Welcome to West High School Registration 2018 - 2019 9th Grade - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to West High School Registration 2018 - 2019 9th Grade

Counselors

Phone Number: (688-1053)

• Mr. Paul Breitbach (Last Names A-D)
• Mrs. Kelly Bergmann (Last Names E-J)
• Mr. Greg Yoder (Last Names K-Q)
• Mrs. Kay DiLeo (Last Names R-Z)

West Website

The Program of Studies (Course Guide): Information about the district’s curriculum and course offerings

Graduation Requirements

Courses Minimum Requirements Credits

English 4 years 60 credits Social Studies 3 years 45 credits Math 3 years 45 credits Science 3 years 45 credits PE 4 years 20 credits Health 1 trimester 5 credits Electives 4 years 90 credits 310 credits

College Bound? Optimum Recommendations of 4-year colleges and universities

Courses College Bound Recommendations Credits English 4 years 60 credits Social Studies 4 years 60 credits Mathematics 4 years 60 credits Science 4 years 60 credits PE/Health 4 years 25 credits World Language 4 years 60 credits Electives 4 years

Explore fine arts, performing arts, music, computers or technology.

Parent Communication

• Back to School Night
• Mid-Term and Trimester

Reports

• Parent – Teacher Conferences
• PSTO
• School Website/Guidance

Website

Transcript - the document that details a student’s academic achievement in grades 9 - 12.

◼ Grades & credits for

each course completed

◼ Cumulative GPA ◼ Graduation Date

Art (pg. 6)

Course Title A few courses may be repeated for credit Courses may have a prerequisite*

Freshman Year

◼ Encourage them to get involved - Clubs,

Sports, Band, Choir, school sponsored activities, church activities, community service, etc.

◼ Studies have shown that students who are

involved in sports and activities do better in the classroom – they have higher GPAs than students who are not involved.

9th Grade Registration Form

Column 1: Students must choose one course from each

• f the shaded boxes

Column 2: Year-Long Electives Column 3: Trimester Electives Back of Registration form: worksheet

Online Registration

◼ Steps for Online Registration:

▪ Log in to Powerschool.

Choose courses in each department that you want to take for next school year.

Click on the edit button to request a course.

In this example, since math is a year-long course, put a checkmark in all three trimesters (100s - 1st Trimester, 400s - 2nd Trimester, 700s - 3rd Trimester).

Click “Okay” After all your choices, click “submit”.

Important Dates

Thursday, January 26th Return Registration to West High Counselors August Parent Orientation (7pm) Freshman Orientation (1 - 3pm)

Forget something?

The PowerPoint presentation shown tonight will be available on the West High School website.

We’ll see you next Friday!

Questions?