1. Rising 9th Grade Transition Meeting
Class of 2021
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Luella Middle School
6:30 p.m.

2. Welcome Class of 2021!!! Enrollment form and Proof of residency
Pathways
Academy for Advanced Studies
Pre-registration advisement
High School Graduation Requirements
Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) Courses
Dual Enrollment
College and scholarship search on gcis

3. Presenters mS. sUMMER gRAY-rOBINSON, 8th grade cOUNSELOR
Ms. Chiniqeia Kenner, cOUNSELOR, lUELLA hIGH sCHOOL

4. Proof of Residency

5. Proof of Residency

6. Career Pathways
Career, Technical and Agricultural Education Pathways (CTAE) – a graduate who completes a series of three or four specified courses in a CTAE-approved pathway leading to a possible industry-recognized credential
World Languages Pathway – a graduate who completes a sequence of three courses in one world language
Fine Arts Pathways – a graduate who completes a series of three courses in any one of the following areas: visual arts, theatre, dance, music

7. Ctae pathways offered at lhs
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Healthcare
Early Child Care
Engineering and Technology
ROTC
Information Technology- Programming
Marketing
Work Based Learning

8. Academy for advanced studies pathway offerings
Students will receive a Career, Technical & Agricultural Education (CTAE) Guide tomorrow that lists all pathways offered at AAS.
Please review this with your student. If your student is interested in a ctae pathway offered at aas please attend one of the upcoming open houses and registration nights.
Transportation to and from aas is offered from lhs.
If lhs offers the ctae pathway your student is interested in they will not need to register for ctae classes at aas.

9. Academy for advanced studies
401 East Tomlinson St McDonough, Ga OPEN HOUSE from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM* *General information sessions every 30 minutes beginning at 5:00 PM with self-guided tours

10. Academy for advanced studies
OPEN HOUSE DATES
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
thursday, February 2, 2017
Thursday, February 7, 2017
(5:00 PM – 7:00 PM)

11. Academy for advanced studies
AAS REGISTRATION for Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Tuesday, February 28, :30 PM – 7:30 PM Registration is by school at the Academy for Advanced Studies

12. Pre-registration advisement
Individual advisement with Ms. Gray-Robinson will begin the week of January 23rd
Parents will be able to log into Infinite campus to review and approve course requests
►More information to come on this process

13. High School Registration process
Registration will be in March

14. High School graduation requirements
English/Language Arts *
Mathematics*
Science*
Social Studies*
CTAE/Foreign Language/Fine Arts
Health and Physical Education
Electives
TOTAL UNITS (MINIMUM) 23
*Required Courses and/or Core Courses

15. high school credits earned in middle school
hs school credits earned in middle school will not count towards a student’s hope gpa
in order for students to be competitive on college applications they must earn 4 math, 4 English, 4 science and 3 social studies credits during hs

16. Honors and advanced placement courses
9th Grade honors and Advanced Placement
*Ap Human Geography
*Honors contract
*Honors Math II/CCGPS Analytical Geometry
18+ Advanced placement course offered

17. Move on When ready (Dual enrollment)
High School and College Credit
District-wide meeting, January 26, 2017, 6pm
@ Henry county Performing Arts Center

18. College & scholarship search

19. Q & A