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Your Final Year in the LA Academy Honors Program: Key Tips for Success!

Congratulations on being recommended to continue in the Honors program! This is your 8th-grade year, and it's crucial to stay focused. Remember that your teachers are here to guide you, so keep aiming for A and B grades. Prioritize academics, balance your time, and value your sleep. Build your resume by joining clubs and engaging in community service. As you prepare for high school applications, maintain strong grades and seek recommendations. Explore options like CAMS or LACHSA and stay connected with your teachers and counselors for support.

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Your Final Year in the LA Academy Honors Program: Key Tips for Success!

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  1. Los Angeles academy mshonors program ***8th Grade Year*** Your Last Year Here!

  2. Congratulations! • You have been recommended to continue in the Honors program!

  3. Things to remember • Teachers are instructors, not entertainers • Highly qualified teachers

  4. Grades • A and B Grades • Tutoring if necessary

  5. Personal time • Academic times comes first • Balance your entertainment time • Sleep matters

  6. Personal responsibility • Your gift is your responsibility • Student leaders, role models • Hard times ahead

  7. Build your resume • Join a club • Do something for your school or community • Be the interesting person we know you are!

  8. High school • You will apply to 3 or more high schools • Its not too late • Keep your grades up

  9. Private Schools • Grades-All A’s • Teacher, Coordinator Recommendation • Strong resume • Clubs, activities, awards, parent initiative, personality • Test Scores- Advanced • Independent School Entrance Exam Chadwick, New Roads, Pacifica Christian Harvard-Westlake, Loyola

  10. Schools for Advanced Studies • Grades-A’s, B’s, C’s • Test Scores-Advanced and/or Proficient • Teacher, Coordinator Recommendation • Hollywood, Marshall, Garfield, Westchester, Crenshaw

  11. Magnets • Lottery-based system • Only one choice • Specific focus • Orthopaedic, Downtown Business, Electronic Information, Crenshaw Gifted, Franklin

  12. Others • Los Angeles County HS for the Arts (LACHSA) • California Academy of Math and Science (CAMS) • Southwest Middle College High School • Central Arts High School

  13. We care about you • Your teachers • Counselors, Deans • Ms. Cordova • Administrators • Me!

  14. Ms. Infante’soffice hours • Room 6102, The Coordinators’ Office • Available blocks 1, 6, 7, 8 and Flex • Email me at mmi5890@lausd.net (use netiquette)

  15. Have Fun! • Catalina Island • Woodcraft Rangers • Student Run LA • Leadership • Student Newspaper • Superflex

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