1. { Options outside of NHS What choice is right for your child?

2. Does my student need to recover credits?  If your student has failed a CORE academic course (math, language arts, science or social studies), they must re-take the course again.  If your student has failed an elective class, they do not need to re-take the same class, but they may still need to take an extra elective class in order to earn enough credits towards graduation.

3. What credits are required? Graduation Requirements English/Language Arts…………………..4 Mathematics………………………………4 Science……………………………………4 Social Studies……………………….……3 Language*/Tech. Ed./Fine Arts………...3 Health & Physical Ed…………………….1 Electives…………………………………..4 Total Credits: 23 *Many colleges require 2 or more years of foreign language for you to be considered for admission

4. What options do we have?  Credit Recovery (60-69%)  Face to Face at Norcross  Summer School  Face to Face at a GCPS school  Online through Gwinnett Online  7 th period @ Phoenix High School  Located in Lawrenceville  Offers full credit and credit recovery courses  Regular School Day

5. Credit Recovery  Face to Face @ Norcross  Classes Offered: TBD  Cost: TBD  When: Saturday morning option and after school option TBD  Registration: School personnel will meet with eligible student Tuesday, Jan 19 to distribute more details and registration information

6. Summer School  Face to Face at a local school  GCPS chooses 3 high schools every year to host summer school  Online  Most 1 st & 2 nd semester academic courses are offered  Some elective classes are offered  Health/PE & Foreign Languages are always offered  Cost: $250 *cost for last year, subject to change  When: Runs Mon - Thurs from approximately June 9 – July 11*  Registration: Online via MyPaymentsPlus.com  Will close after grades are final in May 2016 * This is unofficial as summer school information for the 2015/16 school year has not yet been released

7. 7 th period @ Phoenix High School  Full Classes and Credit Recovery Classes offered 4 times each year  See website for courses offered  Cost: $250 per semester course & $100 per Credit Recovery course  When: 3:40-5:45 or 6:05-8:10 from March 14 - May 19  Registration: Online through MyPaymentsPlus.com from Feb 29 – March 7

8. Regular School Day If your child has failed 1 or 2 classes, they may be able to re-take the course during the regular school day.  Math failures 59% and below – Need to go to summer school in order to be on track for the following year  Please talk to your child’s counselor to see if your child will have room in their schedule to double up on a non-math academic course

9. So many classes, not enough time Unique cases: Not enough room in the schedule to take all classes the students wants  Students may pay for an extra class outside the school day in order to fit in a specific elective class of interest  Example: Student wants to take 4 years of Spanish, Drama and Chorus  Family pays for extra class  If the student begins to struggle and fall behind, school may drop students electives and add in required academics

10. Nontraditional Elective Options  Transportation provided  18 programs to choose from  Registration opens Feb 1, 2016  Must provide your own transportation  11 programs to choose from Maxwell High School Grayson Technical

13. For more information  Gwinnett Online Campus http://www.gwinnettonlinecampus.com  Phoenix High School http://phoenixhs.org/home.html  Norcross Credit Recovery Parent Center 770-326-8748