• Sophomores

    Have a wonderful summer! The counseling office is now closed and will re-open for Bear Down Days July 8th. Please look at the main website July 8th for details!

    Constant news:

    The Maricopa Community College's Achieving a College Education (ACE) program is a two-year program designed to increase the number of students that graduate from high school, matriculate to college and earn a degree or certificate.  ACE targets first-generation high school students.  Students that are selected at the end of 10th grade start the ACE program during the summer between the 10th and 11th grades.  ACE offers a supportive cohort-based program that offers participants the opportunity to begin earning college credits, strengthen academic skills and raise self-esteem. Achieving a College Education (ACE) | Chandler Gilbert Community College (cgc.edu) See Eli Dillon for more information.

    Program Criteria:

    The ACE program is recruiting high school sophomores who have taken at least 6 high school credits at the time of the application and who meet two or more of the following criteria:

      • First generation to attend college
      • Single-parent home
      • Underrepresented group
      • Economic hardship
      • Environmental factors (works 10-30 hours, lives in foster care, lives in temporary housing, is a teen parent)

    Earn up to 24 college credits your Junior and Senior year through CGCC while you are in High School through the ACE program. The online application is now open:  Login | Dynamic Forms - a Next Gen Web Solutions product (ngwebsolutions.com) The priority deadline for applications is December 15th, 2023.  Please see Ms. Dillon in A109 for more details.  Flyers coming soon. 

    As soon as you struggle in any class, ask your teacher when their tutor times are. Don't wait until you are feeling lost before you reach out. You should look at your grades every Wednesday in Infinite Campus. If you see a discrepancy, talk to your teacher immediately. Every Friday we want you to feel safe with the grade you are earning and viewing in IC.

    Get involved and be your best you this year! It is a great time to be a bear!

     

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    Information that remains constant

    Infinite Campus Portal

    Parents can view their student's schedule in the Infinite Campus portal. Students were sent an email giving them a temporary ID number and password in the event they cannot remember the password they created last year.

    Username: S+IDnumber

    pw: s+IDnumber!

    Student Grade Access
     
    How to check your student's grades:
     
    All students need to reset their Infinite Campus portal access code each year. 
    Step 1:  enter user ID, S123456 (s and their personal student ID number)
    Step 2:  enter password, s123456! (! after their ID number and s must be lower case)
    --Criteria for password is 8 letters with number(s).  Please choose a password student will remember.
    Also, register on Inifinite Campus so that students may reset their own passwords if needed.
     
    Graduation Criteria 
     
    (this criteria is for high school graduation only)
    4 English credits
    4 Math credits
    3 Lab Science credits
    3 required Social Studies credits
    1 PE credit--3 semesters of marching band, 3 semesters of ROTC, 2 semesters of dance also meet criteria 
    .5 Comprehensive Health class
    1 Fine Art credit or 1 CTE credit
    5.5 Elective credits
    Civics Exam passing score required (Click here to learn more)
     
    Graduation Honors
     
    Cum Laude--meaning "with praise".  To qualify a student must achieve a 3.75-4.24 GPA
    Magna Cum Laude--meaning "with great praise".  To qualify a student must achieve a 4.25-4.49 GPA
    Summa Cum Laude--meaning "with the highest praise".  To qualify a student must achieve a 4.5-5.0 GPA
     
    AZ Public University Admission Criteria 
     
    4 English credits
    4 Math credits (Math 4 must be higher than Algebra 2)
    3 Lab Science credits
    2 required Social Studies credits (1 credit must be American Arizona History)
    1 Fine Art credit or 1 CTE credit  (AZ criteria only, other public universities may require Fine Art exclusively)
    2 Foreign Language credits (AZ criteria only, other public and private universities may request 3 Foreign Language credits)