1. Scheduling for

2. Diplomas & Graduation Requirements
Standard Diploma
Advanced Studies Diploma

3. Standard Diploma Academic Areas Credits SOL Verified Credits English 42
Social Studies 3 1
Mathematics
Science
Health/Physical Education
Foreign Language, Fine Arts, or Career & Technical Education
Economics and Personal Finance
Electives
Student Selected Verified Credit
Total 22 6

4. Advanced Studies Diploma
Academic Areas
Credits
SOL Verified Credits
English 4 2
Social Studies
Mathematics
Science
Foreign Language
3-4
Health/Physical Education
Fine Arts or Career & Technical Education 1
Economics and Personal Finance
Electives 3
Student Selected Verified Credit
Total 26 9

5. SOL Courses
Reading (Eng. 11) Earth Science Writing (Eng. 11) Biology Chemistry Algebra 1 World History 1 Geometry World History 2 Algebra 2 US History

6. Diplomas & Graduation Requirements
All students must take Economics & Personal Finance or AP Economics
All students meet their online course requirement through Personal Finance or AP Economics
All students receiving a standard diploma must earn a “certification.” This is part of the Personal Finance class, where student will take the W!SE test

7. Grade 10 Course Selections
English 10, Academic or Honors
World History 2 or AP World History
Science (usually Biology Acad. or Honors)
Math – follows sequence
HPE 10
Economics & Personal Finance or Elective
Elective – often a foreign language

8. Grade 11 Course Selections
English 11 Academic, English 11 Honors, or AP Language
US History Academic, DE US History or AP US History
Science – student’s choice
Math – follows sequence
Economics & Personal Finance or elective
Elective – often a foreign language
Elective

9. Grade 12 Course Selections
English 12 Academic, DE English 12, or AP Literature
US Government or AP Government
Science – student’s choice
Math – follows sequence
Economics & Personal Finance or Elective
Elective

10. Course Levels Academic – college bound, no weight
Honors – weighted 0.5 quality points
Dual Enrollment – student receives college credit, weighted quality points
Advanced Placement – college credit dependent on AP exam, internationally recognized curriculum, weighted 1.0 quality points

11. School-Year Schedule Changes
Elective Changes – we cannot change electives
Level Changes

12. School-Year Level Changes
Level changes will be considered on a case-by-case basis
Many factors are considered:
Student input
Parent input
Counselor input
Overall course load
Teacher feedback
Availability of alternate courses
Post-secondary plans
Individual strengths & weaknesses

13. School-Year Level Changes
Academic level changes
A class that is “difficult” is not the same as a class that is “too difficult” for a student!
Changing a level often disrupts the student’s entire schedule!
Changing a level is often not possible!
Level-change requests cannot be considered until MP1 interims are distributed

14. School-Year Level Changes
Request form:
Detailed reason for request
Teacher input: completion of assignments? extra help? Strategies?
Parent and teacher communication?

15. Changes for 2016-2017 New class for 2017-2018:
Dual Enrollment American Sign Language IV
Advanced PE – personal training certification through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
Dual Enrollment African History
New classes added last year:
Dual Enrollment US History
Research (Honors) Chemistry
Graphic Design

16. Dual Enrollment
NOVA-Campus Based
LCPS-Based

17. NOVA-Campus Based Dual Enrollment
English 12
US Government

18. LCPS-Based Dual Enrollment
English 12 (NOVA) *
US History (NOVA) *
American Sign Language (NOVA) *
African History (NOVA) *
Multivariable Calculus (NOVA) *
Teacher Cadet Program (Shenandoah)
Geospatial Science (JMU)
Independent Science Research (GMU)
Various Monroe Technology courses
* LCPS-based NOVA classes require an “Intent Form” with
qualifying math and English scores

19. Advanced Placement Classes
AP Language
AP Literature
AP French
AP Psychology
AP Spanish
AP World History
AP German
AP US History
AP Latin
AP Government
AP Calculus AB
AP Economics
AP Calculus BC
AP Human Geography
AP Statistics
AP Studio Art
AP Computer Science
AP Biology
AP Environmental Science
AP Chemistry
AP Physics

20. Monroe Technology Center
1, 2 and 3-year programs
Online applications due March 31

21. Virtual Loudoun (VL) courses
Online classes provided by Loudoun County Public Schools.
These are the ONLY online credits we accept.
Offered three times/year: Summer, Fall, Spring.
Students take VL for a variety of reasons:
To “catch-up” or “get ahead”
To make room for another class
To take less classes during the school day

22. Deadline for Course Requests
June 16, 2017 – we cannot make changes to requests after this date!!!

23. Department Fair in Cafeteria
6:15pm – 7:15pm
Department chairs and teachers are available to answer your questions about specific courses
School counseling table
This is a great opportunity to ask questions about work load, subject matter, expectations, etc.