1. Hinsdale Central welcomes you to 8th Grade Family Night
Please be seated and we will begin shortly
January 9, 2019

2. Introductions Mr. Bill Walsh– Principal @ThisIsHCHS
Ms. Jessica Hurt – Assistant Principal
Mr. Ryan Maita - Assistant Principal
Ms. Jennifer Regnier– Director of Counseling
Dan Jones - Athletic Director
@RedDevilsAD
Ms. Sally Phillip - Activities Director
@HCHSActivities
Bill

3. Red Devil Athletics Athletic Website il.8to18.com/hinsdalecentral
Summer Camp info- March
Sign up for tryouts and camps
Contact Information
Important Dates/schedules/Red Devil TV/Pictures
Contact Dan Jones-Athletic Director
School Physical- Good for Athletics (395 days) Get those between May 1st - July 1st
Stop by the football table and pick up the Athletic Info sheet
Sports, dates, contact info and website locations
Jones

4. Twitter @HCHSActivities
Red Devil Activities
There is truly something for everyone!
Activity/Athletic fair in 1st few weeks of school for the entire student body to get info.
Clubs/Activities start in the Fall
Wide variety of clubs/activities that are open all year:
Arts/Theater
Community Service
Leadership
Culture and Language
Special Interest
Competitive clubs hold tryouts prior to the start of their season - dates are posted throughout the year.

5. Registration, Residency and Home Access
The complete registration process includes:
Course Selection (January 2019)
Data Validation (Spring 2019)
Residency Verification (Spring 2019)
Online Registration (Summer 2019)
Fees and Textbooks (Summer 2019)
Pushcoin and MBS
Home Access Center:
Online tool designed to help parents, students, and teachers connect with classroom information and student outcomes.

6. Course Selection Process Next Steps
Receive Course Placement Information
Families that requested a different placement will hear back by Monday
Research elective options
Elective fair
Counseling Website/Program of Studies
Course descriptions
Graduation requirements
Finalize course selections- January/February
Schedule an in-person counselor appt.
Schedule a phone counselor appt.
Mail in a completed Course Recommendation Form and counselor will reach out if there are questions
Complete Data Validation/Residency process in the spring.
Jen

7. Freshmen Course Selection
Students will select 7 courses
English, Math, Science, Social Studies & Physical Education
2 Electives
Art, Business, Family & Consumer Sciences, Music, Technology
Study Hall/Study Skills/Resource
Academic Reading or Math Excel
Some electives are full-year and some are semester in length.
Come to your appointment with at least 2 alternate elective courses
Course selections are finalized at the counselor meeting

8. Most common questions….
Graduation requirements vs. college admission requirements
2.0 Elective Arts graduation requirement
World language
PE requirement and PE exemption
Study hall
Balance

9. Counseling Website

10. Peer Leadership & Electives at Hinsdale Central
Student Perspective
Peer Leadership &
Electives at Hinsdale Central

11. Sydney Thayer - Class of 2020
Co-curriculars
Peer Leadership
Varsity Club
Let’s Help Out
Electives
IFACS
Child Care & Development
Journalism
Business Law 1 & 2
Latin 1, 2H, 3-4 Literature

12. Ambika Sharma - Class of 2019
Co-Curriculars
Peer Leadership
Student Council
NHS
Community House Junior Board
Manager of Boy’s Lacrosse
Electives
Treble Choir
Spanish 2H, 3H, 5H, AP Lang
Consumer Economics
Journalism 2: Yearbook H

13. Peer Leadership

14. What We Do
Peer Leadership is a club of Sophomores through Seniors who meet with a group of Freshman on Late Start Mondays during their PE class throughout First Semester.
Your Freshman will be contacted by their Peer Leader before Freshman Experience over the summer.
Your Freshman will have the same Peer Leader all year and will be able to contact them at any time with any questions that they may have.

15. Freshman Experience Day - August
This is will be your Freshman’s introduction to high school
During Experience your freshman will….
Meet their Peer Leaders
Walk their schedule
Go on a tour of the school
Learn how high school works

16. PE Period Meetings
These meetings allow Peer Leaders to update Freshman on the things that are going on around the school and gives Freshman a chance to ask any new questions they may have as they start off their first year of high school.

17. Electives at Hinsdale Central

19. -Family & Consumer Sciences-
Department Chairs
Laura Milas
-Art-
Matt
Kurinsky
-Music-
Dawn
Oler
-Family & Consumer Sciences-
John Madden
-Business &
Technology Ed.-
Jess

20. Thank you for attending!
Please proceed to the Electives Fair in the Cafeteria
Meet Department Chairs, teachers and current students
Ask Questions & Take Information