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North Forest High School

Graduation Requirements

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Grades and Extracurricular Activities

Under the state’s “no pass/no play” law, eligibility for participation in extracurricular activities during the first six weeks of the school year is determined by a student’s grades from the final grading cycle of the previous school year or the number of credits earned during the previous school year.

Six-Week Grading Periods (used in most secondary schools) First Grading Period: August 26 to October 4 Second Grading Period: October 7 to November 8 Third Grading Period: November 11 to December 20 Fourth Grading Period: January 7 to February 14 Fifth Grading Period: February 17 to April 4 Sixth Grading Period: April 7 to May 29 After the first six weeks, a student who receives a grade lower than 70 (or the equivalent) in any academic course is ineligible to participate in extracurricular activities during the first three school weeks of the next grading period. During that time the student may continue to practice

• r rehearse with other students but may not take part

in any competition or public performance.

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Graduation Requirements (2 parts)

• Earn required

credits

• Pass required

assessments

A student must complete the academic course requirements and must pass the applicable state- developed graduation assessments before the student can graduate.

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Grad Requirements: Credits and Exams

• Students must earn 26 credits to

graduate

• Student must meet the standard on

five STAAR End of Course exams

• 1. Algebra I
• 2. Biology
• 3. English I
• 4. English II
• 5. U.S. History
• If student does not meet minimum

standard on these exams, student will be required to re-test until standard is met in order to be granted diploma

• Once student is enrolled in course,

student is eligible to sit for exam

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Graduation Plan: Cohort

There have been recent changes to graduation requirements. The plan a student follows is based on the academic year the student ENTERED 9th grade.

Academic Year student began high school Cohort 2013-2014 2013

If you began high school during the 2013-2014 academic school year, you are part of 2013 Cohort

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Earning Credits

• Typically you a half a

credit for each semester (semester A and semester B)

• To earn credit, the

average for that semester must be equal to or greater than 70.

• A semester
• Cycle 1
• Cycle 2
• Cycle 3
• Fall Final Exam
• B semester
• Cycle 4
• Cycle 5
• Cycle 6
• Spring Final Exam
• Each semester, the average is derived from

your report card grades and final exam

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Core Credits=16

English - 4 credits

A B

Science - 4 credits

A B

English I Biology English II

Chemistry English III Physics English IV

Math - 4 credits

A B

Social Studies - 4 credits

A B

Algebra I

World Geography Algebra II World History Geometry

U.S. History

Government/Economics

• Courses

highlighted in gray represent courses with a required STAAR EOC exam.

• Once student is

enrolled in course, they qualify to take the test

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Other Requirements = 10 credits

LOTE means Language Other Than English (Spanish or French)

LOTE - 2 credits A B Speech - 1/2 credit A or B Comm App Health - 1/2 credit A or B Health Ed Fine Arts - 1 credit A B Physical Education - 1 credit A B

Can be PE, NJROTC or marching band Can be Art, Choir, Band, or Dance

Electives – 5 credits A B

2 LOTE 1 Physical Ed 1 Fine Arts ½ Health ½ Speech 5 Electives 10 credits total +

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Transcript

• Like a report keeps track of grades for current school year, a transcript

shows information from the beginning of a student’s high school career

• Academic transcript shows credits attempted/earned and test history
• n track to graduation
• Items you find on a transcript
• Credits
• Test history
• Classification
• GPA

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Grade Classification

• Number of credits on transcript each August determines

classification for the school year

Credits Earned Classification (year) 0–5.5 grade 9 (freshman) 6–11.5 grade 10 (sophomore) 12–17.5 grade 11 (junior) 18 or more grade 12 (senior)

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Grade Point Average (GPA)

Even though all grades will be reported as numeric scores, these scores will still represent various levels of achievement which can be compared to letter grades. The following grading scale will be used in HISD to determine the grade points for each credit course:

Numeric Average Letter Grade Regular Quality (Pre-AP/AP) 90-100 A 4 5 80-89 B 3 4 75-79 C 2 3 70-74 D 1 2 Below 70 F

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Credit Recovery Options

If credit is not earned for a specific course, below are options to recover credit

Impacts of Absences on Grades If a student exceeds the absence limit for a semester or for the year on an annual promotion course, an asterisk (*) will appear next to the grade on the report card for the appropriate

• cycle. Even though the grade may be passing,

no credit is awarded

• Credit Appeal
• For students with passing average and

excessive absences

• Repeat course next year
• Repeat in summer School
• Composite Grading
• (More info on next slide)
• Grad Lab
• Online recovery if course is available online
• See Ms. Cooks for more info

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Composite Grading: Whole year Average

• Whole course credit applies to all HISD two semester sequential courses

(designated “A” and “B”) and not to one semester courses.

• Should a student fail one semester and pass the other semester of a two-

semester course, the student will earn one whole credit if the average is a 70 for both semesters combined.

• Update: Requirement for failing grade to fall between 60-69 no longer

applies.

• Update: Change is retroactive to student’s first year in an HISD high school

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Reality Check

• A first year teacher in HISD makes $49,100/year
• A first year teacher works 187 days (out of 365)
• A teacher works 7.75 hours per day
• This equates to $33.88/hour for a first year teacher

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Texas Reality Check

• Go to school website
• Click on “Students”
• Click on “Discover

Interests and Abilities”

• Reality Check
• Future Salary
• Occupation Direct

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Texas Reality Check

• Go to school website
• Click on “Students”
• Click on “Labor Market

Resources”

• Explore different
• ccupations
• Adding most jobs
• Fastest growth
• Most openings
• etc

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