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Welcome to High School! Class of 2018

Welcome to High School! Class of 2018 . Parent Course Selection Meeting February 12, 2014. Purpose:. To share the yearlong and daily building schedule To explain what courses are required for every freshman To provide information about available electives

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Welcome to High School! Class of 2018

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  1. Welcome to High School!Class of 2018 Parent Course Selection Meeting February 12, 2014

  2. Purpose: • To share the yearlong and daily building schedule • To explain what courses are required for every freshman • To provide information about available electives • To share what sample student schedules might look like • To go over course selection procedure

  3. Why is this important to you?

  4. THIS IS YOUR FUTURE. • Starting next year all of your grades will be on your OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT. • CHALLENGE YOURSELF vsBEING SUCCESSFULL • This is about your future NOT your friends’ future!

  5. In your packet: • Important information explaining how to contact us and how to access information about your child’s progress • Summary sheet of Freshman Center courses • Descriptions of each course • Sample Course selection sheet

  6. Freshman Center Schedule: • Seven fifty minute periods • Core courses run all year long • Electives are full credit and half credit • Half credit electives are semester based • Lunch built into period 4 • PRIDE

  7. 2018 Required Courses: • English (Springboard Level 4) • US History II • Science • Mathematics (depends on current schedule) • Movement and Exercise Science

  8. What level should my child take? • Each of the core courses is available at an honors OR college & career preparatory level. • Honors level requires signed expectation sheet • All core courses and many electives are offered in a cyber format. • Co -taught sections are available by IEP/counselor/teacher recommendation only. • Your child’s teachers and counselors can help you decide what is right for your child.

  9. 2018 Electives Full credit electives: Half credit electives: • World language • Spanish I, II, and Introductory to Spanish • German • Mandarin • Music • Band, Chorus or both • Project Lead the Way • Intro to Engineering • Technical School Program • Digital Design and Studi0 Art • Design Concepts in Art (cyber only) • Art History (cyber only) • Personal Growth (cyber only) • Intro to Business • Interactive Media • Health I • Computer programming • *Academic Literacy- Math • *Academic Literacy- English *teacher recommendation only

  10. Sample Schedules:

  11. Sample Schedules:

  12. Questions?

  13. The Plan • Take the Course Selection Packet home and go over it with your parents/guardians. • Talk to your teachers, counselors, brothers/sisters/cousins, and older friends about what courses you should take. • Complete and return pages 1 through 4of the Packet (Parent Signature Page/Course Selection Page) to your homeroom teacher by Tuesday, February 18th, 2014.

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