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Welcome Class of 2019

Administration:

• Mr. Todd Dunckley (Principal)
• Mrs. Carolyn Cregar (Assistant Principal)
• Mr. Kurt Nuss (Assistant Principal)

Guidance Staff:

• Mr. LaValley (A-D)
• Ms. House (E-Kn)
• Ms. Guzik (Ko-Ri)
• Ms. Brevik (Ro-Z)

Extra & Co-Curricular Activities

Adventure Club American Sign Language Club Auto Club Bully Busters Business Professionals Club Dance Team DECA Marketing Club Drama Club Equestrian Team I’m Third Club Improv Team International Club Link Crew Math Club National Honor Society Quiz Bowl Team Robotics Team SADD Club Snowboard Club Spanish Club Special Olympics Teams Student Council

Wildcat Athletics - Boys

Fall

Cross Country Football Soccer Tennis

Winter

Basketball Bowling Ice Hockey Skiing Swim & Dive Wrestling

Spring

Baseball Golf Lacrosse Track & Field

Wildcat Athletics - Girls

Fall

Cross Country Golf Sideline Cheer Swim & Dive Volleyball

Winter

Basketball Bowling Competitive Cheer Skiing

Spring

Lacrosse Soccer Softball Tennis Track & Field

OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL

The Collegiate Schedule

1st Semester: September – December 2nd Semester: January – June Classes are 60 minutes long

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1st 1st Professional Development 1st 1st 2nd 2nd Common Prep 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 5th 4th 5th 5th 5th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 7th 7th

Daily Course Rotation

OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL

Academic Information

• Talk to your teachers! – Most offer help before school, during

lunch and/or after school

• Keep your planner up to date and stay organized
• Check progress on and
• Turn in assignments on time
• If you are absent log in to and make arrangements

with your teacher the day you return to school

• Free Peer Tutoring (National Honor Society, Math Club, etc.)
• Buddy up with a Study Partner
• Talk to your Counselor to develop strategies for success

Tips for Academic Success

• YOUR HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT IS PERMANENT
• Grades you earn on DAY ONE of freshman year are logged into

PowerSchool and factor into your semester grade

• These grades are looked at by college admission officers to

determine if you are admitted to their school

• You are earning credits toward a high school diploma
• Any required course that is failed must be made up

(summer school, after school, retake it next year)

Thinking of the Next Step

Minimum Graduation Requirements

Graduation Requirements: Class of 2019 Credits

Health & Physical Education (.5 PE & .5 Health) 1 Language Arts 4 Mathematics 4 Science 3 Social Studies 3 Visual & Performing Arts 1 World Language 2 Technology .5 Remaining Electives 7.5 TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION 26

Enhanced Offerings for Success

• Advanced Placement Courses
• Career and Technical Education
• Dual Enrollment Opportunities
• International Baccalaureate
• Oakland Schools Technical Campus
• Oxford Arts Conservatory
• Oxford Schools Early College Program
• Project Lead the Way (PLTW)
• Biomedical Engineering
• Engineering and Design

Online Opportunity

• All Students may take
• nline classes.
• OXFORD Teachers
• OVA facilitates all
• nline courses.
• OHS Virtual Lab for

support.

Oxford Schools Early College

Oxford Schools Early College

• Five-Year high school
• Oxford High School
• Oxford Virtual Academy
• NO COST - Associate’s Degree
• Rochester College

(Partnership)

• Macomb Community College

(Enhanced Dual Option)

OSEC OHS OVA Rochester College MCC

Application Required For Entrance

Informational Nights

• Room 506 at

Oxford High School 6:00 pm

• Tuesday, February 3
• Tuesday, March 10
• Wednesday, April 15
• Wednesday, May 6

Contact Mark Suckley for INFO mark.suckley@oxfordschools.org 248.969.5017

Oxford Schools Early College

The Diploma Programme

IB Diploma Programme

The Diploma Programme is a comprehensive program of study for Juniors and Seniors. Plan early to prepare for the DP.

Who Should Be IB?

The IB DP student (and parent)…….

• is well rounded.
• is inquiring.
• has a strong work ethic.
• embraces challenges.
• is open minded.
• perseveres through tough times (frustration

tolerance).

If Interested in IB DP…

For more information on the IB DP please see your counselor or contact Jason Eldridge at jason.eldridge @oxfordschools.org

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Kurt Nuss at kurt.nuss@oxfordschools.org

OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL

Selecting Courses

Course Selection Form

IB, AP, & Honors Commitment Form

AP US History

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Honors LA 10

Once accepted into these classes, students need to turn in the commitment form signed by themselves AND parent/guardian.

How to Access the Course Catalog

• 1. Log on to www.oxfordschools.org
• 2. Select the Oxford High School tab
• 3. Click on the “Counseling” link
• 4. Scroll down and click on the “2015-2016 Course

Catalog” link

The Course Catalog provides descriptions of courses and programs

• ffered at OHS, detailing what grades are able to enroll,

prerequisites, etc.

Scheduling

Schedule Adjustments will be made for the following reasons only:

• The Student’s schedule is incomplete (does not have all 7 hours scheduled)
• There is a scheduled conflict (two classes are scheduled in the same hour)
• The Student previously failed or did not take the prerequisite course
• The Student is missing a course needed to fulfill a graduation requirement

Please note:

• No Requests for schedule changes will be accepted after the first week of a

new semester

• Students must complete and have parents sign a “Schedule Adjustment

Request” form

• “Schedule Adjustment Request Forms” are available in the Counseling Office
• r can be downloaded from the OHS Counseling Dept. webpage.

Scheduling

• Rigors of AP/IB and Honors Courses

– Commitment to learning vs. GPA bailout

• “Teaching Style vs. Learning Style”

– Opportunity to enhance problem solving skills

• “Don’t Need, Don’t want, Don’t like this class”

– Life after high school

Next Steps

Thursday, January 22nd and Friday, January 23rd- OHS Counselors will give presentations to students at OMS Today – Wednesday28th-: Students and parents review the Course Catalog, discuss options, and gather teacher signatures on their course selection sheet Wednesday, January 28th: Students turn in SIGNED course scheduling sheet (Gold Team = Mr. Henning/ Blue Team = Mr. Cisneros) Thursday, January 29th and 30th: OHS Counselors will be at OMS to assist students with inputting their course requests into the online system

Tours of OHS…

Wednesday, April 29th 5-6pm Tuesday, April 28th 4-5pm

Counselors, administrators and students will be available for tours of Oxford High School.

(Meet at the main office)

LINK CREW DAY

for all freshmen!

August 2015

• Orientation to Oxford High School
• School pictures
• Class schedules
• Transportation is not provided

More information to come this summer

Questions and Answers

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