Nelson High School Option Sheet Process 200910

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Nelson High School Option Sheet Process 2009/10
Pathways and Destinations Welcome to your Future!
For students entering Grade 10 in September..
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The Organization of Courses
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Things to consider for course selection..
You must choose a total of 8 courses, including 5
compulsory courses6 compulsory for Immersion
And 3 additional courses2 additional courses for
Immersion students Consider the following when
selecting additional courses
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Things to consider for course selection..

• How many remaining COMPULSORY credits you
  require?
• Consider the next course in a subject you are
  enjoying.
• Consider Gr. 11 credits that do not have Gr. 10
  prerequisites e.g. Healthy Active Living,
  Photography, Business, Family Studies. Refer to
  the On-line Program Book and flow charts for each
  subject area. Grade 10 students are allowed in
  those courses if spots are available.

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Online Courses
Civics CHV2OO Careers GLC2OO Music
Computers AMM3MO These courses are offered online
and may be taken as a 9th credit provided you did
not take 9 credits in a previous year. Students
should take the Suitability Quiz for online
learning found on Page 10 of the On-line Program
Book before selecting an online course.
Information regarding these courses can be found
on Page 9 of the On-line Program Book.
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Credit Counselling Summary Info

• Go to the Nelson Homepage http//nel.hdsb.ca to
  get your Credit Counselling Summary. Click on
  the link Option Sheet Process 2009-2010. Print
  off your Credit Counselling Summary from the link
  inside. You will need your Student Number and
  Date of Birth to get your Credit Counselling
  Summary.
• All of your completed credits from Semester 1
  will show.
• Pay close attention to any compulsory courses you
  may have missed. You should be planning Summer
  School or putting them on next years course
  selections.
• Any Community Involvement Hours you have
  submitted to Mrs. Pemberton, should show on the
  summary.

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We are going paperless!!!

• This year you will not receive a Program Booklet.
  Instead, you will access the Grade 10-12 Program
  Booklet online.
• Go to the Nelson Homepage http//nel.hdsb.ca
  and click on the link Option Sheet Process
  2009-2010
• Then, click on the link to Online Program of
  Study Books, Grade 10-12 Program of Study
  Booklet.

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Your Option Sheet Package Includes.

• Course Selection Worksheet for rough work
• A Grade Specific Course Selection Information
  Sheet
• A Pathway Planner
• Credit Counselling Summary (which you will print
  off from the Nelson homepage at
  http//nel.hdsb.ca)

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Access via www.myblueprint.ca or the Nelson High
School Website http//nel.hdsb.ca use the Option
Sheet link. Activation Key nelson4181
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Use High School Planner as your virtual Annual
Education Planner.
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Create a new planthen add your optional courses
either as a long range plan or as you complete
them.
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Program Finder is an outstanding search engine
for post secondary programslook under
Post-Secondary Planner
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Student Course Requests Using Internet Explorer
log on to the Nelson High School
Website http//nel.hdsb.ca You will see Option
Sheet Process 2009-2010
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Student Course Requests
Print off your Credit Counselling Summary. You
need your 9 digit Halton Student Number and your
date of birth.. Printing works best with I.E. 7,
Firefox or by setting margins to smallest
available..
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Student Course Requests

• Check the Option Sheet timelines and other
  pertinent course selection information for
  specific grades..
• Use the planning template on the back of your
  Grade Specific Course Selection Information
  Sheet.
• You are ready to go online and select courses..

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You will see the Login screen
You will see the Login screen
To login, type your 9-digit student number,
using all 0s(no hyphens) in the Student Number
box, then type your password in the Password
box and click Submit. If this is your first
time logging in, your password will be opt.
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Your first time logging on, you will have to
change your password from opt to one of your
liking. You will be directed to this screen
where you will be prompted to change your
password.
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In the first box type in your 9 digit student
number. Be sure to include all 0s. Type in
your old password in the Old Password box.
Type your password in Type New Password box,
then type the same password in the Confirm New
Password box. Click on the Submit button. If
all this information was typed correctly you will
be directed to the login screen (see step 2). If
you have changed your password from opt to one
that you have picked, and forget what it was,
contact Student Services to reset your password.
After a successful login you will see the
following screen
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Finallyyou will be directed to type in your 9
digit number one last time and your new
password.this will get you inside the program
where you can now select your courses..
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• Students not returning next year
• If you do not intend to return next year.
• Log on as above.
• Click the Not Returning link.
• You are now marked as not returning for next
  year.
• Click on the Exit link to get out of the
  Selection Screen.
• If your Not returning status changes, click on
  the Returning link. You may then click the
  course selection buttons.

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Selecting your courses
To add a course to your Selected Options box,
select the course from the Course Options box
with a mouse click and then click on the gtgt
button. Be sure to double check that the course
code is correct. To remove a course from your
Selected Options box, select the course from
the Selected Options box with a mouse click and
then click on the ltlt button.
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And finally

• Check that all of your course selections are
  correct and that you have only selected each
  course once. Then click on the Exit link to
  close out of the application. It will save
  automatically.
• If you wish to change your selections, click
  Back to Option Input Screen. You will then be
  able to change your selections.
• Once you exit the application you can access it
  again to change your selections until the
  submission cut-off date, March 1st.
• If you forget your password, contact Student
  Services. They will reset your password for you.
• If you are receiving errors when you try to
  submit your requests, close down your web
  browser, re-open it and try again.

Youre finished!!
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Final Thoughts..

• We would like all students to go online by Sunday
  February 22nd.
• All On-line Option Sheets should be completed by
  Tuesday, February 24th.
• If need be, you will still be able to make
  changes until March 1st
• Wednesday, February 25th until Friday, February
  27th - those students who have not yet been
  online will be asked to go to a computer lab to
  go online and make their course selections.
• Wednesday, March 4th - Course Verification Sheets
  will be printed and distributed to you for
  parental signatures.
• Thursday, March 5th any errors in course
  selections will be corrected in Student Services.
• If you are not returning to Nelson, go online and
  indicate Not Returning, then exit.