Diploma
The Core 40 Diploma requires _____ credits
40
How many requirements, including getting your diploma, do you need to meet to graduate?
Three, or 3
A course may be an AP course. AP stands for
Advanced Placement
If I want to leave school early (or arrive late) to work a job while getting school credit (and possibly get paid), I have to interview my junior year to join this program.
I have to make sure I have good grades, attendance, AND BEHAVIOR, because they will ask my teachers about me!
Work-based learning (Internship and Co-Op)
T or F
Some classes may count for "science" or "math (quantitative reasoning)" that aren't typical science or math.
True
Programming, engineering, etc.
T or F
To get Academic or Technical honors, you ALSO have to get the Core 40
True
This word means "any type of education after high school"
postsecondary
This type of class is a bit more work, but can bump up your GPA, and you don't have any extra tests to take
Honors
If I want to gain work experience, but I am not sure exactly what I want to do in the field (example: dentist, doctor, surgeon, nurse), I should try to do THIS work-based learning program.
Internship
Unless you're going into the medical field, what is the easier class to take out of these three:
Chemistry I
ICP (Integrated Chemistry & Physics)
Physics I
ICP (Integrated Chemistry & Physics)
How many credits, minimum, must you have to get Academic or Technical honors?
47
This is the file/document that will have all your grades on it and your GPA. You'll probably want a copy for college.
Transcript
This type of class is harder, can boost your GPA, and requires you to take a test on a scale from 1-5 to get the credit. A good score could help with college tuition.
AP (Advanced Placement)
If I want to gain work experience, and know exactly what I want to do as a career, I should try to do THIS work-based learning program.
Co-Op
T or F
A PE voucher/waiver can get you out of having to take PE at all.
F
You still need one semester
COSG stands for
Course of Study Guide
What is one of the many things that may meet the 3rd graduation requirement (postsecondary-ready competencies)?
-Complete CTE concentrators with a C- average (Classes in yellow on pathways)
-Earn a minimum C- average in at least 3 AP/Dual Credit classes
-Academic honors diploma (Click for Spanish)
-Technical honors diploma (Click for Spanish)
-College-ready ACT score
-College-ready SAT score
-Earn minimum AFQT score on ASVAB to qualify for placement into a US military branch (set at 31 as of Jan 2020)
-State- and Industry-recognized credential earned or certification test passed
-State-, Federal-, or Industry-recognized apprenticeship
What type class gets you college credit AND high school credit at the same time, and is cheaper than if you were actually in college?
Dual credit
Dual credit is for certain colleges. If you have a different college in mind, what should you check before signing up for dual credit?
Credits transfer
Instead of taking Health, I can take 3 semester-long FACs classes. I have ALREADY taken 1, so I only need TWO more! What is the class I already have?
PCC (Preparing for college and careers)
This file/document tells you all the details about EVERY class. WHAT YOU DO IN THE CLASS, credits, periods, days, years, diploma requirements, extra work, etc.
Course of Study Guide, COSG
Work-based learning, project-based learning, and service-based learning are all _____________
employability skills (2nd graduation requirement)
Some classes prepare you to take an industry- and/or state-recognized test that proves you know what you're doing. You may not even need college once you have one of these...
Certification or licensure
What is the test you have to take to qualify for dual college credit?
Accuplacer
I have to take math or quantitative reasoning for at least a semester every year of high school. If I'm going to college, I should probably take a regular math class my senior year anyway (dual credit!). But technically, I don't have to take anything, because this class already meets that requirement.
Economics