January 2019 WHS School Counseling Team Website: www.whscounselingcenter.com Twitter: @WHSCollegeReady
Timeline for Scheduling Jan. 28-Feb.8 January 24 Late April Counselors will meet Deadline to add your with you individually Schedules are course requests in to go over course distributed Power School requests May 20: May Schedule Change Schedule changes may be Deadline. After this date, made with a Schedule changes made per the Change Form signed WHS Schedule Change by a parent Policy
Key Things to Remember as You Build Your Schedule Prepare yourself for Select 15 credits All Juniors must take college: schedule a English, Math, and rigorous schedule and plus 2 alternate plan ahead for your US History credits Senior Year While not required for Mentoring and College all diploma tracks, Entrance Prep are many colleges require Courses that can ONLY at least two years of the be Taken in Junior Year same World Language for admission
Use Your Transcript to Help Plan Use your transcript to review: • Some courses • Diploma cannot be taken Track twice… be sure • Graduation you’re not Requirements signing up for a • class that you Total Credits have already • GPA taken! • • Some exceptions Grade Trends to this are… retaking a class for a higher grade or Elective PE classes
Diploma Tracks at Westfield High School All student will graduate with one or more of WHS students may these State of Indiana Diplomas graduate with the AP Capstone diploma, in addition to any Indiana Diploma Core 40 AP Capstone Diploma Core 40 with Core 40 with Technical Academic Honors Honors
Core 40 Diploma Requirements 42 Credits Required English 8 Credits Sign up for English: On-level or Honors English 11 or AP Lang and Comp/AP Seminar Math 6 Credits in grades 9-12 Sign up for the next level of math: On-level, Honors or 3-Tri PreCalc, Algebra I Geometry Algebra II AP Stats or College Algebra Science 6 Credits Physical Science — 2 credits Any 2 additional Biology — 2 credits science credits ICP, Chemistry or Physics
Core 40 Diploma Requirements Social Studies 6 Credits 2 Credits of US History US History I, II or III ACP US History I & II AP US History (Choose any 2 (3 credits) (2 credits) credits) Physical Education 4 Credits PE I and Advanced PE II in 10 th Health in 9 th Health OR Grade Grade Elective PE
ISTEP Exams ISTEP is the state Graduation Qualifying Exam • Students must take and pass the ISTEP English and Math exams in order to graduate • Students will also take the ISTEP Biology exam, if they have not already done so • ISTEPs will be taken in two parts: • Part 1 in March • Part 2 after Spring Break ISTEPs are very important exams. Do Your Best!!
Academic Honors Diploma 47 Total Credits Required Complete all Core 40 Requirements, plus : 6-8 World Language 2 Credits in Fine Arts Credits (Art, Music, Theater, 2 Additional Credits in (3 years of one language Math beyond Algebra II Interior Design or or 2 years of two Yearbook) different languages) A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 at graduation No Grade Below a C- in any class required for either Core 40 or AHD Two college-level courses through AP or Dual Credit/ACP classes, or specific SAT/ACT scores prior to graduation
AP Capstone Diploma AP Seminar taken in • Team Project and Presentation 11 th grade with AP • Research-based Essay and Presentation Language and • Written Exam Composition • Counts as 2 AP courses/AP Exams AP Research taken in 12 th grade • Academic Thesis • Public Presentation and Defense Counts as required English 12 credits 3 Additional AP • AP Exam 1 Courses taken anytime • AP Exam 2 throughout High School and passing • AP Exam 3 scores on all exams
ACP and Other Dual AP Classes Credit Classes College Board curriculum is Both high school and college widely recognized by colleges credit may be awarded and universities College curriculum — a Possible college credit, variety of colleges and depending on the AP exam universities offer dual credit score. Credit is based on the grade Public colleges in Indiana are earned in the class and may required to award college credit be transferrable to other for scores of 3, 4, or 5 universities Fees - $94 for the exam, $142 for Fees – vary depending on the Seminar & Research; will be program, but are greatly included in book fees reduced AP, ACP and Dual Credit Webinar online at www.whscounselingcenter.com/course-book/
Your AP Potential: Located in Your College Board Account Letters will be Your PSAT scores sent out to can help students who determine which have a 60% or AP classes might higher potential be a good fit for of passing an AP you exam Discuss the Your counselor possibility of AP can also talk classes with your with you about teachers this AP Potential year
Graduation Requirements: Technical Honors Diploma 47 Total Credits Required Complete all Core 40 Requirements, plus : Earn 6 HS credits in Earn 6 college OR Earn a state- a CTE college and credits from dual approved, industry career prep credit courses in based certification pathway CTE pathway or credential A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 at graduation No Grade Below a C- in any class required for either Core 40 or THD Two college-level courses through AP or Dual Credit/ACP classes, or specific SAT/ACT or Accuplacer scores
Ways to Earn the Technical Honors Diploma at WHS • 4-Year Engineering Project Pathway Lead the • 4-Year BioMedical Way Sciences Pathway
Ways to Earn the Technical Honors Diploma at WHS Business, Marketing and Computer Science • 6 or more high school Tourism and credits in related Hospitality course-work Construction, AND Manufacturing & Technology • 6 dual college credits OR industry-based Adv Tech Education certification Through Ivy Tech J. Everett Light Career Center
Off-site Career and Technical Education: JEL and Ivy Tech Classes meet from 12:00-3:00 PM. Students take classes at WHS during Periods 1, 2 and 3 Classes are yearlong and are worth 6 of your 15 credits Transportation provided by WHS, but some JEL courses do require students to have their own transportation A contract and application are required to take JEL/Ivy Tech courses; both are available from your counselor Classes are available for college credit and students may receive industry-based certifications See Course Book for complete list of classes and descriptions
2019-2020 Course Book • Course Book and Course Offerings List available online at www.whscounselingcenter.com
What to Look for in the Course Book CHEMISTRY, ADVANCED PLACEMENT (L) (1-2-3) Title This is a BYOT class Prerequisite: Successful completion of Chemistry I (1-2) and successful completion of Algebra II (3-4) Recommendation: “A” in Honors Chemistry I (1 - 2) and “B” or better in Algebra II (3-4) BYOT, Pre-Reqs, A course for grades 11 and 12 Credits, etc. Course is at least 25% laboratory A three credit course A Core 40 and AHD course The AP Chemistry course is designed to be the equivalent of the general chemistry course usually taken during the first college year. This course will follow the AP College Board curriculum for Chemistry, which reviews topics from Chemistry I in much greater depth and covers additional content not Description introduced in first year chemistry. Students who take an AP Chemistry course will develop advanced inquiry and reasoning skills, such as designing a plan for collecting data, analyzing data, applying mathematical routines, and connecting concepts in and across domains. Students in this class should plan on spending a minimum of 1 hour per night on class work. A comprehensive description of this course can be found on the College Board AP Central Course Description web page at: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/
New Classes for 2019-2020 • Advanced Technical Theatre • Genres in Literature: Science • AP Spanish Literature & Fiction & Adventure • Industrial Technical Culture • CCR Bridge, Literacy Ready Maintenance • CCR Bridge, Math Ready • Information Technology • Computer Science III – Support • Innovation by Design Cybersecurity • Computer Science III-Software • Intro to 3D Art • Intro to Housing & Interior Development • CVS Pharmacy Tech Externship Design • Developmental Reading • Jurassic Paleontology • EMS • Medical Spanish I and II • Peer Tutoring: English Learners • Film Literature • Poetry
Mentoring and Leadership • The course will examine effective leadership strategies and skills, as well as the habits of effective leaders. • This class trains students choosing to serve as mentors in the Freshmen Mentor Program during their Senior Year. • Requirements to be a Mentor: • Be in good behavioral and academic standing at WHS, with a minimum 2.5 GPA • Attend Freshman Orientation • Teach the Freshman Mentor Program curriculum during PlusTime every other week throughout the school year • Connect with your individual mentee at least every two weeks (lunch, after school, Period 6, extracurricular activities) Please note: when you are signing up for this class, it is listed in the Multi-Disciplinary section of Power School and is called Mentoring .
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