Transcript Course Selection - Chippewa Falls High School

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Total of 24 Credits
 English
 Social Studies
 Science
 Math
 P.E.
 Health
 Electives
4 credits
3.5 credits
3 credits
3 credits
1.5 credits
.5 credit
8 credits
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
• Students must also take and pass the Computer
Applications 1 course. This course is now transcripted
through CVTC.
Or
• Students must pass a computer literacy exam
COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
 Differ from high school graduation requirements
 Technical College requirements vary by program
 Minimum high school coursework for four year colleges include:
 English
 Math
4 years
3 years (Alg., Geom., Alg. II)
UMN requires 4 years of Math
 Science
 Social Studies
 Foreign Language?
 ACT/SAT, Class Rank, GPA
3 years (Phys Sci, Bio, Chem/Physics)
3 years
2 years (Madison, EC, MN)
TYPES OF COLLEGES
• Four-year colleges/universities
• Two-year colleges
• Technical School
• Trade/Specialty school
TESTING
Aspire – this spring
ACT – Spring of Junior year
SAT?
COMPASS?
ASVAB?
Sophomore Conference - February through April
ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM
AP Classes
 Art History, Studio Art, Biology, Calculus, Chemistry,
English Language, English Literature, Environmental
Science, Government and Politics, Human Geography,
Music Theory, Psychology, Physics, Spanish, US History
 AP Night - January 19
COURSE PLANNING
 Four year planning worksheet
 Right side of online course book
 Keep track of progress and completed graduation
requirements
 Make sure you have all prerequisite courses needed for
future course selections
 Link to Online Course Book:
http://staff.chipfalls.k12.wi.us/highschool/coursebook/
SCHEDULE CHANGES
• Please keep in mind that student course requests
help determine which classes will be offered and how
many sections of classes will be available. In short,
many important decisions are based on the number of
course requests. There is no guarantee that a class
will be available if you change your mind in August.
• Are strongly discouraged after classes begin
• If you need to make a change to your schedule it
should be done during registration week in August
WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURES
• 2014-15: No penalty if request is received within 5 school
days following the posting of mid-quarter grades
(approximately 1st week of October and 2nd week of March).
• 2015-16: No penalty if request is received by the end of
the 7th week of quarters 1 and 3.
• Students will be placed in a study hall
• Youth Options, Distance Education, etc. will have different
deadlines.
ALTERNATES
We need you to list alternates!!!
If there is a conflict with your course selections we will go
by alternates in the order you list them.
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THINGS TO CONSIDER
• Post high school plans
• Pre-requisites
• Rigor of study
STUDY HALL
002A
1st semester study hall
002B
2nd semester study hall
002A & 002B
if you want a study hall all year
002
If you want a study hall but don’t
care which semester it’s scheduled
OTHER THINGS YOU MAY NEED TO KNOW
Use “Scheduling Tools” on Student Services Website
 Available forms
• Life Team application
• Publications application
• Junior Course Selection Sheet
Use the Four Year Planning worksheet in online course book
Many new classes and be aware of name changes (“formerly called”)
INFINITE CAMPUS USERNAME & PASSWORD
• You need to know it!!!!
• School log-in and password
• Course Input on your own December 11- 18
• Selection sheets are due Friday, December 19 to first hour
teacher
Sample input:
https://campus.chipfalls.k12.wi.us/campus/chippewa_falls.jsp