North Forest High School Graduation Requirements NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Grades and Extracurricular Activities Under the state’s “no pass/no play” law, eligibility for participation in extracurricular activities during the first six weeks of the school year is determined by a student’s grades from the final grading cycle of the previous school year or the number of credits earned during the previous school year. After the first six weeks, a student who receives a Six-Week Grading Periods (used in most secondary schools) grade lower than 70 (or the equivalent) in any First Grading Period: August 26 to October 4 academic course is ineligible to participate in extracurricular activities during the first three school Second Grading Period: October 7 to November 8 weeks of the next grading period. Third Grading Period: November 11 to December 20 Fourth Grading Period: January 7 to February 14 During that time the student may continue to practice or rehearse with other students but may Fifth Grading Period: February 17 to April 4 not take part in any competition or public Sixth Grading Period: April 7 to May 29 performance. NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Graduation Requirements (2 parts) • Earn required • Pass required credits assessments A student must complete the academic course requirements and must pass the applicable state- developed graduation assessments before the student can graduate. NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Grad Requirements: Credits and Exams • Students must earn 26 credits to • If student does not meet minimum standard on these exams, student graduate will be required to re-test until • Student must meet the standard on standard is met in order to be granted diploma five STAAR End of Course exams • Once student is enrolled in course, 1. Algebra I student is eligible to sit for exam 2. Biology 3. English I 4. English II 5. U.S. History NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Graduation Plan: Cohort There have been recent changes to graduation Academic Year Cohort requirements. 2011-2012 2011 The plan a student If you began high school during follows is based on the the 2011-2012 academic academic year the school year, you are part of student ENTERED 9 th 2011 Cohort grade. NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Earning Credits • Typically you a half a • Each semester, the average is derived from credit for each your report card grades and final exam semester (semester A • A semester • B semester and semester B) • Cycle 1 • Cycle 4 • Cycle 2 • Cycle 5 • To earn credit, the • Cycle 3 • Cycle 6 average for that • Fall Final Exam • Spring Final Exam semester must be equal to or greater than 70. NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Core Credits=16 • Courses English - 4 credits A B Science - 4 credits A B highlighted in English I Biology gray represent English II Chemistry courses with a English III Physics required STAAR English IV EOC exam. • Once student is Math - 4 credits Social Studies - 4 credits A B A B enrolled in Algebra I World Geography course, they qualify to take Algebra II World History the test Geometry U.S. History Government/Economics NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Other Requirements = 10 credits LOTE means LOTE - 2 credits A B For students entering Electives – 5 credits A B Language Other Than English 9 th grade in 2011-2012 Technology (Spanish or French) (2011 cohort), technology credit is Physical Education - 1 credit A B Can be PE, NJROTC or required as one of the marching band elective credits Can be Art, Choir, Band, or Fine Arts - 1 credit A B Dance 2 LOTE 1 Physical Ed Health - 1/2 credit A or B 1 Fine Arts Health Ed ½ Health ½ Speech Speech - 1/2 credit A or B 5 Electives + Comm App 10 credits total NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Transcript • Like a report keeps track of grades for current school year, a transcript shows information from the beginning of a student’s high school career • Academic transcript shows credits attempted/earned and test history on track to graduation • Items you find on a transcript • Credits • Test history • Classification • GPA NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Grade Classification • Number of credits on transcript each August determines classification for the school year Credits Earned Classification (year) 0 – 5.5 grade 9 (freshman) 6 – 11.5 grade 10 (sophomore) 12 – 17.5 grade 11 (junior) 18 or more grade 12 (senior) NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Grade Point Average (GPA) Even though all grades will be reported as numeric scores, these Numeric Letter Quality scores will still represent various Average Grade Regular (Pre-AP/AP) levels of achievement which can be 90-100 A 4 5 compared to letter grades. The 80-89 B 3 4 following grading scale will be used in HISD to determine the grade 75-79 C 2 3 points for each credit course: 70-74 D 1 2 Below 70 F 0 0 NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Credit Recovery Options If credit is not earned for a specific course, below are options to recover credit • Repeat course next year • Credit Appeal • For students with passing average and • Repeat in summer School excessive absences • Composite Grading • (More info on next slide) Impacts of Absences on Grades • Grad Lab If a student exceeds the absence limit for a semester or for the year on an annual promotion • Online recovery if course is available online course, an asterisk (*) will appear next to the grade on the report card for the appropriate • See Ms. Cooks for more info cycle. Even though the grade may be passing, no credit is awarded NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Composite Grading: Whole year Average • Whole course credit applies to all HISD two semester sequential courses (designated “A” and “B”) and not to one semester courses. • Should a student fail one semester and pass the other semester of a two- semester course, the student will earn one whole credit if the average is a 70 for both semesters combined. • Update: Requirement for failing grade to fall between 60-69 no longer applies. • Update: Change is retroactive to student’s first year in an HISD high school NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Reality Check • A first year teacher in HISD makes $49,100/year • A first year teacher works 187 days (out of 365) • A teacher works 7.75 hours per day • This equates to $33.88/hour for a first year teacher NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Texas Reality Check • Go to school website • Click on “Students” • Click on “Discover Interests and Abilities” • Reality Check • Future Salary • Occupation Direct NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
Texas Reality Check • Go to school website • Click on “Students” • Click on “Labor Market Resources” • Explore different occupations • Adding most jobs • Fastest growth • Most openings NFHS Graduation Plan Presentation 2011 Cohort
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