1. Welcome to Chinook Middle School

2. Tentative Orientation Date:
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Tentative Orientation Date:
August 24th
8:00 – 12:30
More information to come… *Letter in June *Postcard in August *Phone call from WEB leaders in August

3. Before you Open your registration packet!!!!!!!
On outside write
Blue sheet due First Day of School
Purple Sheet, Pink Packet, Pink Sheet DUE Thursday, March 22nd.
Online Registration for classes closes 11:59PM on Thursday March 22nd.
If not turned in on time, you might not get your choice of classes.

4. TDAP Vaccination – Blue Sheet
WRITE AT TOP: Due First day of school
Your parents will fill this out
Put back in packet

5. School Nurse Health Information – Purple Sheet
WRITE AT TOP: Due Thursday, March 22nd
Your parents will fill this out completely
Put back in packet

6. Student Registration Form – Pink PACKET
WRITE AT TOP: Due Thursday, March 22nd
Your parents will fill this out completely
Put back in packet

7. Course Selection Sheet– Pink SHEET
Write at the top of the page
You are assigned 4.5 classes and choose 2.5 elective classes.
Assigned: Math, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies, 6th Grade PE (0.5).
If you are supposed to be in a different level of one of your assigned classes, we will change that on our end. The classes in the system are there to hold that place.
The 2.5 elective classes you choose could be any combination of year long (1.0) and semester long (0.5 classes).
Options are listed on the back of your course selection sheet.
NOTE – Debate is not an option for 6th grade, even though you will see it in the online options
2 new courses this year: Connections in Art and Computer Science Discoveries
You also want to choose at least 2.0 credits worth of Alternates.
DUE Thursday March 22nd
This sheet to teacher
OFFICIAL Online Course Requests through Student VUE

8. EXAMPLE 1:
Example 1
Request #1: _Digital Technology_ (semester course)
Request # 2: __French 1A_ _French 1A__ (1 all year course OR 2 semester courses)
Request # 3: _Applied Engineering_ _Math Special Topics_ (1 all year course OR 2 semester courses)
Alternate #1 _Ceramics_ Alternate #3 _Physical Education Elective 6/7
Alternate #2 _Studio Art__ Alternate #4 _Media Technology_

9. EXAMPLE 2:
Example 1
Request #1: _Connections in Art_ (semester course)
Request # 2: __Entry Orchestra_ _Entry Orchestra__ (1 all year course OR 2 semester courses)
Request # 3: _Spanish 1A_ _Spanish 1A_ (1 all year course OR 2 semester courses)
Alternate #1 _Ceramics_ Alternate #3 _Physical Education Elective 6/7
Alternate #2 _Studio Art__ Alternate #4 _Media Technology_

10. Example 3 Example 1 Request #1: _Connections in Art_ (semester course)
Request # 2: __Beginning Drama_ _Creative Writing__ (1 all year course OR 2 semester courses)
Request # 3: _Applied Engineering_ _Math Special Topics_ (1 all year course OR 2 semester courses)
Alternate #1 _Ceramics_ Alternate #3 _Physical Education Elective 6/7
Alternate #2 _Studio Art__ Alternate #4 _Media Technology_

11. USING THE ONLINE TOOL TO OFFICIALLY SELECT CLASSES
Use StudentVUE
Parents can use ParentVUE (there may be errors if you have multiple children in district, so suggested to use StudentVUE)
Follow the Instruction Sheet – much more detailed instructions there
Click on Course Request Tab
Core classes pre-loaded, some may change after registration.
6th Graders have Math, Social Studies, Language Arts, Science and PE Pre-Loaded

12. Add a class Click Change Course request Search by department
Click Request or Alternate
Make sure you select your preferred Alternates before your less preferred alternates
Watch for error messages
Co-Requisite and Currently Enrolled
Click Move selected requests to Selected Course Requests
Click Return to Course Request Summary

13. REMOVE A CLASS Click Change Course Requests
Click Remove next to request.
Click here to return to course request summary.

14. COMPLETING YOUR COURSE REQUESTS
Get back to the Course Request Summary Screen.
Make sure you have 7.0 Credits under Selected Course Requests (including pre-loaded core classes) and at lest 2.0 under Alternate Elective Requests.
Exit out of StudentVUE/ParentVUE

15. Additional Resources
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: then click on the Registration Timeline Announcement
This Presentation
Instructions for Online Course Selection
Electronic Copies of the Course Selection Sheet
Course Catalogue
Electives Onenote – goes into more detail than the Course Catalogue
COURSE SELECTION HELP SESSION
Tuesday, March 20th, 6:30 – 8PM Chinook Middle School Library

16. REMEMBER School starts 7:45
Look for more information about the WEB day and Taking Care of Business Days!!
DUE Dates:
Blue sheet due First Day of School
Purple Sheet, Pink Packet, Pink Sheet DUE to your teacher Thursday, March 22nd.
Online Course Selection (OFFICIAL) – Closes at 11:59 PM on Thursday, March 22nd.