1. freshmen Registration career cruising
December 2018

2. In order to prepare for my college and career goals At the end of today I will be able to
Locate the Course Registration Information on the Counseling Website
Understand the registration process for
Identify Morton West graduation requirements
Identify college admission requirements
Use Career Cruising to complete my 4 year plan.

3. Before we get on career cruising
Prepare for college and your career by choosing classes that support your goals
Discuss AP with your teachers, counselor and parents/guardians
Attend the ELECTIVE FAIR on Wednesday December 12th during your lunch/supervisory
Research college entrance requirements
Morton West Counseling Website: Registration Tab overview

4. Graduation requirements vs college admission requirements
GRADUATION COLLEGE English 4 years 4 years Math 3 years 3 years (4 recommended) Science 2 years 3 years Social Science 2 years 3 years Foreign Language* 2 years 2 years** OR Fine Art* or CTE* 1 year 1 or 2 years** *You need one of those 3 options **Some universities do NOT require language, check specific colleges for requirements

5. Why take ap? Potential for college credit. Stand out during admissions
A 3 or higher will automatically
get you credit at Illinois Schools
Stand out during admissions
Prepare now to succeed in college
Increase you chances of earning scholarships
Increase your chance of graduating from college
AP courses available sophomore year:
AP European History
AP Computer Science

6. Course requests for
This form will be sent home during finals week along with the 6th class option (0 hour) form and a copy of elective choices.
You will return this form filled out and signed by a parent during your individual registration meeting with your counselor.
January 22-25, 2019
During your individual registration meeting with your counselor you will review this form and ensure you have the correct courses needed for graduation and post high school plans.
The courses will be recorded at West and a copy will go home to you and your parent.
If you choose to have a 0 hour, you will receive the 6th class option form which MUST be returned by FEBRUARY 1st.

7. 6th class option form (0 hour)
This MUST be returned by FEBRUARY 1st, 2019.
It will be mailed home before Winter Break.
You can grab a copy today if you know you want a 6th class next year.

8. Elective course options 2019-2020
THIS IS BEING UPDATED
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Indicates a course has a prerequisite that must be met. This is especially important for math courses. #
Indicates a course that can earn duel credit.
BOLD courses are offered for one semester only. If you want to create a full year course you need to choose 2 of them. One of these courses will go the opposite semester of civics.

9. Lets get going: Login and Complete 4 year plan only

10. Career cruising jsm-42#### USERNAME: www.careercruising.com
# is your school ID number
PASSWORD: MMDDYYYY
Birthday in number form
Example: January 7, 04 =
When prompted change password to your ID number

11. Career cruising welcome page
Welcome to Career Cruising,
YOUR NAME
Click on “Choose My Courses

12. Career Cruising Adding courses
TOP PICTURE
Click on each box to choose that course for sophomore year.
English
Math
Science PE
Elective
When you click on the box it will give you class options available for that subject
BOTTOM PICTURE
For electives you choose the area
This is example is Visual Arts
If a specific class has a little paperclip icon on the far right side you can see a video explaining what you do in that elective

13. Career cruising adding courses
Choose at least 5 courses for grade 10.
If you want a 0 hour course choose 6 courses.
At the bottom you will see your credit total.(circled in red)
You need to have at least 5 credits at the bottom to have a complete schedule for sophomore year.
Career cruising saves automatically so you do not have to hit submit or it will lock you out of the system and you need to see your counselor to unlock it.

14. So now you know how to…
Locate the Course Registration Information on the Counseling Website
Understand the registration process for
Identify Morton West graduation requirements
Identify college admission requirements
Use Career Cruising to complete your 4 year plan.