Transcript Freshmen Parent Night

Accessing the key to your student’s
future in high school and beyond
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Dr. Robert Downs – Principal
Loretta Clune – AP Curriculum and 10th Grade
Loralee Hill – AP Testing and 11th Grade
Joshua Mathews – AP Athletic Director and 9th Grade
Nancy Zarbnisky – AP Attendance and 12th Grade
Students are assigned by grade level.
The administrator changes with the grade level each year.
Students are assigned by last name:
A – E Kathryn Sax, Department Chair
F – Le Leslie Shearstone
Li – R Angie Bruce
S – Z Jamie Hamrick
Testing, Advisement – Janet Callahan
• 8th Graders received registration forms on Thursday, Feb. 28
• Completed and signed forms are due back to the Middle
School on Wednesday, March 13
• Private/home school registration packets are available after
our meeting tonight at the counselor table in Café
• Private/home school registration appointments begin April 15
• Student schedules are created in May
• Fall Madness and Freshman Orientation – August 5
• www.popehigh.com – Click gray “Registration” button
• Graduation Requirements
• Class of 2017 Freshman Course Guide
• Flow Charts (coming soon!)
• Course level placement is based on teacher
recommendation.
• Encourage students to challenge themselves but to seek
BALANCE in course selection.
• Encourage students to be self advocates with their
teachers and be pro-active. Ask if there are questions
about placement!!
Please communicate with your child’s current teacher, the Pope
department chair of the specific subject, your child’s school
counselor, or our administration with questions about placement
and scheduling.
[email protected] – Curriculum AP
[email protected] – Curriculum Clerk
Email contacts for additional Pope personnel can be found on
www.popehigh.com.
Counselors will be available by appointment at the Middle Schools
for parent questions (Call the Middle School for an appointment):
Dodgen – Friday, March 8
Hightower Trail – Monday, March 11
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Karen Joyce – English
Daniel Sorensen – Math
Jan Titolo – Science
Beth Mulling – Social Studies
Rebecca Hauseman – World Languages
Jessica Kelly – Fine Arts & Gifted Instruction
Lynda Brown – Career & Technology
Jim Haskin – Physical Education
Monica Erwin – Media Center
Marion Lister – Special Education
Kathryn Sax – Counseling
English/Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Health and Physical Education
CTAE and/or Fine Arts and/or
Foreign Language
Electives
Total Units (Minimum)
Units Required
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Pathway policies and rules are still being developed at this time, and
we will communicate this information as it becomes available.
• 4 units of English/Language Arts required, including:
• 9th Grade - *9th Grade Literature (on-level or honors)
• 10th Grade - British Literature (on-level or honors)
• 11th Grade - *American Literature (on-level, honors, or AP Lang)
• 12th Grade - World Literature (on-level or honors, or AP Lit), or
Multicultural Literature
*Specifically required for graduation
4 units of Mathematics required, including:
• 9th Grade :
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Algebra
Geometry
Coordinate Alg/Geometry A
Geometry B/Adv Algebra
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Geometry
Advanced Algebra
Geometry B/Advanced Alg.
Pre-Calculus
Accel Pre-Calculus
• 11th Grade:
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Advanced Algebra
Pre-Calculus
Accel Pre-Calculus
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
• 12th Grade:
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Adv. Math. Dec. Making
Pre-Calculus
AP Stats
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
Multivariable Calculus
Support classes may be available for students who need extra assistance
A flow chart will be available on www.popehigh.com under Academics  Registration
• 4 units of Science required, including:
• 9th Grade - Biology or Honors Biology
• 10th Grade - Chemistry, Honors Chemistry, or Environmental
Science
• 11th Grade - Physics, Honors Physics, or AP Physics B
• 12th Grade - 4th Science (many choices):
• Astronomy, Zoology, Anatomy, H Anatomy
• AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics B or C, AP Environmental
• AP Computer Science (career tech class – may or may not be
viewed as a science at an out-of-state college)
• 3 units of Social Studies required, including:
• 10th Grade - World History (on-level, honors, AP)
• 11th Grade - United States History (on-level, honors, AP)
• 12th Grade –
• ½ unit of American Government (on-level, honors, AP)
• ½ unit of Economics (on-level, honors, AP)
• Freshman SS electives include Geography, Honors Geography, AP
Human Geography, or Gifted Psychology
• 1 unit of Physical Education required, including:
• ½ unit of Health
• ½ unit of Personal Fitness
Note: Team Sports, Weight Training, Body Sculpting,
Self-Defense, etc. DO NOT meet the Personal Fitness
requirement
7 units required, including:
• 3 Units from Career Tech and/or Foreign Language
and/or Fine Arts
• Students planning to enter or transfer into a University System of
Georgia institution must take at a minimum two units of the same
foreign language; some out-of-state colleges require more
• Some out-of-state colleges require 1.0 unit of a Fine Arts or
Computer class for admission
• 4 additional elective units
• Chosen from any category
French, German & Spanish offered
• Level I for new language
• Level II for rising 9th graders who completed French or
Spanish I in 8th grade for high school credit
• Levels III and above are honors
• Advanced Placement (AP) is available in all three
languages
• Band – Marching, Symphonic, Percussion
• Orchestra- Beginning, Inter, Advanced
• Chorus – Girls, Mixed, Beginning, Intermediate
and Advanced
• Visual Arts – Drawing, Painting, Photo, AP Studio
Art
• AP Music Theory
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Business (including internship)
Computer Science (incl. AP Computer Science)
Culinary Arts
Graphic Arts
Video Production
JROTC (at Lassiter)
Marketing
• English: Journalism, Speech/Debate, Yearbook
• Social Studies: Sociology, Psychology, Current Issues,
Leadership, AP Psychology, Gifted Developmental
Psychology (9 and 12), World Geography
• Extra Sciences, Math, & Foreign Languages
Highly recommended for college!
• 4 Pathways have been proposed:
• Foreign Language
• Students must take 3 consecutive Foreign Languages
• Fine Arts
• Students must take 3 consecutive Fine Arts classes
• Career Tech
• Students must take 3 consecutive career tech classes
• Academic
• Students must take at least one grad requirement AP or Dual
Enrollment course in specified courses in English, Math, Science, or
Social Studies
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• Students must earn 2 units of the same Foreign Language
We do not have guidelines at this time for implementing the
pathways – more information will be forthcoming.
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade
9th Lit
British Lit
American Lit
World Lit
Algebra
Geometry
Adv Algebra
Pre-Calculus
Biology
Chemistry or Environ Physics
4th Science
World Geog (opt.)
World History
US History
Gov/Econ
Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective
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Elective
Elective
3 Electives MUST be a combination of Foreign Language, Fine Arts
and/or Career Tech
One elective MUST be Health and Personal Fitness
4-year college admission requires at least 2 years of the same foreign
language (more FL shows greater rigor; some colleges require more)
• High school credits earned in middle school will
be put on the students’ transcripts during 9th
grade.
• Accel Alg/Geom A, Coordinate Algebra, Spanish 1,
French 1, etc.
• These credits are reflected with a “P” for pass
and will have no effect on the student’s GPA.
Promotion requirements:
• 10th Grade - 5 credits, including 1 unit each of math,
science & English
• 11th Grade – 10 credits, including 2 units each of
math, science & English
• 12th Grade - 16 credits
A = 4.0
B = 3.0
C = 2.0
D = 1.0
F = 0.0
• Honors classes for sophomore
level and up earn extra ½ quality
point
• 9th Lit, Accel Alg/Geom A, and H
World Geog DO NOT receive an
extra ½ quality point (H Biology
does)
• AP and Foreign Language level
IV & up earn extra 1 point.
• GPA determines class rank,
honor grads, auto discounts,
scholarships, college admissions
& certain clubs.
• The State of Georgia requires that all students take End of Course tests
(EOCTs) at the conclusion of the following courses:
9th Literature
American Literature
Coordinate Algebra
Geometry
Biology
US History
Economics
The EOCT counts for 20% of the final grade
Students cannot exempt the EOCT
• Students must also take and pass the Georgia High School Writing Test
(GHSWT) in 11th grade to graduate from high school and walk in the
graduation ceremony.
• PSAT is given to all 9th, 10th & 11th graders in October
• Score reports cost $13, payable at Fall Madness/Freshman Orientation
• SAT & ACT – recommended after Advanced Algebra
• Junior year is the traditional time to take SAT/ACT
• Test dates are offered throughout the school year
• Students register at www.collegeboard.com or www.act.org
• AP Exams – every May for all AP courses
• Resulting scores determine eligibility for earning college credit
• Amount of credit will vary per college
• ASVAB – military career assessment
• Interested students
• No obligation to join military
• The HOPE GPA DOES NOT appear on the Pope transcript!!
• The HOPE GPA uses only CORE courses:
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English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Foreign Language
• Only AP courses (not honors) receive .5 extra quality point up to a 4.0
• HOPE Scholarship
• pays ~ 80-90% tuition (per lottery revenue) at public GA college
• 3.0 core GPA, as calculated by HOPE
• Zell Miller Scholarship
• Pays 100% tuition at public GA college
• 3.7 core GPA, as calculated by HOPE
• 1200 SAT (Critical Reading and Math only) or 26 ACT – at one sitting
• HOPE Grant
• Pays a portion of tuition at a Technical College
• There is no GPA requirement
• A rigor requirement is included for students in Class of 2015 and
beyond.
• Most Pope students will easily meet this requirement by taking:
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Level 2 and higher of Foreign Languages
Advanced Algebra, Pre-Calculus and higher
Chemistry, Physics, Anatomy
AP courses in core subjects (including AP Psychology and AP Comp Sci)
See www.gacollege411.org for the latest HOPE information.
• Summer School, for credit recovery or advancement
• Tuition Night School or NovaNet, for credit recovery
• Cobb Virtual or Georgia Virtual, for credit recovery,
advancement
• Dual Enrollment, for both HS & college credit
• Internship, apprenticeship
• Zero period for Health and Personal Fitness (11th and 12th
grades only)
• Fall
• Winter
• Football
• Volleyball
• Softball
• Cheerleading
• Cross-Country
• Basketball
• Cheerleading
• Wrestling
• Swim and Dive
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Baseball
Track and Field
Soccer
Lacrosse
Gymnastics
Tennis
Golf
Rugby, Fencing, Hockey – Club Sports
All freshmen are eligible the first semester of HS.
Students must pass 5 of 6 courses to be eligible the following semester(s).
Students must also earn a specific number of credits for each grade level.
• Drama, Chamber Music Society
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes
• Foreign Languages of Pope (FLOP)
• Model UN, Renaissance
• FACS, Future Business Leaders,
Horticulture, FCCLA, Food
Appreciation, Fresh Living
• Literary Magazine, Book Club,
Creative Writing, Film
Appreciation, Math Team
• Interact, Beta, Key, Habitat, Nat’l
Honor Society
• Student Government
• And more every year!
• Students can create a club if they
wish. Must have a teacher sponsor
and complete an application for
approval.
• Students who complete 120 hours
of community service (100 must be
through Pope) can earn a service
cord to wear at graduation
Visit www.popehigh.com for a list of all clubs
• Hound Highlights - weekly mail/website
• One of the best resources for school information!
• You can sign up now at www.popehigh.com!
• Programs - Freshman Orientation and Ambassadors are just two of the MANY programs
PTSA supports.
• Membership- Applications available at Fall Madness and Open House
Questions??? Contact information
Co-presidents for SY 2012-2013
Kim Smith at [email protected]
Karin Welte at [email protected]
• Our Mission:
To provide the Pope High School community with supplemental
resources to support the school’s mission in the areas of
academics, athletics, fine arts, and facility improvements.
• Our Vision:
To position Pope High School as the premier high school in
Georgia consistently graduating students who are best
prepared to succeed in their chosen walks through life
http://www.popehighschoolfoundation.com/
The bottom line:
“We don't want our students
to settle. We want the BEST for them!”
• March 13 – Registration forms due back to middle school
• April 15 -Private/home school registration appointments
begin
• August 5 – Fall Madness/Freshman Orientation
We look forward to
having your student at
Alan C. Pope High School
Welcome Pope Families
of Class of 2017!!