Courses
Points/Credits
Tests
Curriculum
Review
100
Course designed to challenge the highly motivated student
What is Honors course
100
Unit earned upon successfully completing a high school course.
What is Credit
100
Entrance requirement for many colleges.
What is SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
100
What does CTE stand for?
What is Career and Technical Education
100
a person who is employed, usually in a school, to offer advice on problems, help troubled students and assist students in making career or college plans.
Who is Guidance Counselor
200
Non-required course that is chosen because of student interest.
What is Elective Course
200
Points assigned to letter grades at each course level, used to compute grade point average (GPA).
What is Quality Points
200
Tests administered at the end of specific high school courses.
What is EOC (End-of-Course) tests
200
An interdisciplinary approach that encourages students to think across subject areas and curriculum boundaries.
What is Paideia
200
Report of your grades, attendance, GPA, immunizations and demographics.
What is Transcript
300
Course that must be taken to fulfill graduation requirements.
What is Required Course
300
High school students who complete 22 credits during their 4 years of school, including 4 of English language arts, 4 of social studies, 3 of science, 3 of mathematics, 1 of the arts, 0.5 of health, 1-3 of foreign language and 2 of physical education.
What is Regents Diploma
300
Practice test for the SAT; also used to qualify for National Merit Scholarship when taken as a Junior.
What is PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test)
300
Activities programs that may meet outside of the regular school day
What is Extra-Curricular Activities
300
Those who learn through seeing things
Who are Visual Learners
400
Specific classes a student must take and pass to complete graduation requirements.
What is Course of Study
400
...computed based on number of courses taken and grades earned in those courses.
What is GPA (Grade Point Average)
400
Subject tests within the SAT - required for some college admissions
What is SAT II
400
What does AG stand for?
Who are Academically gifted?
400
Those who learn through experience/doing things
Who are Kinesthetic/tactile Learners
500
College level course taught in high school.
What is AP (Advanced Placement)
500
NY Regents Diploma Credit Requirements
What is 22 Credits
500
What does ACT stand for?
What is American College Test
500
Academically rigorous program similar to AP.
What is IB (International Baccalaureate)
500
Points along a scale that help us discover the different forms of mental representations.
What is Learning Styles
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