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Pare arent t In Infor forma mation tion Meeting ting Robinso binson n Se Seco condar dary y Sc School For Rising sing Ninth th Grad rade e Parents ts and nd Stud uden ents ts Januar ary y 2018

Agenda for tonight’s meeting  Gra radua uati tion on Req equir iremen ents ts  Academic demic Advising ising In Info forma rmati tion on  Course rse opt ptio ions ns an and det etai ails ls in in di differen fference ces s am among ng level els s of f courses rses  In Info forma rmatio tion n about ut the e Inter Interna nati tional onal Baccala calaurea ureate te Progr gramm amme

th Gra 9 th rade de Sc Sched edul ules es ha have e 7 c 7 cour urse ses 1. 1. Eng nglish lish 2. 2. Ma Math 3. 3. Scie ience ce 4. 4. His istor tory 5. 5. Health lth & P PE 6. 6. Electi ective* e* 7. 7. Electi ective* e* * W World d Lang ngua uage, , Fin ine e Art, , or C CTE

Adva vanced ced Studi udies es an and d Stan andard dard Dip Diploma oma Standar ard Diploma oma Advan anced ed Studies udies Diploma oma Credits its Re Required uired Credits its Re Required uired English lish 4 4 Math athema emati tics 3 4 Sciences es 3 4 Histor story/So Social ial Scien ences es 4 4 Health lth and nd P.E. 2 2 World Langu guag age, , Fine ne Arts, s, 2 3 or CTE 1- Fine ne Art or CTE Economic nomics s and nd Perso sonal nal 1 1 Finance Elec ectiv tives es 3 3

Ch Chang anges es to Gradua uation tion Requirem uiremen ents ts All studen dents ts are now w required uired to be tra rained ed in emerg rgen ency cy first t aid, , cardio diopulm pulmona onary y resuscita citatio ion, n, and the use of aut utom omated ted external nal defibr ibrill illators tors, , including uding hands ds-on on pra practice tice of the ski kills necessar ary to pe perform form cardiopul rdiopulmona nary resusc scita itation. tion. Our HP HPE 9 curric rricul ulum um alr lrea eady includes udes CPR R and AED tra rainin ining, g, and will ll now w also include ude the Emerg ergen ency cy First t Aid d compon mponen ent. A reminder der that t beginning nning with th the Class ss of 2015, 15, st studen dents s are required ired to take e a perso sonal l fina nance ce course se in order to gra radua uate te. Optio tions ns to sat satisfy sfy this s requirem emen ent include ude: Perso sonal al finan ance ce course se in gra rades s 9, 10, 11 or 12 12 • Self-pa paced ced online e perso sonal al finan ance ce course se over su summer or d during ing sc school • year IB Economics ics in gra rade 11 or 1 12 • IB Busi siness ss in gra rade 11 or 12 12 •

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Academ cademy y Co Cour urse ses • What ar are e Academ emy y course ses? s? Spec ecial ialized ed course ses s that ar are e offer ered ed off-camp campus. us. th & 1 th gr • Typic picall ally y taken aken in the 11 e 11 th & 12 th grades des

Academic cademic Advising sing Pr Proce cess ss Timelin eline Event ent Today and nd tomo morr rrow ow High h schoo ool l counsel nselors ors will l me meet t with th rising sing 9 th th gra raders ers during ing Scien ence e classes sses th - Feb 8 th Jan 18 th Middle e schoo ool l counsel nselors ors will l then hen me meet t with th th th gra all 8 th rade e studen udents ts to guid ide e them hem throug ough h the he course rse selec ecti tion n pro roces ess* s* Februar ruary 9 th Re Retur turn your ur complete eted Cours rse e Selec ecti tion n Sheet heet th to your r middle e schoo ool l counsel nselor or Spring ing Verific ification tions s mailed ed ho home me * Middle e Schoo hool l Counsel nselors ors will l pro rovide vide studen udents ts with th a l list st of course rse recommen endati tions ns for core class sses es and nd world langu guag ages s to he help lp guid ide e stud uden ents ts in making ng de decisions isions about t course se placem acemen ent. t.

De Deadl dlin ines es & Sc & Sched edul ule e Ch Changes es Plea ease se adher ere e to al all dea eadlin lines es • Be a e awa ware e that an any chan anges es made e af after er Mar arch 15, 2018 2018 • wi will l only be ma e made e if sp space e is a s avai aila lable e in the co e course ses Why can’t we just make the schedule change process • ea easy sy? Clas asses ses get et full. l. We ma e make ke dec ecisi isions ns reg egar arding ding • tea eacher er posi sitio ions ns and t and the e number er of c clas asse ses s bas ased ed on t the e number er of st studen ents ts reg egist istered ered for ea each clas ass. s.

Who shoul uld d enroll ll in in Honors ors co courses urses (i (in n grades des 9 an 9 and d 10 10) ) an and d IB IB DP DP co courses urses (i (in grades es 11 an and 12)? )? Students who…  Are re int inten entio tional nal wit ith h thei eir r work.  Are re org rganiz anized ed in in thei eir r st study y habit its. s.  Are re se self-awar ware e and se self-su suff fficien icient. t.  Bri ring ng re reading ing and wri riting ting sk skil ills s to the e cours rses. es.  Are re re refl flec ectiv tive e about t thei eir r lea earn rning ing.  Are re wil illing ing to neg egotia otiate te wit ith h more re cha hallenging enging and so soph phis istica ticated ed work. k.

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th Gra His istor ory y Op Option ions s in in 9 th rade de World d His istor tory y 1 World d His istor tory y 2 HN HN Conten tent: t: Prehis histo tory y to 1500 500 Conten tent: t: 1500 00 to pr present t SO SOL: Wor orld Histor ory y I (freshman reshman SOL: Wor SO orld Histor ory y II (soph ophom omore ore level) l) level) l) Sk Skills ls Focus: us: More re ski kill-buil uilding ing Skills Sk lls Focus: us: More re ski kill ll-re refinin fining Wor orkl kload d Expe pecta ctation: tion: Regular ular Wor orkl kload d Expe pecta ctations: tions: Daily ski kill-rein reinforcin forcing g homewor ework k homewor ework k readings dings and occas asio ional nal assign gnmen ents ts out utside side of class pr projec jects ts  Reading ng comprehens nsio ion  Analytic tical al writin ting  Docum umen ent An Analysi sis  Discussi ussion on (e.g. Socratic tic Semina nar) r)

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