1. Transition to High School
Welcome to 9th Grade!
Transition to High School

2. Agenda Staff Introductions Self Advocacy Transition strategies
School Loop
Graduation Requirements
Departments at Branham
Family Connection - Naviance

3. Your 2016-17 BHS Admin Team We are here to support YOU!
Shari Scott-Sawyer
Landon Jacobs
Denise Lagarde
Justin Ponzio
Danielle Morrella
Cheryl Lawton
Jeanette Medina
Rick Hayashi
Lisa Martin
Joyce Davis
Loan Hong
We are here to support YOU!

4. Self-Advocacy Approximately 1617 students
2 Academic Guidance Advisors: Loan Hong (A-L), Danielle Morrella (M-Z)
1 Intervention Guidance Advisor: Joyce Davis
2 School Psychologists (Special Education): Jeannette Medina, Denise Lagarde
1 Principal: Cheryl Lawton
1 Vice Principal: Justin Ponzio
2 Assistant Principals: Lisa Martin (A-L), Rick Hayashi (M-Z)

5. Self-Advocacy: In the Classroom
Ask questions (when appropriate)
Stay after class (or at lunch, after school, tutorial)
Visit School Loop frequently
Doing it wrong is better than not doing it at all
Power of the ZERO

6. Suggestions for Successful Transition
Select classes that fit your interests and talents
Take advantage of help from teachers, guidance advisors, administrators, including tutorial
Implement time management skills
Implement study skills
Sleep

7. Active Study Suggestions
Passive Strategy
Active Strategy
Viewing homework as a 3-hour chore
Skimming or rereading book or text
Setting specific time goals to finish one subject or task at a time. For example, setting a timer or alarm for minutes.
Rewriting notes, creating flash cards or “cheat sheets”, or quizlet.com

8. Good uses of Tutorial Make up exams
Ask a teacher for clarification on an assignment
Work on homework
Study for tests
Pick up missed work due to absence

9. School Loop Track grades in all classes Monitor specific assignments
Keep in mind the following dates:
Sept 16th: 6 week grades
Oct 28th: 12 week grades
Dec 16th: End of Semester
Feb 13th: 6 week grades
April 17th: 12 week grades
June 8th: End of Semester

10. How to sign up
branham.schoolloop.com register Student registration Parent registration Enter Student ID Number (starts with a 1…) You can also click on the School Loop link on the Branham web page.

11. Graduation Requirements
English, 4 years
Math, 2 years
Science, 2 years
Social Science, 3 years
Physical Education , 2 years
30 credits in at least 2 out of 3 categories
Language Other Than English (LOTE)
Visual Performing Arts
Applied Art
General Electives, 60 credits
220 credits

12. College Entrance Requirements
Area
Subject Requirements
Years
“a”
History/Social Science 2
“b”
English 4
“c”
Mathematics 3
“d”
Laboratory Science
“e”
Language other than English
“f”
Visual and Performing Arts 1
“g”
College Preparatory Electives
Exam Requirement
UC: ACT Plus Writing or SAT Reasoning / CSU: ACT or SAT Reasoning
Minimum GPA Requirement
UC: California: 3.0 / CSU: 2.0

13. Social Studies (a) World History or AP World History
US History or AP US History
Government/Econ or AP US Government/Econ

14. English (b) English 1 or English 1H English 2 or English 2H
English 3 or AP English Literature
EWRC or AP English Language

15. Mathematics (c) IM 1 IM 2 IM 3 IM 3 Stem AP Statistics Trig/Pre-Calc
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC

16. Science Pathway (d) Earth Science Biology Biology H Biology Biology H
Chemistry
Chemistry H
Chemistry
Chemistry H
Physics
Physics H
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Env. Sci.
Human Anat
Physio
AP Physics

17. Language Other Than English (e)
French 1
Spanish 1
Spanish
Speakers 1
Mandarin 1
French 2
Spanish 2
Spanish
Speakers 2
Mandarin 2
French 3
Spanish 3
Mandarin 3
French 4
AP French
Spanish 4
AP Spanish
AP Chinese

18. Visual Performing Arts (f)
Music Symphonic Band Concert Choir Treble Clef Choir Madrigals (by audition) Guitar Fine Arts Seminar
Arts Art 1 3D Design 1 Digital Photography 1
Theater Arts Theatre Arts 1 Technical Theater 1 Musical Theater 1 Dance

19. g. College Prep Electives
One year (two semesters), in addition to those required in "a-f" above, chosen from the following areas: visual and performing arts, history, social science, English, advanced mathematics, laboratory science and language other than English (a third year in the language used for the "e" requirement or two years of another language)

20. 9th Grade MATTERS! Must pass ALL classes to earn credits to graduate
EVERY class prepares for the next
Classes fulfill a-g requirements
C = college, D = diploma
Credit recovery is limited, expensive, and time consuming

21. Credits Each class (one semester) = 5 credits
Each class (one school year) = 10 credits
One semester = 30 credits
One school year = 60 credits
10th grade ~60
11th grade ~120
12th grade ~180
TOTAL REQUIRED TO GRADUATE = 220

22. Naviance for Families
A Web based College and Career Readiness platform that helps students connect academics to post-secondary goals Students DO NOT apply to colleges through Naviance

23. How Can I Use It? Career Planning College Planning Success Planning
Learning Style Inventory, Interest Inventory, Personality Inventory, Resume Building
College Planning
College Search, Application Process, College Major Exploration, Scholarship/Financial Aide Resources
Success Planning
Personalized Goals and Tasks, Journal Entries, Student Planner

24. How do I access it? www.connection.naviance.com/branham
Students will be given their registration codes
Parents will receive Aeries verification code in October. Naviance codes will also be provided at that time.

25. About Me and My Planner Success Plan Assessments
Interesting things about me
Official things
Tasks assigned by guidance advisors

26. Sports and Clubs Fall Sports Cross Country Field Hockey Football
Tennis – Girls
Volleyball - Girls
Winter Sports
Basketball – Boys
Basketball – Girls
Soccer – Boys
Soccer- Girls
Wrestling
Spring Sports
*Badminton * Baseball * Golf * Softball * Swimming * Tennis – Boys
* Track * Volleyball - Boys
Club Rush – September 8th, 9th Sign up for clubs during lunch

27. Important Dates
Back To School Night – September 6:30 pm College Visits in the College and Career Center 9:45 am – 10:15 am 9/13/16 - University of San Francisco 9/20/16 – Whitworth University 10/4/16 – University of Southern California 10/25/16 – Colorado State University More to come…

28. Contact Information
Loan Hong (A-L):
Danielle Morrella (M-Z):
Joyce Davis: