Achievement is by Design

SENECA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLPlan for academic success

Designing a process by which every student has optimal opportunity and accountability for success within a four year

academic model

A leaders job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be.

Articulation Meeting“Beginning with the end in mind”

Seneca Valley High School

Martin Luther King Middle School

Roberto Clemente Middle School

Christa McAuliffe Elementary School

Sally K. Ride Elementary School

Lake Seneca Elementary School

Waters Landing Elementary School

Seneca Valley High SchoolDiploma Bound Program Students

IB Diploma(IB/AP)

Standard DiplomaAcademy Certificate

AP/IB/Honors

Standard DiplomaAcademy Certificate

AP/IB/Honors

Standard DiplomaAcademy Certificate

AP/IB/Honors

Standard High School Diploma

(AP/Honors/On Level)

Four Year Academic Plan

• Grade 9– English 9– 45 SSL Completed

• Grade 11– English 11– Algebra II– 75 SSL Completed

• Grade 10– English 10– NSL– Biology– Health

• Grade 12– English 12

Classes failed first time around will be repeated in Summer School or High School Plus

Grade 9English 945 SSL Completed

Grade 10English 10-HSANSL-HSABiology-HSAHealth60 SSL Completed

Grade 11English 11Algebra II (move to grade 10)75 SSL Completed

Grade 12English 12

Grade 9

Honors English 9Foreign Language (level 2 or above in

French/Spanish, level 1 in C Latin)Honors Geometry/Geometry (or above)

Honors BiologyAP U.S. History

Physical EducationFoundations of Technology

IB Diploma Sample Four Year Plan

Grade 10

Honors English 10Foreign Language (level 3 or above in

French/Spanish, level 2 or above in Latin)Honors Algebra 2/Algebra 2 (or above)

Honors ChemistryAP Government

Health/open electiveFine Arts

IB Diploma Sample Four Year Plan

Grade 11

Theory of Knowledge/Extended EssayIB English 1IB History 1

IB Foreign LanguageIB Precalculus/Precalculus/AP BC Calculus

IB Science (Chemistry, Biology, or Physics 1)IB Elective

IB Diploma Sample Four Year Plan

Grade 12

Theory of Knowledge/non-IB electiveIB English 2IB History 2

IB Foreign LanguageIB Mathematical Studies, AP AB or BC

Calculus, IB Math Standard or Higher LevelIB Science (Biology, Physics 2, Chemistry, or

Environmental Systems)IB Elective

IB Diploma Sample Four Year Plan

Academies at Seneca Valley

• Academy of Arts and Media Studies

• Academy of Business and Finance

• Academy of Human Services

• Academy of Science

• Academy of Technology

Reduced pathways from 27 to 13

Safety net in place to bridge gaps in learning and support rigor

Require the completion of at least two IB/AP courses per academy

Completion of an Academy requires taking SAT, ACT, or Accuplacer

Seneca Valley Cluster

The person who can make hard things easy is the educator

Ralph Waldo Emerson