1. MS -HS School Transition

2. Raise your hand if……
Raise both hands if you are excited to be an 8th grader.

3. TRANSITION FROM POINTS TO CREDITS!!!!!!!!
No more points
TRANSITION FROM POINTS TO CREDITS!!!!!!!!

4. Intro to a-G requirements
For HS graduation
CSU and UCs look at this when they look at your college application.
Explain to students that it’s ok to be nervous and lost. They’re starting something new and something they don’t understand. We are here to help them and connect them to resources and people available to them: Teachers, counselors, GEARUP. As students they should know what is important (what they should know) to graduate and plan for college.

5. A-g requirements
A-G Requirements are the classes you must pass in order to graduate from high school. They are:
Social Studies 3yrs
English 4yrs
Math 3yrs
Science 2yrs
Language other than English 2yrs
Visual and Performing Arts 1yr
College Prep Elective 1yr

6. Example of A-G Requirements
UC System A-G
A. 2 yrs Social Studies/History
B. 4 yrs English
C. 3 yrs Math
D. 2 yrs Laboratory Science
E. 2 yrs Foreign Language
F. 1 yr Visual and Performing Arts
G. 1 yr College Preparatory Elective

7. Example of A-G Requirements
CSU System A-G
A. 2 yrs History and Social Science
B. 4 yrs English
C. 3 yrs Math
D. 2 yrs Laboratory Science
E. 2 yrs Foreign Language
F. 1 yr Visual and Performing Arts
G. 1 yr College Preparatory Elective

8. SUCCESS Attitude Be your best Positive Attendance Homework Note taking
So now that you know what classes and how many credits you need, you don’t have to worry about this all at once. You’ll be working on this day to day. There’s a lot of classes and credits that you’ll be working on for the next 4 years. You should come to school with a positive attitude to be the best student that you can be every single day. This is better than trying to cram it all in the last year or semester of HS.

9. GEARUP for College School GEARUP YOU
This all seems like a lot of information but it is manageable with the help of you teachers, counselors and GEARUP staff. You can turn this entire plan in to manageable smaller goals. Ultimately our goal is to see each one of you in a college or university and for that reason in the following years you’ll hear that you can take additional classes and participate in extracurricular activities and volunteer work to be more competitive in your college applications. All the credits and A-G courses that we just showed you are the baseline necessary to graduate HS. We believe you to go beyond that.

10. This is a fresh start for you; you are starting fresh and new
This is a fresh start for you; you are starting fresh and new. You are starting 9th grade with a clean slate. If you were excelling in middle school, you should keep it up and move forward. If you were struggling in your classes in the past, now is your opportunity to pick up now study habits. These habits include asking questions, taking notes, visiting your counselors, visiting GEARUP, going on GEARUP fieldtrips and workshops.
Now you know your resources and who you can go to if you need help or have questions. You’re not alone in your goals, remember when you hold your hand up there’s someone there to support each finger. Questions, comments or concerns?