Freshman

Soar Through 4

Every Year Counts, Every Credit Matters, and Every Student Graduates Prepared For College, Career, & Life!

Action Plan for Freshmen

The DHS Counseling Department supports our school-wide advisement program. Freshmen should work with their advisors, parents, teachers, and counselor to follow the suggestions below for a successful freshman year.

Students need to earn 24 units of credit to graduate from Darlington HS.
To become a sophomore, you must have a total of six (6) units of credit including English and Math
Take challenging classes like Honors courses.
Study hard and get high grades.
Work with your advisor to develop your 4-year plan towards graduation.
Attend all classes regularly. Excellent attendance is a must!
Build a support team: parents, teachers, advisors, counselors, and coaches.
Take advantage of help available: communicate with your teachers, attend after-school tutoring (even if it’s not required!)
Get involved – join sports, clubs and do community service.
READ! Read as much as possible in your spare time: magazines, newspapers, novels, etc.
Begin to think about your own abilities, interests and values.
Make an appointment to meet your counselor.
Consider taking Honors or DCIT courses next year – they are the single best predictor for success in college!
DON’T LET YOUR FRIENDS BRING YOU DOWN! Avoid the temptation to leave academics behind to be a “slacker” – we want to see you graduate with your class in 4 years!

DHS Athletic Eligibility Information

Athletic Eligibility.pdf

Career Tests

This resource will help students explore their own interests and learn what career paths are a good match with them.
Link: http://www.yourchildscareer.org/CareerCheck02.htm

Stop Bullying Resource

StopBullying.org provides information from various government agencies on bullying, cyberbullying, prevention and response.
Link: https://www.stopbullying.gov/

End-of-Course Examination Program (EOCEP)

State information regarding EOC testing
Link: https://ed.sc.gov/tests/high/eocep/

WebMATH - Math Resource

Webmath is a math-help web site that generates answers to specific math questions and problems, as entered by a user, at any particular moment. The math answers are generated and displayed real-time, at the moment a web user types in their math problem and clicks "solve." In addition to the answers, Webmath also shows the student how to arrive at the answer.

National Parent Center on Transition Resource

Parents of youth with disabilities should begin thinking about transition (planning for adulthood) as early as possible. Although the formal process of transition planning doesn’t begin until high school, it is helpful to begin thinking about it much sooner.
Resource Link: https://www.pacer.org/

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