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Get Ready for High School!Credits Matter!
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Requirements for Graduation
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245
Total credits needed for graduation
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Why do you need to know about credits?
Every course you pass gives you credits toward graduation!
All of the credits you earn get you get closer to your diploma!
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All of the classes you take in high school will have credits!• What is a “credit”?• Based on the number of periods (or
hours) you are in a course in one week in one semester/term
Example: A class that meets 1 period a day each week (5 days per week) for 1 semester/term = 5 credits
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REMEMBER!!!!!!!
• 245 Credits are needed to graduate from high school
• Every course you pass gives you credits toward graduation!
• All of the credits you earn get you closer to your diploma!
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English• 40 credits – 10
every year
• Includes 5 credits of Oral Communication
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Math• 30 credits
Including Algebra and Geometry
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Science 30 credits – Including:
• Physical Science – 5 credits
• Geoscience – 5 credits• Biology – 10 credits • Chemistry – 10 credits
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Social Studies30 credits – Including:• Civics – 5 credits – 9th • Geography – 5 credits – 9th • World History – 5 credits –
10th • US History – 10 credits –
11th • Government and Politics –
5 credits – 12th
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Physical Education• 10 credits
Fitness for Life in 9th grade – 5 credits
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Career and Technical Education and Fine Arts – 20 credits• 5 Credits Career and
Technical Education (CTE)– Business– Family and Consumer Sciences
(FACS)– Skilled & Technical Sciences (STS)
• 5 Credits Fine Arts– Drama– Music– Visual Art
• 10 credits either Fine Arts or Career and Technical Education
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Health• 2.5 credits – 10th
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Economics• 5 credits –
10th, 11th, or 12th
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Human Behavior• 5 credits – 10th, 11th,
or 12th
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Technology• 5 credits – 9th, 10th,
11th, or 12th
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Take Charge:Career Readiness & Financial Responsibility
• 5 credits – 11th
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Reading Proficiency• Pass RGDE
• Score at or above the 70th percentile on Reading subtest of a standardized test in 9th grade or later
• Meet specific criteria in Reading Advancement – 12th
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8th Grade Counts too!
Students taking Algebra or a higher math class and/or a world language will earn high school credit for passing these classes
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Career interests help you decide on courses to take – consider these:
• Information Technology I
• World of Business• Culinary Foundations• Life Span
Development• FACS Overview
• IED 1 & IED 2• Intro to Construction• Welding• Machine Tool• Intro to Health
Science
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“13th Grade”
–Military–Apprenticeship–On the job –2 year Associate's Degree or certification–4 year + Bachelor’s degree and beyond
The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important is the will to prepare
~ Bobby Knight
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Admission Standards
Nebraska’s University System
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College Admissions Standards• English - 4 years• Math - 4 years, including Advanced
Algebra - 1 year after Advanced Algebra for UNL
• Social Studies - 3 years• Science - 3 years• World Language - 2 years in sequence
of the same language
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Think you want to be a college athlete?
Start now . . . Take classes that prepare you for college:
– English, math, science, social studies, and world language –
and do well in every class you take!
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is not a singular act; it’s a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
-Shaquille O’Neal (paraphrasing Aristotle)
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Career Cruising
You’ll need a laptop for this!
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Log in
www.careercruising.com
Username: lsestudentPassword: student
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6th Grade
Start PortfolioLearning Styles Assessment
School Subjects Related to Careers
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7th Grade
Complete MatchmakerResearch Top 2 Career Choices
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8th Grade
Build a ResumeJob Applications
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9th Grade
College Requirements5-Year Plan
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10th Grade
Transcript Activity
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11th Grade
Take Charge - Career Readiness & Financial Responsibility
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12th Grade
Final Preparation for Graduation and Post-High School Plans