2017 High School Registration It is time!!!!!!!

Registration Process for All Students Each of you will receive recommendations from your current core teachers for the science, social studies, math, and language arts classes you will take your freshman year. Ms. Collins will then make you an individualized Course Selections sheet reflecting these recommendations. You will then take these Course Selections sheets home, talk with your parents about your course choices and choose electives. Depending on the high school you attend, different electives may be available. YOU MUST REGISTER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AT WHICH YOU ARE NOW DISTRICTED. On the sheets you take home, you can also pick electives for the school you are applying to if needed. Your core classes will stay the same but some electives may be different. Ms. Collins will take care of transferring schedules if Open Choice is granted.

Understanding your Curriculum Guide This green guide is the only one that you will receive for your four (4) years of high school. Put your name on it right now!!!!!

Curriculum Guide Open the guide to the Table of Contents on page one (1). On this page, you will see several areas of interest. We will discuss some items briefly. Please make sure you use this guide when making decisions about your electives. When choosing electives, these pages may be helpful: Page 38 begins Arts Education courses, Page 49 begins Career Technical Education, and Page 84 begins Healthful Living Education. Now look at Pages 17 to 19. These pages introduce you to each school’s signature programs. If you do not live in the district of the school that offers a certain program you want, you can apply for Open Choice to be eligible for the desired program. If you are interested in applying for Open Choice, please see Ms. Collins. She can help you understand this process.

Non-Traditional High School Several students have applied and were accepted to Wilmington Early College and Isaac Bear Early College High School. Additionally you may be interested in the Career Readiness Academy at Mosley Performance Learning Center or the SEA-TECH high school. This schools also have an application process. If, after reading the information, you are interested in applying to either of these programs, see Ms. Collins

Course Guide Pages 22-37 in the guide describe graduation requirements for all students. This includes information about credits required for graduation as well as class rank, NC Scholars Program, and college admission requirements. This Curriculum Guide can also be found on the Students and Parents pages of the MGMS and NHCS wesites.

Course Descriptions The remainder of the guide gives descriptions of all courses offered in New Hanover County High Schools. Incoming freshman have specific options that are available. Please pay attention to available classes on your Course Selection sheet when looking at electives. Some courses have pre-requisite requirements, and some are not open to freshmen. Do note that all courses are not offered at all high schools. The following codes will identify if a course if offered at your high school: Ashley (EAL), Hoggard (JTH), and New Hanover High (NHHS). Letter codes listed after a course indicate which high schools offer that course. If no letters are displayed, then all high schools offer the class.

Individual High Schools We will now discuss three of the four high schools individually with specific information for each school. First, if you are interested in applying to the STAE Program and/or JROTC, please see Ms. Collins. These programs require applications.

New Hanover High School NHHS’s signature program is Lyceum Academy. This is a very advanced curriculum that you begin in your junior year. However, your freshman and sophomore classes will need to be scheduled to fulfill certain requirements for this program. If you are interested in this program, let Ms. Collins know when working on schedules. Also remember if you are planning on applying for open choice to this school to participate in Lyceum, you need to fill out an Open Choice form.

Hoggard High School Hoggard’s signature program is International Baccalaureate. This program is very rigorous. There is also an application process. If you are interested in this, you MUST attend a informational meeting on March 7th at Hoggard to receive the application. Hoggard will begin a Freshman Transition Academy this year. Students will have two year-long classes that meet every other day, in addition to their 3 block classes. The program has been developed to help freshman with the transition to high school. As before, see Ms. Collins for information if interested.

Ashley High School Ashley’s signature program is the Marine Science Academy. This program takes place during the junior and senior years. If you are interested in this program and do not live in the Ashley district, you can apply for Open Choice. You do not have to enroll in this program until your junior year (11th grade).

Registration Schedule All schedules are due to Ms. Collins no later then March 13th. Be patient as this process takes time. We want each of you to have the opportunity to know and understand what courses and programs are offered to you. Remember you must complete a schedule for your districted high school. If accepted to another school by Open Choice, Ms. Collins will take care of sending the schedule to the new school.

Override Form ******If your parents strongly disagree with the recommendations of the core teachers, they may fill out a course override form. Please be advised that if you are placed in a class using the course override form, you will not be moved from this class, regardless of the grade you are making in it next year. Basically, once you have started the class, you are staying in it! The teachers are making these decisions based on EOG tests, classroom tests, report cards, as well as effort being made in the classroom. An override form should only be considered if you feel the recommendation is incorrect. These forms can be given to you by Ms. Collins.

Conclusion Registering for high school can be a stressful time. We are all here to help you in this process. By doing much of the work for you, Ms. Collins has tried to make it as stress free as possible. Your job is to use your curriculum guide to research and learn about the electives you wish to take. You will also need to have some alternatives in mind, so plan to select about 7 elective classes. Ms. Collins is happy to talk with your parents if needed. Her phone number is 910-350-2100 and her email is leslie.collins@nhcs.net. Email is the best way to get in touch with her. This Power Point will be linked to the MGMS website if you would like to review it with your parents.

Recommendations/Requirements The qualifications guiding core class recommendations will be linked on the website. Please check this first if you have questions about a recommendation.