Copy of Copy of Students Class 2020 grade 8 parent night

Good evening.

My name is Christy Boys, school counselor at Cascade High

School. Like to welcome all the parents of the class

of 2025.

I will be giving a brief overview of what to

expect from Cascade High School and also what your child

will be completing the next four years.

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Once again, my name is Christy Boys, the counselors of

the class of 2022 24.

Mrs. Marcia Bright was actually the your child's counsel for

the class of 2025.

Unfortunately, she is unable to attend tonight, and also, she

will not be a school for the next couple of

months. So if you have any questions at all, please

feel free to reach out to myself.

In 2018, the Cascade High School was a blue ribbon

school were the only high school in Hendricks County to

be named a blue ribbon school based on the class

of 2018.

In 2016, we had the highest I step scores in

the county, something that we're very proud of, and hopefully

the class of 2025 will strive to complete this task

to There are multiple items of how the high school

is different than the middle school.

In the high school, we play a game called the

Credit Game.

All students are required to learn so many credits.

They also have toe earn required credits.

The other game we play in high school is called

the G P.

A game with a great point average game and all

that is determined by your great and credits earned by

passing the classes.

The other big difference from the middle school to high

school is that we are on 18 week grading period,

so every grade they do in this semester counts towards

one grade.

There are no mawr.

Nine weeks plus nine weeks equals.

They're great.

While earning these credits, they're also trying to accomplish a

diploma type.

We have three main types of diplomas the core 40

the academic honors and technical honors, and we'll dive MAWR

into these a little bit later.

Another question we always get from parents is what classes

should their child take.

It really depends on what your plan is or your

child's plan after they leave Cascade.

If there are going to attend a four year traditional

college then they should be striving for the academic honors.

Diploma E que core 40 diploma is also recognized by

colleges. If they like to do some hands on activities,

then they should attend Area 31 maybe strive for the

tech honors.

Or, once again, they also could go for the core

40. Another aspect that we always strive for is our

12 24 36 options.

By the end of their junior year, they have 36

credits. If they do that, they have a lot of

different options that they could do.

We tell our seniors that their senior year should look

like their plan after they leave high school.

So if it's college, they should take some Ivy Tech

classes. If it's a trade school, they might want into

every 31.

If they like to jump right into the workforce, then

they should make sure they do our internship class.

We do offer Ivy Tech classes here at Cascade High

School. We have professors on loaned from Ivy Tech that

can actually come here and teach their classes.

Each Ivy Tech class meets one day a week for

three class periods as you can see on the schedule.

English is Monday Math Wednesday speech Friday on Tuesdays and

Thursdays, students would have to be at Cascade until 10

45 or fourth period.

All these Ivy tech classes are free where the only

school in the county to offer Ivy Tech classes for

free, which could save the parents tremendous amount of money.

These are the three different types of diplomas.

It is very hard to see these air also online

underneath the Cascade High School website under the guidance department,

so you can look those up here.

These are the three items that your child will be

striving for before they could walk across the stage or

senior year.

They must earn a diploma.

They must complete the graduation pathways, and they must take

the S A T, which is replacing.

I step.

The Graduation Pathways has three components.

These three components are earn a diploma, make sure they

have some type of demonstrating employability skills, and they are

ready for whatever they would like to do.

I have to leave high school employability skills could be

anything from being in a club at school, being in

a sport, participating in a play any extra curricular activities

at school would qualify them.

The extracurricular activities at school is part of the service

based experience of employability skills.

Maybe your child's not involved at school.

They can also work a job.

A traditional job is earner as earning a paycheck can

be used for the work based experience or if they,

they volunteer somewhere, would also apply for this area.

The third item in the graduation pathways is the post

secondary thes air, all the different items that they could

complete, and we will talk about some of them.

As you can see, they can get certain scores on

the A.

C. T.

S A.

T. As a junior, they will take the as fab

test here at Cascade.

So if they receive a 31 or higher on the

asphalt, that would qualify them for this area.

The other two items.

A lot of our students can complete this category by

is going or attending to every every 31 there on

a C or higher for a whole year.

That would qualify them if they would take our Ivy

Tech classes and get a C or higher all year.

That would also qualify them.

Like I mentioned earlier, we have an 18 week cumulative

grading period.

As you can see by this chart, it breaks down

how students can earn in a, B, C, D and

an F two grades.

Count the great at the end of semester one and

the great at the end of semester too.

Once these grades have been completed, their G p a

will be calculated.

We do have some honors classes that are weighted This

slide shows you how we wait these classes.

So the 0.1 times a number of waited credits that

you have earned divided by the number of semesters you've

been in high school.

So whatever, whatever that is is added onto your unweighted

g p a.

On Tuesday, your child was handed a folder within that

folder. There's a scheduling worksheet, which is green was also

a four year plan on the scheduling worksheet.

Some classes were chosen for your child already based on

the performance of the eighth grade and seventh grade.

Please check these classes.

If you have any questions, please let me know Students

can earn Ap credit by playing I.

H s a a sport.

They must complete the season of good standing, which means

they cannot be kicked off if they complete the season

Good standing, then they will earn A for P one

or p two.

This slide shows a little bit more about the sports

on what they can play.

Unfortunately, cheerleading is not considering I h s a A

sport, so it cannot be used.

Also, a PCR weightlifting class or team, sports or yoga

are not required.

P E credits on the scheduling worksheet.

There are some blanks near the bottom.

Please fill all those in with different elective classes that

your child might want to take.

Middle school students have a great opportunity to earn high

school credits while in middle school.

In my opinion, all these credits should be a ZX

because middle school students are starting there.

G p A.

While in middle school, every class they take in middle

school, they're gonna be required.

Take a harder class in high school.

As you can see on this slide, this is the

four year plan for math.

And depending on when your child takes these math classes,

it will get harder and harder.

So a student that is in geometry Honors as 1/9

grade must complete one of these items and their senior

year. If you go down from geometry honors at the

high school level, we see this as one of the

biggest problems, because students, I feel like if they need

to go on to the next math class, even though

they do not have an A.

Please complete the scheduling worksheet, put it back in the

folder and return the entire folder to Mr Nielsen By

February 2nd students, Do you have the opportunity to take

summer school classes?

Casket High School uses Indiana Online as their source of

summer school classes.

Thes classes are free as long as they're taking during

the summertime mawr.

Information will be delivered in May for how to sign

your student up.

Students at Cascade High School have the opportunity to take

advanced placement classes.

AP during their sophomore year, will be the first opportunity

that they will will take AP US history.

AP is extremely hard.

They will take a test in May.

On that test, they must score a three or higher,

three out of five for them to earn college credit

if they do not earn a three or higher than

they will not receive college credit.

These classes also have a weight to them.

These are all their different Ivy Tech dual credit classes

that students could take while they're in there.

Four years at Cascade.

The Ivy Tech classes are not waited, but they earn

college credit over the course of the class.

There is not a test like a P.

Another aspect I want to touch briefly on is making

sure that your child gets involved.

Get involved at Cascade High School.

There is something out there for every child, so please

encourage them to get involved in something while in their

four years at Cascade, the 21st century scholarship program must

be filled out and completed while your child is in

middle school.

If you have not done this, make sure you talk

to Mrs Tanya Craig, this counselor at the middle school.

This program is based on income, and it does pay

for tuition of colleges.

Near the end of July, we always hold a cadet

kick off.

The cadet kickoff is a freshman orientation program that we

put on by our juniors and 16 years, and they

showed the freshman or their classes are how to open

up a locker and we have different types of activities

and games we play with them.

There's also usually a parent meeting that night to conclude.

So we will set out more information.

It may about architect kickoff.

I highly encourage you to send your child to architect.

Kickoff. So now what is left that folder?

Every freshman or eighth grader?

Sorry. Every eighth grader was given a folder when they

met with me.

In that folder is a four year plan that we

sketched out.

There is also a green scheduling form.

Please look that over with your child.

Fill in all the blanks, sign and return it with

the folder to Mr Nielsen By February 2nd an easy

way that we stay in contact with parents and students

stood the remind app You do not to download this

app All you have to do if you're a parent

text 8, 10 10 and then in the message.

But at 25 parent then then for the students which

I had them dio last Tuesday I met with them

is text 8, 10 10 and met in the message.

But at 25 c h s.

This will automatically sign you up to get messages from

Mrs Break.

I'd like to thank everybody for listening and following along.

If anybody has any questions, all feel free to reach

out to me.

I'll be answering all Mrs Brights questions the next couple

of months.

Um, my email is there, and my phone number is

there. Do not be afraid to reach out.

Look through that scheduling worksheet.

If you have any questions at all, don't be afraid

of contact.

Thank you very much.

Goodbye.

Copy of Copy of Students Class 2020 grade 8 parent night

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