Transcript Welcome Parents of Future Freshman

Welcome Parents of
Future Freshmen
Kentridge’s mission is to prepare all
students to be knowledgeable and
responsible citizens in a diverse
community
Graduation Requirements for the
Class of 2019
Parent Registration Night Goals
• Connecting to KR
• Academic Programs
• Registration Process
Connecting to KR
• Link Crew
– Assist incoming students to
adjust to high school through
fun activities, powerful
messages and a genuine
connection with our junior
and senior “Link Leaders”.
Co-curricular and Extra-curricular
Success
• Club Participation – over 700
students
• We have over 20 clubs for your
students to choose from
• 9th grade athletics
– Fall: Football, Golf, Volleyball, Girls
Soccer, Cross Country, Girls Swim,
Boys Tennis
– Winter: Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball,
Wrestling, Boys Swim, Gymnastics,
– Spring: Baseball, Fastpitch, Track
and Field, Dance, Cheer, Judo,
Girls’ Tennis, Boys’ Soccer
Culminating Project
• Graduation Requirement
• Academic Components
• Career Components
• NAVIANCE
Support for the Culminating
Project
• NAVIANCE/Culminating
Project Lab in the library every
day after school
• KR Connections Advisory every
month
• On-line handbook, resources
and templates
• Career Counselor
Parents and KR Staff in
Partnership for Rigor
• The completion of solid academic
core was more strongly correlated
with a bachelor’s degree than high
school test scores, grade point
averages or class rank.
• Finishing a mathematics course
beyond Algebra III-IV more than
doubled the odds that a student
would earn a bachelor’s degree.
• At the top of the achievement scale
were high school students who took
more than one AP course; more than
three years of English & math; two
years of laboratory sciences, foreign
language and history.
Technologically Proficient
• Computer Essentials or
Computer Applications 1
strongly recommended!!
• Please see handout for
contrast of Computer
Essentials vs. Computer
Applications I.
Registering your student
• Course Requirements
• Credits
Core Course Requirements
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4 years (4 credits) of English
3 years (3 credits) of Social Studies
3 years (3 credits) of Science
3 years (3 credits) of Math
1.5 years (1.5 credits) of PE
.5 years (.5 credit) of Health
2 years of World Language
1 year (1 credit) of Occupational Education
2 years (2 credit) of Fine, Visual or Performing
Arts
• 4 credits of electives
• 24 Total credits needed
Additional Graduation
Requirements
• Meet standard on state
assessments
• Successful completion of
the Culminating Project
Core classes for registration
English
Core or Honors
Social Studies
Core or Honors
Science
Integrated 1-2 or Integrated 3-4
Math
• 1 year Algebra I-2
(9th grade)
• 1 year Geometry
(9th grade if Algebra was
taken in 8th grade)
1.5 years of PE
.5 year of Health
• Recommend starting in 9th grade
9th grade PE
Food & Fitness
• Health
10th, 11th, or 12th grades
1 year Occupational
Education
• Recommend starting in 9th
grade
• Includes
Business Education
Computer Essentials
Computer Applications I
Family and Consumer Sciences
Technical and Applied Programs
Computer Programming
Commercial Art I
Peer Tutoring
2 years Fine, Visual, or
Performing Art
• Complete any time in high
school
• Includes
– Music programs
– Art programs
– Drama programs
2 years World Language
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Spanish
French
Japanese
American Sign Language
Typical 9th grade schedule
• 1st Semester
– Freshman English
– 9th Grade Social
Studies
– Integrated Science 1/2
– Algebra 1/2
– Occupational
Education (Computer
Essentials or Computer
Applications I highly
recommended) or
elective
– Music, PE or elective
• 2nd Semester
– Freshman English
– 9th Grade Social
Studies
– Integrated Science 1/2
– Algebra 1/2
– Occupational
Education or
elective
– Music, PE or
elective
Certificate of Achievement
Students must meet standards on
state assessments in:
• English/Language Arts
• Math
• Science
Dates to remember
• Summer Orientation: August 2015
• Open house: September 2015
• Conferences: November 2015
• Parent Visitation: December 2015
• Surviving High School 101 for
parents of 9th graders:
October 2015
Post-Presentation Q & A:
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A-D: Alicea Rieger
Rm 133
E-L: Rob Rutherford
PAC
M-S: Jeff Vanderport
Rm 113
T-Z: Amy Wiskerchen
Rm 123
Special Education: Casey Stoflet/
Lindsey Cornish
Rm 117
• Spanish Speakers: Kara Nolte
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