Rising 9th Grade Scheduling Information Session Heim Middle School Rising 9th Grade Scheduling Information Session

Registration Worksheet Top section must be completed Student Name :________________ Student ID Number _______________Current MS: Shirley Heim Diploma Type: Advanced Studies Diploma ___ Standard Diploma ___ Applied Studies Diploma ___ Programs: CGS ___ IB ____ STAT ____ Please select by checking the course number in each academic core area. Counselors must provide a recommendation where appropriate. Part math courses count as two separate course selections. Number your elective choices in order of priority from #1-10 (one being your top elective choice and ten being your lowest elective choice).

Diploma Types and Programs Standard Diploma Advanced Studies Diploma S.T.A.T. (Stafford Academy for Technology) C.G.S. (Commonwealth Governor’s School) I.B. (International Baccalaureate) APPX (Advanced Placement Programs of Excellence)-only offered to North Stafford students

Standard Diploma pg. 6 4 English 3 Math 3 Science 3 Social Studies 2 Health/PE 2 World Language, Fine Arts, or Career and Technical Ed. 1 Economic & Personal Finance 4 Electives, including 2 sequential electives 22 Credits

Advanced Diploma pg. 7 4 English 4 Math 4 Science 4 Social Studies 2 Health/PE 3 (or 4) years of one World Language or two years of two different World Languages 1 Economics & Personal Finance 1 Fine Arts or Career & Technical Education 3 (or 2) Electives of your choice 26 Credits

Standard VS Advanced Advanced Diploma Standard Diploma 26 Required Credits Standard Diploma 22 Required Credits Subject Area Required Credits English 4 Health/PE 2 Math 3 World Language, Fine Arts, OR Career and Technical Education Science Economics & Personal Finance 1 Social Studies Electives, including 2 sequential electives Subject Area Required Credits English 4 Health/PE 2 Math World Language Either 3 credits of one language, OR 4 (two credits of two different languages). Science Economics & Personal Finance 1 Social Studies Fine Arts OR Career & Technical Education  1 Electives 3 (or 2)

Verified Credit A verified credit is a credit you earn through passing the SOL of a particular class. Your number of verified credits is not the same as your required credits. If you are currently in a high school credited course and pass the SOL, this will not count toward your verified credits. The course and SOL has to be taken while in high school. For a standard and advanced diploma you need 2 verified credits in English, 1 verified credit in Math, 1 verified credit in a Lab Science, and 1 verified credit in a Social Studies. This is the first year that this requirement has changed. You only need 5 total verified credits now no matter what diploma type you are striving for.

Advanced Academic Programs Nickname Location Advanced Placement Programs of Excellence APPX pgs. 22-23 Colonial Forge HS, North Stafford HS, & Stafford HS Commonwealth Governor’s School CGS pg. 16 (Travel Provided) International Baccalaureate Program IB pgs. 13-15 Mountain View HS & Brooke Point HS Stafford Academy for Technology STAT pgs. 18-21 Brooke Point (Information Technology) and North Stafford HS (Engineering and Biomedical Sciences) Junior Reserves Officer Training Corps JROTC pgs. 24-25 (No transfer to another school for a specific branch JROTC) Brooke Point HS and Stafford HS-Navy North Stafford HS-Air Force Colonial Forge HS-Army Mountain View HS-Marine Corps

Course Descriptions Each core and elective class is described in detail in the catalog. Honors classes are offered in certain subjects. Honors placement depends on grades.

ENGLISH Courses (Core) Choose appropriate core English class _____English 9 1130 _____English 9 Honors 1130H page 29

SCIENCE Courses (Core) ____Earth Science 4210 ____Honors Earth Science 4210H page 40

HISTORY & SOCIAL STUDIES Courses (Core) Choose appropriate core History & Social Studies class ____World History I 2215 ____World History I Honors 2215H (In preparation for AP or IB ) If a student should decide not to pursue the full IB Diploma in their junior year, he or she may then be required to go back and take World History I Page 32

MATHEMATICS Courses (Core) Choose appropriate core Mathematics class ____Algebra I 3130 ____Honors Algebra I 3130H ____Algebra Part I & Algebra Part II (2 courses) 3131, 3132 ____Geometry 3143 ____Geometry Part I / Part II 3144 /3145 ____Honors Geometry 3143H (Must meet requirements) ____Algebra II 3135 ____Honors Algebra II 3135H (Must meet requirements) pg. 36 - 37

HEALTH and P.E. ___ Health & PE 9 (Required) pg. 55

WORLD LANGUAGE Courses (Required for Advanced Studies Diploma) ____Spanish I 5510 ____Spanish II 5520 ____Spanish III 5530 ____Spanish for Fluent Speakers I 5511 ____Latin I 5310 ____Latin II 5320 ____Latin III 5330 ____French I 5110 ____German I 5210 Students can double up on languages their freshman year if they are taking level 2 or 3. If they are a first year language student this option will be offered their sophomore year. American Sign Language I is only offered junior and senior year at most of the high schools. If you choose German I as your elective and are attending Brooke Point next year, please be advised that they do not currently have a German teacher so you may have to change your language choice later. pg. 45

ELECTIVE Courses Select and number, in order of preference, 10 elective classes (#1 = first choice and #10 = last choice) Select at least 10 electives in case you do not get your first choices World Language counts as an elective. PE is required your freshman year and counts as an elective. Please review all course descriptions and prerequisites before making your selections. In StudentVue, electives are listed under the same subject area as they are on your scheduling worksheet.

RISING 9th Grade SCHEDULING TIMELINE What is next? Students and parents complete course selections online through StudentVue by Friday, February 22nd at 11:59 p.m. (Window closes at that time). Only your counselor will be able to lock in your courses online. As soon as online course selections are completed, the Scheduling Worksheet must be turned in to Counseling. Counselors will then meet with students and parents to finalize course requests. Please make sure you sign up early so that we can schedule your appointment. * Once your counselor meets with you in person to go over your classes it is submitted to the high school, which means we no longer have access to it. Really think about the classes you want to take because you will not be able to come back later and change them. *

How will you know when your counselor is going to meet with you? Counselors will be meeting with students on a first come, first serve basis. As you turn in your completed Parent Approval/Request Form and Course Request form (and have signed up for your classes online) counselors will set up a meeting time for you. Meeting times will be posted daily outside of the counseling office. Your teachers will also have a copy of it. Please check daily to see when you are scheduled to meet. Make sure you show up for your scheduled meeting on time. We will eventually sign you up for a meeting if you have not turned in your form. Please know that the longer you wait to turn everything in the more likely it will be that you may not get the electives you want next year.

High School Registration Parent Approval/Request Form Parents please SIGN and have your child return this form with his/her registration sheet. All students will meet with a counselor to discuss scheduling. Parents CAN be present at this meeting, either in person or via telephone, if desired. Parents who wish to participate in this meeting should check the appropriate box below. Form MUST be signed by parent regardless of choice. _ I APPROVE of the attached course requests and have gone into ParentVue/StudentVue with my student to sign up for classes, OR _ I REQUEST a phone call from the 8th grade counselor during the meeting and I have gone into ParentVue/StudentVue to help my student sign up for classes, OR _ I REQUEST to attend the scheduling meeting and I have gone into ParentVue/StudentVue to help my student sign up for classes. Student’s Name_____________________________________________ Parent Signature_______________________ Date:________________

Rising Freshman Parent Night Rising Freshman Parent Night will be held on Wednesday, January 30th at your base high school. Please make sure you attend with your parents to learn more about all programs available to you. You and your parents will need to use this information to help you choose your high school courses. This will also help as you go online and sign up for your high school courses. Make sure you turn your registration sheet into the counseling office. *Snow date for Rising Freshman Parent Night is Wednesday, February 6th!*