1. Planning for 10th Grade and Beyond

2. Graduation Requirements
CONTENT AREA
CREDITS
English
4 Credits
I, II, III, IV
Mathematics
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
World History, Civics and Economics, American History I and II
World Languages
Not 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 Credits
26 **plus 100 hours of community service

3. Community Service
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 (11th and 12th).

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

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

6. Math- 4 credits required
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade
Introductory Math
Math 1
Math II
Math III
Math I
Essential of College Math /AFM
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)
IB Math/AP Cal
AP Calc/IB Math

7. Science – 3 credits required
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade
Earth Science
Biology
Physical Science
*Science elective
Recommended
Chemistry
APES
Biology (Honors)
Chemistry (Honors)
IB: Biology (Honors)
IB Biology or
IB Physics

8. Humanities – 4 units required
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade
World History
(academic or honors)
Civics
American History I
American History II
Civics (Honors)
World History (Honors or AP)
AP US History
History elective
IB: Civics Honors
AP World History
IB History of Americas
IB 20th Century Topics

9. American History I & II
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.

10. World Languages Not required for High School graduation
MINIMUM requirement for colleges or universities is 2 credits of the SAME language
“Highly Selective” Colleges and Universities expect 4 credits of the same language
If you earned a credit for a world 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.

11. Health and PE Must take Health and PE
If you are in ROTC program, you must pass ROTC I and ROTC II to fulfill the Health and PE graduation requirement

12. Transcript Review What is a transcript? Who looks at it?
What is on it?
1. Demographic information
2. Courses taken with final grades
3. GPA
4. Class rank
5. Grading scale
6. State testing
*Extracurricular activities are NOT on your transcript – you need to start building your resume on

13. Sample Transcript

14. Sample Transcript (continued)

15. How to Compute GPA (Grade Point Average)
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.
Highest Unweighted GPA is 4.0
Academic Honors AP/IB
A = 4 A = 4.5 A = 5
B = 3 B = 3.5 B = 4
C = 2 C = 2.5 C = 3
D = 1 D = 1.5 D = 2
F = 0 F = 0 F = 0

16. College Admissions
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

17. Minimum Admission Requirements for the UNC System
All applicants for first-time admission as freshmen must meet minimum course requirements as well as the following:
A minimum SAT score of 800 (combined Reading/Writing and Math) or ACT composite score of 17.
Must have at least 1 writing score (either from SAT or ACT)
A minimum high school GPA of 2.5 (weighted)
For more details:

18. How to choose classes
Teachers will input recommendations for courses into power school
Teachers will also discuss recommendations with each student
If you disagree with a teacher recommendation, talk with them.
When picking courses, remember to choose a rigorous, balanced schedule that fits you

19. AP Courses AP English 11(Language) AP Chemistry
AP English 12 (Literature)
AP World History
AP US History
AP US Government & Politics
AP Psychology
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

20. IB vs. AP
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

21. Courses Requiring Applications
Early Childhood I (Erica Jones)
Yearbook (Castillo)
Newspaper (Winzeler)
Career Internship (Rebecca Davis)
Sports Medicine (Brad Farrell)
Check with each teacher to find out the deadline
Have applications in before deadlines!

22. Remember…
To register for courses, you must be able to login to powerschool (student portal only).
If you cannot log in, see any teacher.
Registration Homepage: registration-information html

23. What’s Next?
Counselors will be going to the 9th grade English classes February 8-9
9th graders will go to the lab to register in their English class on March 1- 2
Students and parents should look over teacher recommendation sheet to select courses.
Counselors will be in the lab March to help students finalize courses
All courses should be entered into PowerScheduler by March 17th. If you do not enter your own courses, we will enter them for you ☹
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!