Planning for Grade 10 th grade and Beyond

CONTENT AREA CREDITS English 4 Credits I, II, III, IV Mathematics 4 Credits Common Core Math I, II, III (and one course before Common Core Math I OR one higher than Common Core Math III) Science 3 Credits Environmental Science, Biology, Physical Science Humanities 4 Credits World History, Civics and Economics, American History I and II World LanguagesNot required Health and Physical Education 1 Credit Health/Physical Education Electives 10 Credits 2 elective credits of any combination from either: Career and Technical Education, Arts Education, Foreign Languages Total Credits26 **plus 100 hours of community service Graduation Requirements

 You must complete 25 hours each year you are at Broughton to graduate.  Make sure to complete your community service hours this year, and turn them in to the front office.  You must be current on community service to get an off- campus lunch pass and parking pass (11 th and 12 th ). Community Service

 Must earn a minimum of 6 units of credit  Must pass English I  Must pass 2 out of 3 cores (Math, Science and Humanities) Promotion to 10 th Grade Requirements

 9 th – academic or honors  10 th – academic or honors  11 th – academic, honors, AP, or IB  12 th - academic, honors, AP, or IB English – 4 credits required

9 th Grade10 th Grade11 th Grade12 th Grade Foundations of Math I/ Math I Foundations Math II/Math II Math III Essentials of College Math Math IMath IIMath III Essential of College Math Math II Math III Essentials of College Math AFM/Discrete Math A student’s grade in Math III may determine next course If C-D then Essentials then AFM If strong A-B then AFM then either Pre-Cal/AP Stat/Essentials Math II (Honors)Math III (Honors)Pre-Calc (Honors) AP Calc Or IB Math IB: Math III(Honors)Pre-Calc (Honors)IB Math/AP CalAP Calc/IB Math Math- 4 credits required

9 th Grade10 th Grade11 th Grade12 th Grade Earth ScienceBiology Physical Science*Science elective Recommended Biology Chemistry APES*Science elective Recommended BiologyEarth Science Chemistry *Science elective Recommended Biology (Honors)Chemistry (Honors)APES *Science elective Recommended IB: Biology (Honors) Chemistry (Honors) APES IB Biology or IB Physics IB Biology or IB Physics Science – 3 credits required

9 th Grade10 th Grade11 th Grade12 th Grade Civics (academic or honors) World History (academic or honors) American History I (academic or honors) American History II (academic or honors) Civics (Honors) World History (Honors or AP) AP US HistoryHistory elective IB: Civics HonorsAP World HistoryIB History of Americas IB 20 th Century Topics Humanities – 4 units required

 Students can take AP US History or IB History of the Americas in place of American History I & II.  However, they must then take one additional Humanities elective. US History/American History I & II

 Not required for High School graduation  MINIMUM requirement for colleges or universities is 2 credits of the SAME language  “Highly Selective” Colleges and Universities (Davidson, Duke, UNC, WFU) expect 4 credits of the same language  If you earned a credit for a second language in Middle School the credit counts, although the grade is not computed in your GPA. If you retake the same class in Grade 9, you will not receive another credit but the grade will compute in your GPA. Second Languages

 Must take Healthful Living I  If you are in ROTC, you must pass ROTC I and II to fulfill Healthful Living graduation requirement Health and PE

 Use the scale to assign quality points to each grade.  Add up all of the quality points to get the total.  Divide total quality points by the total number of attempted credits.  Compare this number to corresponding letter grade.  Effective 15/16 school year- numerical grades will appear on transcript and grading scale moved to 10-point scale  Highest Unweighted GPA is 4.0 AcademicHonorsAP/IB  A = 4A = 4.5A = 5  B = 3B = 3.5B = 4  C = 2C = 2.5C = 3  D = 1D = 1.5D = 2  F = 0F = 0F = 0 How to Compute GPA (Grade Point Average)

 Course selection – take the most challenging courses you can take and earn A’s and B’s  GPA/Class Rank  SAT/ACT Scores  Essays  Extracurricular Activities  Recommendations (some schools)  Teacher and counselor College Admissions

All applicants for first-time admission as freshmen must meet minimum course requirements as well as the following:  The minimum SAT score of 800 (combined Reading and Math) or ACT composite of 17  The minimum high school GPA of 2.5. For more details: Minimum Admission Requirements for the UNC System

 Broughton Website  Course Selections for Course Applications Course Selections

 Teachers will talk to you about their recommendations for next year  If you disagree with a teacher recommendation- talk with them.  You and your parents have the right to override a teacher recommendation (must use a waiver form)  Rigorous, balanced schedule How to choose classes

AP Courses  AP English 11(Language)  AP English 12 (Literature)  AP World History  AP US History  AP US Government & Politics  IB /AP Psychology  IB/AP Human Geography  AP European History  AP Economics - Macro  AP Environmental Science  AP Chemistry  AP Biology  AP Physics  AP Statistics  AP Calculus AB  AP Calculus BC  AP French Language  AP Spanish Language  AP German Language  AP Music Theory

 Both are college level classes – don’t take unless you are confident you can make As and Bs in the courses!  IB is holistic vs. AP is choosing for strengths  IB is more writing vs. AP multiple-choice  IB: Formative assessments in classroom  IB: Whole program approach with interdisciplinary lessons  IB: International focus IB vs. AP

 Early Childhood I or II (E. Jones)  Yearbook (Castillo)  Newspaper (Winzeler)  Career Internship (Parrish)  Adventure Education (Harvey)  Honors Physiology and Fitness (Harvey)  Sports Medicine (Farrell)  Library Science (Robbins) Deadlines TBA Have applications in before deadlines! Courses Requiring Applications

1.Ms. Vellucci will be going to the 9 th grade English classes February th graders will go to the lab to register with Ms. Vellucci in their English class on Feb Students and parents should plan which courses to take- talk to your teachers about level recommendations. 4.Students enter courses in student PowerScheduler beginning February 22, Instructions for registering will be posted on the BHS website. 5.All courses should be entered into PowerScheduler by March 11th. If you do not enter your own courses, we may enter them for you  6.If students need help, they can come see counselors before school, during lunch, and after school…pretty much every day. We are here to help! What’s Next?

Remember…  To Register for courses, you must know your PowerSchool login and students must have claimed NCEd account  Students must also have technology form completed  Registration Homepage: registration-information html