Welcome to the State College High School South Building Graduating Class of 2020

Course Selection and Registration for Class of 2020 February 2016 Presenters: Patty Devecka (A-K) Suzanne Lyke (L-Z) Kevin Ber (counseling intern) Kathy Pechtold (Principal – 9LC)

9th Grade Learning Community “No 9th Grade Student Left Unknown” Students: have same elective choices schedules will look the same. will not have “team” activities. Teachers will have/teach: collaborative time ( shared students) to focus on individual student achievement/struggles, analyzing data, and working on transition curriculum. Transition curriculum infused into the content of the 4 cohort teacher’s current curriculum. Positive School Wide Behavior Support program will be part of the transition curriculum.

Other information: Cohort content areas: English, Science, Social Studies, and Health/PE Success this year: New bell schedule/more elective opportunities, more collaboration time around student needs, better connections and collaborations with home Plans for next year: Continue to look for ways to decrease student stress, improved tutoring center

General Registration Timeline See page 4 of Course Selection Guide February- receive directions for course registration/course selection guide. Your course requests are due by March 4 th at Registrar’s Office. Make sure to register your child in the SCASD too! August, 2016 – schedules can be viewed online with a limited window to request course changes. An will be sent to all students with directions on how to view schedules and directions to request course changes. **Schedule changes are very restricted after August 12, *FRESHMEN ORIENTATION IN AUGUST *

Two Points of View Short Term: What you need to know to schedule classes for next year. Long Term: What you need to know & think about to plan for the next four years of high school and for life after high school.

Minimum Graduation Requirements

Required Courses In 9 th Grade English Social Studies Science Math PE and Health Elective (World Language if college bound) Electives or a Study Hall Lunch See page 9 of the Course Selection Guide

A/B Block Scheduling and 9th grade schedules: Math English 3.1 LUNCH (30 mins) *Phys Ed 9 (Fall)/*Health 1 (Spring) 4.1 World Language (if 4-year college bound) World History 6.1 Band 6. 2 Choir 7.1 Science 7.2 LUNCH (30 mins) 7.3 Science 8.1 Elective(s) Day A Day B sign up for 6 full blocks at a minimum *Semester Courses Please see page 9 in the Course Selection Guide

Additional Considerations  Colleges Have Different Requirements ( and it depends on what you want to study ) World Language – typically two years are required as a minimum. Math - Trig/Precalc. for Science, Eng, Business, IST Science - are you pursuing health/medical careers? Fine Arts - college s in California require it.  Requirements For NCAA – 16 Core Courses for Division I & II (NCAA.org)  look for the NCAA designation in our course selection guide. See page 8 of course selection guide.

Reading and Using the Course Selection Guide: -Year long courses that meet every other day for a full block (90 mins) = 1.0 credit. -Semester long courses that meet every other day for a full block =.5 credits -(Music) courses that meet every day, year long and for a half block (45 mins) =.5 credit. -Advanced and AP Science classes that meet for a full block every other day for one semester and everyday during the other semester = 1.50 credits. -Page 10 covers Graduation Project guidelines, Community Service and the Keystone Exams in more detail. -Page 12 contains a Graduation Planning Guide for those of you that want to start mapping out the next four years of high school. -Page 13 contains a Student Schedule Worksheet that you can use to make sure you have enough, but not too many courses selected. -First half of the Course Selection Guide is curricular courses by alphabet and second half is CTC courses where many additional elective courses are found Example: F111 - FALL Semester class S222 - SPRING Semester Class Y333 - YEAR Long Class.50 - Credit or 1.0 Credit *Prerequisites are ALWAYS mandatory

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English and Social Studies SOCIAL STUDIES OPTIONS: Advanced World History I World History I ENGLISH OPTIONS: Advanced English 9 English 9

Typical 9 th grade Math Options: Algebra 1 C.P. Algebra 1 Geometry C.P. Geometry Advanced Geometry Algebra 2 C.P. Algebra 2 Advanced Algebra 2

Science Options: Advanced Earth Systems Science I Earth Systems Science I

Physical Education and Health PE OPTIONS: PE 9 (.50 Credit) Fall or Spring semester Health OPTIONS: Wellness 9 (.50 Credit) Fall or Spring semester

World Languages OPTIONS: - Spanish - French - German - Arabic - Latin - Mandarin Chinese

OTHER ELECTIVES Art Family and Consumer Science Music Technology Education CTC LE (Learning Enrichment)

A Few words from our Math and World Language Coordinators Bill Harrington: Math Math Math Rick Polka: World Lang.

HOW TO REQUEST COURSES Fill out the Course Registration Form – handout Choose core courses (including World Language if planning to attend 4 year college after H.S.) Choose electives You must have at least 6.0 credits on your schedule, we recommend at least 7.0 credits. Due March 4 th at Registrar’s Office

Where is it???? HOW TO FIND THE COURSE SELECTION GUIDE ONLINE Links may be found on the left side of the high school webpage

Remember Talk over your course selection with your parents/guardians. Remember, you are building your high school transcript which will be used for college, job, military and scholarship opportunities. Grades count! Get Involved In clubs, sports and activities.

Registration

Contact Information Thank you for attending! Feel free to or call us with questions: Heather Registrar’s Office: or Andrea Delta – Susan HSN -