SEMINOLE RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL SPRING COURSE SELECTION CLASS OF 2024
Welcome, future hawks! ✘ Freshman year sets the tone for your entire high school career ✘ Everything you have done up to this point has been preparation 2
AGENDA ✘ Graduation Requirements ✘ Earning Credit ✘ Extracurricular Involvement ✘ Academy Programs ✘ Course Selection 3
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ✘ 24 Credits ✘ 2.0 GPA ✘ Earn a passing score on Grade 10 English Language Arts Assessment ✘ Pass Algebra 1 EOC ✘ 20 Hours of Community Service ✘ Must complete at least one online course 4
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS CREDIT BREAKDOWN 4 ENGLISH 4 MATH 3 SCIENCE 3 SOCIAL STUDIES 1 PERSONAL FITNESS & P..E. ELECTIVE 1 FINE/PERFORMING ART 8 ELECTIVES 24 TOTAL CREDITS 5
DON’T FORGET! Two credits of the same world language are ✘ required to enter the State University System and to earn the Scholars and Medallion level of the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program. You must take at least one course through ✘ online/virtual learning. Credit earned in a high school course taken online during 6th – 8th grade fulfills this requirement. 6
EARNING CREDITS
NON-Eoc courses- how to earn credit ✘ Each time you pass a class for the semester, which is half of a year, you earn half of a credit. ✘ You take 7 classes each semester; so if you pass each class, you can earn 3.5 credits for each semester which means 7 credits for the year. 8
SEMESTER GRADES- HOW TO EARN CREDIT The semester grade is determined by ✘ adding up the two 9-weeks grades plus GRADE GPA the exam. A 4.0 1st Quarter grade (40%) B 3.0 + 2nd Quarter grade (40%) C 2.0 + Semester exam (20%) D 1.0 Semester grade (100%) F 0 Remember the “pass 2 out of 3 rule” to ✘ earn credit! 9
Eoc courses- how to earn credit ✘ Each of the four quarters and the midterm exam will be 70% of the final course grade. The EOC will be the other 30%. ✘ ✘ All EOC courses are year-long courses with 1.0 credit awarded. EOC courses include Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology and US History. 10
Let’s practice! How many credits did this student earn? ✘ COURSE PERIOD Q1 Q2 SEMESTER SEMESTER GRADE EXAM ALG 1 1 B D C C DEBATE 2 A A B A AICE GENERAL PAPER 3 C D B C TECHNICAL DESIGN 4 B B B B BIOLOGY 5 D D B PERS FIT 6 F F F F BAND 7 A B A A 11
How many credits did the student earn? 2 credits! ✘ The student passed 4 semester long classes which earned 0.5 credit per class for a total of 2 credits. ✘ The student did not pass Personal Fitness so no credit was earned. ✘ Since Algebra 1 & Biology are both a year long EOC course you do not earn credit for that class until the end of the year. 12
attendance Non-EOC courses EOC Courses 11 or more absences in 5th period class 19 or more absences in 5th period class OR OR 6 or more in period 1-7 class 10 or more in 1 – 7 period MUST pass the semester exam to earn MUST pass the 4th quarter to earn the the credit, regardless of the quarter credit, regardless of the grade you have grades. earned each nine weeks. Excused and unexcused absences count ✘ Give note to Attendance Offjce within 48 hours for absence to be excused. ✘ Missing school hurts your grades! ✘ 13
EXTRACURRICULAR INVOLVEMENT
Get involved on campus! Many clubs on campus! ✘ Student Government Association (SGA) ✗ Best Buddies ✗ Key Club ✗ National Honor Society ✗ Spanish Club ✗ Women of Tomorrow ✗ Debate Travel Team ✗ & MANY more! ✗ Check our school website to see what other clubs we ofger! ✘ https://smrh.palmbeachschools.org/athletics___activities/srhs_clubs ✗ _and_organizations 15
ATHLETICS Eligibility criteria: All ninth graders are eligible for ✘ athletics for first semester. Must have a 2.0 GPA to compete ✘ after first semester. If you are interested in a sport, ✘ please refer to the athletic information in the Curriculum Guide posted on smrh.palmbeachschools.org 16
9th grade football Interested in football? Contact: Coach Richard Casko richard.casko@palmbeachschools.org 17
Freshman cheerleading ARE YOU INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW TO STUNT or BRUSHING UP YOUR SKILLS? For more information contact Coach Licavoli at: tamara.licavoli@ palmbeachschools.org 18
ACADEMY PROGRAMS
SEMINOLE RIDGE ACADEMIES BioTechnology Television Production Weitz Construction Accipiter Army JROTC Automotive Information Technology 20
ACCIPITER ACADEMY Advanced Placement (AP) and Advanced International ✘ Certificate of Education (AICE) Specific course sequence of AP/AICE classes for all four years ✘ of high school to prepare you to earn an AICE diploma Nationally administered examinations in May ✘ Students passing AP/AICE tests receive college credit ✘ Students must qualify & apply for the Accipiter Program ✘ 21
AVID PROGRAM For more information on AVID click here: https://srhsavid.weebly.com 22
COURSE SELECTION
LET’S GET STARTED! ✘ Choose classes carefully with help from parents & teachers. ✘ Colleges and universities look at your courses when determining acceptance or rejection into their school. 24
CHOOSING COURSES Recommended classes: English ✘ 1 Math ✘ Science ✘ Personal Fitness w/ Team Sports ✘ OR: w/ Critical Thinking Skills OR: w/ Personal Financial Literacy Electives ✘ Select 5 total - Choose from 1st choice elective to 5th choice elective ● (1 being the one you want the most)! 2 of the electives will be considered an alternate. ● Accepted into an Academy? List that as your 1st Choice. ● You may also be required to take an Intensive Reading class based ● on your FSA Scores. 25
Online course selection procedures 1. Go to Grade 9 Course Selection Form 2. Please read through the entire form and follow all directions. You will only be able to submit once. 3. Complete all information in the appropriate boxes. 4. Begin selecting 1 class for each of 4 core academic areas. 5. Choose 5 desired elective courses. 6. When completed, click submit. You will receive a copy of your requests. Reminder: Elective course selections are based on availability. 26
Timeline for course selection APRIL 14TH APRIL 14TH-20TH STUDENTS RECEIVE DISCUSS COURSES WITH ACCESS TO THEIR TEACHERS AND FAMILY GOOGLE FORM COURSE SELECTION TIMELINE APRIL 20TH FORMS ARE DUE! MAKE SURE YOU SUBMIT! 27
REMINDERS! Visit the School Counseling web page under Course Selection ✘ at www.seminoleridge.org for more information including course descriptions in the Curriculum Guide. Deadline to submit course selection form: April 20th! ✘ For questions related to the course selection process or if you are unable to access the form online, please contact: Sandy West, 9th Grade School Counselor Seminole Ridge Community High School sandy.west@palmbeachschools.org 28
Stay connected! Twitter & Instagram: Follow us @SRHSCounseling School Website: smrh.palmbeachschools.org 29
Welcome future hawks! See you in august! 30
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