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BHS Junior registration

BHS Junior registration. 2014-2015 school year. PURPOSE . To provide you with important information about graduation requirements To help you make well informed decisions about which classes to take your junior year E-mail your individual Counselor at: heidi.shires@ sjsd.k12.mo.us (A-F)

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BHS Junior registration

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  1. BHS Junior registration 2014-2015 school year

  2. PURPOSE • To provide you with important information about graduation requirements • To help you make well informed decisions about which classes to take your junior year • E-mail your individual Counselor at: • heidi.shires@sjsd.k12.mo.us (A-F) • madison.tritten@sjsd.k12.mo.us (G-O) • karrie.engel@sjsd.k12.mo.us (P-Z)

  3. PROCESS • Get your Registration card from the Counselors right now! • Choose and circle class selections & alternates on your registration card. • Take your registration card home and discuss your selections with your parents. Get your PARENT SIGNATURE. • Turn your signed registration form into your Social Studies teacher by Thursday, February 13th/Friday, February 14th. You will upload your selections to the parent/student portal of Powerschool in a meeting with your Counselor.

  4. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Credit TypeCredit Required Communication Arts 4 credits Social Studies 3 ½ credits Science 3 credits Math 3 credits Practical Art (IT, FACS, Business) 1 credit Fine Art (Art, Music, Theater) 1 credit Physical Education/Health 2 credits Personal Finance ½ credit Other Electives 7 credits Total: 25 credits

  5. GUIDE FOR CAREER PLANNING AND PROGRAMS OF STUDY BOOKLET • Access this book online at : • http://www.sjsd.k12.mo.us/Page/11677 • What will you find in the book? • Graduation requirements – pg. 8 • Class Descriptions - pgs. 110 – 169 • Career Pathways (for help in choosing classes which go along with your intended career) – Pgs. 21 - 100

  6. SAMPLE REGISTRATION CARD

  7. *HONORS VS. NON HONORS CLASSES • Honors classes are denoted by an * on your registration sheet • You MUST take 5 honors classes per semester if you are trying to be in the top 10% of your graduating class

  8. REQUIRED CORE CLASSESYOU MUST TAKE THESE COURSES YOUR JR YEAR You will choose & circle 1 class in each of the following categories • Communication Arts 11 • 20th Century American History • Math • Science • Personal Finance • 3 ½ credits of the electives of your choice

  9. Communication arts • Choose 1 • Communication Arts 11 • *AP Communication Arts 11 • *TAG Lit/Humanities 11

  10. Social Studies • Choose 1 • 20th Century American History • *20th Century American History • *AP/DC American History

  11. Mathematics • Choose 1 • Algebra II • *Algebra II • *AP Statistics • *DC College Algebra (ACT Math sub test score 20) • *DC Trigonometry • *Finite Math • *Calculus

  12. Science • Choose 1 year long OR 2 semester courses • Environmental Science • *Physics • *Zoology • *Advanced Chemistry • *DC Chemistry (ACT Math sub test score of 20) • *Botany • *Genetics • *Microbiology • *TAG Science Investigations

  13. Personal Finance • Required prior to graduation • Personal Finance

  14. CHOOSING ELECTIVES • Select and circle 3 ½ credits of electives on your registration card • IF you applied to HILLYARD TECHNICAL SCHOOL: • You MAY or MAY NOT be accepted. Therefore, you should still choose 3 ½ credits of electives to take at Benton.

  15. Electives • Circle 3.5-4 credits (Total credits needs to equal 8 total credits) • Physical Education • JROTC • World Language • Language Arts Electives • Business • Social Studies Electives • Science Electives • Industrial Technology • Family & Consumer Science • Fine Arts • General • Hillyard Technical Center

  16. Choosing elective “ALTERNATES” • ALTERNATE Classes: Write in 2 year long alternate and 4 sem. alternates on your registration sheet. • These are classes you agree to take if your other class selections cannot be filled. IMPORTANT!! ONLY CLASSES CIRCLED ON YOUR REGISTRATION SHEET OR WRITTEN IN AS ALTERNATES ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TAKE NEXT YEAR.

  17. SCHEDULE CHANGES NEXT YEAR • You will NOT be allowed to change your schedule into a class not listed on your registration card.

  18. THINK ABOUT ACT SCORE NOW! • Taking a rigorous course load (honors and core) is best for achieving a high ACT score • Required for admittance to most colleges and universities • Scholarship $ depend on it • IF you have NOT already taken ACT; it would be a good idea to take during your junior year! • 2 Fee waivers for those who qualify for free/reduced lunch (1 junior year and 1 senior year)

  19. What to do about failed courses • Register for regular junior classes as if you have passed every course up to this point. • Counselors will adjust your schedule to make room for you to re-take failures. • For example: if you failed a class required for graduation this year, we put that class back into your schedule next year • First and foremost: we place you in classes that are required for graduation. • For example: if you failed a class required for graduation this year, we put that class back into your schedule next year. • Failed graduation requirements must be re-taken until passed.

  20. THE END QUESTIONS: EMAIL YOUR COUNSELOR heidi.shires@sjsd.k12.mo.us (A-F) madison.tritten@sjsd.k12.mo.us (G-O) karrie.Engel@sjsd.k12.mo.us (P-Z) Stop in the counseling office and make an appointment Or Call 671-4037 Follow us on Twitter @BHS_Counseling

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