Carmel Clay Schools CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL

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Carmel Clay SchoolsCARMEL HIGH SCHOOL

• Scheduling for Junior Year

Revised 11/14
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Welcome

• Emily Clark
• Bettina Cool
• Kris Hartman
• Becky Stuelpe
• Kelly Wernke

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• SCHEDULING TIMELINE FOR CURRENT SOPHOMORES
• Class of 2017
• November 4, 2014 Student Scheduling Meeting
  during SRT (students receive materials)
• November 5, 2014 10th Grade Parent Meeting to
  review Scheduling
• Late October Teachers make online course
  recommendations. Teachers will discuss these
  recommendations with students, and students will
  receive a printout of the recommendations.
• November 4-10 OCR open to students to select
  their classes
• January 30, 2015 Deadline for Application
  Courses
• Prior to scheduling, students should prepare for
  their scheduling appointments by
• reading the info on worksheets
• reading the Program of Studies
• choosing courses and filling out online course
  requests (OCR) completely
• please have your parent/guardian review your
  choices with you
• November 4 through 10 Online Course Request
  system open for students to select classes
• Schedule changes can still be made after the OCR
  closes by submitting a schedule change form to
  their counselor by March 1/May 1.

The Online Course Request system will be open
for a limited time for students to make
selections. November 4 10th
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• SCHEDULE CHANGE POLICY
• Students and parents are advised that all
  requests for schedule changes for 2015-2016 must
  be made by
• May 1, 2015
• Requests for schedule changes made between
• March 1 and May 1, 2015
• will be honored if space is still available in
  the course.
• After May 1, 2015, changes in a students
  schedule, for either semester, may be made only
  for the following reasons
• Errors made by the school in developing the
  schedule
• The need for the school to balance class sizes
• Medical reason with documentation
• Change in program placement for students with
  learning problems, such as adjustments in or
  assignments to special services or resource
  classes
• Request to take courses to qualify for the
  Academic Honors Diploma or
• Indiana Core 40
• Failure of a course required for graduation
• Failure of a prerequisite, i.e., anything that
  would prevent a student from going on to a
  requisite course as published in the Program of
  Studies book
• Failure of a course required for entrance into
  post-secondary education

Please make note of the schedule change
deadline! May 1st For BOTH semesters next year.
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The deadline for Application courses is January
30th
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Graduation Requirements

• Diploma types
• Core 40
• Core 40 with Academic Honors
• Core 40 with Technical Honors
• The General Diploma will only be available after
  an
• Opt-out meeting with Parents and Counselor.
• With the Counselors help, it is the students
  responsibility to know the graduation
  requirements for the diploma he or she is
  earning. This information is available in the
  Program of Studies online under Academics.

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Core 40 Diploma

• 8 semesters of English
• 6 semesters of Math in grades 9 - 12 at least
  Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II
• Must be enrolled in a math or quantitative
  reasoning course each year of high school (list
  of QR courses on page 11 of POS)
• 6 semesters of Science Biology, Chemistry or
  Physics or ICP, and 2 semesters of additional
  classes
• 6 semesters of Social Studies Geography/History
  of the World or World History, plus U.S. History,
  Government and Economics
• 2 semesters of Physical Education
• 1 semester of Health
• 5 semesters of Directed Electives World
  Language, Fine Arts, or a Career/Technical area
• 6 Elective credits from any area
• Total of 40 credits
• Details are outlined in the Program of Studies

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Core 40 with Academic Honors

• In addition to the basic Core 40 requirements
• 2 semesters of Math beyond Algebra II
• 2 semesters of Fine Arts credit any course from
  the Art or Performing Art department
• 6 or 8 credits in World Language 3 years of one
  language or 2 years each of two different
  languages
• Total of 47 credits
• Semester grades must be at a C- or higher for all
  47 credits
• Cumulative grade point average must be a 3.0 at
  the time of graduation
• PLUS..

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Core 40 with AHD additional requirements

• Complete ONE of the following
• 4 semesters of AP credit and complete
  corresponding exams
• Complete 6 college credits worth of dual credit
  coursework
• 4 semesters of IB courses and complete
  corresponding exams
• Earn a composite score of 1750 or higher on the
  SAT with a minimum score of 530 on each section
  (M, CR, W)
• Earn a composite score of 26 on the ACT and
  complete the writing section
• Earn 2 of the following
• 3 college credit worth of dual credit coursework
• 2 semesters of AP credit and complete
  corresponding exams
• 2 semesters of IB credit and complete
  corresponding exams
• Details are outlined in the Program of Studies

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Core 40 with Technical Honors

• In addition to the basic Core 40 requirements
• Earn a minimum of 47 total credits
• All semester grades for the 47 credits must be a
  C- or higher
• Cumulative grade point average must be a 3.0 at
  the time of graduation
• Earn a minimum of 6 credits in a state-approved
  College Career Pathway and earn 1 of the
  following
• Pathway designated industry-based certification
  or credential
• 6 college credits of dual credit coursework from
  pathway priority courses
• Complete 1 of the following
• Any of the options listed under additional
  requirements for the AHD
• Work Keys exam with minimum scores
• Accuplacer exam with minimum scores
• Compass exam with minimum scores
• Details are outlined in the Program of Studies

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General Diploma

• 8 semesters of English
• 4 semesters of Math Algebra I plus any other
  math course
• Must earn 2 credit in a math or quantitative
  reasoning course during the junior or senior
  year. QR courses do not count as math courses.
• 4 semesters of Science Biology I and two
  semesters of physical or earth sciences
• 4 semesters of Social Studies U.S. History,
  Government, 1 sem. of an additional social
  studies course
• 2 semesters of P.E.
• 1 semester of Health
• 6 semesters of credits in a college and career
  pathway
• 5 semesters of flex credits
• 6 elective credits
• 40 total credits
• Details are outlined in the Program of Studies

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Summer School

• Scheduling will include summer school class
  selection
• 2 options for summer school
• class at CHS
• online classes through Indiana Online Academy
• Summer school at CHS
• One session (June 1 July 1)
• Monday Thursday only
• 8 am 12 pm
• Limited class offerings at CHS include
• AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, PE I, PE II,
  or online credit recovery for spring semester
  students who need to complete courses

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Summer School

• Summer School through Indiana Online Academy
  (IOA)
• June 8 July 23
• students register online through IOA April 13
  June 2
• flexible hours
• maximum of 2 classes
• No charge
• courses available to CHS students currently in
  grades 9-11 include
• PE I, PE II, Health, College Entrance
  Preparation, any course a student is eligible to
  take under the CHS retake policy, any course in
  which a student needs to recover credit, math
  courses in order for a student to get back on
  sequence (cannot work ahead in math)

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Course Selections

• Required Classes
• English, Social Studies (U.S. History), Math,
  Science
• Electives
• Art, Business, Communications, Engineering and
  Technology, Family and Consumer Science,
  Performing Arts, PE, World Language, JEL
• Plan Ahead
• Pre-requisites are often required for
  upper-level courses

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English and U.S. History Choices

• English
• English 11
• AP English Lit Comp
• AP English Lang Comp
• IB English HL (2-year course)
• English 11/U.S. History Block
• AP English Lit/AP U.S. History Block
• AP Capstone Seminar

• U.S. History
• U.S. History
• AP U.S. History
• ACP U.S. History
• IB History of the Americas HL (2-year course)
• U.S. History/English 11 Block
• AP U.S. History/AP English Lit Block

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J. Everett Light Career Center

• An area career center that serves 12 school
  corporations in Hamilton, Boone, and Marion
  counties
• Offers 25 Career-Technical education programs
  such as Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Dental
  Assisting, EMT, Law Enforcement, Veterinary
  Assisting, Welding, Health Care Careers,
  Automotive Collision Repair, Automotive Service
  Technology, Introduction to Pharmacology,
  Manicuring, Advanced Manufacturing Technology,
  Music/Sound Production and more
• Dual credit opportunities
• College bound students can benefit from these
  opportunities
• Morning or afternoon sessions a CHS student
  will spend ½ day at JEL and ½ day at CHS
• CHS students earn 3 elective credits per semester
  for a JEL class
• JEL is located on the back side of North Central
  HS on 86th St.
• Open House on December 11th, 6-8 pm
• www.jelcc.com

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Sample schedule Core 40 Diploma with JEL

• Blue Day Gold Day
• English 11 (Block) US History (Block)
• Algebra II SRT
• JEL Medical Assisting JEL Medical Assisting
• JEL Medical Assisting JEL Medical Assisting
• If the student takes JEL classes in the morning,
  they will lose their SRT, but will gain another
  class.

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Sample schedule Core 40 Diploma

• Blue Day Gold Day
• AP English Lit Chemistry
• Algebra II SRT
• Theater Production US History
• Choir Applied Music (with approval)
• Alternate Classes Astronomy, Geology

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Sample Schedule Core 40 with Academic Honors

• Blue Day Gold Day
• AP English Lit Physics
• Pre Calc/Trig Intermediate SRT
• Spanish III US History
• Inform, Commun, Tech Ceramics 2 (Dual
  Credit)
• Alternate Classes Fiber Arts, Accounting

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Sample ScheduleCore 40 with Technical Honors

• Blue Day Gold Day
• English 11 Algebra II
• AP Physics I SRT
• US History German I
• Civil Engineering Principles of
• and Architecture Engineering
• Alternate Classes Drawing, Intro to Design
  Processes

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Online scheduling (OCR)Online Course Requests

• Students will complete the worksheet and choose
  their courses online from home
• Parents should review the courses with their
  student
• Counselors will meet individually with students
  to review selected courses, discuss their
  progress and college and career information
• The OCR will close at the end of the day on
• November 10
• Students may make changes to their schedule
  through schedule change forms up to May 1, 2015

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Internet Issue

• You must use Firefox!
• Do not use Internet Explorer.

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OCR
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Students user name
Georgewashington
student number
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Student name
Click on pencil
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Student Name
After all your selections have been made click on
the SUBMIT button.
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College Information

• Junior Year is Important!
• Tougher Admission Requirements
• More Colleges requiring
• Two years of a world language
• 4 years of math/ Pre Calc necessary for some
  colleges
• SAT /ACT scores important factor

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College Choices

• Research colleges that fit your needs
• Visit colleges
• Plan to take SAT/ACT more than once
• Visit the CHS Counseling Website
• CCRC (College Career Resource Center)
• Office in Counseling Center, open on Gold Days
• Excellent information on past acceptances
• Offer informational meetings throughout the year

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College Info on Twitter and Facebook!

• Follow us on Twitter _at_CHSCollege411
• Like us on Facebook Carmel High School College
  Counseling
• A great resource for
• College Admissions Information
• Application Deadlines
• Scholarships
• Financial Aid
• College Rep Visits
• Summer Programs
  

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Summary

• SCHEDULING TIMELINE FOR SOPHOMORES
• Class of 2017
• November 4, 2014 Student Scheduling Meeting
  during SRT
• (students receive materials)
• November 5, 2014 10th Grade Parent Meeting to
  review Scheduling
• Late October Teachers make online course
  recommendations November 4-10 OCR open to
  students to select their classes
• January 30, 2015 Deadline for Application
  Courses
• Prior to scheduling, students should prepare for
  their scheduling appointments by
• reading the info on worksheets
• reading the Program of Studies
• choosing courses and filling out online course
  requests (OCR) completely
• please have your parent/guardian review your
  choices with you
• November 4 through 10
• Online Course Request system open for students to
  select classes

• Counselors will be setting individual
  appointments with their students
• Students will enter their online course requests
  with parents before the student meets with their
  counselor.
• Pay attention to scheduling deadlines. There will
  be
• no schedule changes after May 1 for next year.
• Students
• This is your schedule!
• Put thought into the classes that will both
  appeal to your areas of interest, and prepare you
  for your future.

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Thank you!

• IB information immediately follows
• International Baccalaureate Diploma presentation
  by Alllyson Wells-Podell

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International Baccalaureate Diploma

• Are you
• Curious?
• Knowledgeable?
• A thinker?
• Communicative?
• Open-minded?
• A risk-taker?
• Balanced?
• Reflective?

then IB could be for you!!

• Six (6) groups of advanced-level, fully weighted
  courses
• Interdisciplinary approach to learning
• Widely-respected by colleges and
  universitiesinternationally
• Earn college credit and scholarships

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The IB Hexagon
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COURSE OF STUDY 11TH AND 12TH GRADE

• 1. English
• 2. World Languages
• 3. Social Studies
• 4. Science
• 5. Mathematics
• 6. Performing Arts or a 2nd core course
• 7. Theory of Knowledge

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The Center of the Hexagon
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What is Theory of Knowledge?

• Discussion-based course
• Ties together all disciplines of study
• Students examine how we know what we know.
• Topics change, and they are relevant and current.
• Example What ethical responsibilities come with
  the possession of knowledge?
• Example What is the difference between an Act of
  War and an Act of Terror?

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What is so special about the IB programme?

• Recognized around the world
• Curriculum benchmarked with rigorous
  international standards
• Focuses on international perspectives of learning
  and teaching unique approach to
  transdisciplinary learning
• Encourages students to participate in creative
  and service-oriented activities

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Research says

• IB students outperform their peers on state
  assessments
• IB Diploma students have higher acceptance rates
  to colleges
• IB Diploma students perform better in
  post-secondary education than their peers

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The Common Application
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Balancing AP and IB They BOTH

• Attract highly-motivated students
• Are rigorous and devoted to academic excellence
• Involve dedicated and creative teachers who
  participate in intensive professional development
• Allow students to earn college credit
• Prepare students for the ACT and SAT

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Balancing AP and IB
Advanced Placement International Baccalaureate
Curriculum covers a broad spectrum of ideas External assessment at courses end to national standards Each course stands alone Curriculum allows for inquiry and depth of study Varied internal and external assessments moderated internationally Interdisciplinary approach
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FURTHER QUESTIONS/ CONTACT

• YOUR COUNSELOR
• or
• WELLERY_at_CCS.K12.IN.US