1. State College Area High School Parent Night and Curriculum Showcase January 20, 2016

2. This Evening’s Agenda 6:30 7:30- 8:30 TimeSessionLocation Welcome and Introductions Ninth Grade Learning Community Scheduling Guidelines from Counselors Auditorium (for upcoming Gr. 9 Par and Prospective Parents) North Library (for upcoming Gr. 10, 11, 12 Parents) Curricular displays: English, Social Studies, Math, CTC & Elective Course Table Displays Science displays Counselors available for consultation/questions Auxiliary Gym Counseling Office

3. 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 (120-130 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.

4. 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

5. State College Area High School Meet the Coordinators ●English: Christine Merritt ●Science: Todd McPherson ●Math: Bill Harrington ●Social Studies: Jackie Saylor ●Health/PE/FCS: Steve Kurzinger ●Music: Paul Leskowicz ●Art: Danielle Crowe ●World Language: Rick Polka ●Library: Dotty Delafield/Paije Davis ●Counseling: Susan Marshall ●Director of the CTC: Sharon Perry ●Director of Alternative Ed: Jon Downs

6. Course Selection and Registration for Class of 2020 January 2016 Susan Marshall - Head Counselor, grades 9-12 Patricia Devecka- 9th grade counselor (A-K) Suzanne Lyke - 9th grade counselor (L-Z)

7. General Registration Timeline  February 1, 2016 - an email will be sent home with course recommendations from current teachers and with directions for using the course selection guide to make your course requests for the 2016-2017 school year.  Parents/Guardians may contact teachers with questions regarding course recommendations.  Students and/or parents/guardians can make appointments with their current school counselor with questions re: scheduling or registration.  Student course requests are due by March 4, 2016 through HAC  Aug. 1- 12: schedules can be viewed online with a limited window to request course changes. An email 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, 2016. *FRESHMEN ORIENTATION IN AUGUST

8. Two Points of View  Short Term: What you need to know to effectively plan your classes for next year?  Long Term: What you need to know & think about in order to effectively plan for the next four years of high school? For life after high school?

9. Minimum Graduation Requirements  4 credits each of English and Social Studies  3 credits each of Science and Math  Physical Education each year in high school  Health/Wellness Classes in 9th/10th and 11th/12th Grade (2 courses)  In-class Driver’s Education  Graduation Project  Community Service (20 Hours)  Electives (5.5 credits)  Total of 22.50 credits See page 7 of course selection guide.

10. Helping your student to request courses:  8th - 11th grade counselors will be meeting with all students in Social Studies classes to present course registration information and help with the course selection process during the first 2 and a half weeks in February.  2/3/16: Current 12th grade counselors present to PFMS 8th grade students.  2/10/16: Current 12th grade counselors present to MNMS 8th grade students.  2/18/16: State High and Delta counselors and Registrars Office present registration process to 8th grade Delta, Charter, OLV, and private schools/families.  Mid - March: course requests snail mailed home for one last look and opportunity to change requests for next year.  March 30, 2016: HAC Course Request Window closes.

11. A/B Block Scheduling and 9th grade schedules: 1.1-1.2 Math 2.1 - 2.1 English 3.1 LUNCH (30 mins) 3.2 - 3.3 *Phys Ed 9 (Fall)/*Health 1 (Spring) 4.1 World Language (if 4-year college bound) 5.1 - 5.2 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 for essential 9th grade scheduling guidelines !

12. 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 - colleges 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.

13. 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

14. Symbols found in the Guide What do they mean ?

15. HOW TO REQUEST COURSES  Log on to Home Access Center http://www.scasd.org/hac http://www.scasd.org/hac  Recommendations will be pre-loaded.  Choose electives by priority.  You must have at least 6.0 credits on your schedule (3 out of 4 blocks/day at minimum).  Changes to recommended courses require parent signature on the course recommendation change form (see your counselor or download it from the website).

16. Remember  Follow your teacher recommendations.  Talk with your current counselor if you have more questions.  Talk over your course selection with your parents/guardians.  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.

17. Contact Information Thank you for attending! Feel free to email or call us with questions: Counseling Offices: (814)231-5050 South (814)231-1130 North smb11@scasd.orgsmb11@scasd.org for general questions