Class of 20 20 Course Selection 201 9 -20 20 Your Senior Year Is N ear !

1. Class of 2020Course Selection 2019-2020Your Senior Year Is Near! Student Services Department Riverside Brookfield High School January 8th & 9th

2. Appointment Pass

3. Course Selection Dates for Rising Seniors • Begins on January 10th • Ends on January 25th • Be on time for your appointment. • Be prepared with a completed form. • Please notify your counselor if you are unable to make your appointment time.

4. Course Selection Form

5. Course Selection Form

6. Curriculum Guide • A copy of the 2019-20 Curriculum Guide can be viewed and downloaded from the RB website.

7. Senior Year Classes • 1.0 Credit in English • .50 Credit in Government • 1.0 Credit in PE or 1.0 in Marching Band and .50 credit in PE • Pay close attention to graduation requirements like Consumer Economics, Fine Arts Survey & Global Area Studies. • Be sure to list alternative classes, especially P.E.

8. Graduation Requirements

9. Fulfilling Grad Requirements • The Global Studies A or B graduation requirement may also be fulfilled by taking: • Sociology • AP World History • Level 4 or Advanced Placement Language class at RBHS (French IV, AP French, Spanish IV, AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish Literature, or AP German) • All students must take the Fine Arts Survey course, unless they fulfill the following requirements: • Annually take at least a ½ unit within one area of concentration in the Fine Arts over their four years (music, visual arts, or dance/drama). OR • A ½ unit of a performing art and an additional ½ unit of a visual art. See page 66 for eligible courses. • A Fine Art Survey Proficiency Exam is offered twice a year.

10. Elective Opportunities • Applied Arts • Business & Technology • Family & Consumer Science • Industrial Technology • Technology Education • Television Arts Production • Fine Arts • Music • Art • Theater

11. Elective Opportunities • English • Clarion • Rouser • Debate • Creative Writing • Film Studies • World Language • Spanish • French • German • Heritage Speakers • Social Studies • Urban Studies • Psychology (Reg/AP) • Sociology

12. Recommendations • Your current teacher made recommendations in the following subject areas: • English (Regular, Honors, or AP) • Math (Regular, Honors, or AP) • Science (Regular or AP) • Social Studies (Regular or AP) • World Language (Level III or IV) • Teachers may have suggested classes in: • Applied Arts • Fine Arts • Wellness

13. Level Change Request FormReturn to Counselor by 1/31

14. Taking a Rigorous Schedule • Senior year is a very important year academically. • Colleges will use your 6th semester transcript and possibly 7th semester for admission consideration but will also review your senior year courses as part of their decision-making. • Consider your post-secondary plans • 4-year college • 2-year college • Trade school • Military • Work

15. Summer School Opportunities • Summer School information will be posted on the RB website by mid-April. • Any failed courses from previous years should be made-up in summer school. • Government is typically offered in the summer for rising seniors.

16. Course Request Changes • Take selecting course for next school year seriously. Courses are offered based on students’ requests. • “Change of mind” course changes will not be honored after January 31st. If you decide to drop a course after January, a study hall will be added • Teachers may make level change recommendations after January.

17. Course Verification Letters • Course verification letters will be mailed home to families in March. • Students/parents will be given approximately 5 days to review their course selections. • Verification letters are mailed only to ensure course selection accuracy. We are not able to honor “change of mind” course changes. • Students should see their counselor if there is an error on the course verification letter.

18. College Updates/InformationRemind You will receive a welcome text from Remind.

19. Questions