CTHEI Unit 6 High School Vocabulary

Your freshman through senior classes mapped (planned) out.

• Block Schedule

• Career Pathway

• 4-Year Branded Plan

• Block Schedule

One day you go to 1st -4th Period classes and the next day

you go to 7th to 10th period classes. (5th & 6th and 11th & 12th are at the CTC)

• "A" Day/"B" Day

• IB Program

• High School

• Block Scheduling

College-level courses that a student can take in high school. They have a higher grade point value and can raise your GPA and class standing which may affect scholarships and college acceptance.

• IB Programme

• Prerequisite

• Credit/Unit

• Advanced Placement (AP) Courses

Exams given by the College Board Advanced Placement program. A high enough score may be accepted as College Credit.

• AVID Program

• AP Exam

• Endorsement

• GPA

Advancement Via Individual Determination. College preparatory program that empowers students to succeed in a rigorous academic curriculum. Provides tutoring and study skills training.

• Advanced Placement Program

• AVID Program

• Career Cluster Program

• Block Scheduling

A type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day (90 minutes per class).

• "A" Day / "B" Day

• Block Scheduling

• Double Blocked

• Single Blocked

A grouping of similar careers. For example "Health Science" which includes doctors, nurses, psychologist, and physical therapist. There are 16 of these and every career falls under at least one of them.

• Electives

• Endorsement

• Diploma

• Career Cluster

An alphanumeric code used to identify a specific course.

• Course Code

• Course Description

• Credit/ Unit

• Double Blocked

A short description of the course topics and academic requirements.

• Course Code

• Distinguished Achievement Plan

• Foundation Plan

• Course Description

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

• Distinguished Achievement Plan

• Credit/Course

• Foundation Plan

• Diploma