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WELCOME INCOMING FRESHMEN

CLASS OF 2020!

GETTING INVOLVED … ▪ Clubs ▪ Athletics ▪ Activities ▪ Community Service

Signature Programs

Dysart Willow Canyon Valley Vista Shadow Ridge

• Architect

Design

• Engineering
• Culinary Arts
• Fire Science
• Law &
• Public

Safety

• Allied Health
• Cambridge
• Education

Professions

• International

Baccalaureate

• Medical Lab

Assistant

• TV/Media

Production

• Automotive

Tech

• AVID
• Cambridge
• JROTC
• Photo

Imaging

▪ Automotive Technology

▪ AVID ▪ Cambridge ▪ JROTC ▪ Photo Imaging

▪ Culinary Arts ▪ Fire Science ▪ Law & Public Safety

▪ Education Professions ▪ Cambridge ▪ International Baccalaureate Program (IB)

▪ Medical Lab Assistant ▪ TV/Media Production

▪ Architectural Design ▪ Engineering

Open Enrollment

• 1. If you are interested in a program not offered at

your home school you must have completed the

• nline "Open Enrollment" application.
• 2. Open enrollment forms are available on the

DUSD homepage at www.dysart.org.

• 3. If you attend another HS other than your home

school, you will likely need to provide your

• wn transportation to and from
• school. Limited transportation may be available.

Applications for bus passes will be available after successful completion of enrollment.

Cambridge

❏

Dysart High School

❏ School-wide (all freshmen) ❏ Cambridge English, Math, Biology and World History ❏ Honors classes available ❏ Students may remain

enrolled at DHS and take AP or Dual Enrollment classes

▪

Willow Canyon High School

▫ Cambridge 9th grade

courses are Honors courses

▫ Students can remain enrolled

at WCHS and take AP or IB level classes

▫ Cambridge Spanish and Art

& Design available Upon successful passing of Cambridge exams, students are eligible for the Grand Canyon Diploma.

Advance Placement Classes AP

▫ Calculus AB

World History

▫ Statistics

Music Theory

▫ English Lang.

Physics

▫ Biology

French

▫ US History

Studio Art

▫ Government

Chemistry

▫ Psychology

Calculus BC

▫ Spanish

English Lit.

You can earn college credit!! Advanced Placement (AP) classes are available your 10, 11 and 12th grade years in the following courses:

Dual Enrollment Classes

▪ You can earn even more college credit!! ▪ Dual Enrollment Classes may be

available to students in the following content areas:

▫ Career and Technical Education Classes ▫ English ▫ Math ▫ Science ▫ Social Studies

Graduation Requirements Class of 2020

DYSART SCHOOL DISTRICT ARIZONA UNIVERSITIES English 4 Credits English 4 Credits Math 4 Credits Math 4 Credits Science 3 Credits Lab. Science 3 Credits Social Studies 3 Credits Social Studies 2 Credits *P.E./ Health 1 Credit Foreign Language 2 Credits Fine Arts/ C.T.E. 1 Credit CTE/Fine Arts 1 Credit Electives 6 Credits Total Credits 22 Credits

Core Area Course Selection

Core classes (English, Math, Science, Social Studies) ▪ 8th Grade Teachers completed on-line recommendations for students Placement into Core Area Courses will be based on: ➢ Proficiency on benchmark assessments ➢ Proficiency on English and math placement assessments that will be done later this spring ➢ Teacher recommendation Please take your benchmark and placement assessments seriously.

Freshmen COURSE SELECTION

Options to Earn a PE Credit

• PE (Boys or Girls)
• Marching Band
• Dance
• JROTC

Electives Please choose 1 elective and 3 alternate

• electives. Write in the course number and course

name on your course selection sheet.

Example of the Elective Choices

If you are applying for Open Enrollment, please fill out choices for both schools.

Course Selection Reminders……

▪ Thoroughly read your Course Selection Guide at www.dysart.org ▪ Review and discuss information with your parents/ guardians. ▪ If you are planning to attend a university, please refer to the pages in the Course Selection Guide for advanced college preparation information. ▪ Carefully choose your electives, indicating them from 1-4. Write in the course # and name.

▪ Course Selection Guide (Online) Review carefully for graduation requirements, course descriptions, and prerequisites. www.dysart.org Parents/Students Link HS Course Selection Guide

Talk about Process and Give out Information Tuesday, January 19th - Marley Park Wednesday, January 20th - Dysart Elem & Rancho Gabriela Thursday, January 21st - Luke & Riverview Friday, January 22nd - El Mirage Dates for Doing Registration Online Monday, January 25th - Dysart Elem Tuesday, January 26th - Marley Park Wednesday, January 27th - Riverview & Rancho Gabriela Thursday, January 28th - Luke Friday, January 29th - El Mirage

Your Schedule…

▪ Every effort will be made to schedule your elective

choices by your order of listed preference using the 1-4 system.

▪ Scheduling changes will ONLY be made for academic

reasons.

▪ Elective choices will not be changed after you

turn in your form. High school schedules are built

• n elective choices.

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