LHS Scheduling for Seniors 2019-2020

1. LHS Scheduling for Seniors2019-2020 Mrs. St. Julienand Ms. Boutte Spring 2019

2. AdministrationPrincipal-Mrs. Karen BashayAsst. Principal-Mr. David Broussard Counselors 2019-2020 Middle School and Freshman-Ms. Kendra Boutte Soph., Juniors, and Seniors- Mrs. Kauhia St. Julien Contact information can be found in the Course Directory

3. DIPLOMA TRACK OPTIONS GRADUATION TOPS University Diploma Track Jumpstart Diploma Track (Vocational) Which direction will you choose to get to your final destination?

4. Individual Graduation Plan JumpStart Career Diploma Curriculum • Prepares students for a community college, technical school, or employment. • 23 credits to graduate • Must choose a Job Specialty • Must complete 9 credit hours in chosen job specialty TOPS University Diploma Curriculum • Prepares students for a 4 year college or university • 24 credits to graduate • Honors program Must choose between these two curriculums.

5. English JumpStart • English I • English II • Business Eng/Eng III • Technical Writing/Eng IV TOPS University • English I • English II • English III • English IV 4 credits required 4 credits required

6. Math JumpStart • Algebra I – 1 credit • 3 credits from: Geometry or Financial Literacy or Math Essentials or Algebra II or Business Math or Alg III TOPS University • Algebra I • Geometry • Algebra II • Pre-Calc H or AlgIII or Probability and Statistics H 4 credits required 4 credits required

7. Social Studies JumpStart • Civics • Am History TOPS University • World Geography • Civics • Am History • World History 2 credits required 4 credits required

8. Science JumpStart • Biology • Environmnetal Science or Physical Science TOPS University • Physical Science • Biology • Chemistry • Env Science or Chem II AP or Physics H or Biology II H 2 credits required 4 credits required

9. Health and PE JumpStart • Health/PE • PE/Athletic PE • Indicate the sport you play TOPS University • Health/PE • PE/Athletic PE • Indicate the sport you play 2 credits required 2 credits required

10. French JumpStart TOPS University • French I • French II 0 credits required 2 credits required

11. Art or Band JumpStart TOPS University • 1 credit from: Art or Fine Art Survey or Band 0 credit required 1 credit required

12. Career and Technical Electives JumpStart • IBCA • Quest for Success • 7 more Job Specialty Electives TOPS University • 3 electives of choice (IBCA and Quest for Success are encouraged) 9 credits required 3 credits required

13. Job Specialty • Students in JumpStart curriculum can NOT graduate unless they complete 9 credit hours in one particular Job Specialty AND • He/She must earn an Industry Based Certification in the chosen Job Specialty • We only have a limited amount of choices • Your Job Specialty does NOT have to be related to your career after you graduate. You just need to meet the needs of LDOE in order for you to be able to graduate. • In each Job Specialty, you must complete 9 credit hours.

14. JUMP START CAREER PATHWAYS STATEWIDE GRADUATION PATHWAYS​ Automobile Service Pathway​ Carpenter Pathway​ Certified Nursing Assistant Pathway​ Collision Repair Pathway​ Electrician Pathway​ Emergency Medical Tech Pathway​ HVAC Tech Pathway​ Internet Web Foundations Pathway​ Micro-Enterprise/Barbering Pathway​ Oil & Gas T-2 Safety Systems Pathway​ ProStart/Restaurant Pathway​ Welder Pathway​ ​

15. Elective Possibilities • NCCER Core at (prerequisite to many courses offered IPCC) • Nutrition/Foods • Yearbook I & II • Speech I & II • Woodworking • Fine Arts Survey • Medical Terminology • Art I, II, III, IV • IBCA • BCA • Principles of Business • Drafting • Journey to Careers • Family & Consumer Science I & II

16. Electives at IPCC **All classes offered at Career Campus are two credit courses. Check the Course Directory for a list of classes offered ** Based on your Jump Start Career Pathway, your counselor will schedule career campus classes. CAREER CAMPUS: AC Refrigeration Auto Body 1 Auto Body 2 Auto Tech 1 Auto Tech 2 Barbering I Barbering II Barbering III Barbering IV CIW Internet Business/Website Development Custom Sewing I Custom Sewing II NCCER Carpentry I NCCER Carpentry II NCCER Electrical I NCCER Welding I NCCER Welding II Nursing Assistant First Responder Outdoor Power I Outdoor Power II Oil & Gas/Safety Systems ProStart I ProStart II

17. CONSENT FORM • For TOPS, College Scholarships, Grants, Aid Programs and College Admissions • I cannot release any of your information to any organizations or schools unless you give me consent. • Please have your parent/guardian sign this consent form and return to me ASAP!!!! • Anytime you want to turn something into me and I am not at school, just slip it under my door.

18. Advanced Placement Classes • College level class taught by a teacher on our campus or Online • At the end of the class, you can pay $94 to take an exam that you may earn college credit if you score a 3, 4, or 5 out of 5. • Chemistry II AP, English Literature and Composition(Edgenuity), AP World History(Edgenuity), AP Calculus AB(Edgenuity) • English III and IV GT/AP • These classes do not count towards weighted • GPAs • If you are interested in taking this class, indicate this on your schedule sheet. • AP classes will have more weight than Honors classes for recognition at graduation.

19. Dual Enrollment •  A dual enrollment class is a college course taken on the high school campus, and the successful completion of this course earns the student both high school and college credit. • As a college course, it is governed by the crediting university's policies including attendance, syllabus and grading. Iberia Parish School District cannot overrule these policies.   • The grade a student earns in this course will affect high school GPA, but more importantly, college GPA. As a college course, the grade earned in this course will become a part of the student's college transcript and can affect TOPS funding. 

20. Dual Enrollment cont. • Students must qualify to enroll in dual enrollment course.  (Please check these requirements for the university you are using.) If a student intends to take a dual enrollment course, but does not have the required ACT score(s), then they will need to schedule the June test date and earn the required score in order to enroll in a fall course.  Courses offered in the spring will allow students additional testing opportunities. • A dual enrollment course is an excellent opportunity to earn college credit. Currently, the district is guaranteeing funds for one course per student; however, students interested in more than one course should understand that the cost of a dual enrollment course is much less than the cost of the same course taught on the college campus.  Paying for a dual enrollment course reserves TOPS funds which can be spent later.  The TOPS scholarship pays for 8 full-time college semester. 

21. Dual Enrollment cont. • Scenario 1:  Many students find it difficult to complete their undergraduate degree in 8 semesters. If they do not, then the additional semesters become the responsibility of the student/parent.  Earning low cost credit through dual enrollment makes it much easier to complete their degree in 8 college semesters. It is much cheaper to pay for credits through dual enrollment than it is to pay for additional college semesters.  • Scenario 2:  If a student completes his/her undergraduate degree  in 7 or less semesters because of credits earned in high school through dual enrollment, he/she reserves 1 or more semesters of TOPS funds to pay for graduate school education. 

22. Dual Enrollment for Math • Algebra III will be offered as a Dual Enrollment credit through LSU for Seniors only. • You can earn a college Algebra credit. • In order to be eligible for English Dual Enrollment class, you must score at least an 19 in Math and 18 in English and a 19 Composite on the ACT test with a cumulative GPA of 2.50. • Signed Contracts are due TODAY!!

23. Dual Enrollment for English • English IIIwill be offered as a Dual Enrollment credit through LSU for Juniorsonly. • You can earn college credit for English 1001 • In order to be eligible for English Dual Enrollment class, you must score at least an 19 in Math and 18 in English and a 19 Composite on the ACT test with a cumulative GPA of 2.50.

24. Accepted by all four-year colleges and universities in the United States • Offers both a college admissions test and a career planning component • Offered six times per year • Loreauville High school code—191-635—this is the code for ACT to send your scores to us to keep on file • A student may choose up to four colleges and/or scholarship agencies to send scores to for no charge: Examples: • TOPS code—1595; NCAA—9999; UL-Lafayette—1612; LSU—1590 • Fee waivers are available for students that are eligible for free or reduced lunch programs — see your Professional School Counselor • Website: www.actstudent.org Register for the ACT on this website. • You must create your own account. Please save that information because the School Counselor does NOT have access to your ACT registration account. You will take the ACT one time for free at LHS.

25. ACT test • If you do not have an 18 in English and a 19 in Math on the ACT test and you plan on attending a 4 year university, then you need to work on improving your score through practice and taking the ACT until you achieve your desired score. • You must register online at www.actstudent.org • Since we are all Free and Reduced Lunch now, each student can use up to 2 fee waivers to take the ACT as an 11th and 12th grader. You must get those individually from Mrs. St. Julien

26. LHS Testing • *All students will take the ACT test as part of school accountability in March. • Juniors will take the ACT test. The test will be free to students because the Louisiana Department of Education is requiring the schools to give the test to all public school students. It will be given on a week day and students will be allowed to use their scores for college entrance requirements. • End of Course Exams • EOCs will be given at the end of the Fall semester in December and at the end of the Spring semester in May: • English I • Algebra I • Geometry • English II • Biology • US History TOPS ACT Composite Requirements: 20, 23, 27 TOPS TECH 17 If you do NOT pass your EOC exams, you do NOT graduate.

27. CLEP • College Level Exam Program – students could possibly earn college credit by taking the CLEP exam. • Students can register to take any exam at anytime at https://clep.collegeboard.org • There are 33 different tests on various subjects. • Some of our classes line up with the subject area of the CLEP exams: • Biology II Honors = Biology CLEP exam • American History = US History II CLEP exam • Algebra III = College Algebra CLEP exam • Psychology Honors = Intro to Psychology CLEP exam

28. Honors Program • All honor students are required to complete the following prescribed college preparatory curriculum according to the following schedule. • The Honors Curriculum is aligned with TOPS University curriculum and TOPS requirements. • Additionally, students must complete 16 classes at the Honors level and one additional core class that is accepted by TOPs. • All honor students are required to complete 30 credits total.

29. Honors Program • As an 8th grader, you must make a final grade of A or B in a subject to be eligible for the 9th grade honors class in that subject. For example: • 8th grade Math final grade is A = 9th grade Alg I H • 8th grade Eng final grade is C = 9th grade Eng I • 8th grade Soc St. final grade is B = 9th grade W. Geo H • 8th grade Sci final grade is D = 9th grade Physical Sci • As a 9th grader, you must maintain a C or higher average in a subject to continue to be eligible for the 10 grade honors class in that subject. For example: • 9th grade Alg I H final grade is C= 10th grade Geom H • 9th grade Alg I H final grade is D = 10th grade Geom

30. Honors Program • If you want to move from on-level to Honors classes, your final grade in the class must be a B to move from on-level to Honors. For example: • Algebra I final grade is B = Geometry Honors • Algebra I final grade is C = Geometry • Keep in mind that we are a small school, and we do not have lots of scheduling choices. • It is difficult for me to schedule you with half honors classes and half on-level classes.

31. Graduating with Honors: • If you complete all Honors requirements you will be seated before on-level students. • Students who complete the honors program with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better will be recognized as Distinguished Graduates and you will sit on the first row. • ONLY the Distinguished Graduates GPAs will be weighted for graduating seating purposes on the first row. • All Honors and Advanced Placement classes are weighted heavier than on-level classes. • Advanced Placement classes are weighted the heaviest (except for Eng III GT AP and IV GT AP).

32. Grade Classification

33. Credit Recovery and Grade Recovery Credit recovery is an instructional program for students who have failed core courses taken previously.  Credit recovery courses are taught using computer software programs aligned with the state’s content standards and grade level expectations.  To recover credit, the student must pass a comprehensive final exam approved by the State Department of Education. A student athlete interested in a Division I or II University MUST repeat the required courses in their entirety to fulfill the NCAA requirements.  Students cannot simply repeat the deficient skills of a required course they fail.  In other words, they cannot use the credit recovery option for promotion of subjects failed.  It will not meet the NCAA requirement for that course. The student must get permission from their teacher to recover the grade. Then, the student must bring the sheet to Coach Lewis or Ms. Loston and we will set up the student to recover the grade on the computer. Each student has ONE grading period to finish all assignments assigned to the student on the computer.

34. Information on Scheduling!!! • Please take note that prerequisites for certain courses are included. Do not schedule a course with a prerequisite unless you have fulfilled the necessary requirements. • The course directory contains brief descriptions of courses along with necessary information as to grade level prerequisites. Honors, gifted, and advanced placement classes are the highest academic levels. On-level is the average academic level. Be sure that the level of the course fits your abilities and you meet all requirements and prerequisites. • Student schedules will be determined according to their Individual Graduation Plan. • Schedules will not be changed after the first week of a new semester unless the change is approved by the Principal.

35. Information on Scheduling!!! • Schedules will NOT be changed without parental approval!!!!!!! • Students may not receive credit for the same course twice. • A Job Specialty must be completed in order to be allowed to graduate with a High School Diploma in the JumpStart Curriculum. Electives must be related to the student’s Job Specialty. This applies to the incoming Freshman of 2014 and beyond. In order for a student to complete a Job Specialty, he/she must complete 9 credit hours in the chosen specialty. • You must also earn an Industry Based Certification in order to graduate in the Jumpstart Program.

36. It’s time to decide ……. It’s time to decide……… Will your curriculum stay TOPS UNIVERSITY or switch to JUMPSTART? If you choose Jumpstart, what is your CAREER PATHWAY?

37. Course Request Form • 9th,10th ,11th , and 12thGrade classes have been assigned to you on your course request form. • If you desire to take any of these courses as an Honors course, please place an “H” next to that course. • If you desire elective changes, scratch thru the elective listed and replace with the one you would like to take. • Please leave a phone number where you can be reached on the bottom of the course request and any notes that you need me to know for next year. • Student and Parents please sign both sides(IGP and Request Form) and Consent Forms.

38. Seniors Only • If you desire Partial Day, please write partial day as your elective. • For example, if you only have 6 credits, you would write partial day twice. If you have only 4 credits, you would write partial day 4 times. • If you only have 4 credits on your schedule form and do not write partial day or electives, electives will be chosen for you. • Individual Scheduling will be June 4th (Last names) A-K and June 5th L-Z • from 8am-11am and 1pm-2pm

39. IMPORTANT INFORMATION • Students will be held responsible for schedule requests. • If you do not turn in this form, your counselor will make your schedule, and you may not be able to change any of the courses that your counselor schedules for you!!! • It is YOUR responsibility to turn in this form if you want to make your own choices!!!

40. IMPORTANT INFORMATION • Parents must sign this form before turning it in. • Please submit Dual Enrollment Contracts to your counselor TODAY if interested in Algebra III DE! • IGPs and Consent forms must be filled out. You and your parent must sign the column for next year on the bottom of the IGP form. ***THE IGP IS A STATE MANDATED FORM***

41. Orientation • Orientation for 10th, 11th, and 12th graders will be the 1st day of school in the New Gym. • Registration fees of $30.00 are due. • Students who drive to school must purchase a parking permit for $10.00 in the office.