Course Selection

1. Course Selection For the 2019-20 School Year Class of 2020

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

3. Transcript • An official, legal document • Please check your transcript for the following: • All courses taken for high school credit are shown • All courses taken appear in the correct school year • Specific courses have accurate notations • J=Junior High • H=Honors • Q=Pre-AP • P=AP • D=Dual Credit

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

5. 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 • The number of credits required to complete an Endorsement varies

6. Dual Credit Classes • Earn high school and college credit concurrently • Nine Dual Credit classes offered at WHS • Some offered through Angelo State University and others through Cisco College • Students must meet TSI requirements in order to apply • Students must pass the TSI Assessment or be exempt from it • Students must apply for admission to the appropriate school and be accepted • Do not re-apply if already taking a DC class from the same school • Most of these classes meet at WHS during the regular school day • Automotive Technology meets at Cisco College • Dual Credit Informational Meeting • Wednesday, February 27, at 6:00 p.m. in the PAC • Do not need to attend if already taking a DC class

7. Dual Credit Classes • Important facts to consider • Class size limited • May require payment of tuition • DC Government/ Economics/ Psychology will cost $300 per semester next year • Cisco College courses cost $272 per semester • May require purchase of textbook • Multiple-step process to get in • Automotive Technology • Must have transportation to Cisco College • Must purchase tools and safety glasses • Must have meningitis vaccine • Financial aid available for those who qualify • FAFSA

8. Teacher Aide • Request for Teacher Aide Form • Must be picked up and started by the teacher • Teacher will give it to you to complete and turn in • Completed Request for Teacher Aide Form • due in the Counselors’ Office by Thursday, March 7th. • Important Facts to Consider: • Teachers are limited in the number of student aides they can have. • Students are not permitted to be an aide during a teacher’s conference period or during an athletic period. • If you are an aide for a teacher during 5th period, you will have the same lunch period as that teacher. • Teacher Aide • not available as a choice in the computer • enter an elective you would be willing to drop instead • on the Request for Teacher Aide form, there is a space to indicate which elective you want to drop

9. Career Preparation • 2 credits • Can be 1 or two class periods • 1 period in the class • 1 period allotted for work time • Seniors enrolled in this class must be at school a minimum of 4 class periods

11. Course requests • Please look at the paper provided by your counselor. • Look at the graduation plan. • Look at the endorsement and option • Look to see if classes are needed next year to complete your endorsement and option. • Look at the list of classes required to graduate next year. • Read the counselor notes. • The information provided on this page is based on the following: • the current endorsement and option in the computer • the classes you are currently taking • passing every course you are enrolled in this year • A change of endorsement or option or failure to pass all classes this year means the classes required to graduate next year would change.

12. Course request • Request an English class • English 4 • AP English 4: 90+ average for previous two semesters in English 3 or 80+ average for previous two semesters in AP English 3 and teacher approval • DC English 4: Must have passed DC English 3 or pass English 1301 at Cisco College this summer (Counselor permission required)

13. Course requests • Request a math class (if needed) • Math Models  Algebra 2 • Algebra 2 Advanced Quantitative Reasoning Pre-Calculus DC Pre-Calculus • Pre-Calculus AP Calculus

14. Course requests • Request a science class (if needed) • ChemistryPhysics  Astronomy  AP Biology*  AP Chemistry*  AP Physics* • PhysicsAstronomy  AP Biology*  AP Chemistry*  AP Physics*  Anatomy and Physiology* • Qualifications for AP Biology and AP Chemistry • 80+ semester averages in both Pre-AP Biology andPre-AP Chemistry or • earn a satisfactory score on the Advanced Science Placement Exam. • It is administered by the WHS Science Department in May. • Qualifications for AP Physics • 80+ semester averages in both Pre-AP Biology and Pre-AP Chemistry • Completion of Algebra 2

15. Course requests • Request a social studies class • Government • DC Government • Four class block of • DC Government 1 • DC Government 2 • DC Economics • DC Psychology • Must take all four classes

16. Course requests • Request a Spanish class (if needed) • All graduation plans require two credits • Spanish 1  Spanish 2

17. Course requests • Request all other classes needed to complete the Foundation Curriculum • Fine Art: 1 credit required • Art • Band • Choir • Theater Arts • Floral Design (can substitute for a Fine Art) • Physical Education: 1 credit required • P.E. • Off-season P.E. • Athletics (please write the name of the first fall sport) • P.E. Substitute (Band, Cheerleading, or Drill Team) • Health: .5 credit required • Health • Principles of Health Science

18. Course requests • Request all classes needed to complete your Endorsement • Look at the page for the endorsementyou have declared • Look at the box for the option you have selected. • Look at the cluster within the option you have chosen. • Look at the requirements for completing this cluster/option of this endorsement

19. Course Requests • Select other elective classes • May be from your endorsement • May be from other endorsements • Must have at least 5 classes * • Volleyball players must have at least 6 • Do not repeat an elective you have had before. • Consider the information on the following slides. . .

20. Course requests • 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 • Career Preparation • Newspaper • Yearbook • Some electives require an audition or interview. These courses maybe available when we go to the computer lab. • If you are currently in the class, you may enter it for next year • If you are not currently in the class or the class, select an elective you would be willing to drop if you are approved for the class. • Cheerleading • Drill Team • Jazz Band • Mixed Chorus • Show Choir • PALS

21. 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 • Can count as the 4th science

22. 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

23. Course Requests • Request at least 5 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

24. Course Request Computer Entry • We will go to the lab Wednesday 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

25. 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