High School Planning Vocab CTHEI

Courses the student may choose to take, that are not a specified requirement for graduation.

Education, training and support services being used to help people get high-demand job.

An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.

A requirement that must be fulfilled prior to taking a course.

Your class rank is an average of grade points earned from grades made in high school classes.

A course that counts for high school credit and college credit at the same time.

A graduation program earning all high school credits and a 2-yr Associates Degree from a partner college by graduation.

An endorsement is earned when a student completes a sequence of courses in a concentrated area of study.

EOC is an acronym, or initials, for STAAR End-of-Course exams.

The worth of course. Students needs 26 of these to graduate.

Block scheduling is a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day (90 minutes per class)

Freshman through senior classes mapped out.

math, english, science and social studies

An alphanumeric code used to identify a specific course. An example would be Algebra 1 is MA1220

relates to fine arts, English literature, foreign languages and social studies

An A/B schedule is a course that takes up 2 class periods, not just 1.

relates to science, technology, engineering and advanced math

relates to health science, education, law enforcement, and culinary arts

A short paragraph of the course topic and academic requirements.

relates to finance, accounting, architecture, construction, welding, auto-tech, and many more