Dixie Heights High School Freshman Academy

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Freshman Academy
Assistant Principal - Brennon Sapp Freshman
Coordinator - Thad Dusing
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What is the Job of Freshman Academy?

• Help students learn (by any means possible)
• Learn the Basic
• Earn good grades
• Develop a joy for learning
• Successfully transition students from the middle
  school to the high school
• Earn good grades
• Develop good habits
• Experience Schools of Study
• Turn your child into a Sophomore

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Our Mission

• We will do everything we can to make learning
  easy, interesting, and enjoyable.
• We will be a constant presence in your childs
  life. We will not relent!

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Your Mission

• Be there
• Check on your childs progress constantly
• Ask questions
• Contact teachers and coordinator constantly
• Email (www.dixie.kenton.kyschools.us)
• Phone [phone])
• Letters Notes
• Reward/Restrict/Love/Ground/Hug/Punish. . .

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A Few Statistics

• Only one in five repeat freshman graduate high
  school (Kenton County)
• For students who drop out, only three in 10 will
  obtain a job. (Alliance for Excellence in
  education)
• Assuming that each works until age 65 and earns
  the average salary
• A high school graduate will earn nearly 333,000
  more than a dropout,
• A student with a college degree will earn
  538,000 more than a high school graduate
  (Alliance for Excellence in education)

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What is Freshman Academy?

• Two teams of teachers from core subject areas an
  a few others
• The teachers utilize a team concept/approach to
  better assist students as they
• develop academically and socially
• bridge the gap between the year-long courses of
  middle school and schools of study
• Strive to become successful high school students
• Student divide time equally between academy and
  non-academy classes during the freshman year
• A coordinator and administrator devoted
  exclusively to freshman

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Freshman AcademyActivities Resources

• Camp Dixie
• Rewards Field Trips
• Colonel Character Cards
• Pathways (Advisor Program)
• Tutoring
• Tutoring Busses
• Red Gray Olympics
• Honors Breakfast
• Freshman Coordinator
• Freshman Administrator
• Teacher Teams

• STI Home
• Parent Contacts
• Progress Reports
• Freshman Advisory
• Remediation
• Homework Hotline
• Community Safe
• Athletic Passes
• School Website
• Teacher Websites
• (teacherweb.com)
• Teacher Team Interventions

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Trimesters

• Three-12 week grading periods each year
• Five Classes each day
• Each class will be 70 minutes long
• Each 12 week term is a ½ credit
• Students will take a total of fifteen-½ credit
  classes each school year

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Graduation Requirements

• English - 4 units English I, II, III, IV
• Mathematics - 4 units Must include
  Algebra I-A I-B
• and Geometry
• Science - 3.5 units CSI, Core Life, Physical
  Earth/Space Science required,
  plus 1.5 credits other Science credits.
• Social Studies - 3 units Intro. to
  Social Studies and
• World Civilization
  recommended,
• U.S. History required
  
• Health -1/2 unit
• Physical Education -1/2 unit
• Arts Humanities - 1 unit
• Business Principles - 1 unit (formerly
  Keyboarding)
• Tech. Applications
• Electives - 10.5 units _____________________
  __________
• Total - 28 units

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Credits Needed for Promotion

• (Beginning with Class of
  2011)
• Sophomore -- 6 credits (including English I)
• Junior -- 13 credits (including
  English I, II)
• Senior -- 20 ½ credits (including
  English I, II, III)

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Mock Schedule

1st Trimester 2nd Trimester 3rd Trimester
1st Period English 1A Health Algebra 1C
2nd Period Business Tech Career Applications CSI Business Tech. W/ Marketing Skills
3rd Period Algebra 1A English 1B Social Studies B
4th Period Social Studies A German 1A General Art
5th Period P.E. Algebra 1B German 1B
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Questions?
www.dixie.kenton.kyschools.us