Options Book - Brecksville-Broadview Heights City Schools

CAREER PASSPORT
During the freshman year, the process of preparing a Career Passport begins. This is a valuable collection of documents
that provides employers and admission officers with information that each student assembles throughout high school.
When students present the Career Passport during an employment, scholarship or college interview, they are providing
college admissions officers or potential employers with a solid representation of their interests, abilities, and skills.
During the freshman year the students take the PSAT and initiate their high school ICP (Individualized Career Plan). In
the sophomore year, they update the ICP, compose a career narrative, take the PLAN (pre-ACT) and complete a skill
inventory. During the junior year, students develop a resume and reference list, update the ICP and take the PSAT (pre-
SAT and the National Merit Scholastic Qualifying Test). Many students will take the ACT and/or the SAT tests in the
junior and senior years. During the senior year the student updates all documents and develops an employability skills
paragraph. One of the culminating experiences in this process is the Senior Interview.
SENIOR INTERVIEWS
Each 12 th grader is required to complete a senior interview for graduation. The related packet contains a petition for
graduation, a transcript release form, an honors diploma verification, a sample activity record, and a legal name form.
Once a senior has the forms filled out and signed, he/she must make an appointment with a counselor to review the
packet. This must be completed by October 1st.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE OF OHIO HONORS DIPLOMA
A student who wishes to earn an Honors Diploma must be enrolled in a college preparatory curriculum at the high school and meet
at least eight of the following nine criteria:
1. Earn four units of English;
2. Earn at least three units of mathematics which shall include Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry or a three-year sequence of
courses which contains equivalent content;
3. Earn at least three units of science which develop the concepts for Physical, Life and Earth and Space Sciences;
4. Earn three units of Social Studies;
5. Earn either three units of one Foreign Language or two units each of two Foreign Languages;
6. Earn one unit of Fine Arts
7. Earn either one unit of Business or Technology and two additional units in (1) through (6); or earn three additional units in (1)
through (6);
8. Maintain an overall high school grade point average of at least 3.5 on a four-point scale up to the last grading period of the senior
year;
9. Obtain a composite score of 27 on the ACT; or an overall score on the SAT of 1210.
The student who completes an Intensive Vocational or Technical Education Curriculum in the high school shall meet at least nine
of the following ten criteria:
1. Earn four units of English which may include one unit of applied communication;
2. Earn three units of mathematics which will include Algebra and Geometry, or a sequence of courses that contain equivalent
content;
3. Earn three units of science, that develop concepts for Physical, Life, and Earth and Space sciences;
4. Earn three units of Social Studies;
5. Earn two units of a Foreign Language; or two units of Business and/or Technology; or one unit of each;
6. Earn three units in the student’s vocational or technical education curriculum;
7. Earn two additional units in (1) through (6) or Fine Arts;
8. Maintain an overall high school grade point average of at least 3.5 on a four-point scale up to the last grading period of the senior
year;
9. Complete a Career Passport that reflects achievement of the occupational proficiency benchmark established for the Ohio
Vocational Competency Assessment or the equivalent;
10. Obtain a composite score of 27 on the ACT; or an overall score on the SAT of 1210.
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