Columbia City High School

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Columbia City High School

• Transition from 8th to 9th

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Diploma Types
Class of 2019 students will choose from these

• CORE 40
• CORE 40 w/Academic Honors
• CORE 40 w/Technical Honors

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Placement Process/Criteria

• CCHS Counselors and Administrative Team have used
  the following data to determine appropriate
  placement in Math, English and Science Class
• NWEA MAP Scores for 7th and 8th Grade
• Reading/Language
• Mathematics
• ISTEP scores
• Reading
• Mathematics

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CORE Class Optionsbased on recommendations

• English
• English Lab, 9A, 9B (3)
• English 9 A B (2)
• English 9 Honors A B (2)
• Math
• MOD MATH (3)
• Geometry A B (2)
• Geometry A B Honors (2)

• Science
• Biology A B (2)
• Biology Honors A B (2)
• Earth Science A B (2)
• Foreign Language
• (By recommendation ONLY)
• - French I A B (2)
• - Spanish I A B (2)
• - American Sign Language I A B (2)

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Core Placement Recommendation
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Elective Choices

• ISMS Counselors will meet with students to
  discuss the elective course options

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9th Graders will take 15 classes

• English (2 or 3 trimesters)
• Math (2 or 3 trimesters)
• Biology or Earth Science (2 trimesters)
• P.E. (1 trimester)
• Health or FACS (1 trimester)
• Introduction to Communications (1 trimester)
• World History or Geography (2 trimesters)
• AP World History available to sophomores (3
  trimesters)
• Foreign Language (Permission only) (2 trimesters)
• Electives (number needed to equal 15)

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Career Clusters-ABEAMS

• Arts, Media and Communication
• Business, Finance, Marketing and Customer
  Services
• Engineering, Science, and Technology
• Agriculture, Manufacturing and Transportation
• Medical and Health-Related Services
• Social, Personal, and Public Services

Where do you fit?
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Electives

• Should align to career cluster
• May be specific to diploma type
• Example Directed Electives
• Can be one or two trimesters
• Follow prerequisites-see course book
• http//www.wccsonline.com/cchs/guidance/documents/
  Scheduling/20152016_Course_Description_Book.pdf

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Electives

• Agriculture
• Art
• Business
• Family/Consumer Science
• Foreign Language
• Music
• Technology

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Counselors

• Sarah Maynard (Last Name A-K)
• 244-6136 Ext. 3219
• maynardsa_at_wccs.k12.in.us
• Derek Yoder (Last Name L-Z)
• 244-6136 Ext. 3208
• yoderda_at_wccs.k12.in.us