High School Class
What is the mascot for Poinciana?
Eagles
This refers to one nine-week term of the school year.
What is a quarter?
How many credits are needed to graduate from High School?
What is 24 credits.
What is the test that all sophomore take to help prepare them for the SAT exam?
What is PSAT?
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 is Electives?
What is the name of the book that students can use to look up general information and policy for PHS?
What is the Student Handbook ?
What is the acronym for Grade Point Average?
What is GPA.
What is the state assessment students take in the spring of their junior year?
What is SAT?
This is the number of nine weeks in one school year?
What is 4 nine weeks.
Who do you contact if you want to change classes, checking graduation requirements, grades, etc
school councilors
What is the name of students that graduate after 7 semesters instead of the full 8 semesters?
What is Early Grad?
What program can you apply to that helps with daily instruction in note-taking, time management, organization, reading, writing, and study skills?
AVID
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
Scholarship
What is the MINIMUM GPA requirement to graduate with a standard high school diploma?
What is:
2.0
This is the number of English Language Arts credits 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 credits and Social Studies credits required to graduate from high school?
What is 2 credits for Science and 2 credits for Social Studies.
How many credits are required for a freshman at any Osceola County high school?
What is 7?
4 core and 3 elective
Who is the principal at Poinciana high school?
Mr. J. Schwartz
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 Credit.
This is similar group of classes that students take in the same subject area towards a specific career.
What is a Pathway or Concentrator?
MTC - Math Tutoring Center (open all periods Monday- Thursday)
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 2.3.
REMEMBER, YOUR GPA MATTERS FOR SPORTS!
Who is the college and career counselor?
Danielle Malfara