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Welcome…. Mary Persons High School Class of 2019. Purpose —. To provide information on the required and elective courses available to students in their first year of high school. Graduation Requirements. Areas of Study: Units Required English/Language Arts * 4 Mathematics* 4

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  1. Welcome… Mary Persons High School Class of 2019

  2. Purpose — To provide information on the required and elective courses available to students in their first year of high school.

  3. GraduationRequirements Areas of Study: Units Required English/Language Arts * 4 Mathematics* 4 Science* 4 Social Studies* 4 Health and Physical Education* 1 CTAE and/or Fine Arts and/or Foreign Lang. 3 Electives 4 Total Units (Minimum) 24 * Required Courses and/or Core Courses

  4. Career, Technical and Agriculture (CTAE) Electives • Basic Agriculture Science • Basic Maintenance and Light Repair • Foundations of Energy Technologies • Foundations of Engineering Technology • Introduction to Business and Technology • Introduction to Healthcare Science • Industry Fundamentals and Occupational Safety

  5. Fine Arts Electives • Band • Visual Arts • Chorus

  6. Typical Freshman Schedule • Ninth Grade Literature • Coordinate Algebra • World History • Physical Science/Biology • Health and Physical Education • High School 101 • Elective

  7. Required Testing • Classes with an End of Course (EOC): 9th Lit / American Lit; Algebra I / Geometry; Physical Science / Biology; US History / Economics • All EOC testing will count 20% of final grade. • All students are required to take EOC tests and must pass EOC courses to fulfill graduation requirements.

  8. Description of Honors/Accelerated/AP • Honors 9th Literature • Honors Biology • Honors Coordinate Algebra • Accelerated Coordinate Algebra • AP World History

  9. Description of Honors • Honors is a local designation given to courses that offer a more rigorous and in-depth curriculum designed to challenge advanced students in preparation for secondary opportunities. The course expectations are higher and will include higher level thinking and critical problem solving. Standardized tests, teacher recommendations, and historical grades are used as guiding references when considering placement of students in these challenging courses: • Honors ELA 9th Grade Lit/Comp • Honors Coordinate Algebra • Honors Biology

  10. Description of Accelerated • The only “Accelerated” courses offered in high school are in the area of mathematics and are designed to cover more curriculum at an advanced pace within a school year to ensure that students have the opportunity to take an AP course as their 4th year option. • Accelerated Coordinated Algebra (9th grade) – covers the full year of Coordinate Algebra standards and first semester of Analytical Geometry standards. • Accelerated Analytical Geometry (10th grade) – covers 2nd semester of Analytical Geometry standards and the full year of Advanced Algebra standards. •  Accelerated Pre-Calculus (11th grade) – covers the full year of Pre-calculus as designed by the state standards. • AP Calculus and/or AP Statistics are offered as a 4th year math course.

  11. Description of Advanced Placement (AP) • The Advanced Placement (AP) is a program in the managed by the College Board College that offers college-level curriculum and examinations to high school students. Colleges and Universities often grant placement and college credit to students who obtain high scores above a certain number on the examinations. For a high school course to have the AP designation, the course must be audited by the College Board to ensure that it satisfies the AP curriculum. • Mary Persons currently offers the following AP courses: • AP World History • AP Government • AP U. S. History • AP Chemistry • AP Environmental Science • AP Art • AP Language • AP Literature • AP Economics • AP Calculus • AP Statistics

  12. Earning Credits — • ½ credit earned for each course passed in a semester 1st Semester ½ unit 2nd Semester ½ unit 1 Unit

  13. Total Credits for 9th Grade(Aug. – May) Units Earned • 1st Semester 3 ½ • 2nd Semester 3 ½ • Total Units 7

  14. HOPE Rigor Courses • To be eligible for the HOPE scholarship, in addition to Grade Point Average and other requirements: • ** Students graduating after May 1, 2015 (Current Seniors) must have TWO full academic rigor courses • ** Students graduating after May 1, 2016 (Current Juniors) must have THREE full academic rigor courses • ** Students graduating after May 1, 2017 (Current Sophomores) and beyond must have FOUR full academic rigor courses

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