AHS Course Selection

2014-2015Mrs. Statham- AHS 9th Grade School Counselor

The Scheduling Process

Today- receive Course Selection Sheet to take home and review with parents

Course catalogs will be distributed when available. The 2013-2014 catalog is on our website www.appohigh.org

HS Counselors return to review course selections with students individually:– Meredith MS- March 4th – Waters MS- March 5th – Redding MS- March 6th

The Scheduling Process

March 7th- Parents and students will begin to view their child’s course selections in the Home Access Center

Week of March 10th- Students will receive a copy of their course request (this is not a schedule)

Students will have until Friday, March 21st to make changes to their course request- No changes will be made after this date!

Students attending a different school

If you know you will not be attending AHS next year, we still need you to complete a course request form.

We will keep your course request form until we receive notification from the new school you will be attending.

Graduation Requirements

Course Units of Credit English 4 Social Studies 4Mathematics 4Science 3 World Languages 2 Career Pathway 3Electives 3.5Physical Education 1Health 0.5Senior Project 0.5Student Success Plan 0.5

Promotion/Retention Requirements

In order to be promoted to 10th grade:– Students must take a full schedule in 9th

grade (8 credits)– Students must earn 5 credits: 4 of which

must be English, math, science and social studies

– Students who do not meet these criteria will be scheduled into appropriate courses the next year/semester

World Languages

American Sign Language Chinese French Japanese Spanish

Career Pathway

A planned program of sequenced or specialized courses designed to develop knowledge and skills in a particular career area

3 credits in a Career Pathway are required for graduation

The Career Pathway is not a life- long career choice and may not necessarily be something a student would like to pursue following graduation from high school

The Career Pathways Academic

– Humanities– Math/Science Technology

Allied Health (starts in 10th grade)

AgriScience– Animal Science– Natural Resources &

Environmental Science– Plant & Horticultural Science

Business, Finance & Marketing Education

– Accounting– Banking Services– Marketing Management

Computer Science

Family & Consumer Science

– Early Childhood Education– Clothing & Textiles– Nutrition & Culinary Arts

The Career Pathways JDG- Jobs for Delaware

Graduates

JROTC- Military Science

Performing Arts– Instrumental Music– Theatre Arts– Vocal Music

Technology Education– Drafting & Design– Graphic Design &

Production

Visual Arts– Ceramics & Sculpture– Drawing & Painting– Photography (starts in

10th grade)

Block Scheduling

Students will have four 90-minute periods per semester. Each period is a “block”

All courses except Integrated Math I (yearlong), Chorus, Orchestra, and Band will be offered in a 90 minute block period for one semester

Chorus, Orchestra, and Band will be offered all year, every other day

Students enrolled in Chorus, Orchestra or Band must take Health & Physical Education

Course Level Offerings

College Preparatory Courses (CP)– 9th - 12th grade

Honors Courses – 9th – 12th grade

Advanced Placement (AP)– 10th – 12th grade– Students interested in taking an AP course

in 10th grade need to inform the counselor during his/her scheduling meeting

Math Sequencing Students in 8th grade math will take Integrated Math I in

9th grade. Students in Advanced Math (Integrated Math I) in 8th

grade will take Integrated Math II (CP or Honors) in 9th grade.

Students can “double up” on math courses (Int. Math II Honors & Int. Math III Honors) in 9th grade, but you are required to take a math course all 4 years of high school.

Integrated Math I (1 semester) is an accelerated course for students earning 85% or higher in 8th grade math & a 3 or higher on DCAS. Final placement in this course will be determined at the end of the school year.

Sample Schedule- Integrated Math I

(Career Pathway- Culinary Arts)

First SemesterMP1 & MP2

Second SemesterMP3 & MP4

Integrated Math I (yearlong)

Earth/Physical Sci. CP US History CP

English 9 Honors Health/Physical Ed.

Food Prep & Production Spanish I

Course Selection

Choose your courses wisely Talk to your current teachers

– What level do they recommend for you? Talk to your parents/guardians

– What do they recommend and support? Talk to your counselors

– What do they advise for you? Remember: course request changes will not be

made after March 21st

Course Selections- # of Courses to Circle

If you select Integrated Math I (yearlong)-

You will circle 7 courses:– Integrated Math I– English 9 (CP or Honors)– US History (CP or Honors)– Physical/Earth Science

(CP or Honors)– Health/PE– World Language– 1 Career Pathway/Elective

If you select Integrated Math I (1 semester) OR Integrated Math II-

You will circle 8 courses:– Int. Math I or Math II (CP or

Honors)– English 9 (CP or Honors)– US History (CP or Honors)– Physical/Earth Science(CP

or Honors)– Health/PE– World Language– 2 Career Pathway/Electives

Course Verifications

Course requests will be available to view in the Home Access Center. You will also receive a copy of your course requests the week of March 10th.

COURSE REQUEST CHANGES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY March 21st- NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE AFTER THIS DATE- After this date, you will need to wait until you receive your final schedule to make changes!

Questions

Course Selection Questions?