8th Grade Orientation Night Hello From PBL High School!

Promotion to the Next Grade No one looks at your grades at the end of the year and decides whether you will be promoted or “held back” You gain sophomore, junior, and senior status by passing classes and earning credits

How You Earn Credits Passing the semester is ½ credit Exceptions are: –Drivers Ed is ¼ credit per semester –Flags ¼ credit Remember you must have a passing grade at the end of the semester to earn any credit in a class

Earning Credits 5 credits to be a sophomore 10 credits to be a junior 15 credits to be a senior 22 credits to graduate

Graduation Requirements English4 units Math3 units (must include Alg & Geom) Science2 units Government½ unit U.S. History1 unit Other Social Studies½ unit Health½ unit Drivers Ed¼ unit Consumer Ed½ unit PEAs required Fine Arts, Career Tech., or Foreign Language 1 unit 22 CREDITS REQUIRED TO GRADUATE

Minimum Entrance Requirements for 4-year Colleges 4 years of English 3 years of Math 3 years of Science 3 years of Social Studies 2 years of Fine Arts or Foreign Language

Entrance Requirements to 2-year Colleges Core academic classes recommended It is highly recommended that students still take as many of the required courses for a 4-year college as possible A student who attends Parkland and wishes to transfer to a 4-year college will have to eventually have the courses needed for a 4-year school or their equivalent, either in high school or at the 2-year institution

Extra Curricular Activities Art League Band, Flags, Jazz Band Chorus, Show Choir, Madrigals FBLA FCCLA FFA Math Team NHS –Community Service Club Speech Team Student Council Visions

Sports Boys –Baseball –Basketball –Cheerleading –Cross Country –Football –Golf –Sports Mgmt. –Track –Wrestling Girls –Basketball –Cheerleading –Cross Country –Golf –Softball –Sports Mgmt. –Track –Volleyball –Wrestling

Sports Eligibility You must be passing 6 academic classes weekly to be eligible to play –Exceptions are Drivers Ed, ICE and Work Study in which you must pass 5 classes To play a sport in the next semester you must have passed 5 academic classes from the previous semester per the IHSA requirement

Required Courses & Guidelines English Pre-AP 102 –B or better in 8 th grade English English 101

Required Courses & Guidelines Math I/II –placement Math I Block Math I –placement

Required Courses & Guidelines Biology or Physical Science –Biology placement A in 8 th grade Science & 80 th percentile on achievement test or “Exceeds” on the 7 th grade ISAT Health/Physical Education 3 electives –Spanish (C or better in English)

Electives Spanish I World History Intro. To Family & Consumer Science Intro. To Business Keyboarding/ Computers Art I Tech. Concepts I (shop)* Tech. Concepts II (shop)* Intro. To Agriculture Band Flags* Chorus Visions *Semester course

Course Load A normal load is 5 or 6 classes plus PE If requests are fulfilled, you may not change your schedule You may NOT drop a class just because you don’t like it or are failing it –You’re stuck! So remember to choose carefully You may have only 1 study hall per semester

Driver’s Ed Eligibility Pass 8 classes over the previous two semesters –Freshman year, we will have to look at 8 th grade grades –Sophomore year, we will have to look at all your freshman grades Your birth date will determine when you can take driver’s ed

All courses and short course descriptions can be found at: Scroll down to “High School” on the left and go to “Guidance” link and then “Pre-Registration Information"

Making High School Count

GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT Mr. Pat BurnsMrs. Kristin OyerGuidance Counselor Mrs. Kim GobleAlex Goudy Guidance Dept. SecretarySpecial Ed. Coordinator

Administrators Travis Duley Principal Jeff Graham Assistant Principal

PBL High School 700 W. Orleans Paxton, IL (217)