Foothill Technology High School

Foothill Technology High School 2011 - 2012Welcome Freshmen Dragons!!

We are excited that you are here!!

Foothill Technology High School

Today we are going to talk about:

Graduation from FTHSCollege admissionYour goals and yourFour Year Plan


Do you have health insurance?California Healthy Families offers:

Medical + Dental + Vision insurance coverage at little or no cost.

Health Insurance helps kids stay healthy with

regular medical and dental visits!

Information is available in the

Counseling office!


Who is your Counselor?

Mr. Boyd: Last Names A - F

Foothill Technology High SchoolMs. Freeman: Last Names G - N

Mrs. Vega: Last Names O - Z



Mr. Vallejo: Special Program

Counselor


FTHS Graduation Requirements: 230 total credits

Required class + Electives

75 hours community service

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English: 40 credits REQUIRED• English 9 P/ 9H• English 10 P/10 H• English 11 P/AP Eng Lang• English 12 P/ AP Eng Lit


Mathematics: 30 credits REQUIRED MUST complete Algebra 1 4 years of Math are strongly

recommended


SCIENCE: 20 credits REQUIRED 10 credits of a LIFE science (Biology) 10 credits of a PHYSICAL science (Chemistry, Physics) 3 to 4 years of science are Strongly

recommended At FTHS all 11th grade students

will be enrolled in a science class


Social Studies: 35 credits REQUIRED

5 credits of Geography (Gr.9) 10 credits of World History (Gr.10) 10 credits of US History (Gr.11) 5 credits of Government (Gr.12) 5 credits of Economics (Gr. 12)


Physical Education:

20 credits REQUIRED On-campus P.E. class YMCA Mavericks Sports Independent Study P.E.


Health Education: 5 credits REQUIRED

(usually taken in9th Grade)


Fine Arts: 10 credits REQUIRED

Foreign Language, Art, Drama, Filmmaking, Digital Photography

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Applied Arts – 10 credits REQUIRED EDA fulfills this requirement! WEB DESIGN, DIGITAL ART AND DESIGN,

Yearbook, ROP offerings

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Electives: 60 credits required!

An elective class is any class that you choose above and beyond

the core requirements.


Community Service – 75 hours required 20 hours in the 9th grade year

recommended 20 hours in the 10th grade year



Two different organizations


UC/CSU A – G RequirementsA. History/Social Science: 2 years requiredB. English: 4 years required C. Mathematics: 3 years required/4 recommendedD. Laboratory Science: 2 years required/3

recommendedE. Language Other Than English: 2 years

required/3 recommendedF. Visual & Performing Arts: 1 FULL year requiredG. College Preparatory Electives: 1 year required

All Classes must be passed with an A, B, or C for college eligibility! D = FAIL!!!

Foothill Technology High School Four-Year PlanSUBJECT Ninth Grade Tenth Grade Eleventh Grade Twelfth Grade

ENGLISH English 9 P orEnglish 9 H

English 10 P or English 10 Honors

English 116 P or AP English Lang

English 12 P or AP English Lit

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Geography/ Health

World History or World History Honors

US History or US History AP

Amer. Gov/EconomicsAmer. Gov AP/Econ Honors

MATH

Algebra 1 Geometry Intermediate Algebra Algebra 2

Algebra 2Trig/Pre-Calculus

Geometry

Algebra 2 Trig/Pre-Calculus Calculus AB AP

Geometry Honors Algebra 2 Honors Trig/Pre-Calculus Honors Calculus BC AP

SCIENCE BiologyConceptual PhysicsChemistryChemistry Honors

Chemistry Physics Physiology Honors

Physiology HonorsPhysics APBiology AP

LANGUAGE Spanish 1 Spanish 2 Spanish 3 Spanish 4 AP

ELECTIVE OPTIONS

Intro ArtOral InterpSpeech 1YearbookAVIDLeadership

All Grade 9 options PLUS: Art 2Drama 2Speech 2 (Forensics) Digital Photography

All Grade 9/10 options PLUS: Web DesignPsychology Art 3Visual CommunicationsDigital Animation or Art/DesignFilmmakingTeachers Assistant orOffice Assistant

All Grade 9/10/11 options PLUS: Art 4 APAdvanced Digital PhotographyAP Psychology


Please review your four year plan with your parents!!

You will be going over the four year plan in your EDA

class

Documents

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