Welcome to Monarch High School

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Welcome to Monarch High School

• Parents and Students
• Class of 2013

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Freshman Parent Night 2008

• Presented by
• John Vidulich
• Counselor

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Welcome to Freshman Parent Night

• Introductions
• MHS Administration
• Principal Jerry Anderson
• Asst. Principals Mark Sibley
• Julie Wheeler
• Scott Cawlfield

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Introductions (cont.)

• Support Staff
• Principals Secretary Barbara Olsen
• 720-561-4202
• Treasurer Shirley Nemanic
• 720-561-5627
• Athletic Secretary Elizabeth Stocksdale
• 720-561-5641
• Attendance Wendy Trezise
• 720-561-5635

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Welcome to the Freshman Year

• Counseling Staff
• Counselors Mary Power (A-D)
• 720-561-5634 David Stansbury (D-K)
• John Vidulich (L-Rn)
• Jill Benisch (Ro-Z)
• Intervention Specialists Karin Dudek
• Registrar Dorothy Altenborg
• Assistant Jan Koch
• Post Graduate Center Deb Ford

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• Counseling Focus

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Counseling Focus

• Academic Domain
• 4-year plan done yearly
• Individual academic advising
• Help set high but achievable academic goals
• Employ strategies for obtaining academic help
• Help develop problem-solving and decision-making
  skills to monitor academic progress
• Using Naviance to develop post-seconday options
• Identify post-secondary options consistent with
  interests, abilities, and academic achievement
• Understanding the entrance process for colleges
• Understanding financial support for
  post-secondary education

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Counseling Focus

• Career Domain
• Help develop skills to locate, interpret and
  evaluate career information
• Identify personal skills, interests and abilities
  and help relate them to career choices
• Help develop effective decision-making skills to
  course selection and career planning
• Help students understand the relationship between
  educational achievement and career success
• Identifying and evaluating ones academic and
  personal strengths and limitations and how they
  relate to broad career paths

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Counseling Focus

• Personal/Social Domain
• Help students understand the importance of
  personal responsibility and personal integrity
• Help students understand the importance of taking
  responsibility for ones own thoughts and
  actions, including accepting the consequences
• Help students exhibit independence,
  self-confidence, self-advocacy and resiliency
  regarding themselves as learners and members of
  society
• Develop effective inter-personal communication
  skills to express feelings and resolve conflicts
• Develop an action plan to set and achieve
  realistic goals

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Freshman Focus On

• Self-advocacy
• Course Selection/Course Rigor
• Organization Study Skills
• Grade Point Average (GPA)
• Attendance
• Extracurricular Activities
• Community Involvement

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• Academic Focus

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BVSD Graduation Requirements

• Lang. Arts 40 credits
• Social Studies 30 credits
• Mathematics 20 credits
• Science 20 credits
• Physical Education 15 credits
• Health 5 credits
• Fine Arts 5 credits
• Second Language 10 credits
• Practical Experiences 5 credits
• Approved Electives 70 credits
• Total Credits 220 credits

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HEAR Admission Standards

• Subject Area 2010
• English (including 2 years of Composition)
  4 Units
• Mathematics (Alg. 1 or higher) 4
  Units
• Natural Sciences (2 lab-based) 3
  Units
• Social Sciences (1 unit of US
• or
  World Hist.) 3 Units
• World Language (Same Lang.) 1 Units
• Academic Electives 2 Units
• Total 18 Units

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BVSD Graduation Requirements

• Language Arts 40 credits
• 10 cr. in Freshman Language Arts
• 10 cr. in World Literature/Composition
• 10 cr. in American Literature/Composition
• 5 cr. in Communications
• 5 cr. In Language Arts Electives

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BVSD Graduation Requirements

• Social Studies 30 credits
• 5 cr. in U.S. Government
• 5 cr. in World Geography
• 10 cr. in World History
• 10 cr. in American History

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BVSD Graduation Requirements

• Mathematics 20 credits
• 10 cr. - Algebra 1 or higher
• (starts with class of 2007)
• 10 cr. math elective

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BVSD Graduation Requirements

• Science 20 credits
• 10 cr. in Physical Sciences
• 10 cr. in Life Sciences

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BVSD Graduation Requirements

• Physical Education 15 credits
• 5 cr. in Comprehensive P.E. 9
• 10 cr. in P. E. Electives

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BVSD Graduation Requirements

• Health 5 credits
• (taken in 10th grade)
• Options
• Teen Challenges or
• 2 semesters of Living on Your Own

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BVSD Graduation Requirements

• Fine Arts 5 credits
• Art
• Music

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BVSD Graduation Requirements

• Second Language 10 credits
• Level 2 or higher
• or
• for ELL students, Achievement of approved
  level of English language acquisition

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BVSD Graduation Requirements

• Practical Experiences 5 credits
• Computer Science or Applied Tech. unless
  fulfilled in middle level otherwise, 5 credits
• in Business, Consumer Family Studies or other
  career and technical education course
• and evidence of completion of a 12 hour course
  in Money Management Personal Finance unless
  fulfilled in middle level or through Qualified
  district course.

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BVSD Graduation Requirements

• Approved Electives 70 credits
• Minimum Number of Credits needed for Graduation
  220

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Sample 4 Year Plan
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Sample 4 Year Plan (cont.)
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Freshman Requirements

• Freshman students are required to take seven (7)
  classes or six (6) classes plus a study hall.
• Freshman are required to take a minimum of 35
  credits per semester (6 classes plus a study
  hall)
• Freshman Seminar

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Graduation credits per year

• Maximum Minimum
• 9th 70 9th 60
• 10th 70 10th 60
• 11th 70 11th 60
• 12th 70 12th 50
• Total 280 credits 230 credits

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Freshman Seminar

• The purpose of the Freshman Seminar program is to
  help freshmen build relationships within the
  Monarch community and develop a base of success
  for the duration of their high school experience.

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Freshman Seminar

• Some of the topics covered during Freshman
  Seminar are
• Transition to high school
• Self-advocacy
• Diversity
• Community Service
• Relationships and team-building

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Freshman Seminar

• Freshman Seminar is a Pass/Fail class
• Points are determined through
• Seminar attendance
• Tutor Time attendance

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Timeline.

• Plan now to meet your graduation requirements by
  developing a
• 4 Year Plan.
• Know the Entrance Requirements
• for Post-Secondary Options.
• Know HEAR Requirements if you
• are College bound.
• Start exploration of colleges and careers. Use
  the Post Grad. Ctr.

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Develop a High School Portfolio

• Community Service
• Extra-curricular Activities
• Leadership Activities

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Monarch High School - Athletics
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Monarch High School - Club Teams

• Boys Volleyball

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Athletics PE Waiver

• 2 crs. per season for varsity sports
• 2 crs. per year for Cheers, Poms
• Marching Band
• A maximum of 10 credits of the P.E.
  requirement can be earned this way.

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Monarch High School - Music
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Monarch High - Activities

• Student Council LINKS
• Yearbook Theater
• Area 52 Nat.l Honor Society
• DECA FBLA Nat.l Forensic League
• Mock Trial Destination Imagination
• The Howler Forensics
• Nat.l Tech. Honor Society

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Monarch High School - Clubs

• French, German, and Spanish Clubs
• Outdoor Education Club
• Rocket Science Club
• Journalism Club
• Thespian Club
• Cycling Club
• Art Club

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Student Led Clubs/Groups

• Leaders Challenge Key Club
• Diversity Club Bible Club
• Latino Unity Club Chess Club
• Gay/Straight Alliance Step/Hip-Hop Team
• Ultimate Frisbee Club Figure Skating Team
• SADD GET Real

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College Preparation Checklist

• 9th Grade
• Take challenging courses
• Get involved in school activities
• Get to know your teachers and counselor
• Begin exploration of post-secondary options

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Parent Groups

• MHS Booster Club
• Music Booster Club
• S.I.T. (School Improvement Team)
• P.E.N. (Parent Engagement Network)
• MOHI Voice
• Parent LINKS

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MHS Web Site Staff E-Mail Directory

• To reach the MHS web site go to
• http//schools.bvsd.org/monarchhigh
• To access staff e-mail addresses
• Scroll down left hand menu and click
• on Staff Contact