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Parent Information Meeting. Course Registration Process January 26, 2012. Today’s Agenda. Course Registration Process Graduation Requirements Special program registration PWC Specialty programs CTE Programs New courses at BDHS BDHS courses requiring applications Questions??.
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Parent Information Meeting Course Registration Process January 26, 2012
Today’s Agenda • Course Registration Process • Graduation Requirements • Special program registration • PWC Specialty programs • CTE Programs • New courses at BDHS • BDHS courses requiring applications • Questions??
Course Registration Process • Jan 27 : Teacher recommendations • Feb 3 : Parent/Student requests • Feb 13 - 24: BDHS counselors meet with students individually to schedule classes for next year • Feb 27 : BDHS counselors begin to visit feeder middle schools to register rising 9th grade students • June 1 : “Dummy” schedules mailed • June 15 : Final date to request a schedule change
Registration Process cont. • All students (9th through 12th) must sign up for 7 courses plus 2 alternate courses. • Juniors and Seniors may choose to sign up for an Office Aide position (no credit) and/or Early Release at this time, forms are available online • Students will not be able to sign up for specific Teacher Aide positions until September 2012 but may turn in Teacher Aide Intent form now (available online) • A parent/guardian must sign any Office Aide, Early Release and Teacher Aide Intent forms
Advanced Studies Diploma Requirements for Seniors(entered 9th grade in 2009-2010) • 4 English • 4 Math (Alg I pt 1 does count as a math credit) • 4 Science • 4 History • 3 Foreign Language (or 2 years of 2 different languages) • 2 Health/PE • 1 Fine Art or Career/Tech Ed elective • Additional electives • Total of 24 credits
Standard Diploma Requirements for Seniors(entered 9th grade in 2009-2010) • 4 English • 3 Math (Alg I pt 1 does count as a math credit) • 3 Science • 3 History • 2 Health/PE • 1 Fine Art or Career/Tech Ed elective • 6 additional electives (including 2 sequential electives) • Total of 22 credits
Advanced Studies Diploma Requirements for Juniors (entered 9th grade in 2010-2011) • 4 English • 4 Math (Alg I pt 1 does not count as a math credit) • 4 Science • 4 History • 3 Foreign Language (or 2 years of 2 different languages) • 2 Health/PE • 1 Fine Art or Career/Tech Ed elective • Additional Electives • Total of 24 credits
Standard Diploma Requirements for Juniors(entered 9th grade in 2010-2011) • 4 English • 3 Math (Alg I pt 1 does not count as a math credit) • 3 History (World History, US History, US Government) • 3 Science • 2 Health/PE • 1 Fine Art or Career/Tech Ed elective • 6 additional electives (including 2 sequential electives) • Total of 22 credits
Adv. Studies Requirements for Sophomores(entered 9th grade in 2011-2012) • 4 English • 4 Math (Alg I pt 1 does not count as a math credit) • 4 Science • 4 History • 3 Foreign Language (or 2 years of 2 different languages) • 2 Health/PE • 1 Economics and Personal Finance • 1 Fine Art or Career/Tech Ed elective • Additional Electives • Total of 26 credits
Standard Diploma Requirements for Sophomores(entered 9th grade in 2011-2012) • 4 English • 3 Math (Alg I pt 1 does not count as a math credit) • 3 Science • 3 History (World History, US History, US Government) • 2 Health/PE • 1 Economics and Personal Finance • 2 For. Lang., Fine Arts, or Career/Tech Ed • 4 Electives (must include 2 sequential electives) • Total of 22 credits
Diploma types for Freshmen(entering 9th grade in 2012-2013) • Advanced Studies Diploma – same requirements as sophomores • Standard Diploma – same requirements as sophomores • Advanced Technical and Standard Technical Diploma types are added
Advanced Technical Diploma Requirements(entering 9th grade in 2012-2013) • 4 English • 4 Math (Alg I pt 1 does not count as a math credit) • 4 Science • 4 History • 3 Foreign Language (or 2 years of 2 different languages) • 2 Health/PE • 1 Economics and Personal Finance • 1 Fine Arts or Career/Tech Ed elective • 3 Career/Tech Ed electives from same career concentration • Total of 26 electives
Standard Technical Diploma Requirements(entering 9th grade in 2012-2013) • 4 English • 3 Math (Alg I pt 1 does not count as a math credit) • 3 Science • 3 History • 2 Health/PE • 1 Economics and Personal Finance • 1 Fine Arts or Foreign Language • 4 Career/Tech Ed electives from same career concentration • 1 additional elective • Total of 22 credits
SOL and Research Paper requirements • Advanced Diploma – English Reading, English Writing, 2 Math, 2 Science, 2 History, 1 Other • Standard Diploma – English Reading, English Writing, 1 Math, 1 Science, 1 History, 1 Other • Students entering a VA high school after 9th grade have different requirements • All PWC students must complete the Research Paper during English 11 in order to graduate
Special Program Registration • Special Education – registered by case manager and counselor • English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL) – registered by ESOL teacher and counselor
High School Specialty Programs • Cambridge (Brentsville) • AP Scholars (Patriot) • Biotech (Osbourn Park) • Fine and Performing Arts (Woodbridge) • Information Technology (Battlefield) • International Baccalaureate (Stonewall) • International Studies (Hylton) Application Deadline: February 15th **Governor’s School @ Innovation Park (Applications due March 15th )
Career and Technical Education Programs (CTE) • Agriculture (Brentsville) • Auto Tech (Osbourn Park) • Building Trades (Patriot) • Cosmetology (Stonewall) • Culinary Arts (Patriot) • HVAC (NOVA, Woodbridge campus) • Project Lead the Way (Woodbridge) • Nursing (Osbourn Park) • Television Production (Hylton) • Welding (Potomac) Applications at: cte.departments.pwcs.edu Applications Due March 15th
Courses requiring an application • Foundations of Agriculture • Journalism • Yearbook (Photojournalism) • All CTE and Specialty Programs ** Any student who takes at least one AICE or AP class must have the AICE/AP Contract signed by both the parent and student (available online)
New Courses at BDHS • Beginning Band • Economics/Finance • Foundations of Agriculture • Journalism I (now open to 9th graders) • Life Planning
BDHS School Counseling Department Debra Beasley, Director of School Counseling (beasledo@pwcs.edu) Sunny Davis, School Counselor A-G (davissm@pwcs.edu) Tracy Main, School Counselor H-Q (maintb@pwcs.edu) Sara Correll, School Counselor R-Z (correlse@pwcs.edu) Phone: 703-594-2161 Website: brentsvillehs.schools.pwcs.edu