High School Class
La mascota de la preparatoria es un puma.
This refers to one 6-week term of the school year.
What is a marking period?
Each Marking period is 6 weeks in length and there are usually 3 marking periods in a semester:
How many credits are needed to graduate from High School?
What is 20 credits.
What is the test that all sophomore take to help prepare them for the SAT exam?
What is PSAT?he PSAT (Preliminary SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) is a test designed to help high school sophomores and juniors prepare for the SAT. The PSAT can also gauge your aptitude for other national tests and inform which areas you'll need to focus your studying on.
This refers to one-half of the school year, made up of two quarters.
What is a semester?
What is the name or term for the classes that you get to choose to take, that are not considered core classes?
What are Electives?
What is the name of the book that students can use to look up general information and policy for WHS?
What is the Student Handbook ?
What does the acronym GPA means?
What is Grade Point Average?
What is the state assessment students take in the spring of their junior year?
What is SAT?
Scholastic Aptitude Test: a test taken in the U.S. to measure students' abilities before they go to college.
How many 9 weeks are in a semester?
What is Upward Bound.
What is the name of students that graduate after 7 semesters instead of the full 8 semesters?
What is Early Graduate?
What is ELA?
What is English Language Arts:
A core course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school where students develop listening, speaking, reading, composition, grammar, and spelling skills in English.
Students that plan to go to college fill this application out their senior year to help see if they can get financial aid with college expenses?
What is FAFSA? Free Application for Federal Student Aid
What are Fall sports?
What is: Softball,Volleyball Girls, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football ,Golf Boys, Poms, Soccer Boys, Tennis Boys, Unified Cheer
This is the number of English Language Arts classes required to graduate from high school with a diploma.
What is 4?
This is the number of mathematics credits required to graduate from high school with a diploma.
What is 3- but most colleges require 4!
This is the number of Science classes and Social Studies classes required to graduate from high school?
What is 3 credits for Science and 3 credits for Social Studies.
What are credits in high school?
What are Winter Sports?
What is
Basketball Boys Basketball Girls
Ice Hockey Swimming Girls
Wrestling Boys Wrestling Girls
Poms Unified Basketball
Cheerleading
This is the term given to courses in which high school students have the opportunity to earn both high school and college credits simultaneously.
What is Dual Enrollment.
This is similar group of classes that students take in the same subject area towards a specific career.
What is a Pathway?
Where can I go for extra help and peer math tutoring?
during the summer, tutoring is in mills hall rm. 133 after classes end. 3:30-5:00
during the school year it is tba. it will be on campus though from 3:30 - 5:30
What does a division 1 school require for student-athletes?
To study at a division 1 school you must earn 16 NCAA- approved core-courses. That is 4 English, 3 math, 2 science, 2 social studies, and 4 additional courses.
You must have a test score and a minimum GPA of 2.5.
REMEMBER, YOUR GPA MATTERS FOR SPORTS!
What are the Spring Sports
What is:
Volleyball Boys Soccer Boys
Track and Field Swimming Boys
Baseball Golf Girls
Lacrosse Soccer Girls
Tennis Girls