College
This is the name given to any post-secondary (post-high school) institution.
What is college/university?
This is how much credit you earn for passing a semester-long core or elective class.
What is .5 credits?
What is a half credit?
What is choir, band, art, photo, business, personal finance, computer programming, etc.
This is the amount of money a person makes per year at their job.
What is a salary?
This is the test many colleges/universities require you take in order to apply. Hint: You take this test during your junior year of high school.
SAT
You will take the PSAT again this year if you are a freshman or sophomore; remember P means practice.
These are institutions that offer 1-2 year programs that result in a certificate or a 2-year degree? Examples: Warren Tech, Red Rocks, CCD
What is a community college?
What is a technical college?
This is the term for the average of a student's grades?
What is Grade Point Average (GPA)?
You earn this much credit for passing Ram Time each semester.
What is .25 credit?
What is a quarter credit?
This the name of the program on which you take yearly ICAP surveys, apply for college using Common App, search for scholarships, etc.
Naviance
These are the two subjects in which you will show competencies above the number of credits needed to graduate.
What are English and math?
This is the term for a four-year degree earned at a college or university.
What is a Bachelor's degree or BA?
These classes, that are not core classes, are ones you get to choose.
What are electives?
This is the document which lists your classes taken, grades, GPA, etc. that you will submit to colleges (and sometimes employers).
What is a transcript?
This is the room in the GMHS library, in which you can get information about scholarships, internships, colleges, etc.
What is the future center?
These are things that may help a person qualify to receive a scholarship for college.
Financial need, GPA, sports, extra-curricular activities, first-generation college student, ethnicity, special interests
This is the term for a two-year degree earned at a community college.
What is an Associate's degree?
This is how many credits you need to graduate from Jeffco Public Schools.
What is 23?
You can make up credit for a failed core class by doing one of these three things.
What is summer school at GMHS?
What is Jeffco Virtual Academy?
What is credit recovery (Edgenuity) at GMHS?
This is an opportunity to learn from professionals in a field while still in school. These can be paid or unpaid opportunities.
What is an internship?
This is the name of one university in Colorado.
Metro State University
University of Colorado
University of Denver
University of Northern Colorado
Colorado State University
This is the term for the area of study a person focuses on in college.
What is a major/minor?
This type of class is what you will need one to two years of to be accepted into a four-year university, but you do not need it to graduate from Jeffco Public Schools.
What is World Language?
A piece of the GMHS Academy program is this optional project, which is done your senior year. You must complete this project in order to be salutatorian or valedictorian.
What is a capstone?
This is one part of a resume.
What is objective, education, experience, references, skills?
The person who tells the best dad jokes.