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Please sit with your Access class LEFT Center Right 4th Leinweber Outsen Valentino 5th Lambatos Grandolfo Sarmiento 6th Burrell Lather Bikulcius-Smith Sophomore Presentation Course Selection: Feb 5-16,2020 Things you need to know Y

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Please sit with your Access class LEFT Center Right 4th Leinweber Outsen Valentino 5th Lambatos Grandolfo Sarmiento 6th Burrell Lather Bikulcius-Smith

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Sophomore Presentation

Course Selection: Feb 5-16,2020

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Things you need to know…

  • You should currently have between 9 and 10.5 credits—check report cards
  • By the end of this year, you should have 12 credits or be considering summer

school

  • National Honor Society: Invited to apply next year if you have a 3.7 GPA (also

need 2 school activities each year, 40 community service hrs)

  • Summer School (COD Youth Education, District 200 Summer School)

Summer School Driver Education

  • For Registration and Informational Letter go to the Treasurer’s Office.
  • Registration Now- May 1 ($250)
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English 4.5 Math 3.0 Science 3.0 Social Studies 3.0 PE/Health/RTE 4.0 Consumer Ed 0.5 Technology 1.0 Arts Education 1.0 Other Courses 4.0

Graduation Requirements

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IMPORTANT

★ You need 8 classes each semester. ★ After course requests are completed for all grades in February, you will not be able to make changes. ★ In May, you will be able to review your Course Requests. You will have an

  • pportunity to make level changes and elective changes (based on availability)

until June 5. ★ The only changes that will be made when schedules are released for 1st semester are level changes and scheduling mistakes. ★ Second semester sequential elective changes may be allowed and need to be made by December 1.

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NO COURSE CHANGES WILL BE ALLOWED AFTER JUNE 5.

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Typical Junior Schedule

  • English
  • Math
  • Physics (for most students)
  • PE
  • Social Studies
  • Elective
  • Elective
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English

Junior English I AP Junior English

*preassigned-must complete “Level Change” form

You may want to take Speech requirement. Courses that fulfill Speech: Acting Argumentation I or A Communication Studies I or A

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Math

Topics in Geometry Topics in Algebra 2 Geometry I/A Algebra 2 & Trig I/A Algebra 2 & Trig I/A Precalculus I/A Precalculus I AP Calculus AB Precalculus A AP Calculus BC

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Science

Physics I Physics A (must be in A level math)

*preassigned: must complete a Level Change Form

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Social Studies

Required Junior or Senior year

  • American Gov’t or AP Gov’t
  • Econ or Consumer Ed

Additional Choices (full year)

  • AP European History
  • AP Economics (Micro or Macro)
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Human Geography

Additional Choices (semester)

  • Economics
  • International Relations A
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Philosophy
  • Junior Seminar A
  • Military History
  • Illinois and Chicago History
  • African American History
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PE Responding to Emergencies (RTE) Designer Fitness Plan (DFP)

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World Languages

Spanish 1, 2, 3, 4, or AP Spanish Spanish for Heritage Speakers (for native speakers) French 1, 2, 3 or 4 German 1, 2 or 3

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If you fail a required course

You will be required to make up the course

  • Summer School
  • 2 of the same subjects in the same semester

(e.g., Soph PE and RTE; Soph and Jr English) This will affect your graduation status.

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For the College Bound

English 4 years Math 3-4 years Science 3-4 years Social Studies 3 years Foreign Language 2 years

  • Music/Art maybe acceptable to some colleges as alternatives to

foreign language.

  • Need to have 4 academics every semester including Senior

Year.

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More competitive Colleges

4 years English 4 years advanced Math 3-4 years lab Science 4 years Foreign Language 3 years Social Studies * AP and Honors courses recommended

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Art Electives

▪ Art and Design ▪ Ceramics ▪ Commercial Art ▪ Drawing ▪ Jewelry ▪ Painting ▪ Photo ▪ Sculpture and Mixed Media

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Music Electives

▪ JV Women’s Chorale ▪ Men’s Chorale ▪ Concert Choir ▪ Varsity Women’s Chorale ▪ Chamber Choir ▪ Concert Band ▪ Symphonic Band ▪ Wind Ensemble ▪ Percussion Ensemble and Studies ▪ Concert Orchestra ▪ Chamber Orchestra ▪ Sinfonia ▪ Music Keyboarding* ▪ Music Technology* ▪ History of Rock & Roll

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Tech Electives

▪ Computer Literacy ▪ Business Management ▪ Sports & Entertainment Marketing ▪ Introduction to Business ▪ Accounting ▪ Info Tech 1 and 2 ▪ Web Page Design 1 and 2 ▪ Multimedia ▪ Architectural Drafting 1 and 2 ▪ CAD 1 and 2 ▪ Architectural Construction ▪ Architectural Seminar ▪ Business INCubator (full year) ▪ Mobile Makers (full year)*

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FACS Electives

  • Culinary Arts 1 and 2
  • Baking and Pastry
  • International Cuisine
  • Interior Design
  • Contemporary Broadcasting
  • Fashion Merchandising
  • Child Development 1 and 2
  • TCD
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Course Selection

  • Worksheet and Directions for using

StudentVUE are located on the homepage of South’s website – Ignore the comments in red when entering courses on StudentVue

  • Need help entering courses on the computer?

Counseling Center during Access

  • Make an appointment to see your counselor if

you have questions about classes

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Sophomores… did you know?

  • Parking—listen for announcements

which tell you who can apply for a parking tag

  • Junior Presentation and Conference
  • College Information Night for Junior

Parents