1. ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2017 CURRICULUM NIGHT February 4th, 2013

2. Objectives  Provide you with information that will assist in completing the most academically appropriate schedule request for your student.  Help in your student’s transition from middle school to high school. **Presentations will be made available on our website following the program.

3. TSD Graduation Requirements Class of 2017  22.5 credits required to graduate. 18.5 required credits, 4.0 Elective  Credits are earned on a semester basis. With the traditional 6 period day, students earn 3 credits per semester and 6 credits per year.  Required credits: English – 4 creditsMath – 4 credits Science – 3 creditsSocial Studies – 3 credits Health – 0.5 credit Physical Education – 1 credit World Language** – 2 credits Fine Arts/Applied Arts/CTE – 1 credit

4. Freshman Year – 6 credits Required 1 credit English 1 credit Science 1 credit Mathematics 0.5 credit Health 0.5 credit World History 1 0.5 credit Physical Education* 4.5 required credits *Recommended for 9 th grade, but not required. Electives World Language (1.0 credit) Fund. of Art (0.5 credit) Band/Orchestra (1.0 credit) Accounting (0.5 credit) Web Design (0.5 credit)

5. English – 1 credit required Course selection based on teacher recommendation 9 English Basic Skills (0003) Or9 English Lit & Comp 1 (0012) 9 English Lit & Comp 2 (0022) Or9 English Lit & Comp Honors 1 (0002) 9 English Lit & Comp Honors 2 (0032) Course number ending in 3 indicates year-long course Course number ending in 2 indicates semester course

6. Science – 1 credit required Course selection based on teacher recommendation Biology A (4003) Or Biology B1 (4022) and Biology B2 (4032)

7. Math – 1 credit required Course selection based on teacher recommendation Algebra 1 (3043) Or Geometry (3063) Or Honors Algebra 2 (3183)

8. Social Studies– 0.5 credit required Health – 0.5 credit required World History 1 (2232) Health (8852) AP Human Geography?(2503)

9. Suggested Electives – 2.0 credits  Intro to Phys. Ed. 1 or 2* (7952 or 7962) – 0.5 credit  Fundamentals of Art (6202) – 0.5 credit  AP Human Geography (2503)  Band/Orchestra – 1.0 credit  World Languages – 1.0 credit Spanish, German, French, Chinese, Japanese *1.0 credit physical education required for graduation

10. Online Resources www.troyathens.org

11. Alternates – Extremely Important!  When making your course selections, you must also select alternates in place of your elective requests.  Our first priority is to make sure all students get their requested core classes. Elective classes sometimes will not work within the core requests, which is why your alternates are so crucial.  If you fail to make alternate selections, you could be placed in something you are not interested in!

12. Review of Freshman Year – 6 credits Required 1 credit English 1 credit Science 1 credit Mathematics 0.5 credit Health 0.5 credit World History 1 0.5 credit Physical Education* 4.0 required credits *Recommended for 9 th grade, but not required. Possible Electives World Language (1.0 credit) Fund. of Art (0.5 credit) Band/Orchestra (1.0 credit) Accounting (0.5 credit) Web Design (0.5 credit) Select many alternates!

13. Honors/Advanced Placement  Recommended for a higher level class, but not sure if its right for you? Remember this…  Freshman offerings: Honors 9 English Literature and Composition AP Human Geography  Classes designated as “AP” will be awarded GPA Honor points as follows: A = 5.00 B = 3.75 C = 2.50 D = 1.25

14. Important Dates  Counselor Visits Larson – February 12th Baker – February 27th Smith – February 28th  Freshman Registration – August 23, 2013 (Tentative) (All registration documents will be available for download in early August on our website – they will not be mailed.)  New Student Night – August 26, 2013 (Tentative)

15. Summer School  Forms available in early March at MS/HS  Options for Freshmen: Health Government/Civics Fundamentals of Art Intro to Physical Education Spanish? --Online Classes will be available as well this year--

16. Additional Questions?  After this presentation, counselors will be available for you to meet with for questions. Please look for signs in the cafeteria to help guide you to their rooms.  Later questions can be directed to your student’s counselor via phone or email.  Many questions can be answered by referencing our webpage, troyathens.org

17. ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2017 CURRICULUM NIGHT February 4th, 2013