Welcome to West High School Registration 2019 - 2020 9th Grade - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to West High School Registration 2019 - 2020 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 High Guidance Website

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

Graduation Requirements Courses Minimum Credits Requirements 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 College Bound Recommendations Courses 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 Explore fine arts, performing arts, music, Electives 4 years computers or technology.

New for 2019-2020 Weighted Grades ◼ Traditionally ICCSD has been on a 4 point scale ◼ Starting in the fall of 2019, students who take Honors and/or AP courses will be graded on a 5 point scale.

Parent Communication o Back to School Night o Mid-Term and Trimester Reports o Parent – Teacher Conferences o PSTO o 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. 7) Course Title 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 .

9 th Grade Registration Form Column 1: Students must choose one course from each of 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 WHS Counselors will share registration info: ◼ @ NWJH Monday, February 4 ▪ Return Friday, February 8th to complete ◼ @ SEJH TBD ◼ @ NCJH TBD Students should complete the “Class Registration” in PowerSchool and turn in the registration form to the counselors August Parent Orientation (7pm - Date TBD) Freshman Orientation (1 - 3pm - Date TBD)

Forget something? The PowerPoint presentation shown tonight is available on the West High School website.

Questions? We’ll see you next Friday!