1. Course Selection Dundee-Crown HIGH SCHOOL
Planning for the School Year

2. Today’s Agenda The course selection process timeline
How to choose electives
High school graduation requirements
College admissions requirements
Career and college exploration
The course list, including new options for next school year
How to enter electives into the student portal/MYAP

3. The Course Selection Process Timeline
By November 13: High School Teachers input Core Course Recommendations
November 14: Counseling Presentations to 11th grade students about course selection process
November 14-25: High School Students input elective requests into MYAP
Weeks of November 28 and December 5: 11th grade students have individual meetings with their counselors (during PE or by pass for students with a PE Exemption)
February 20: Students are given a final printout of their requests
Feb 27: Last day for counselors to change requests

4. How to Choose Electives

5. Remember
Take electives that will help you best prepare for college and/or give you experience in a career field of interest, and to meet strand requirements.
Choose classes needed to meet college requirements at the schools on your list (fourth year math or science, world languages).
- Course Selection Guide

6. High School Graduation Requirements

7. College Admissions Requirements

8. Your Senior Year

9. Advanced Placement (AP)
Classes taught in high school that are college-level learning
Students who take an exam at the end of the course and score a 3 or more earn college credit at Illinois universities. Each university will assign credits in their own way.
Being successful in AP classes demonstrates to colleges that a student is interested in being challenged and has the skills to be successful in college.
Interested students should talk their teacher in the department in which the course is offered.
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10. Senior Options Early Graduation * Peer Mentoring *
Please review the senior options handout. If you have any questions your counselor will help you at your individual meeting.
Options Include:
Early Release/Late Arrival
Work program
Seniors are not required to take ASP. If you would like to take a ASP class please indicate that as one of your electives. Consider ASP if you are adding AP courses to your schedule.
Early Graduation *
Peer Mentoring *
ECC Tech Prep Program *
ECC Middle College*
ECC Accelerate College *
D300 Internship Program *
OTTO Engineering Work Program *
ABC School of Cosmetology
Anything with an asterisk (*) requires an application, which your counselor can give to you at your individual meeting.

11. Late Arrival/Early Release
Seniors must take at least 6 classes per semester. Seniors can elect to have 2 periods of late arrival or early release or 1 period of each.
Cumulative unweighted GPA 2.5/No Failures Previous Semester
If you choose Late Arrival or Early Release you may not be in the building.
Last chance for FREE EDUCATION!

12. Work Program
One class period of Cooperative Work Program = one credit per year
Must enroll in On the Job (OTJ) 8th period, 9th period, or after school for work = an additional one credit per year for OTJ
Transportation is responsibility of student.

13. OTTO Engineering Program
Must be a senior
Must be graduating in May
Need to be 18 by graduation
Student needs a social security number
Transportation is responsibility of student.
Student will be enrolled in On-the-Job-Work Program periods 8 & 9, Semester 2
They will receive a P/F grade.

14. Visionary Internship Program
2.5 unweighted GPA requirement
This program is for experience only not pay
Work with a professional in a career area of interest to you
One semester (double-period) 60 hour requirement
5 hours of class time meetings and course work with VIP Coordinator
Transportation is responsibility of student

15. ABC School of Cosmetology
2.0 unweighted GPA requirement
Transportation is responsibility of student
Early release of 2-4 periods
Program is in the evening
Four programs - see last page of Senior Options for program descriptions.
Nail Technician
Introduction to Esthetics
Introduction to Cosmetology
Barber School
Tuition is paid for by D300. There is an additional $300 fee for each program**
**WARNING: Students and parents should be aware that they will be responsible for tuition costs if they drop, fail or are removed from ABC programs.

16. ECC Tech Prep/Dual Credit
2.0 unweighted GPA requirement.
Students will have 4 classes at DC plus lunch.
Leave Dundee-Crown after 5th period to attend ECC everyday.
Transportation is responsibility of student.
Credit at D-C plus credit at Elgin Community College.
Tuition and book are paid for by D300**
Some programs have additional requirements and fees (see page 2, senior options).
See Senior Options Handout for program descriptions.
**WARNING: Students and parents should be aware that they will be responsible for tuition costs if they drop, fail or are removed from ECC programs.

17. ECC Middle College/Dual Credit
Top 10% of class or 3.0 unweighted GPA
D300 pays tuition but students must purchase textbooks**
Leave Dundee-Crown after 7th period.
Transportation is responsibility of student.
Introduction to Psychology, Principles of Sociology, Introduction to Western Humanities, English 101 & 102, Calculus with Analytic Geometry 2 & 3, Japanese 1 & 2
See the ECC website for course descriptions
**WARNING: Students and parents should be aware that they will be responsible for tuition costs if they drop, fail or are removed from ECC programs.

18. ECC Accelerate College/Dual Credit
3.0 unweighted GPA and minimum placement test scores
D300 pays tuition but students must purchase textbooks**
Full time classes at ECC Monday through Thursday
Friday meetings at ECC and/or Dundee-Crown
Transportation is responsibility of student
**WARNING: Students and parents should be aware that they will be responsible for tuition costs if they drop, fail or are removed from ECC programs.

19. Physical Education Exemptions
P.E. can be excused through an athletic exemption
Ongoing participation in an interscholastic athletic program OR marching band
Students must submit school board exemption form
If you drop marching band or do not make a sport’s team you will be required to make up that PE credit in night school iLearn
Semester 1 Exemptions
Semester 2 Exemption
Girls' Tennis
Marching Band
Basketball
Boys' Tennis
Volleyball
Dance Team
Girls' Soccer
Football
Girls' Swimming
Indoor Track
Softball
Girls’ Bowling
Cross Country
Golf
Wrestling
Baseball
Boys' Soccer
Cheerleading
Track and Field
Boys' Swimming
 Boys Lacrosse

20. Early Graduation Early Graduation
Options for early graduation include:
Must meet all graduation requirements
Taking senior English in summer school
Taking senior English in night school this year or next year
Taking the ECC English 101 Middle College class next year, semester one (very limited # of students and must meet GPA requirements).
Students must apply and complete district form

21. The Course Selection Worksheet – Senior Year Example (use this to plan)
Lunch
Course 2
English *
Course 3
Math *
Course 4
PE—Sports for Fitness 9806
PE—Sports for Fitness 9807
Course 5
Spanish 3—5807
Spanish
Course 6
Debate—1830
Sociology—2814
Course 7
Internship Program—6869
Course 8
ASP—AD12
ASP—AS122
Course 9
AP Macro Economics—2503
AP Macro Economics—2504

22. Student Portal MYAP Multi Year Academic Planner
a playground to plan your course elective requests through 12th grade

23. Log into your student portal
To continue you MAY need to enter a choice in both boxes. This is your best guess. You will only need to do this the first time you enter.
Click Next

24. You will see something similar to this.
This is your playground – You will finalize all requests when you meet with your counselor
You will see something similar to this.
Students in 10th grade can enter requests for 11th and 12th grade only. No requests are final.

25. More about your playground: it shows you what you’ve already taken
Click in the empty box and the courses available for your selection in that credit group will display.
In your core credit groups, you will see the course(s) recommended by your current teacher. You may not delete those, but you may add another choice or two and then discuss with your counselor when you meet.
This indicates that 3 credits of Math are required for graduation and Jake has completed or PLANNED to complete 2 of those 3 credits.
Click Next
This unique listing means that IF Jake has met his Science Core requirements, when he picks this course it will count towards his strand 2 requirement.

26. Drop Down Menus in MYAP Categories you will see:
English Core, Math Core, Science Core
American Government Core, US History Core, World History Core
Health Core, Physical Education Core
Strand 1 (music, art, world language)
Strand 2 (additional courses in English, math, science and social studies)
Strand 3 ( family & consumer sciences, business, and industrial education)
Drivers Education Core

27. Red Alerts
These ALERTS will disappear when you have all of your required credits planned.

28. See all available courses in the catalog
You do have an option of adding courses to your plan by searching your school’s whole catalog of courses.
Click the grade in which you want this request to be entered.

29. More about searching the catalog
The courses from the catalog list can provide a lot of information.

30. Locks
This is an example of a ‘Parent/Child’ lock. When you choose German III (1st Semester)… the 2nd Semester comes with it. You cannot delete the 2nd semester but if you change your mind and delete 1st Semester…the 2nd Semester comes off with it.
Jake entered 4828 in the Science Core but as you see he has already met his 2 credit requirement. So a copy of 4828 automatically gets bumped down to Strand 2 with a LOCK. If Jake changes his mind he must delete it in the Science Core and not in the Strand 2.

31. Some drop down details
The Elective Credit Group Drop Box will not have any courses listed, because no course ‘starts’ as an elective (they all belong to a strand). This is strictly an OVERFLOW from all of the other credit groups that met requirements.
Jake took German I Freshman Year and German II Sophomore Year so when he clicked on the empty box in Strand 1, German III was Bold. This shows him it is the next in sequence for him.

32. Saving Your Plan
Jake was busy with the World Series so he needed to come back to his plan at a later time. He clicked SAVE and got the following message. This is OK. This just gives him a summary of what he still needs to plan. He will come back to his plan when he has more time.

33. Final Notes to remember
Your MYAP will be open in your Student Portal from November 14th–November 25th for you to work on your plan.
Remember this is just a plan of your requests and nothing will be finalized until you meet with your counselor.
Once the school year starts, we will open this again for you so you can make changes to your (and beyond) plan if you wish.

34. What if I have questions?
Counselors will be meeting with every junior. We will be happy to answer any questions you have at that time.
Please wait until your individual meeting to ask any questions that you may have.

35. NOVEMBER 25th! When is this due?
YOU may begin signing up Monday, November 14th
Use your smart phone, IPad, tablet, Chromebook or computer (use website, not IC app)
Counselors will be available to answer questions in the Annex Lab November during periods 4-7

36. Last Thoughts BE RESPECTFUL BE RESPONSIBLE BE POSITIVE
Online Elective Requests are due on November 25th . Please submit them on time so that your counselor can work to get you the classes that you want.
BE RESPONSIBLE
Take your time in choosing your classes. What you take in high school affects your future. Read the curriculum guide.
BE POSITIVE
Take advantage of the many opportunities that are available to you!