Freshman NightJanuary 10, 2012

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Agenda• Welcome: Carmon Golden, DSS• Freshman Administrator: Alex Case• Freshman Transition Program Overview• Graduation Requirements• Breakout Sessions

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Freshman Transition Program• Purpose: To help incoming freshman

students with the transition from middle school to high school by providing information on personal/social, career and academic topics throughout the year via classroom guidance lessons presented by the counseling staff. • Focus topics: bullying and study skills

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Freshman Transitions Program

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• Session #1 (September): all freshman students participated in a guidance lesson on bullying (how to recognize and resolve it) and the importance of active listening

Freshman Transitions Program

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• Meet & Greet (October): all freshman students visited Ms. Johnson in the College & Career Center and met with his/her specific counselor in Student Services. Students kept notes on the visit using Cornell notes an AVID strategy.

Freshman Transitions Program

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• Session #2 (January): all freshman students will participate in a guidance lesson on conflict resolution, learning styles and developing positive peer relations

Freshman Transition Program

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• Session #3 (March): all freshman students will participate in a guidance lesson on building and recognizing individual support networks/resources and test- taking strategies

Standard Diploma Subject Area Standard Verified

Credits CreditsEnglish 4 2Mathematics 3 1Science 3 1History 4 1Health & PE 2World Language, Fine Arts, or Career & Technical Ed 2Economics/Pers Finance 1Electives 3Student Selected Test 1Total Credits 22 6

Advanced Studies Diploma Subject Area Standard Verified

Credits CreditsEnglish 4 2Mathematics 4 2Science 4 2History 4 2Health & PE 2World Language 3Fine Arts or Career/Tech Ed 1 Economics/Pers Finance 1Electives 3Student Selected Test 1Total Credits 26 9

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Upcoming Events

• Registration for the 2012-13 school year for Rising Sophomores (current freshmen) is the week of March 15th

Counselor Breakout Rooms• Rodriguez (A-Bas)-501• Moore (Basa-Cob)-502• Levine (Coba-For)-504• Allison (Fora-Jab)-Auditorium• Otoyo (Jaba-Mam)-Auditorium• McMahon (Mama-Ny)-518• Watlington (Nya-Robe)-518• Turner (Robf-Ten)-503• Jefferson Dixon (Tena-Z)-524

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