Course Selection for Sophomore Year Rising 10th Course Selection for Sophomore Year October 16 & 18, 2018 Please sign in at the front table to confirm you have a signed PGP on file.

October – 9th grade/rising 10th November – 10th grade/rising 11th Academic Advisors meet with every student, every year, to review path and plan and to select courses for the next school year: All year long – Seniors! October – 9th grade/rising 10th November – 10th grade/rising 11th December & January – 8th grade/rising 9th February – 11th grade/rising 12th

When Academic Advisors visit history classrooms, we: 1. Distribute the Course Selection Packet (CSP) which includes: Course Selection Worksheet with Elective Courses on the reverse Transcript current Class Schedule 2. Present Information Whole Class and lead a Q & A 3. Individual review with each student 4. Send the completed CSP home

evening Parent Seminars (choice of 2 nights) to meet with parents That same month, Advisors host evening Parent Seminars (choice of 2 nights) to meet with parents to review the same information we shared with students in classrooms.

Because Advisors collect course selection data from students between October and February, Advisors are not in our offices to take individual parent meetings about course selection during this time. This is why we created the Parent Education Seminar Series – so that Advisors are able to communicate with our parents about Course Selection as a group. Of course, if your need is urgent, and is not related to course selection, your Advisor will absolutely respond to your need. Just email us and describe your concern. If your concern cannot be addressed by email, we are happy to meet with you. After Spring Break, our course selection duties end – though we have many other duties! – still we are more likely to be working in our offices so it is easier for us to meet individually with parents March – May and again August – September. Your Advisors appreciate your patience with our predetermined deadlines and annual cycle of priorities. We hope that by explaining why we do, what we do, when we do it, our parents can better understand why your Advisor’s priorities must shift throughout the school year

Now, let’s walk through course selection together!

The Big Picture: A 4 Year Plan SS SS Transfer students take their required transfer elective, and choose 2 electives/year. Zoned students choose 3 electives/year.   All students must devote at least one full year elective to PE and at least one full year elective to Fine Art. IB diploma candidates must test in 3 HL and 3 SL level courses. Must get to Math SL. Zoned/BO PBM BIM SS

Health Geometry A & Geometry B

Front and Back of the Course Selection Worksheet – What it will look like when it comes home

Annual Cycle: Course Requests, Verifications, and Schedule Change Requests Course Selection October R10th Grade Course Selection November R11th Grade Course Selection December & January R9th Grade Course Selection February R12th Grade Course Selection March Course Requests are Entered March Course Verification 1 is sent home and returned with any change requests April Course Verification 2 is sent home and returned with any change requests June Course Verification 3 is sent home. August Advisors host in person Schedule Change Requests the week before school starts Last Chance/Wrong Class Requests Entered In person Schedule Change Requests Course Verifications and Written Change Requests ADVISOR

How do I email my Academic Advisor? Academic Advisors Office 1 (3) or fewer Advanced Academics A-K Mr. Thompson kthompso@houstonisd.org L-Z Ms. Raibon sraibon@houstonisd.org Academic Advisors Office 2 (4) or more Advanced Academics A-G Ms. Quintero monica.quintero@houstonisd.org H-Ph Ms. Brooks fbrooks1@houstonisd.org Pi-Z Ms. McDonald ksydow@houstonisd.org Additional Support Ms. Nixon SPED dnixon1@houstonisd.org Dr. Cain 504 & ELL rcain@houstonisd.org

Your Advisors host a webpage to which we will post this PowerPoint presentation and other important information, including a FAQs page!

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A note about Personal Graduation Plans (PGPs) Please see sign in at the front table to confirm you have a signed PGP on file.

And now, a word about Credit Appeal . . .

What is Credit Appeal? The application process to recover credit in a class in which the student earned a passing grade but no credit was awarded due to attendance Attendance credit loss appears on transcript as M or N and on report card as “NG” Applications for the fall semester of 2017 are available this week in N110. Application deadline is this Friday, January 26. Must submit application with copy of report card and attendance report. Attendance reports are available in the Attendance Office – takes at least 24 hours. Pick up decision one week later in the Attendance Office.

Example Report Card

Credit Appeal Application Front Credit Appeal Application Back

Saturday School Who needs it? How do I know? When is it? How do I gain admission?

Questions?

for coming out this evening!