
III
 4TH MATH
Class of 2016 and Beyond
 COORDINATE ALGEBRA OR
ACCELLERATED
COORDINATE ALGEBRA
 ANALYTIC GEOMETRY OR
ACCELLERATED ANALYTIC
GEOMETRY
 CCGPS ADVANCED ALGEBRA
OR ACCELLERATED CCGPS
ADVANCED ALGEBRA
 4th MATH
SOCIAL STUDIES
 CIVICS OR AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
 WORLD HISTORY
 US HISTORY
 ECONOMICS
SCIENCE
 PHYSICAL SCIENCE
 BIOLOGY
 CHEMISTRY OR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE OR
EARTH SYSTEMS
 4TH SCIENCE
HEALTH/PERSONAL FITNESS
.5 CREDIT OF HEALTH AND .5 CREDIT OF PERSONAL
FITNESS
3 JROTC CLASSES
HOPE RIGOR
REQUIREMENTS
Rigor Requirement by class
Graduation Date
Rigorous Courses needed for Hope
On or after May 1, 2015 (current 11th graders)
2 (can be any 2 from below list)
On or after May 1, 2016 (current 10th graders)
3 (can be any 3 from below list)
On or after may 1, 2017 (current 9th graders)
4 (can be any 4 from below list)
More information can be found at www.gacollege411.org.
You can click on the financial aid tab and then click on the
Hope Scholarship link in the Hope Program Box.
Rigorous Courses that will satisfy Hope at WCHS
English
Math
AP Language &
Composition
Math III (class of
2015)
AP Literature &
Composition
Accelerated
Math III (class of
2015)
Math IV (class of
2015)
CCGPS
Advanced
Algebra
(available for
class of 2016)
CCGPS PreCalculus (class of
2016 or later)
Accelerated
CCGPS PreCalculus (class of
2016 or later)
Science
Social Studies
Chemistry I
AP Government
(class of 2017
and later)
Human Anatomy AP World
& Physiology
History
Physics I
AP US History
AP Chemistry
AP
Microeconomics
Foreign
Language
Spanish II
Spanish III
AP Biology
More information can be found at www.gacollege411.org.
You can click on the financial aid tab and then click on the
Hope Scholarship link in the Hope Program Box.
PSAT/NMSQT
WHAT IS THE PSAT
 PRELIMINARY SAT TEST
 IT IS A PRACTICE SAT GIVEN BY THE COLLEGEBOARD
 IT IS A STANDARDIZED TEST
 IT GIVES STUDENTS VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT
CRITICAL READING, MATH, WRITING
 GIVEN ONCE A YEAR IN OCTOBER
 STATE OF GEORGIA PAYS FOR ALL 10TH GRADERS TO
TAKE. 9TH OR 11TH GRADERS CAN PAY TO TAKE THE TEST
AS WELL
 ALSO SERVES AS A QUALIFYING TEST FOR THE
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
HOW TO INTERPRET THE SCORES
 MEASURES STUDENTS ON THREE AREAS
 Critical Reading
 Math
 Writing
 EACH AREA HAS A SCORE RANGING FROM 20-
80
 UNDERNEATH THE SCORE, IT WILL TELL YOU
HOW YOU COMPARE WITH OTHERS IN THE
NATION WHO HAVE TAKEN THE TEST
 THE THREE SCORE TOTAL IS CALLED THE
SELECTION INDEX AND RANGES FROM 60-240
SCORE REPORT
 SCORES
CRITICAL READING, MATH, WRITING
 SELECTION INDEX
 YOUR SKILLS
 SHOWS SKILL CATEGORIES
 SHOW NUMBER OF QUESTIONS CORRECT IN EACH CATEGORY
 YOUR ANSWERS
 ANSWER Key
 YOU CAN REVIEW THE QUESTIONS IN THE TEST BOOKLET
 NEXT STEPS
 COLLEGEBOARD RESOURCES
 SAT TEST
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AP POTENTIAL
 ADVANCED PLACEMENT
(AP) IS ANOTHER
COLLEGEBOARD PROGRAM
 AP POTENTIAL USES PSAT
SCORES TO DETERMINE
THE LIKELYHOOD OF
SUCCESS (SCORING A 3 OR
HIGHER) ON AN AP EXAM.
 YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED A
LETTER INDICATING
FUTURE SUCCESS
 THIS IS NOT THE ONLY
METHOD TO DETERMINE
SUCCESS
ADVANCED PLACEMENT
Advanced Placement (AP)
 AP Classes are available at White County High
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Students will take an AP Exam at the End of the
Class
The AP exams are scored 1-5
Students who earn a 3, 4, or 5 may get college credit
College credit awarded varies from college to college
Research indicates that students who take AP
courses in high school perform better in college
AP COURSES OFFERED AT WCHS
ENGLISH
MATH
SCIENCE
SOCIAL
STUDIES
OTHER
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
AND COMP
AP
STATISTICS
AP BIOLOGY
AP
AMERICAN
GOVT. (9TH)
AP STUDIO
ART
ENGLISH
LITERATURE
AND COMP
AP
CALCULUS
AP
CHEMISTRY
AP WORLD
HISTORY
AP US
HISTORY
AP MICROECONOMICS
Courses subject to change based on student
requests and teacher availability
Other courses are available on Georgia Virtual School
DUAL ENROLLMENT
Dual Enrollment
• High School students can take courses at an eligible
college while still enrolled as a high school student
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Accel Program – most common
Move On When Ready
Hope Grant
Articulation
Residential Programs
Accel vs. MOWR
ACCEL
Move on When Ready
 Eligible Students in
 Eligible Students in grades 11-12
 Must apply and be accepted by
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grades 9-12 (Many colleges
will only take 11-12th graders)
Must apply and be accepted
by the college
Full-time or part-time
Courses on Accel list
On the college campus or at
High School
Earn credit at both the high
school and college
Hours attempted will not
count against HOPE Hours
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the college
Full-time ONLY (min 12 hours)
If you drop one course you have
to drop them all
Courses on the approved list
On the college campus
Earn credit at both the high
school and college
Hours will not count against
HOPE Hours
Hope Grant
 Eligible Students in grades 9-12 (Many colleges will
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only take 11-12th graders)
Must apply and be accepted by the college
Full-time or part-time
Courses on Dual Enrollment Directory
On the college campus
Simultaneously earn high school credit toward their
high school diploma and certificate/diploma
program
Earn credit at both the high school and college
Hours attempted will not count against HOPE Hours
ACCEL VS. HOPE GRANT
 Accel is for core courses (Math, Science, English,
Social Studies, Foreign Language)
 Hope Grant is for Technical Certificate or Diploma
Program courses (Welding, Mechanics, Engineering,
etc.)
Articulation
• Any student in grades 9-12 at a high school that has
an articulation agreement with a local college can
participate.
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No college admission required before graduation
Courses within articulation agreements are eligible
Take classes on high school campus
Credit awarded at the college level is contingent upon passing
the college’s qualifying exam
No cost
HOPE limits are not affected
Residential Programs
 Live full time on a college campus
 Two Programs
 University of West Georgia
 Middle Georgia College
Joint Enrollment
• Joint enrollment is NOT a dual enrollment program
– Must apply and be accepted to the college
– Part-time status is required at the college
– Student can take ANY course that the college offers
– Credit is ONLY earned at the college and not transferred back
to the high school
– Can be paid for by the HOPE grant/scholarship or by the
student/parents
– Courses taken and paid for by HOPE grant/scholarship do
count towards HOPE hours
Requirements to Participate
• In an eligible grade 9-12 depending on program
• Been reported as enrolled in a public high school the
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preceding October and March
Applied and been accepted by a post-secondary
institution
Meet requirements set by WCHS
Complete and submit the state Accel application
Be in good standing as a student
Maturity is an important factor to consider
Take only courses from the approved list
Meet with counselor to schedule courses and receive
advisement
White County Requirements
 April 1 deadline to apply for Fall and Nov. 1
for Spring
 SAT/ACT/ASSET
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SAT
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ACT
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480 CR; 440 Math; combined 970
20 English; 18 Math; Composite 21
ASSET (for technical college only)
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Reading 42; Writing 41; Math 32; Algebra 42
 Core GPA 3.0
 Attend a Dual Enrollment Workshop
 Meet with counselor and sign all advisement forms.
Options
 North Georgia Technical College (will have option to
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take courses at WCHS)
Truett McConnell College
Piedmont College
University of North Georgia (Dahlonega)
University of North Georgia (Gainesville)
DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES AT WCHS
ACCEL
HOPE GRANT
 ENGLISH 1101
 CULINARY ARTS
 ENGLISH 1102
 CRIMINAL JUSTICE
 COLLEGE ALGEBRA
 ENGINEERING
 COLLEGE
 NOK CO-OP
PSYCHOLOGY
 COLLEGE WORLD
HISTORY
PROGRAM
Courses subject to change based on
student requests and teacher availability