Program of Studies Night

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Program of Studies Night

• Mendon High School
• Tuesday, February 3, 2009
• 700 PM

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Welcome

• Our Objective For the Evening
• To Provide the information you need to assist
  your child in making the best choices in course
  selection for next year.

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Careful Decisions Planning

• Now is the time for very careful and informed
  decisions
• Changes Later Mean
• More chances for scheduling errors
• Less likely to get the courses you want
• Planning problems for our school district

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It All Starts With TheProgram Of Studies Guide

• District publication for MHS SHS combined.
• Some elective courses are indicated as being
  offered only at MHS or SHS.
• Differences driven by variations in
• student interests
• Facilities
• backgrounds and expertise of staff.

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Preliminary Planning

• Student Registration Packets
• Distributed tomorrow morning
• For current 9th, 10th and 11th graders
• Will already include the Core Course teacher
  recommendations for next year
• All remaining course selections, including
  electives will be completed on the day each
  student meets with his/her counselor
• English teachers have informed them of the day
• Elective Area Presentations
• Current 8th Graders last Friday
• The rest, tomorrow

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Course Selection CounselingBeginning Friday

• Current 9th through 11th graders
• Mendon counselors work with their own students,
  in English classes.
• Students actually select their courses for next
  year at this time.
• Process completed by February break.

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Decision Timeline

• By February Break Course Choices entered in our
  computer.
• By Early March. Students selections provided to
  teachers and parents for last chance changes.
• End of Year Summer School Changes related to
  performance

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Community Service Credit

• Encouraged
• BUT
• Not Required

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Community Service Credit

• 8TH Graders document their hours with Ms.
  Kealey at BRMS
• 9th 11th Graders document their hours with
  Mrs. Mulkeen
• hours accumulated from 6th grade and on count
  toward credit
• credit is posted at the end of grade 11 for the
  senior transcript
• 75 hours .25
• 150 hours .50
• 225 hours .75
• 300 hours 1.00 (maximum)
• Last years graduating class recorded 21,705 hrs!

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Online Learning Option

• This is a wonderful fit for some students!
• Additional Options In Curriculum
• Alternative Learning Styles
• Meeting A Special Need Or Interest

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Guidelines

• Allowed only if the course is not offered in our
  traditional classroom setting
• Students pay all costs associated with taking an
  online course, including a registration fee
• No more than one online course allowed per
  semester
• Courses can be taken for school credit but not to
  meet graduation requirements

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Guidelines

• approval required prior to taking course for
  credit.
• students are not to enroll in a course until you
  are notified, in writing, of the approval
• See page 45 of the Program of Studies book
• Interested? Start with your childs counselor

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Advanced Placement Info

• District Advanced Placement Course Profile
• Available online at
• www.pittsfordschools.org/webpages/mhscounseling/
• Select either Info for Students or Info for
  Parents and find it on the list.
• Can also get there by selecting the Counseling
  Department link on our school home page.
• Care should be taken in deciding if an AP course
  is right for your child.

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Pilot For Parent On-Line Access To Grade Books

• Not all teachers grade books open
• Must have a child currently enrolled at MHS
• Sign-up Must Be In Person
• Tonight
• Wed. through Fri. during the school day
• Potential Value directly related to the degree
  to which it helps your child become more aware of
  their own progress.
• A parent and student survey will be conducted
  later in the year to help in our evaluation

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Part II Class of 2013 Parents

• Parents of current 8th graders remain for more
  course selection information.
• All other parents may join our staff in the
  Commons to get specific answers to any questions
  you may have.

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Art Electives For Freshman

• Art Department
• Kathleen Eckler
• Lynn Landgraff
• Teresa Kraus
• Beth Quattrociacchi

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Art Major Sequence

• 9th Grade Option
• Studio Art

• Leads to any 4 of these
• Painting Drawing I
• Painting Drawing II
• Painting Drawing III
• AP Studio in Drawing
• Graphic Design I
• Graphic Design II

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3-D Design Sequence

• 9th Grade Option
• Studio Art

• Leads to
• Contemporary Crafts
• Ceramic Arts

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Regents Sequence

• 9th Grade Option
• Studio Art

• Studio Art satisfies the NYS requirement of one
  credit in Art or Music and is open to every
  student regardless of whether or not they desire
  an art sequence

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Art Electives

• Ceramic Arts
• Contemporary Crafts

• For Students not pursuing an Art Sequence. No
  prerequisite is necessary.

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Technology Electives For Freshman

• Department Leader
• Peter Pratt

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Courses for Freshman

• Design and Drawing for Production (DDP)
• Technical Drawing Inventor
• Foundation for all Tech Sequences
• Digital Electronics
• Boolean Logic
• Electronics Workbench
• Integrated Circuits
• PCB Construction
• Production Systems
• Intro to woodworking

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Courses for Freshman

• Construction Systems
• Construction Trades
• Communication Systems
• Graphic Web Design
• Audio/Video Editing
• Transportation Systems
• Rocketry, Watercraft, Land transportation
• Photography
• Process of black and white photography
• Digital photography

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Pre-Engineering Sequence

• Mendon High School offers students an engineering
  program entitled Project Lead the Way (PLTW). We
  have teamed up with RIT to promote
  pre-engineering education. Students entering
  grade 9 will have the opportunity to complete a
  5-unit sequence in pre-engineering. This program
  is designed to help students explore technology
  related careers and prepare them for two and four
  year technical degree programs in engineering and
  receive college credit from RIT.
• PLTW Courses offered at Mendon High School
• Design Drawing for Production (Grade 9)
• Digital Electronics (Grade 9)
• Principles of Engineering (POE)
• Civil Engineering and Architecture (CEA)
• Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)
• Engineering Design and Development (EDD)

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College Credit
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Graduation Requirements

• Design and Drawing for Production can fulfill
  Fine Arts (Art/Music) requirement.
• A five unit Technology Sequence can fulfill
  Foreign Language and Fine Arts requirement for a
  Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation.
• Two 5 unit Sequences for Regents with Advance
  Designation
• Pre-Engineering
• Technology Systems

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Music Electives For Freshmen

• Department Leader
• Mark Puma

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Music classes that are available to Freshmen

• Polyphonic Choir
• Womens Chorale
• Voice Class
• Chamber Orchestra
• Concert Band
• Music Theory

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Womens Chorale and Polyphonic Choir

• Polyphonic Choir is available to everyone.
• Only females can take Womens Chorale (SSA)
• Womens Chorale meets daily.
• Polyphonic Choir can be taken every other day,
  for example opposite Phys. Ed.
• There is no pre-requisite for these choirs.

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Voice Class

• Available to all students, including those
  without prior singing experience.
• We will teach you how to sing
• This class meets
• Every day
• OR
• Every other day
• OR
• One semester

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Chamber Orchestra and Concert Band

• These groups meet daily.
• Both include one weekly group lesson during the
  school day in addition to daily rehearsals.
• Prior training necessary on a string or wind and
  percussion instrument.
• All students with any prior training are welcome.
  Meet with Mrs. Howard or Mr. Puma to discuss
  your return to the program.

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Music Theory

• Meets daily
• Available to all students, including those
  without prior experience in music theory.
• Required to complete Music sequence
• This does not fulfill the New York State Arts
  Requirement

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Extra-curricular Opportunities

• Jazz Band
• Jazz Ensemble
• Show Choir
• Jazz Singers
• Mens Ensemble
• Spring musical
• Studio String Orchestra

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Sequence in Music

• 5 Credit - Regents/Honors Sequence in Music
• Have to take Music Theory (1 Credit)
• Four credits of any other music elective
  including
• Ensembles
• Voice Classes
• AP Music Theory

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Music Electives For Freshmen

• Department Leader
• Mark Puma

Contact Information 267-3640 mark_puma_at_pittsford.
monroe.edu www.pittsfordschools.org/ webpages/mp
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Business Electives For Freshman

• Department Leader Sue Lowe

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What Freshmen Can Take

• Business Dynamics I Semester
• Business Dynamics II Semester
• Business Analysis Semester
• Web Page Design Semester
• Personal Computer Keyboarding Semester
• Microsoft Applications Semester
• Principles of Marketing Full Year
• Career Leadership Seminar
• Cooperative Work Experience (Co-op)

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Business Dynamics I
What is business?
Where do I fit in?
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Business Dynamics II
Well show you the money . . .

• How save it
• How to manage it
• How to spend it
• How to protect

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Business Analysis

• An overview of business
• 3 college credits!
• Management
• Marketing
• Global Business Opportunities
• Business Ethics-Social Responsibility
• Teamwork decision making

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Web Page Design
We learned how to create our own web page.
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Personal Computer Keyboarding
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Advanced Microsoft Applications
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Career Leadership Seminar

• Recommendation for Freshman to help meet
  requirements for the following
• Career Internship
• Cooperative Work Experience
• Only 15 sessions during lunch or study hall
• 3 College Credits for Student Council members and
  students with part-time/summer jobs

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Cooperative Work Experience

• Provides
• Credit for part-time jobs
• School to work connection
• College credit
• (in conjunction with Career Leadership Seminar)

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Graduation Requirements

• A 5-unit Business/Marketing sequence can fulfill
  the Foreign Language requirement for a Regents
  Diploma with Advanced Designation.

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Business Dynamics I Business Dynamics II Personal
Computer Keyboarding Web Page Design Business
Analysis Advanced Microsoft Applications Princip
les of Marketing Career Leadership
Seminar Co-op Denotes Dual Credit classes
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Decisions, Decisions!

• Counseling Department Leader
• Eric Domroes

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Graduation Requirements For Next Years 9th
Graders

• ADVANCED
• COURSES REGENTS DESIGNATION
• ENGLISH 4 units 1 R. exam 1 R. exam
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• SOCIAL 4 units 2 R. exams 2 R. exams
• STUDIES
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• MATH 3 units 1 R. exam 3 R. exams
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• SCIENCE 3 units 1 R. exam 2 R. exams
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• HEALTH 1 unit 1 unit

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Graduation Requirements Continued

• COURSES REGENTS ADVANCED
• DESIGNATION
• ART/OR 1 unit 1 unit
• MUSIC
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• SECOND 1 unit 3 units
• LANGUAGE 1 R. exam
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• PHYSICAL 2 units 2 units
• EDUCATION
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• ELECTIVES 3 units 1 unit
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• TOTAL UNITS 22 22
• Note all exams must be passed with a 65 or
  better for these diplomas.

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SAMPLE SCHEDULE     PERIOD CLASS   1 ENGLISH
  2 GLOBAL STUDIES   3 MATH   4 SCIENCE
  5 FOREIGN LANGUAGE   6 LUNCH  7 ART/MU
SIC REQUIREMENT   8 PHYS. ED.   9 ELECTIVE/
OR STUDY   10
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Electives For Freshman

• Very little room for electives in Freshman year
• More room for electives in future years
• Required Fine Arts Credit
• Elective sequences and Language other than
  English
• Options for Regents with Advanced Designation

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Scheduling Process For 8th Graders

• Receive teacher recommendations at BRMS
• Discuss questions regarding course choices and
  levels with teachers and counselors at BRMS
• Finalize choices for next year at BRMS
• Verification Letter sent A chance for correcting
  mistakes.
• Any level changes must come through BRMS
  Counselor.
• If you have unanswered questions about sequences,
  requirements, etc., please feel free to call the
  counseling office at Mendon HS
• 267-1660

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Your Support System

• Pittsford Middle School Counselors Faculty
• Your Primary Resource over the next several
  months
• Decisions About Appropriate Placement
• Information About Your Childs Abilities

• Mendon High School Counselors
• Limited Role
• Oversee the Schedule Creation
• Information About Our Program when BRMS counselor
  can not answer your question

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General Questions Answers

• In A Moment You Will Be Able To Ask Specific
  Questions Of The Department Representatives.
• If You Have Any General Questions, Seek Out An
  Administrator Or Counselor.

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Time To Meet Our Faculty Representatives

• Have A Great Evening!