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Are You Ready Class of 2023? Sedro-Woolley High School MEET YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS Our Many Roles: 1.) Graduation: Schedules, Registration, Grade Checks, Assessments 2.) Career/College Planning: Help guide students with post-secondary

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Are You Ready Class of 2023?

Sedro-Woolley High School

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MEET YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS

Our Many Roles:

1.) Graduation: Schedules, Registration, Grade Checks, Assessments 2.) Career/College Planning: Help guide students with post-secondary

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3.) Brief Counseling: Conflict, Personal, Social, Crisis 4.) Mentorship and Advocacy: Letters of Recommendations 5.) Connecting with Families and Agencies 6.) Prevention and Intervention 7.) Collection and use of data: Grades, Attendance, Discipline, etc.

2022 2021 2020 2019/2023

Steven Gunderson Zoe Kapan Kari Hollands Emily Hilberdink

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Keeping It Real.

We are ALWAYS Ready for Anything…..

SWHS COUNSELING

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Make Middle School Count

  • Use the rest of MS to get ready for HS!
  • Attend School EVERY DAY. Attendance Counts!
  • Do your Homework – Faithfully. Learn the Concepts,

it Only Gets Harder!

  • Get Organized!
  • Pass your Classes!

Otherwise you will retake it. Your Grades Help Place you in Next Years Courses.

  • SPORTS and Activities? You

Must PASS all courses to be Eligible for Fall!

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Sedro-Woolley High School

  • Graduation requires 30 completed credits.

You don’t pass = NO credit.

  • Classes are every other day 1-4, 5-8.
  • 8 Classes, 80 Minute Periods
  • Advisory is not a scheduled period
  • Power Hour: Built in to HELP YOU!
  • Must follow Power Hour Schedule
  • Daily Homework.
  • Students must pass the State Assessments

to graduate. (ELA, Sci, Math)

  • Attendance is Critical!
  • Clubs, Sports, Leadership
  • Organization is a Must!
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Block Schedule: 8 Period A / B

  • 8 classes a semester
  • 4 classes a day – Blue and White Days

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1st period 5th period 1st period 5th period 1st period 2nd period 6th period 2nd period 6th period 2nd period Power Hour Lunch

(Advisory, study help, club meetings, Intramural sports etc)

Power Hour Lunch

(Advisory, study help, club meetings, Intramural sports etc)

Power Hour Lunch

(Advisory, study help, club meetings, intramural sports etc)

Power Hour Lunch

(Advisory, study help, club meetings, intramural sports etc)

Power Hour Lunch

(Advisory, study help, club meetings, intramural sports etc)

3rd period 7th period 3rd period 7th period 3rd period 4th period 8th period 4th period 8th period 4th period

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POWER HOUR LUNCH

What Power Hour Looks Like….

  • Your Day Looks Like : 2 (80 min.) periods, PH Lunch, 2 (80 min.)

periods.

  • Campus is Closed for Lunch!
  • Power Hour is 60 Minutes Long

✓ 30 Minutes is Assigned for Student Lunch ✓ 30 Minutes is Assigned by Teachers/Students to do the following:

  • Collect Missing Work, Finish Homework
  • Work with Teachers in Struggling Classes
  • Make up Tests, Quizzes, or Labs
  • Make Up PE Time and Absences
  • Attend Club Meetings and Sponsored Activities
  • Advisory and Interventions are during this time
  • Your lunch time will be based when your teacher eats lunch.

This is not an hour lunch! 30 minutes is YOUR lunch- For the

  • ther 30 minutes you must be in one of the locations above!
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Power Hour Schedule

  • Shows advisory dates and holidays
  • Students passing with a D+ or below

must attend assigned Power Hour

  • Teachers may assign Power Hour to

you

  • Failure to show up to assigned Power

Hour results in after school detentions.

  • Sign into room when you enter and

leave.

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2023 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

➢ 32 Possible Credits ➢ 30 Required Credits 17.5 Core 3.0 PPR 9.5 Electives

➢ GPA and Importance

➢ State Assessments

ELA, Math, Science

➢ Advisory and HSBP ➢ Keep your heart rate monitor strap!

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State Testing Requirements

Washington State Graduation Requirements 2023

  • ENGLISH – 10th grade in the Spring

Tested on Reading and Writing.

  • MATH – 10th grade in the Spring

Tested on Algebra, Geometry and some Advanced Algebra concepts.

  • SCIENCE – 11th grade in the Spring

Test Is Based on Integrated Science Standards. **Students must meet State testing requirements (Smarter

Balanced) or assessment for students in special education.**

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HSBP: HS AND BEYOND PLAN

  • The High School and Beyond Plan is the steps you plan

to take after graduation

  • You will complete your HSBP through advisory adding

and updating information each year

  • Students will create a four year course plan, mapping the

classes they will take in high school

  • Graduation requirements will help students select

classes more relevant to their HSBP called PPRs or Personalized Pathways Requirement

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8TH GRADE TRANSITION NIGHT

  • Parent Night at SWHS 5:30PM

Thursday February 7th, 2019

  • Meet Administration and Staff
  • Walk around Campus and Buildings
  • Learn about Clubs and Activities
  • Teacher Presentations and Curriculum
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Break!

  • Any Final Questions?
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2023 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

➢ 32 Possible Credits ➢ 30 Required Credits 17.5 Core 3.0 PPR 9.5 Electives

➢ GPA and Importance

➢ State Assessment

ELA, Math, Science

➢ Advisory and HSBP ➢ Keep your heart rate monitor strap!

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Why?

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Registration Materials

  • You will receive on February 5th
  • Curriculum Guide
  • Registration Instructions
  • Registration Worksheet
  • Course List
  • HSBP
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SWHS Class of 2023 Registration

Please write in your course selections and alternates and bring this form with you when you meet with the high school counselors.

Alternates

English 9/ Honors / Language Arts English 9/ Honors / Language Arts Biology Biology Algebra/ Geometry/ Math Algebra/ Geometry/ Math Digital Communications PE Elective Elective Elective Elective Elective Elective Elective Elective

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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High School and Beyond Plan

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High School and Beyond Plan

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High School and Beyond Plan

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8TH GRADE TRANSITION NIGHT

  • Parent Night at SWHS 5:30PM

Thursday February 7th, 2019

  • Meet Administration and Staff
  • Re-Cap Graduation Requirements
  • Walk around Campus and Buildings
  • Learn about Clubs and Activities
  • Teacher Presentations and Curriculum
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Planning Your Schedule

  • Registration
  • You are making your YEAR LONG Schedule.
  • Semester One and Two
  • Choose wisely. You will not be allowed to Change

classes freely next year!

  • Failing to make a schedule means, you will be stuck

with what you are given without the ability to change classes.

  • You will Select 8 Classes for each semester (16 Total)
  • Year Long Classes: English, Math, Science, World

Lang, Music

  • S – Semester course, Y- Year Course
  • You Must Select 8-10 Alternative Classes in case your

first choice classes are full. Again, pick wisely!

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WHY AVID?

Scholarships… Scholarships... Scholarships... Scholarships...! Last year our students got 5.5 Million in Scholarships last year!

Want to be in AVID at SWHS? Open to any student—

Even if you are currently in AVID or not. Requirement:

  • The desire to go to college
  • The determination to work hard

Process:

  • Step 1: Register for AVID for a full year.
  • Step 2: Complete an application for AVID.

Pick up application from your counselor or AVID teacher

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