1. Northside High School FRESHMEN ORIENTATION 2014-2015 WELCOME

2. Get out your phones NOW AND… ✓ Text 81010 to @NewMonarch ✓ Also, join us on Edmodo; code 8fanbx Go to WeAreNorthside.com for info! Stay INFORMED!

3. ✓ SIGNED IN PICKED UP: ✓ CLASS OFFICER FORM ✓ YOUR SCHEDULE ✓ AN ORIENTATION PACKET ON YOUR WAY IN YOU SHOULD HAVE….

4. MAJOR OFFENSES TO AVOID CELL PHONES DRESS CODE TARDIES/SKIPPING GOSSIP/RUMORS BULLYING DISRESPECT to ANYONE! Monarch Guide to Success BE ON TIME (6:58am) BE PREPARED (AVID Binder) BE READY TO LEARN

5. The High School Schedule ● Fall Semester & Spring Semester ● 4 classes each semester, 8 classes each year ● Four 90-minute periods each day + Power Hour ● 1 class = 1 credit ● 22 credits required for graduation

6. Classes you need over your 4 years ➢ 4 English ➢ 4 Math ➢ 3 Science ➢ 4 Social Studies ➢ Health/PE ➢ 6 Electives ◦ 4 of these need to be in the same “family”. This will be your cluster. SHOULD I TAKE HONORS CLASSES?? Take out your Graduation Checklist…

7. GPA = Grade Point Average ● How is it calculated? ● What is the difference between “weighted” and “unweighted”? ● “A” = 4.0 ● Honors class “A” = 4.5 ● AP/College class “A” = 5.0 Colleges look for a GPA of at least a 3.0 or higher

8. We are an AVID school! “I like big binders” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhswKu8gAlM

9. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF NORTHSIDE ▪ Arriving at School ▪ 6:58- First Bell ▪ 7:03- Tardy Bell ▪ Homeroom/Power Hour ▪ Lunch ▪ 2:15- School Dismissed ▪ Leaving School **ONLY 3 Minute Transitions!

10. ● Hall Passes ● ISS/OSS ● Fighting ● Cafeteria/Lunch Rules ● Lockers Now it’s time to talk about the rules…

11. ● School Fees ● Athletic Eligibility ● Progress Reports & Report Cards ● Honor Roll & Principal’s List And just a few more rules…

12. CLUBS & ACTIVITIES ● Academic Derby ● Anime Club ● Art Club ● AVID Club ● Delta Gems ● Future Business Leaders of America ( FBLA ) ● Fellowship of Christian Athletes ( FCA ) ● Family Consumer Leaders of America ( FCCLA ) ● Health Occupation Students of America ( HOSA ) ● Jazz Band ● Key Club ● Marching Band ● Northside High School Singers ● Peer Mediators ● Project Unify ● Prom ● Science Club ● SkillsUSA ● Student Council ● Student2Student (S2S) ● Odyssey of the Mind

13. You would be HONORED to… ● National Honor Society ● National Technical Honor Society ● National Art Honor Society ● National English Honor Society ● National History Honor Society ● Science National Honor Society

14. Icebreaker + School Tour with S2S Students

15. COMING TO YOU LIVE… …from Northside High School! Dress Code Fashion Show -Provided by the S2S Student Ambassadors-

16. ● Bullying ○ http://www.stopbullying.gov/videos/2013/04/a nti-bullying-be-that-one.html http://www.stopbullying.gov/videos/2013/04/a nti-bullying-be-that-one.html ○ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dik1o NlvSng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dik1o NlvSng

17. MONDAY, AUGUST 24 TH WE’LL SEE YOU ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

18. POP QUIZ!