Welcome to HHS

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Welcome to HHS
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Haverford High SchoolNinth Grade Course
Selection Night

• February 10, 2014

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Transition to Ninth Grade

• Parent Information Nights
• Newsletters
• Course Selection Night
• Summer Building Tours
• Parent/Student Orientation Night in August
• First Day of School orientation day
• Student Handbook
• Clubs/Sports/Activities
• Technology integration throughout HS
• HEART Team

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9th Grade

• 9th grade teachers Smaller numbers of students
  in 9th grade classes than in other grades
• Advisors The HR advisor follows the students
• Counselors All counselors will be involved with
  students through advisory assignments, follow
  students
• Administrators The 9th grade principal works to
  facilitate transition into the high school,
  follows students

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A Typical Student Day at HHS

• 730 - 855 First Block
• 900 916 Homeroom
• 921 1046 Second Block
• 1051 1251 Third Block
• (includes lunch)
• 1256 222 Fourth Block

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Ninth Grade

• Core classes may be scheduled for the entire year
  or for one semester
• Students who are scheduled for multiple math or
  science classes will have math or science in the
  fall semester and spring semester
• Electives may be scheduled for one quarter or one
  semester

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Ninth Grade

• Supporting Student Achievement
• Beginning with the class of 2017 (incoming 9th
  grade), students are required to pass the
  Keystone Exams in Algebra I, Literature and
  Biology in order to graduate
• Some students will be placed in year long core
  courses to ensure successful completion of the
  Keystone Exams
• If students are not successful on Keystone Exams,
  they may be placed in mandatory classes

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Ninth Grade

• Supporting Student Achievement
• Students who are not successful on Keystone Exams
  will be placed in mandatory classes to prepare
  them to retake the Keystone Exams
• When students are scheduled into these classes,
  they are scheduled in lieu of other English,
  math, or science courses
• Students are eligible to take the Keystone Exams
  in the fall and spring after completing the
  specific course or after completing additional
  course work in the specific subject

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Course Selection

• High School Course Selection Guide
• Found on-line at http//www.haverford.k12.pa.us
• Then use the Select a School drop down box at
  the top to select Haverford High School
• Next, select Counseling Department on the left
• Select Course Selection
• Important decisions
• Balance of ability and difficulty
• Based on interests future plans
• Can affect college admissions

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Course Selection

• What level of difficulty?
• Honors courses end in 1 (ex. EN01001)
• Academic courses end in 2 (ex. EN01002)
• Special Education courses (ex. EN00090)
• Most Electives are unleveled (ex. BU03300)
• Your child received a course selection sheet that
  shows the core courses preselected for him/her.
  If you disagree with any recommendation, you will
  need to attach a letter indicating that you would
  prefer a different level.

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Typical Schedule

• One of each core subject in a year plus one world
  language and PE 9.
• English
• Social Studies
• Mathematics
• Science
• World Language (French, Italian, Latin, Spanish)
• PE 9

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Science Requirements

• REQUIRED CORE SCIENCE COURSES
• All students must successfully complete 4 credits
  in science in order to meet the minimum
  graduation requirements
• Science Sequence
• Inquiry Into the Physical Setting (IPS)
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Elective

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Science Sequence

• Graduation Requirements 4 Courses
• Inquiry into the Physical Setting
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Biological Environmental Physical
• Anatomy Physiology AP Environmental Science AP
  Chemistry
• AP Biology Environmental Science AP Physics
• Biotechnology Marine Ecology Applied Physics
• Forensic Chemistry
• Physics (H)

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Math/Science Instructional Philosophy

• Active, student centered
• Standards-based, aligned with Eligible Content
• Inquiry focused, cooperative work groups
• Project oriented
• Technology oriented - TI 84 Graphing calculators
  and PASCO Probeware
• Real world applications

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Picking Electives

• Departments
• Business Education
• Family Consumer Science
• Fine Arts
• Music
• Physical Education/Health
• Special Education
• Technology Education
• World Language

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How do I choose?

• Consider
• What do you like to do?
• What might you like to learn more about?
• What might you be interested in pursuing after
  high school?
• What might prepare you for an advanced elective?
• Do you need additional academic support for any
  particular class?

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Sample Online Registration

• Process is demonstrated for you
• ClassChoice
• Instructions will be available on the website

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Sample Student Schedule
  1st Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester 2nd Semester
  1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
1 Algebra 1 Algebra 1 Elective Elective
2 Elective PE 9 English 9 English 9
3 IPS IPS Elective Elective
4 World Language Elective World Language Elective West Civ 9 West Civ 9

• World Languages are one semester electives.
• Reading/Writing Lab may impact electives.

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Music Students

• Instrumental vocal music students are scheduled
  during 4th block on an A/B cycle
• Sectionals are scheduled after school for 0.2
  credits

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Sample Student Schedule

• Music will impact 4th block selections
• World Languages are one semester electives
• Reading/Writing Lab may impact electives

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To Graduate

• 26.5 credits (4 English, 4 Social Studies, 4
  Math, 4 Science)
• Students are required to schedule a minimum of
  6.5 credits per year
• Successful completion of Keystone Exams in
  Algebra I, Literature and Biology
• College Planning
• Competitive colleges expect advanced coursework
  in mathematics, science, and social studies
• Most colleges require at least 2
• years of a World Language

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Last Pieces of Information

• Remember to use the Haverford High School
  counseling website as a resource for timelines
  and information
• New registrants will complete course requests
  after they are registered

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Get Involved

• Remember when you start thinking about your
  courses, you should also be thinking about
  joining clubs, activities or sports
• Please see the high school website for a list of
  the activities

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Any questions?
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Thank you for coming. Good night