1. Houston County High School
Class of 2020
Registration Advisement

2. Your Registration Form
Please verify the information at the top of the registration form is correct.

3. Credits Needed
You must earn 17 credits by the end of this semester in order to be qualified as a Senior next school year.
You must have a minimum of 24 credits to graduate.

4. Current Graduation Requirements
English/Language Arts 4 Credits
Math Credits
Science Credits
Social Studies 3 Credits
CTAE and/or Mod. Lang. and/or Fine Arts 3 Credits
Health and Personal Fitness 1 Credit
Electives Credits
Total Units 24

5. You must Register for 7 classes at HCHS
Even if you’re planning to take Dual Enrollment college classes your Senior year, still choose electives.
Even if you’re planning to apply for Work Based Learning (WBL). There’s an application process for this program. Mrs. S. Jones has to approve you. DO NOT PUT WORK BASED LEARNING ON YOUR SCHEDULE.
If your schedule needs to be adjusted for any of the reasons above, we’ll make changes once we receive notification that you are definitely in one of the programs.

6. Honors Students Must be in 1 honors class to remain in honors.
AP classes count as honors classes.
Dual-Enrollment courses DO NOT COUNT as one of your honors classes.

7. Course Selection: English
You are required to complete 4 units of English, including 9th Lit. and Amer. Lit.
If you are currently in Amer. Lit., you will circle either British Lit, Honors Brit Lit., or AP Lit as your next course, based on your teacher’s recommendation.
If you are currently in AP Lang./American Lit., you will circle AP Lit or Honors Brit Lit (reserved for students with less than an 80 in AP Lang) as your next course, based on your teacher’s recommendation.
If you are approved to take your English at a college, you will circle Dual Enrollment English.

8. Course Selection: Math
You are required to complete 4 units of Math to include Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra 2.
If you are currently in Algebra 2, you will circle either Pre-Calculus, College Ready Mathematics, Math Finance, or AP Statistics as your next course based on your teacher’s recommendation.

9. Course Selection: Math cont.
If you are currently in Honors Pre-Calculus, you will circle either AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, or AP Statistics as your next course, based on your teacher’s recommendation.
If you are approved to take your Math at a college, you will circle Dual Enrollment Math.

10. Course Selection: Social Studies
You are required to complete 3 units of Social Studies to include American Govt. (Civics), World History, US History, and Economics.
If you are currently in US History, you will circle Economics/Sociology or AP Microeconomics as your next course, based on your teacher’s recommendation.
If you would like to take AP Psychology or AP Government, you will circle it as a Social Studies elective. These courses are core classes and will count towards your HOPE GPA.
If you are approved to take your Social Studies at a college, you will circle Dual Enrollment Social Studies.

11. Course Selection: Science
You MUST have the following science courses in order to graduate:
Biology
Physical Science OR Physics
Chemistry OR Environmental Science
A 4th Science of your choice

12. Course Selection: Science
You are required to complete 4 units of Science.
After your required sciences (Biology, Physical Science or Physics, Chemistry or Environmental Science), your 4th science will be based on your current science teacher’s recommendation.
Possible sciences you will circle include Chemistry, Environmental Science, CTAE Science, Anatomy, Physics, AP Environmental Science, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, or AP Physics 1, based on your teacher’s recommendation.
If you choose to take Anatomy, you will not be able to register for an additional science course.
If you are approved to take your Science at a college, you will circle Dual Enrollment Science.

13. Course Selection: Foreign Language
If you are finishing your first year of Foreign Language, you will sign up for one of the following: Latin 3 (you have successfully completed Latin 1 and Latin 2), Spanish 2A, or French 2A as one of your elective choices.
If you are finishing up your second or third year of Foreign Language and want to acquire a 3rd or a 4th year, you will sign up for one of the following:
Spanish 3 or AP Spanish ; French 3
If you are a qualified native or heritage speaker who has completed Spanish 1 & 2, you may go directly to AP Spanish after passing a placement test.

14. Course Selection: Foreign Language
Please be advised that if you do not complete 2 years of the same Foreign Language, you may not be eligible to enter a 4-year college immediately after graduation. Please check with your college.
You do not need foreign language to graduate from high school.

15. Course Selection: Electives
You must use your Registration Booklet to identify the elective classes you wish to take next year.
Please indicate what your 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th choices are, but be aware that there is NO guarantee that you will get your top choices.
Please keep in mind that if you thinking about Work-Based Learning in the future, you must complete a Pathway.
If you fail to indicate what your choices are, you will automatically be scheduled into whatever elective classes have seats available.
ANYONE may register for classes at HCCA, BUT you must notify your counselor of which class you are interested in, as some classes require you to first take and pass the required entrance exam or have a minimum unweighted GPA of 2.0.
You can complete the HCCA Interest form at evening advisement to ensure that every thing is in place for you to attend HCCA.

16. Course Selection: Dual Enrollment
You must have the equivalence of 7 classes even if you are planning to do DE with HCCA or with a local college.
If you plan to participate in the DE program this summer, you must submit the required forms for approval to your counselor no later than Thursday, May 30th – NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
If you plan to participate in the DE program this coming fall, you must submit the required forms for approval to your counselor no later than Thursday, May 30th – NO EXCEPTIONS!!! **You must provide your own transportation.
You can obtain the DE Checklist from the Guidance Office or at evening advisement.
If you are not APPROVED for DE by your counselor, your college classes may NOT be approved or paid for. You MUST clear DE with your counselor!!!

17. What to Expect as a Senior
If you plan to attend a 4 year college, you should take the SAT and/or ACT. If you plan to attend a 2 year college or technical college after graduation, you may not need to take the SAT or ACT. (Check the requirements of the college you plan on attending.) If you receive free or reduced lunch, you qualify for an ACT and/or SAT fee waiver. Please see Mrs. Melissa Jones in the guidance office for additional information.
If you are aware of the college degree and/or career path you want to pursue, try to enhance this interest by taking electives that support your choice.
Make use of the GAFutures website in order to map out your high school plans & beyond.

18. Advisement Dates Bear Paws Schedule: Feb. 25th
Complete Walk Around Registration forms during Bear Paws.
Feb. 26th and February 28th
Complete Registration forms during Bear Paws with your advisor.

19. Advisement Dates cont. Evening Advisement: March 4th, 5th and 6th
On one of these dates, you and your parents will meet with your advisor to finalize your schedule.
Advisor will contact your parent to schedule an appointment.

20. Registration Summary
Your Advisor will be collecting your registration form at the end of this period.
You will be given a copy of the registration form for your parent/guardian to review.
Show your parent/guardian the registration guide when reviewing your selected courses.
The Pink Copy is for your parent/guardian to KEEP.
Failure to comply with these instructions may result in you being randomly scheduled for classes that you may NOT want.