20082009 Junior Course Selection

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2008-2009Junior Course Selection
Getting Ready For Graduation
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• Essential Question
• How can I choose courses that will help me
  achieve my future goals?
• Course Selection Presentation Today
  information about credits, courses, and changes
  for next year
• Approx two weeks to select courses (discuss with
  teachers and parents)

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Getting Ready (continued)

• Course Request Meetings during Social Studies
  classes 2/19 or 2/21
• Large Group Meetings Focus on Careers / Getting
  ready for your senior year (early April).
• Individual Meetings Follow-up to Large Group
  Meetings (mid April).
• Senior Meetings Final check and plan (mid
  September).

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Counselor Assignments
Course Selection Booklets

• Write your name on the front of the booklet
  cover.
• Keep track of your book if lost it is
  available on the web at the Guidance homepage.

• Ms. Batdorf Gr 9, 9/10IEP, 9-12 ESL
• Mrs. Minder GR 10-12 Mc-Z
• Mrs. Hartman GR 10-12 A-Mb
• Mr. Habowski Gr 9-12 GIEP

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Focus on the Future

• Post-Secondary Education
• 2/4 year college, business school, trade school,
  nursing college, etc.
• Need to be taking rigorous academic courses.
• 4 years Math, Science
• 2 consecutive years of foreign language
• SAT Testing this spring
• Consider the Dual Enrollment program /
  opportunity next year

Take classes that will get you where you want to
go!!
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Focus on the Future

• Employment / Technical School
• Consider Career and Technology Center Full day
  programs (www.lcctc.org)
• Application deadline has passed, but if
  interested - turn in applications late, the
  sooner the better!

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Focus on the Future

• Military
• Academic courses
• CTC Program

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Course Expectations Costs

• Be sure to check out PREREQUISITES in the
  Educational Planning and Course Selection
  booklet.
• Course Requests and Changes Deadline March 17
• Pick up change request forms in the Guidance
  Office
• Green Preliminary Course Request Change form
• Yellow Teacher Recommendation Course Change
  form
• After March 17 Essay Schedule Change Request
  form must be completed

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Schedule Change Request Form
PLEASE BE SURE TO THINK ABOUT CLASSES YOU ARE
REQUESTING FOR NEXT YEAR BEFORE 3/17!
After March 17 Essay Schedule Change Request
form must be completed
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Dont Wait Until Next Year to Make Changes

• You will almost be guaranteed to get courses you
  request (unless they are dropped due to low
  enrollment) if you pick them now!!
• Plan now and make it easier on yourself!
• Example Current listing of 8th period open
  courses not many available

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Available classes during Period 8 Sem 2 2008
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Teacher Recommendation Change Form
Use Caution When Thinking About A Change!!!
Be sure to discuss your ideas with your teacher
and parents!!
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Educational Planning Guide

• Taking a look specifics
• Grade Point Averages (pg 5-6)
• GPA calculation Mid July after junior year and
  early Feb of senior year.
• Graduation Requirements 23 credits (pg 7)
• Promotion Criteria (pg 6)
• Minimum 16 REQUIRED Credits to be a senior
• NCAA College Bound Athletes (pg 11)
• Division I or II NCAA approved courses
• It is your responsibility to make sure you are
  taking courses that meet NCAA eligibility if you
  plan on competing in Div I or II athletics in
  college.

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Educational Planning Guide

• PSSA State Tests (page 7-8)
• Writing (Feb 12/14)
• Mathematics / Reading (April 1/2/3)
• You must score Proficient or Advanced- Or you
  will need to retake the PSSA and successfully
  complete an the Blendedschools.net program which
  will be scheduled during your senior year.

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Opportunity for Seniors

• Dual Enrollment Courses (pg 9)
• Opportunity to take and earn college (and even
  high school) credit while still at EHS. There
  will be a meeting this spring regarding these
  opportunities.
• Get a jump on college
• Federal grant pays for large of cost

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Opportunity for Seniors

• Franklin and Marshall College
• Fall / Spring courses- 1 Ephrata senior

FREE
Not a dual enrollment course
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Opportunity for Seniors

• Service Learning (pg 9)
• Volunteer based learning experience
• .5 credits per period (max 2 periods per day)
• Pass / Fail
• Examples of possible experiences
• Work with students in any of the districts
  schools
• Retirement homes, Library aide,Guidance CRC
  helper
• Applications available during SS scheduling
  period

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Employment Opportunities

• Leave school after period 7 to go to work (pg 9)
• All required paperwork must be turned in on time
  to be eligible to have period 8 removed from your
  schedule
• Deadlines
• March 17 Application to Guidance
• May 1st Graduation Project completed Meet the
  deadlines, and you will be scheduled for periods
  1-7
• If you miss deadlines, you will be scheduled for
  periods 1-8

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Employment Opportunities

• You must initially schedule for a minimum of 6
  credits (lunch and study hall will fill rest of
  schedule). Changes will be made after paperwork
  is submitted.

Applications will be available during Social
Studies scheduling.
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AP Advanced Placement

• EHS offers a total of 8 Advanced Placement
  courses
• Why take an AP class?
• Information about AP courses can be found at
• Collegeboard.com

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Senior Year Requirements
Understanding Your Transcript
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Senior Year Requirements
Req Required credits in each area Cmp
Completed credits so far (gr 9/10)- NOT Current
year. Def Credits still needed for graduation
Understanding Your Transcript
Note that the credit summary does NOT take into
account current courses you are taking
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Senior Year Requirement

• Language Arts (pg14)

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Senior Year Requirement

• Language Arts
• Any single one credit or two half credit Language
  Arts courses.
• Language Arts teachers should have discussed
  recommendations before the end of the first
  semester

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Senior Year Requirement

• Social Studies
• Two half credit courses
• Contemporary Affairs
• PA History and Government
• World Geography
• Social Issues
• Psychology (Level 2)

One full credit course AP US History AP Modern
European History AP Economics Political Economics
(Level 2)
OR
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Senior Year Courses

• Mathematics Teacher Recommendations

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Senior Year Courses

• Science Teacher Recommendations

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New / Changes for 08-09

• New Courses / Changes
• Art
• Cartooning
• Introduction / Advanced Clay
• Business
• Law Seminar
• Teen Entrepreneur
• Family Consumer Science
• College Bound
• World Language
• Mandarin Chinese 1

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New / Changes for 08-09

• What does the Computer Related Graduation Option
  box mean to me?
• Nothing these half credit classes represent
  options for current 8th graders to meet their
  Computer graduation requirement. These
  sections will be scheduled yearlong every other
  day.
• If you still need your Computer graduation
  requirement, any of these courses will count.
• Seniors who take these courses will be scheduled
  in half year, every day sections

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Elective Offerings

• Pages 36-63
• Choose carefully pick areas of interest

Scheduling Worksheet

• Grade 12 Scheduling Info Sheet
• Grade 12 Scheduling Worksheet
• Complete before 2/19 or 2/21 when counselors come
  in to your Social Studies class

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Scheduling Worksheet

• Planning on the CTC for next year?
• If you have an application turned in and you have
  your scheduling sheet completed and with you for
  computer entry in Social Studies class, you will
  be scheduled for the CTC next year.
• Your scheduling sheet will be used for a backup
  if you do not pursue the CTC senior option.
• Be sure to do a good job filling out your
  scheduling sheet Just in case

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Questions