Welcome to High School!

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Welcome to High School!

• 8th Grade Presentation

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Graduation Requirements

• All students must earn 26 credits to graduate.
• Classification 0 5 ½ Freshman
• 6 11 ½
  Sophomore
• 12 18 ½ Junior
• 19 Senior
• 9th graders will not have a rank/GPA until their
  9th grade year is complete.

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Foundation Plan with an Endorsement

• English 4.0
• Mathematics 4.0
• Science 4.0
• Social Studies 3.0
• Health 0.5
• Professional
• Communications 0.5

• Fine Arts 1.0
• Physical Education 1.0
• Foreign Language 2.0
• Endorsement 4.0
• Electives 2.0
• Total 26 credits

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Distinguished Level of Achievement

• Students complete the Foundation Plan with an
  Endorsement (26 credits.)
• Algebra II must be one of the math courses
  completed.
• To be eligible for the states Top 10 Automatic
  Admission, students must complete the DLA.

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Foundation Graduation Program

• English 4.0
• Mathematics 3.0
• Science 3.0
• Social Studies 3.0
• Health 0.5
• Professional
• Communications 0.5

• Fine Arts 1.0
• Foreign Language 2.0
• Physical Education 1.0
• Electives 8.0
• Total 26 credits

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Credits

• Students will have the opportunity to earn 8
  credits per year
• Students are given the opportunity to earn a
  total of 32 credits.

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School Year Structureon Home Campus

• 18 week classes 1 semester ½ credit
• Example Health, PE, Keyboarding
• 36 week classes 2 semesters 1 credit
• Example English 1, Algebra 1, World Geography,
  Biology, Art 1, Theater Arts 1

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Ben Barber/Frontier High

• Career and Technology courses at Ben Barber may
  be ½ credit-3 credits.
• ½ credit courses at Ben Barber are 6 weeks long.
  
• One credit courses at Ben Barber are 12 weeks
  long.
• Students who wish to take a Career and Technology
  course at Ben Barber will need to take a 1 credit
  Ben Barber course and a ½ credit Ben Barber
  course ( one 12 week course one 6 week course
  18 weeks or one semester for a total of 1 ½
  credits).

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Ben Barber/Frontier High School

• Students who wish to take Foreign Language at Ben
  Barber will take the language course for 12 weeks
  and a Cultural Linguistics class for 6 weeks (one
  12 week course one 6 week course18 weeks for 1
  ½ credits)
• Students must sign up for two 18 week course
  combinations at Ben Barber ( this is preferred)
  or one 18 week course combination and 3 home
  campus ½ credit courses (subject to
  availability).
• Students who are interested in attending Frontier
  High beginning their junior year need to be
  mindful of prerequisite courses for their
  programs.

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Typical School Day

• Home Campus
• Classes start at 725 A.M.
• Classes end at 255 P.M.
• Ben Barber CTA
• Session I begins at 700 A.M.
• Session II begins at 1125 P.M.

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Sample Freshman Schedule

• 1st period English
• 2nd period - Algebra 1
• 3rd period - Biology
• 4th period - World Geography
• 5th period Health (fall)/Prof. Comm (spring)
• 6th period Lunch
• 7th period Spanish 1
• 8th period PE (fall)/ PE (spring)
• 9th period- Theater

required core courses
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Sample Freshman Schedule with Ben Barber classes

• 1st period - English
• 2nd Period Algebra 1
• 3rd period Biology
• 4th period W. Geography
• 5th period Lunchtravel to BBCTA for Session II
• 6th-8th period- 1st semester
• Principles of Architecture Construction (1st 6
  weeks) Construction
  Technology (2nd and 3rd 6 weeks)
• 2nd semester
• Latin 1 (includes language course for first
  12 weeks, and Cultural Linguistics course for
  last 6 weeks)
• 9th period- Theater

required core courses
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Choosing Classes

• Students need to discuss classes with parents and
  current teachers
• Pick classes fill out Choice Sheet
• Choose alternates many times, your first choice
  cannot be honored due to scheduling conflicts or
  available space. It is important to choose
  alternate classes so the counselors dont have to
  choose for you.

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Sample Choice Sheet
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Sample Choice Sheet with BBCTA classes
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Course Request Changes

• You will have the opportunity to make course
  request changes until May 2.
• A form will be mailed to you the week of April 22
  indicating what you have requested to take. A
  Course Request Change Form will be included in
  that mailing for you to make changes.
• Changes must be submitted in writing by the May
  2nd deadline
• We cannot honor requests to change selected
  courses after May 2nd!

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Clubs Extra-curricular Activities
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Clubs

• High School will provide an opportunity for
  involvement in many clubs and organizations.
• We highly encourage participation in
  extra-curricular activities.
• Studies show that students who are involved in
  extra-curricular activities make better grades
  and are better prepared for life during and after
  high school.

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Extra-curricular Activities

• Athletics Volleyball, Football Basketball
• If you are interested in other sports, please
  contact the high school coach of that sport.
• Cheerleading and Drill Team determined by
  try-outs in the spring.
• Other activities include class officers, club
  officers, One Act Play, UIL Band and Choir
  contests, Academic UIL, ROTC, Student Council,
  theater production/stage crew, Key Club, NHS,
  FCA, HOSA, etc

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Reminders Helpful Hints

• You will circle 8 credits worth of classes.
  Remember3 credits of those will be your core
  classes.
• It is EXTREMELY important that you list at least
  4 alternates on your sheet.
• Remember to get the appropriate signatures prior
  to the date that you meet with your counselor.
  You will receive a letter in the mail listing the
  courses you requested.
• No course requests changes after May 2nd.

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Attendance

• Students are allowed 9 absences per class per
  semester .
• 10 or more absences in the same class will result
  in an absence failure.
• Students are responsible for clearing those
  absences with their assistant principal.
• Students will have to attend evening or Saturday
  School sessions in order to regain credit.

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Schedule for Meeting with Students
First Visits April 9th Counselors will meet
with 8th graders as a group to give general
information which will help students select
courses.

• Return Visits
• April 11th Counselors will go through Science
  classes to meet with each student and collect
  his/her 9th grade choice sheet.

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How we Communicate with Parents

• Report Cards
• Progress Reports
• Teacher Conferences by appointment
• Counselor Conferences by appointment
• Skyward
• MISD District Website

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Personal Graduation Plan

• This is a road map for your high school career
• Each student will create a plan prior to the end
  of their 9th grade year
• Counselors meet with you yearly to keep you on
  track.

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Counselors
Kimberly Goree kimberlygoree_at_misdmail.org Monica
Dabney monicadabney_at_misdmail.org Lynda Petersen
lyndapetersen_at_misdmail.org Jennifer Castrillo
jennifercastrillo_at_misdmail.org Chrystal Barnett
chrystalbarnett_at_misdmail.org Melissa Lange
melissalange_at_misdmail.org
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Counselors
Siobhan Flowers siobhanflowers_at_misdmail.org Kim
Wilson kimberlywilson_at_misdmail.org Staci Fowler
stacifowler_at_misdmail.org Jennifer Smith
jennifersmith_at_misdmail.org Ikie Holder
ikieholder_at_misdmail.org
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Counselors
Dana Vorsino danavorsino_at_misdmail.org John
Williams johnpwilliams_at_misdmail.org Haley White
haleywhite_at_misdmail.org Lisa Fields
lisafields_at_misdmail.org Tonya Cook
tonyacook_at_misdmail.org
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Ben Barber Career and Technology Academy (BBCTA)
Presented By Mendy Gregory Ben Barber Career
and Technology Academy Assistant Principal
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Endorsing the Foundation

• What Ben Barber Career and Technology Academy
  (BBCTA) Has to Offer

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Ben Barber Career and Technology Academy (BBCTA)
Ben Barber Career and Technology Academy (BBCTA)
is a state of the art facility that offers hands
on experience in each Program of Study. Courses
at BBCTA provide business partnerships, student
internships, certifications, licensures, college
credit hours, and hands-on educational
experiences. Students from all MISD high
schools have the opportunity to select a coherent
sequence of career and technology courses
within their Program of Study that are taught at
BBCTA to complete an Endorsement.
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Ben Barber Career and Technology Academy (BBCTA)

• Students are bused from all high school campuses
  to take classes at BBCTA.
• 2 sessions are offered during the day (each
  session is a 2.5 hour block which takes up 3
  periods). Students take classes for the morning
  session or the afternoon session.

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The Five Endorsements

• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
  Most at BBCTA
• Business and Industry Most at BBCTA
• Public Services Most at BBCTA
• Arts and Humanities Some at BBCTA
• Multidisciplinary Catch all

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Programs of Study at BBCTA Under Each Endorsement

• STEM
• STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology and Math)
• Science (home campus)
• Math (home campus)

• Business and Industry
• Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
• Architecture and Construction
• Arts, Audio/Video Technology
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Business Management, Marketing and Finance
• Information Technology
• Manufacturing
• Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
• English (home campus)

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Programs of Study at BBCTA Under Each Endorsement
Cont

• Arts and Humanities
• Language Other Than English Offered at BBCTA
• Spanish, German, Latin, American Sign Language,
  Russian, Chinese, Japanese
• Theater Arts, Art, Dance, Band, Choir (home
  campus)
• Social Studies (home campus)

• Public Service
• Education and Training/ Human Services
• Health Science
• Law and Public Safety
• JROTC (home campus)

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BBCTA Resources
BBCTA Course Description Guide Course
Description Guide BBCTA Website to Programs of
Study http//bbcta.mansfieldisd.org/page.cfm?p354
0 BBCTA Blog http//bb-fhs.blogspot.com/
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Questions?