BHS Pre-Registration 2016-2017 School Year

Pre-Registration Today begins the registration process for BHS. Your teacher has given you a pre-registration form. At this time, please place your name, house, and grade on it. With the help of your teachers and parents, complete the form with the courses you would like to take next year. This year, course requests will be input on-line through parent portal. If you do not have access, you will turn this sheet in to Mrs. Drakeford in the main guidance office. If you do not submit on-line or turn in your sheet, courses will be chosen for you.

Time-Line Choose Courses –January 27, 2016 – February 3, 2016 Input Courses On-Line – 8:00 A.M., January 27, 2016 – 12:00 A.M., February 3, 2016 Meet with Counselors-February 15, 2016–April 29, 2016 You will receive your appointment date and time from your counselor. Parents are encouraged to attend but are not required to attend Counselors will meet with rising seniors first, rising juniors second, and rising sophomores third. Counselors will go to the middle schools in April to meet with the rising freshmen.

Choosing Courses Students at all grade levels will register for a math, English, science, and social studies based on teacher recommendations. If the student or parent does not agree with the recommendation, the parent may contact the student’s lead teacher to set up a conference to sign a waiver. If a waiver is signed, the student may not withdraw from the class without penalty.

Choosing Courses Students should choose electives carefully considering their IGP Students should choose alternates in case there are conflicts or the course is not offered. The course guide, with a description of the courses, is posted on the school’s webpage www.richland2.org/bh . If you do not have access to the internet, you may see your counselor for a copy of the guide.

Choosing Courses Students are only allowed to double up in courses if they are behind or needing to take pre-requisites for AP Courses. All Seniors must be enrolled in a math class, English Class, science class, and Gov. & Econ. Only seniors are allowed to sign up for Early Release, Late Arrival, and Senior Prep. Note: Parental permission is required. See your counselor for the appropriate form that must be on file before scheduling these courses. All seniors must be enrolled in the equivalent of at least 2 block classes each semester to be considered a student at BHS. This does not include virtual classes, non-credited classes, or work-based learning classes.

Meeting with Counselor During your appointment with your counselor, the counselor will review your requests to make sure that you have included the necessary requirements to keep you on track for graduation as well as help you get into the college of your choice. You will also review your IGP at that time

Building the Master Schedule The Master Schedule is built based on the student requests. Therefore, it is extremely important that you request the classes that you intend to take. A course may not be offered if enough students do not request it. You are not guaranteed a course because you requested it. Counselors will make sure that you have what you need for graduation. Upper classmen will have first priority for courses needed for graduation.

Scheduling Students In scheduling students, the computer will give us the conflicts that may occur based on your requests. The courses are placed based on the least number of conflicts. It is close to impossible for no conflicts to occur. Students/parents may not choose teachers. We do not change schedules based on teacher requests.

Distributing Schedules Schedules will be distributed during orientation. Dates and times will be mailed during the summer.