Pre-registration to start Monday for rising freshmen
A team from the high school will provide information and assistance to this year?s eighth-graders and their parents in pre-registering for the ninth grade for next school year. Pre-registration will at the home schools of the eighth-grade students after being held at WCHS in previous years.
The sessions are scheduled as follows:
Monday, April 16 ? 6 p.m., Dibrell School
Thursday, April 19 ? 6 p.m., Centertown Elementary
Monday, April 23 ? 6 p.m., Morrison Elementary
Thursday, April 26 ? 6 p.m., Irving College Elementary
Monday, April 30 ? 5:30 p.m., Eastside Elementary
Monday, May 1 ? 6 p.m., Middle School
Students and their parents, with the assistance of eighth-grade counselors as well as other members of each respective school staff, will use information provided by high school personnel to register for not only the ninth grade, but fill out a plan of study for the entire four years of education at Warren County High School.
The Education Reform Act of 1993 requires that parents be part of the team that completes the four-year focus of study before the student enters ninth grade. Additionally, students will be required to fill out a plan for the two years following high school. This combined with the four-year focus of study a WCHS completes the state-mandated six-year plan. The six-year plan becomes part of the transcript for graduating seniors.
Adjustments may be made if necessary each year to accommodate student grades and state mandated changes is curriculum.
Dr. Jeff McKinley, president of the Warren County High School PTO, will be the first presenter at each session with important information about the PTO for attending parents. He will follow up with details regarding the Renaissance Rewards Program for WCHS students.
Upcoming ninth-graders are required to pass Gateway Exams for Algebra I, Biology I, and English II in order to graduate with a regular diploma. In addition all ninth-grade students for the 2007-2008 school year will be required to earn a credit in geometry to meet minimum graduation requirements.