Future Freshmen Focus Class of 2019 Slide 2 Daily Schedule
Hybrid schedule 3 - seven-period M,T,F + block W,TH Advisement (IF)
Instructional Focus Wed. Lunch Eat fast 25 mins. Attendance Be
there five days to m/u work Tardy policy get there on time!!
Absences Driving Law - TAADRA Parking Pass - based on attendance
On-line Learning. ITSLearning. Slide 3 Transcript A record of High
School courses taken and credits awarded. Sample Sophomore Status
Transcript Sophomore Sample Senior Transcript Senior Slide 4 Slide
5 Slide 6 Types of Classes Core LA, math, science, etc. Elective -
careers, art, drama, etc. Honors more rigorous Advanced Placement
(AP) - college credit potential Career pathway Slide 7 Testing End
of Course Test EOC Math, Bio, Lit/Comp End of Pathway EOP - career
Advanced Placement exam AP PSAT 10 th SAT ACT Slide 8 Credits What
is a credit? How do you earn a credit? Formative Grades - 25%
Summative Grades 75% EOCT/Final Is homework important? - Can't
stress this one enough. Do the HW! Study!! Some classes offer NO
recovery or only one per semester! If lost, get help. Free
tutoring. Talk to teacher. Slide 9 Which grade do you want? Grades:
89% 84% 90% 82% 78% Average = 85% (B) Some depts. assign zeroes and
some assign 50's. Grades: 89% 84% 90% 82% 0% Average = 69% (F)
Slide 10 Graduation Requirements 4 Math 4 English 4 Science 3
Social Studies 1 Health/Personal Fitness 3 Career Tech/Fine
Arts/Foreign Language 4 Electives Total = 23 credits (minimum) You
have 5 credits to get in areas of interest. 28 possible credits in
4 years. 5+ credits = Sophomore status Slide 11 Waivers and Core
classes Teachers recommend honors level Teachers recommend AP Human
Geo. Teachers recommend Spanish II If you would like to change a
core class, complete a waiver on the HS website by April 13th. It
typically gets changed. Slide 12 Registering for Electives Portal
opens Feb. 18 and closes Mar. 6 to register for electives. Make
sure parents have a portal password or use yours from school. The
school will put in your core classes. You just select your
electives. Be SURE you select several alternates. Slide 13 Driver's
Ed. Must pick as an elective. It is only a semester course, so you
must select another semester course to go with it: World Geography,
etc. $100.00 made out to NFHS is due to Sandra Sutton by Mar. 6th.
Slide 14 Typical schedule 9 th grade literature/composition Biology
Coordinate Algebra (possibly with support) Health and Physical
Education Foreign Language ELECTIVES - Weight training*, fine arts,
ROTC, career tech. Electives are not guaranteed. 9 th graders get
last priority. Choose alternates!! Slide 15 Advanced Levels 9 th
grade honors literature/composition Biology - honors Accelerated
Geo.B/Adv. Alg. or Alg/Geo.A (if deny credit) Health and Physical
Education Spanish II ELECTIVES - Weight training*, fine arts, ROTC,
careers. AP human geography Electives are not guaranteed. 9 th
graders get last priority. Choose alternates!! Slide 16 Career
Pathway Day High-schoolers will speak with you on Thur. the 29 th
of Jan. 12 areas speaking for 8 minutes. Longer in the last
session. Ask intelligent, helpful questions. This is your only
chance to hear the info. from other students. Slide 17 Know your HS
counselor The high school counselors are assigned students
alphabetically.. The letters change every year, so find out whom
you have for next year. It should be listed in the registration
packet coming on the 18 th of Feb. Slide 18 Important Dates Parent
Nights at NFHS - 6:30 8:00 in PAC. Wed. + Thurs. - Feb. 18, 19 Ms.
LeFevere: A Di Mr. Owens: Do Ki Ms. Strickland: Kl Q Ms. Haynes: R
Z Ms. Benvenuto Grad. Coach Slide 19 The Goal: May 2019
