Ninth Grade Course Selection Process

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Ninth Grade Course Selection
Process
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Common Terms
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Terms

• Credit- point awarded after you successfully
• complete a class
• Semester- half an academic year
• Requirement- a class that you must successfully
  complete to graduate from high school
• Elective- a course outside of the basic
  graduation requirements
• Prerequisite- a class you must successfully
  complete before you can take a more advanced
  class in the same subject area

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Credits

• Minimum Credits------------ 5.5 Credits
• Recommended Credits-------6.5 Credits
• Graduation Requirement-----21.75 Credits

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Looking Ahead

• 5.5 credits x 4 years22 Credits
• 6.5 credits x 4 years26 Credits
• A) B)
• 22 Credits 26 Credits-
  
• 21.75 Credits 21.75 Credits
• 0.25 Credits 4.25 Credits

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Sample Schedule (6.5 Credits)

• Period 1 Math 1.0 Credit
• Period 2 English 9 1.0 Credit
• Period 3 P.E./Study Hall 0.5 Credit
• Period 4 Earth Science 1.0 Credit
• Period 5 Lunch -----------
• Period 6 World History 1.0 Credit
• ----------------------------------- 4.5
  Credits
• Period 7 French (Elective) 1.0 Credit
• Period 8 Band (Elective) 1.0 Credit
• 6.5 Credits

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Sample Schedule (5.5 credits)

• Period 1 Math 1.0 Credit
• Period 2 English 9 1.0 Credit
• Period 3 P.E./Study Hall 0.5 Credit
• Period 4 Earth Science 1.0 Credit
• Period 5 Lunch ----------
• Period 6 World History 1.0 Credit
• ----------------------------------- 4.5 Credits
• Period 7 Study Hall ----------
• Period 8 Foods I (.5) /Key(.5) 1.0 Credit
• 5.5 Credits

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Time Line

• Hall High School Open House -January 27th
• Course Registration -February 8th -10th
• Lunch Letters due the week of February 8th
• Course Verification Letters-February/March
• -Academic Questions to Middle School
  Teacher
• -Elective Questions to Middle School
  Counselor