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Last Updated: May 28, 2024

Gale Presents: Excel Adult High School - Tips Video (For Students)

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So you're a student at Excel High School.

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Congratulations.

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In this video, we'll give you tips

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and info for success on the Excel

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High School program provided by Gale.

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We'll cover credits required

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to graduate,

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transferring your previously earned credits

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by submitting the transcript

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recommendations for completing your self

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based courses

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and how to get support when you need it.

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Let's start with some goals.

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Students must take a total of 21.5

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credits to graduate.

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Those credits must consist of

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four English

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three math, three science,

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3.5 social studies and eight

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elective credits including

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a half credit of health, a half credit

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of fitness and one fine art credit.

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If you've earned high school credits at any point

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before this, we can evaluate your transcripts

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and apply those credits towards your credit total.

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However, in order to graduate with Excel,

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at least six of the total credits to graduate

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must be earned through the Excel High School

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program that

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includes one credit of English,

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one credit of math, one credit of

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science, one credit of social studies

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and two elective credits.

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We'll load these credits for you first and

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then determine if you need to take any more

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credits after we receive your transcripts.

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Your transcript will need to be sent to us directly

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from your previous school.

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So we've created a special guide to

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walk you through how to contact your previous school

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and ask them to send us your transcript.

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You can find this guide on the orientation

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resources page on your learn stage account.

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Once we have your transcript, we'll send

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you an email to let you know we have,

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we'll also load it to the document section

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of your learn stage profile where you can check

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for it any time.

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Now, let's take a look at your courses.

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You'll notice that your courses are flexible

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and self paced. You can work on them

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whenever and wherever you want

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and you can work on one course at a time

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or all of them at once.

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The choice is yours.

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However you choose to work, make sure you're

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using the Google Chrome browser on

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your computer to ensure your course materials

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function optimally.

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When completing your assessment, you have

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three attempts on quizzes and two

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attempts on final exams.

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This gives you a chance to review what

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you missed and improve on your next attempts.

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Keep in mind that you have to earn at least

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a 60% on your final exam

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to pass the course and earn the credit.

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Be sure to log in frequently and complete

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quizzes and exams regularly.

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The faster you complete your work, the sooner you graduate

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and you have a maximum of two years to

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complete all classes for graduation.

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We recommend completing 3 to 5 quizzes

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each week to stay on track

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and we're here to support you along the way.

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Let's go over how you can get support while

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completing your course work.

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Meet the help desk.

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The help desk is our one stop shop

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for getting answers to any of your questions.

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We have a department for any type of question

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you might have simply create a ticket

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designated department,

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click submit

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and wait for a response from a member of our

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team.

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Specifically, if you have a question about

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your class content, quizzes or

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exams, you can contact our academic

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coach team by creating a help desk ticket

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and designating it to the academic

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support department.

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For any other assistance you can reach out to

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your Excel high school success coach.

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So now you have what you need to get

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started.

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Thanks for watching.
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