Parents Meeting
27 December, 2013
2013年12月27日家长会
Sheldon Smith
Centre Principal
校长
09:00 – 12:00
Individual appointments (10 minutes per student)
老师与家长单独面谈（每位学生10分钟）
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch break 午休
13:30 – 14:15
Presentation by the principal on academic
reports and grades, semester 2 study,
PSAT, college planning & SAT., 第二学期成
绩学术报告, PSAT成绩, 升学计划和SAT
14:15 – 15:15
Presentations from individual teachers. 各高一
科任老师报告
Overall situation of the Year 1 students and
15: 30 – 15:50 some student management items.
高一学生情况总览和其它学生管理事宜
15:50 – 16:15
Presentation (by college counselling) on
periodic summary and suggestion.
升学指导阶段性总结与建议
16:15 – 17:15
Free counselling session appointment 自由约
谈时间
Academic Presentation
学术报告
A. Academic reports and grades
学术报告和成绩
B. Semester 2第二学期
C. PSAT 关于PSAT
D. College Planning & SAT
升学计划和SAT
A. Reports and Grades
报告和成绩
They contain 内容包括:
Teacher grades and comments for each subject
各科教师所给成绩和评语
Discipline Record & Conduct Points
考勤和行为积分
A. Reports and Grades
报告和成绩
 Comments for guidance only 评语只作为内部指引
 Semester 1 grades important, go on transcripts
第一学期成绩很重要，将计入正式成绩单
 End of semester 1 exam scores in semester 1 grades
第一学期的期末考试成绩已计入第一学期总成绩
 Monthly grades (October, November) also included to
show progress成绩报告中包含10月和11月的月度成
绩，可以显示学生的进步情况
 School average included for each subject to help
understand scores每门课程的校平均分便于您更好了
解您小孩的成绩
A. Reports and Grades
报告和成绩
Grades use + and – system
评分系统会运用到+和School average for most subjects is 85-90
(grade A/B)
大多数课程的校平均成绩是85-90
（A/B)
Work hard for extra marks: one mark can
improve your GPA
努力争取更高的分数：多拿1分都可能
提升你的GPA
Grade
成绩
Letter
grade
other
AP
97-100
A+
4.0
5.0
93-96
A
4.0
5.0
90-92
A–
3.7
4.7
87-89
B+
3.3
4.3
83-86
B
3.0
4.0
80-82
B–
2.7
3.7
…
…
…
…
60-62
D–
0.7
1.7
0
0
<60
F
Grade
成绩
Letter
grade
other
AP
97-100
A+
4.0
5.0
93-96
A
4.0
5.0
90-92
A–
3.7
4.7
87-89
B+
3.3
4.3
83-86
B
3.0
4.0
80-82
B–
2.7
3.7
…
…
…
…
60-62
D–
0.7
1.7
0
0
<60
F
Grade
成绩
Letter
grade
other
AP
97-100
A+
4.0
5.0
93-96
A
4.0
5.0
90-92
A–
3.7
4.7
87-89
B+
3.3
4.3
83-86
B
3.0
4.0
80-82
B–
2.7
3.7
…
…
…
…
60-62
D–
0.7
1.7
0
0
<60
F
B. Semester 2
第二学期
 Semester 1 has now finished, exams two weeks
ago 第一学期结束了，期末考试在两周前进
行
 Semester 2 has begun, continues after Spring
Festival holiday 第二学期已经开始，寒假后
继续
 Same timetable 课程表基本没有变化
 One change for Chemistry – Rachel Li on
maternity leave, classes covered by Huafu
teachers 化学科目调整-李琼老师休产假，
化学课将由华附本部的老师授课
C. PSAT
What is the PSAT? 什么是PSAT？
 Year 1 students took the PSAT test in October
全体高一学生在10月份参加了PSAT 考试
 Test measures same college skills as SAT
(critical reading, math, writing)
像SAT一样，该考试评估升读大学必要的学
术技巧（分析性阅读、数学和写作）
 Students have been given full results
学生的考试成绩已经出来
 Summary of score given to students
分数总结已经给到学生
C. PSAT
What does the PSAT score mean?了解PSAT成绩的含义
 PSAT predicts likely score in SAT
从PSAT成绩可以预估SAT成绩
 Each area scored from 20-80 (200-800 for SAT)
每一部分的成绩为20-80，对应SAT成绩的200-800分
 Multiply by 10 to get rough SAT score
PSAT成绩乘以10可以得到大概的SAT成绩
 Different colleges have different requirements, so there
is no ‘passing’ score每个大学的要求不同，没有所谓
的“及格”分数
C. PSAT
What does the PSAT score mean?了解PSAT成绩的含义
 Students will improve, so 40 is a good score at this
stage
学生会取得进步，所以现在的分数40已经不错了
 All students have good scores for Math
所有学生的数学成绩都很好
 Most students need to improve Critical Reading
大部分学生需要提高分析性阅读的能力
 Use your scores and report to identify areas of
weakness – work on these 根据个人分数和报告来确
定哪个方面比较弱，并多加努力
D. College Planning & SAT
升学计划和SAT
 Score report has an access code to log in to My
College QuickStart website
PSAT成绩报告单上有一个 “My College
QuickStart”网站的登陆密码
 Use to search for colleges
可以用来搜索大学资料
 Take a personality test to find majors and
careers that fit you 其“个性测验”可以帮助
了解适合的专业和职业
 Students apply for college in Year 3, but success
starts now 学生在高三时开始申请大学，成功
要从现在做起
D. College Planning & SAT
升学计划和SAT
Check and understand answers to PSAT
questions 查看并理解PSAT的答案
Also get a personalized SAT study plan
制定个性化的SAT学习计划
Most students take SATs in middle and
end of Year 2, but success starts now
大多数学生在高二的学年中段或末段
参加SAT考试，但成功始于现在的努力
www.collegeboard.org/quickstart
What next? 下一步？
 Do you need to improve your study habits?
你需要改进学习习惯吗？
 Focus on independent learning skills – what
areas do you need to improve? 重点放在独立学
习技巧上 — 哪些部分是需要努力改进的
 Use academic report to guide you
用成绩报告作为指引
 Use PSAT report to guide you
用PSAT报告作为指引
 Focus on English, important for Year 2 study/
exams/ college in US
重点放在英语上，这对高二的学习，考试以
及美国的大学学习都很重要
What next? 下一步？
 Access My College Quickstart
登陆 “My College QuickStart”
 Begin to search for colleges and find majors
开始搜索大学以及专业
 Discuss choices with parents/ classmates/
friends/ teachers/ other school staff
与家长、同学、朋友、任课老师以及学生服
务部的老师讨论你的选择
 Success in exams and at in college starts now
考试以及在大学的成功，都要从现在做起
Thank You
谢谢！