Your Irvington Transcript

1. Your Irvington Transcript ELD students Updated: 10/2013

2. Your Counselors • A-F: Ms. Velazco • G-L: Ms. Bennett • M-R: Ms. Mintey • S-Z: Ms. Serrano

3. Irvington.org Visit the Counselor’s Corner and the College and Career Center online for answers to many frequently asked questions…

4. Also on Irvington.org, find club information, calendars, information on the benchmarks (Change, WIP, QUEST) etc.

5. Naviance Naviance helps with college and career planning. College/major search, career surveys, etc. Scroll down to find the Navianceinfo page.

6. Shmoop Free access to -exam prep including the CAHSEE (practice tests and drills) -Essay lab to help students write essays -Study guides for many subjects To sign up: http://www.shmoop.com/signup/fusd magic word: ELUANT

7. Transcripts

8. If you came from another school or country, your transcript from your original school needs to be evaluated by our principal, Ms. Smoot. Make sure everything is correct. Review all classes and grades Classes cannot be repeated for credit per district policy (example: 2 years of weight training). See your counselor if you have repeated a class to make sure you are on track for graduation.

9. Work in progress Overall GPA: All classes from 9th through 11th. It is not weighted. Cal Grant GPA: a-g classes from 10th and 11th grade. It is not weighted. No rank listed. Irvington does not rank.

10. Calculating your GPA Grades are assigned point values: A = 4 points B = 3 points C= 2 points NC= 0 points *”I” grades are temporary and are not factored into the GPA . • Overall GPA (non-weighted): Add all semester grades on your transcript together. Divide the total by the number of semester courses. • Weighted GPA: Same as overall GPA but add 1 extra point for each semester AP course or transferable college course to the total before dividing by the number of semester courses (individual private universities may calculate weighted GPA differently). • UC/CSU GPA: Use only grades received in “a-g” classes from 10th and 11th grade. Add an extra point for each semester AP course or transferable college course (http://www.assist.org) with a maximum of 8 extra points. GPA Calculator: http://www.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/gpa_calculator.asp

11. Req: Required Cmp: Completed Credit Summary Def: Deficient

12. Graduation Requirements • Business/Comp: Not required at Irvington, instead you are required to have 75 elective credits • English: 40 credits required. • Fine Art/World Language: You need 10 credits of a Fine Art OR World Language to graduate. 75 • Health: 5 credits required • Math: 30 credits required including BOTH semesters of Algebra 1.

13. Graduation Requirements Continued • PE: 20 credits required • Science: 20 credits required • Social Studies: 30 credits required (world history, US history, Gov/econ) • Electives: 75 credits required. Any class taken after a subject requirement is met is counted as an elective (Ex: Your 3rd year of science counts as an elective) 75 • Students earn 60 credits per school year. To be on track, at the beginning of this school year, you should have: • 170 credits if you are a 12th grader • 110 if you are an 11th grader • 50 if you are a 10th grader

14. Credit Recovery • Add a 0 period (10 credits per year) • Add a 7th period (10 credits per year) • Adult School: Has a Fall, Winter, and Spring quarter. Students can take 2 classes (10 credits total) per quarter. See your counselor to register (For 11th and 12th graders only). • Summer School: 2 semester classes per summer (Example: world history semester 1 and world history semester 2 would be the max of 10 credits total per summer) • You cannot use summer school to skip ELD levels. • If you repeat an ELD level that you already passed, you will not get credit for it. See your counselor ASAP if you need to make-up credits. There are options for students that cannot meet the graduation requirements by June of their 12th grade year: • Fremont Adult School’s ESL and high school diploma program • GED through the Fremont Adult School • Community college • Vocational/ Trade school (ROP)

15. More Graduation Requirements • Need to Pass BOTH portions of the High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) (Make-up tests are offered for 11th and 12th graders that have not passed) • Need 40 hours of community service (or 10 for each year you are at IHS)

16. Service Hours Everything is now online. Go to Irvington.org to get started.

17. Service Hours Continued

18. College

19. Community Colleges • 112 campuses located throughout California (Ohlone, DeAnza, Chabotand Mission College are the closest to Fremont) • Total enrollment: 2.4 million students • Requirements: 18 years old OR have a high school diploma • Types of programs: • Complete 60 units (2 years on average) for an AA/AS degree which can transfer to a 4 year university (transfer to a 4 year university as a junior) • Vocational programs (nursing, pharmacy tech, massage therapy, early childhood education, automotive technology, etc.) • Enrichment classes and classes to develop skills (English as a second language, computer classes, etc.)

20. (4 year colleges) Graduation Reqs Versus UC/CSU Reqs What are the main differences? 4 Years of English (ELD counts) 4 Years of English (only ELD 3 counts) Health PE Algebra 1 + 20 more credits of math Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 (minimum) Fine Art OR World Language Fine Art ANDWorld Language (Digital Drawing, Arts Spectrum, Social Dance and Culinary Arts are NOT fine art classes) SAT or ACT (Collegeboard.com or ACT.org to sign up and for more info) CAHSEE

21. California College Systems

22. California College Systems Continued

23. Helpful college websites: www.calstate.eduCSU Website www.universityofcalifornia.eduUC Website http://www.cappex.com/ college entrance rates and college searches http://ucop.edu/doorways/ Irvington’s list of classes that meet UC/CSU admission requirements