Georgetown High School Guidance and Counseling

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Georgetown High School Guidance and Counseling

• Pre-Registration Classroom Presentation

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Georgetown Guidance Counselors for 2011-2012
Counselor Assignment Phone [phone] E-mail
Tom Peters Lead Counselor and Testing Coordinator ext 7548 peterst_at_georgetownisd.org
Steven Schoelman A-E ext 7198 schoelmanst_at_georgetownisd.org
Karen French F-L ext 7111 frenchk_at_georgetownisd.org
Calvin Phillips M-R ext 7198 phillipsc_at_georgetownisd.org
Laura Ottun S-Z ext 7508 ottunl_at_georgetownisd.org
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Registration Materials

• Registration Packet
• Transcript

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Your transcript isthe official record of the
course credits and grades you earnedin high
school.
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Reading Transcript

• Check accuracy of personal information
• Check accuracy of courses, grades and credits
  earned
• Something wrong? See Registrar in Guidance
  Office

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Reading Credits
Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts
Year Taken Course S1 S2 Av Cr
11/12 Eng 1 82 91 82 91 .5 .5
12/13 Eng 2 60A 80A 60 80 0.0 1.0
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Credit Totals
Year Earned Grade Earned Local State Total
10/11 8 1.5 1.50
11/12 9 1.00 7.00 8.00
12/13 10 1.00 6.00 7.00
Total 2.00 14.50 16.50
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Boring Definitions

• Rank Class standing based on core classes
  (Weighted)
• GPA Grade Point Average on 4.0 or 100 point
  scale
• (Not Weighted)
• Quartile- Quarter of class you are in

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Texas Grant Eligibility

• Recommended or Distinguished Program

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Sohow are you progressing towards graduation?

• Review your transcript to be sure you have credit
  for the courses you have taken and passed
• List the courses you need to take next year on
  the 4 Year Planning and Registration form

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High school is morethan just meeting
therequirementsfor graduation. It is also about
setting yourself up for more successful future.
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Lets Define Post-Secondary Education

• Certificate/License programs
• Apprenticeship/ OJT
• Military
• Technical/Trade Schools
• 2 year college
• 4 year college or University

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Pair Share

• If college is defined as any post secondary
  educational endeavor, are you planning on
  attending college?
• Remember You dont want to live with your
  parents forever and they dont want to feed you
  forever!

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How is a student supposed to know what a college
requires to gain entrance? Glad you asked!

• Access schools profiles in careercruising.com
• Access the official website of the school(s) you
  are considering
• Speak with admissions representatives at a
  college fair

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You canget a head start on your post-secondary
education by earningvocational certifications
and/or earningcollege credit while you are still
in high school
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Certifications/Licenses GHS offers
CATE Program Certification/License
Automotive Tire Repairer
Aviation FAA Ground School and possibly Pilots License
Business Adobe Certified Expert
Business MOS Word, Excel, Power Point, Access
Construction NCCER
Culinary Arts ServSafe
Health Science Certified Nursing Assistant
Health Science Certified Pharmacy Technician
Health Science Emergency Medical Technician
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Avenues for earning College Credit while in High
School

• ACC Early College Start
• Advanced Placement
• Articulated/Tech Prep Courses See course catalog

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Before you take college classes, you will need to
take one of the following tests or meet an
exemption requirement.

• Compass
• Asset
• THEA

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College Testing Requirements

• Criteria for exempting College Readiness Exams
  (Asset, Compass, THEA)
• ACT
• Composite score of 23 with at least a 19 on
  English and Math
• SAT
• Critical Reading and Math Combined score of 1070
  with a 500 on each section.
• TAKS (Current 11th Graders)
• ELA 2200 and a 3 on the writing sample
• Math 2200

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Proving you are college ready!

• Meet exemption requirements through, PSAT, ACT,
  SAT or TAKS
• THEA
• ASSET
• COMPASS

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Why choose Rigor?

• The academic intensity of a students high school
  curriculum still counts more than anything else
  in pre-collegiate history in providing momentum
  toward completing a bachelors degree.

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95 of HS Graduates with the following courses
earned bachelors degrees

• Math beyond Algebra II
• More than 2.0 credits of Foreign Language
• 1.0 or more credits of Computer Science
• More than one Advanced Placement course
• No remedial English or Math
• Source www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/toolbox
  revisit/toolbox.pdf

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HS Graduation Requirements(Recommended Plan)
Each box 1 credit 9th 10th 11th 12th
1. English I English II English III English IV
2. Alg. Or Geom Math Math Math
3. Biology Chemistry Physics Science
4. W. Geography W. History US History Govt/ Econ
5. Language I Language II
6. Band I Health/ Speech
7. PE
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You will be selecting your high school
courses using Course Planner inCareerCruising.com
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College Entrance Exam Web sites

• ACT www.act.org
• SAT www.collegeboard.com
• THEA www.thea.nesinc.com

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ACC College Classes available at GHS
Semester Web site Link
Summer 2011 http//www6.austincc.edu/schedule/index.php?opbrowseopclassViewSched_locationterm211U000locationidGTCyr2011ctCC'gt
Fall 2011 http//www6.austincc.edu/schedule/index.php?opbrowseopclassViewSched_locationterm211F000locationidGTCyr2012ctCC'gt
Spring 2012 http//www6.austincc.edu/schedule/index.php?opbrowseopclassViewSched_locationterm212S000locationidGTCyr2012ctCC'gt
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Wrapping it up!

• Course choices need to be ready by
• 11th by February 4th
• 10th by February 13th
• 9th by March 21st
• Your counselor will meet with you individually