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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 PhilosophyTransitioning from MS to HSThe 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 JanuaryStudent 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 Tracy TuckEl-Lob Sonia MurilloLoc-Riv Gayle CuomoRo-Z Karen Holton
Guidance Counselors
Guidance Counselors are available to students for a wide variety of services:
Academic CounselingCollege and Career CounselingRecommendationsSocial/EmotionalParent Conferences/Reviews
The WARRIOR Way!
Relevance
Rigor
ResponsibilityRespect
Relationships
Academic RelevanceCCGPSClear instructional goalsEffective InstructionUse 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 AdvisorClubs/SportsTutoringMentoringJoin the Tribe!Live or delayed sports coverage with Play On Sports.
Family Passes for CHS sporting eventsBring on more clubs including gymnastics, Model UN, etc.
Responsibility
High expectations for all.Character educationWarrior Monday-Teacher As Advisory Homerooms
Exciting, well-developed lessonsBecome an active member of the Warrior community.
RESPECT
Firm, fair and consistent discipline
Open-door policy.Model good behaviorsMake 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:
GradesStandardized Test ScoresAttendanceTeacher 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 StricklandDedicated 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 TestComplete the requirements for a Pathway
Graduation Requirement: Pathway Completion
Pat
hway
Opt
ions
Advanced AcademicWorld Language
Career, Technical, Agricultural Education
Fine Arts
Graduation Requirement: Pathway Completion-World Language
Students become World Language Completers by taking three years of the same World Language
American Sign LanguageFrenchLatinSpanish** 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
CTAE-
Students complete 3 years in the same
pathway.
FACS
And JROTC
Healthcare
Engineering
And
Work-based Learning
Agriculture and
Construction
Business Tech
And
Video Production
Metals/Welding
And
Automotive
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
Graduation Requirement: Pathway Completion
Pat
hway
Opt
ions
Advanced AcademicWorld Language
Career, Technical, Agricultural Education
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: 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 Work21 AP Course Offerings
Science: Biology, Physics 1, Physics C, Environmental Science, Chemistry
Math: Statistics, CalculusEnglish: Language, LiteratureSocial Studies: Macro Econ, Micro Econ, Government, US History, World History, Human Geography, Psychology
Foreign Language: Spanish, Latin, FrenchElectives: 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 PhilosophyTransitioning from MS to HSThe 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
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