Course Enrollment

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Course Enrollment

• For the junior class
• of
• 2008-2009

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Know your choices

• Do you know where you are going?
• College
• Technical School
• Military
• Apprenticeship
• World of Work

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Are you prepared?

• Where you are going depends on where you have
  been.
• What type of education/training is required for
  your career area/job?
• What schools offer the career area/program?
• Have you investigated admission requirements?
• Have you prepared by enrolling in challenging
  high school courses?

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Basic preparation

• Meet ISTEP requirements in English/Language Arts
  and Mathematics
• Earn a diploma
• Regular diploma
• Core 40 diploma
• Academic Honors diploma

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ISTEP Requirements

• Meet ISTEP Standard in English (551) and
  Mathematics (586)
• Achieve a C- or higher in all Core 40 classes
• Waiver
• Retest at least once a year
• Complete all remediation provided by school
• Maintain 95 attendance rate
• Achieve a C- average (1.5 GPA) in the 24 credits
  specifically required for graduation
• Complete all graduation requirements
• Complete requirements for Evidence-based waiver
  or Work-readiness waiver

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General Diploma
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Core 40 Diploma
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Core 40 with Academic Honors Diploma
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Additional considerations for Academic Honors
Diploma

• Must complete ONE of the following
• 2 AP courses and corresponding AP exams OR-
• Dual HS/college courses resulting in 6 college
  credits OR-
• 1 AP course and corresponding AP exam and a dual
  HS/college course resulting in 3 college credits
  OR-
• 1200 or higher on SAT combined critical reading
  and math OR-
• ACT composite of 26 or above

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New - Core 40 with Technical Honors Diploma
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Additional requirements for Core 40 with
Technical Honors

• Must complete TWO of the options below, one of
  which must be A or B
• A. Score at or above the following levels on
  Work Keys
• Reading for Info 6
• Applied Math 6
• Locating Info 5 -OR-
• B. Earn 6 college credits in technical,
  transferable dual credit courses
• C, Complete a professional career internship or
  cooperative education course
• D. Earn a state approved industry recognized
  certification
• B, C, and D must be in the career/technical
  program area of study

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11th Grade Enrollment Decisions

• English
• Social Studies
• Math
• Science
• Foreign Language
• Electives

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Considerations for course selection

• Any English, math, social studies, or science
  course that you did not pass must be repeated.
• Have you completed health and PE?
• Write in at the bottom of the first column any
  courses needing to be repeated.
• Strength of schedule is very important to
  four-year colleges. Four college prep
  classes/semester recommended.

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English Choices

• English 11 or English 11, Honors
• Honors requires B in English 10, Honors or a
  teacher recommendation
• Elective
• Student Publications
• may be taken for college credit

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Social Studies

• Everyone will take U.S. History
• There are no electives in social studies for
  juniors.

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Math Choices

• Geometry
• Geometry, Honors
• Algebra II (completes Core 40)
• Algebra II, Honors (also Core 40)
• Pre-calculus (completes IAH)
• May be taken for college credit

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Science Choices

• Chemistry I C or above
  in Alg I or ICP
• Chemistry II C or
  above in Chem I
• Earth/Space Science
• Earth/Space Science, Hon C- or above in
  Chem I
• Adv Science, A P C or above in Bio I
  Chem I
• Physics I
• Physics I, Honors C or above in Alg
  II, Hon
• May be taken for college credit

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Foreign Language

• French I, II, or III
• German I, II or III
• Spanish I, II or III
• Colleges prefer to see advanced study of one
  language, however, at least two years of a
  foreign language are recommended.

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Dual Credit ClassesThrough Oakland City
University
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More Dual Credit ClassesThrough Oakland City
University
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Dual Credit Courses

• All courses are currently 25/credit hour
• 12 15 credit hrs is equal to one semester
• The acceptance of credit transfers is always at
  the discretion of the university you attend

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Now for

• Electives

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Agriculture

• First Semester
• Fund of Ag Science
• Natural Resource Management
• Landscape Management

• Second Semester
• Plant/Soil Science
• Animal Science

Full Year Horticulture Science
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Art
Full Year Courses Introduction Advanced 2D
Art Drawing I and II Painting I and II not
offered 2009-10 Photography and Digital
Design (Previously Media Arts and Computer
Graphics) Must take this course before taking
any other art course

• First Semester
• Ceramics
• Visual Communications not offered 09-10

• Second Semester
• Sculpture
• Printmaking not offered 09-10

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Business

• First Semester only
• Business Foundation

• Second Semester only
• Marketing
• Adv Computer Apps

Available First or Second Semester Computer
Applications Personal
Finance Entrepreneurship Digital Communication
Tools
Full Year courses Accounting I Computer
Programming Business Math
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New Business Classes

• Business Tech Lab I (Fall or Spring)
• Business Tech Lab II (Spring) Seniors only
• Both are 2 periods long for 1 semester
• Comp Apps/Adv Comp Apps required
• Will cover advanced computer usage in Microsoft
  Office, Publisher, Flash Dreamweaver
• Can earn dual credit with Ivy Tech and/or MOUS
  certification

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Business Class Change

• Web Design can only be taken for one semester
• Computer Applications required
• Teacher recommendation required.

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Family Consumer Science

• First Semester
• Housing Interiors
• Child Development

• Second Semester
• Interpersonal Relations
• Parenting

Available First or Second Semester Family Wellness
Full Year Courses Nutrition/Wellness Textiles/Fash
ion Technologies
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Music

• Vocal Music
• Beginning Chorus
• Intermediate Chorus
• Advanced Chorus
• Music Theory

• Instrumental Music
• Dance Performance -
• (Flag line with Band)
• Band/Intermediate Band
• Band/Advanced Band

All are full year courses except Dance
Performance Audition required
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Physical Education

• Lifeguard Training First Semester only
• Must be able to swim 500 yds continuously using
  several specific strokes, tread water for 2 min
  using legs only, and submerge to 7-10 ft to
  retrieve a 10 lb object and return with it to the
  surface.
• Strength and Conditioning available both
  semesters at 700 am.
• Need faculty recommendation and pre-evaluation
  testing (date will be announced), also must have
  physical exam on file
• Check your transcript to make sure you have
  completed 2 semesters of PE

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Technology

• One Semester Courses
• Construction Systems, Processes
• Manufacturing Systems, Processes
• Transportation Systems, Processes
• Must take the Systems course before the
  Processes course

Full Year Courses Design Processes
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TechnologyProject Lead the Way

• Introduction to Engineering Design
• Principles of Engineering (need IED)
• Digital Electronics (need IED and POE)
• Computer Integrated Manufacturing (need IED and
  POE). Also need to have taken Digital
  Electronics or take concurrently
• Aerospace Engineering IED, POE and DE or take
  concurrently

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New PLTW Course

• Civil Engineering and Architecture
• Provides overview of fields of civil engineering
  and architecture
• Emphasizes inter-relationship and mutual
  dependence of both fields
• Need IED, POE and DE (or take concurrently)

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Capstone PLTW Course

• Engineering Design and Development- need IED,
  POE, DE and CIM (or take concurrently). An
  engineering research course in which students
  work in teams to research, design and construct a
  solution to an open-ended engineering problem.
  Community mentors will guide students through the
  process.

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Theatre Arts

• Theatre Arts I and II first year
• Advanced Theatre Arts I and II second year
• All require an audition
• will meet fine art requirement for academic
  honors diploma

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Vocational Programs

• Morning class is periods 1 4
• Afternoon class is periods 5-7
• Southridge and Pike Central
• Need an additional application form

• Three credits/semester
• Auto Mechanics I
• Building Trades I
• Welding I

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More Vocational Programs

• IT Network Systems (ITNS)
• Two credits/semester
• Now at Northeast Dubois
• Periods 5 - 7
• ITISS required
• Seniors only

• IT Information Support and Services (ITISS)
• Two credits/semester
• Held at Northeast Dubois
• Periods 1 3
• Algebra I Computer Applications required
• Can lead to A cert.

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Ivy Tech College Credit Classes

• Auto Mechanics I 6 credit hours
• Auto Mechanics II 6 credit hours
• Welding II 15 credit hours

• There will be no extra charge for college tuition
  for the credit hours
• Students must earn a grade of B or better to
  receive the college credit.

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Cosmetology

• Available as a two year course
• Taught at Jasper Beauty College
• Time is required outside of the normal school day
  to complete the 1500 hours needed for state
  certification.
• There is considerable cost for students in the
  program. Total program costs are 4220. Juniors
  could receive this career opportunity with state
  certification for about 2020.
• Must go to Jasper Beauty College to apply and pay
  a deposit.

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Programs to consider for senior year planning

• Early Child Development
• Two credits/semester
• Held at Pike Central
• Requires three periods/day periods 1 - 3
• Must have taken Child Development and Parenting