AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING
Mr. Myers, Principal
Ms. Daucanski, Assistant Principal for Curriculum
Mrs. Lyon, Guidance Coordinator
Highway to High School and Beyond
Question & Answer Period
HIGHWAY TO HIGH SCHOOL
AND BEYOND…
Park Vista Community
High School
•Opened doors August 2004 as a comprehensive high school
•777 Freshmen + 722 Sophomores + 695 Juniors + 710 Seniors = 2904
total students
•250 Faculty & Staff
•4 choice academy programs: Medical, Auto Service, Auto Collision,
Multimedia Communications
•Placed in the top 6% of public schools in the country; a distinction earned
by just over 1,600 schools of the approximately 27,000 public high schools
in the United States. This is the third consecutive year Park Vista was
named in Washington Post’s America’s Top High School’s list.
•Students attending 4-year colleges: 63%
•Students attending 2-year colleges: 30%
•An “A” rated school by the State of Florida
OUR MISSION
Parents….please partner with us in
developing your child. Soon, they will be
moving from middle school to high school
and then into college, the military,
vocational school or the work force. Let’s
help them become problem solvers and be
able to advocate for themselves. Working
together, we can make them as prepared
as possible for the next chapter in their
lives.
Middle School vs High School
Middle School
High School
Six class periods per day
Seven class periods per day
GPA does not carry over year to year
GPA is cumulative
Points for promotion
Credits for promotion
Size of school
Size of school
-Woodlands has 1198 students
-Park Vista has 2904 students
-Christa has 1137 students
COMPASS program
NO SUMMER SCHOOL
Nine weeks tests
Semester exams
11-14 year olds
14-20 year olds
Daily schedule
Park Vista High School has 7 period days where each class meets that day
and block period days that are either ―even‖ or ―odd‖. On ―even‖ days
periods 2, 4, 5, 6 meet and on ―odd‖ days periods 1, 3, 5, 7 meet. As you
can see, period 5 meets each day. It is the common period.
7 PERIOD DAY
BLOCK DAY
Per 1
7:30 – 8:20 (50 min)
Per 1/2 7:30 – 9:15 (105 min)
Per 2
8:26 – 9:16 (50 min)
Per 3/4 9:21 – 11:06 (105 min)
Per 3
9:22 – 10:12 (50 min)
Per 5
Per 4
10:18 – 11:08 (50 min)
Lunch 12:09 – 12:54 (45 min)
Per 5
11:14 – 12:08 (54 min)
Per 6/7 1:00 – 2:45 (105 min)
Lunch 12:08 – 12:53 (45 min)
Per 6
12:59 – 1:49 (50 min)
Per 7
1:55 – 2:45 (50 min)
11:12 – 12:09 (57 min)
CLUBS ON CAMPUS
ACADEMIC TEAM
ANIME CLUB
ART CLUB
AUTO CLUB
BAND
BOOK CLUB
CHEMISTRY CLUB
CHORUS
SENIOR CLASS
JUNIOR CLASS
SOPHOMORE CLASS
FRESHMEN CLASS
COLOR GUARD
DANCE TEAM
DEBATE TEAM
DRAMA CLUB
ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY
FBLA
FFEA
FILM CLUB
FIRST PRIORITY
FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY
HOSA
JEWISH STUDENT UNION
KEY CLUB
M-POWER
MU ALPHA THETA
MULTICULTURAL CLUB
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
QUILL AND SCROLL
RHO KAPPA
SADD/SWAT
SCIENCE HONOR SOCIETY
SECME
SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY
SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES
SPECIAL OLYMPICS VOLUNTEERS
STEP TEAM
STRATEGIC GAMES CLUB
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
COBRA CHRONICLE
THINK PINK
WRITER’S WORKSHOP
YEARBOOK
YOUNG POLITICIANS
CLASS OF 2018
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
BELOW ARE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS NEEDED FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
STATE OF FLORIDA UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS HAVE ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
INCLUDING A MINIMUM OF 18 ACADEMIC CREDITS TO INCLUDE AT LEAST 4 CREDITS IN
MATH AT OR ABOVE THE ALG I LEVEL IN ADDITION TO TWO YEARS OF THE SAME FOREIGN
LANGUAGE.
I. A total of 24 credits are needed for graduation. These credits must include:
ENGLISH:
MATHEMATICS:
SCIENCE:
SOCIAL STUDIES:
PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
PERFORMING/FINE ART:
ELECTIVES:
II.
III.
IV.
V.
4 CREDITS
4 CREDITS (must include Algebra I & Geometry credits)
3 CREDITS (must include 1 Biology and 1 Physical
Science credit)
3 CREDITS (must include 1 World History, 1 American
History, ½ American Government, ½ Economics credit)
1 CREDIT (½ credit of PERSONAL FITNESS and ½ credit of
a P.E. class or 1 credit of HOPE)
1 CREDIT
8 CREDITS
24 CREDITS TOTAL
A cumulative grade point average of 2.0 is needed in ALL high school credit courses.
A passing score is needed on the 10th grade FCAT Reading & Algebra I EOC.
20 hours of community service/volunteer hours completed in high school are required
before graduation.
Completion of one ONLINE course.
VOLUNTEER/COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS
-20 are needed for graduation
-Bright Futures Scholarship Program requires 30 for the GSV, 75
for the FMS and 100 for the FAS
-Students can volunteer at almost any not-for-profit organization
-Go to www.volunteens.com for ideas and opportunities
-The form to document the hours can be found on our website or
in the Guidance Suite
ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
-Class of 2015 and beyond students must earn course credit in at
least one course through online learning. To meet the
requirement, a student must take and pass a full course
virtually. A ―full‖ course is defined as the complete and
maximum amount of credit for a course as defined in the
FLDOE course code directory
-Most students use www.flvs.net
-Class of 2017 and beyond may not use Driver’s Education as their
online learning requirement
CLASS OF 2018
2014-2015 Freshman Year Checklist
Throughout Your Freshman Year:
___Continue to take challenging, rigorous courses with a focus on your post-secondary plans (university, community college,
vocational program, military, work force). Universities are looking for students with high honor point averages, high SAT and/or ACT
test scores AND a bare minimum of 18 academic credits. Academic credits are in English, Math, Science, Social Studies and Foreign
Language.
“Rigorous curriculum is a greater factor in determining college graduation rates than class standing, standardized test scores or
grade point average.” Clifford Adelman, Senior Research Analyst, US Dept of Education
___Earn good grades!! Your GPA and HPA include all high school level courses taken and are important for promotion to the next
grade level, graduation, athletic/activity eligibility, awards, scholarships, college entrance, vocational school entrance, military
recruiting, etc.
___Students will need to take and pass one complete course in a virtual learning environment for graduation. The class can be
completed any of the 4 years, but we do recommend students try to complete this class early in their high school career. Most
students achieve this through Florida Virtual School. Their website is www.flvs.net
Any complete class will work, meaning if the class is offered as a single semester class then the student must complete that
semester, but if the class is offered as full year 2 semester course the student must take both semesters on the computer to meet the
requirement. The class can be any course except for driver’s education, which students may still take, but which does not meet the
virtual learning requirement for current 9th graders. If a student has more questions he or she may see their guidance counselor
before or after school or during lunch for assistance.
___Undecided about what you want to do in the future? Go to www.mynextmove.org and then go to ―TELL US WHAT YOU LIKE TO
DO‖ to complete the survey. This will give you suggestions of possible future careers and interests.
___You will take the PSAT in October of your sophomore year and it is strongly recommended that you take it again as a junior.
National Merit Scholarships based on PSAT scores can only be earned when the test is taken as a junior. The results will be
correlated to the score you would most likely receive on the SAT. If you would like to practice the types of questions that you will see
on the test go to www.sat.collegeboard.org.
You can receive an ―SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY‖ as an app on your smartphone.
__Check the website www.flvc.org for COLLEGE INFO and see your own transcript evaluation and your BRIGHT FUTURES GPA!
Create your own log in ID and password. This is also an excellent resource for researching Florida colleges and career and interest
exploration.
__ Start researching college choices based on location, price, majors offered, etc. This can be done on the internet, by phone, or in
person. Park Vista schedules presentations by several colleges each fall. Listen to the announcements or come to the Guidance
Department for a schedule of colleges and times. Also, plan visits to perspective colleges.
__ Start (or continue) performing community service hours to apply towards the 20 hour requirement for graduation and certain
scholarships. The documentation form and suggested places to perform volunteer hours can be found on our website at
www.pvchs.com under the GUIDANCE heading or in the Guidance Department.
__ Begin building a résumé of school/community activities, awards, honors, and work experience.
Bright Futures Scholarship Test Score Requirements for Florida Academic Scholars and Florida Medallion Scholars
High School Graduation Year2018SAT(VERBAL & MATH ONLY)ACT(COMPOSITE SCORE)Florida Academic Scholars (100 VOL
HOURS)3.5 Minimum Weighted Grade Point Average129029Florida Medallion Scholars (75 VOL HOURS)3.0 Minimum Weighted Grade
Point Average117026
TYPICAL 9TH GRADE CLASS
SCHEDULE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
English
Math
Science
PE / Personal Fitness (1 each semester)
Social Studies
Elective/Academy
Elective
TYPICAL CLASS SCHEDULE EACH YEAR
Freshman Year
1. LANGUAGE ARTS
2. MATH
3. EARTH/SPACE SCIENCE
4. WORLD CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
5. PERSONAL FITNESS/PE
6. ELECTIVE/PERF OR FINE ART
7. ELECTIVE/ACADEMY
Sophomore Year
1. LANGUAGE ARTS
2. MATH
3. BIOLOGY
4. WORLD HISTORY
5. ELECTIVE
6. ELECTIVE
7. ELECTIVE
Junior Year
1. LANGUAGE ARTS
2. MATH
3. SCIENCE
4. US HISTORY
5. ELECTIVE
6. ELECTIVE
7. ELECTIVE
Senior Year
1. LANGUAGE ARTS
2. MATH
3. AM GOVT/ECONOMICS
4. ELECTIVE
5. ELECTIVE
6. ELECTIVE
7. ELECTIVE
IMPORTANCE OF GRADES
Handing in classwork/homework = good grades.
Colleges look at grades from freshman – junior years as well as the
rigor of the senior year, so start out strong!
Student athletes and club members must maintain at least a 2.0
cumulative GPA to participate.
Students have to repeat a required course if they fail it.
Time management is important. Practice now by staying current
with learning and workload in 8th grade.
Grade point averages are CUMULATIVE and begin with the first high
school course taken even if it is in middle school.
FRESHMAN YEAR IS IMPORTANT!!!!!
HOW ARE GRADE POINT AVERAGES (GPA) AND HONOR
POINT AVERAGES (HPA) CALCULATED?
ALL LETTER GRADES ARE AWARD POINTS
Regular Classes
A = 4.00
B = 3.00
C = 2.00
D = 1.00
F = 0.00
Honors Classes
A = 4.500
B = 3.375
C = 2.250
D = 1.125
F = 0.000
Advanced Placement/AICE Classes
A = 6.00
B = 4.50
C = 3.00
D = 1.50
F = 0.00
EXAMPLE #1
ALL REGULAR CLASSES
ENGLISH REG
MATH REG
SCIENCE REG
SOCIAL STUDIES REG
ELECTIVE REG
ELECTIVE REG
ELECTIVE REG
TOTAL POINTS
B
C
A
D
C
A
A
3.00
2.00
4.00
1.00
2.00
4.00
4.00
20.00
GRADE POINT AVERAGE = 20.00 / 7 = 2.8571
HONOR POINT AVERAGE = 2.8571 (SAME BECAUSE OF NO HONOR
OR AP CLASSES)
EXAMPLE #2
MIX OF REG, HON & AP/AICE
ENGLISH AP/AICE
MATH HONORS
SCIENCE HONORS
SOCIAL STUDIES HONORS
ELECTIVE REG
ELECTIVE REG
ELECTIVE REG
TOTAL POINTS
A
C
A
A
C
A
A
GPA
4.000
2.000
4.000
4.000
2.000
4.000
4.000
HPA
6.000
2.250
4.500
4.500
2.000
4.000
4.000
24.000
27.25
(WEIGHTING)
GRADE POINT AVERAGE = 23.000 / 7 = 3.4286
HONOR POINT AVERAGE = 24.625 / 7 = 3.8929
ACADEMIC
QUESTIONS/CONCERNS
STEP 1
• student should personally contact teacher at appropriate time
to discuss question/concern
STEP 2 (if not resolved)
• parent should contact teacher through Edline email link to
discuss question/concern
STEP 3 (if not resolved)
• student should make appointment with guidance counselor to
discuss question/concern
STEP 4 (if not resolved)
• parent should contact guidance counselor to discuss
question/concern
Take FCAT Seriously!!
It will determine Intensive Reading, Honors, etc
for next year.
You need an FCAT Reading Level of 4 or 5 to
enroll in English Honors or Social Studies
Honors.
All FCAT Reading Level 1 and 2 students will be
placed into Intensive Reading.
HIGH STAKES TESTING
Agree with it or not, it is here!!!!
HIGH SCHOOL TESTS
FCAT Reading 9th
FCAT Reading 10th
Algebra I EOC
Geometry EOC
Algebra II EOC
Biology EOC
US History EOC
COLLEGE READY TESTS
PSAT
SAT
ACT
P.E.R.T.
OTHER TESTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS…..
Industry Certifications
A.I.C.E.
Advanced Placement
SAT Subject Area Tests
AND AFTER HIGH SCHOOL…….
GRE
MCAT
LSAT
BOARD TESTING
ETC, ETC, ETC, ETC……..
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY ARTICLE
Behold the wholly sanitized childhood, without skinned
knees or the occasional C in history. "Kids need to feel
badly sometimes," says child psychologist David Elkind,
professor at Tufts University. "We learn through
experience and we learn through bad experiences.
Through failure we learn how to cope."
Messing up, however, even in the playground, is wildly
out of style. Although error and experimentation are the
true mothers of success, parents are taking pains to
remove failure from the equation.
"Life is planned out for us," says Elise Kramer, a Cornell
University junior. "But we don't know what to want." As
Elkind puts it, "Parents and schools are no longer geared
toward child development, they're geared to academic
achievement."
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY ARTICLE
Enter: grade inflation. When he took over as president of
Harvard in July 2001, Lawrence Summers publicly
ridiculed the value of honors after discovering that 94
percent of the college's seniors were graduating with
them. Safer to lower the bar than raise the discomfort
level. Grade inflation is the institutional response to
parental anxiety about school demands on children,
contends social historian Peter Stearns of George
Mason University. As such, it is a pure index of emotional
overinvestment in a child's success. And it rests on a
notion of juvenile frailty—the assumption that children
are easily bruised and need explicit uplift," Stearns
argues in his book, Anxious Parenting: A History of
Modern Childrearing in America.
ALLOW AND ENCOURAGE YOUR
CHILD TO PROBLEM SOLVE
Anxiety has topped the list of psychological problems among college students for
the past two years, deposing depression, the longtime No. 1 issue. At the
University of Florida, there is increasing demand - and a waiting list - for group
therapy and groups such as "Taming the Anxious Mind.― "In the years that I have
studied it, 1986 to 2001, anxiety has tripled," said Sherry Benton, UF's lead
counselor. UF counselors treated 4,500 students during the 2010-11 school year,
she said. Benton called the nationwide increase in anxiety an epidemic and
pointed to environmental factors that could lead to it - separation from problemsolving parents and worries about a struggling economy and a bleaker world that
awaits after graduation.
Then there are "helicopter parents" who have hovered over their children since
birth. "Students with helicopter parents have not developed some of the selfsoothing and coping skills because their parents tried so hard to solve their
problems," Jones said. "They're used to having somebody pave the way for them.
They have no tolerance for struggle, no tolerance for boredom. Now, for the first
time, they're faced with solving their own problems, and it creates a lot of
anxiety.‖
Source: Palm Beach Post (Lona O’Connor), May 13, 2012
College Readiness
Quotes from THE FORGOTTEN MIDDLE: ENSURING THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE
ON TARGET FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL
published by ACT
“The results of The Forgotten Middle suggest that, in the current
educational environment, there is a critical defining point for students in the
college and career readiness process—one so important that, if students are
not on target for college and career readiness by the time they reach this
point, the impact may be nearly irreversible. We must therefore also focus
on getting more students on target for college and career readiness by the
end of eighth grade, so that they are prepared to maximize the benefits of
high school.”
“Moreover, this research shows that, under current conditions, the level
of academic achievement that students attain by eighth grade has a
larger impact on their college and career readiness by the time they
graduate from high school than anything that happens academically
in high school. This report also reveals that students’ academic readiness
for college and career can be improved when students develop behaviors
in the upper elementary grades and in middle school that are known to
contribute to successful academic performance.”
The Research Study
“This study had four purposes. First, we wanted to examine in greater depth the
factors that influence college and career readiness. In doing so, we wanted to
identify those factors that are the most effective predictors of college and career
readiness from middle school to high school. Second, we wanted to examine the
effect that certain steps to improve students’ level of academic preparation would
have on their degree of readiness for college and career. Third, we wanted to
examine the academic growth of these students during high school. Fourth, we
wanted to examine the influence on their readiness of student behaviors related
to academic performance. Our findings are summarized below.”
Eighth-Grade Academic Achievement Is
the Best Predictor of College and
Career Readiness by High School
Graduation
Improving Certain Behaviors of Middle School Students—
Particularly Academic Discipline—Can Help Improve
Students’ Readiness for College and Career
“Academic achievement is only part of what students need in
order to be ready for college and career. Student readiness is
also influenced by their psychosocial (that is,
psychological and social) development, so we examined the role
that academically related behaviors play in predicting two
important indicators of students’ future academic success:
course failure in grade 8 and high school grade point average in
grade 9.
Failing a course is a strong predictor of dropping out of high
school, and our findings suggest that two academic behaviors we
studied had a substantial impact on whether a course was failed
in grade 8: academic discipline (i.e., good work and study habits,
such as consistently completing homework) and orderly
conduct.”
Conclusion
“Eighth-grade students who are not on target for college and
career readiness face severe academic obstacles in high
school and are substantially more likely to be unprepared for
college and career when they graduate than students who
are on target to become ready for college and career in the
eighth grade. At a time when fewer than two in ten eighth
graders are on target to be ready for college-level
coursework by the time they graduate from high school, it is
crucial that we intervene with the students in the Forgotten
Middle—the upper elementary grades and middle school—to
ensure that they enter high school ready to benefit from high
school coursework.”
What does it take
to go to College?
State University System Matrix
FAMU
FAU
FGCU
FIU
FSU
NCF
UCF
UF
UNF
USF
UWF
# OF
STUDENTS
12,051
30,301
13,442
50,394
41,301
832
59,758
49,913
16,356
41,047
12,679
GPA
3.003.49
3.383.95
3.073.73
3.504.20
3.8-4.3
3.704.33
3.5-4.2
4.1-4.5
3.934.23
3.754.3
3.3-3.9
SAT
12001500
V,M,W
14901770
V,M,W
14101680
V,M,W
16001850
V,M,W
17302010
V,M,W
17802100
V,M,W
17001960
V,M,W
16202000
V.M,W
18001920
V,M,W
16601930
V,M,W
14601600
V,M,W
ACT
17-20
22-26
20-24
23-26
26-30
27-31
25-29
24-30
26-27
24-28
21-24
NCAA
SPORT
DIV
DIV 1
DIV 1
DIV 1
DIV 1
DIV 1
N/A
DIV 1
DIV 1
DIV 1
DIV 1
DIV 2
What is College Ready?
• According to the Southern Regional Education Board
College Ready - means a high school graduate has the
reading, writing and math knowledge and skills to qualify for
and succeed in entry-level, credit bearing, college-degree
courses without the need for remedial classes.
Source: ©The Next Generation of School Accountability:
A Blueprint for Raising High School Achievement and
Graduation Rates in SREB States, 2009.
What is required to be admitted
to a 4 year University
Minimum Requirements for
Florida University Admission
• English – 4 years
• Math – 4 years (Algebra I, Geometry,
Algebra II and one above Algebra II are a
minimum)
• Science – 3 years
• Social Studies – 3 years
• Foreign Language - 2 consecutive years
• 4 additional academic credits (English, Math,
Science, Social Studies or Foreign
Language)
• A total of at least 18 ACADEMIC credits
What do colleges look for?
• It is very competitive to get into college – you
need rigor, a high HPA & competitive test
scores! Also, a minimum of 18 academic
credits is required.
• “Rigorous curriculum is a greater factor in
determining college graduation rates than
class standing, standardized test scores, or
grade point average.”
by Clifford Adelman, Sr. Research
Analyst, U.S. Dept of Education
SAT VS. ACT
• Most schools will accept either one- check
colleges’ website to be sure….
• Always check the colleges’ website to see
how they use SAT & ACT test scores.
• Most students test more than once –
average 2 to 3 times!
• SAT – Aptitude Test-Reading, Math, &
Writing
• ACT – Achievement Test – English,
Reading, Math, Science, & Writing
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST PER YEAR TO ATTEND A
4 YEAR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN FLORIDA?
(AVERAGE FOR 2013-2014)
CATEGORY
COSTS
TUITION & FEES
$6170.00
BOOKS/SUPPLIES
$1080.00
COMPUTER/CELL PHONE
$1280.00
HOUSING
$5250.00
FOOD
$4130.00
TRANSPORTATION
$540.00
CLOTHING/MAINTENANCE
$680.00
PERSONAL/HEALTH INS
$1460.00
TOTAL BUDGET
$20,580.00
STATE UNIVERSITY COSTS
VS
STATE COLLEGE COSTS
CATEGORY
COSTS AT A 4 YEAR
STATE UNIVERSITY
COSTS AT A 2 YEAR
STATE COLLEE
TUITION & FEES
$6170.00
$2972.00
BOOKS/SUPPLIES
$1080.00
$1250.00
COMPUTER/CELL PHONE
$1280.00
????
HOUSING
$5250.00
N/A
FOOD
$4130.00
N/A
TRANSPORTATION
$540.00
????
CLOTHING/MAINTENANCE
$680.00
????
PERSONAL/HEALTH INS
$1460.00
????
TOTAL BUDGET
$20,580.00
$4222.00
AT LEAST
Bright Futures Scholarship
Update
The Bright Futures Program
The Bright Futures Program offers 3 levels of
scholarship awards:
The Florida Academic Scholar – FAS
The Florida Medallion Scholar – FMS
The Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars – GSV
 It is your students’ job to know and meet the
requirements of the Florida Bright Futures
Scholarship Program! (per the FDOE website)
The program and award amounts can change yearly and
are dependent on the state legislature!
PARK VISTA REGISTRATION
DATES FOR 8TH GRADE
STUDENTS
Christa McAuliffe Middle School
Tuesday, March 11th
Woodlands Middle School
Wednesday, March 26th
Students will be bringing their course selection sheets
home for your approval and signature. Be on the
lookout for it!!!
SAVE THE DATE
MONDAY, AUGUST 11
We are implementing a new program called COBRA LINKS!!
This program is for incoming freshmen to Park Vista High
School and will serve as an orientation. There will be tours,
success strategies, a showcase of clubs and sports, and other
activities to smooth the transition from middle school to high
school.
Students will report to Park Vista High School. They will be
engaged in orientation/transition activities for 4 hours.
Parents will report to Park Vista High School for the last hour to
attend ―FRESHMENOLOGY‖. This is the parents’
orientation/transition to high school.
MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW!!!!!!
Where to find information about
Park Vista Community High School
www.pvchs.com
QUESTIONS????