Title: Beginning Your Freshman Year at Century High School
1Beginning Your Freshman Year at Century High
School
2What does a credit mean?
- 1 course per semester .50 creditÂ
- Semester grades are put on your transcript
- These grades determine your GPA and rank
- 6 courses per semester 3 credits
- 6 courses times 2 semesters per year 6 credits
- 6 credits per year times 4 years 24 credits
- 24 Total Credits are Required for Graduation
- These Credits Include Required and Elective
Courses
3What is a Passing Grade?
- A passing grade is required to earn any credit
for a class - If a failing grade is earned in a required
course, the course must be retaken
- Passing grades are
- A
- B
- C
- D
- P
- Failing grades are
- F
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4What is a GPA?
- Grade point average (GPA) is the numeric average
of your semester or overall semester grades. - Add up the numeric equivalent of your semester
grades and divide by the number of classes GPA
- Passing grades are
- A 4.0
- B 3.0
- C 2.0
- D 1.0
- P Neutral
- Failing grades are
- F 0
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5COURSE/CREDIT REQUIREMENTS
- Page 5 in the course guide
- Courses Credits Required
- English .4
- English 9 (1.0 credits)
- American Lit (1.0)
- World Literature (1.0)
- English 4 (0.5)
- Speech (0.5)
- Math (through Alg. II)..3
- Science .3
- Biology (1.0)
- Chemistry (1.0)
- Physics (1.0)
- Social Studies ...3
- World History (1.0)
- American History (1.0)
- Human Geography (0.5)
- Government (0.5)
6COURSE/CREDIT REQUIREMENTS (cont).
Page 5 in the course guide
- Courses Credits Required
- Economics .5
- Physical Education .5
- Health .5
- Fine Arts 1.0
- Arts, Music, Interior Design,
- Fashion Design, Intro to Engineering,
- Culinary Arts, Drama, pg 37-40
- Electives 8.5
- Total Credits 24
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8Required 9th Grade Courses
Page 23 in the course guide
English Options (Full Year) English Learner
Program English Foundations English Foundations
Honors
9Required 9th Grade Courses
Page 62 in the course guide
Social Studies Options (Full Year) World
History EL World History
10Required 9th Grade Courses
Page 57 in the course guide
Science Options (Full Year) Biology Biology
Honors PLTW Principles of Biomedical Science
11Required 9th Grade Courses
Page 49 in the course guide
Math Options (Full Year) Intermediate
Algebra Intermediate Algebra Honors Geometry
Honors Algebra 2 Honors
12Required Course PE
Page 53 in the course guide
- 0.5 credits of Physical Education is required to
graduate - Students must take one of the following
introductory courses to meet graduation
requirements - Foundations of Fitness
- Individual Movement and Fitness
- Introduction to Weight Training and Conditioning
139th Grade Courses
Pages are marked on your blue registration sheet
Electives in Many Subject Areas
Business Speech Engineering Physical
Education Culinary Arts Industrial
Technology Agriculture Art/Music Science
World Language Information Technology
14Filling Out Your Registration Sheet
- You will have at least 6 classes
- Important If you want music as a 7th class
include it on 7th line - Other 7th choices will be awarded on a space
available basis - Page 12 Career Pathways
15Alternates
- The Alternate section on your card will be used
for alternate choices in the event your first
choice for an elective in line 5 and 6 are
unavailable - Alternates are important in the event that we
have to cancel or restrict availability of a
particular class - Not a bad idea to have a first and second choice
for your language - Prioritize the order of alternatives-Pick what
you would be happy with.
16 Balance/ Prioritize
17Get Involved!In Activities Athletics.
- 25 Boys and Girls Sports
- Danceline
- Drama and Art Club
- Vocational and Business Clubs
- Model UN
- Service Clubs
- Student Council
- Chess Club
- Math League
- Speech
- Many other ways to get involved and have fun!
18Returning Your Registration Form
- Bring completed forms with courses for 9th grade
chosen to Century Panther Night on January 25 - Or return it to your school by January 28 if you
or your parents are unable to attend Panther
Night
19 I wish I had known
- Read EVERYTHING the teacher tells you to read,
even the textbook stories. - Time management
- Honors classes will have more homework
- A lot of writing (5 paragraph essays)
- Dont procrastinate
- Group work
20 I wish I had known
- Do the packets and worksheets
- Take notes
- It is difficult to catch up if you fall behind
- You need to study/review notes
- Important to ask for help when you need it/take
advantage of the help that is offered - Pay attention!!
- Math homework seems repetitive, gets boring, but
it helps with the learning
21Questions???
22Contacts
- If you have questions please contact
- Eileen Strabala-Backus, 9th grade counselor
- 328-5003,
- eistrabala-backus_at_rochester.k12.mn.us
- Kurt Verdoorn, registrar
- kuverdoorn_at_rochester.k12.mn.us
- Molly Murphy, 9th grade administrator
- momurphy_at_rochester.k12.mn.us
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