1. Welcome to High School Programming The first step in your exciting high school career.

2. Many new opportunities Meet new people Get involved in clubs Play on teams Honors classes, AOIT, IB, AP, PLTW, AOF Many choices of elective classes!!!

3. Programming Timeline January 9 th & 10 th - Counselors to visit 8 th grade Social Studies classes. January 17 th - Night meeting for 8 th grade students and their parents at NMS.

4. English English 9 College Prep

5. Social Studies Global History 1 2 year course Regents at end of 10 th grade

6. Math If you presently are enrolled in Geometry, you will take Math 9H in 9 th grade. If you presently are enrolled in Integrated Algebra you will take either Math 9A or Geometry in 9 th grade. If you presently are enrolled in Algebra 8, you will go into Integrated Algebra or Integrated Algebra L in 9 th grade.

7. Science If you presently are enrolled in Science 8, you will take Regents Earth Science in 9 th grade. If you presently are enrolled in Earth Science, you will take either: –Regents Living Environment –Honors Living Environment –Living Environment- Scientific Investigations in 9 th grade

8. World Languages- Spanish If you presently are enrolled in Spanish 8, you will take Spanish 2R or 2RE in 9 th grade. If you presently are enrolled in Spanish 1A, you will take Spanish 1B.

9. World Languages- French If you presently are enrolled in French 8, you will take either French 2R or French 2RE in 9 th grade.

10. World Languages- Italian If you presently are enrolled in Italian 8, you will take either Italian 2R or Italian 2RE in 9 th grade.

11. Physical Education You will take Physical Education each year of high school every other day. Your options for 9 th grade are: Traditional Physical Education or Introduction to Dance

12. Electives Art –Studio in Art* –Studio in Crafts* –Studio in Media* *Fulfills NYS Art/Music requirement

13. Electives Business –Fashion Marketing –Wall Street 101 –Advertising –Financial Literacy –Hospitality –Sports Marketing Management

14. Electives Family and Consumer Sciences –Early Childhood Education Program –American Regional Foods –Contemporary Cuisine –Decorative Culinary Arts –Family Dynamics –International Foods –World Cuisine

15. Electives Music –Band* –Freshman Choir* –String Orchestra* –Comprehensive Foundations of Music –Guitar/Piano Workshop –Musical Theatre* –Stage Tech *Fulfills NYS Art/Music requirement

16. Electives Technology –Design and Drawing for Production* (PLTW) –Digital Electronics (PLTW) –Principals of Information Technology (AOIT) –Electricity –Woodworking Technology –Applied Electronics Circuits –Construction Systems Technology –Robotics –Small Engines –Transportation Systems *Fulfills NYS Art/Music requirement

17. Electives Social Studies –Act Now! (Character Education and Civic Values Through Drama) –Holocaust –Impact of Sports on Modern Society –Never Again? A Study of Genocide Since 1945 –Participation in Government and Economics (American Law)

18. Electives Science –Astronomy

19. Pretty simple. High school is four great years that we know you will enjoy!