Transcript Oliver Ames High School Course Selection Process Grade 9

Oliver Ames High School
Course Selection Process
Grade 9
2015-2016
Important Dates
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February 13-26th
Grade 8 Teachers make recommendations online
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February 27thMarch 5th
Parents and Students select courses online
through student portal at https://ma-easton.myfollett.com/aspen/logon.do
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March 3rd
Counselors follow-up on students in World History
classes to verify schedules.
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March 11th
Printed schedules are sent home for parent
approval. Due back to EMS CC by 3/20.
All scheduling concerns must be submitted in writing and
addressed to Wes Paul, Principal, OAHS.
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June 9th
Freshman Orientation at OAHS – 9 -10:30am.
Parent meeting at 7:00p.m.
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June 25th
Teacher deadline for recommendation changes.
**** High School Graduation Requirements
The Easton School Committee has set the following requirements as the
minimum necessary to receive an Oliver Ames diploma
1. All students must carry seven courses each year.
2. Pass four (4) years of English grades 9-12.
3. Pass three (3) years of social studies grades 9-12.
4. Pass three (3) years of science grades 9-12.
5. Pass four (4) years of math grades 9-12.
6. Pass physical education for grades 9 and 10 five days a week, with the exception of science
laboratory students who must take physical education every other day and pass it.
7. Pass one (l) year of business/technology education.
8. Pass one (l) year of (one or combination of music, industrial technology, art, family and consumer
sciences).
9. A total of 18 courses are required as part of the graduation requirements; students may choose 8
electives grades 9-12.
10. Complete a total of 130 credits.
11. All students must receive a passing grade according to state standards on the Massachusetts MCAS
tests. This requirement is mandated by the Education Reform Law.
12. To be considered a College Preparatory graduate from Oliver Ames High School, a student must
have successfully completed 2 years of a language in addition to meeting the requirements in the other
areas.
13. Students may participate in graduation activities when all credit requirements are fulfilled.
14. Under exceptional circumstances or situations, requests for waivers for exceptions to these graduation
requirements shall be ad-dressed to the building principal. Determinations shall be made on a case-bycase basis with priority placed on scheduling conflicts with higher-level courses. The decision of the
building principal shall be final.
Credit Accumulation
• Each year-long, everyday course is worth 5 credits.
*Students that took a language for two years (ie. Spanish 1A and Spanish 1B)
will enter high school with 5 credits
*Students that have taken Honors Algebra 1 will enter high school with 5
credits
5 (credits) X 7 (courses a year) = 35
35 (credits per year) X 4 (years) = 140 total credits
20 (courses req. to graduate) X 5 (credits) = 100 credits
140 (total credits) – 100 (required credits) = 40 flexible credits
40 (flexible credits) / 5 credits = 8 Elective Courses
COURSE SELECTION - Grade 9
All students must select a total of 7 courses or the equivalent of 35 credits.
*Core Curriculum. Students must select a course from each of these four academic areas. The
additional 15 credits will be selected from the remaining areas.
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*ENGLISH –
1 Course / 5 Credits
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*SOCIAL STUDIES –
1 Course / 5 Credits
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*MATH –
1 Course / 5 Credits
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*SCIENCE –
1 Course / 5 Credits
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WORLD LANGUAGE –
ELECTIVE –
1 Course /5 Credits
1 Course / 5 Credits
(Family & Consumer Science, Music, Art, Business, Industrial Technology)
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*PHYS. EDUCATION –
1 Course / 5 Credits
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SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING
1 Course / 5 or 2.5 Credits
(Resource Room, Reading)
OAHS - Grade 9 COURSE AVAILABILITY
2015- 2016
Core Academic Subjects
Students are encouraged to select a challenging schedule and to discuss
courseselections with teachers and parents!!
English
OA 010
OA 011
OA 013
OA 015
OA017
English 9 - Honors
English 9 - College
English 9
English 9 Modified
Lang. Based English 9
Foreign Language
OA 411
OA 412
OA 431
OA 432
OA 451
French 1
French 2
Spanish 1
Spanish 2
Latin 1
Math
OA 202
OA 201
OA 211
OA 210
OA 207
Algebra I
College Algebra I
College Geometry
Honors Geometry
Lang. Based Math 9
Science
OA 390
OA 391
OA 393
Conceptual Physics - Honors
Conceptual Physics - College
Conceptual Physics – Prep
Social Studies
OA 190
OA 191
OA 193
World Cultures 2 - Honors
World Cultures 2 - College
World Cultures 2
www.oliverames.org
Click on “Program of Studies”
for course descriptions
Math Sequence
GRADE 8
GRADE 9
Honors Algebra 1
Honors Geometry
College Geometry
Algebra 1
College Algebra 1
Pre-Algebra
Algebra 1
Math Mod. B
Lang. Based Math 9
Math Sequence
GRADE 8
GRADE 9
Honors Geometry
(PreReq: B or better in Honors
Algebra 1)
Honors Algebra 1
College Geometry
(PreReq: C or better in College
Algebra 1)
Math Sequence
GRADE 8
GRADE 9
College Geometry
(PreReq: C or better in
College Algebra 1)
Algebra 1
College Algebra 1
Math Sequence
GRADE 8
GRADE 9
College Algebra 1
(PreReq:
C or better in Pre-Algebra)
Pre-Algebra
Algebra 1
(PreReq: Passing grade in PreAlgebra)
Math Sequence
GRADE 8
GRADE 9
Algebra 1
Math Mod. B
Lang. Based Math 9
Teacher recommendation needed
Mathematics Scope & Sequence
Grades 9 -12
HONORS
Honors
Geometry
Honors
Algebra II
AP Calculus
AB
Honors
Pre-Calculus
AP Calculus
BC
ELECTIVES
College
Geometry
College
Algebra II
College
Pre-Calculus
Elective
A, B
A. College
Calculus
B. Statistics
COLLEGE
FOUNDATIONS
College
Geometry
College
Algebra II
College
Algebra I
College
Geometry
Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra II
Elective
D
Language
Based Math
9
Algebra &
Geometry B
Geometry
Algebra II
College
Algebra III
College
Algebra II
Elective
B, D
Elective
C, D
C. College
Algebra III
D. Math
Topics
OAHS - Grade 9 COURSE AVAILABILITY
2015 - 2016
Electives
(1st choice goes to upper classmen)
Business
OA 534
OA 535
OA 531
OA 533
Web Page Design
Marketing
College Accounting
Adv. Business and Personal Finance
English
OA 091
OA 941
Writing Seminar (Full year)
Study Skills / ELL (Rec. needed)
Family / Consumer
Sciences
OA 791
Family / Consumer Science
Fine Arts
OA 801
Foundation of Art Workshop / Art 1
OAHS - Grade 9 COURSE AVAILABILITY
2015 - 2016
Electives Cont’d
Indust. Tech.
OA 601
OA 611
OA 621
OA 661
Woodworking Tech. 1
Machine / Metal Tech. 1
Tech. Drafting
Power Tech./Small Eng. Repair
Music
OA 851
OA 853
OA 855
OA 857
OA 883
OA 886
OA 871
OA 871
OA 867A
Band (daily)
Orchestra (daily)
Concert Choir (daily)
Show Choir (daily / teacher rec. required)
Band / Concert Choir
Orchestra / Concert Choir
Music Tech. / Beginning Theory
Into. to American Popular Music
Guitar 1
Phys. Ed.
OA 911
Fitness Fund. (daily)
Special Education
OA 955
Academic Support - RR (6x)
Entering Your Course Selection on
X2 Aspen
ma-easton.myfollett.com/aspen
To enter your requests:
1. Log on to the Student view.
2. Click the My Info tab.
3. Click the Requests side-tab. The Requests page
appears:
4. In the Primary requests box, select your requests for the
different subject areas. For example , to select your
request for a math course, click Select next to Math. The
courses you can request appear:
The Status column displays the course(s) your teachers have recommended for
you. If you select a course other than the course recommended for you, your
counselor is notified.
5. Select the checkbox in the Select column of the course(s) you want
to request, and click OK. The request will now appear on your
Requests page.
Note: To remove a request from your Request page, click the Select
checkbox again to deselect it.
6. In the Notes for Counselor box, type any notes to your counselor
regarding your requests. You counselor can view these notes when
reviewing your requests:
Your requests are automatically saved after you enter them on the
Requests page. Your counselor can view them anytime.
7. After you complete your requests, click Post. This lets your
counselor know that you are finished entering requests. If you have
not selected enough courses to satisfy requirements for your
academic track the system lets you know which area you need to
make more requests in:
Once your counselor approves your requests, you can no longer make
changes to your course selections.
Next Step for Grade 9 Course
Selection Process
• Review and Select courses with your parents
online at ma-easton.myfollett.com/aspen by
March 5th.
• See your Guidance Counselor for logon
information to X2.