COURSE SELECTION JUNIORS

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Total of 24 Credits  English4 credits  Social Studies3.5 credits  Science3 credits  Math3 credits  P.E.1.5 credits  Health.5 credit  Electives8 credits

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Students must also take and pass the Computer Applications 1 course. This course is now transcripted through CVTC. Or Students must pass a computer literacy exam

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS  Differ from high school graduation requirements  Technical College requirements vary by program  Minimum high school coursework for four year colleges include:  English4 years  Math3 years (Alg., Geom., Alg. II) UMN requires 4 years of Math  Science3 years (Phys Sci, Bio, Chem/Physics)  Social Studies3 years  Foreign Language?2 years (Madison, EC, MN)  ACT/SAT, Class Rank, GPA

TYPES OF COLLEGES Four-year colleges/universities Two-year colleges Technical School Trade/Specialty school

TESTING Aspire – this spring ACT – Spring of Junior year SAT? COMPASS? ASVAB? Sophomore Conference - February through April

ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM AP Classes  Art History, Studio Art, Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, English Language, English Literature, Environmental Science, Government and Politics, Human Geography, Music Theory, Psychology, Physics, Spanish, US History  AP Night - January 19

COURSE PLANNING  Four year planning worksheet  Right side of online course book  Keep track of progress and completed graduation requirements  Make sure you have all prerequisite courses needed for future course selections  Link to Online Course Book:

SCHEDULE CHANGES Please keep in mind that student course requests help determine which classes will be offered and how many sections of classes will be available. In short, many important decisions are based on the number of course requests. There is no guarantee that a class will be available if you change your mind in August. Are strongly discouraged after classes begin If you need to make a change to your schedule it should be done during registration week in August

WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURES : No penalty if request is received within 5 school days following the posting of mid-quarter grades (approximately 1 st week of October and 2 nd week of March) : No penalty if request is received by the end of the 7 th week of quarters 1 and 3. Students will be placed in a study hall Youth Options, Distance Education, etc. will have different deadlines.

ALTERNATES We need you to list alternates!!! If there is a conflict with your course selections we will go by alternates in the order you list them. ____ 1. _______________________________________ ____ 2. _______________________________________ ____ 3. _______________________________________ ____ 4. _______________________________________

THINGS TO CONSIDER Post high school plans Pre-requisites Rigor of study

STUDY HALL 002A 1 st semester study hall 002B 2 nd semester study hall 002A & 002Bif you want a study hall all year 002If you want a study hall but don’t care which semester it’s scheduled

OTHER THINGS YOU MAY NEED TO KNOW Use “Scheduling Tools” on Student Services Website  Available forms Life Team application Publications application Junior Course Selection Sheet Use the Four Year Planning worksheet in online course book Many new classes and be aware of name changes (“formerly called”)

INFINITE CAMPUS USERNAME & PASSWORD You need to know it!!!! School log-in and password Course Input on your own December Selection sheets are due Friday, December 19 to first hour teacher Sample input: