Transcript Sophomore Course Selection - DeForest Area School District

Sophomore Course Selection
2015-2016
Graduation Requirements
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English: 4 credits
Math: 3 credits
Science: 3 credits
Social Studies: 3 credits
PE: 1.5 credits
.5 credit Health taken in 10th or 11th grade or
Indep. Liv.-Your Health taken in 12th grade
24 credits total required
Four-Year College Requirements
English: 4 credits
 Math: 3 credits: Alg. I, Geom., Alg. II
 Science: 3 credits
 Social Studies: 3 credits
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Global Language
Not required to graduate
 2 years (2 levels) of the same language
required for admission to some colleges
(UW-Madison and UW-Eau Claire)
 College graduation requirement may be
met in high school
 Retroactive credits
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Course Selections
The Course Description Handbook
can be found on the DAHS
webpage.
English
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English 10
Math
AP
Stats
Foundations
for Alg.
Alg. I
Geometry
Alg. II
PreCalculus
AP
Calc
AB
AP
Calc
BC
Science
Biology
 (Chemistry or Chem. Honors for students
who took Biology in 9th grade)
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Social Studies
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United States History or AP US History
Health
Students must take either:
 .5 credit Health in 10th or 11th grade –or—
 .5 credit Independent Living-Your Health
in 12th grade
Physical Education
1 more credit of PE must be taken over the
next three years (most students take one
PE class in 10th grade and one in 11th
grade)
-Team Games
-Lifetime Activities
-Individual Activities
-Weight Training or Specialized Weight
Training
Other Electives
Foreign Language
 Art/Music
 Business
 Marketing
 Family Consumer Ed (includes Intro to
Medical Occupations)
 Tech Ed
 Agriculture
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New Classes
Music in Film
 AP Environmental Science (offered
through e-school; online/independent
class)
 Project Lead The Way classes
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New Program
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Project Lead The Way:
PLTW is a program that applies
engineering, science, math, and technology
through a project-based, hands-on
approach to solve complex, open-ended
problems in a real-world context.
 Students focus on the process of defining
and solving a problem, not on getting the
“right” answer.
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PLTW
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Courses available through PLTW (listed
under Tech. Ed.):
Intro to Engineering & Design (IED)
 Principles of Engineering (POE) (1 credit
science elective)
 Digital Electronics (DE)
 Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) (1
credit math elective)
(All classes are year-long)
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Credit Requirement
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All students must enroll in 7 credits (7.5 if
you choose Jazz Ensemble or Vocal
Jazz, which meet during study hall).
IMPORTANT
See your counselor if you’d like help in
selecting your classes for next year.
 You may input your course selections
into Skyward online starting Jan. 16, or
you’ll have the opportunity to enter them
in study hall on Jan. 28 & Feb. 2. You
must turn in your course selection sheet
at that time.
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Instructions will be posted on the school’s
website. You will need your own Skyward
login information (not your parents’). See Mrs.
Orcholski in Guidance if you need your login
information.
 Please make sure to turn your course
selection sheet in to your study hall teacher at
the time your study hall inputs their choices.
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