2.  Inform Parents  Help students make good choices  Reduced schedule changes  Meet teachers

3.  To date 304 requests since the schedule change process began in October  75% of those were not recommended for the course in the first place  Several students requested more than one change/sometimes at different times during the year  90% of these changes were done but not in an ideal way (classes at capacity/schedules/lunch)

4.  Why can’t you just make room if you know these changes are coming?  Spring Break Staffing  Larger classes in FCPS  Mind reader…not so much

5.  Standard Diploma (22 credits) vs Advanced Studies Diploma (24 credits) StandardAdvanced English 4 credits History 4 credits Math 3 credits4 credits Science 3 credits4 credits HPE 2 credits Fine Art or CTE 1 credit Electives 5 credit ( 2seq)2 credits World Lang 3cr or 2cr of 2 lang

6.  Standard Diploma (22 credits) vs Advanced Studies Diploma (26 credits) StandardAdvanced English 4 credits History 4 credits Math 3 credits4 credits Science 3 credits4 credits HPE 2 credits Fine Art, World Lang or CTE 2 creditFine Art or CTE 1 credit Economics 1 credit Electives 5 credit ( 2seq)3 credits World Lang 3credits or 2credits of 2 languages YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHEN TO PUT IN THE ECONOMICS/PERSONAL FINANCE CLASS

7.  Jan 15-Jan 31 st – Teachers completing recommendations and giving that information to students and counselors  Jan 30 th – Curriculum Night for Parents  Jan 31 st & Feb 1 st - Counselors visit US History classes to present course registration to Rising seniors.  Feb 4 th – Feb 13 th – Students will visit counselors to register for courses via English 11 (students will come with a sheet for parents to sign which is due to counselors by 15 th )

8.  Feb 13 th – Feb 14 th – counselors visiting World History 2 classes to present to rising juniors about course registration  Feb 15 th – Touching Bases (great time to ask teachers about their recommendations for next year)  Feb 19 th – Feb 26 th – students coming to counselors via HPE 10 to register for classes (sheet will come home to parents)

9.  Feb 28 th – March 1 st – counselors visiting World History 1 classes to present course registration information  March 4 th – March 8 th – Students coming to counselors via HPE 9 classes to complete course registration (sheet will come home)

10.  MARCH 15 th is the deadline (no exceptions)

13.  Think about your child’s schedule  There are ONLY 24 hours in a day…they can only do so much and they need 7 of those for sleep  We do not encourage more than 4 AP/Honors classes at a time  Rising seniors think about college applications  Rising seniors think about college admissions requirements too (math, world lang, fine art)  Take teacher/counselor recommendations seriously…we are all looking out for what is best for the student  It is easy to go up a level in a class than down  You know your child the best…think about them/their strengths and weakness

14.  7:00 pm Session 1 (5 total sessions…see the classes you want to see)  2 New courses for 2013-14: Calculus & Trig/Prob  15 minute sessions  5 minute passing  Soak it all up  Ask questions  Complete the survey  Email teachers if necessary  Think about it  Talk to your students

15.  C&E presents……Subject Series  English 3/7/13 at 7am  Math 2/22/13 at 9:45am  Science 2/4/13 at 9:45am

16.  Sonya Williams, DSS  snwilliams1@fcps.edu snwilliams1@fcps.edu  703-287-2722