K-Grade 12
Annet Pinero
The K-12 system stands for 'from kindergarten to 12th grade', is
an American expression that indicates the range of years of publicity supported
primary and secondary education found in the United States. This equates
roughly to a school starting age of around five to grade 12 around the age of
eighteen or nineteen. The school system is broken down into three stages:
Elementary school (grades K-5), Middle school (grades 6-8), and High school
(grades 9-12).
Pre-Schools differentiate themselves
by equally focusing on harvesting a child’s social development, physical
development, emotional development, and cognitive development. They commonly
follow a set of organization-created teaching standards in shaping curriculum
and instructional activities/goals. Pre-school is not required. On the other hand,
it acts as a way to prepare children to better succeed in kindergarten. Pre-school programs usually offer two- or three-hour sessions per day, a few days a
week. Children learn the alphabet, colors, and other elementary basics.
Elementary students are typically
in one classroom with the same teacher most of the days. After elementary
school, students proceed to middle school, where they usually move from class
to class each period, with a new teacher and a new mixture of students in every
class. Students can select from a wide range of academic classes and electives.
During both elementary and middle school, children generally stay in the
classroom an average of 6.5 to 7 hours. After middle school, comes high school.
In high school, students in their first year are called freshman, in
their second-year sophomore, in their third-year junior, and in
their last year and fourth-year senior. There is an even greater variety
of subjects than before. Students generally stay in the classroom an average of
7.5 hours and must earn a certain number of credits in order to graduate and be
awarded a High School Diploma.
Only with a high school
diploma students can enroll in College/University education. Is important to
know that colleges and universities sometimes require certain high school
credits or tests (e.g., SAT) for admission, and students must plan their high
school career with those requirements in mind. During high school years,
students are given “grades” for all of their courses, and these are recorded.
At the end of 12th grade, the student’s grades are averaged out to
provide a “GPA” or Grade Point Average, which will often be used to apply to
college or university. Students in 12th grade also take “SATs”,
Scholastic Aptitude Tests, or “ACTs”, American College Tests. These are the second
principal tests used as criteria for admissions for college or university. The
SAT is a standardized test for college in the United States. The SAT is owned,
published, and developed by the College Board and claim that the SAT can
determine if the person is ready for college or not. The possible scores are from
600 to 2400 combining test results from three 800-points sections (math,
critical reading, and writing).
The ACT is another standardized
test for college admission in the U.S. The ACT test assesses high school students’
general educational development and their ability to complete college-level
work. It consists of a multiple-choice section covering four skill areas (English,
Math, Reading, and Science). Generally, colleges require one or the other test
for college admissions.
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