Appoquinimink High School

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Appoquinimink High School

• Preview Night
• March 18, 2009
• 630 pm

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Agenda

• Welcome Introductions
• Academic Program
• Athletic Program
• Questions Answers
• Visit the Commons to view Clubs, Sports Pathway
  displays

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The Scheduling Process

• Students received course selection materials on
  March 13th during homeroom
• Students were asked to complete the course
  selection form and return it during their
  scheduled visit (March 23-25)
• Scheduling documents are also available on our
  website www.appohigh.org

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Scheduling Process Cont.

• AHS Guidance Counselors will visit 8th grade
  students on the following dates
• Waters Middle School March 23rd
• Redding Middle School March 24th
• Meredith Middle School March 25th
• MOT Charter April 2nd
• Counselors will present course selection
  information, answer questions and review
  students course selection forms

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Graduation Requirements

• Course Units of Credit
• English 4
• Social Studies 4
• Mathematics 4
• Science 3
• Career Pathway 3
• Electives 3.5
• Physical Education 1
• Health 0.5
• Senior Project (must meet standard)

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Promotion/Retention Requirements

• In order to be promoted to 10th grade
• Students must take a full schedule in 9th grade
  (8 credits)
• Students must earn 5 credits 4 of which must be
  English, math, science and social studies
• Students who do not meet these criteria will be
  scheduled into appropriate courses the next
  year/semester

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Career Pathway

• A planned program of sequenced or specialized
  courses designed to develop knowledge and skills
  in a particular career area
• 3 credits in a Career Pathway are required for
  graduation
• The Career Pathway is not a life- long career
  choice and may not necessarily be something a
  student would like to pursue following graduation
  from high school

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The Career Pathways

• Academic
• Allied Health
• Humanities
• Math/Science Technology
• AgriScience
• Animal Science
• Natural Resources Environmental Science
• Plant Horticultural Science

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Career Pathways

• Business, Finance Marketing Education
• Banking Services
• Marketing Management
• Family Consumer Science
• Early Childhood Education
• Clothing Textiles
• Nutrition Culinary Arts

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Career Pathways

• Foreign Language
• Chinese
• French
• German
• Japanese
• Spanish

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Career Pathways

• Performing Arts
• Instrumental Music
• Theatre Arts
• Vocal Music
• Technology Education
• Drafting Design
• Graphic Design Production

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Career Pathways

• Visual Arts
• Ceramics Sculpture
• Drawing Painting
• Photography

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Block Scheduling

• Students will have four 90-minute periods per
  semester. Each period is a block
• All courses except Algebra I w/ Stats will be
  offered in a 90 minute block period for one
  semester
• Algebra I w/ Statistics will be offered all year
  within a block

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Sample Schedule- Algebra I(Career Pathway-
Culinary Arts)
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Sample Schedule- Geometry(Career Pathway- Animal
Science)
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Vocational Student Organizations

• Business Professionals of America (BPA)
• Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA)
• Family, Career Community Leaders of America
  (FCCLA)
• The National FFA Organization
• Technical Student Association (TSA)

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Athletics

• Athletic Director Ms. Christy Boyd
• Fall Season Winter Season Spring Season
• Football Basketball Baseball
• Cheerleading Cheerleading Softball
• Soccer (Boys) Wrestling Soccer (Girls)
• Volleyball Indoor Track Track Field
• Field Hockey Swimming Lacrosse
• Cross Country Tennis
• Golf

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Athletics cont.

• A sports information night will be held over the
  summer for fall sports
• Tryouts will start in mid-August
• Students who wish to participate in any athletic
  program must have a sports physical prior to
  tryouts for that sport

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Questions Answers
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Activity Tables

• Please visit the Commons to view Clubs, Sports
  Pathway displays