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1 Getting Ready for High School Class of 20 23

2 What can you expect in the transition process? So Far... Students have heard information from the magnet schools Guidance lesson in December regarding high school requirements, endorsements and Dual Cr ed it St even s High Sch ool clu bs an d elect ives visit ed Vale Middle Sch ool St even s High Sch ool visit

3 What s next? Guidance lessons at the end of the month for endorsement selection and mock course guide Magnet school letters mailed out Jan. 22nd Stevens High school counselors come visit Vale 8th graders for course selection Feb. 6t h 8t h gr ader s w ill go in t o t h e compu t er lab t o enter courses at the end of February Pass STAAR in Apr il!

4 The Importance of Earning a High School Diploma Receiving a Diploma Opens Doors to: Colleg e Vocat ional Tr aining Schools Unit ed St at es Milit ar y Employ ment Higher Paying Jobs A Better Future

5 How does it all work?

6 Freshman Core Classes 1. En glish I * 2. Algebra I * (or Geometry - if y ou t ook Algebr a I in MS) 3. Biology * 4. World Geography *Course has an EOC assessment - EOC: En d of Cour se Ex am/ Similar t o a STAAR test/ must pass in order to graduate - addit ionally En glish II ( 10t h )an d US Hist or y ( 11t h )

7 Additional Freshman Courses St u den t s w ill t ake 3 Ot h er courses of their choice: 5. Fin e Ar t s 6. Languages Other than English (LOTE), or 7. PE/ PE Equivalent Endor sement Elect ive PE Equ ivalen t : Band, Pep Squ ad, Dance, JROTC *See page 8 for a full list ing of PE subst it ut ions Electives are required for graduation

8 Endorsements An Endorsement is an area of focus designed to have a positive influence on y our future college and career plans Each Endorsement has a sequence of courses that must be taken in order to earn the endorsement HB5 & NISD r equ ir e all in comin g 9t h graders to select an Endorsement.

9 EVERYONE MUST CHOOSE AN ENDORSEMENT

10 The 5 Endorsements STEM (Scien ce, Tech n ology, En gin eer in g, & Mathematics ) Business and Industry Pu blic Ser vices Ar t s an d Hu manit ies Mu lt idisciplin ar y St u dies

11 1. STEM Endorsement STEM in clu des courses dir ect ly r elat ed t o: Science Engineering Ma t h *ALL STEM students must take Algebra II, Chemistry, and Physics

12 STEM Course Sequence

13 2. Business and Industry Endorsement Finance Audio Video Production An imat ion Photography Comp u t er Programming Fash ion Design Culinar y Ar t s (like home Ec) Architecture Construction Technology (like woodshop) Manufacturing (met al) Au t omot ive Journalism Pu blic Speech

14 Business and Industry Course Sequence

15 3. Public Services Endorsement Educat ion JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers Tr a in in g Cor p s) Law Enforcement

16 Public Services Course Sequence

17 4. Arts and Humanities Endorsement Fin e Ar t s (Art, dance, band, choir, orchestra, theater) So c ia l St u d ie s Languages Other than English ( LOTE) {4yrs of 1 language or 2 years of two different languages} English Language Arts

18 Arts and Humanities

19 5. Multidisciplinary Studies Endorsement 4x4 Plan - take 4 core classes each year and you can choose any elective you want 4X4 AP and/or Dual Credit - take 4 core classes each year including AP or Dual Credit and you can choose any elective you want

20 Multidisciplinary Studies

Resources HS Course Catalog https://nisd.

21 Resources HS Course Catalog rsecatalogs/22.pdf

22 Freshman Planning Guide

24 What can you do to help your child Start with prepare? *Ex plor in g t h e opt ions w it h y our ch ild *Having discussions/ conversations What do you want to do in high school? What do you want to study? What interest you? *Create a plan

25 Questions Contact Ms. Davis, Head Counselor, 8 th Grade Counselor

Heritage High School Home of the Coyotes. Class of 2017 Registration for Senior Classes

Heritage High School Home of the Coyotes Class of 2017 Registration for Senior Classes HHS Counselors Patti Wilson (Lead) wilsonp@friscoisd.org Valerie Harrison(A D) harrisonv@friscoisd.org Laurie Guerrero