PATHWAY TO A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE

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PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH
PATHWAY TO A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE
Off Campus Lunch
PSAT
ACT
Senior Rings
Research
Electives
CCCC Courses
College Visits
SAT
Clubs
Senior Release
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PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL COMMONLY ASKED
QUESTIONS
How many class periods do Juniors have to
take?
7 FREEDOM
What are the pros and cons of off-campus lunch?
Pros get to leave campus variety of
restaurant or friends homes options
FREEDOM Cons trying to get out of the parking
lot with 800 other students more expensive food
being tardy to the next class FREEDOM
PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL COMMONLY ASKED
QUESTIONS How many class periods do Juniors have
to take? What are the pros and cons of
off-campus lunch? Pros get to leave campus
variety of restaurant or friends homes options
FREEDOM Cons trying to get out of the parking
lot with 800 other students more expensive food
being tardy to the next class FREEDOM Why
should I care about Wolf species such as Arctic,
Lobo, Timber, and Tundra? So then, what is a
sub-school? An office in the cafeteria where you
check-in after an absence, where you go for a
locker, or where you go for lost textbooks, or
where you go if you get in trouble. What
time does ZERO hour begin? 800 a.m. no
sympathy for traffic issues 320 If I take ZERO
hour, what time do I get out of school each day?
Why is the 11th grade PSAT test so important?
(Possible Scholarship ) Will my grade drop if
I move from an honors level class to an AP
class? What Collin College courses may Juniors
take? Honors US History What Collin College
courses will be offered to me my Senior year?
(Honors English 4 Honors Government
Honors Economics)
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• What is a Co-Op class? How many credit does it
  offer? 3 credits
• School half a day/Job half a day (Must
  work at least 15 hours per week)
• What courses require an application? (Yearbook,
  Newspaper, Co-Op, Clinical Rotation,
• Tech Theater, AP Art )
• What courses require personal transportation?
• (Zero Hour, Early Childhood Professions, Clinical
  Rotation, Auto Tech/Paint)
• What is Academic Probation? Fewer than 12
  credits must attend SPC for Fall of Junior
  year.
• How much is a Plano West Parking Sticker and why
  do I need one?
• 75.00 students without a parking pass will be
  towed.
• May Juniors be Office Aides? No
• When do all of the different sports team
  practice?
• Morning VB, BB(Girls), Wrestling, Swim, Soccer
  (Boys)
• Afternoon FB, SB, Baseball, BB(Boys), Soccer
  (Girls), Track, Golf, Tennis, CC, Swim.
• Golf, Drill Team, and Cheerleaders must take ZERO
  hour.

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YOUR KEYS TO COLLEGE ADMISSION CLASSES YOU
HAVE TAKEN (YOUR TRANSCRIPT) CLASS
RANK GRADE POINT AVERAGE SAT/ACT
SCORES EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY
SERVICE ESSAYS LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
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PLANO WEST COURSE CHOICES
http//www.pisd.edu/students/courses/index.shtml
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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS CLASS OF 2010
MINIMUM PLAN
RECOMMNEDED PLAN
24 CREDITS
DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT PLAN
( Recommended Plan )
1 Foreign Language 4
Advanced Measures
TOTAL CREDITS 24 Credits
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• CCCC US History
• APPLY to CCCC ON LINE
• (2 or 3 weeks before registration)
• 2. Take TSI College Entrance Test
• (see your counselor for more information)
• 3. REGISTER FOR CCCC US History
• (Information Meeting at PWSH-April 7, 630
  p.m.)

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PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH
Clubs
For information about the clubs that are on the
Plano West Campus please visit the PWSHS
website http//k-12.pisd.edu/Schools/pwsh/clubs/c
lub.htm