Getting Ready for Next Year
7th & 8th Grade
Student Services & Guidance
Mr. Jeff Kowatch
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Director of Student Services
Mrs. Deb Graf
Director of Guidance
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Student Services & Guidance Roles
Mrs. Graf:
Academic Guidance
Mr. Kowatch:
Class Scheduling
Academic Records
Career Planning
Transcripts
College Planning
Work Permits
Well-Being Counseling
Testing
Discipline
School Safety
Internship
AP/Dual Credit/Online Courses
Report Cards
Attendance
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Graduation Requirements
Core 40 Diploma
42 credits
Core 40 with Academic Honors Diploma
47 credits
3.0 GPA
No semester grade below a 72%
AP, Dual-Credit, or SAT/ACT Scores
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Core 40 Requirements
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Bible - 8 credits
English - 8 Credits
Math - 6-8 credits
Science - 6 credits
Social Studies - 6 credits
PE / Health - 3 credits (PE 1, PE 2)
Directed Electives - 5 credits
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Academic Honors Diploma
Requirements
• Bible - 8 credits
• English - 8 Credits
• Math - 8 credits
• Science - 6 credits (8 credits if on Val/Sal track)
• Social Studies - 6 credits
• PE / Health - 3 credits (PE 1, PE 2)
• Fine Arts - 2 credits
• Spanish - 6 credits
• continued.....
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Additional Academic Honors
Requirements
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4 AP credits, or
6 dual college credits, or
2 AP credits and 3 dual college credits, or
Specific Scores on SAT and/or ACT tests
Valedictorian and Salutatorian have
additional requirements
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Diploma & Math Options
Academic Honors
Option 1
8th: Ac Algebra I
9th: Ac Geometry
10th: Ac Algebra II
11th: Pre-Calculus
12th: Calculus or
Quant. Reasoning
Academic Honors
Option 2
8th: Pre-Algebra
9th: Ac Algebra I
10th: Ac Geometry
11th: Ac Algebra II
12th: Pre-Calculus
Core 40 Option
8th: Pre-Algebra
9th: Algebra I
10th: Geometry
11th: Algebra II
12th: Pre-Calculus or
Quant. Reasoning
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Which 8th grade Math course?
Academic Algebra
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Confident with math skills
Capable of moving at a faster pace
Self-motived to “figure it out”
Understands that math will have DAILY homework
Ready for high school responsibilities
Can handle time pressure during tests
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Which 8th grade Math course?
Pre-Algebra
• Student does “OK” in math, but not ready to
“skip a grade”
• Student struggles with basic math skills (fact
tables, fractions)
• Parent helps with math homework on a regular
basis
• Student scores well on homework, but not on
tests. This may indicate that the student is
getting too much help from others, but doesn’t
really understand the math.
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Math Credits / Quantitative
Reasoning Courses
Senior Year:
• Must take a math course or a quantitative
reasoning course
• Quantitative reasoning courses:
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Accounting
Economics
AP Biology
Chemistry
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus
ICP
Physics
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Testing
• 9th: Howard WorkStyles Inventory (personality
profile in the workplace)
• 10th: PLAN (practice ACT)
• 10th and 11th: PSAT (practice SAT)
• 11th: ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery)
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Testing, cont.
• End of Course Assessments (ECA)
• Algebra I: (required to pass for graduation, retest offered 2x’s/yr.)
• English 10: (required to pass for graduation, retest offered 2x’s/yr.)
• Biology: (not required to pass, only take if finishing Biology class during the
year)
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Grade Point Average
• Important
• Academic Honors Diploma
requires overall 3.0 GPA
• Colleges look at GPA’s
• Class rank is determined by
percentage average
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Create File for Student
• Keep important papers together
• Report cards
• Test scores: PLAN, PSAT, Howard
WorkStyles, ASVAB, ECA information
• Transcripts
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Begin with the End in Mind...
• Think about your future:
• Career path
• Education goals
• Take the right classes
• Meet requirements
• Challenge yourself
• Get good grades
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BCS Website Information
http://www.blackhawkchristian.org/
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