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Houston High School

2017-2018 Scheduling Information

English Courses 4 credits required

Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior

English 2 (8th grade English 1) English 3 College Composition, Creative Writing/Poetry,

• r Cinema as Art

College Composition, Creative Writing/Poetry,

• r Cinema as Art

English 1 English 2 English 3 College Composition, Creative Writing/Poetry,

• r Cinema as Art

Read 180 English 1 English 2 English 3 Read 180 Read 180 English 1 English 2

Math Courses 3 credits required

Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Geometry (8th grade Algebra 1) Algebra 2 Pre-Calculus AP Calculus Algebra 1 Geometry Algebra 2 Pre-Calculus Intro Algebra 1 Algebra 1 Geometry or Informal Geometry Algebra 2, Intermediate Algebra, or no math

Social Studies Courses 3.5 credits required

Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Civics and Health World History US History Government and Alaska History

Science Courses 3 credits required

Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Biology Physical Science or Chemistry AK Wildlife/Ecology, AP Chemistry, Chemistry, Physics,

• r Anatomy

AK Wildlife/Ecology, AP Chemistry, Chemistry, Physics, Anatomy, or no science course

Freshmen Elective Courses 9.5 credits required

Freshmen Transitions** 2D Art 3D Art Photography Band Jazz Band Men’s Choir Women’s Choir Guitar Independent Music Study PE (1 credit required) Yoga AV Tech Tech Apps Yearbook/Journalism Student Government/Leadership Woods Welding Tech Drafting Construction Trades Teen Leadership Spanish 1 Human Relations

Sophomore Elective Courses

10th graders can take all the courses on the freshmen and sophomore elective lists as well as the courses in the last column: 2D Art 3D Art Photography Band Jazz Band Men’s Choir Women’s Choir Guitar Independent Music Study PE (1 credit required) Yoga AV Tech Tech Apps Yearbook/Journalism Student Government/Leadership Woods Welding Tech Drafting Construction Trades Teen Leadership Spanish 1 Human Relations Guitar 2 Culinary Spanish 2 Academic Strategies Math Strategies Peer Mentor (teacher approval required)

Junior Elective Courses

11th graders can take all the courses on the freshmen and sophomore elective lists as well as the courses in the last column: 2D Art 3D Art Photography Band Jazz Band Men’s Choir Women’s Choir Guitar Independent Music Study PE (1 credit required) Yoga AV Tech Tech Apps Yearbook/Journalism Student Government/Leadership Woods Welding Tech Drafting Construction Trades Teen Leadership Spanish 1 Human Relations Guitar 2 Culinary Spanish 2 Spanish 3 Cinema as Art Creativing Writing/Poetry Academic Strategies Senior Transitions (S2) Math Strategies Peer Mentor (Teacher approval required) Student Aide (Teacher approval required)

Senior Elective Courses

12th graders can take all the courses on the freshmen, sophomore, and junior elective lists as well as the courses in the last column: 2D Art 3D Art Photography Band Jazz Band Men’s Choir Women’s Choir Guitar Independent Music Study PE (1 credit required) Yoga AV Tech Tech Apps Yearbook/Journalism Student Government/Leadership Woods Welding Tech Drafting Construction Trades Teen Leadership Spanish 1 Human Relations Guitar 2 Culinary Spanish 2 Spanish 3 Spanish 4 Cinema as Art Creativing Writing/Poetry Senior Transitions (S1) Academic Strategies Math Strategies Peer Mentor (Teacher approval) Student Aide (Teacher approval) Off Campus (Parent and Administrator approval required)

Apex Courses

Apex is an online curriculum which offers all of our core courses as well as these additional courses: Algebra as Finance Earth Science English 4 (British Lit) Media Literacy Geography Multicultural Studies Sociology Psychology Art Appreciation College and Career Prep Financial Literacy Information Technology Intro to Business & Marketing Intro to Careers in Health & Fitness Marketing Music Appreciation French 1 and 2 German 1 and 2 Latin 1 and 2 Mandarin Chinese 1 and 2 AP Statistics AP English Language AP English Literature AP US History AP Spanish Language AP Macroeconomics AP Microeconomics AP Psychology AP Government and Politics

Summer School

We will likely be offering summer school at Houston High School this year!

• Incoming freshmen can take Health to get that course finished before the

school year starts.

• Current high school students can take any course in which they need to

recover credit.

• Current high school students can take any course in order to accelerate

their learning or free a slot in their schedule.

• Please mark your scheduling form to indicate if you might be interested in

taking summer school with us.

Alaska Performance Scholarship

• The APS is a scholarship based on courses taken in high school, GPA,

and SAT, ACT, or WorkKeys test scores.

• The money from this scholarship can be used at Alaska colleges and

trade schools.

• Please pay attention to the criteria for this scholarship so that you will be

eligible when you graduate.

Complete the online scheduling form

Tuesday, March 21 - Current high school students Thursday, March 23 - Current 8th graders

Reminders when you do the online scheduling form:

• Make sure you click the correct grade level form. Select the form for the grade you will be

NEXT year.

• Rank your elective choices CAREFULLY. We will try to give you your first choice if at all

possible.

• Let us know if you might be interested in summer school.
• Let us know if you would like to take an Apex course and type the name of the Apex course

in the COMMENTS section.

• If you need to make-up a course, please indicate that on the form.
• Seniors, if you want to be off campus, let us know what periods you would prefer to be off

campus.

• Use the COMMENTS section
• to ask questions, write us a note, or clarify your elective choices.

QUESTIONS? Contact us!

Students with the last names A-K:

• Mrs. Joy Miller

907-892-9407 joy.miller@matsuk12.us Students with the last names L-Z:

• Mrs. Mary Beth Gillespie

907-892-9408 marybeth.gillespie@matsuk12.us