Welcome…
Mary Persons
High School
Class of 2019
Purpose —
To provide information on the
required and elective
courses available to
students in their first year of
high school.
Graduation Requirements
Areas of Study:
English/Language Arts *
Mathematics*
Science*
Social Studies*
Units Required
4
4
4
4
Health and Physical Education*
1
CTAE and/or Fine Arts and/or Foreign Lang.
Electives
3
4
Total Units (Minimum)
* Required Courses and/or Core Courses
24
Career, Technical and
Agriculture (CTAE) Electives
Basic Agriculture Science
 Basic Maintenance and Light Repair
 Foundations of Energy Technologies
 Foundations of Engineering Technology
 Introduction to Business and Technology
 Introduction to Healthcare Science
 Industry Fundamentals and
Occupational Safety
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Fine Arts Electives
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Band
Visual Arts
Chorus
Typical Freshman Schedule
•Ninth Grade Literature
•Coordinate Algebra
•World History
•Physical Science/Biology
•Health and Physical Education
•High School 101
•Elective
Required Testing
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Classes with an End of Course (EOC): 9th Lit /
American Lit; Algebra I / Geometry; Physical
Science / Biology; US History / Economics
All EOC testing will count 20% of final grade.
All students are required to take EOC tests and
must pass EOC courses to fulfill graduation
requirements.
Description of
Honors/Accelerated/AP
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Honors 9th Literature
Honors Biology
Honors Coordinate Algebra
Accelerated Coordinate Algebra
AP World History
Description of Honors
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Honors is a local designation given to courses that offer a more rigorous
and in-depth curriculum designed to challenge advanced students in
preparation for secondary opportunities. The course expectations are
higher and will include higher level thinking and critical problem solving.
Standardized tests, teacher recommendations, and historical grades are
used as guiding references when considering placement of students in
these challenging courses:
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Honors ELA 9th Grade Lit/Comp
Honors Coordinate Algebra
Honors Biology
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Description of Accelerated
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The only “Accelerated” courses offered in high school are in the area of
mathematics and are designed to cover more curriculum at an advanced
pace within a school year to ensure that students have the opportunity to
take an AP course as their 4th year option.
Accelerated Coordinated Algebra (9th grade) – covers the full year of
Coordinate Algebra standards and first semester of Analytical Geometry
standards.
Accelerated Analytical Geometry (10th grade) – covers 2nd semester of
Analytical Geometry standards and the full year of Advanced Algebra
standards.
Accelerated Pre-Calculus (11th grade) – covers the full year of Precalculus as designed by the state standards.
AP Calculus and/or AP Statistics are offered as a 4th year math course.
Description of
Advanced Placement (AP)
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The Advanced Placement (AP) is a program in the managed by the
College Board College that offers college-level curriculum and
examinations to high school students. Colleges and Universities often grant
placement and college credit to students who obtain high scores above a
certain number on the examinations. For a high school course to have the
AP designation, the course must be audited by the College Board to
ensure that it satisfies the AP curriculum.
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Mary Persons currently offers the following AP courses:
•AP World History
•AP Government
•AP U. S. History
•AP Chemistry
•AP Environmental Science
•AP Art
•AP Language
•AP Literature
•AP Economics
•AP Calculus
•AP Statistics
Earning Credits —
½
credit earned for each course
passed in a semester
1st
Semester
1
2nd
Semester
Unit
½ unit
½ unit
Total Credits for 9th Grade
(Aug. – May)
Units Earned
3½
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1st Semester
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2nd Semester
3½
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Total Units
7
HOPE Rigor Courses
• To be eligible for the HOPE scholarship, in addition to
Grade Point Average and other requirements:
• ** Students graduating after May 1, 2015 (Current
Seniors) must have TWO full academic rigor courses
• ** Students graduating after May 1, 2016 (Current
Juniors) must have THREE full academic rigor courses
• ** Students graduating after May 1, 2017 (Current
Sophomores) and beyond must have FOUR full
academic rigor courses
Type of Course
Course Title
English
Advanced Placement Language/Composition (American
Literature/Composition)
English
Advanced Placement Literature/Composition
Math
Advanced Algebra
Math
Accelerated Pre-Calculus
Math
AP Calculus
Math
AP Statistics
Science
AP Environmental Science
Science
Human Anatomy & Physiology
Science
Chemistry
Science
Physics
Science
Forensic Science
Social Studies
AP Government
Social Studies
AP Economics
Social Studies
AP World History
Social Studies
AP US History
Foreign Language
Spanish II
Foreign Language
Spanish III
Foreign Language
AP Spanish
Foreign Language
Second and third year language courses earned through Georgia Virtual School
(i.e. French II, German II, Latin II, Chinese II, Japanese II, American Sign
Language II)
PSO Courses (Accel Dual-Enrollment)
Credits earned by a high school student in any PSO Science, Mathematics,
English, Foreign Language or Social Studies course will be counted towards the
rigor requirement
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