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Kell High School

Class of 2025

Rising 9th Grade Night

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 Kell Administration
Kell High School
• Dr. Peter Giles, Principal
• Troy Jones, Assistant Principal, 9th Grade
• Ben Needle, Assistant Principal, 10th Grade
• Richard Norman, Assistant Principal, 11th Grade/Athletic Director
• Oneisha Young, Assistant Principal, 12th Grade

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 Kell Counselors
Kell High School
• Stephen Chung, last names A-G

• Catelyn Givens, last names H-O

• Valerie Bullock, last names P-Z

• Alisha Panjwani, Counselor Registrar

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 Agenda
Kell High School
• High School Transition & Schedule
• High School Transcript & Credits
• STEM Academy
• Course Offerings

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 High School Transition
Kell High School
• When you enter high school, you will have more freedom…
• To move about
• To make new friends
• To make choices
• With this new freedom comes responsibility…
• To arrive to school and classes on time
• To study and prepare for classes
• To balance academics with extracurricular activities

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 High School Schedule
Kell High School
• 4 x 4 Block Schedule
• Eight classes each year – 4 each semester
• LASSO before 1st block on Tuesday and Thursday
• Lunch during 3rd block
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Fall Semester: Spring Semester:
1st Block: 9th Lit/Composition GSE Algebra 1
2nd Block: Health/P. Fit VA Comp
3rd Block: Intro to Culinary Intro to Lifetime Sports
4th Block: Honors Biology Humanities

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 High School Transcript
Kell High School
• Report Card
• ParentVUE/StudentVUE shows current grades
• Progress reports-every 6 weeks
• Report card at end of semester
• Transcript
• Official high school record
• Attempted & earned credits
• High school credit from middle school

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 Units of Credits
Kell High School
• Students earn units of credit by successfully completing courses
• In order to graduate, a student must earn a minimum of 23 credits
• 5 to be promoted to a sophomore
• 10 to be promoted to a junior
• 16 to be promoted to a senior
• *students must also earn credit in English, Science, & Math
each year to be promoted*
• Credits earned impact extracurricular sports and activities (athletic
eligibility)

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AP Courses
•College level curriculum and examinations

•Earn a full quality point for GPA

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 Scheduling Timeline
Kell High School
• Late January – elective registration at respective middle schools

• Late April/Early May – last opportunity to change course requests

• Online form to request changes

• July – schedule available; schedule corrections only (no course changes)

• Online form to request corrections

• October – review spring schedule

• Online form to request corrections

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What is the STEM Academy
•A STEM Academy is a program within a school
that allows students who are interested to do in-
depth study in the STEM fields.  The curriculum
for a STEM Academy generally integrates
STEM throughout the curriculum.

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Admissions Process
• Kell STEM Academy will have a competitive admissions process.  Criteria that will be
evaluated will include the following:​
• Standardized test scores, with emphasis on Math and Science scores​
• Middle school grades, with emphasis on 7th and 8th grade​
• Curriculum taken in middle school, with favor given to students taking Algebra I or
higher in math and Physical Science.
• A link will be available on the Kell website (www.cobbk12.org/kell) from October 1-
December 15 for students to apply to the Kell STEM Academy.​
• Rolling admissions may be available after December 15 depending on space
available.  ​

Students outside of the Kell High School district may still apply but will need to
complete an application for School Choice (HB251) in February in order to be
considered.  

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 Kell Websites
Kell High School

• https://www.cobbk12.org/kell (@thekellhighschool)
• https://kellcounseling.weebly.com/ (@kellcounseling)

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Questions?

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