Rising 9th Grade Transition Meeting Class of 2021 Thursday, January 19, 2017 Luella Middle School 6:30 p.m.

Welcome Class of 2021!!! Enrollment form and Proof of residency Pathways Academy for Advanced Studies Pre-registration advisement High School Graduation Requirements Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) Courses Dual Enrollment College and scholarship search on gcis

Presenters mS. sUMMER gRAY-rOBINSON, 8th grade cOUNSELOR Ms. Chiniqeia Kenner, cOUNSELOR, lUELLA hIGH sCHOOL

Proof of Residency

Proof of Residency

Career Pathways Career, Technical and Agricultural Education Pathways (CTAE) – a graduate who completes a series of three or four specified courses in a CTAE-approved pathway leading to a possible industry-recognized credential World Languages Pathway – a graduate who completes a sequence of three courses in one world language Fine Arts Pathways – a graduate who completes a series of three courses in any one of the following areas: visual arts, theatre, dance, music

Ctae pathways offered at lhs Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Healthcare Early Child Care Engineering and Technology ROTC Information Technology- Programming Marketing Work Based Learning

Academy for advanced studies pathway offerings Students will receive a 2016-2017 Career, Technical & Agricultural Education (CTAE) Guide tomorrow that lists all pathways offered at AAS. Please review this with your student. If your student is interested in a ctae pathway offered at aas please attend one of the upcoming open houses and registration nights. Transportation to and from aas is offered from lhs. If lhs offers the ctae pathway your student is interested in they will not need to register for ctae classes at aas.

Academy for advanced studies 401 East Tomlinson St McDonough, Ga 30253 OPEN HOUSE from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM* *General information sessions every 30 minutes beginning at 5:00 PM with self-guided tours

Academy for advanced studies OPEN HOUSE DATES Tuesday, January 24, 2017 thursday, February 2, 2017 Thursday, February 7, 2017 (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM)

Academy for advanced studies AAS REGISTRATION for 2017-2018 Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Tuesday, February 28, 2017 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Registration is by school at the Academy for Advanced Studies

Pre-registration advisement Individual advisement with Ms. Gray-Robinson will begin the week of January 23rd Parents will be able to log into Infinite campus to review and approve course requests ►More information to come on this process

High School Registration process Registration will be in March

High School graduation requirements English/Language Arts * 4 Mathematics* 4 Science* 4 Social Studies* 3 CTAE/Foreign Language/Fine Arts 3 Health and Physical Education 1 Electives 4 TOTAL UNITS (MINIMUM) 23 *Required Courses and/or Core Courses

high school credits earned in middle school hs school credits earned in middle school will not count towards a student’s hope gpa in order for students to be competitive on college applications they must earn 4 math, 4 English, 4 science and 3 social studies credits during hs

Honors and advanced placement courses 9th Grade honors and Advanced Placement *Ap Human Geography *Honors contract *Honors Math II/CCGPS Analytical Geometry 18+ Advanced placement course offered

Move on When ready (Dual enrollment) High School and College Credit District-wide meeting, January 26, 2017, 6pm @ Henry county Performing Arts Center

College & scholarship search http://www.gcic.peachnet.edu/

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