8th Grade Student Meeting

Berea – Midpark High School

Class of 2018

Middleburg Heights

Junior High School

Home of the Titans

Welcome Students

Class of 2018

The goals for this presentation are: To explain the scheduling process To help you understand the requirements for graduation and the minimum core for colleges

BELL SCHEDULE 2014 - 2015

Period Time 0 7:10 – 8:00 Extra Period Option

1 8:05 – 8:51

2 + H.R. 8:55 – 9:46 AM announcements

3 9:50 – 10:36

4/5 10:40 – 11:32 10:40 – 11:05 and 11:07 – 11:32

6/7 11:36 – 12:28 11:36 – 12:01 and 12:03 – 12:28

8/9 12:32 – 1:24 12:32 – 12:57 and 12:59 – 1:24

10 1:28 – 2:14

11 2:18 – 3:05 PM announcements Mods 4-9 are considered “1/2 Mods” and are for lunch plus Enrichment. Two (2) “1/2 Mods” added together equal a full period.

Typical Semester Schedule

1 8:05 – 8:51 English 1 Honors

2 HR 8:55 – 9:46 CPE Science

3 9:50 – 10:36 Spanish 1

4/5 10:40 – 11:32 PE Survey

6/7 11:36 – 12:28 Lunch/Enrichment

8/9 12:32 – 1:24 Modern World History

10 1:28 – 2:14 Algebra

11 2:18 – 3:05 Concert Chorus

Middleburg Heights Junior High School

2014-2015 9th Grade Course

Registration Guide

Important Items:

Read your Registration Booklet carefully ! Use the Table of Contents (p. 3) at the front

of the book to help you find necessary information

Read the important information on p. 4-11 Course descriptions by department start on

page 12 Pages 31 – 32 list all of the courses offered

at MHJH This PowerPoint and the registration guide

are all on the BCSD/MHJH website under Guidance

What is a credit?

Credit is earned when you pass a class. Most semester classes are worth .5

credit. These classes meet half of the school year.

A class that meets all year long is worth .5 credit each semester or a total of 1 credit.

An exception is Physical Education classes which earn .25 credits.

The graduation requirement for Berea-Midpark High School is a minimum of 22 credits.

BEREA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Graduation Requirements –

Four Year Plan Beginning with the 2014 Graduation Year This chart reflects the graduation requirements based on the Ohio core.

R-Regular H-Honors

GRADE 9 GRADE 10 GRADE 11 GRADE 12

TOTAL REQUIRED

ENGLISH English 1

R or H 1.00

English 2 R or H 1.00

English 3 R or H 1.00

Sr. English Elective R or H 1.00

4.00 Credits

MATH Required Math

Class 1.00

Required Math 2 Class 1.00

Required Math 3 - Alg.2 or

Equivalent Class 1.00

Required Math 4 Class 4.00 Credits

SCIENCE

CPE R or H 1.00

Biology R or H 1.00

Advance Science Electives

1.00 Science Elective 3.00 Credits

Biology R or H 1.00

Chemistry R or H 1.00

SOCIAL STUDIES

Modern World History R or H 1.00

American History R or H 1.00

American Government R or H - .50

Social Studies Elective 3.00 Credits

AP U.S. History 1.00

AP American Government & Politics

1.00

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Physical Education

Survey - .25

Physical Education

Elective - .25 .50 Credit

HEALTH Health .50 .50 Credit

COMPUTER .50 Computer taken anytime in four years .50 Credit

FINANCIAL LITERACY

Requirement met by taking Economics, Personal Finance, Financial Management I, or Financial Management II .50 Credit

FINE ARTS Students are to have successfully completed two semesters of Fine Arts from seventh to twelfth

grade. (Students following a Career-Technical pathway are exempted from the Fine Arts requirement.)

ELECTIVES Choices are available in all subject areas 6.00 Credits

TOTAL 5.50 Minimum

5.50 Minimum

5.50 Minimum

5.50 Minimum

22.00 Minimum

Credits For Graduation

COLLEGE RECOMMENDATIONS

It should be noted that the minimum requirements for a high school diploma do not necessarily meet the entrance requirements for post high school education. The following are the Ohio Board of Regents recommendations of college preparatory programs for unconditional acceptance at Ohio private and public college and universities: 4 units of English, with emphasis on composition

3 units of Social Studies

4 units of Mathematics (beginning with Algebra 1)

3 units of Science

2 units of World Language (same language)

1 unit of Fine Arts

Participants in interscholastic sports and activities must enroll in and pass a minimum of 2.5 credits per semester (excluding .25 volunteer credit) AND have a 1.5 or higher grade point average in the 9 weeks grading period preceding the sport to be eligible to compete. Students who do not pass 2.5 credits are ineligible for the entire next grading period. If the age of 19 is attained on or after August 1, the athlete is eligible to participate through the school year. An athlete has only eight semesters of eligibility, counting ninth grade, regardless of whether he/she has participated in athletics. Summer school credits do not pertain to athletic eligibility.

Eligibility is based on fourth quarter eighth-grade grades.

ATHLETIC AND INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITY

ELIGIBILITY

A. Earn four units of English. B. Earn four units of mathematics, including Algebra

1, Geometry, Algebra 2 and another higher level math course.

C. Earn four units of science, including physics and chemistry.

D. Earn four units of social studies. E. Earn three units of one world language or two

units each of two world languages. F. Earn one unit of fine arts. G. Maintain an overall grade point average of at least

3.5 or a 4.0 scale, through the first semester of the senior year.

H. Obtain a composite score of 27 on the American College Test (ACT) or a total score of 1210 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) based on critical reading and math.

I . See pages 7 & 8 in Registration Guide.

Honors Diploma

Honors Course Placements

Advanced course selections have been pre-determined based on standardized test scores, current classroom performance and teacher recommendation.

If you have been placed in an honors class it will be noted on your course selection sheet.

Course appeal forms can be found on the Berea City Schools website.

Scheduling Time 9th graders will select:

Required Classes: - English - Math - Science - Social Studies - P.E.

Electives: –Computer –Music –Art –Healthy & Safe

Foods –Financial

Management –Languages –P.L.T.W. –AVID

YOUR COURSE SELECTION SHEET:

Choose up to 5 elective courses and rank in order of importance 1 through 5. 1 being most important, 5 being least important.

Most electives are semester classes but some meet all year like music and World Languages.

Scheduling conflicts and other variables may prevent a freshman from receiving the exact schedule requested.

Reminders…

Your course request sheet is due on February 26. Have

your parents sign it and turn it into your enrichment teacher.

This PowerPoint and the registration guide will be on the MHJH website under Guidance.

Special Programs

Project Lead the Way (p. 22). This is a four-year sequence of courses introducing students to the disciplines of engineering and/or biomedical sciences prior to entering college. Freshman can take one of the following courses: Introduction to Engineering Design

AVID (p. 5). This nationally-known program encourages students to realize their academic potential and places them on a college-bound path.