Home of the Pride
Welcome!

Introductions
• Mrs. Huckaby-Principal
• Mrs. Cummings-Guidance Director
• Mrs. Castro-President PTSO
• Mrs. Maher-Parent Liaison
• Ron Petrella-Athletic Director
• A Student’s Perspective Kayleen Galvan -senior
Kyle Flinton -senior
• Powerpoint Presentation Mrs. Cummings
• The Lion’s Den-School Store www.lcps.org/hhs

Kayleen and Kyle
• 1. Student Biography
-Heritage Resume
-College/Career Plans
• 2. Biggest challenge 9 th grade year
• 3. Best part of 9 th grade year
• 4. What I will miss about Heritage
• 5. Advice to parents
• 6. Words of wisdom to 8 th graders

Class of 2010
• 402 graduates
• 86% entered a 4 year or 2 year college or university after graduating, 8% entered other educational ed., 4% joined the military and 2% entered in the world of work
• $3.46 Million in scholarship money earned
• 1 National Achievement Finalist-College Board
• 27 LCPS Excellence in Education Honorees with cumulative 4.0 GPA

Colleges and Universities accepting
Heritage Graduates
• UVA
• William and Mary
• Carnegie Mellon
• Drexel
• Georgetown
• United States Naval Academy
• United States Air Force Academy
• Purdue
• JMU
• VA Tech
• Johnson and Wales
• Rutgers
• Temple
• Cornell
• University of Michigan
• Art Institute of Washington
• Hampden-Sydney College
• The Peabody Institute of the
John Hopkins University
• MIT
• Stanford
• Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology
• The University of Pennsylvania

•
Fall Sports Teams
• Varsity Football
• JV Football
• Freshman Football
• Girls’ Volleyball
• Cross Country
• Golf
• Cheerleading
Winter Sports Teams
• Cheerleading
• Wrestling
• Girls’ Basketball
• Boys’ Basketball
• Swimming
• Gymnastics
Spring Sports Teams
• Baseball
• Softball
• Girls’ Soccer
• Boys’ Soccer
• Girls’ Lacrosse
• Boys’ Lacrosse
• Girls’ Tennis
• Boys’ Tennis
• Girls’ Track
• Boys’ Track

• Try out dates will be announced. Please consult the
Heritage website for these dates. Before you tryout, they must turn in the completed forms listed below to the athletic department at Heritage. All forms can be downloaded from the Heritage High School website.
VHSL Physical Form
Parent Consent Form
Emergency Card
Training Rules
LCPS Insurance Acknowledgement Form

Freshman Year Suggestions
From NACAC-National Association for College
Admission Counseling
• Take challenging courses
• Study hard and earn excellent grades
• Read, read, read…to strengthen your vocabulary
• Become involved in co-curricular activities at Heritage

Freshman Year College Planning
From NACAC-National Association for College
Admission Counseling
• Browse through college literature or surf the web to learn about schools that may interest you
• Research career possibilities
• Know NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic
Association) requirements if you want to play sports in college
• Begin saving $$$$$$ for college
• Get to know your high school counselor

• 4 English, 3 Social Studies, • 4 English, 4 Social Studies,
3 Science 3 Math
• Health & PE
• Fine Arts or Career /Tech
2 or Foreign Language 2
4 Science, 4 Math credits
• Health & PE
• Fine or Career/Tech
2
1
• Foreign Language 3 or 4
• Finance/Economics
• Additional electives
1
4 +
• Finance/Economics 1
• Additional electives 3 +
•
• 22 total course credits
6 verified credits from
• 9 verified credits from
EOC/SOL testing
EOC/SOL testing

Standard & Advanced
Technical Diplomas
• 4 English, 3 Social Studies,
3 Science 3 Math courses
• Health & PE 2
• Fine Art or Foreign Language 1
• Finance/Economics 1
• Career /Technical Concentration 4
• Additional electives 1
• 4 English, 4 Social Studies,
4 Science 4 Math courses
• Health & PE 2
• Fine Art or Career Tech. 1
• Finance/Economics 1
• Career /Technical Concentration 3
• Foreign Language 3 or 4
• 22 total course credits
• 6 verified credits from
EOC/ SOL testing
• 26 total course credits
• 9 verified credits from
EOC/SOL testing

Economics & Personal Finance
-LCPS will offer a .5 semester course in each.
-Student may take this course at any time during 10, 11 or 12 grade.

End of Course SOL Tests
Exams are taken in May each year. English
Writing is taken in March
• English 11 - 2 tests
– Reading/Literature
– Writing (March exam)
• Science
– Earth Science
– Biology
– Chemistry
• Math
– Algebra I
– Algebra 1 Part 2
– Geometry
– Algebra II
• Social Studies
– World History I
– World History II
– US/VA History

• Standard Diploma
2 English
1 Math
1 Science
1 Social Studies
1 Student Selected test
• Adv. Studies Diploma
2 English
2 Math
2 Science
2 Social Studies
1 Student Selected test
Total: 6 Verified Credits Total: 9 Verified Credits

For Advanced Studies Diploma
Grade 9
English 9
Math
Science
Pre-AP World
Health/PE9
For. Lang.
Elective
Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade12
English 10 English 11
Math Math
Science
AP World
Science
US/VA Hist.
Health/PE10
For. Lang.
Elective
For. Lang.
Elective
English 12
Math
Science
US/VA Gov
(Finance/Econ) (Elective)
(For. Lang.)
Elective
.

AP Courses
1 st opportunity to take-10 th grade
Course-AP World History
Weight of 1.0 on gpa
Honor’s Courses
Begin in 9 th grade
English 9H, Pre-AP World
Earth Science H
Weight of .5 on gpa

Loudoun County AP Course Offerings
• Biology
• Physics
• Chemistry
• English
• French
• German
• Latin
• Spanish
• Studio Art
• Statistics
• AB Calculus
• BC Calculus
• Computer Science
• World History
• United States
History
• US. Government
• Psychology
• Economics

• Heritage counselors visit middle school to register 8 th graders for courses in February and early March.
• Course Request Form -Due back to the middle school counselor in early March.
Please review, make changes and sign off.
• Six Year Plan-Also due back to the middle school counselor with your signature.
• All students sign up to take 4 core courses,
PE 9, 2 electives, and study hall to fill the 8 block schedule.
• Beginning of diploma quest.

• Algebra I
– Head start on verified credits
• Geometry
– Head start on verified credits
• Foreign Languages
– Beginning with Level I ……not Exploratory

Typical 9th Grade Schedule
• A1 Geometry* • B5 English 9
• A2 Earth Science • B6 Study Hall
(remediation/enrich)
• A3 Band
• B7 World History I
• A4 Spanish II*
• B8 H/PE 9
*Student would have completed Algebra 1 and Spanish
1 in 8 th grade .

~Expunging~ high school credits earned in Middle School
Summer School Options
-LCPS Summer School
-Online Academy w/ GMU
-Form comes home with final report card in mail from Harper Park
-Complete and return to the
Guidance department at
Heritage by deadline
-Course& grade deleted. GPA adjusted on high school record by high school.
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• LCPS Academy of Science
• Thomas Jefferson High School for
Science and Technology
• Advanced Placement Program
• Dual Enrollment Agreements with NVCC,
Shenandoah University, VA Tech and
Loudoun Governor’s Career and Technical
Academy.
• Geospacial Course-JMU Dual Enrollment
• Monroe Technology Center-10, 11&12 grade
• Career Pathways through NVCC/GMU-12 grade

A few helpful web sites for college and career planning…
• CollegeBoardwww .
collegeboard.com
• Naviance-Family Connections call your son/daughter’s counselor at the high school for your registration code.
http://connection.naviance.com/hhs
• NACAC-National Association for College Admission Counseling www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/ForStudents/
• NCAA-National Collegiate Athletic Associationfor sports eligibility in collegewww.ncaa.org/wps/portal
• Fastweb-for great financial aid and scholarship information www.fastweb.com

Harper Park Visits Heritage in
March!
• Tuesday, March 15
• Times: 10 am -12 pm
• Tour the school
• Learn about Heritage
Sports, Clubs, Student
Activities and more!
Students will rotate through informational sessions during their visit.