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Welcome

Scheduling for High School

Introductions

Curt Pacholke: Principal Jessica Ebner: Counselor Last Names A-L Mike Shomion: Counselor Last Names M-Z

Academic & Career Plan (ACP)

Course Selection Resources

16 Career Clusters

• Fab Lab courses are for the inventors, tinkerers, graphic

designers, builders, engineers, entrepreneurs, budding programmers, and prop makers

• Remodeled room in north hallway to serve as an extension to

current science and technology classroom spaces

• Equipped with multiple 3D printers, laser engravers, CNC mills,

vinyl cutters, microprocessors, 3D scanners,and other programmable electronics

• Students can learn to operate equipment for use in projects in

related to STEAM course work

Introducing the Warrior Center for Digital Fabrication and Design

• Courses offered as a set of guided independent engineering and

design challenges

• Any interested student should take Principles of Engineering with

Digital Fabrication and Design

• Students interested in 2 or 4 year engineering, design, or

technology career pathways should also take Advanced Engineering with Digital Fabrication and Design

• Independent Study in Engineering and Digital Technology allows

students to design their own projects for academic credit

To Engage with the Fab Lab

• Build a robot
• Tinker with underwater rovers
• Send a helium balloon to outer space
• Engineer practical solutions to common problems
• Create props for the next great play
• Hack a remote control car
• Design your own voltmeter
• Learn to make circuit boards
• Program microprocessors
• Patent the next greatest invention
• Earn Laude Points

During Independent Study Fab Lab Projects:

• Contact Mr. Jeremy “Pete” Peterson
• petersonje@ricelake.k12.wi.us
• 715-234-9007 x5458

Questions Regarding the Fab Lab Courses

RLHS Laude Honor System

• Replaced class rank as it is a measure not controlled by the student
• Calculation: GPA x Honor Points = Laude Score
• Career Planning and Course Description Guide

Our Day: Welcome to the RLHS Block

• Term and Block
• Blocks are 82 minutes in length
• 4 blocks in a day
• Resource/Homeroom period
• 4 terms in a year
• Most courses meet everyday for a term
• Most courses are worth ½ credit

Our Day: Welcome to the RLHS Block

• Students may sign up for 16 courses

○ 4 blocks per term times 4 terms ○ 2 study hall maximum - study halls have no credit value

• A student may earn 2 credits/term

○ 4 blocks @ ½ credit each

• A student may earn 8 credits/year

○ 4 terms @ 2 credits per term

Our Day: Welcome to the RLHS Block

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Period 1 English 9 English 9 Algebra 1 Foods and Finance Period 2 CAD 1

Plants, Animals & You

Intro to Art Spanish 1 Period 3 Freshmen Success/PE Freshmen Success/PE Spanish 1

IPS Laws of Chemistry

Homeroom/Resource Period 5

American Citizenship 9

IPS Laws of Physics Intro to Manufacturing

Algebra 1

Our Day: Welcome to the RLHS Block

• Freshmen Success and Phy Ed 9 alternate
• Anyone in Band or Choir will have an alternating day

schedule ○ Affects ONLY the 3rd block ○ No change to Block 3 all four terms

• Credit is earned at the end of terms 2 and 4 (½ credit per

class)

• Grades at the end of terms 1 and 3 are “progress” grades
• nly in A/B day classes

Our Day: Welcome to the RLHS Block

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Period 1

iPS Laws of Chemistry American Citizenship 9

Algebra 1 Foods and Finance Period 2 Plants Animals & U English 9 Spanish 1 Algebra 1 Period 3 A day Freshmen Success Freshmen Success Phy Ed 9 Phy Ed 9 Period 3 B day Choir 9 Choir 9 Choir 9 Choir 9 Homeroom/Resource Period 5 English 9 IPS Laws of Physics Intro to Art Spanish 1

Our Day: Welcome to the RLHS Block

• Attendance is important to success
• Be prepared for CHANGE

○ New classes each term ○ Different teachers likely each term

• Parent Teacher conferences are held each mid-term
• Get involved as students and parents
• Use Skyward to check grades and communicate with

teachers

Graduation Requirements

• Earn 26 credits

○ 15.5 credits are required by subject areas ○ 10.5 credits are electives ○ Academic & Career Plan completed ○ Wisconsin Required Naturalization/Civics Exam

• All classes are awarded credit except for study hall
• A student can:

○ Earn 8 credits each year (with no study halls) ○ 8 credits x 4 years = 32 credits

Requirements by Department

• 4 credits of English

○ English 9 (1 credit) and English 10 (1 credit) ○ 1 credit each in both grades 11 & 12

• 3 credits of Social Studies

○ American Citizenship 9 (½ credit) ○ US History 10 (1 credit) ○ World History or AP European History (1 credit) ○ Economics (½ credit)

• 3 credits of Math

Requirements by Department

• 3 credits of Science

○ Option 1 ■ IPS Laws of Chemistry, IPS Laws of Physics, Biology Blue, Biology Gold (grades 9 & 10) ■ 1 additional credit of Science ○ Option 2 ■ Opt out of IPS Laws of Chemistry & IPS Laws of Physics ■ Biology Blue and Biology Gold (grade 9) ■ Conceptual Physics Blue and Gold and Chemistry (grades 10-12)

Requirements by Department

• 1 ½ credits of Physical Education

○ Phy Ed 9 & 10 (1 credit) ○ ½ credit of Phy Ed sometime during 11th or 12th grade

• ½ credit of Health
• ½ credit of Freshman Success

Course Selections Grade 9

• Must make 16 selections including:

○ English 9 (2 lines) ○ Science (2 lines) ○ American Citizenship 9 ○ Phy Ed 9 ○ Math (2 lines) ○ Freshman Success

Course Selections Grade 9

• The remaining course selections can be from:

○ Agriculture ○ Art ○ Business ○ Social Studies ○ World Languages ○ Family and Consumer Education ○ Music (2 lines for Band, 2 lines for Choir) ○ Technology Education ○ 3rd Science ○ Study Hall (two maximum)

Plan for AFTER High School

• Take courses that will compliment your

post-secondary plan ○ Technical, Military, and University bound students should take more: ■ Math

• Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2

■ Science

• Two terms beyond the required
• Get involved in extra and co-curricular activities and
• rganizations

Make the Most of High School

• Meet with your counselor

○ We can help you plan

• Explore your interests (careers) through your

classes and activities

• Take more rigorous classes

○ Grades are important but so are the courses you take

• Master the basics

○ Strengthen your reading, writing, math, and vocabulary skills

What Can Be Expected

• Course selections at the Middle School (this week)

and St. Joe’s (next week)

• Students and parents will get a Course Verification

in February/March

• Corrections should be directed to the high school by

the indicated deadline

• Final schedules will be available over the summer
• New Student/Parent Orientation in the fall
• Freshman Only First Day of School

Questions?

Thank You!