Fall Parent Night August 27, 2019

Tonight

• People to know

• Grades, Promotion, and Graduation Requirements

• GPA and transcript

• GaFutures.org

• After High School

• Naviance

• High School Success

Hot Topics

• Social Media

• Phones and Harrison expectations

• Vaping

• Exam Exemptions

Coffee with the Counselors

• 8AM Monthly meetings with parents

• In College and Career Center

• Discuss a variety of topics

Administration & Counselors

Principal Mrs. Campbell

• A – Cl Mrs. Poole & Mrs. Schmit

• Cm – G Mr. Barilow & Mrs. Moody

• H – L Mrs. Sitten & Mrs. Campbell

• M – R Mr. O'Neill & Mr. Evans

• S – Z Mr. Hawk & Mrs. Hoptroff

Grades

• A- 90-100

• B- 80-89

• C- 74-79

• D- 70-73

• F- 69 and below

• Each course passed earns 1.0 credit• except Health/BPE and Gov/Econ • (½ each)

• Only final grades are posted on transcripts NOT progress report grades

Promotion

• 10th grade

• 5 total credits- 1 English, 1 Math and 1 Science

• 11th grade

• 10 total credits- 2 English, 2 Math and 2 Science

• 12th grade

• 16 total credits

• 23 credits to graduate

Athletic Eligibility

Grade Total Credits

9th 3 for Spring

10th 5

11th 11

12th 17

3 out of 4 passed in semester before season

Graduation

SubjectArea Required

LanguageArts 4

Math 4

Science 4

Social Studies 3

CareerTech/World Lang/Fine Arts

3

Health and Personal Fitness (BPE)

1

Electives 4

Total 23 (minimum)

Language Arts (4)

Math(4)

Science (4)

Social Studies (3)

Health & BPE

• Health: .5 Credit

• Personal Fitness: .5 credit

• 3 years of ROTC meets this requirement

World LanguageFine Art

Career Tech(3)

• Any combination

• USG World Language requirements recently changed. Students are still encouraged to take the most challenging courses they will be successful in

EOCEnd of Course Testing

• Not the course final

• Standardized Test in the state of Georgia

• Algebra, Geometry

• Ninth Literature/Composition

• Biology

• 20% of final course grade!!!

PSAT

• PSAT – Wed, October 16, 2019• No charge• Familiarize themselves to the test

format• Great feedback for students to begin

test prep

• ***www.collegeboard.com***

• All students should register for a free account to get free SAT tutorials with Khan Academy.

Transcript vs Progress Report

Transcript Progress Report• Check-ins during the semester

• First Semester

• September 20: 6 week progress report on Parent Vue

• November 8: 12 week progress report on Parent Vue

• Second Semester-

• February 28: 6 week progress report on Parent Vue

• April 17: 12 week progress report on Parent Vue

• Record of all semester final grades

• Weighted and Unweighted GPA

• Class Rank

• Identifying personal information• SS#, DOB, address

• Official document• Used by colleges, military, scholarship

organizations and employers

GPA• A = 4.0 90-100

• B = 3.0 80-89

• C = 2.0 74-79

• D = 1.0 70-73

• F = 69 and below

• Honors = .5

• AP = 1.0

• 1 - Assign each letter grade a numeric value

• 2 – add all numeric values together and divide by total number of grades

• Failed courses stay on transcript and are included in GPA calculations

Types of GPA's• Weighted

• On Harrison transcript

• Cumulative

• Includes Honors/AP wt

• Unweighted

• On Harrison transcript

• Cumulative

• Removes Honors/AP wt

• Academic/Core

• Only academic

• Removes Electives

• HOPE

• Only Academic

• NOT on Harrison transcript

• Different weight assigned than Harrison

HOPE• gafutures.org

• HOPE GPA• English• Math• Science• Social Studies• World Language

• Social security number

• Check it each semester!!!• GPA requirement• Rigor requirement• Zell (test scores)• Honors, AP, and DE weighted differently

Honors & AP

• Improve study skills/work ethic

• Prepares student for college level work

• Improve GPA

• SAT/ACT

• Can earn college credit

• Improves analytical/critical thinking skills

• Colleges favor higher level courses

• Take more rigorous level of coursework that is appropriate

• Students need to compare their course profile to the admission profile

College Admissions

• UGA class of 2023• 29,308 applied• First-Year Students Enrolled: 5,515

• SAT Middle-50% 1300-1460• ACT Middle-50% 30-34• Middle-50% AP, IB and DE 6-11• Middle-50% GPA 3.95-4.20

• Georgia Tech class of 2023• 36,936 applications• 3,105 enrolled• 1400-1530 SAT• 31-34 ACT

• Kennesaw State (mid 50%) class of 2022• GPA 3.31• SAT 1170• ACT 23

Naviance• Go to http://www.cobbk12.org/

• At the top click “Parents”

• Look to the right under “Resources (Cont.)”

• Click “Naviance”

• Use your Office 365 credentials to log in• Username: FirstName.LastName@students.cobbk12.org• Password: Use the personal password you created for

school

• After the first time you log-on go to the ABOUT ME tab. Under “My Account”, add your email address to your contact information.

• 9th grade – Resume

• Record high school activities, awards, volunteer experiences, etc

• Students can rearrange their information into multiple printable versions of their resume