High School Transition Vocabulary Quiz

Course that must be taken to fulfill graduation requirements.

Advanced Placement -- high school level course taught in high school

PSAT - Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test - practice test for the SAT

SAT II is Scholastic Aptitude Test -- Entrance requirement for many colleges.

Report of your grades, attendance, GPA, immunizations and demographics

Pathway is a cluster of courses in a specific area such as the arts or CTE

Course designed to challenge the highly motivated student.

Activities and programs that may meet outside of the regular school day.

Reports that may be issued at the mid-point of each marking period.

SAT II - is subject tests within the SAT -- required for some college admissions

Career and Technical Education

ACT is an American College Test - entrance requirement for many colleges.

A Block is a class period lasting 90 minutes

Non-required course that is chosen because of student interest is an elective course

Points assigned to letter grades at each course level, used to compute grade point average (GPA).

A general course that follows the NC Standard Course of Study.

GPA is

Unit earned upon successfully completing a high school course.

IB -- academically rigorous program similar to AP

SAT is Scholastic Aptitude Test - entrance requirement for many colleges.