Transcript MARCH 15 th

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Inform Parents
Help students make good choices
Reduced schedule changes
Meet teachers
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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)
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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
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Standard Diploma (22 credits) vs Advanced Studies
Diploma (24 credits)
Standard
English 4 credits
History 4 credits
Math 3 credits
Science 3 credits
HPE 2 credits
Fine Art or CTE 1 credit
Electives 5 credit ( 2seq)
Advanced
4 credits
4 credits
2 credits
World Lang 3cr or 2cr of 2
lang
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Standard Diploma (22 credits) vs Advanced Studies Diploma (26
credits)
Standard
English 4 credits
History 4 credits
Math 3 credits
Science 3 credits
HPE 2 credits
Fine Art, World Lang or CTE 2 credit
Economics 1 credit
Electives 5 credit ( 2seq)
YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHEN TO PUT IN THE
ECONOMICS/PERSONAL FINANCE CLASS
Advanced
4 credits
4 credits
Fine Art or CTE 1 credit
3 credits
World Lang 3credits
or 2credits of
2 languages
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Jan 15-Jan 31st – Teachers completing
recommendations and giving that information
to students and counselors
Jan 30th – Curriculum Night for Parents
Jan 31st & Feb 1st - Counselors visit US History
classes to present course registration to Rising
seniors.
Feb 4th – Feb 13th – 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 15th)
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Feb 13th – Feb 14th – counselors visiting World
History 2 classes to present to rising juniors
about course registration
Feb 15th – Touching Bases (great time to ask
teachers about their recommendations for
next year)
Feb 19th – Feb 26th – students coming to
counselors via HPE 10 to register for classes
(sheet will come home to parents)
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Feb 28th – March 1st – counselors visiting
World History 1 classes to present course
registration information
March 4th – March 8th – Students coming to
counselors via HPE 9 classes to complete
course registration (sheet will come home)
MARCH
th
15
is the deadline
(no exceptions)
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Think about your child’s schedule
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There are ONLY 24 hours in a day…they can only do so much and they need
7 of those for sleep
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We do not encourage more than 4 AP/Honors classes at a time
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Rising seniors think about college applications
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Rising seniors think about college admissions requirements too (math,
world lang, fine art)
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Take teacher/counselor recommendations seriously…we are all looking out
for what is best for the student
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It is easy to go up a level in a class than down
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You know your child the best…think about them/their strengths and
weakness
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
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 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
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Sonya Williams, DSS
[email protected]
703-287-2722