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Course Selection

Learn about graduation requirements, endorsements, and course requests for the upcoming school year to help guide your course selection. Make informed choices based on your interests, career goals, and endorsement options.

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Course Selection

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  1. Course Selection For the 2019-20 School Year Class of 2022

  2. Hello from your Counselors! • Mrs. Swanner— students A-G • Mrs. Brown— students H-O • Mrs. Daniel— students P-Z

  3. Graduation Requirements • Foundation Curriculum • Complete all of the classes included in the Foundation coursework • Endorsement • Complete all classes for one Option of one Endorsement area • Assessments • Pass all of your EOC exams • Attendance • Attend each class at least 90% of the class days

  4. Endorsement • An Endorsement is . . . • An area of specialization within your elective choices • Made up of multiple options related to career clusters • 5 Endorsement possibilities • STEM • Business & Industry • Arts & Humanities • Public Services • Multidisciplinary Studies

  5. Option • An Option is . . . • Subdivision of an Endorsement • Related to one career cluster • Designed to help you be prepared for more study in one area • The number of credits required to complete an Option varies • For next year . . . • Update your Endorsement • Update your Option and Clusterwithin your Endorsement

  6. Selecting an Endorsement • Your endorsement should . . . • Have several classes that interest you • Relate to a job area of interest to you • When selecting an endorsement, consider. . . • What career might you want to have • Your Choices 360 career cluster results • College entrance requirements for schools of interest to you

  7. Course Requests • Select an English class • English 2 • Pre-AP English 2: 90+ average for previous two semesters in regular English 1 or 80+ average for previous two semesters in Pre-AP English 1 and teacher approval

  8. Course Requests • Select a math class • Algebra 1Geometry • Honors Geometry  Honors Algebra 2 • Remember that Algebra 2is a required math for the Distinguished plan.

  9. Course Requests • Select a science class • Biology IPC (an option if not taken in the 8th grade) Chemistry Pre-AP Chemistry: 90+ average for previous two semesters in regular Biology and take Honors Algebra 2 next year or 80+ average for previous two semesters in Pre-AP Biology and take Honors Algebra 2 next year

  10. Course Requests • Select a social studies class if needed or desired • World History  World Geography Honors World Geography: 97+ average for each semester of World History • New to WHS taking World Geography  World History • You need to take World Geographyif you choose. . . • Arts and Humanities Endorsement • Option A: Social Studies Cluster • Multidisciplinary Studies Endorsement • Option B: Foundation Subject Areas • World Geography not required for endorsement . . . • May be needed to meet college entrance requirements • Check the admissions requirements for colleges and universities of interest

  11. Course Requests • Select a Spanish class (if needed) • All graduation plans require two credits • Spanish 1 if not taken previously • Spanish 1  Spanish 2

  12. Course Requests • Select classes necessary to fulfill any of the following Foundation Curriculum requirements that have not already been met: • Fine Art: 1 credit required • Art • Band • Choir • Theater Arts • Floral Design (may substitute for Fine Art) • Health: .5 credit required • Health • Principles of Health Science • Physical Education: 1 credit required • P.E. • Off-season P.E. • Athletics (please write the name of the first fall sport) • Band (2 fall semesters) • Cheerleading (tryout required) • Drill Team (tryout required)

  13. Course Requests • Select an Endorsement class • Look at the page for the endorsement you have selected. • Look at the box for the option you have selected. • Look at the cluster within the option you have chosen. • Select an elective required for your endorsement

  14. Course Requests • Select other elective classes • May be from your endorsement • May be from other endorsements • Must have 8 classes total • Do not repeat an elective you have had before. • Consider the following information . . .

  15. Elective Information • Some electives require an application. These courses should be available when we go to the lab. • Please be sure to complete the application process. • Audio/Video Production • Newspaper • Yearbook • Some electives require an audition or interview. These courses may be available when we go to the computer lab. • If not available, request an elective you would be willing to drop if you are selected for the class. • Cheerleading • Drill Team • Jazz Band • Mixed Chorus • Show Choir

  16. Elective Information • Watch for classes that have prerequisite courses • Prerequisite course • A class that must be taken beforethe next level class • Check your transcript • Have you completed the prerequisite course?

  17. Course Requests • New Electives • Medical Terminology • The Medical Terminology course is designed to introduce students to the structure of medical terms, including prefixes, suffixes, word roots, singular and plural forms, and medical abbreviations. The course allows students to achieve comprehension of medical vocabulary appropriate to medical procedures, human anatomy and physiology, and pathophysiology. • Anatomy and Physiology • The Anatomy and Physiology course is designed for students to conduct laboratory and field investigations, use scientific methods during investigations, and make informed decisions using critical thinking and scientific problem solving. Students in Anatomy and Physiology will study a variety of topics, including the structure and function of the human body and the interaction of body systems for maintaining homeostasis. • Recommended Prerequisite—Medical Terminology • Other Prerequisites—85+ each semester of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics • College Readiness and Study Skills • Local elective • Only available to 11th grade students • Preparation for the ACT and SAT exams • Prerequisites: English 1, English 2, English 1 EOC, English 2 EOC, and Algebra 2 (or be enrolled in Algebra 2 in the junior year)

  18. Course Requests • Request 8 classes • Select alternate elective choices • Two good back up choices • Write a 1 on the line 1 beside your first choice alternate • Write a 2 on the line beside your second choice alternate • College entrance requirements • Always consider the entrance requirements of schools you are interested in before finalizing your course selections for the next school year

  19. Performance Acknowledgements • Students may earn recognition for Outstanding Performance in one or more of the following areas: • Dual Credit course work • Bilingualism and Biliteracy • College Board Advanced Placement examinations • PSAT, SAT, and ACT scores • Business or Industry Certification or License

  20. Computer Entry • We will go to the lab Monday of next week to enter your course requests • Bring . . . • Student Access login and password • Completed course request sheet • Please include the following on the sheet: • Endorsement • Option or Cluster • Your printed name • Your signature • Your parent’s signature • Write the word date, and ask your parents to date

  21. If you are absent • If you are absent on the computer entry day . . . • your course requests will have to be entered on your own time • Come to the Counselors’ office to ask for an instruction sheet • Courses must be entered by March 8

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