foothill technology high school 2011 - 2012 welcome freshmen dragons!! we are excited that you are...
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Foothill Technology High School
2011 - 2012
Welcome Freshmen Dragons!!
We are excited that you are here!!
Foothill Technology High School
Today we are going to talk about:
Graduation from FTHSCollege admissionYour goals and yourFour Year Plan
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Do you have health insurance?
California Healthy Families offers: Medical + Dental + Vision
insurance coverage at little or no cost.
Health Insurance helps kids stay healthy with
regular medical and dental visits!
Information is available in the
Counseling office!
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Who is your Counselor?
Mr. Boyd: Last Names A - F
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Ms. Freeman: Last Names G - N
Mrs. Vega: Last Names O - Z
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Mr. Vallejo: Special Program
Counselor
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FTHS Graduation Requirements: 230 total credits
Required class + Electives
75 hours community service
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English: 40 credits REQUIRED• English 9 P/ 9H
• English 10 P/10 H
• English 11 P/AP Eng Lang
• English 12 P/ AP Eng Lit
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Mathematics: 30 credits REQUIRED MUST complete Algebra 1 4 years of Math are strongly
recommended
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SCIENCE: 20 credits REQUIRED 10 credits of a LIFE science (Biology) 10 credits of a PHYSICAL science (Chemistry, Physics) 3 to 4 years of science are Strongly
recommended At FTHS all 11th grade students
will be enrolled in a science class
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Social Studies: 35 credits REQUIRED
5 credits of Geography (Gr.9) 10 credits of World History (Gr.10) 10 credits of US History (Gr.11) 5 credits of Government (Gr.12) 5 credits of Economics (Gr. 12)
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Physical Education:
20 credits REQUIRED
On-campus P.E. class
YMCA
Mavericks
Sports
Independent Study P.E.
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Health Education: 5 credits REQUIRED
(usually taken in9th Grade)
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Fine Arts: 10 credits REQUIRED
Foreign Language, Art, Drama, Filmmaking, Digital Photography
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Applied Arts – 10 credits REQUIRED EDA fulfills this requirement! WEB DESIGN, DIGITAL ART AND DESIGN,
Yearbook, ROP offerings
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Electives: 60 credits required!
An elective class is any class that you choose above and beyond
the core requirements.
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Community Service – 75 hours required 20 hours in the 9th grade year
recommended 20 hours in the 10th grade year
recommended 20 hours in the 11th grade year
recommended 15 hours in the 12th grade year
Two different organizations
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UC/CSU A – G RequirementsA. History/Social Science: 2 years requiredB. English: 4 years required C. Mathematics: 3 years required/4 recommendedD. Laboratory Science: 2 years required/3
recommendedE. Language Other Than English: 2 years
required/3 recommendedF. Visual & Performing Arts: 1 FULL year requiredG. College Preparatory Electives: 1 year required
All Classes must be passed with an A, B, or C for college eligibility! D = FAIL!!!
Foothill Technology High School Four-Year Plan
SUBJECT Ninth Grade Tenth Grade Eleventh Grade Twelfth Grade
ENGLISHEnglish 9 P orEnglish 9 H
English 10 P or English 10 Honors
English 116 P or AP English Lang
English 12 P or AP English Lit
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Geography/ Health
World History or World History Honors
US History or US History AP
Amer. Gov/EconomicsAmer. Gov AP/Econ Honors
MATH
Algebra 1 GeometryIntermediate Algebra Algebra 2
Algebra 2Trig/Pre-Calculus
Geometry
Algebra 2 Trig/Pre-Calculus Calculus AB AP
Geometry Honors
Algebra 2 Honors Trig/Pre-Calculus Honors Calculus BC AP
SCIENCE BiologyConceptual PhysicsChemistryChemistry Honors
Chemistry Physics Physiology Honors
Physiology HonorsPhysics APBiology AP
LANGUAGE Spanish 1 Spanish 2 Spanish 3 Spanish 4 AP
ELECTIVE OPTIONS
Intro ArtOral InterpSpeech 1YearbookAVIDLeadership
All Grade 9 options PLUS: Art 2Drama 2Speech 2 (Forensics) Digital Photography
All Grade 9/10 options PLUS: Web DesignPsychology Art 3Visual CommunicationsDigital Animation or Art/DesignFilmmakingTeachers Assistant orOffice Assistant
All Grade 9/10/11 options PLUS: Art 4 APAdvanced Digital PhotographyAP Psychology
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Please review your four year plan with your parents!!
You will be going over the four year plan in your EDA
class