20092010 Sophomore Course Selection

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2009-2010Sophomore Course Selection
Planning and Preparing for the Future
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Essential Question

• How can I choose courses that will help me
  achieve my future goals?

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Getting Ready (continued)

• How can we help you get ready?
• Course Selection Presentation Today
  information about credits, courses, and changes
  for next year
• Approx three weeks to select courses (discuss
  with teachers and parents)
• Course Request Meetings during Social Studies
  classes (end of February)
• This spring Sophomore class meeting

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Counselor Assignments
Course Selection Booklets

• Write your name on the front of the booklet
  cover.
• Keep track of your book if lost it is
  available on the web at the Guidance homepage.

Mrs. Mowbray Gr 9 Mrs. Hartman GR 10-12
A-Mb Mrs. Minder GR 10-12 Mc-Z Mr. Habowski Gr
9-12 GIEP, 9-12 ESL
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Options After High School

• Post-Secondary Education
• 2/4 year college, business school, trade school,
  nursing college, etc.
• Need to be taking rigorous academic courses.
• 4 years of Science
• 2 consecutive years of foreign language
• Take electives geared to areas of interest
• PSAT next October practice for your junior year.

Take classes that will get you where you want to
go!!
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Options After High School

• Employment / Technical School www.lcctc.org
• Consider Career and Technology Center Half day
  programs for juniors (afternoon periods 7-9),
  full day for seniors
• Cluster Programs Construction, Culinary, Floral
  / Greenhouse, Health Care, Manufacturing,
  Transportation, Visual Communications
• Application deadline has passed, but if
  interested - turn in applications late, the
  sooner the better!

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Focus on the Future

• Military
• Academic courses
• CTC Program

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Career Pathways- to help focus

• Lancaster county has adopted 4 career pathways

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Career Cruising

• Internet based career exploration and planning
  tool designed to help with career and college
  options.
• Portfolio based
• later this spring

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Course Expectations Costs

• Be sure to check out PREREQUISITES in the
  Educational Planning and Course Selection
  booklet.
• Course Requests and Changes Deadline March 17
• Pick up change request forms in the Guidance
  Office
• Green Preliminary Course Request Change form
• Yellow Teacher Recommendation Course Change
  form
• After March 17 Essay Schedule Change Request
  form must be completed

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Schedule Change Request Form
PLEASE BE SURE TO THINK ABOUT CLASSES YOU ARE
REQUESTING FOR NEXT YEAR BEFORE 3/17!
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Dont Wait Until Next Year to Make Changes

• You will almost be guaranteed to get courses you
  request (unless they are dropped due to low
  enrollment) if you pick them now!!
• Plan now and make it easier on yourself!
• Example Current listing of 8th period open
  courses not many available

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Available classes during Period 8 Sem 2 2009
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Teacher Recommendation Change
Use Caution When Thinking About A Change!!!
Be sure to discuss your ideas with your teacher
and parents!!
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Educational Planning Guide

• Taking a look specifics
• Grade Point Averages (pg 5-6)
• GPA calculation - end of each academic year
• GPA matters work hard now!!
• Graduation Requirements 23 credits (pg 7)
• Promotion Criteria (pg 6)
• Minimum 9 credits required to be a junior
• NCAA College Bound Athletes (pg 11)
• Division I or II NCAA approved courses
• It is your responsibility to make sure you are
  taking courses that meet NCAA eligibility if you
  plan on competing in Div I or II athletics in
  college.

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Graduation Requirements

• Language Arts 4 credits
• Social Studies 3 credits
• Math 4 credits
• Science 3 credits
• Computer .5 credits
• Wellness / PE 2 credits
• Safety Education .5 credits
• Every other day opposite 10th grade PE
  requirement
• Consumer Skills .5 credits
• Every other day opposite 11th grade PE
  requirement
• Electives 5.5 credits

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Graduation Requirements Looking Ahead (page 8)
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Understanding Your Transcript
Understanding Your Transcript
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Understanding Your Transcript
Understanding Your Transcript
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Transcript Credit Summary
Req Required credits in each area Cmp
Completed credits so far (gr 9/10)- NOT Current
year. Def Credits still needed for graduation
Understanding Your Transcript
Note that the credit summary does NOT take into
account current courses you are taking
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Junior Year Requirements
Language Arts (pg34)
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Junior Year Requirements

• Language Arts
• Any single one credit or two half credit Language
  Arts courses.
• Language Arts teachers will discuss
  recommendations

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Junior Year Courses

• Mathematics Teacher Recommendations

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Junior Year Requirements

• Social Studies
• Two half credit courses
• Economics
• Government

• One full credit course
• AP US History AP Modern European History
• AP Economics
• Political Economics (Level 2)
• All AP courses are level 3

OR
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Junior Year Courses

• Science Teacher Recommendations

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Junior Year Checklist

• Other Requirements
• Phys Ed / Consumer Skills A/B day rotation

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New / Changes for 09-10

• New Courses / Changes
• LA
• Creative Writing (level 2)
• Mythology (level 2)
• Math
• AP Calc BC
• Comprehensive Math Skills - Focus on SAT Prep
• Physical Education
• PE 3 (for juniors next year)
• Sport Specific

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New / Changes for 09-10

• Music
• Guitar 2
• Jazz to Rock
• American Musical Theater
• Tech Ed
• Going Green
• Ag Science
• Animal Science
• Horticulture
• SAE Supervised Ag Experience (independent not
  during the school day)

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Elective Offerings

• Pages 57-83
• Choose carefully pick areas of interest

Scheduling Worksheet

• Grade 11 Scheduling Info Sheet
• Grade 11 Scheduling Worksheet

• Complete before 2/25 or 2/27 when counselors come
  in to your Social Studies class

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Looking At Examples
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Questions