Burlingame High School

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Burlingame High School

• Academic Review and Plan
• Class of 2010

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Welcome!

• Please pick up your childs folder at the
  entrance of the room

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The Counseling Department

• Karen Latham Counselor (A - Da)
• Tammy Esrailian Counselor (Db - Ki)
• Luis Mashek Counselor (Kj - P)
• Shaila Arbona Counselor (Q Z)
• Brent Daniels Asst. Prin./Instr.
• Lori Friel Career Center
• Beth Pascal EXPLORE
• Sue Glick PAWS
• Jeannette Gomez Stud. Data Analyst
• Nick Calabrese School Safety Advocate

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BHS Web Site

• http//bhs.smuhsd.org/
• Information about our school and programs, School
  Loop link, teacher directory, teacher web pages
• Counseling pages being updated, presentation
  materials, articles, links
• KQED - http//www.kqed.org/epArchive/R709050737

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School Loop Web Site

• www.bhs.schoolloop.org
• Can be reached from the BHS web site
• Contact staff, obtain assignments and materials,
  review grades.

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Career Planning

• Interest Inventories
• Bridges 9th grade
• Choices 10th grade
• College Planner 11th grade
• www.bridges.com
• User name 1009382
• Password burlingame
• PSAT Follow-up
• Through college board via My Roads

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Planning Curriculum

• 10th grade
• Classroom visit to discuss graduation and college
  planning academic review and planning worksheet
  (4-year plan).
• Sophomore Parent Night
• Career/College Major interest inventory next
  week

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Planning Curriculum

• 11th grade
• Resume writing workshop
• Class visit SAT/ACT, university and community
  college information, college research, college
  visits
• Junior Parent Night

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Planning Curriculum

• 12th grade
• Class visit college application process,
  community college transfer application and
  testing information
• UC/CSU Application Workshop for students
• Letter of Recommendation Workshop
• Individual appointments for post high school
  planning
• Scholarship and Financial Aid presentations
• Senior Parent Night
• SMUHSD College Fair

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Transcript

• Official record of high school coursework
• All courses, grades and credits
• GPA both weighted (academic) and unweighted
  (total)
• Weighted GPA calculation (Academic) all courses
  included
• with weight given to Honors and AP courses that
  are underlined on the UC/CSU A-G list (primarily
  11th and 12th grade honors and AP coursework)
• AS (advanced study) courses are not weighted

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Graduation RequirementsCourse Work

• Social Science
• 35 credits
• To include Contemporary World Studies, Modern
  World History 1-2, U.S. History 1-2, American
  Government and Economics
• English
• 40 credits
• Mathematics
• 30 credits
• To include 10 credits in Algebra 1-2

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Graduation RequirementsCourse Work

• Science
• 20 credits
• 10 credits each in Biological and Physical
  Science
• At least one course must be from the d or g
  requirement on the UC/CSU a-g list
• one year to be taken by end of the 10th grade
• World Language
• 10 credits
• to be taken by the end of 10th grade

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Graduation RequirementsCourse Work

• Fine/Performing Art
• 10 credits
• Physical Education
• 20 credits
• 10 to be in Core PE in the 9th grade

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Graduation RequirementsCourse Work

• Health
• 5 credits
• Electives
• 50 credits
• ___________________________
• 220 Credits Required Minimum

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Graduation RequirementsBasic Skills Competence

• High School Exit Exam
• All students must pass the High School Exit Exam
  mandated by California State law. The exam
  consists of two parts (1) reading and writing
  and (2) mathematics. Students must pass both
  parts to receive a high school diploma. The test
  is based on the California State Board adopted
  standards.
• http//www.cde.ca.gov

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The Frenzy

• 3,800 colleges in U.S.
• 2,100 4-year colleges in U.S.
• Of the 2,100 colleges 150 take less than 50 of
  students that apply
• Of the remaining 1,950 colleges most select over
  75 of applicants
• NPR - http//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php
  ?storyId7537888

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More on College Choice

• More and more information to follow about college
  choices
• Know there is lots of room in the colleges of
  this state and nation
• Colleges have various degrees of selectivity
  from admitting all to only 1 in 10 applicants
• Many factors should go into a college choice.

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Community College

• 18 years old
• High School Graduate
• GED or CHSPE
• Concurrent Enrollment

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Community College

• Vocational Certificate
• Associate Degree
• Transfer Program
• 60 units of transferable college work to transfer
  to university

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Community College

• Advantages
• Low cost
• Choose any of the 109 community colleges in the
  state of California for the same cost
• Small classes
• Variety of educational goals can be met
• Transfer to a university is based on college work

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UC/CSU Entrance RequirementsSubject Requirements

• A History/Social Science
• Two years
• One year U.S. History or ½ year U.S. History and
  ½ year civics or American Government, and one
  year of world history, cultures and geography

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UC/CSU Subject Requirements

• B English
• 4 years
• Including course work with frequent and regular
  writing and reading of classic and modern
  literature

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UC/CSU Subject Requirements

• C Mathematics
• Three years (UC recommends 4 years)
• Including beginning Algebra, Geometry, and
  Intermediate Algebra
• Courses taken in the seventh and eighth grade
  (that the high school accepts as their
  equivalent) may be used

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UC/CSU Subject Requirements

• D Laboratory Science
• Two years (UC recommends three years and a 4th
  year for science related majors)
• Including two of these three areas
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics

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UC/CSU Subject Requirements

• E Language Other than English
• Two years (UC recommends 3 years)
• Must be in the same language
• Courses taken in the seventh and eighth grade
  (that the high school accepts as their
  equivalent) may be used

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UC/CSU Subject Requirements

• F Visual / Performing Arts
• One Continuous Year
• Dance, Drama / Theater, Music or Visual Arts

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UC/CSU Subject Requirements

• G College Preparatory Electives
• One year in addition to those required in AF
• For a full list see the A-G list for Burlingame
  High School at www.ucop.edu
• CSU information at www.csumentor.edu/
• ALL COURSES TAKEN TO SATISFY A-G
  REQUIREMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED WITH A C GRADE OR
  BETTER

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UC/CSU Scholarship Requirement

• Scholarship Requirement
• Grades and Test Scores
• For each GPA there is a required test score to be
  eligible
• GPA min. requirement for UC 3.0
• GPA min. requirement for CSU 2.0

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College Tests

• PSAT
• Taken by Sophomores and Juniors
• Measures verbal and math abilities and gives
  students practice for taking the SAT.
• Used for qualification for National Merit
  Scholarships when taken in the Junior year.
• Administered once a year, the third Saturday in
  October.

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College Tests

• SAT Reasoning
• Reasoning test for college admission
• The test consists of three parts
• Critical Reading
• Critical reading
• Sentence completion
• Writing
• Grammar, usage, word choice
• Essay
• Mathematics
• Arithmetic/algebraic reasoning
• Geometrical reasoning
• Taken in the Junior and Senior years

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College Tests

• SAT Subject Exams
• 20 different one-hour tests designed to measure
  knowledge in a specific subject
• University of California and some private
  colleges required SAT subject tests
• Two tests required for University of California
  (Math I not allowed for UC)
• Tests should be taken upon the completion of a
  specific subject

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College Tests

• ACT
• College admission test measuring
• English
• Mathematics
• Reading
• Science
• Writing test can be added to align with SAT
  requirement for UC
• ACT or SAT may be used for college admission
• Taken in the junior and senior years

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College Tests

• AP (Advanced Placement)
• 34 different subjects
• Student can gain college credit or advanced
  college standing
• Students enrolled in a AP course are required to
  take the AP test for that course
• AP tests are given in May

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College Tests

• TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
• All undergraduate applicants who have not
  attended high school for at least three years
  full time where English is the principal language
  of instruction must take the TOEFL

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SMUHSD Summer School

• Core Classes
• Limited enrollment
• Math, Social Science, Health
• Remedial Classes
• Meet graduation requirements
• Replace D grades to be college eligible
• Math, English, Social Studies, Science, PE
• Six week session (Mid June - July)
• Applications available in March
• There are other summer school opportunities
  through community colleges, ROP, universities.

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Off Campus Programs

• Regional Occupation Program (ROP)
• Community Service/Service Learning
• Community College - Concurrent Enrollment
• Middle College High School

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Counseling Department

• Karen Latham (A Da) 558-2812
• klatham_at_smuhsd.k12.ca.us
• Tammy Esrailian (Db Ki) 558-2813
• tesrailian_at_smuhsd.org
• Luis Mashek (Kj - P) 558-2807
• lmashek_at_smuhsd.org
• Shaila Arbona (Q Z) 558-2811
• sarbona_at_smuhsd.org
• Lori Friel - Career Center Advisor 558-2818
  lfriel_at_smuhsd.k12.ca.us
• Beth Pascal - EXPLORE Coordinator 558-2847
  bpascal_at_smuhsd.k12.ca.us
• Sue Glick - Service Learning 558-2873
  sglilck_at_smuhsd.k12.ca.us
• Brent Daniels-Assistant Principal, Inst. Services
  bdaniels_at_smuhsd.org 558-2803
  

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Helpful Web Sites

• www.smuhsd.org
• www.csumentor.edu
• www.ucop.edu
• www.collegeboard.com
• www.act.org
• www.cccco.edu
• www.californiacolleges.edu

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Thank you for Coming

• QUESTIONS?