Transcript Rising 10th Grade Student and Parent Information

Planning for Grade
10th grade and Beyond
Graduation Requirements
CONTENT AREA
CREDITS
English
4 Credits
I, II, III, IV
Mathematics
4 Credits
Common Core Math I, II, III (and one course
before Common Core Math I OR one higher than
Common Core Math III)
3 Credits
Environmental Science, Biology, Physical
Science
4 Credits
World History, Civics and Economics, American
History I and II
Not required
Science
Humanities
World Languages
Health and Physical Education
1 Credit
Health/Physical Education
Electives
10 Credits
2 elective credits of any combination from either:
Career and Technical Education, Arts Education,
Foreign Languages
26 **plus 100 hours of community service
Total Credits
Community Service
 You must complete 25 hours each year you are at
Broughton to graduate.
 Make sure to complete your community service hours
this year, and turn them in to the front office.
 You must be current on community service to get an offcampus lunch pass and parking pass (11th and 12th).
Promotion to 10th Grade
Requirements
 Must earn a minimum of 6 units of credit
 Must pass English I
 Must pass 2 out of 3 cores (Math, Science and Humanities)
English – 4 credits required
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9th – academic or honors
10th – academic or honors
11th – academic, honors, AP, or IB
12th - academic, honors, AP, or IB
Math- 4 credits required
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade
Foundations of Math I/
Math I
Foundations Math
II/Math II
Math III
Essentials of College
Math
Math I
Math II
Math III
Essential of College
Math
Math II
Math III
Essentials of College
Math
AFM/Discrete Math
A student’s grade in Math III may determine next course
If C-D then Essentials then AFM
If strong A-B then AFM then either Pre-Cal/AP Stat/Essentials
Math II (Honors)
Math III (Honors)
Pre-Calc (Honors)
AP Calc
Or IB Math
IB: Math III(Honors)
Pre-Calc (Honors)
IB Math/AP Cal
AP Calc/IB Math
Science – 3 credits required
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade
Earth Science
Biology
Physical Science
*Science elective
Recommended
Biology
Chemistry
APES
*Science elective
Recommended
Biology
Earth Science
Chemistry
*Science elective
Recommended
Biology (Honors)
Chemistry (Honors)
APES
*Science elective
Recommended
IB: Biology
(Honors)
Chemistry
(Honors)
APES
IB Biology or
IB Physics
IB Biology or
IB Physics
Humanities – 4 units required
9th Grade
10th Grade
Civics
(academic or
honors)
World History
(academic or
honors)
Civics (Honors)
World History
(Honors or AP)
IB: Civics Honors AP World History
11th Grade
12th Grade
American History American History
I
II
(academic or
(academic or
honors)
honors)
AP US History
History elective
IB History of
Americas
IB 20th Century
Topics
US History/American History I & II
 Students can take AP US History or IB History of the
Americas in place of American History I & II.
 However, they must then take one additional
Humanities elective.
Second Languages
 Not required for High School graduation
 MINIMUM requirement for colleges or universities is 2 credits of
the SAME language
 “Highly Selective” Colleges and Universities (Davidson, Duke,
UNC, WFU) expect 4 credits of the same language
 If you earned a credit for a second language in Middle School the
credit counts, although the grade is not computed in your GPA. If
you retake the same class in Grade 9, you will not receive another
credit but the grade will compute in your GPA.
Health and PE
 Must take Healthful Living I
 If you are in ROTC, you must pass ROTC I and
II to fulfill Healthful Living graduation
requirement
How to Compute GPA
(Grade Point Average)
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Use the scale to assign quality points to each grade.
Add up all of the quality points to get the total.
Divide total quality points by the total number of attempted credits.
Compare this number to corresponding letter grade.
Effective 15/16 school year- numerical grades will appear on transcript and
grading scale moved to 10-point scale
 Highest Unweighted GPA is 4.0
Academic
Honors
AP/IB
 A=4
A = 4.5
A=5
 B=3
B = 3.5
B=4
 C=2
C = 2.5
C=3
 D=1
D = 1.5
D=2
 F=0
F=0
F=0
College Admissions
 Course selection – take the most challenging courses
you can take and earn A’s and B’s
 GPA/Class Rank
 SAT/ACT Scores
 Essays
 Extracurricular Activities
 Recommendations (some schools)
 Teacher and counselor
Minimum Admission Requirements
for the UNC System
All applicants for first-time admission as freshmen must
meet minimum course requirements as well as the
following:
 The minimum SAT score of 800 (combined Reading and
Math) or ACT composite of 17
 The minimum high school GPA of 2.5
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For more details: http://www.northcarolina.edu/aa/admissions/requirements.htm
Course Selections
 Broughton Website
 http://broughton.wcpss.net
Course Selections for 2016-2017
Course Applications
How to choose classes
 Teachers will talk to you about their
recommendations for next year
 If you disagree with a teacher recommendation- talk
with them.
 You and your parents have the right to override a
teacher recommendation (must use a waiver form)
 Rigorous, balanced schedule
AP Courses
 AP English 11(Language)
 AP English 12 (Literature)
 AP World History
 AP US History
 AP US Government & Politics
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IB /AP Psychology
IB/AP Human Geography
AP European History
AP Economics - Macro
AP Environmental Science
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AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP Physics
AP Statistics
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP French Language
AP Spanish Language
AP German Language
AP Music Theory
IB vs. AP
 Both are college level classes – don’t take unless you are
confident you can make As and Bs in the courses!
 IB is holistic vs. AP is choosing for strengths
 IB is more writing vs. AP multiple-choice
 IB: Formative assessments in classroom
 IB: Whole program approach with interdisciplinary lessons
 IB: International focus
Courses Requiring Applications
 Early Childhood I or II (E. Jones)
 Yearbook (Castillo)
 Newspaper (Winzeler)
 Career Internship (Parrish)
 Adventure Education (Harvey)
 Honors Physiology and Fitness (Harvey)
 Sports Medicine (Farrell)
 Library Science (Robbins)
Deadlines TBA
Have applications in before deadlines!
What’s Next?
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Ms. Vellucci will be going to the 9th grade English classes February 8-19
9th graders will go to the lab to register with Ms. Vellucci in their English
class on Feb 22-23
Students and parents should plan which courses to take- talk to your
teachers about level recommendations.
Students enter courses in student PowerScheduler beginning February
22, 2016. Instructions for registering will be posted on the BHS website.
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All courses should be entered into PowerScheduler by March 11th. If you
do not enter your own courses, we may enter them for you 
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If students need help, they can come see counselors before school,
during lunch, and after school…pretty much every day. We are here to
help!
Remember…
 To Register for courses, you must know your
PowerSchool login and students must have claimed
NCEd account
 Students must also have technology form completed
 Registration Homepage:
http://broughtonstudentservices.weebly.com/courseregistration-information-2016-2017.html