Planning for Junior Year

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Planning for Junior Year

• At Lakewood High School

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10th Grade Year of Decision

• You arent looking at just next year.
• Youre looking at the next two years
• and beyond.

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Some choices to make this year
Career Tech Program?
College Prep?
Both?
Humanities?
AP classes?
Art and music?
Math and science?
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Two kinds of courses in high school

• Required
• Electives

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Required courses to graduate

• English 4 years
• Social Studies 3 years
• Science 3 years
• Math 3 years
• PE 1 year
• Health ½ year
• Bus/Tech/F.Arts/F.Lang 1 year

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Courses Needed for College

• English 4
• Social Studies 3
• Science 3 (at least two must be with labs)
• Math 3
• Foreign Lang. 2 (of the SAME language)
• Performing Art 1 (art, music, drama)
• More selective colleges will have additional
  admission requirements.

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10th 11th grade Required Courses

• 10th grade
• English 10
• Science
• Math
• US History
• Health
• PE

• 11th grade
• British Literature (English 11)
• Science
• Math

(Govt/Econ senior year only)
You choose the remaining courses as your
electives.
You must have 10 credits at the end of this year
to be a junior next year.
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British Literature (Eng. 11)

• British Literature
• British Literature Advanced (Eng 10 Adv or
  teacher rec)
• English Lit and Comp 11 AP (by application only
  must also take Eng 12 AP senior year)

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Math
10th grade 11th grade

• Geometry

Survey of Algebra/Geometry or Tech Prep Algebra 2
or Algebra 2
TP Algebra 2 or Algebra 2 PreCalc with Trig or
Interm. Alg or Statistics or AP Statistics
Survey Alg/Geo Algebra 2 Adv. Algebra 2
AP Calc AB or AP Statistics (application
required) or Statistics
Pre-Calc Trig
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Which math is best for you?

• Your math teacher will tell you which math class
  to take next year. You MUST select this class.

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Science
10th grade 11th grade
Astro/Geo Horticulture Fundamental
Physics Physics or AP Physics Anatomy/Physiology C
hemistry or AP Chemistry

• Biology or
• Advanced Biology

Intro to Life Science
Chemistry
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Which Science is best for you?

• Your science teacher will help you choose which
  science class to take next year. See the science
  chart in the Course Selection Guide for help in
  selecting an appropriate science course.

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Electives

• Any course that isnt required.
• These are courses you take because of your
  special interest or talent.

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Electives open to juniors
Family Consumer Sciences
Art
Business
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Social Studies
Foreign Languages
Instrumental music
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Drama or Broadcast Theater Production
Choral Music
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Prerequisites

• Art 1 is a prerequisite to Art 2.
• English 10 is a prerequisite to British
  Literature.
• Any foods course is a prerequisite to Creative
  Cooking and Gourmet Foods.

• A course you must take BEFORE taking another
  course.

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Planning ahead for senior year.

• Biotechnology is a senior year program that
  requires advanced classes in sciences and Algebra
  2 in 10th or 11th grade.

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Career Tech Programs begin in 11th grade.
Business Management

• Accounting and Financial Services

Medical Office Management
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Health Careers Technology
Interactive Media Design

• Networking (CISCO)

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• Culinary Arts/ProStart

Early Childhood Education/Senior Services
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• Electronics Technology

Construction Trades
Automotive Technology
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Career Tech Programs are 2-year programs that
require an application.You may still complete
an application to be placed on a waiting list.
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11th Grade Course Selection

• Starts in 7th period now and continues through
  February18th.
• Determine the courses you have taken and what you
  still need to take.

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• You will select your courses online at home
  and/or at school.
• Select a minimum of 6 periods per semester.
• Select more than 6 you can drop a 7th course
  during the first two weeks of school without
  penalty.

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Your 7th period teacher can

• discuss with you your course selections.
• help you to PRIORITIZE the electives you have
  chosen.

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Prioritizing Electives

• We will TRY to give you all the courses you have
  selected.
• If we cannot, your counselor will assign you
  courses according to YOUR priority.

For example. Elective Priority French 3
2 Orchestra
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Drama 5
Military History 4 Art 2
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Include your parents.

• Take your Course Selection Guide home.
• Help your parents understand what you have
  selected and why.

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Print a copy

• When you have completed entering your requests
  into the computer, make a printed copy.

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• You and a parent must sign the printout.
• Turn this signed printout into your 7th period
  teacher.

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Then in April..

• We will mail home the list of the requests you
  selected.
• You and a parent check it over to see if it is
  correct or if you want to make changes.
• Return it signed to the guidance secretary (A
  215).

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Fine tuning

• The end of school in June is the deadline for
  making changes to your course selections.
• You are committed to these choices when you
  return to school next August.

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In summary

1. Choose your 11th grade required courses.
2. Choose your 11th grade electives.
3. PRIORITIZE your electives.

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• 4. Enter your course info into the computer.
• 5. Have a parent sign it.
• 6. Return it to your 7th period teacher.

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• You have until school is out in June to make
  course changes if there is room in classes you
  want.

Before you know it, June will be here!
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The End
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