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The start of high school is a clean slate for our incoming freshmen, 9th grade, students. It is a time of ample opportunity to create and open doorways for future life paths. We strongly encourage our students and families to take this opportunity to shape each student’s pathway. Pathways will be influenced by academic credentials (grades and classes students take), students’ involvement in activities and volunteer work, students’ work and study habits and ethics, and peer selection (who students decide to spend time with).
mIDDLE SCHOOL VS HIGH SCHOOL
mIDDLE SCHOOL VS HIGH SCHOOL
Elementary and middle school is a time when students are gaining the academic knowledge to build a foundation for high school and beyond. In addition, middle school serves as a transition period when students are learning the academic language and ways that high school works. Once in high school, students must earn a certain number of credits and complete specific required coursework in order to graduate and earn their high school diploma. Failure to comply will result in students not graduating from high school and will ask that they complete a General Education Development (GED) in place of a high school diploma.
More information about GED may be found at the California Department of Education’s website here:
STUDENT RIGHTS
All students have the right to:
Be respected, be treated with dignity and have access to a comprehensive school counseling program that advocates for and affirms all students from diverse populations including but not limited to: ethnic/racial identity, nationality, age, social class, economic status, abilities/disabilities, language, immigration status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, family type, religious/spiritual identity, emancipated minors, wards of the state, homeless youth and incarcerated youth.
Receive the information and support needed to move toward self-determination, self-development, and affirmation within one’s group identities.
Receive critical, timely information on college, career and postsecondary options and understand the full magnitude and meaning of how college and career readiness can have an impact on their educational choices and future opportunities.
Privacy that should be honored to the greatest extent possible, while balancing other competing interests (e.g., best interests of students, safety of others, parental rights) and adhering to laws, policies and ethical standards pertaining to confidentiality and disclosure in the school setting.
A safe school environment promoting autonomy and justice and free from abuse, bullying, harassment, and other forms of violence.
American Association for School Counselors, 2016
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