Gr' 11 Course Selection Student Information Session

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Gr. 11 Course Selection Student Information
Session

• Collingwood School
• Tuesday April 11, 2006

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Big Picture Considerations
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Big Picture Issues

• What do I want my life be like at 30 years of
  age?
• What career will I be in?
• What post secondary institution and degree will
  get me launched in my career?
• What prerequisites do I need to get into my
  school and program of choice?
• What do I need to do over the next year or twoto
  make sure I achieve those prerequisites?

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Big Picture Issues

• Keeping options alive while going through the
  funnel.
• Challenging students, but not driving them too
  hard. What is an acceptable load?
• Post secondary realities university versus
  college versus trades. What isright for each
  student?

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The Requirements
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MOE Graduation RequirementsGraduation 2004
ProgramGrades 10-12
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The Collingwood Certificate(Revised January 2006)

• The Collingwood Certificate is awarded to
  students whose performance in the Graduation
  Program best reflects the high ideals embodied in
  Collingwood's Four Stranded Philosophy. The
  certificate is presented in June by the
  Headmaster to grade 12 students at the
  Commencement Ceremonies. A student must meet the
  criteria in each year to be eligible.
• Grade 10
• At least six (6) courses with grades of 60 or
  better, with no marks below 50
• No final effort marks of 4 and at most two 3's
• At least three courses from Social Studies,
  Science, Math, Languages
• A passing grade on Service requirements on final
  report card
• A strong citizenship record
• Grade 11
• At least six (6) courses with grades of 60 or
  better, with no marks below 50
• No final effort marks of 4 and at most, two 3's
• At least three courses from Social Studies,
  Science, Math, Languages
• An Arts course in one of grade 11 or 12
• Successful completion of the Athletics 11
  requirements
• A passing grade on the Service requirements on
  final report card
• A strong citizenship record
• Grade 12
• Meet the current B.C. Ministry of Education
  Graduation Program requirements
• all marks at 60 or better
• On the April report card no effort marks of 4
  and at most, two 3's

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Passport to Education

• A Ministry Program for Grades 10-12
• Must be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
• Grade 10 250 Grade 11 225 Grade 12 275
• The MOE tells us how many stamps we get, then we
  decide how toallocate them.
• For now, 100 of the award is based upon marks in
  your top 5 academic courses.
• We will be changing the criteria to 2/3 based on
  marks, 1/3 based upon the four strands. We are
  currently looking at our criteria for our 1/3.
  The new criteria will not take place until 07-08
• We send the Passport and stamp to award
  winnersonly in August.
• There can be as many as 30 of the students as
  winners

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Provincial ScholarshipsHeads up

• Grade 12 Graduation Program Examinations
  Scholarships (In effect 2006/07 school
  year)MINISTRY REGULATIONS
• The 5,000 students who have the best results on
  three Grade 12 Graduation Program examinations
  are awarded 1,000 each.
• The top 20 students are awarded 2,500 each.
• Eligible students must meet graduation
  requirements.
• Eligible students must earn at least a 'B(73 -
  85) in a required Grade 12language arts course
  in French or English.

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Grade 11 Program of StudyStudents must choose
one each of the followingsix subjects
sections

• English 11
• Social Studies 11 (regular or honours/APHG)
• Math 11 Principles/Essentials (regular or
  accelerated)
• Science 11 (Biology/Physics/Chemistry/Earth Sc.)
• Languages 11 or 12(French, Spanish Intro,
  Latin)
• Fine Arts Elective 11 or 12

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Grade 11 Program of Study Contd

• Students must select two more electives from the
  remainder of courses available to them in Gr.
  11-12
• Keep in mind the following points
• Have they completed your Applied Skills credit
  for BC Graduation or Fine Arts (MM 11/12, Arts,
  Choir etc))?
• How will they complete the PE or Athletics 11
  credentials? (Strength Conditioning or Human
  Performance)
• What prerequisite courses do they need for Gr. 12
  courses?
• They need have 5 Provincial Exam courses by the
  end of Gr. 12.
• What courses does the university or college
  require for entry into the program they are
  looking at? (calculus???)

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External Athletics Credit

• In grade 11 and 12 you must complete a mandatory
  athletics credit.
• Students must complete 3 hours of activity per
  week from Sept to June, log their activity, and
  report to the Head of Physical Education (Mr.
  Payne) each reporting period.
• You can fulfill this requirement by taking
  Strength and Conditioning, being on an athletic
  team at the school, being on an athletic team
  outside of the school,or by being physically
  active.
• You need to be active EVERY week,all year (team
  one term, then on own?)
• See the school website for completeinformation.

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Regular ? Honours ? Pre AP ? ????
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Honours Vs Regular Sections

• Honours courses are very different from regular
  stream courses in terms of the expected level of
  performance, pacing, teaching strategies, higher
  level analytical, critical and creative thinking,
  assessment and evaluation.
• Students and parents accept any real or perceived
  risks upon enrolment in honours courses.
• Canadian Universities look only at top four core
  academics for entry. (early entry based on grade
  11)
• U.S. Universities look at everything backto
  grade 9 in some cases.
• There are no honours courses in grade 12At this
  level it is Advanced Placement.

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Pre AP Sections

• These are courses which are designed to prepare
  you for the AP 12 course
• They incorporate AP material starting in Grade 10
• In Grade 10 Science 10AP, Social Studies 10AP
• Grade 11 Biology 11AP,Physics 11 AP (Honours
  SocialStudies moves to AP Human Geo)

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Advanced Placement (AP)Courses

• Are the equivalent of a first year university
  course.
• Are intended to guage readiness for university
  studies.
• Are primarily important to students considering
  US colleges.
• Students get credits towards BC graduation.
• Tests are marked on 1-5 scale by College Board.
• Tests marks are forwarded by student request to
  post secondary institutions of the students
  choice.
• Some students get bonus marks for GPA at some
  post secondary schools. We build a .5 GPA bonus
  in our studentranking system each year.
• AP Examinable courses exist only at the Gr. 12
  level

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Applying forHonours / Accelerated / pre AP

• See the Head of Department in question (ie for
  Social Studies, see Ms. Hobson)
• Talk to your current teacher
• Select the section you want for example, if you
  want Science 10AP, then check it off
• This is your application to get into the course.
• In June, you will find out if you are in
  thecourse
• Students not accepted into thesesections will be
  asked to see their counselor.

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Honours Accelerated Pre AP Agreement

• Student and family accept all perceived risks.
• It is possible to work harder, do more and get a
  lower mark than a student in the regular course.
• At the grade 11 level there isno bonus on GPA or
  awardsfor taking enriched courses.

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The Criteria?

• Criteria will be marks, teacher recommendation,
  and performance in the course (effort mark, class
  motivation)
• Performance in the current course is
  critical.these are not sections to see if you
  can manage the course or to motivate you.
• In some courses (listed as H or A) there are
  strict limits in these courses (we will notput
  more than 22 in any of them)
• Some courses (SS 10AP) have specialentrance
  criteria (see Ms. Hobson)

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Things you really need to knowand
understandPortfolio, Interesting Courses Math
Principles or Essentials? External Credits Summer
School Grade 12 Program of Study
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Portfolio

• A mandatory requirement for graduation worth 4
  credits
• Learned about this in Planning 10
• In grade 11 students work with their advisor to
  continue the preparation.
• Electronic in format (Collingwood)
• Must present their portfolio (in February or
  April of grade 12 year)
• May take a Portfolio 11 class worth0 credits for
  further support.

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Interesting Courses 2006-07

• Journalism 12 (open to Gr. 11-12)
• Understanding Art and Architecture (open to Gr.
  11-12)
• Introduction to Spanish 11
• Music Composition and Technology
• Jazz Ensemble
• Digital Photography 12
• Multi Media (Digital and Maya)
• European Field School (Gr. 11-12) 2 credits
• France in Action Immersion Field Study 2 credits
• Portfolio 11 (0 credits)

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Photography 11- 12

• At this point in time we are looking at
  reorganizing this course.
• Enrollment in regular Photographywill be
  limited.
• We are considering a combined regular digital
  photography course

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Math Principles or Essentials?

• Research what you need on the websites of the
  universities.
• Both work as a graduation credit
• Principles designed for university to upper 30
  of all students do you really need it?
• Essentials 11 and 12 is a better fit than poor
  standing in Principles 11

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Math Principles or Essentials?

• Principles of Math 11 and 12 are very hard
  courses.
• In fact, PM 12 is as difficult a course as there
  is any school, including APs.
• Most students experience a full letter grade drop
  i.e. have an 80 standing in Math 11, it is
  common for this to drop to 73 in Math 12.
• Be aware of this going in

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External Courses

• Many students will take external courses
  through distance education, summer school etc.
• For regular courses, the mark will be indicated
  on the student transcript but it will be
  designated as being taken outside of Collingwood
  and it will not be counted for any Collingwood
  activities (for example if the student gets 95
  in Math 10 by correspondence, then it will show
  on the transcript but it will not be used to
  calculate the grade point average or in any
  calculations for awards etc.)
• Provincially examinable courses (Math 10, Science
  10, English 10, SS 11, English 12, most grade 12
  courses) taken externally will show the course
  mark and the government mark.
• Please refer to our external course policy on
  thewebsite for more information.

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Summer School ?

• If you are going to take a course outside of
  Collingwood (either remedial or full credit) then
  see your counselor.
• Both West Van and North Van school board websites
  contain the informationor www.gvdes.com
• Registration normally starts in early May!
• Remember to look at our externalcourse policy on
  the website!

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Grade 12 Program of Study

• English 12 is the only mandatory course
• They have 6 electives that need to be considered
  the following filters
• a) Five Provincial Exams for maximum GPA score
• b) Athletics or PE 11/12 requirements
• c) MOE Graduation Diploma Requirements
• Fine Art or Applied Skill 10-12?
• d) Collingwood Certificate Requirements

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When do I start planning for university ??
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In grade 10!

• In grade 10 your courses were mostly laid out for
  you! English, Math, Science, SS, Language, PE,
  Planning 10, 1 elective
• In Planning 10 you researched a plan for grades
  10 12 to get you where you want to go
• There will be parent and studentmeetings
  starting after Christmas to give you more
  information!
• See Mr. Ravensbergen for more information
• EMAIL psl_at_collingwood.org

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Sciences ?

• Do you need Physics 11 for your program of study
  as one of your required Science courses?
• Do your researchnow!

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The Course Selection Process
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The Process

• Start course selection by going to the
  Collingwood Website Home Page and researching
  courses in the Online Course Selection Booklet
  found in the right hand column. All the
  necessary information is in this on HTML format.
• Complete a Course Selection Worksheet that
  identifies the courses taken and wish to take
  towards graduation. Plot these courses out by
  department and add up the total credits.
• Present this profile to their advisor and
  discussyour plans to successfully graduate
• Complete online course selection processthat is
  available through the Parent Portal only.

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The Process Contd

• Fill out all sections of your course selection
  worksheet.
• Pay special attention to the following
• Sit down with your advisor or counselor to decide
  upon final courses
• Sit down with your parents to enter course
  selections into the Parent Portal (note all
  students areexpected to enter their course
  selectionsthis way)
• All course selections must be completed by
• Monday April 24th, 2006

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Using the Course Selection Worksheet
You findthe worksheet on the web pageas part of
theCourse Selection Guide
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• This is a worksheet only
• Course selection should be entered online using
  the Parent Portal (course selection is not
  available through the Student Portals).
  Selections entered through the Parent Portal are
  considered to have parent approval
• Please see the Grade 11 counselor if you have any
  questions
• The deadline for course selections to be entered
  is Friday April 24th.
• Check the boxes of the courses you wish to take
  after consulting with your Advisor, teachers
  and your parents.
• Entry into Honours or Accelerated Sections is
  criteria driven with strict limits on
  enrolment. Students should check with their
  teacher before selecting an Accelerated or
  Honours section. Teacher approval will be
  given after course selection is complete.
  Final placement in these courses will be subject
  to HOD and Dean of Academics approval.

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• A. Core Academic Courses (Mandatory)
• Course Name
• 1. English 11 or 11 Honours _______________
  __
• 2. Social Studies 11 or AP Human
  Geog. _________________
• (Current Gr. 10 students enrolled in Social
  Studies 10 Honours are exempt and can enroll in
  AP Human Geography)
• B. Other Academic and Elective Courses List six
  courses in order of priority
• 3. ______________________________
• 4. ______________________________
• 5. ______________________________
• 6. ______________________________
• 7. ______________________________
• 8. ______________________________

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• C. Alternate Course Choices List two alternate
  courses in order of priority
• 9. ______________________________
• 10. _____________________________
• D. Outside of School Elective (if chosen)
• 12. _______________
• NOTE
• Do not enter alternatives into the course
  selection.
• These are for your use and information only.

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How to use the Online Course Selection Process
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Online Course Selection
Parent Portal Student Name
Select ALL to see all courses
Course Selections
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Online Course Selection
Press ACCEPT when you are done
Click in the box to select your courses!
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Online Course Selection
If you click on Selected Courses Only you can
see what you have selected
Should be 32 credits(8 courses at 4 each)
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Online Course Selection
Course Selection DOES NOT show up in the Student
Portal It is only available through theParent
Portal
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What if I cannot find acourse I want?

• Take your worksheet to see Mr. Palm
• We have tried to ensure that you have access to
  any course you might take, but just in case

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When is this due

• Your courses should be selected and finalized by
  Monday April 24th, 2006
• If you want to check if your courses have been
  entered, log off and then log back onif the
  check marks are in theboxes, then your choices
  arein the system.

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Problems
See one of. your Advisor Or your current grade
counselorMr. Palm
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Some Final Thoughts
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Take this seriously

• I have the power to make your life difficult
• If you mess around with this, you will not get
  any future considerations from my officeie
  course changes etc. will not happen as I will
  select yourcourses for you through to theend of
  Grade 12 and you will NOTbe allowed to change
  them.

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Timeline to Enrolment Confirmation

• April is course selection month
• May is timetable planning month
• June is honours selection month
• Mail out of course enrolment with report cards in
  early July
• Formal timetable sheets with roomand teacher
  assignments inSeptember

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Parents Meeting

• Tuesday April 11, 2006
• 800 PM 900 PM
• Make sure at least one of your parents is present!

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Questions?

• Questions?
• Questions?
• Questions?