PHS Grad Monitoring & IA Regent Admission Index
- Students mark on the PHS 4 Yr Academic Planner worksheet the letter grades for the courses they have completed, referencing their PHS Transcript
- Elective (non-required core courses) can be written onto graphic by student.
- For Courses Currently Being Taken - note those by writing a "W", for "Working On" by those courses.
- Current 9th graders will only be able to mark "W" for courses planned this school year until we do this again after Term 1.
- Read over the Regent Admission Index (RAI) to understand the 4 variables (GPA, Class Rank, ACT, # Core Yrs) and calculation formula.
- The easiest way to increase your RAI Score is to take more core courses because that variable is the one students have the most capability to determine -
RAI Calculation
(2 x ACT composite score; 1-36, 20 in national average, 21 is IA avg, 22 is PHS avg.)+ (1 x high school percentile rank; 1-99; top GPA in class gets a 99, middle GPA in class gets 50, lowest is 1)+ (20 x high school GPA; 3.2 class average at PHS in recent years)+ (5 x total number of yrs of core completed in HS; 13 yrs is minimum for entrance without World Language/Spanish)= Your RAI
- The easiest way to increase your RAI Score is to take more core courses because that variable is the one students have the most capability to determine -
- Read over the "Building Your Future - Your Courses Count" graphic which details the minimum admission requirements & Right most column "Optimum Recommendations for Success".
- See your progress towards meeting PHS graduation requirements:
Updated 10/2017
- 56 Total credit required (14/yr) unless ILP (Individual Learning Plan; created by family & administration)
- 4 yr English (8cr; 2cr. English 9,10,11 & 2cr. elective), consider these English Electives: Creative Communication only Gr.9&10, Creative Writing (Poetry&ShrtStories), Journalism Gr.10-12, After English 11; Speech, Composition, Ancient Literature, Elizabethan Literature, Literature Since 1950, DMACC’s Communications/COM703
- 3 yr Math (6cr; 2cr. Algebra1, Geometry, & Algebra2), consider these electives: POE/EGT400 Engineering, MAT722 Applied Math, HS Trigonometry, Graceland U’s MATH1330/Elementary Functions, WITCC’s Calculus/MAT211, DMACC online Statistics/MAT157 &/or Math for Liberal Arts/MAT110
- 3 yr Science (6cr; 2cr. Physical Sci., Biology, & 2cr. of electives = Anat/Phys1&/or2, Environmental Biology, Animal Science .I, Horticulture I, Chemistry/2cr, &/or Physics/2cr, DMACC Intro to Meterology/PHS166/1 cr in 40 min two term “skinny”
- 3 yr Social Studies (6cr; includes 2cr.World History, 2cr.U.S. History, 1,r.American Government & 1cr. Elective options: Economics, World Geography, US History 3, Modern US History, Current World Issues
- 1 yr Business/Career Exploratory (1 credit) and Personal Finance (1 credit)
- Annual Physical Education Requirement: 1 course in Fall (T1orT2) & 1 in Spring (T2orT4), only 1 sport waiver per year during season of respective sport
- Electives (typically 27 electives plus PE to earn 56cr. total), * Credit Potentials do not include college online courses.
^ Required creditsIowa Dept. Education &/or Panorama CSD |
Grade 9 14 credits minimum |
Grade 10 28 credits min. |
Grade 11 42 credits min. |
Grade 12 56 credits min. |
Total Credits Earned |
Total Credits Remain |
IA’s Regent U’s: Required Recommended, & Facts |
English 8 cr. 15 cr. Potential* |
1) ^English 9 (t1) 2) ^English 9 (t2) |
1) ^English 10/t1 2) ^English 10/t2 |
1) ^English 11/t1 2) ^English 11/t2 |
1) Elective*(t1) _____ 2) Elective*(t2) _____
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8 terms & more is better: newspaper, speech, debate, yearbook, entering contests |
Math 6 cr.14 cr. Potential*
Applied Math - option for those who have struggled, 2 cr./4 terms 40 min daily, Per. 4 or 5 |
Choose 2 or 4 terms (both options earn 2 credits total) 3) ^Algebra1 (t1) 4) ^Algebra1 (t2), OR Algebra Yr Long/ 4 Terms in 40 min daily Per. 4 or 5 |
3) ^Geometry/t1 4) ^Geometry/t2 OR Geometry Year Long/4 Terms in 40min daily Per.4
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3) ^Algebra2 (t1) 4) ^Algebra2 (t2)
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3) Math Electives: ______ 4) Math Electives: ______
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6 terms = Alg, Geom, Alg2 Extra courses calculus & statistics are good, but advanced algebra & trigonometry are essential ACT = 80% Algebra & Geometry |
Science 6 cr.14 cr. Potential*
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7) ^Physical Sci (t1) 8) ^Physical Sci (t2) |
7) ^Biology/t1 8) ^Biology/t2 |
5) Science elective; 5th credit ______________ |
5) Science Elective; 6th credit of science ______________ |
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6 terms include biology, physics &/or chemistry, better to have Chemistry & Physics plus science electives |
Social Studies 6 cr.10 cr. Potential* |
9) 1cr elective: ______ |
9)^World Hist/t1 10)^WorldHist/t2 |
6) ^U.S.History/t1 7) ^U.S.History/t2 |
6) ^American Government (t1)
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6 terms & 8 terms is better to include economics, political science, psych. &/or soc |
Business 2 cr.8 cr. Potential* |
10) ^Business/Career Exploratory 11) ^Personal Finance |
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Most Americans work in business! And we all use computers, so more courses the better |
Physical Education Each Fall & Spring |
12-Fall) PE 13-Spring) PE |
11-Fall) PE 12-Spring) PE |
8-Fall) PE 9-Spring) PE |
7-Fall) PE 8-Spring) PE |
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Spanish None Req. 10 cr. Potential* |
14-15) Regents recommended Spanish 1 (2 terms) |
13-14) Regents recommend Spanish 2 (2t) |
10-11) Regents recommend Spanish 2 (2t) |
9-10) Regents recommend Spanish 4 (2t), & 11-12) DMACC’s FLS241 |
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0 terms required, but 8 terms recommended & 10 terms (5yr) possible at PHS! |
Electives are courses not required, but do count in your total and are taken for healthy life – more diverse our experiences the more people we can relate to, the richer our background knowledge, the better problem solvers we can be. Lines are just guides for your thinking – not requirements. |
Freshman
Elective Planning - ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
Electives Taken - ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
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Sophomore
Elective Planning - ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
Electives Taken - ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
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Junior
Elective Planning - ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
Electives Taken - ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
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Senior
Elective Planning - ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
Electives Taken - ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
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Total Electives Earned |
Training &/or Education desired after graduation from PHS - |
Music Yr Band = 2cr Yr Choir = 2cr |
Band &/or Chorus |
Band &/or Chorus |
Band &/or Chorus |
Band &/or Chorus |
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*Electives may only be waived if family follows an Individual Learning Plan for student, created by family with administration - reviewed collaboratively and annually.
What is your credit accumulation rate?
- Students need to accumulate 56 credits over 4 years of HS to graduate, which is an annual credit accumulation rate of 14 credits per school year
- See how many credits you have earned overall, divide that by the number of terms you have completed to determine your credit accumulation rate per 9 week term.
How Many Courses can a student take in a school year?
- The 2015-16 schedule has four 80 minute blocks and two 40 minute periods each day, for a total of six course times.
- A student who takes courses in all six would be completing 20 courses in a school year (16 block and 4 skinnies/40 minute semester periods).
- A student who does not take a course in either of the 40 minute periods would complete four courses in one 9-week term & 16 courses in a school year.
After School Extra-Curricular Activity Options –
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WINTER |
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Volleyball |
Basketball |
Track & Field |
Softball |
Cross Country |
Wrestling |
Golf |
Baseball |
Football |
Speech |
Soccer |
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- Compare your PHS4yrAcademicPlanner to the Regents' Your Courses Count - Admission Requirements & Recommendations
- Go back to the PHS 4 Yr Academic Planner graphic organizer AND UPDATE YOUR circles or write in any RAI eligible courses you now know wanted to take in future per Grade and Curricular area.
- As time permits,
- point out that the variable with the most RAI formula weight is the number of years of core courses taken (English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Spanish).
- What elective core courses may you want to include to increase your RAI?
- Remember, a Regent Year equals two of our PHS grading Terms, so English 9 Part 1 and Part 2 is a Regent "Year".
- Use Regent online RAI calculation tool to estimate and adjust academic course planning, or ACT testing & prep
- See Colleges use RAI scores as criteria for giving scholarship money to incoming freshmen
- point out that the variable with the most RAI formula weight is the number of years of core courses taken (English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Spanish).
- Put materials for this activity in the students' individual Adviser folders for future updating/reference.