The first year of high school is the time that decisions will be made which will affect your life four years from now--when you graduate and make career choices for a lifetime.  Students may graduate with several options:

1)  with honors

2)  with merit

3)  with a general curriculum, and/or

4)  as a MS Scholar or

5)  as a MS Tech Master Scholar

It’s important to choose which of these routes you want and are willing to pursue. Each differs to some extent in the course and grade-point average requirements.  All of this information can be found in more detail in the Student Handbook, which each student receives when school starts.  It is important to keep the handbook because testing, progress report, and report card dates are listed there, as well. Your counselor is available to help you assess your interests and abilities and to find opportunities for you to excel.

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Parents

1) Your ninth grader will need to pass 26 credits to graduate:

                        4 credits of English

                        4 credits of math

                        4 credits of science

                        4 credits social studies                                           1 credit in computer

                        1 credit in fine arts

                        ½ credit of health

                        ½ credit of p.e., and

                        electives to = 26 credits

2)  Promoting to the next grade in high school means having a certain number of credits:  

                7 cr. to be 10th                                                   

                13 cr. to be 11th

                19 cr. to be 12th. 

    (Most students have credits earned in 8th grade.)

3)  Students do not retake subjects they have passed.

4)  A student will have 4 State Tests to pass in order to graduate:  English II, U. S. History, Algebra I, and Biology I. The specific subject area test will be taken in the spring of the corresponding subject.

5)  If a student should fail a State Test, he/she will still have options to graduate. Options may include remediation and retesting, utilizing the SATB  grade/test concordance table, as well as  the other MDE adopted options of the ASVAB, CPAS2, ACT and ACT Work Keys.

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Service Your Counselor Can Provide

• Personal Counseling

• Group Advisement

• Course Selection

• Study Skills Training

• Test-Taking Strategies

• Communicating with Teachers

• Peer Conflict Resolution

• Parent-Teacher Conferences 

• Career Direction Choices

• Organizational Strategies

• Consultation with Outside Agencies

• Location of Resources

• Goal Setting