1. Welcome to St. Joes Online Course Selection 2016 This Powerschool portal will be available from March 1 to March 18, 2016. Once this portal closes, course selections can still be changed but must be completed with Mrs. Baird, the grade 9/10 counselor.

2. The Process March/April: Students pick their courses April/May: Timetables are built and double- checked June: Timetables are given out to students

3. Student Course selection report Your course selection report contains important info: Your powerschool login info (bottom of page) Your marks in current classes Note: you do not require this report to do online course selection. You will receive this report when you attend your scheduled session with your class but you can begin without it!

4. Course Descriptions It is very important that you pick your courses correctly. That is why we grant you access to the form for several days. That way you can discuss it, think it over, and make any changes you like. Read the course descriptions very carefully. Take your time with this form.

5. Full course loads Grade 9, 10, and 11 students are not allowed spares. Grade 12 students must enroll in at least 30 credits.

6. Mandatory Courses All grade 9 students take the following courses and they’ve been pre-selected on your forms. PhysEd Health STRIVE (aka Homeroom) Religion

7. Athletic Development Courses: Athletic Development 9, 10, 20, and 30 are classes designed for students who wish to excel in their sport. Athletic Development 9 is offered during the block 1 for one full semester. It is considered an Option course at this level. The course fee is $150 (subject to change). Athletic Development 10 is offered during the school day (two semesters: 3 credits in one semester and 5 credits in the other). The course fee is $300 (subject to change). Student who take Athletic Dev. 10 will meet the requirement for PE 10. Athletic Development 20 and 30 are both offered at 7 a.m., every 2 nd day for the full school year. Students earn between 5 and 7 credits. The AD 20 course fee is $300 and the AD 30 course fee is $300 (subject to change).

8. French French 9 is strongly recommended for those students who may be taking French in grades 10, 11, 12. It runs for a full semester to allow students sufficient time to experience the language. French 8 is not required.

9. Additional Options All other options last only 6 weeks. There is a very wide variety of classes offered. Pick carefully. Choose for yourself, not just to be with your friends. We generally offer more than one section of each, so picking with your friend(s) is no guarantee that you’ll get the same schedule.

10. Completing the online course selection form: Login to powerschool using your student password (go to www.gpcsd.ca and use the parent portal)www.gpcsd.ca Click on the “Class Registration” button Note that this will only be available from March 1 to March 18, 2016 Read the instructions of each section of the form. Open each section by clicking on the “pencil icon” on the right hand side. Select the course or courses and press “OKAY” to close the section.

11. Choose your options carefully We generally cannot accommodate changes to options classes so choose options carefully. Do not choose options just to be with friends!

12. Band classes : Band will continue to be offered to St. Joes students in the evenings. We have not included Band on our online course selection form as it does not affect a student’s daytime timetable For more information about Band at the high school speak to your Band teacher

13. Alternate Options The courses you select in this “COMPLETE THIS SECTION LAST” section MUST BE DIFFERENT than the ones you chose in the Athletic Development, French, and Additional Options sections of the form. Alternate options are the “back up plan ” in case your other options do not fit in your timetable, or they’re full.

14. Final steps: Once you have opened each section of the online form and selected your courses, you should see a green checkmark beside each section. If you have a red ! it means you have not completed the section or you have selected too many courses.

15. Final steps….very important! Once you have finished each section, click SUBMIT to save your course selections. DO NOT LOG OUT (in case you have to go back and make changes). Print the page that appears (a list of all courses selected) Take a pen/pencil and draw a star beside your favorite option. Bring this paper to a St. Joe’s counselor or your homeroom teacher. Once your paper is checked over and accepted, you may log out.

16. Important notes: You may still make changes to your online course selection form (until March 18, 2016) We also encourage you to Login in and click on Class Registration to show your parents/guardians the courses you selected Make any changes you wish Be sure to click on the Submit button when you are finished looking and/or making changes If you have access to a printer, please print the page, draw a star by your favorite option and hand the page into your homeroom teacher.