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Class of 2024

Meet Your Lake Creek Counseling Staff

Today’s Agenda

• Graduation Requirements
• Endorsements—What are they? What do they

mean for me?

• Course Registration Details
• New Courses for 2020-21

Understanding Your Graduation Plan

• Terms you’ll hear often:
• Credit—You earn credits toward graduation at high
• school. You earn your credit by semesters.
• GPA—Grade Point Average
• Each class you take earns you points toward your GPA

based on the grade you receive for the semester.

• Core Classes/Required Courses/Electives (see

following slides)

• 4-Year Plan—A plan of what you’d like to take each

year of high school. This is updated every single year in high school with your counselor.

• Graduation Plan—Foundation, Foundation with

Endorsement, Foundation with Endorsement— Distinguished Achievement

• Endorsement (see following slides)

Understand Your Graduation Plan

Core Classes

• English, Math, Science, Social

Studies, and Foreign Language

• Options for Core Classes
• On Level, Advanced, Advanced

Placement, Dual Credit

On Level, Advanced, Advanced Placement, Dual Credit

• On-Level—What the majority of students take (Receives

regular GPA weighting)

• Advanced—More rigorous; Moves a little faster than
• n-level; Covers the course content in greater depth

(Receives Advanced GPA weighting)

• Advanced Placement and Dual Credit—College Level

Courses (You are earning or could potentially earn college credit for taking these courses.) (Receives AP/DC GPA

Weighting)

Other Required Credits

• PE
• Fine Arts

What is an Endorsement?

Texas Education Agency

• Endorsements consist of a related

series of courses that are grouped together by interest or skill set.

• They provide students with in-depth

knowledge of a subject area.

ENDORSEMENTS

• Business & Industry
• STEM
• Multidisciplinary
• Public Services
• Arts & Humanities

• 4 Credits in each of the four foundation subject areas to

include English IV and Chemistry and/or Physics

• 4 AP courses to include one credit in each of the four

foundation subjects

• 4 Advanced Courses from within one endorsement area

that are not in coherent sequence. (Advanced elective courses do not include Intro or Principle courses).

Multidisciplinary

New Courses

• MJROTC
• Housed at MHS
• Takes up 2 class periods in your schedule
• This means you can earn 7 credits per year

rather than 8.

• Transportation to/from LCHS provided
• Can count as your PE credit

New Courses

• Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
• Part of the Business & Industry

Endorsement—Culinary Arts Pathway

• This course provides an introduction to the

hospitality and tourism industry. Topics include lodging, travel and tourism, recreation, amusements, attractions, resorts, and restaurant and food beverage service.

What does all of this mean for me?

• We want you to make informed decisions about

the courses you take in high school. Make sure you’re signing up for the required courses. Make sure you’re signing up for the courses that are the best fit for you (i.e., on-level, advanced, etc.)

• You have to pick an endorsement when you

register for your classes in a couple of weeks. You are not stuck with this endorsement forever (you can change it in high school).

High School is More than a GPA and Class Rank

• While these two things matter, your high school

experience is so much more than numbers on a piece of paper.

• We want you involved in something! We want you to take

classes that interest you.

• Find the list of clubs/organizations on the LCHS website.

Many will be represented at the Academic Fair. Visit their tables to learn about them.

• We want to see depth…not breadth.