1. Course Selections and Graduation requirements
PITTSBURG HS
Course Selections and Graduation requirements

2. How to Read Your Transcript

3. Graduation Requirements
220 Total Credits
140 are Subject Requirements/ 80 are Elective Credits
Semester grades are the ones that count: 2 semesters per year/ 5 credits per class per semester = 60 credits per year
Complete 35 hours of Community Service

4. Subject Requirements English 40 credits World History 10 credits
U.S. History credits
Amer. Government 5 credits
Economics credits
Fine Arts/World Lang. 10 credits
Mathematics credits
10 must be Algebra 1

5. Subject Requirements
Physical Education 20 credits (Marching Band doesn’t count)
Physical Science 10 credits
Biological Science 10 credits
Electives credits
___________________________________________ credits

6. College Entry Requirements
Category
Subject
Requirement A
History
1 yr World + 1 yr. U.S. ( or ½ U.S. & ½ Gov’t) B
English
4 years C
Mathematics
3 yrs. req’d/ 4 rec. D
Laboratory Science
2 yrs. req’d/ 3 rec. E
Language Other than English F
Visual & Performing Arts
1 year G
Elective

7. Course selections 2018/2019
Registration for next year’s classes will be done from home via Parent Portal Accounts OR your Aries portal accounts!
Please refer to your instructional handout (English or Spanish) for a step by step process on how to register for classes from home
Use your Course Selection sheets as a review sheet before you input your classes. Course selection sheets are for your use only, DO NOT turn those into your counselors
Please make sure your parents have an Aries Portal account and if you need your verification code, obtain that from your teacher

8. Course selections continued
IMPORTANT DATES:
February 12th-28th: Registration window opens
February 12th-28th: After school drop in assistance in lab B208 from 3:15-4pm
IF YOU DON’T REGISTER FOR YOUR CLASSES BY FEBRUARY 28th, YOUR COUNSELORS WILL CHOOSE YOUR CLASSES FOR YOU
*Please choose Alternative “Electives” as it is not guaranteed that students will get into their choice of Electives

9. Transcript Review
Please review your 1st semester grades and make notes on your “Transcript”
Share this information with your parents
Your counselors will sign you up for summer school as needed
If you need to sign up for Evening school please sign up to see your counselor

10. Example Schedule 12th Grade
Expository Reading & Writing (English 4) or AP English Literature
Government & Economics or AP
Math
Anatomy or other science choices
Foreign Language
Elective (Or Pathway Course; for example, AVID, GEARS, or Digital Media)

11. Evening classes
If you need to make up a failing grade or make up a D grade, please sign up to see your counselor so we can talk to you about our Evening program.
2 X a week, from 3:45-6:15

12. Questions