Future Senior Registration - 2018-2019 school year Registration using Career Cruising s Course Planner must be completed by Friday, February 16th, 2018. You will have time during the February 15 advisory to register for your classes. Online course changes through Career Cruising s Career Planner are only available until February 16th. Course Recommendations - talk with your current teachers The course catalog is available online at the Marshfield HS website or in Career Cruising s course planner I. Attend Tiger Course Hunt Night, Monday, February 5th from 3:30-7:30 pm in the HS fieldhouse. II. Registration Instruction A. Registration will be through the Career Cruising Portal B. Under Students on the district website click on the Career Cruising icon. C. Login in to Career Cruising with your student google drive account D. In your portfolio click on Choose my Courses. E. Enter your course selections in grade 12 F. Watch your credit total at the bottom of the column. You want 6.5-8 credits. If you take 8 credits, you will not have a study hall. Students can be at 9 credits if the student enrolls in an early bird class and has no study hall i. You don t need to fill all of the empty boxes. You just want to verify you have between 6.5-8 credits. G. Enter three alternate courses ii. You will only see one box marked alternate. After you enter your first alternate a second alternate box will appear. H. When all of your courses are entered, click submit at the bottom of the column I. Once you hit submit you will not be able to make changes to your course selections without seeing your counselor J. You will be submitting your course requests during advisory on Thursday, February 15th III. Transcript Evaluation A. Review number of credits to graduate in the course catalog or Career Cruising B. Retake any failed required classes. C. Check over graduation requirements (use Career Planner in Career Cruising) i. 4 credits English - Senior year English options (see handout) ii. 3.5 credits Social Studies (U.S. History & American Government, American Republic, World Studies, or AP equivalents. and semester elective) iii. 3 credits Math (Three credits minimum for university admission-algebra, Geometry, and Algebra 2). Refer to the Math Curriculum Tracks in Career Cruising iv. 3 credits Science - You may use certain agriculture courses meet this requirement; see the Agriculture department page in the catalog for details. Refer to the Science Curriculum Tracks in Career Cruising v. 1.5 credits Physical Education over three different school years. 1. Balance (611) requires an application. 2. You may not repeat the same class for credit. 3. Summer strength and conditioning taken over three summers will earn.5 credits of elective credit only. 4. Avoid taking both Personal Training and Personal Wellness. vi..5 credit Healthy Choices
vii..5 credit Consumer Finance and Personal 1. earn through successful completion of AP Economics or the semester long consumer and personal finance class. 2. Consumer & Personal Finance is available in summer school (online or face to face) viii..5 credit Computer Applications (regular, honors, or foundations) ix. 8.5 elective credits x. 25 credits total xi. Have you passed the civics exam? D. World Languages are not a high school graduation requirement. However, if you are planning to attend a 4-year college it is highly recommended that you take at least two years of the same foreign language. E. If you are planning to attend a two-year or four-year university you will need a minimum of 17 college preparatory credits including your senior year. Of these 17 credits, you need to have at least 13.0 core academic credits in the areas of English (4), Math (3), Science (3), Social Science (3). This leaves four additional core/elective credits as specified by your university of choice. This may include credits from additional core academics, foreign language, fine arts, computer science, or technical areas. You are encouraged to utilize Career Cruising or each college website to check the requirements for the colleges you are interested in. Also, review the college prep information on in the course catalog. F. University Admissions officials look for consistent rigor and performance through the senior year, specifically AP, concurrent enrollment or honors coursework. These courses are the best preparation for the university environment. Select courses for 2018-19 that are equal to or tougher than your courses in the past three years. G. If you are planning to attend a technical college, you should double check recommended or required courses for your program. Certain programs, particularly medical, require algebra, biology and/or chemistry with grades of at least a B or C. Please visit college websites to review program admission requirements. Review the advanced standing (AS) and transcripted credit (TC) information in the course catalog guide. H. NCAA Division I and II prospective athletes: Please review requirements in the course catalog. Courses not accepted by the NCAA are noted in the catalog. See Mrs. Carlson with any questions. IV. Early bird course options: A. AP Economics, AP Environmental Science, Algebra II H, Consumer/Personal Finance, Jazz Band, Orchestra Winds & Percussion H B. These courses will only run based on student enrollment. If you sign up for a course and it does not run early bird, it will be put into your regular schedule unless you see your counselor about dropping it. C. Early Bird courses will be listed as EB in Career Cruising for registration. D. Period 9 you will have early bird release and will be able to leave school at 2:06 pm. V. Co-ops, Internships, and Youth Apprenticeships A. Make sure you have completed all required prerequisites. B. Turn in co-op and internship applications to the instructor listed on the back of the application. C. Youth apprenticeship applications should be returned to Mrs. Frederick. See Youth Apprenticeship information in the course catalog. D. All applications are due by March 1 st. E. Youth Apprenticeship students don t sign up for a class, once you are accepted Mrs. Fredrick will notify your counselor.
VI. New courses i. TC Medical Law, Ethics and Professionalism PS (Grades 10-12) ii. Customized Geometry (Grades 10-12) iii. Exploratory Woods and Metals (Grades 9-12) iv. Home Maintenance (Grades 11-12) VII. Course Name Changes: A. The technology education auto program has had several new class names in the past year. Review the course guide for a helpful sequencing chart. B. The math department has class name changes. Essentials Math 2 is now Pre-Algebra, Advanced Math Algebra or AMA is now Customized Algebra VII. Summer School A. All summer school information is posted on the HS Website. Summer School is from June 11th to July 20th. B. You may only miss five days of summer school C. Registration will be through Student Skyward via the Arena Scheduling Tab and is available on Monday, January 29th at 4 pm for current juniors D. Seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. See Mrs. Burkhart in the counselor's office for waitlist information. E. Do not register for courses you plan to take in summer school in Career Cruising. You may only choose 2 classes for summer school. Summer school maximum is 1 credit. F. Summer school class options for future seniors include: Computer Applications H, Driver s Education, Sports Challenge - Individual/Dual, Sports Medicine I, Strength and Conditioning, Tailor Made Math, Consumer and Personal Finance regular and online, Crime, Justice and Law, Psychology, Advanced Prep Studies, Creative Writing, and Speech I. Non-credit class offering is music lessons. VIII. Things to remember: A. Register for 6.5 credits minimally, 8.0 maximum(not including summer school). Consider the value of a study hall. B. Many elective courses require that you pay a fee to cover your course materials. These fees are listed under the course descriptions in the course catalog. C. Please check the prerequisites for all requested courses. D. Band, Orchestra and Choir are year long commitments E. Pick three alternative classes to enter online. F. Review the acceptable reasons for schedule changes carefully.
Schedule Change Policy A. ADDING/DROPPING A COURSE Prior to the start of a semester, students may drop any course and add another course in their schedule for one or more of the following reasons: For medical reasons Due to significant changes to a student s post high school plans There is a computer error on the student s schedule There are two study halls in one semester and none in another The student is in a Co-op, Future Teacher Internship, Health Career Connections or Youth Apprenticeship and needs to be free at certain times for his/her job. The student IEP requires that modification be made. The class needs to be added as it is a graduation requirement. B. DROPPING DOWN FROM: AP TO HONORS; OR HONORS TO A REGULAR SECTION Students may drop down from an honors section to a regular section of a course only after the first quarter of a new semester. At the end of the first term of the course, students may drop down if they have a grade of D or lower in the higher level class. The student may only drop down to a lower section of the same course. A student may only drop to a lower section after meeting with specified faculty and completing requisite paperwork. The student s grade in the non-honors class will be determined by combining the grades earned in both the higher level and non-honors class. A conference with the school counselor and administration is required for this schedule change to be processed. C. Please note that the initial selection of your student s courses for a given school year is the key to avoiding any issues within their schedule. It is critical to choose those classes in a manner that best reflects your students ability and aptitude. Schedule changes have a great effect on class size and the staffing of our school. Any and all schedule changes are contingent upon seat availability. If a class change is an absolute necessity and a seat in the lower class is unavailable the student may need to drop the class and take a study hall. If it is a class needed for graduation the student may need to take the course during summer school or pursue other less agreeable options. Senior English Options 420 English IV Foundations R *This is not an NCAA approved course. Per teacher or counselor recommendation only. Prepares students in the areas of reading, writing, speaking listening and teaming. Prepares students for using media and technology for English courses required at a technical or two-year school or for general use in the workforce. 431 AS Written Communication R *This is not an NCAA approved course. Students who plan on attending military, technical college or going directly into the workforce. Opportunity to earn technical college credit (maintain B grade both semesters PLUS a 20 on the English portion of the ACT or an 85 on the Sentence Skills of the Accuplacer) This is a writing development course; prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing. Develop reading and thinking skills through analysis of a variety of written documents. Writing formats focus on the writing for the workplace but does include an academic argumentative research paper.
413 AS Oral & Interpersonal Communication R *This is not an NCAA approved course. Per teacher recommendation only, this class is primarily for juniors Students who plan on attending technical college or going directly into the workforce. Opportunity to earn technical college credit (maintain B grade both semesters) Developing, speaking verbal communication and listening skills for the workplace. Create projects and presentations, gain experiences with reading visuals and technical manuals. Present approximately 12 speeches. 419 English IV Contemporary Literature R Students who plan on attending technical college, university, or going directly into the workforce. Focuses on college prep as well as career readiness. Equal mix of reading and writing. Analyze novels, plays, poetry, essays, short stories, articles, and films. Emphasis on evidence-based writing. Resumes, cover letters, etc. Expectation is to read and write in and outside of class as well as prepare presentations for the class. 417 English Composition (H) For students who want to improve writing skills either to prepare for placement test OR students who want to continue to work on writing format at college level (not literary critical analysis). Students do not take the placement exam in this course as college level credit is not available. Write 6-8 papers per semester. Essay formats include summary, cause/effect, division/classification, persuasion, and research.. Recommended for students who earned a 3 or higher on AP English Language National exam who want to improve writing skills 415/416 English 101 Composition PS/TC CE English 102 Composition PS Students who plan to attend or are strongly considering attending a 2 or 4 year university. Students who want college credit in high school who have NOT taken AP Language or DID NOT score a 3+ on AP Language exam. Students take the placement test for 102 in November. Can only receive college credit for 102 if score high enough on placement test in November. Will remain in the course for 2 nd semester even if placement test not passed in November Strong emphasis on academic writing. Essay formats include summary, cause/effect, division/classification, persuasion, and research. Demonstrate proficiency of the Learning Outcomes as established by the UW Board of Regents. Write 8-10 papers per semester Grades on college and high school transcript for students earning the college credit for 102 Prerequisite of B- or better in English IIIH or teacher recommendation 425 AP English Literature and Composition PS Students considering a college that accepts AP credits. Students who have taken the AP Language exam and earned a score of 3+. Students should already have strong reading and writing skills, and are typically college bound Reading and discussion of texts, writing at the college level with clear ideas. Students should expect to read about one hour per week for homework. Most essays are written in class, and all essays are literary analysis.
426 AP English Language & Composition PS Students considering a college that accepts AP credits. Students should already have or be willing to work towards strong reading and writing skills. Students should expect to read about one hour per week for homework from a variety of texts, including an emphasis on reading and analyzing nonfiction pieces. Most essays are written in class and include both argumentative and rhetorical analysis 428 Creative Writing. Students who want to learn and improve in a variety of writing tools including imagery, characterization, figurative language and plot structure. Complete a variety of short and extended writing projects to hone students creative writing skills. Peer editing and instructor feedback has students learn how to continuously improve their writing. Over the semester students build a final portfolio. 440 Speech Semester course for students who want to improve their public speaking skills. Study example speeches and deliver 6 or more speeches in addition to participating in discussions or debates. 437 Drama Semester course for students aiming to build acting skills, performance and speaking confidence and team-building skills. Students will learn about theatre history, and study theatrical technique in creating a live performance. This includes movement, observation, pantomine, improvisation, critiquing and viewing the school play/musical, directing/acting in a scene, writing a short scene, and learning about careers in theatre, including technical theatre.. It is NOT a requirement to be in the play or the musical to take the class. It is open to all students.